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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Rob Ford (ranked 15360 p4p, 608 weight class) and Rect Umm (ranked 20081 p4p, 643 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
19 - 11 - 0 |
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215 lbs
20 - 10 - 0 |
Great elbows
Insanely flexible
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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
19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rob Ford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Rect Umm!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Robert Twigg and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Umm clinches up with Ford and pushes him back against the ropes.
Umm tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ford's elbow.
Umm lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ford backwards.
Umm takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Ford.
It looks like Rect Umm has been cut.
Ford is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Umm is defending well for now.
Ford misses with a punch to the body.
Umm dodges an elbow strike from Ford.
Ford fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ford.
Ford tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ford.
Ford misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Umm on the inside.
Ford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Umm blocks it with crossed arms.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Umm blocks an elbow strike.
Ford being controlled against the ropes.
A short left from Umm.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Umm lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ford lands a left hand.
Umm lands an uppercut.
Ford lands an elbow that stopped Umm in his tracks for a moment.
That has opened up Rect Umm's cut even more.
Ford lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Umm works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Umm tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Umm fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Umm is working Ford over against the ropes.
Umm dodges an elbow strike from Ford.
Umm's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Umm takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A swing and a miss from Umm.
Umm moves out of range of the body kick.
Ford scores with the left hand. Umm knows he should have avoided that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ford throws a looping overhand right but Umm ducks down to avoid it.
Umm swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rob Ford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ford uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Umm.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ford is looking to clinch but Umm is avoiding it.
Ford swinging wildly here.
Ford misses with a combination
and Ford takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ford walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Umm circles away from the clinch attempt
and Umm connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ford walks into a big right hand from Umm and goes down! The referee sends Umm to a neutral corner as Ford gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.
Umm misses the shot to the body.
Ford looks to land a combination but Umm avoids it well.
Umm gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Umm dodges an elbow strike from Ford.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Ford.
The cut above Rect Umm's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Umm stalling.
Umm scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Umm blocks the elbow strike.
Umm lands with a light punch inside.
Ford tries to land knees in the clinch but Umm avoids the damage to the body.
Umm has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ford seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Umm can turn it around.
Umm misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Umm blocks an elbow strike from Ford.
Umm pushes Ford back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ford creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Umm.
Umm lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ford or not.
Umm lands a right hand.
Ford throws a head punch that misses.
Ford misses with some punches.
Umm blocks an elbow strike.
Ford throws a head punch that misses.
Ford misses with an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ford blocks a body shot from Umm.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Ford just misses with a elbow thrown towards Umm's brow.
Umm misses with a punch on the inside.
Ford throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Umm makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Ford just misses with a elbow thrown towards Umm's brow.
Umm blocks the elbow strike.
Ford creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Umm on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Umm lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ford throws a knee to the head but misses.
Umm blocks an elbow strike from Ford.
Umm avoids a wild elbow strike from Ford.
Ford lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ford creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ford looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ford throws an elbow but it misses.
Umm can't find room to land a body shot as Ford controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rect Umm will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rect Umm's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ford uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Umm.
Umm is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ford uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Umm.
Umm stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ford.
Umm blocks a low kick nicely.
Ford tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Umm counters with a beautiful hook that drops Ford to the mat! Will Ford be able to recover his senses? The referee starts the count at 3 having sent Umm to a neutral corner. 4,5,6 and Ford is up. He looks OK to continue.
Ford misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Umm.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ford tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ford keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Umm.
Ford walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Ford is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Rect Umm!
A relieved looking Rect Umm thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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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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