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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Roberto Congo (ranked 4785 p4p, 2807 weight class) and Koa Yagan (ranked 411 p4p, 293 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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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Good gas tank
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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 42 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Roberto Congo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Koa Yagan!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Radbod Blank and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Congo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Congo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yagan takes a jab right on the kisser.
Yagan motions for Congo to come forward. Yagan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yagan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Congo. That did some damage!
Yagan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Congo.
Yagan throws out a counter right but Congo avoids it with no problem.
A looping hook to the body misses from Congo. Yagan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yagan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The fighters circling - Congo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yagan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yagan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Yagan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Congo moves into range and connects with a jab.
A jab from Congo does it's job there.
Yagan is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yagan forces Congo back against the ropes and clinches.
Congo looking to throw knees to the head but Yagan is blocking nicely.
Congo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Yagan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Yagan is still on wobbly legs! Can Congo finish him?
Yagan letting Congo take a breather here.
Congo lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Congo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Congo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yagan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Congo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yagan seems to have recovered his senses.
Congo managing to block the knees to the body from Yagan.
Yagan misses with a body punch.
Congo looking to throw knees to the head but Yagan is blocking nicely.
Yagan has thrown a lot of knees so far in this fight and we're lead to believe that's something he's been working on the gym prior to this fight.
Congo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yagan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
It looks like Roberto Congo has been cut.
Congo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yagan lands an uppercut.
Yagan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Congo.
Yagan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Congo is breathing heavily.
Yagan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Congo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Yagan lands with a light punch inside.
Yagan misses with a hook to the ribs.
A shot in the inside from Yagan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Congo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yagan blocks it with crossed arms.
Congo misses with a knee strike.
Congo scores with a knee to the head.
Yagan lands a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yagan trying to land knees to the body.
Yagan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yagan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Yagan scores with a shoulder strike.
Yagan avoiding damage as Congo throws knees to the body.
Yagan lands a hook that snaps the head of Congo backwards.
Roberto Congo's cut is getting worse.
Yagan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yagan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yagan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Yagan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Roberto Congo's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Yagan lands a shoulder strike.
Yagan gets through Congo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Congo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yagan misses with the head strike.
Congo tries to land a knee to the head but Yagan blocks with his arms.
A short right from Yagan on the inside.
Congo stalling in the clinch.
Congo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yagan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yagan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Congo backwards.
Jeez, Roberto Congo's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Congo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Roberto Congo's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Koa Yagan!
A victorious Koa Yagan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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