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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Halfdan Lodbrok (ranked 3760 p4p, 423 weight class) and Eva Contonio (ranked 6023 p4p, 582 weight class). Lodbrok comes to the ring accompanied by Killing in the name of.... Contonio comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Blur-Song 2 kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Eva Contonio has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Halfdan Lodbrok's chin.
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180 cm
35
201 lbs
25 - 10 - 0 |
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182 cm
32
195 lbs
18 - 8 - 1 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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World class MT
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
25 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Halfdan Lodbrok! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
18 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Eva Contonio! The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Lodbrok fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Contonio, pushing him back against the ropes. Lodbrok lands a hook that snaps the head of Contonio backwards. Contonio pushes off an throws an elbow but Lodbrok leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes. Lodbrok blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Contonio tries a body shot but Lodbrok blocks it.
Lodbrok crunches a lovely knee into Contonio's ribcage. A quick uppercut on the inside from Lodbrok. Lodbrok with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Contonio misses with a body punch.
Contonio takes a knee to the side of the body. Contonio takes a knee to the side of the body. With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Contonio just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lodbrok's brow. Lodbrok using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Contonio has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
This has been an exciting period of action! A short uppercut from Lodbrok. Contonio misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Contonio throws an elbow but misses. Contonio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Contonio misses with a hook to the ribs.
Contonio tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lodbrok's elbow. Lodbrok lands a left hand that snaps the head of Contonio backwards. Both guys are working to get underhooks. Lodbrok unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's one minute gone in the round. A short body shot lands from Lodbrok as the two fighters clinch.
Lodbrok blocks an elbow strike. Lodbrok prevents a body shot from Contonio. Contonio misses with an elbow strike.
Contonio pushes off an throws an elbow but Lodbrok leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes. Contonio trying to control the position but instead, Lodbrok has worked for underhooks and has pushed Contonio into the ropes. Contonio misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lodbrok blocks an elbow strike from Contonio.
Lodbrok is working Contonio over against the ropes. Lodbrok utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body. Contonio looks winded! Contonio is trying to stall.
Lodbrok lands a body punch. Nice body punch from Lodbrok. Lodbrok lands on the inside with an uppercut. Lodbrok creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Contonio's defenses. Contonio doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lodbrok landing knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Contonio takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. A quick uppercut on the inside from Lodbrok. Lodbrok lands an elbow inside that Contonio shrugs off. Lodbrok works on Contonio's body with a couple of short punches. Lodbrok scores with an uppercut up the middle. Lodbrok landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lodbrok lands a damaging elbow. Lodbrok unloads a knee to the mid-section. Contonio lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Knees in the clinch landing for Lodbrok.
Lodbrok escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lodbrok misses with a straight right. Lodbrok lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Some bone on bone action there as Lodbrok checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Lodbrok throws a good cross that connects.
Lodbrok lands with a shot to the body. Lodbrok avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Halfdan Lodbrok dominated that round. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Lodbrok misses with a shot to the body and Contonio counters with a nice uppercut. Lodbrok with a body punch. A glancing blow. Lodbrok ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Lodbrok throws a half hearted mid kick. Contonio blocks a leg kick. Contonio feints a counter leg kick. Lodbrok misses with a wild body shot. Lodbrok throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A chopping leg kick lands by Contonio. Contonio rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lodbrok counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Lodbrok is looking to wear down Contonio with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Contonio tries a head kick but it misses.
Contonio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Lodbrok misses with a body shot.
Lodbrok throws a half hearted mid kick. Lodbrok avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Lodbrok lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Contonio looks to clinch and Lodbrok counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round. Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lodbrok. Contonio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Contonio with a jab. Lodbrok cracks Contonio with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business. The fight moves into the clinch position. Nice body punch from Lodbrok. Contonio blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Lodbrok working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Contonio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Contonio lands an elbow inside that Lodbrok shrugs off. Contonio misses with a body punch.
Lodbrok is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Contonio can do to turn this around? Lodbrok misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lodbrok blocks an elbow strike from Contonio.
Contonio is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lodbrok is keeping busy. Contonio misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Contonio looks to throw an elbow but misses. Contonio misses with an elbow strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily. A nice glancing elbow lands by Lodbrok. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Lodbrok comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Contonio pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes. Lodbrok prevents a body shot from Contonio. Lodbrok with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lodbrok lands a shot to the body. Lodbrok scores with a hook to the body. Lodbrok blocks an uppercut.
Contonio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A knee to the head by Lodbrok.
Contonio is breathing heavily. Lodbrok is pushing Contonio up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. Contonio struggles to land a body shot inside as Lodbrok controls his hands.
Lodbrok lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Contonio backwards. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Halfdan Lodbrok dominated that second round. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Contonio showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lodbrok.
Contonio moves in looking to clinch but Lodbrok pushes him off. Lodbrok motions for Contonio to come forward. Lodbrok throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. Lodbrok lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Contonio backs up against the ropes.
Contonio throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lodbrok lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent. Lodbrok fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Contonio manages to avoid it. Contonio wants to counter the offense by Lodbrok and move into the clinch position. An inside leg kick from Contonio misses. Lodbrok half committed to a counter leg kick. Lodbrok moves in looking to clinch but Contonio pushes him off. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Lodbrok throws a leg kick which misses Contonio's front leg but catches the back leg as Contonio tries to avoid it. Contonio throws a wild body kick that Lodbrok sees coming a mile off. Contonio scores with a jab to the jaw. Lodbrok is looking to slow Contonio down with leg kicks. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lodbrok.
That's one minute gone in the round. A head kick from Lodbrok lands but Contonio takes it in his stride. Halfdan Lodbrok seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Lodbrok throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lodbrok misses with a shot to the body and Contonio cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. A nice leg kick lands there from Lodbrok. Lodbrok throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean. Contonio misses the shot to the body. Lodbrok swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. Lodbrok scores with a body shot.
Lodbrok tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target. Halfdan Lodbrok is winning the standup battle so far. Lodbrok lands a right hook to the body.
Lodbrok scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Lodbrok throws a body punch but Contonio moves out of range. A shot to the body from Contonio misses and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick. Nice straight punches there by Contonio. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Contonio. A nice inside leg kick there by Lodbrok. That's going to slow Contonio down. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Contonio misses with an uppercut
and Lodbrok counters with a straight right hand. Halfdan Lodbrok is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Contonio throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lodbrok. That kick from Lodbrok tenderised Contonio's leg. Contonio is trying to keep his angry face on. Lodbrok moves out of range of the leg kick from Contonio. Lodbrok misses with a low kick.
Lodbrok closes the distance and clinches. Contonio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lodbrok is trying to stall.
Contonio tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Lodbrok avoids the elbow strike from Contonio, against the ropes.
Eva Contonio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Lodbrok is working Contonio over against the ropes. Lodbrok lands a shoulder strike. Contonio throws an elbow but it misses.
Lodbrok avoids a wild elbow strike from Contonio. A nice glancing elbow lands by Lodbrok. Lodbrok blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight! Halfdan Lodbrok showed his dominance in that final round. Well Lodbrok has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision. Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27 Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27 Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Halfdan Lodbrok! A relieved looking Halfdan Lodbrok thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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C
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G |
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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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RATING
75% |
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