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Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Koh Ibu (ranked 3633 p4p, 24255 weight class) and Clinton Strong (ranked 202 p4p, 289 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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7 - 4 - 0 |
World class MT
Big right hand
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Brawler
Knockout power
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 37 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Koh Ibu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Clinton Strong !
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ibu connects with a looping right hand.
Ibu scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Strong has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ibu.
Strong misses with a body shot.
Ibu really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Strong tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Strong tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Ibu counters with a good low kick that Strong was not able to check.
Ibu throws a head kick that Strong semi-blocks.
Ibu lands a jab to the nose.
Strong wants to clinch
and Ibu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Clinton Strong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Strong tries to clinch up
and Ibu counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jab, jab by Ibu - just one landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ibu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Strong darts in trying to clinch
and Ibu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Strong closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ibu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strong takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Strong tries to close the distance and clinch but Ibu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ibu lands with a kick to the temple. Strong shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Ibu looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice jab there from Ibu.
Ibu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Strong tries to clinch
and Ibu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ibu lands a jab to the nose.
Strong gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ibu digs a good hook to Strong 's body.
Ibu scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
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!
Ibu swats away the attempt to clinch by Strong .
An attempted straight right counter from Ibu misses the target.
Strong stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ibu.
Strong on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Strong walks into a left hand.
Strong is rocked!
Strong walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Koh Ibu!
In his post fight interview, Koh Ibu started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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