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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Mang Kanor (ranked 5864 p4p, 534 weight class) and Cesare Tiramanti (ranked 5141 p4p, 509 weight class). Kanor kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Mang J̶o̶s̶e̶ Kanor by Parokya ni Edgarskie. 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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215 lbs
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207 lbs
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Great elbows
Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mang Kanor!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Cesare Tiramanti!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tiramanti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kanor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kanor throws a jab when Tiramanti was well out of range.
Tiramanti tries to counter with a clinch but Kanor shakes him off and moves away.
Tiramanti tries to clinch but Kanor moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Tiramanti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kanor misses with a looping right.
Tiramanti looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The crowd cheers as Kanor lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tiramanti doesn't seem phased though.
Kanor lands with a right hand.
Kanor scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tiramanti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kanor.
Tiramanti scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kanor throws out a loose jab but Tiramanti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kanor misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiramanti takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kanor throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tiramanti counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tiramanti has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Kanor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tiramanti.
Nice uppercut there from Kanor.
Kanor comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tiramanti ducks under a wild hook from Kanor.
Tiramanti avoids the body shot from Kanor.
Kanor stuns Tiramanti with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kanor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tiramanti moves away.
Tiramanti fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kanor drops a shoulder and throws a biiiig uppercut that drops Tiramanti onto his butt! Tiramanti pops straight back to his feet to convince the referee that he's OK to continue.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kanor throws a lazy right hand but Tiramanti sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tiramanti drops his guard momentarily, allowing Kanor to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Tiramanti! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Kanor takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Mang Kanor!
Mang Kanor retains his light heavyweight title!
An out of breath Mang Kanor 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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