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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Ryu Takemura (ranked 4940 p4p, 448 weight class) and Bastien Giroud (ranked 7199 p4p, 537 weight class). Giroud comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Khaled- Aisha kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ryu Takemura could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bastien Giroud's chin.
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150 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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180 cm
20
150 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
Excellent boxer
Very quick
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Excellent boxer
Heavy handed
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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
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryu Takemura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Bastien Giroud!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giroud throws a right hand that misses
letting Takemura counter with a right hand.
Giroud has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Giroud misses with a left hand
and Takemura counters with a nice uppercut.
Giroud throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Takemura counters with a right hand to the body.
Giroud bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Giroud slips a jab and a cross from Takemura.
Giroud moves to clinch but Takemura breaks away
and Takemura counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Takemura tries to keep at a distance but Giroud has taken the fight into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Takemura breaks the clinch.
Giroud tries to close the distance and clinch up but Takemura swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Takemura jabs Giroud to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Takemura gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Takemura.
Good exchange - Takemura coming out on top.
Takemura seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Takemura misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Giroud.
Takemura misses with a body punch
and Giroud counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Takemura misses with a lunging right hand
and Takemura takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Takemura jabs Giroud right on the nose. Giroud blinks but takes it well.
Giroud misses with a double jab.
Giroud has closed the distance and engaged Takemura in a clinch.
Giroud looking to slow down the pace here.
A short left from Giroud.
Takemura is rocked!
Takemura tries a body shot but Giroud blocks it.
Giroud taking a breather.
Giroud lands with a right to the head.
Oh Takemura is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Giroud lands with a light punch inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Giroud breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Takemura with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Takemura looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Takemura get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Bastien Giroud!
Post fight, an emotional Bastien Giroud said 'Nobody in the division can take my shots ! Its a message to the rest of the fighters: im coming'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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