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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Stan Van Gundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominick Rivaldi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rivaldi has chosen Joker's Wild as his entrance music. Stan Van Gundy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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181 lbs
35 - 10 - 1 |
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185 lbs
34 - 18 - 3 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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World class MT
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
35 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stan Van Gundy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 18 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dominick Rivaldi!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivaldi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Van Gundy tries to bum rush Rivaldi with a series of wild strikes but Rivaldi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Van Gundy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rivaldi lands a nice looking kick to the body. Van Gundy takes a step back to recover.
Rivaldi attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Van Gundy looks to throw the jab but Rivaldi is out of range.
Van Gundy closes the distance and pushes Rivaldi back into the ropes.
Van Gundy stalling in the clinch but Rivaldi improves position.
A right hook to the body lands for Van Gundy.
A head punch on the inside from Rivaldi fails to land.
Rivaldi lands a shoulder strike.
Van Gundy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rivaldi is defending well for now.
Rivaldi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rivaldi.
Van Gundy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rivaldi.
Van Gundy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rivaldi misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rivaldi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rivaldi throws a head punch that misses.
Rivaldi tries to work over Van Gundy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Gundy prevents a body shot from Rivaldi.
Van Gundy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Van Gundy working aggressively here.
Rivaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Van Gundy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Van Gundy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Van Gundy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rivaldi looks winded!
Van Gundy tries a body shot but Rivaldi blocks it.
Rivaldi swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Gundy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rivaldi has a couple of punches blocked by Van Gundy.
Rivaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Gundy lands with a short shot to the head.
Rivaldi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Gundy swings wildly with an uppercut but Rivaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Gundy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Gundy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Van Gundy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Gundy blocks a body shot from Rivaldi.
Van Gundy scores with a shoulder strike.
Van Gundy lands a hook that snaps the head of Rivaldi backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Gundy misses with a body punch.
Van Gundy can't find room to land a body shot as Rivaldi controls the action.
Van Gundy blocks an uppercut.
Van Gundy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Van Gundy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rivaldi misses with the head strike.
Van Gundy stalling in the clinch but Rivaldi improves position.
Rivaldi prevents a body shot from Van Gundy.
Rivaldi takes a shot to the head.
Van Gundy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rivaldi blocks a body shot from Van Gundy.
Van Gundy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Van Gundy lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Rivaldi fails to land.
A right hand to the body from Rivaldi.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rivaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rivaldi takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stan Van Gundy dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Rivaldi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Van Gundy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rivaldi working aggressively here.
Rivaldi throws a punch but it's blocked by Van Gundy.
Rivaldi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Rivaldi.
Van Gundy misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Gundy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Van Gundy digs a right hand into Rivaldi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rivaldi's gas tank.
Rivaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rivaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Gundy has a couple of punches blocked by Rivaldi.
Rivaldi prevents a body shot from Van Gundy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice left hand lands by Van Gundy.
Van Gundy misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Gundy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rivaldi backwards.
Van Gundy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rivaldi can do to turn this around?
Rivaldi throws a punch but it's blocked by Van Gundy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Gundy.
Stan Van Gundy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rivaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivaldi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Van Gundy backwards.
Van Gundy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rivaldi blocks it with crossed arms.
Rivaldi lands a hook that snaps the head of Van Gundy backwards.
Rivaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Van Gundy - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Van Gundy scores with a hook to the body.
Rivaldi works on Van Gundy's body with a couple of short punches.
Rivaldi misses with some punches.
Van Gundy tries to throw a body punch but Rivaldi avoids it by throwing Van Gundy back against the ropes.
Van Gundy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rivaldi is breathing heavily.
Van Gundy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Van Gundy lands a knee to the body.
Van Gundy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rivaldi backwards.
Van Gundy definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Rivaldi takes a shot to the head.
Rivaldi is rocked!
Nice body punch from Van Gundy.
Rivaldi is still on wobbly legs! Can Van Gundy finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Van Gundy obliges.
Van Gundy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rivaldi backwards.
Van Gundy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rivaldi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rivaldi takes a shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Gundy creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Rivaldi crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Rivaldi face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Van Gundy takes it with a brutal technical knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Stan Van Gundy!
Stan Van Gundy seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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RATING
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