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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jacques Durand (ranked 18688 p4p, 19293 weight class) and Nero La Croix (ranked 156 p4p, 225 weight class). Durand comes to the ring accompanied by Kaaris - S.E.V.R.A.N.. La Croix has chosen Ca Plane Pour Moi as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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44 - 9 - 1 |
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Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacques Durand!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 44 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nero La Croix!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durand dips to his left and cracks La Croix with an uppercut!
Durand looks to score with a jab to the body but La Croix is just out of range.
Durand pushes La Croix up against the ropes in a clinch.
La Croix tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
La Croix struggles to land a body shot inside as Durand controls his hands.
La Croix lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Durand avoids a wild elbow strike from La Croix.
La Croix tries to land a knee to the head but Durand blocks with his arms.
La Croix lands a body punch in the clinch.
La Croix tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Durand's elbow.
Durand lands an elbow just above La Croix 's eye.
Durand tries a body shot but La Croix blocks it.
Durand pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Durand connects with an inside leg kick.
Durand throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Durand fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La Croix manages to avoid it.
La Croix shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Durand turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Croix avoids the body shot from Durand.
Durand moves out of range of the strikes.
Durand avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
La Croix walks into a straight right hand from Durand.
Durand jabs at La Croix's body.
Durand lands with a thumping leg kick.
A jab from La Croix misses.
Jacques Durand seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La Croix checks a leg kick.
La Croix throws out a counter right but Durand avoids it with no problem.
Durand throws a body shot but no joy.
Durand has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Marty Robbin's Fight Ranch™ in the buildup to the fight.
Durand staying out of range there.
Durand pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Durand takes the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Croix lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Jacques Durand has been cut.
A body shot lands from La Croix.
La Croix lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
La Croix lands a right hand that snaps the head of Durand backwards.
Durand is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
La Croix scores with a nice hook to the head.
La Croix controlling the action here for a moment.
Durand lands an elbow that stopped La Croix in his tracks for a moment.
La Croix lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, La Croix creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Durand landing knees to the head.
Durand prevents a body shot from La Croix.
La Croix scores with a shoulder strike.
Durand misses with a knee to the head.
Durand unloads a knee to the mid-section. La Croix lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
La Croix creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Durand's defenses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La Croix tries to throw a body punch but Durand avoids it by throwing La Croix back against the ropes.
La Croix tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Durand's elbow.
La Croix misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La Croix lands a left hand that snaps the head of Durand backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Nero La Croix will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jacques Durand's cut.
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.
A slow jab from Durand misses its intended target.
La Croix lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Durand!
La Croix fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Durand has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Durand misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Durand scoring well with a low kick there.
Durand is looking to wear down La Croix with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Durand takes a swing at La Croix's ribcage but misses.
Durand looks to land a left hand but La Croix moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durand clinches up with La Croix and pushes him back against the ropes.
La Croix managing to block the knees to the body from Durand.
Durand misses with some punches.
Durand breaks from the clinch.
Jab from Durand.
Durand is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durand moves out of range of the body kick.
Durand scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
La Croix tries to work over Durand's front leg with a kick but Durand checks it.
La Croix throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Durand looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
La Croix misses with a body shot
and Durand makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Durand darts in and clinches La Croix up against the ropes.
Durand lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Durand lands an elbow inside.
Durand tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from La Croix.
La Croix softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
La Croix missing with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Durand lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Durand looks to throw an elbow but misses.
La Croix struggles to land a body shot inside as Durand controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Croix tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Durand misses with an elbow over the top.
Durand blocks an elbow strike.
La Croix lands a nice uppercut.
La Croix misses with a hook to the ribs.
Durand tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La Croix avoids it.
Durand lands with a short head shot on the inside.
La Croix struggles to land a body shot inside as Durand controls his hands.
La Croix avoids the elbow strike from Durand, against the ropes.
La Croix avoiding damage as Durand throws knees to the body.
Nero La Croix seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Durand blocking some punches.
Durand misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Durand looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
La Croix lands an elbow that stopped Durand in his tracks for a moment.
La Croix throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Durands head.
Durand is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. La Croix is defending well for now.
La Croix misses with a punch to the body.
Durand working La Croix over with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Durand using the Thai plumb to throw knees but La Croix has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
La Croix lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Durand backwards.
La Croix throws a punch but it's blocked by Durand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacques Durand dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jacques Durand's cut.
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.
La Croix misses with an uppercut
and Durand counters with a nice leg kick.
La Croix misses with a body kick.
Durand ducks under a wild hook from La Croix.
Durand swings for the body but La Croix moves out of range.
A nice side step and La Croix releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
La Croix checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Good work by La Croix as he checks the leg kick.
La Croix swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Durand misses with a body kick.
La Croix throws out a counter right but Durand avoids it with no problem.
La Croix attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
As La Croix backs away, Durand returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durand looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
La Croix pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Durand is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
La Croix throws a body kick that misses.
And Durand counters with a quick kick to the body but La Croix blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Croix 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.
Durand misses with a body kick.
Durand misses with a wild combination.
La Croix explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A slapping leg kick lands for La Croix.
Durand connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Durand pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And La Croix responds with a good body kick, but Durand manages to step out the way in time.
Durand misses with an uppercut. La Croix saw that one coming.
La Croix lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Durand has closed the distance and engaged La Croix in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durand tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La Croix avoids it.
Durand throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from La Croix.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Durand tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from La Croix on the inside.
La Croix is leaning against Durand and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
La Croix tries to land a knee to the head but Durand blocks with his arms.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Durand's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A hook to the body from La Croix.
La Croix misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La Croix lands with a short shot to the head.
La Croix unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nice body punch from La Croix - that landed with a thud.
La Croix's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
La Croix lands a knee to the head.
La Croix lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Durand backwards.
Durand is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
La Croix lands a right hand that snaps the head of Durand backwards.
La Croix misses with a hook to the ribs.
Durand tries to circle away but La Croix has him pinned against the ropes.
La Croix lands with a light punch inside.
La Croix lands a body punch.
La Croix lands a nice knee to the body.
La Croix lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nero La Croix really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jacques Durand's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
La Croix misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
La Croix misses with an uppercut.
La Croix works the jab nicely.
Durand moves into the clinch.
La Croix swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by La Croix.
La Croix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La Croix blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch on the inside from La Croix fails to land.
La Croix prevents a body shot from Durand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durand is trying to break the clinch but La Croix is controlling him.
Durand blocks a body shot from La Croix.
Durand takes a knee right on the jaw!
Durand throws an elbow that misses.
La Croix is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Durand unloads a knee to the mid-section. La Croix lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Durand prevents a body shot from La Croix.
La Croix takes a knee right on the jaw!
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durand lands a damaging elbow.
La Croix misses with some punches.
Durand blocking some punches.
Durand makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Durand trying to land knees to the body.
Durand tries a body shot but La Croix blocks it.
Durand tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
La Croix tries a body shot but Durand blocks it.
Durand swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Durand misses with a body punch.
La Croix misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from La Croix - that landed with a thud.
Durand struggles to land a body shot inside as La Croix controls his hands.
La Croix comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
La Croix missing with knees to the body.
Durand blocks a body shot from La Croix.
La Croix blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La Croix blocks a punch to the side of the head.
La Croix lands a right hand that snaps the head of Durand backwards.
La Croix scores with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durand tries to work over La Croix's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
La Croix lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Durand landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
La Croix can't find room to land a body shot as Durand controls the action.
Durand misses with some punches.
La Croix swings wildly with an uppercut but Durand uses good head movement to avoid it.
Durand creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through La Croix's defenses.
Durand scores with a hook to the body.
Durand tries a knee to the head but La Croix blocks it.
Durand using the Thai plumb to throw knees but La Croix has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd are calling 'kneeees!' as La Croix has the Thai clinch. La Croix obliges, smashing a knee brutally into Durand's nose and sending him crashing to the canvas! Will be beat the count?! 3,4,5,6,7,8...9... and he's up on 9! Wow, that was close! The referee takes a long look and is going to allow it to continue!
Durand avoids the body shot from La Croix.
La Croix lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La Croix wants to land a leg kick but Durand is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Durand. La Croix does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nero La Croix scored the knockdown and takes the final round.
The cut man is working on Jacques Durand's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Durand pushes La Croix up against the ropes in a clinch.
Durand tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Durand throws a head punch that misses.
Durand manages to break the clinch.
Durand throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Durand misses with a leg kick.
La Croix is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Durand swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by La Croix.
La Croix darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Durand tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Croix swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
La Croix looks to land a left hand but Durand moved out of range nicely.
A low kick from La Croix misses
and Durand connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durand misses with a wild body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Durand.
La Croix throws a chopping leg kick but Durand manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Durand feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Durand checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
La Croix throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Durand lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but La Croix circles away quickly and effectively.
Jacques Durand has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Durand connects with a right hand. La Croix shakes it off.
Jacques Durand is winning the standup battle so far.
Durand scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
La Croix closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
La Croix has a couple of punches blocked by Durand.
A nice right hand lands inside from La Croix.
Durand is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Croix with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Durand.
La Croix is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
La Croix tries to work over Durand's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Durand misses with a knee to the head.
Durand manages to break the clinch.
Durand with a jab.
Durand goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
La Croix throws a body punch but Durand moves out of range.
La Croix swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Durand appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Durand feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits La Croixs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Durand takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
La Croix takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Nero La Croix is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A nice inside leg kick there by Durand. That's going to slow La Croix down.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jacques Durand showed his dominance in that final round.
I think La Croix has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 46:48
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 46:48
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 46:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nero La Croix!
Nero La Croix is the new super heavyweight champion!
Nero La Croix 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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