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Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Billy Dixon (ranked 23615 p4p, 406 weight class) and Michel De Haven (ranked 8527 p4p, 348 weight class). Billy Dixon has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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140 lbs
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145 lbs
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Excellent boxer
Very quick
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Excellent MT
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Billy Dixon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Michel De Haven!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dixon lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
De Haven is looking to clinch but Dixon is avoiding it.
Dixon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dixon is looking to counter with head kicks.
De Haven looks to land a right hand but Dixon moved out of range.
Dixon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dixon scores with a nice right hand.
De Haven listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Dixon throws a left and a right that both miss
and De Haven counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dixon's knee momentarily.
De Haven has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dixon throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck De Haven on the side of the head.
Dixon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
De Haven moves out of range as Dixon strikes.
Nice shot lands for De Haven.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon throws a nice head kick!
De Haven just misses with a punch to the body.
De Haven rushes Dixon and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Dixon swings wildly with an uppercut but De Haven uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Haven tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Haven misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Haven has Dixon pressed against the ropes, preventing Dixon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
De Haven misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Haven lands with a short shot to the head.
De Haven has Dixon pressed against the ropes, preventing Dixon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dixon working hard to break the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Haven.
Still in the clinch, De Haven scores with a nice short uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for De Haven.
De Haven cracks Dixon with a nice body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Haven.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dixon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A short right from De Haven on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A hook to the body from De Haven.
Dixon really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
De Haven lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dixon backwards.
Dixon is trying to break the clinch but De Haven is controlling him.
A body shot lands from De Haven.
De Haven throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
De Haven blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dixon is looking to break free of the clinch but De Haven has double underhooks.
Dixon can't break the clinch.
Dixon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dixon scoring well with a low kick there.
De Haven lands with a right hand.
Dixon is rocked!
De Haven on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Dixon throws a low kick but De Haven moves out of range easily.
Dixon seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
De Haven misses with a wild body shot.
Dixon fails to land with a series of punches.
De Haven now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michel De Haven dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Dixon takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
De Haven moves into the clinch.
De Haven lands with a light punch inside.
Oh Dixon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
De Haven pushes Dixon back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
De Haven lands a hook to the side of the head.
De Haven scores with a hook to the body.
De Haven throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
De Haven lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Still in the clinch, De Haven scores with a nice short uppercut.
Good body shot from De Haven.
Nice body punch from De Haven - that landed with a thud.
De Haven works on Dixon's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Haven lands with a right to the head.
Dixon is trying to break free.
De Haven lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dixon backwards.
Michel De Haven seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
De Haven lands on the inside with an uppercut.
De Haven has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
De Haven breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Dixon with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Dixon looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Dixon get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Michel De Haven!
A very excited looking Michel De Haven made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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