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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tahar Heart (ranked 19390 p4p, 158 weight class) and Ray Mancini (ranked 3038 p4p, 75 weight class). 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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14 - 10 - 0 |
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170 lbs
16 - 11 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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World class boxer
Good gas tank
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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
14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tahar Heart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ray Mancini!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mancini has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mancini there as he acknowledges the shot.
Mancini lands a jab to the nose.
Heart takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Heart scores with a hook.
Heart throws a leg kick but Mancini checks it.
Heart misses with an uppercut. Mancini saw that one coming.
Mancini swings for the body but Heart moves out of range.
Mancini has taken the fight to the clinch.
I was talking to Heart's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Heart escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mancini rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Heart counters with a stiff right hand.
Heart scores with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Heart avoids the body shot from Mancini.
Mancini misses with a looping left.
Heart feints a jab promting Mancini to slip. Heart then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Mancini slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Mancini is rocked!
It looks like Ray Mancini has been cut.
Heart connects with a nice looking jab.
Mancini is still on wobbly legs! Can Heart finish him?
Heart comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tahar Heart seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Heart uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Mancini has time to react.
Heart lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Mancini pivots, looking for a leg kick but Heart is out of range and Mancini settles back down.
Heart lands with a good body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heart throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mancini waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Heart.
Heart connects with a nice looking jab.
Mancini walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Mancini 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 1:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Tahar Heart!
During a confident post fight interview, Tahar Heart thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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