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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Julius Caesar (ranked 2833 p4p, 340 weight class) and Bang Pitung (ranked 4501 p4p, 485 weight class). Pitung has chosen Madball - Born Strong as his entrance music. Bang Pitung has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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185 cm
30
206 lbs
17 - 14 - 0 |
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180 cm
33
187 lbs
25 - 11 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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World class boxer
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Julius Caesar! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
25 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bang Pitung! The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Pitung clinches up against the ropes. Caesar landing knees to the body.
Pitung blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Pitung misses with the head strike.
Caesar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Caesar scores a nice knee to the body.
Caesar throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pitung tries to stall but Caesar uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Caesar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Our sources have told us that Caesar has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight. Pitung scores with a shoulder strike. Pitung avoids the elbow strike from Caesar, against the ropes.
Pitung blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pitung throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Pitung trying to stall but Caesar improves his position.
Caesar missing with knees to the body.
Pitung lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Caesar blocking some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Caesar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pitung avoids it. Pitung works on Caesar's body with a couple of short punches. A short right from Caesar on the inside. Pitung avoids a wild elbow strike from Caesar. Caesar looks to throw an elbow but misses. Pitung avoids the elbow strike from Caesar, against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round. Caesar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Caesar landing knees to the body.
Pitung avoids a wild elbow strike from Caesar. Caesar missing with knees to the body.
Caesar misses with a punch to the body.
Caesar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Caesar lands with a left to the head. Pitung blocks a body shot from Caesar. Caesar lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. A head punch blocked on the inside by Caesar. Pitung dodges an elbow strike from Caesar.
Caesar scores with a shot to the side of Pitung's head. Pitung lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Caesar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Pitung blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Caesar throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pitung takes a shot to the head. Pitung pushes Caesar back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Pitung scores with a shot to the side of Caesar's head. Pitung blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Caesar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pitung is defending well for now. Pitung can't find room to land a body shot as Caesar controls the action.
Caesar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pitung avoids a wild elbow strike from Caesar. Pitung misses with a body punch.
Pitung lands a right hand. Pitung blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Caesar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pitung manages to break the clinch.
Pitung lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. Pitung tries to clinch there but Caesar circles away.
Caesar walks into a straight right hand from Pitung. Caesar lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. Pitung clinches. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Caesar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pitung is defending well for now. Pitung scores with an uppercut up the middle. Caesar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Pitung trying to control the position but instead, Caesar has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pitung into the ropes. Caesar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julius Caesar dominated that round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Caesar tried to score with a low kick but Pitung checks it. Julius Caesar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Pitung throws a combination. Caesar tries to block but a couple of punches get through. Caesar connects with a high kick. Caesar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pitung throws a body shot but no joy. Pitung just misses with a punch to the body.
Caesar on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Pitung throws a predictable looking body shot
and Pitung takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Pitung misses with a jab, cross combination.
Caesar moves in looking to clinch but Pitung pushes him off. A combination from Pitung does no damage. Caesar throws a big shot that misses. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Caesar throws a head kick that misses. Pitung swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Caesar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Pitung misses with an attempted mid kick.
Caesar wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Caesar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Caesar tries to clinch but Pitung moves out of range. Caesar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Caesar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pitung moves away. Pitung keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Pitung scores with a head kick.
Caesar tries to clinch but Pitung is having none of it. Caesar takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Caesar throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pitung counters with a nice uppercut. Pitung lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Pitung scores with a big combo that sends Caesar crashing to the mat! He's still conscious but the referee has seen enough as Caesar flops around uncontrollably and he's called an end to the fight! Pitung jumps onto the ropes and throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Gross.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bang Pitung! After winning the bout, Bang Pitung thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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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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