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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Albert Van Rooy (ranked 1127 p4p, 12 weight class) and Tun Min Naing (ranked 21639 p4p, 214 weight class). Naing has chosen Myanmar Lethwei Songs as his entrance music. Albert Van Rooy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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196 cm
26
256 lbs
16 - 14 - 0 |
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187 cm
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271 lbs
10 - 10 - 0 |
Excellent MT
Cardio machine
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World class MT
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Albert Van Rooy! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tun Min Naing! The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Chris Downing and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Naing is looking to clinch. Van Rooy wants to clinch up but Naing keeps it at a distance. Naing wants to counter with a clinch but Van Rooy pushes him away. Van Rooy cracks Naing with a right hand to the side of the head. Van Rooy gets tackled into the ropes by Naing. Naing maintains the clinch. Van Rooy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Naing misses with a hook to the ribs.
Van Rooy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Van Rooy avoids the elbow strike from Naing, against the ropes.
Naing pushes off an throws an elbow but Van Rooy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes. Naing pushes off an throws an elbow but Van Rooy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes. Naing blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Naing struggles to land a body shot inside as Van Rooy controls his hands.
Naing has a couple of punches blocked by Van Rooy.
Van Rooy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Naing throws an elbow but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Van Rooy misses with a punch on the inside.
Naing tries to throw a body punch but Van Rooy avoids it by throwing Naing back against the ropes. Naing pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes. Van Rooy swings wildly with an uppercut but Naing uses good head movement to avoid it. Van Rooy blocks the elbow strike.
Van Rooy works on Naing's body with a couple of short punches. A short uppercut from Van Rooy.
That's one minute gone in the round. A short right from Naing. Naing throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Naing goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Rooy tries a body shot but Naing blocks it.
Van Rooy blocks the elbow strike.
Naing told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight. Van Rooy blocks an elbow strike from Naing.
Naing blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Naing misses with a body punch.
A short right from Van Rooy on the inside. Van Rooy lands a left hand.
Van Rooy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Van Rooy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Naing backwards. Naing throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Van Rooy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Naing pushes off an throws an elbow but Van Rooy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes. Van Rooy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Naing. Naing misses with a body punch.
Van Rooy lands with a right to the head. Van Rooy takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Albert Van Rooy has been cut. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Van Rooy lands on the inside with an uppercut. Van Rooy lands with a left to the head. Van Rooy avoids the elbow strike from Naing, against the ropes.
Van Rooy creates a bit of distance and cracks Naing with a big uppercut! Naing goes down! The referee pushes Van Rooy away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Naing make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Van Rooy takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Albert Van Rooy!
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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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