Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-04-23, fight not so exciting between Artur Kyshenko and Murthel Groenhart: it gets two stars.The 2015 Kunlun Fight world champion Artur Kyshenko entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 66-13-1 (36 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 light heavyweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Karapet Karapetyan in 2014, since then he has won ten consecutive bouts beating Dmitry Valent in his last one.
His opponent, the 2012 K-1 World Max champion Murthel Groenhart, has an official record of 60-21-3 (33 knockouts) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class. He lost two consecutive fights between 2015 and 2016, against #1 Nieky Holzken (=Holzken vs Groenhart 2) and Cedric Doumbe (=Groenhart vs Doumbe), but then he came back to win against Marco Pique and Sem Braan. In their first fight Kyshenko lost to Groenhart by ko (December 15, 2012 – Kyshenko vs Groenhart I); this second bout is the main event of the Kunlun Fight 43. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Event: Kunlun Fight 43
Date: 2016-04-23
Where: Zhoukou, China
Division: light heavyweight (175 lbs, 79.4 kg)
Kyshenko’s next fight: Artur Kyshenko vs Jonatan Oliveira 2
Groenhart’s next fight: Murthel Groenhart vs Karim Benmansour
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It wasn’t necessary to go for a 4 round since Artur won 2 out of 3 of the previous ones.
I say the opposite. Murthel won two of the previous three, but Artur just shaded the fourth.
Dabs, Round 1 was close but since Artur was the full time aggressor and connecting several kicks in my opinion the round was for him. The second round was very close too but Murthel was a little bit more active connecting a nice jumping knee so this round was his.The third round was all for Artur so he deserved the win right away without going for an additional round.
Usually, when you have two close rounds like 1 and 2 here, which could have gone either way, the third round defines the fight and Artur was the clear winner of round 3. Anyhow, he won this fight which make me happy.