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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Nero La Croix (ranked 19388 p4p, 274 weight class) and Jacques Durand (ranked 18760 p4p, 140 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think La Croix might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Ca Plane Pour Moi. Durand has chosen Kaaris - S.E.V.R.A.N. as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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265 lbs
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201 cm
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257 lbs
19 - 9 - 1 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nero La Croix!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacques Durand!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Felipe Paraventi and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Croix throws a jab but it's blocked by Durand.
Durand throws a sloppy head kick and La Croix moves out of range easily.
La Croix throwing a counter right hand but Durand manages to avoid it.
La Croix blocks the body kick.
La Croix swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
La Croix tries to clinch but Durand is having none of it.
Durand scores with a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from La Croix misses the target.
Durand now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Durand moves into the clinch.
La Croix misses with the head strike.
Durand throws an elbow but it misses.
La Croix throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Croix tries to land knees in the clinch but Durand avoids the damage to the body.
A shot in the inside from La Croix.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Durand.
La Croix lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
La Croix misses with a short punch on the inside.
Durand told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
La Croix struggles to land a body shot inside as Durand controls his hands.
Durand misses with a knee to the head.
Durand looking to throw knees to the head but La Croix is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durand manages to break the clinch.
La Croix pivots, looking for a leg kick but Durand is out of range and La Croix settles back down.
Jacques Durand seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Durand lands a nice looking kick to the body. La Croix takes a step back to recover.
Durand scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Durand is looking to slow La Croix down with leg kicks.
Durand tries a head kick but it misses.
La Croix lands a lovely overhand right.
La Croix throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Durand throws a hook to the side of La Croix's head but La Croix sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Durand moves into the clinch successfully.
Durand looking to throw knees to the head but La Croix is blocking nicely.
Durand misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Croix throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
La Croix throws an elbow that misses.
La Croix digs a right hand underneath Durand's ribcage. Durand let out a lung full of air as it connected.
La Croix pushes Durand back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La Croix lands a hook to the side of the head.
La Croix tries a body shot but Durand blocks it.
La Croix lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
La Croix lands with a light punch inside.
La Croix on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Durand misses with a knee strike.
Durand looks winded!
La Croix scores with a shoulder strike.
Durand throws an elbow but it misses.
Durand blocks an uppercut.
La Croix misses with a body punch.
A knee to the head by Durand.
Durand breaks the clinch.
La Croix on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
La Croix buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Durand throws a head kick but La Croix moves out of range.
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 time! Back to the action!
Durand displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as La Croix throws out the jab.
La Croix doesn't manage to clinch there - Durand circles away.
La Croix fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Durand tries to work over La Croix's front leg with a kick but La Croix checks it.
La Croix connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
It looks like Jacques Durand has been cut.
La Croix misses with a leg kick.
Durand sizes up La Croix with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Crunch! Durand slams his shin into La Croix's torso.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durand tries to work over La Croix's front leg with a kick but La Croix checks it.
La Croix gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Durand.
Durand checks the leg kick.
La Croix throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Durand makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Croix throws a push kick but Durand slaps the foot to one side.
La Croix checks the leg kick nicely there.
La Croix jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Durand looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Durand throws a sloppy head kick and La Croix moves out of range easily.
La Croix throws a predictable looking body shot
and Durand counters with a right hand to the body.
La Croix uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Durand.
Durand swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
La Croix throws the kick towards the body but Durand avoids it.
La Croix misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Durand.
Durand slips a jab from La Croix.
Durand misses with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durand tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
La Croix blocks a head kick by Durand.
La Croix is looking to counter with a body kick.
Durand moves out of range of the body kick.
Durand looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A head kick misses from Durand.
Durand throws a lazy right hand but La Croix sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Durand misses with an attempted mid kick.
Durand is looking to land body kicks.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as La Croix checks a leg kick.
Durand fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Durand cracks the inside of La Croix's front leg.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La Croix lands a glancing blow to the side of Durand's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacques Durand showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jacques Durand's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Durand ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Durand keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Durand throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - La Croix looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Durand pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Durand misses with a kick to the body
and La Croix counters with a stiff right hand.
Durand motions for La Croix to come forward. Durand throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Croix jabbing away but nothing is landing.
La Croix backing away here, and Durand unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
La Croix throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
La Croix throws a poor cross that misses
and Durand counters with a head kick. That will keep La Croix thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
La Croix throws an overhand right that lands on Durand's shoulder, as Durand tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durand rushes La Croix and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Durand missing with knees to the body.
La Croix misses with an elbow over the top.
Durand lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
La Croix lands a nice knee to the body.
Durand takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
La Croix breaks the clinch.
La Croix misses with an uppercut.
Durand gets cracked with a nice right hand there by La Croix.
La Croix moves out of range of the leg kick from Durand.
Some bone on bone action there as La Croix checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Durand takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A cross from La Croix lands.
Jacques Durand seems to be getting the better of the standup.
La Croix swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durand slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La Croix throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A countering left hand to the body from Durand misses.
La Croix throws the kick towards the body but Durand avoids it.
Durand lands with a kick to the ribs.
La Croix throws a quick inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick from La Croix misses.
Durand lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Durand misses with a body kick.
La Croix is looking to score with low kicks.
La Croix takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from La Croix.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Jacques Durand just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Jacques Durand's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
La Croix throws a body punch but Durand moves out of range.
Durand throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by La Croix.
La Croix drops his hands momentarily and Durand takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Durand throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
La Croix misses the jab.
Durand misses with a head kick.
A little feinted left hand from La Croix on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Durand throws a right and a left that both miss.
As Durand backs away, La Croix returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
La Croix misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durand looks to score with a jab to the body but La Croix is just out of range.
La Croix tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Durand manages to circle out of the way.
La Croix showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Durand.
La Croix tried to counter with a leg kick but Durand avoided it.
Durand has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
La Croix missing with a left hand there. Durand was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Croix thows a left - swing and a miss!
Durand misses with a low kick.
Durand jabbing away but nothing is landing.
La Croix lands a slapping body shot.
Durand walks into a stiff left hand from La Croix.
Durand closes the distance and clinches.
La Croix tries a body shot but Durand blocks it.
La Croix creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Durand's defenses.
Durand lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Nero La Croix has been cut.
La Croix blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La Croix pushes Durand back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Durand blocks a body shot from La Croix.
Durand has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
La Croix lands a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Croix lands an elbow inside.
La Croix lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Durand is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Durand is trying to push La Croix away but La Croix has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Durand looking to throw knees to the head but La Croix is blocking nicely.
La Croix misses with a body punch.
A short left from La Croix.
La Croix scores with an uppercut up the middle.
La Croix presses Durand against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
La Croix scores with a shoulder strike.
Durand is rocked!
That has opened up Jacques Durand's cut even more.
La Croix is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
La Croix cracks Durand on the bridge of the nose with a nasty looking elbow! Durand crumples to the floor in pain, holding his face! It doesn't look like he's going to beat the count - he's out of it! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). Nero La Croix!
Nero La Croix is the new super heavyweight champion!
A victorious Nero La Croix thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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