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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Harman Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyhma Saapas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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270 lbs
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197 cm
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250 lbs
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Excellent MT
Very strong
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Harman Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Tyhma Saapas!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Dirk Anderson and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saapas.
Saapas feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Smith's calf.
Smith tries to clinch but Saapas is having none of it.
Smith checks a low kick from Saapas.
Saapas lands a nice leg kick that just misses Smith's sensitive parts.
Saapas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Saapas moves into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Saapas.
Smith trying to control the position but instead, Saapas has worked for underhooks and has pushed Smith into the cage.
Saapas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith throws an elbow but it misses.
Saapas blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Saapas misses with an elbow strike.
Smith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Saapas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Saapas tries a low kick but Smith avoids it.
Saapas moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Saapas lands with a thumping leg kick.
Saapas has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Saapas.
Smith tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Smith avoids a kick to the body.
Saapas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Saapas lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tyhma Saapas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice inside leg kick there by Saapas. That's going to slow Smith down.
Saapas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smith throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Smith fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Saapas checks it well.
Smith is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Saapas, right into the meat.
A nice leg kick lands there from Saapas.
Good leg kick by Saapas there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Saapas misses with a low kick.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saapas scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith is looking to chop away at Saapas's legs.
Smith takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith swings for the body but Saapas moves out of range.
Smith moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromSaapas.
Smith takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A chopping leg kick lands by Saapas.
Saapas scoring well with a low kick there.
Saapas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smith.
Smith on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Saapas keeps the fight on the outside.
Saapas is trying to counter with his kicks.
Saapas connects with a leg kick. Smith looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Saapas lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Smith checks a low kick from Saapas.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Saapas.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Saapas buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Saapas takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Smith stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Saapas.
Saapas lands a nice leg kick that just misses Smith's sensitive parts.
Saapas lands a leg kick that knocks Smith off balance momentarily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Saapas. That's going to slow Smith down.
Saapas is looking to slow Smith down with leg kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Saapas.
Saapas has closed the distance and engaged Smith in a clinch.
Saapas lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Saapas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Smith's brow.
Smith takes an elbow to the temple.
Saapas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Saapas lands an elbow that stopped Smith in his tracks for a moment.
Saapas lands an elbow inside that Smith shrugs off.
Saapas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Saapas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.
Saapas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saapas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Saapas.
Saapas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.
Saapas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.
A bit of stalling here from Saapas.
Saapas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A good leg kick by Saapas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saapas scores with a leg kick.
Saapas scores with a leg kick.
Smith ducks into a a hook from Saapas and goes down! He looks in a bit of a mess; will he beat the count?! 4,5,6,7,8 - he's up and looking to carry on! The referee looks into his eyes and sees that he's OK to continue!
Smith is rocked!
Saapas feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Smith's calf.
Oh Smith is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Smith takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Smith seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Saapas throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Smith is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Tyhma Saapas!
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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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