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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Nero La Croix (ranked 19631 p4p, 276 weight class) and Wilmer Lynn (ranked 17376 p4p, 168 weight class). La Croix comes into the arena with Ca Plane Pour Moi blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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190 cm
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265 lbs
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204 cm
27
264 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
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 super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
27 - 5 - 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
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Wilmer Lynn! The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Alexandre Firmino and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! La Croix lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lynn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but La Croix moves out of range and avoids them all easily. A nice leg kick lands there from Lynn. La Croix throws a head kick that misses. Lynn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from La Croix. Lynn is clearly trying to counter these attacks from La Croix with a body shot. Lynn tests La Croix's chin there with a solid looking shot. Lynn misses with a leg kick and La Croix counters with a lovely straight right hand! Lynn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La Croix throws a hook but Lynn blocks it. It seemed like Lynn was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it. Lynn gets cracked with a nice right hand there by La Croix. Lynn jabs at La Croix's body. La Croix is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Lynn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Donk. Lynn catches La Croix right on the button with a cross. Lynn misses with a body shot.
La Croix lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jab by La Croix. Lynn scores with a decent looking hook. Lynn swings widly with a right hand
and La Croix counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt. Lynn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. La Croix sees it coming and avoids it easily. Lynn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
La Croix takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
La Croix showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lynn.
The fighters circling - Lynn throws out the jab but it was never going to land. La Croix has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Wild Beasts Zoo in the buildup to the fight. Lynn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La Croix was well out of range. Poor timing from Lynn. Lynn fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. La Croix looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. A shot to the body from Lynn misses letting La Croix counter with a right hand. Lynn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lynn fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt La Croix. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! La Croix throws out a loose jab but Lynn uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. La Croix uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lynn. Lynn throws a leg kick but La Croix checks it. La Croix clinches up against the ropes. Lynn misses with the head strike.
Lynn lands a shoulder strike. La Croix misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lynn.
La Croix lands a hook to the side of the head. La Croix tries to work over Lynn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Lynn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
La Croix digs a right hand underneath Lynn's ribcage. Lynn let out a lung full of air as it connected. Lynn looks winded! Nice body punch from La Croix - that landed with a thud.
La Croix throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lynns head. Lynn misses with some punches.
La Croix lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lynn. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. A right hook to the body lands for La Croix.
La Croix misses with a knee strike.
La Croix lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lynn backwards. A short left from La Croix. Lynn takes a knee to the side of the body. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Nero La Croix will probably get the nod. 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.
La Croix jabbing away but nothing is landing. Lynn throws a predictable looking body shot
and La Croix counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by La Croix.
Wilmer Lynn seems to be getting the better of the standup. La Croix looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Lynn flicks out a counter leg kick but La Croix steps away. La Croix tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Lynn paws at him with a jab and circles away. A telegraphed right hand from Lynn misses the target. La Croix throws out a leg kick but Lynn moves out of range and La Croix only half commits. Wilmer Lynn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Lynn misses with an uppercut
and La Croix counters with a solid body kick. Both fighters circling a little - La Croix finishes the exchange with a kick to the body. La Croix throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Lynn throws a combination that misses and La Croix counters with a lovely straight right hand! Lynn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from La Croix. La Croix throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. La Croix turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. La Croix looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lynn is breathing heavily. Lynn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lynn bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps La Croix's head backwards. La Croix is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lynn. Lynn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
La Croix scores with a kick to the body.
Lynn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La Croix.
La Croix lands a lovely overhand right. La Croix drops a shoulder and throws a biiiig uppercut that drops Lynn onto his butt! Lynn pops straight back to his feet to convince the referee that he's OK to continue. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. La Croix checks a leg kick. La Croix rushes Lynn and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch. La Croix cracks Lynn with a nice body shot. La Croix lands with a left to the head. La Croix lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lynn is rocked! La Croix cracks Lynn with a nice body shot. Lynn is still on wobbly legs! Can La Croix finish him? La Croix cracks Lynn with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Lynn goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Lynn wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Nero La Croix! Nero La Croix thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
A | B |
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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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