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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Nund Assurnipilu (ranked 24777 p4p, 3795 weight class) and King Crab (ranked 430 p4p, 350 weight class). Crab is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Be A King - E-Dubble. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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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 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nund Assurnipilu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, King Crab!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crab throws a jab but it's blocked by Assurnipilu.
Crab stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Assurnipilu.
Assurnipilu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crab moves away.
Nice shot lands for Assurnipilu.
Crab connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Assurnipilu lands a right hook to the body.
Crab misses with a looping right.
Crab misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A leg kick checked by Crab.
Crab staying out of range there.
Crab scores with a jab to the jaw.
A nice leg kick lands there from Assurnipilu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crab fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Assurnipilu throws a leg kick but Crab sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Assurnipilu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Crab tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Assurnipilu was well out of range. Poor timing from Crab.
Assurnipilu seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Assurnipilu throws a body punch but Crab moves out of range.
Assurnipilu avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Crab closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Crab swings widly with a right hand
and Assurnipilu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Assurnipilu throws a lazy right hand but Crab sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Crab wants to counter with a clinch but Assurnipilu pushes him away.
Crab connects with a body shot that sends Assurnipilu's belly button to the back.
Crab looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crab misses with a wild combination.
Crab throws a head kick that misses.
Crab tries to clinch up but Assurnipilu circles away and keeps his distance.
Crab throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Assurnipilu to counter with a crisp jab.
Assurnipilu connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Assurnipilu instigates a clinch.
Crab blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Assurnipilu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Assurnipilu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Assurnipilu scores with a nice short uppercut.
Assurnipilu scores with a nice hook to the head.
Assurnipilu misses with some punches.
Assurnipilu is leaning against Crab and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Assurnipilu lands a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crab misses with a hook to the ribs.
Assurnipilu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Assurnipilu lands a shot to the body.
Crab misses with a body punch.
Assurnipilu throws a head punch that misses.
Assurnipilu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Crab misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Assurnipilu.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crab.
Crab misses with a knee strike.
Crab gets through Assurnipilu's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Assurnipilu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Assurnipilu works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Assurnipilu blocks an uppercut.
Assurnipilu is working Crab over against the cage.
A knee to the head by Crab.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Assurnipilu.
Crab blocks an uppercut.
I was talking to Assurnipilu's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Crab blocking some punches.
Assurnipilu works on Crab's body with a couple of short punches.
Crab looks winded!
Crab tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Assurnipilu avoids it.
Crab missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Assurnipilu digs a right hand underneath Crab's ribcage. Crab let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Assurnipilu works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Assurnipilu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Assurnipilu.
Assurnipilu lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Assurnipilu tries to work over Crab's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Assurnipilu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Crab backwards.
Assurnipilu working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Assurnipilu lands with a short shot to the head.
Crab working aggressively here.
Crab misses with a punch on the inside.
Assurnipilu lands an uppercut.
Crab tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Crab misses with a body punch.
Crab misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Assurnipilu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Crabs head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Assurnipilu.
Crab is rocked!
Assurnipilu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Crab is still on wobbly legs! Can Assurnipilu finish him?
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crab.
Assurnipilu lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Crab blocking some punches.
Assurnipilu throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Assurnipilu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Assurnipilu lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Crab blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Assurnipilu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Crab backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nund Assurnipilu dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Crab walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Crab is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Nund Assurnipilu!
A victorious Nund Assurnipilu 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
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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