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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Asmar Dagher (ranked 7955 p4p, 734 weight class) and Mario Zambrana (ranked 5181 p4p, 539 weight class). Zambrana has chosen Impact is Imminent as his entrance music. Asmar Dagher had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 206.7lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. This should be fireworks!
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Asmar Dagher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mario Zambrana!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Ivan Kurochkin and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dagher misses with a double jab.
Zambrana looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Zambrana misses the shot to the body.
Dagher throws a hook to the side of Zambrana's head but Zambrana sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Asmar Dagher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zambrana takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Dagher throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dagher falls off balance throwing a combination
and Zambrana counters with a leg kick.
Dagher slips under a jab from Zambrana.
Zambrana looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Dagher throws a right and a left that both miss.
Zambrana is looking for the big counter here.
Zambrana tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A left lands for Zambrana.
Zambrana lands a really nice looking cross but Dagher seems unphased.
Zambrana rushes Dagher and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Zambrana lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dagher backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A left hand lands to the body for Zambrana.
Dagher is trying to break the clinch but Zambrana is controlling him.
Zambrana breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zambrana moves to clinch but Dagher breaks away
letting Dagher counter with a right hand.
It looks like Mario Zambrana has been cut.
Dagher circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dagher misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dagher misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dagher gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Zambrana counters with a leg kick.
Zambrana is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Zambrana misses with a low kick.
Zambrana moves in looking to clinch but Dagher pushes him off.
Dagher feints a jab promting Zambrana to slip. Dagher then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Zambrana slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Zambrana showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dagher.
Dagher lands a jab.
Dagher takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
It looks like Asmar Dagher has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A chopping leg kick lands by Zambrana.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zambrana tries to clinch but Dagher moves out of range.
Zambrana tries to close the distance and clinch but Dagher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dagher swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Zambrana ducks under a wild hook from Dagher.
Dagher pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Zambrana back to the ropes. Dagher follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Dagher pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Zambrana, right into the meat.
Zambrana is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dagher misses with the combination.
Zambrana fails to land with a series of punches.
Dagher throws a big counter combination but Zambrana scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dagher throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Zambrana is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dagher. Zambrana does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zambrana darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Dagher misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Asmar Dagher dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Zambrana has taken the fight to the clinch.
Zambrana throws an elbow but it misses.
Zambrana stalling in the clinch but Dagher improves position.
I was talking to Dagher's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Dagher manages to break the clinch.
Dagher lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Zambrana clinches up with Dagher and pushes him back against the ropes.
Dagher is trying to force a seperation but Zambrana has the dominant position.
Dagher breaks from the clinch.
Zambrana has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dagher dodges an elbow strike from Zambrana.
Dagher pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Dagher!
That has opened up Mario Zambrana's cut even more.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dagher looks to land a combination but Zambrana avoids it well.
Dagher misses with the combination.
Asmar Dagher is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dagher misses with the combination.
Dagher circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zambrana slips a jab from Dagher.
Zambrana scores with a hook.
Dagher is rocked!
Dagher misses with a right hand
and Zambrana counters with a huge overhand right that connects right on the temple, sending him crumpling, face first to the floor! This one is all over! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mario Zambrana!
Mario Zambrana made sure to mention his sponsor, IniTech Nutrition in his post fight interview.
In defeat, Asmar Dagher stepped up to the mic, saying 'quick, powerful'.
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