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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Leonardo Moraes (ranked 3973 p4p, 380 weight class) and Tigran Baronian (ranked 6740 p4p, 380 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 cm
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157 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
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175 cm
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160 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
Basic striking
Good chin
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Excellent MT
Knockout power
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leonardo Moraes! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tigran Baronian! The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Felipe Paraventi and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Baronian uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Moraes. Baronian avoids the body shot from Moraes.
Baronian steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Moraes. Donk. Baronian catches Moraes right on the button with a cross. Baronian takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Nice shot lands for Moraes. Moraes throws a hook but Baronian avoids it easily. Baronian thuds a left hand into Moraes's body. Moraes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Baronian throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Moraes sees it coming and avoids it easily. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Baronian ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Baronian lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Moraes backs up against the ropes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Baronian throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Moraes on the side of the head. Moraes catches Baronian with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! Moraes 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. Baronian takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Baronian bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Moraes's head backwards. Moraes fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Baronian on the side of the head. Baronian on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Baronian throws a hook to the side of Moraes's head but Moraes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Moraes throws a low kick but Baronian moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Moraes moves out of range of the strikes. Moraes misses with a looping right. Baronian with a hook. Baronian misses with a double jab.
Baronian looks to land a combination but Moraes avoids it well. Moraes swings for the body but Baronian moves out of range.
Moraes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. Moraes has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Baronian. Baronian throws a hook to the side of Moraes's head but Moraes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Moraes connects with a right hand. Baronian shakes it off. Moraes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Baronian follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land. A jab from Baronian finds it's way through Moraes's defenses. Baronian lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Moraes at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Baronian throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Moraes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. A jab from Baronian does it's job there. Moraes connects with a body shot. Baronian with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Baronian avoids the body shot from Moraes.
Baronian jabbing away but nothing is landing. Moraes throws a jab when Baronian was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Moraes misses with a looping right. Baronian blocks a leg kick. Moraes fails to land with a series of punches.
Baronian moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body. Moraes bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Baronian's head. Moraes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baronian moves away. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Baronian, right into the meat.
Moraes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Baronian scores with a jab to the jaw. Baronian misses with the combination.
Moraes swings for the body but Baronian moves out of range.
Moraes throws a body punch but Baronian moves out of range. Moraes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! A slow jab from Baronian misses its intended target. Baronian throws a hook but Moraes blocks it. Baronian misses with a left hand and Moraes counters with a right hand to the body. Baronian slips a jab from Moraes. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tigran Baronian dominated that round. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
The crowd cheers as Moraes lands an impressive looking overhand right. Baronian doesn't seem phased though. Baronian waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Moraes. Baronian shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Moraes eats them both and turns towards Baronian to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo. Tigran Baronian seems to be getting the better of the standup. Moraes takes one to the side of the head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Moraes lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Baronian has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Baronian and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Tigran Baronian is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. A punch combination from Moraes misses. Moraes on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Moraes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Moraes tries to bum rush Baronian with a series of wild strikes but Baronian uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Moraes misses the shot to the body. Baronian fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Baronian pushes Moraes away with a front kick. Baronian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Moraes.
Moraes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baronian moves away. Moraes throws a jab but it's blocked by Baronian. Baronian throws a shot from downtown. Moraes moves away and avoids it. Baronian lands with a right hand. Moraes dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Baronian scores with a three punch combo!
That's one minute gone in the round. Baronian slips under a jab. Moraes connects with a nice looking jab.
Baronian dodges the punch combination from Moraes.
Jab by Baronian. Baronian staying out of range there. Baronian throws a low kick but Moraes moves out of range easily. It looked like Moraes was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit. Baronian scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Moraes is rocked! Moraes takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. Oh Moraes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! A big left from Moraes misses. Baronian connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Moraes's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Moraes - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Tigran Baronian!
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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
RATING
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