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You may recall the news we brought to you that Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier and Lex “RaSZi” Veldhuis had set a date for their long awaited kickboxing match. Well that date has now passed and the fight is well and truly over, who won? Veldhuis won by the way of knockout early in the second round.

The pair entered the ring like true fighters, on a red carpet with music blazing out. ElkY dressed in an oversized black robe whilst Veldhuis chose to dress down for the occasion and sported just a simple white T-shirt. Once they had removed their shoes, inserted their gum shields and been informed of the rules by the referee the duo got right down to business.

Unlike the Gus Hansen versus Theo Jorgensen “fight” of 2009, ElkY and Veldhuis really went for it in this fight, Veldhuis making a beeline straight for his French opponent and kicking him hard with a low right-legged kick that caught ElkY on the left thigh with the sound of a tree branch snapping and from that very moment it seemed like one way traffic. ElkY tried in vane to get his punches through but they seemed to lack the same venom of Veldhuis and the more technically adept Dutchman seemed to be able to cut through his opponent's defences like the proverbial knife through butter. When the bell sounded to signify the end of Round 1 it will have been ElkY who would have been the most pleased to hear its sound resonating in his ears, especially as he took two successive heavy right hand to the side of his head just before.

Straight after the restart Veldhuis looked the much stronger fighter and this image was magnified when ElkY was knocked to the floor after taking a kick to the left side of his chin, a hammer blow that would have kept lesser men stuck to the canvas. However, to give the man credit, ElkY got back to his feet and after receiving a standing count and and the referee had made sure he was fine to continue he walked back towards Veldhuis ready to exact revenge on him. But any hopes of a comeback were quickly dashed as ElkY was levelled once more, again taking a hard kick to the head and the referee instantly signalled that the contest was over and done with. Once ElkY was deemed to be OK, under the circumstances, a jubilant Veldhuis jumped around the ring and celebrated with his corner.

ElkY has been quiet since the fight, possible nursing a badly bruised ego but Veldhuis paid him a nice compliment shortly after his knockout win. The Dutchman said, “I have to give ElkY a lot of credit because after the first kick that got him to fall down to the ground he got up after eight seconds and raised his fists after I hit him pretty hard. I’ve got a lot of respect for him because he stood and came toward me again after that big hit.”

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