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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Will Smith (ranked 20549 p4p, 769 weight class) and The Wanderer Harbard (ranked 22461 p4p, 799 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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186 cm
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185 lbs
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181 cm
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182 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Great elbows
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Will Smith! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, The Wanderer Harbard! The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Harbard connects with a right hand. Smith shakes it off. Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harbard was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith. Smith is looking to score with low kicks. Harbard slips a jab and a cross from Smith.
Harbard blocks a jab. Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harbard moves away. Harbard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Harbard feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Smiths jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist! Harbard lands a really nice looking cross but Smith seems unphased.
Smith throws a body punch but Harbard moves out of range. Smith misses with an uppercut. Smith looks to land a left hand but Harbard moved out of range nicely. Smith walks into a straight right hand from Harbard.
Smith is rocked!
It looks like Will Smith has been cut. Harbard avoids the body shot from Smith.
Oh Smith is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Harbard throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. Smith seems to have got his legs back now. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Smith ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harbard manages to avoid it. Harbard has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight. Harbard walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. Harbard throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round. A combination from Harbard does no damage. Harbard moves into the clinch. Harbard just leaning against Smith, taking a breather. Smith prevents a body shot from Harbard. Harbard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smith lands a hook that snaps the head of Harbard backwards. Smith blocks a body shot from Harbard. Harbard lands a nice uppercut. Harbard lands a hook to the side of the head. Harbard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smith tries to throw a body punch but Harbard avoids it by throwing Smith back against the ropes. A short right from Harbard. A nice left hand lands by Harbard.
Smith blocks a body shot from Harbard. Smith blocks an uppercut.
Harbard blocking some punches.
Smith's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Smith will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Smith blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Smith fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Harbard misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Smith counters with a straight punch to the midsection. Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Harbard is just out of range. Harbard cracks Smith with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes. Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Harbard is just out of range. Harbard scores with a jab to the jaw. Smith cracks Harbard with an open hand slap. Smith takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Harbard doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Smith takes a swing at Harbard's ribcage but misses. Smith throws a right hand that Harbard ducks under and follows up with a left that Harbard also avoids with ease. Smith misses with a hook to the body
and Harbard counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Smith thinking. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Smith lands a nice looking body shot.
Harbard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Smith scores with the left hand. Harbard knows he should have avoided that one. Smith looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. A shot to the liver by Smith. Beautiful body shot. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but The Wanderer Harbard will probably get the nod. The cut man is working on Will Smith's cut. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Smith defending well as Harbard loads up on a big left hand. Harbard thows a left - swing and a miss! Smith throws a body kick that digs right into the meat. Smith throws out a token jab with nothing on it. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Harbard! But no joy. Smith scores with a sloppy right hand. Harbard should have avoided that one. Harbard walks into a jab. Smith lands a nice hook to Harbard's body. Harbard takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Harbard throws a jab but it's blocked by Smith. Smith slips under a jab. Harbard throws a jab when Smith was well out of range. Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harbard was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harbard.
Smith with a hook. Smith looks to land a right hand but Harbard moved out of range. Harbard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round. Smith throws a good cross that connects.
Smith throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Harbard counters with a nice body shot. Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harbard's corner calls for a 1-2. Harbard obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. Smith slips under a jab. Smith throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena. Smith is looking to wear down Harbard with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Harbard with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Smith to score with a decent uppercut.
Harbard is rocked! Harbard misses with a looping right. Harbard is still on wobbly legs! Can Smith finish him? Harbard misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely. Harbard seems to have recovered his senses. Harbard with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Smith to score with a decent uppercut. Smith pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Harbard walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Harbard is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Will Smith! An out of breath Will Smith 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
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FIGHT
RATING
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