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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Almu Tantor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Laborina Lim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tantor comes to the ring accompanied by tantor. Laborina Lim is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Hong Entrance Song. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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211 lbs
19 - 7 - 0 |
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173 cm
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183 lbs
18 - 6 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Almu Tantor!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antonio Laborina Lim!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laborina Lim thows a leg kick but Tantor checks it
and Tantor counters with a one-two to the body.
Tantor definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
That kick from Laborina Lim tenderised Tantor's leg. Tantor is trying to keep his angry face on.
Laborina Lim connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Laborina Lim connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Laborina Lim with a nice cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laborina Lim misses with an uppercut.
Tantor throws a chopping leg kick but Laborina Lim manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The crowd cheers as Laborina Lim lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tantor doesn't seem phased though.
Laborina Lim fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tantor.
Tantor on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tantor takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Laborina Lim cracks the inside of Tantor's front leg.
Laborina Lim thumps Tantor with a low kick.
Laborina Lim feints and then cracks Tantor's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tantor down.
Laborina Lim lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tantor blocks the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. Laborina Lim catches Tantor right on the button with a cross.
Laborina Lim darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Laborina Lim has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Tantor connects with a body shot that sends Laborina Lim's belly button to the back.
Laborina Lim lands a nice looking kick to the body. Tantor takes a step back to recover.
Laborina Lim dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tantor. That did some damage!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tantor throws a low kick but Laborina Lim avoids it.
Laborina Lim fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tantor chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Laborina Lim can pounce on him.
Tantor takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tantor is breathing heavily.
Laborina Lim scores with a shot to the body.
Tantor misses with a right hand
and Laborina Lim counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Laborina Lim.
A head punch on the inside from Tantor fails to land.
Tantor tries to work over Laborina Lim's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tantor is trying to break the clinch but Laborina Lim is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tantor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tantor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tantor blocks an uppercut.
Tantor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tantor missing with a left hand there. Laborina Lim was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Laborina Lim fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tantor looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Laborina Lim throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tantor throws a leg kick
and Laborina Lim counters by moving into the clinch.
Tantor swings wildly with an uppercut but Laborina Lim uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laborina Lim throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Laborina Lim lands a damaging elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Laborina Lim fails to land.
Tantor has had enough of the clinch but Laborina Lim keeps him there for the moment.
Tantor pushes Laborina Lim back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tantor is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tantor lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tantor is trying to break the clinch but Laborina Lim is controlling him.
Laborina Lim lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Tantor throws a punch but it's blocked by Laborina Lim.
Tantor has a couple of punches blocked by Laborina Lim.
Tantor working aggressively here.
Tantor working aggressively here.
Laborina Lim blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tantor misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Tantor.
Tantor swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laborina Lim tries to land knees in the clinch but Tantor avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Laborina Lim fails to land.
Tantor lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Laborina Lim has a couple of punches blocked by Tantor.
Tantor is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tantor blocking some punches.
Tantor digs a right hand into Laborina Lim's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Laborina Lim's gas tank.
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!
Tantor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Laborina Lim lands the left hand.
Tantor moves out of range as Laborina Lim strikes.
Tantor takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tantor takes a swing at Laborina Lim's ribcage but misses.
Laborina Lim dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Laborina Lim throws an overhand right that lands on Tantor's shoulder, as Tantor tries to avoid the shot.
Tantor misses with a wild body shot.
Laborina Lim lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tantor looks for the body kick but Laborina Lim saw that one coming.
Tantor takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tantor blocks a jab.
Laborina Lim gets off balance looking for a body kick
enabling Tantor to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antonio Laborina Lim dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Laborina Lim throws a wild body kick that Tantor sees coming a mile off.
Laborina Lim smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tantor takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Laborina Lim stuns Tantor with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jab from Laborina Lim.
Laborina Lim cracks a nice hook into Tantor's ribs.
Tantor scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Laborina Lim misses with a head kick.
Tantor lands a really nice looking cross but Laborina Lim seems unphased.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laborina Lim ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Laborina Lim takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tantor has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Laborina Lim finds it's way round the side to connect with Tantor's head.
Tantor takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tantor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Laborina Lim.
Laborina Lim tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tantor needs to keep his hands up - Laborina Lim had a free shot at his head there.
Laborina Lim walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tantor misses with a left hand
and Laborina Lim counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tantor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Laborina Lim misses with an elbow strike.
Tantor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tantor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tantor throws a half hearted mid kick.
Antonio Laborina Lim seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That kick from Tantor tenderised Laborina Lim's leg. Laborina Lim is trying to keep his angry face on.
A head kick misses from Laborina Lim.
Laborina Lim darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Laborina Lim lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tantor's sensitive parts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tantor swings for the body but Laborina Lim moves out of range.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Laborina Lim. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Laborina Lim uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tantor missing with a left hand there. Laborina Lim was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Laborina Lim throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tantor on the side of the head.
Tantor takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tantor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Laborina Lim.
Laborina Lim throws a looping overhand right but Tantor ducks down to avoid it.
Tantor tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tantor feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Laborina Lims jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tantor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Laborina Lim throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Laborina Lim looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tantor doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Laborina Lim has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tantor misses with a wild body shot.
Laborina Lim lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Laborina Lim lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tantor walks into a straight right hand and goes down! Laborina Lim rushes to a neutral corner so the count doesn't get delayed but Tantor has made it back to his feet on 5. He's OK so we're back to the action.
Tantor is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laborina Lim scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Oh Tantor is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tantor throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tantor avoids the head kick by Laborina Lim.
Tantor walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Antonio Laborina Lim!
Antonio Laborina Lim is the new light heavyweight champion!
Antonio Laborina Lim spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
Almu Tantor was interviewed post fight and said 'thanks! this was my last kickboxing fight'.
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