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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Joe Holyfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Sasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holyfield's entrance music is X Gon' Give It To Ya. A fine choice. Joe Holyfield has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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218 lbs
28 - 20 - 0 |
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201 lbs
14 - 17 - 0 |
World class boxer
KO power
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Counter fighter
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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
28 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Holyfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Junior Sasi!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sasi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Holyfield.
A punch combination from Holyfield misses.
Sasi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Holyfield misses its target.
Sasi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Holyfield.
Sasi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sasi swings for the body but Holyfield moves out of range.
Holyfield is looking for a counter combo.
Holyfield moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Holyfield avoids the body shot from Sasi.
As Sasi looks to move away, Holyfield throws a big counter combo bu Sasi just gets out of the way.
A telegraphed right hand from Sasi misses the target.
Holyfield drops a shoulder and throws a biiiig uppercut that drops Sasi onto his butt! Sasi pops straight back to his feet to convince the referee that he's OK to continue.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Holyfield uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sasi.
Sasi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sasi is rocked!
Holyfield swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sasi is still on wobbly legs! Can Holyfield finish him?
Sasi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sasi seems to have recovered his senses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sasi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Holyfield was well out of range. Poor timing from Sasi.
Sasi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Holyfield counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Holyfield clips Sasi with a right and a left that makes him do the chicken dance for a couple of seconds. He touched his left hand down on the canvas so the referee steps between the fighters to give Sasi a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.
Holyfield gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sasi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Holyfield is keeping busy.
A short body shot lands from Holyfield as the two fighters clinch.
A short body shot lands from Holyfield as the two fighters clinch.
Sasi looks winded!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Holyfield pushes Sasi back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Holyfield on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Holyfield.
Holyfield wants to break free but Sasi has control.
Holyfield lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Holyfield creates a bit of distance and cracks Sasi with a big uppercut! Sasi goes down! The referee pushes Holyfield away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Sasi make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Holyfield takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Joe Holyfield!
Joe Holyfield decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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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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