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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Nero La Croix (ranked 21660 p4p, 724 weight class) and Mickey Clark (ranked 21985 p4p, 726 weight class). La Croix's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, La Meme Chose. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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265 lbs
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270 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
World class boxer
Cardio machine
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nero La Croix!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mickey Clark!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Croix clinches up against the ropes.
Clark is trying to break the clinch but La Croix is controlling him.
La Croix is leaning against Clark and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
La Croix struggles to land a body shot inside as Clark controls his hands.
La Croix pushes Clark back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
La Croix lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Clark or not.
La Croix has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
La Croix cracks Clark with a nice body shot.
Clark looks winded!
La Croix lands an uppercut.
It looks like Mickey Clark has been cut.
La Croix misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La Croix breaks the clinch.
Clark throws a looping overhand right but La Croix ducks down to avoid it.
Clark throws a hook to the side of La Croix's head but La Croix sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes from Clark. Those never looked like landing.
La Croix is looking to counter punch.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Clark crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from La Croix - the referee stops the clock and Clark gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says La Croix. Clark manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
La Croix works Clark's body with a nice hook.
Clark slips a jab from La Croix.
La Croix lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La Croix feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Clark's calf.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Croix scores with a shot to the body.
La Croix gets in close and instigates a clinch.
La Croix lands a hook that snaps the head of Clark backwards.
La Croix presses Clark against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
La Croix tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
La Croix lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
La Croix misses with a punch on the inside.
La Croix tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Clark's elbow.
La Croix looking to throw knees to the head but Clark is blocking nicely.
A right hand to the body from La Croix.
A short right from La Croix on the inside.
A short body shot lands from La Croix as the two fighters clinch.
La Croix lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Clark blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Clark misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La Croix scores with a shoulder strike.
La Croix lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
La Croix lands a body shot.
La Croix misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from La Croix.
Nice body punch from La Croix - that landed with a thud.
A hook to the body from La Croix.
La Croix working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
La Croix tries a body shot but Clark blocks it.
Clark has a couple of punches blocked by La Croix.
La Croix tries to throw a body punch but Clark avoids it by throwing La Croix back against the ropes.
La Croix is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Clark's coach down at Dynasty K-1 Dojo was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Clark's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
La Croix lands a body punch.
La Croix tries to throw a body punch but Clark avoids it by throwing La Croix back against the ropes.
La Croix tries a body shot but Clark blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nero La Croix dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mickey Clark's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
La Croix with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Clark throws a jab when La Croix was well out of range.
Clark throws a looping overhand right but La Croix ducks down to avoid it.
Clark throws an overhand right that lands on La Croix's shoulder, as La Croix tries to avoid the shot.
La Croix is looking to slow Clark down with leg kicks.
Clark misses with an uppercut
and La Croix counters with a nice uppercut.
La Croix misses the jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Clark darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Mickey Clark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La Croix jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
La Croix lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That has opened up Mickey Clark's cut even more.
La Croix feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Clark's calf.
La Croix fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clark throws a combination that misses
and La Croix counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Clark is breathing heavily.
Clark misses with a right hand
and La Croix counters with a thumping low kick.
Clark swings widly with a right hand
and La Croix counters with a nice low kick that buckles Clark's knee momentarily.
Crunch! La Croix slams his shin into Clark's torso.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Croix scores a flash knockdown with a right hook that drops Clark to his hands and knees! The ref pushes La Croix away as he looks to land an illegal blow. Clark got an extra few seconds to recover there, which could have made all the differences as he stumbles back to his feet. The referee looks into his eyes and decides to allow the bout to continue. Can he survive?!
Clark is rocked!
La Croix cracks Clark with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Nero La Croix!
An out of breath Nero La Croix thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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