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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Harold Zoid (ranked 8257 p4p, 65 weight class) and Lars Von Ricther (ranked 3159 p4p, 102 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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222 lbs
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265 lbs
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Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Harold Zoid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lars Von Ricther!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Dean Styles and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von Ricther swinging wildly here.
Zoid uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Von Ricther.
Zoid walks into a stiff left hand from Von Ricther.
Von Ricther misses the jab.
It looked like Zoid wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Von Ricther has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Zoid is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Lars Von Ricther seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Von Ricther works Zoid's body with a nice hook.
Von Ricther walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Zoid cracks Von Ricther with a good jab.
Zoid misses with a wild combination.
Zoid jabs Von Ricther right on the nose. Von Ricther blinks but takes it well.
Zoid scoring well with a low kick there.
Zoid closes the distance and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Von Ricther's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Zoid moves out of range as Von Ricther throws a body kick.
Zoid misses with an uppercut. Von Ricther saw that one coming.
Zoid looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Von Ricther misses with a two punch combination.
Von Ricther throws a hook to the side of Zoid's head but Zoid sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Von Ricther uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Von Ricther - that will leave a mark!
Zoid misses with a wild combination.
Nice straight punches there by Von Ricther. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Von Ricther.
It looks like Harold Zoid has been cut.
A punch combination from Von Ricther misses.
Von Ricther takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Zoid checks a low kick from Von Ricther.
Zoid throws a quick counter kick to the body but Von Ricther avoids it.
Zoid tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Von Ricther misses with a few strikes there.
Zoid gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Zoid scores with a nice short uppercut.
Von Ricther is trying to break free.
Zoid misses with a punch on the inside.
Zoid has Von Ricther pressed against the ropes, preventing Von Ricther from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Von Ricther breaks from the clinch.
Zoid darts in and clinches Von Ricther up against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zoid throws a punch but it's blocked by Von Ricther.
Von Ricther's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Von Ricther slips under a jab.
Zoid moves out of range of the strikes.
Von Ricther gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Zoid.
It looks like Lars Von Ricther has been cut.
Von Ricther looks to land a right hand but Zoid moved out of range.
Von Ricther throws a series of punches but Zoid avoids them all with ease.
Von Ricther connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Zoid's hands.
Zoid throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Zoid lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Zoid slips a straight right by Von Ricther.
Zoid lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Von Ricther throws a right hand that misses
letting Zoid counter with a right hand.
Von Ricther lands a nice leg kick that just misses Zoid's sensitive parts.
Von Ricther dips to his left and cracks Zoid with an uppercut!
Von Ricther scores with the left hand. Zoid knows he should have avoided that one.
Von Ricther goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Von Ricther.
Zoid forces Von Ricther back against the ropes and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zoid throws a punch but it's blocked by Von Ricther.
Zoid throws a punch but it's blocked by Von Ricther.
Zoid swings wildly with an uppercut but Von Ricther uses good head movement to avoid it.
I was talking to Zoid's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zoid.
Von Ricther blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zoid lands a left hand.
Zoid misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zoid lands a body shot.
Zoid misses with a punch on the inside.
Zoid lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Von Ricther is trying to force a seperation but Zoid has the dominant position.
Zoid throws a punch but it's blocked by Von Ricther.
A nice left hand lands by Zoid.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Ricther blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zoid misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zoid tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Von Ricther manages to break the clinch.
Zoid fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Von Ricther, pushing him back against the ropes.
Von Ricther looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Zoid lands with a light punch inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Von Ricther.
A frustrated look appears on Von Ricther's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Zoid has a couple of punches blocked by Von Ricther.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Von Ricther's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Von Ricther circles away from the clinch attempt.
Von Ricther cracks Zoid with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Zoid defending well as Von Ricther loads up on a big left hand.
Zoid wants to clinch up but Von Ricther keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harold Zoid dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Zoid stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Zoid darts in and clinches Von Ricther up against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zoid.
Zoid swings wildly with an uppercut but Von Ricther uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zoid misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zoid lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harold Zoid has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Zoid swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zoid misses with a punch on the inside.
Zoid lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Von Ricther backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zoid lands a nice shot to the body.
Zoid misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zoid misses with a hook from the clinch.
Von Ricther blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zoid tries to work over Von Ricther's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zoid scores with a hook to the body.
Zoid softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Von Ricther escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zoid tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Von Ricther manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Von Ricther smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Von Ricther throws a shot from downtown. Zoid moves away and avoids it.
Zoid slips a straight right by Von Ricther.
Zoid thinks about countering with a head kick.
Von Ricther misses with a wild combination.
Von Ricther misses with a looping left.
Zoid is looking to land body kicks.
Von Ricther has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Zoid avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zoid is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Lars Von Ricther seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Von Ricther has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Zoid.
Von Ricther is breathing heavily.
Von Ricther tries to bum rush Zoid with a series of wild strikes but Zoid uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zoid throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A head kick misses from Zoid.
Zoid throws a lazy right hand but Von Ricther sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zoid pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Von Ricther drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That has opened up Lars Von Ricther's cut even more.
Zoid staggers Von Ricther with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Von Ricther looks in trouble, will he beat the count?! The count has reached 5 and he's only back to 1 knee - it's going to be close! 6,7,8 - he's up! Just in time and the ref is going to let the fight continue!
Zoid takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A jab from Zoid misses.
Zoid misses the jab.
Von Ricther looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Von Ricther ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zoid moves away.
The fighters circling - Von Ricther throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zoid is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Von Ricther can do to turn this around?
Zoid connects with a crisp jab.
Zoid's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Von Ricther connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Zoid scrambles back to his feet.
Von Ricther thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jab by Zoid.
Zoid throws a head kick that misses.
Von Ricther tries to move into range but Zoid moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Von Ricther is rocked!
Von Ricther walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Harold Zoid!
Our winner, Harold Zoid, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Lars Von Ricther spoke after the fight, saying 'He is a great fighter and I wish him the best in future fights.'.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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