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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ashley Harrington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Flint Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morgan has chosen Lumberjack Song as his entrance music. 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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257 lbs
27 - 13 - 0 |
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196 cm
27
257 lbs
14 - 8 - 0 |
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 heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ashley Harrington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Flint Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Daniel Blasius and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrington throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Harrington dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Harrington slips a jab and a cross from Morgan.
Morgan moves out of range as Harrington throws a body kick.
Morgan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Harrington.
Morgan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The crowd cheers as Harrington lands an impressive looking overhand right. Morgan doesn't seem phased though.
Morgan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Morgan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Morgan moves into the clinch successfully.
Harrington makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harrington tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Morgan's elbow.
Morgan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A hook to the body from Harrington.
Harrington takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morgan throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Morgan.
Morgan crunches a lovely knee into Harrington's ribcage.
Morgan misses with some punches.
Harrington digs a right hand into Morgan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Morgan's gas tank.
A right hand to the body from Harrington.
Morgan looks winded!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrington pushes Morgan back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Harrington lands a shoulder strike.
Harrington scores with a shoulder strike.
Morgan told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Harrington lands a right hand that snaps the head of Morgan backwards.
Morgan is rocked!
Harrington breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Morgan with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Morgan looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Morgan get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ashley Harrington!
After the fight, Ashley Harrington was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
A | B |
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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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