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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ricco McGregor (ranked 7093 p4p, 234 weight class) and Gustavo Santos (ranked 2855 p4p, 73 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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212 cm
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300 lbs
12 - 2 - 0 |
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175 cm
37
137 lbs
47 - 14 - 1 |
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine
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Decent boxing
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 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
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricco McGregor! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
47 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gustavo Santos! The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Robert Twigg and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Santos throws a right hand that McGregor ducks under and follows up with a left that McGregor also avoids with ease. No joy there for Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McGregor connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Santos momentarily.
It looks like Gustavo Santos has been cut. Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Gustavo Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. McGregor tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from McGregor. A punch combination from Santos misses. McGregor is looking to counter with head kicks. McGregor lands a nice looking body shot.
A punch combination from Santos misses. McGregor lands with a good body shot. McGregor tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from McGregor. McGregor misses with a wild body shot. McGregor lands a nice hook to Santos's body. Santos takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Santos tries to bum rush McGregor with a series of wild strikes but McGregor uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Some bone on bone action there as Santos checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one. McGregor looks to score with a jab to the body but Santos is just out of range. Despite the aggression on Santos's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter. Santos misses with a double jab
and McGregor counters with a big 3 punch combo that drops Santos on his ass! Santos wobbles back to his feet half way through the count and though looking a bit dazed, the referee is going to allow the fight to continue! McGregor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Santos.
McGregor lands a jab to the nose. Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McGregor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Some wild striking there from Santos.
McGregor tried to counter with a leg kick but Santos avoided it. Sloppy strikes from Santos. Those never looked like landing. Sloppy strikes from Santos. Those never looked like landing. A nice combination there by Santos.
It looks like Ricco McGregor has been cut. Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Santos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and McGregor counters with a lovely shot to the body. Santos falls off balance throwing a combination
and McGregor counters with a stiff right hand. McGregor moves into range and connects with a jab. Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McGregor moves out of range and avoids them all easily. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Santos throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
McGregor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Santos unleashes a big counter combination but McGregor bobs and weaves and avoids any damage. McGregor dodges the punch combination from Santos.
No joy there for Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McGregor throwing a counter right hand but Santos manages to avoid it. A jab from McGregor finds it's way through Santos's defenses.
Santos is rocked! McGregor is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches. Santos takes a jab right on the kisser.
Santos is still on wobbly legs! Can McGregor finish him?
That's two minutes gone in the round. Santos falls off balance throwing a combination
and McGregor counters with a perfect left hook, dropping Santos to the canvas. He tries to get back up quickly but his equilibrium is all over the place! He's up... he's back down again! There's no need for a count as the referee calls off the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ricco McGregor! Ricco McGregor is the new super heavyweight champion!
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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
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