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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between John Bennett (ranked 2464 p4p, 23659 weight class) and Antonio Jose De Sucre (ranked 269 p4p, 614 weight class). De Sucre has chosen Bolivianos el Hado Propicio as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Granite chin
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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 16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Bennett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 42 - 42 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antonio Jose De Sucre!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennett throws a nice head kick!
Bennett throws a good cross that connects.
Bennett getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
De Sucre throws a shot to the body.
De Sucre throws a poor cross that misses
and Bennett counters with a left to the body.
Bennett waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Sucre.
Bennett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Sucre.
It seemed like De Sucre was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
De Sucre misses with a straight left.
Bennett doesn't manage to clinch there - De Sucre circles away.
Bennett checks a leg kick.
Bennett uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Sucre.
De Sucre ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
De Sucre ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bennett moves away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Sucre throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De Sucre lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bennett backs up against the ropes.
De Sucre misses with a two punch combination.
A left lands for De Sucre.
De Sucre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Sucre with a hook.
Bennett keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Sucre.
Bennett bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of De Sucre's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bennett moves out of range of the body kick from De Sucre.
Bennett moves out of range of the strikes.
Bennett tries to close the distance and clinch but De Sucre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bennett tries to close the distance and clinch but De Sucre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bennett has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Clark's Champion's in the buildup to the fight.
De Sucre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bennett is looking to counter punch.
Bennett ducks under a wild hook from De Sucre.
Bennett takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bennett closes the distance and clinches.
Bennett stalling in the clinch.
De Sucre is looking to break free of the clinch but Bennett has double underhooks.
Bennett will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning De Sucre up against the ropes.
Bennett lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Bennett to work.
Bennett utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bennett is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bennett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Sucre's elbow.
Bennett working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bennett lands a left hand that snaps the head of De Sucre backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Sucre is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A left hand lands to the body for Bennett.
Bennett has a couple of punches blocked by De Sucre.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Antonio Jose De Sucre will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
A jab from Bennett does it's job there.
Bennett avoids the body shot from De Sucre.
Bennett lands with a hook. De Sucre tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
De Sucre throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bennett counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bennett closes the distance and clinches.
De Sucre is looking to break free of the clinch but Bennett has double underhooks.
De Sucre breaks from the clinch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bennett, as that shot connected.
Bennett moves into the clinch successfully.
Bennett looking to throw knees to the head but De Sucre is blocking nicely.
Nice body punch from Bennett - that landed with a thud.
De Sucre looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
De Sucre's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Sucre misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bennett lands a nice shot that snaps De Sucre's head back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bennett uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before De Sucre has time to react.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Sucre misses with a straight left.
Bennett scores with a body shot.
Bennett throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck De Sucre on the side of the head.
Bennett uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bennett lands a jab to the nose.
De Sucre tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
De Sucre fails to land with a series of punches.
Bennett shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. De Sucre eats them both and turns towards Bennett to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Bennett throws a series of punches but De Sucre moves out of range.
Bennett lands a nice shot to the body.
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!
A decent looking cross lands there for Bennett.
Bennett checks a leg kick.
A little feinted left hand from Bennett on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
De Sucre feints and then cracks Bennett's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bennett down.
De Sucre takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bennett takes the fight into the clinch.
Bennett tries a body shot but De Sucre blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Sucre breaks the clinch.
Bennett scores with a nice strike.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bennett.
De Sucre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bennett throws a head kick that misses.
Bennett tries to close the distance and clinch up but De Sucre swats him away and circles back towards the center.
De Sucre throws an off balance right hand
enabling Bennett to counter with a crisp jab.
A cross from Bennett lands.
De Sucre throws an off balance right hand
and Bennett connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
De Sucre takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
De Sucre is rocked!
Bennett connects with a stiff jab that staggers De Sucre - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). John Bennett!
A victorious John Bennett thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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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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