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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Oson Bon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rico Verhoeven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oson Bon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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306 lbs
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265 lbs
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Dangerous knees
Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oson Bon!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rico Verhoeven!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Verhoeven tries to clinch up
and Bon counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fighters circling - Bon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Verhoeven misses with a lunging right hand
and Bon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Verhoeven tries to clinch
and Bon counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Verhoeven thinking.
Verhoeven drives through and clinches with Bon against the ropes.
Verhoeven tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bon swings wildly with an uppercut but Verhoeven uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Bon - that landed with a thud.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bon lands a nice knee to the body.
Bon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Verhoeven avoids it.
Bon lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Verhoeven lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bon backwards.
Verhoeven's coach down at World Combat Sports Academy was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Verhoeven's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Bon misses with some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Verhoeven.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Verhoeven lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Verhoeven doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Verhoeven misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bon looking to throw knees to the head but Verhoeven is blocking nicely.
Bon has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Verhoeven.
A right handed body shot lands from Verhoeven.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bon.
Verhoeven lands a shot to the body.
Verhoeven working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Verhoeven fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bon blocking some punches.
Verhoeven misses with a hook to the ribs.
Verhoeven lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Verhoeven softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Verhoeven goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bon lands with a left to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Verhoeven.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bon blocking some punches.
Verhoeven swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Verhoeven tries to work over Bon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bon landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Verhoeven gets through Bon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Verhoeven blocking some punches.
Verhoeven doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Verhoeven doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Verhoeven.
Bon tries to land knees in the clinch but Verhoeven avoids the damage to the body.
Bon looking to throw knees to the head but Verhoeven is blocking nicely.
Verhoeven misses with a short punch on the inside.
Verhoeven blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bon throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rico Verhoeven will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Verhoeven takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Verhoeven moves to clinch but Bon breaks away
and Bon counters with a straight right hand.
Verhoeven thows a left - swing and a miss!
Verhoeven connects with the punch.
Verhoeven tries to clinch up
and Bon counters with a left to the body.
Verhoeven thows a left - swing and a miss!
Verhoeven tries to clinch up but Bon circles away and keeps his distance.
Bon tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Verhoeven manages to circle out of the way.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Verhoeven swings widly with a right hand
and Bon counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bon connects with a nice looking jab.
Bon swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Verhoeven throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bon on the side of the head.
Verhoeven tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
It looked like Bon was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Bon connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Verhoeven tries to clinch but Bon moves away
and Bon counters with a straight right hand.
Verhoeven just misses with a punch to the body.
Verhoeven closes the distance and clinches.
Bon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Verhoeven lands a hook to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Bon.
It looks like Rico Verhoeven has been cut.
Bon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Verhoeven lands a body punch in the clinch.
Verhoeven lands with a left to the head.
Bon lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Verhoeven backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verhoeven managing to block the knees to the body from Bon.
Verhoeven swings wildly with an uppercut but Bon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Verhoeven swings wildly with an uppercut but Bon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Verhoeven throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Verhoeven fails to land.
Bon lands with a short shot to the head.
Verhoeven working aggressively here.
Verhoeven misses with a punch to the body.
Bon tries to land knees in the clinch but Verhoeven avoids the damage to the body.
Bon blocking some punches.
Bon tries to land knees in the clinch but Verhoeven avoids the damage to the body.
Verhoeven tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bon lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Verhoeven throws a head punch that misses.
Verhoeven struggles to land a body shot inside as Bon controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oson Bon dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rico Verhoeven's cut.
That's time! Bon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Bon clobbers Verhoeven with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Verhoeven connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bon. Bon circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Verhoeven throws an off balance right hand
and Bon counters with a straight right hand.
Bon clinches with his opponent.
Bon scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Verhoeven.
Bon scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bon.
Verhoeven misses with the head strike.
Rico Verhoeven seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Verhoeven is defending well for now.
Verhoeven has a couple of punches blocked by Bon.
Verhoeven misses with the head strike.
Verhoeven managing to block the knees to the body from Bon.
Verhoeven avoiding damage as Bon throws knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bon tries to land knees in the clinch but Verhoeven avoids the damage to the body.
Verhoeven takes a shot to the head.
Bon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Bon lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Verhoeven is rocked!
Bon blocks an uppercut.
Verhoeven lands an uppercut.
Verhoeven swings wildly with an uppercut but Bon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bon breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Verhoeven with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Verhoeven looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Verhoeven get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Oson Bon!
Oson Bon retains his super heavyweight title!
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