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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Ezekyle Abaddon (ranked 2299 p4p, 228 weight class) and William Henry Bonney (ranked 1611 p4p, 172 weight class). Abaddon comes to the ring accompanied by Vengeful One. Bonney has chosen Call me Young Gun as his entrance music. Ezekyle Abaddon had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 146.7lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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167 cm
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156 lbs
39 - 26 - 1 |
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173 cm
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149 lbs
38 - 23 - 1 |
Excellent boxer
Good chin
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World class MT
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
39 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ezekyle Abaddon! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
38 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, William Henry Bonney! The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Felipe Paraventi and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Abaddon loads up on a big right hand but Bonney slips the punch. A big right from Abaddon misses. Abaddon throws a looping overhand right but Bonney ducks down to avoid it. Abaddon looks to land a right hand but Bonney moved out of range. Bonney throws a half hearted mid kick. Bonney moves out of range of the strikes. Bonney throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A slapping body kick lands there for Bonney. Abaddon has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bonney. Bonney has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Abaddon is landing a low percentage of strikes. Ezekyle Abaddon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Abaddon is breathing heavily. Bonney takes a swing at Abaddon's ribcage but misses. Abaddon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Abaddon throws a low kick but it's checked well by Bonney. Abaddon misses with a hook
and Bonney counters with a stiff right hand. A cross from Bonney lands. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Bonney lands a body shot.
Bonney blocks a head kick by Abaddon.
Bonney ducks under a wild hook from Abaddon.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bonney throws a body shot but no joy. Bonney throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Abaddon stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Bonney will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A slapping body kick lands there for Bonney. Bonney dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bonney, right into the meat.
Bonney pushes Abaddon away with a front kick. Bonney explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work. Bonney stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush. Bonney scores a flash knockdown with a right hook that drops Abaddon to his hands and knees! The ref pushes Bonney away as he looks to land an illegal blow. Abaddon got an extra few seconds to recover there, which could have made all the differences as he stumbles back to his feet. The referee looks into his eyes and decides to allow the bout to continue. Can he survive?!
Abaddon is rocked! Bonney is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Abaddon rather than just go for the knockout. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Bonney and Abaddon are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Bonney throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking Abaddon into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Bonney knows it - he's on the ropes flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). William Henry Bonney! William Henry Bonney decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way. Ezekyle Abaddon was interviewed post fight and said 'you win or you learn.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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