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Hurry up and Fight 1 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between John Kyle Romo (ranked 7515 p4p, 611 weight class) and Elijah Pitakaka (ranked 9495 p4p, 573 weight class). Pitakaka has chosen my dick as his entrance music. Elijah Pitakaka has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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59 - 45 - 1 |
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World class boxer
Big right hand
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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
59 - 45 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, John Kyle Romo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 54 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Elijah Pitakaka!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pitakaka misses with a kick to the body.
Romo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Romo blocks a low kick nicely.
Romo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pitakaka's hands.
It looks like Elijah Pitakaka has been cut.
Romo avoids a kick to the body.
Romo seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Pitakaka pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pitakaka takes a jab right on the kisser.
Pitakaka looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Romo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Romo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pitakaka blocks it with crossed arms.
Romo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pitakaka or not.
Romo works on Pitakaka's body with a couple of short punches.
Romo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pitakaka wants to break free but Romo has control.
Pitakaka can't break the clinch.
Pitakaka pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pitakaka throws a head kick but Romo moves out of range.
Romo drives through and clinches with Pitakaka against the ropes.
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!
Pitakaka wants to get back to striking at distance but Romo won't allow it.
Pitakaka has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pitakaka is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Romo is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitakaka is looking to break free of the clinch but Romo has double underhooks.
Pitakaka looking to stall.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Romo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Romo throws a knee to the head but misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Romo.
Romo working Pitakaka over with knees to the body.
Pitakaka looks winded!
Romo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pitakaka backwards.
A short left from Romo.
Romo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Romo landing knees to the head.
Romo lands a hook that snaps the head of Pitakaka backwards.
A shot in the inside from Romo.
Pitakaka is trying to maintain a safe position but Romo gets an underhook and turns Pitakaka into the ropes.
Romo lands with a left to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Romo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romo with a knee to the head.
Romo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pitakaka backwards.
A right hand to the body from Romo.
Romo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Romo gets through Pitakaka's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Romo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Romo scores with a hook to the body.
Romo landing knees to the head.
Romo landing knees to the body.
Romo lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Romo on the inside.
Romo lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Romo tries to land a knee to the head but Pitakaka blocks with his arms.
Pitakaka takes a knee right on the jaw!
A nice left hand lands by Romo.
Romo lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Kyle Romo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Elijah Pitakaka's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Romo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A head kick misses from Pitakaka.
Pitakaka drops his guard momentarily, allowing Romo to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Pitakaka! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Romo takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). John Kyle Romo!
During a confident post fight interview, John Kyle Romo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ryan Johnson (ranked 23378 p4p, 459 weight class) and King Naresuan (ranked 4547 p4p, 359 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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213 lbs
3 - 8 - 0 |
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223 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
Excellent MT
Very quick
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ryan Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, King Naresuan!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Naresuan takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Naresuan checks a leg kick.
Naresuan scores with the left hand. Johnson knows he should have avoided that one.
Naresuan weaves into range and cracks Johnson right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Johnson goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Naresuan is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). King Naresuan!
A victorious King Naresuan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Melchizedek Halo (ranked 2948 p4p, 344 weight class) and Yoel Mir (ranked 518 p4p, 78 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
21 - 11 - 0 |
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201 lbs
24 - 11 - 1 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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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
21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Melchizedek Halo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Yoel Mir!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mir throws a head kick that misses
and Mir takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
No joy there for Mir, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice shot lands for Mir.
Some wild striking there from Mir.
Halo dodges the punch combination from Mir.
Halo closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Mir misses with a combination
and Halo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Halo scores with a three punch combo!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Halo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mir clobbers Halo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Halo punishes Mir's body with a nice straight punch.
A left lands for Mir.
Halo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mir. That did some damage!
Mir connects with a jab.
Halo misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mir ducks under a wild hook from Halo.
Halo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Mir lands a jab.
Halo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mir doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Halo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Mir counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Halo throws a hook but Mir avoids it easily.
Mir misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Halo is looking for a counter combo.
Halo connects with a single shot there.
Mir misses with an uppercut
and Mir takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Halo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Halo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mir.
Mir throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Halo counters with a nice body kick.
Halo lands with a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Mir.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mir takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Halo loads up on a big right hand but Mir slips the punch.
Mir connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Mir misses with a low kick.
Halo looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Halo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mir has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Mir connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mir slips under a jab.
Halo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Mir lands a lovely overhand right.
Halo scores with a spinning back kick!
A clash of legs there as Mir blocks the low kick.
Mir throws a jab when Halo was well out of range.
Mir lands with an overhand left.
Mir looks to throw the jab but Halo is out of range.
Mir takes one to the side of the head.
Halo misses with an uppercut. Mir saw that one coming.
Halo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Halo lands.
Good standup being displayed there by Mir as he connects with a hook.
Mir misses with a head kick.
Halo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mir is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Halo had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A jab from Mir finds it's way through Halo's defenses.
Halo throws a head kick but Mir moves out of range.
Halo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mir looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Halo connects with a solid leg kick.
Mir connects with a single shot there.
Halo looks to score with a jab to the body but Mir is just out of range.
Halo blocks a head kick by Mir.
Halo takes one on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mir takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Halo ducks right into an uppercut from Mir.
Halo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Halo takes one on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mir looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Yoel Mir seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Halo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mir manages to avoid it.
Mir cracks Halo with a right hand to the side of the head.
Mir slips a jab from Halo.
Mir slips a straight right by Halo.
Halo just misses with a punch to the body.
Halo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mir throws out a loose jab but Halo uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Mir darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Halo misses the shot to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Halo. Mir shrugs it off though.
Halo tries to clinch but Mir moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mir throws a head kick but Halo moves out of range.
Halo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Halo walks into a stiff left hand from Mir.
Mir takes one on the button.
Halo slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Melchizedek Halo will probably get the nod.
That's time! Halo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Halo throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
letting Mir counter with a right hand.
Mir throws a head kick that misses.
Halo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mir cracks Halo with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Halo throws a head kick that half lands.
Halo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Halo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mir walks into a left hand.
Mir sizes up Halo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Mir works the jab nicely.
A low kick from Mir misses
and Halo counters with a series of strikes. Mir will be more careful next time no doubt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Halo throws a head kick but Mir moves out of range.
Mir scores with a jab.
Halo lands a glancing blow to the side of Mir's head.
Halo misses with a two punch combination.
A combination from Halo does no damage.
Mir throws an overhand right that lands on Halo's shoulder, as Halo tries to avoid the shot.
Halo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mir on the side of the head.
Mir lands with an overhand left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mir swats away the attempt to clinch by Halo.
Mir looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mir lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mir ducks under a wild hook from Halo.
Mir avoids the body shot from Halo.
Halo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Halo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A slapping leg kick lands for Halo.
Mir looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mir takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Mir throws a nice inside leg kick.
Halo misses with a double jab
and Mir counters with a series of strikes. Halo will be more careful next time no doubt.
A head kick misses from Halo.
Melchizedek Halo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mir keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mir misses with a few strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Mir misses its intended target.
Halo takes a swing at Mir's ribcage but misses.
Mir looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A slow jab from Mir misses its intended target.
Mir takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Halo just misses with a punch to the body.
Halo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mir throws a hook but Halo avoids it easily.
Halo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Mir lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Halo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Halo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Halo scores with a hook.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Halo, right into the meat.
Halo misses with a series of wild punches.
Mir blocks a head kick by Halo.
Halo tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mir lands with an overhand left.
Halo throws a looping overhand right but Mir ducks down to avoid it.
Halo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mir is able to avoid easily.
Halo walks into a straight right hand from Mir.
Mir checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Halo tries to close the distance and clinch but Mir swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Danga de danga de dang - Mir scores with a four punch combination!
Mir bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Halo's head backwards.
Halo takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mir throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Halo on the side of the head.
Halo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mir stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Halo is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mir cracks Halo with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Halo is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Halo is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Halo could not beat the count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Yoel Mir!
In his post fight interview, Yoel Mir started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
The defeated Melchizedek Halo had this to say: 'The game plan was wrong. We will re-watch the tape and figure out where we went wrong. '.
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