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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Stephen Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hannu Karpo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stephen Thompson had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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260 lbs
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295 lbs
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Excellent boxer
Cardio machine
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Heavy handed
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stephen Thompson !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hannu Karpo!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karpo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nice defenses there by Thompson .
Thompson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hannu Karpo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karpo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Karpo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Karpo swings wildly with an uppercut but Thompson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thompson has a couple of punches blocked by Karpo.
A nice right hand lands inside from Karpo.
A head punch on the inside from Thompson fails to land.
Karpo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thompson is defending well for now.
Thompson misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Karpo.
Karpo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Karpo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thompson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thompson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Thompson .
Thompson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Thompson lands with a right to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thompson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Karpo backwards.
It looks like Hannu Karpo has been cut.
Karpo misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Karpo backwards.
Thompson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Karpo lands a shoulder strike.
Thompson blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Karpo.
Thompson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Thompson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Karpo prevents a body shot from Thompson .
Karpo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Karpo misses with a punch on the inside.
Karpo misses with a punch to the body.
Karpo trying to land knees to the body.
Karpo working aggressively here.
Thompson works on Karpo's body with a couple of short punches.
Thompson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Karpo backwards.
Karpo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Thompson .
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thompson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Karpo swings wildly with an uppercut but Thompson uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Karpo is rocked!
Thompson managing to block the knees to the body from Karpo.
Karpo is still on wobbly legs! Can Thompson finish him?
Thompson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Karpo seems to have recovered his senses.
Thompson has a couple of punches blocked by Karpo.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Karpo.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Karpo.
Thompson managing to block the knees to the body from Karpo.
Karpo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thompson is working Karpo over against the ropes.
Karpo looks winded!
Thompson pushes Karpo back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thompson cracks Karpo with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Karpo goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Karpo wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Stephen Thompson !
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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