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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Krit Leekpai (ranked 20995 p4p, 21203 weight class) and Ao Kuang (ranked 655 p4p, 696 weight class). Krit Leekpai has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Krit Leekpai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ao Kuang!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuang lands a nice looking kick to the body. Leekpai takes a step back to recover.
Leekpai listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Leekpai connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kuang throws a leg kick but Leekpai sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kuang is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kuang tries to work over Leekpai's front leg with a kick but Leekpai checks it.
Leekpai tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Kuang manages to circle out of the way.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Leekpai jabs Kuang right on the nose. Kuang blinks but takes it well.
A shot to the liver by Leekpai. Beautiful body shot.
Leekpai walks into a jab.
 It looks like Krit Leekpai has been cut.
Leekpai moves away from the strike by Kuang.
Kuang misses with a hook. Leekpai ducked under it nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kuang throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Leekpai on the side of the head.
 Leekpai is rocked!
Leekpai misses with a wild body shot.
Oh Leekpai is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kuang is looking to score with low kicks.
Leekpai seems to have got his legs back now.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Kuang! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Ao Kuang!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Juan Fonseca (ranked 19687 p4p, 4204 weight class) and Ray Morrison (ranked 787 p4p, 555 weight class). Morrison has chosen Leave Me Alone as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 21 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juan Fonseca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ray Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrison clobbers Fonseca with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Morrison throws a head kick that misses.
Fonseca takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fonseca takes one to the chin there.
Nice body kick from Fonseca.
Fonseca misses with a two punch combination.
Morrison throws out a loose jab but Fonseca uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morrison turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Morrison looks for the body kick but Fonseca saw that one coming.
Fonseca takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Morrison is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fonseca.
Morrison 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.
Morrison misses with a body kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Fonseca is looking to score with low kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fonseca walks into a left hand.
Fonseca throws a hook to the side of Morrison's head but Morrison sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Morrison scores with a leg kick.
Morrison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morrison has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Morrison has taken the fight to the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morrison.
Fonseca manages to break the clinch.
Morrison avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Fonseca lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison has Fonseca up against the ropes in a clinch.
Morrison tries a body shot but Fonseca blocks it.
Morrison lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fonseca backwards.
Fonseca is looking to break free of the clinch but Morrison has double underhooks.
Morrison can't find room to land a body shot as Fonseca controls the action.
Morrison tries to throw a body punch but Fonseca avoids it by throwing Morrison back against the ropes.
Fonseca tries to break free but Morrison pushes him back against the ropes.
Morrison softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Morrison is leaning against Fonseca and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Morrison lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fonseca backwards.
Morrison lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Fonseca blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morrison tries to work over Fonseca's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morrison working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fonseca breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morrison sizes up Fonseca with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Morrison throws a shot from downtown. Fonseca moves away and avoids it.
Morrison scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fonseca misses with an uppercut. Morrison saw that one coming.
Morrison now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fonseca moves away from the strike by Morrison.
Fonseca tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've been hearing reports that Fonseca has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Morrison misses with a straight left.
A counter left hand to the body from Fonseca misses its target.
A slow jab from Morrison misses its intended target.
Morrison tries a head kick but it misses.
Fonseca displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Morrison wants to clinch.
Morrison moves out of range of the body kick from Fonseca.
Morrison lands with an uppercut that bounces Fonseca off the ropes and back into range.
Fonseca throws out a loose jab but Morrison uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Morrison scores with a shoulder strike.
Fonseca escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fonseca misses with a low kick.
Morrison misses with an uppercut. Fonseca saw that one coming.
A big right from Fonseca misses.
Fonseca scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Morrison throws a jab but it's blocked by Fonseca.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Morrison dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Morrison looks to land a left hand but Fonseca moved out of range nicely.
Morrison lands with a nice combination. Fonseca backs away looking to recover.
Morrison has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Morrison fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Fonseca on the side of the head.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Fonseca crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Morrison - the referee stops the clock and Fonseca gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Morrison. Fonseca manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Fonseca fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Fonseca walks into a stiff left hand from Morrison.
Morrison throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Morrison lands with a kick to the ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morrison takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Good leg kick by Morrison.
Morrison moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fonseca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fonseca thinks about countering with a head kick.
Fonseca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As Morrison backs away, Fonseca returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Morrison connects with a nice looking jab.
Morrison scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fonseca doesn't seem bothered though.
Morrison lets loose with a powerful body kick. Fonseca will feel that in the morning.
Morrison throws a hook but Fonseca blocks it.
Morrison plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Morrison throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fonseca on the side of the head.
Fonseca slips a jab from Morrison.
Fonseca lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fonseca.
Morrison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fonseca.
Morrison throws a body punch but Fonseca moves out of range.
Fonseca ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fonseca thows a leg kick but Morrison checks it
and Morrison counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Morrison throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Morrison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fonseca manages to avoid it.
Fonseca misses with a double jab.
Morrison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fonseca.
Fonseca throws a leg kick but Morrison sees it coming and moves out of range.
Fonseca throws a chopping leg kick but Morrison manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Fonseca takes one to the chin there.
Morrison throws a shot to the body.
Morrison's corner calls for a 1-2. Morrison obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Morrison scores with a crisp jab that stopped Fonseca in his tracks.
Fonseca scores with a nice head shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fonseca just misses with a punch to the body.
Fonseca throws a jab when Morrison was well out of range.
Morrison lands a really nice looking cross but Fonseca seems unphased.
Ray Morrison seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fonseca shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Morrison checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Morrison gets through Fonseca's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morrison breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fonseca moves into range and clinches up with Morrison.
Ray Morrison seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Morrison lands with a left to the head.
A shot in the inside from Morrison.
Morrison can't find room to land a body shot as Fonseca controls the action.
Fonseca manages to break the clinch.
Morrison just misses with a punch to the body.
Fonseca loads up on a big right hand but Morrison slips the punch.
Morrison lands with a right hand.
Fonseca wants to land a leg kick but Morrison is out of range.
Morrison misses the jab.
Morrison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morrison lands a high kick!
Morrison works Fonseca's body with a nice hook.
Morrison stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Fonseca lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Morrison has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Morrison and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Morrison misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Morrison showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A telegraphed right hand from Morrison misses the target.
Morrison throws a head kick that misses.
Fonseca displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morrison throws out the jab.
Morrison moves away from the strike by Fonseca.
Fonseca slips a jab from Morrison.
Fonseca ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Morrison lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A nice leg kick from Morrison, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fonseca lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morrison circles away quickly and effectively.
Fonseca throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fonseca misses with a wild body shot.
Fonseca takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Morrison looks to throw the jab but Fonseca is out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Morrison. That's going to slow Fonseca down.
Fonseca throws a leg kick that is checked
and Morrison counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrison throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fonseca.
Fonseca walks into a stiff left hand from Morrison.
Morrison lands a nice shot to the body.
Fonseca lands a nice looking body shot.
Morrison throws a head kick but Fonseca moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fonseca. Morrison does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison tries a head kick but it misses.
Morrison avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A clash of legs there as Fonseca blocks the low kick.
Fonseca scores with a hook to the body. Morrison takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Morrison tries a head kick but it misses.
Decent striking displayed by Morrison there.
Fonseca throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Morrison fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fonseca has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fonseca fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Morrison checks it well.
Despite the aggression on Morrison's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Morrison throws a hook but Fonseca avoids it easily.
Fonseca tried to counter with a leg kick but Morrison avoided it.
Morrison throws a push kick but Fonseca slaps the foot to one side.
Some wild striking there from Fonseca.
Fonseca moves out of range of the body kick.
Fonseca takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Morrison takes a jab right on the kisser.
Morrison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fonseca manages to avoid it.
Morrison keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morrison moves out of range of the strikes.
Morrison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fonseca throws out the jab.
A nice side step and Morrison releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Morrison.
Morrison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fonseca manages to avoid it.
Morrison misses with a body kick.
Fonseca uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morrison.
Fonseca lands a lovely overhand right.
Morrison pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fonseca is looking to counter punch.
Morrison takes one to the side of the head.
Morrison tries a low kick but Fonseca avoids it.
Fonseca misses the shot to the body.
Fonseca throws a body punch but Morrison moves out of range.
Fonseca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fonseca walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Morrison checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Fonseca is looking to clinch but Morrison is avoiding it.
Morrison misses the jab.
Fonseca misses the shot to the body.
Morrison shapes to counter with a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fonseca throws a leg kick that misses.
Fonseca tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fonseca throws a jab but it's blocked by Morrison.
Morrison throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Ray Morrison just about did enough to take it.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Fonseca keeps the fight on the outside.
Morrison throws a looping overhand right but Fonseca ducks down to avoid it.
Fonseca looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fonseca tries to land a leg kick but Morrison saw it coming and moves away.
Fonseca throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fonseca throws a big shot that misses.
Morrison connects with a right hand. Fonseca shakes it off.
Morrison fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fonseca, pushing him back against the ropes.
Morrison tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morrison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morrison swings for the body but Fonseca moves out of range.
Fonseca walks forward, straight into a front kick from Morrison.
Morrison throws a half hearted mid kick.
Morrison throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fonseca wants to slow Morrison down by chopping away at his legs.
Morrison throws a shot to the body.
Fonseca cracks Morrison with a good jab.
Morrison lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fonseca takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A big left from Morrison misses.
Morrison waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fonseca.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison lands with a kick to the ribs.
Morrison tries to clinch but Fonseca is having none of it.
Morrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fonseca moves away.
Morrison keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fonseca.
Morrison looks to score with a jab to the body but Fonseca is just out of range.
A big left from Fonseca misses.
A combination from Fonseca does no damage.
Morrison ducks under a wild hook from Fonseca.
Fonseca takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Morrison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fonseca.
Morrison lands with a cross.
Fonseca lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morrison circles away quickly and effectively.
Morrison buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fonseca gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Fonseca throws an overhand right that lands on Morrison's shoulder, as Morrison tries to avoid the shot.
Morrison misses with a hook
letting Fonseca counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morrison connects with a body shot.
Morrison on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Morrison fakes the leg kick and cracks Fonseca in the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fonseca's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Morrison connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fonseca scrambles back to his feet.
An inside leg kick lands from Morrison.
Morrison throws a jab when Fonseca was well out of range.
Morrison checks a low kick from Fonseca.
Morrison clobbers Fonseca with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Fonseca misses with a body shot.
Morrison lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fonseca. Morrison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morrison throws a jab but it's blocked by Fonseca.
Fonseca checks the leg kick nicely there.
Fonseca moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fonseca swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morrison thows a left - swing and a miss!
Morrison works Fonseca's body with a nice hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morrison blocks a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fonseca. Morrison does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick misses from Fonseca.
Morrison looks to land a combination. Fonseca sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Fonseca uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morrison.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Morrison dominated that fourth round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Morrison just misses with a punch to the body.
Juan Fonseca has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fonseca throws a left and a right that both miss
and Morrison counters with a low kick, right behind Fonseca 's knee.
The fighters circling - Morrison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morrison misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morrison feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Fonsecas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Morrison fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A left and a right from Morrison both land. Nice combination.
Morrison works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Morrison with a jab.
Fonseca is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Fonseca lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Morrison has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Morrison and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Morrison swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fonseca misses with a low kick.
Morrison scores with the left hand. Fonseca knows he should have avoided that one.
Fonseca steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morrison.
Fonseca fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Morrison.
Fonseca just misses with a punch to the body.
Fonseca misses with a hook.
Fonseca avoids the head kick by Morrison.
Morrison jabs Fonseca right on the nose. Fonseca blinks but takes it well.
Fonseca will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison takes a swing at Fonseca's ribcage but misses.
Fonseca checks a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fonseca.
Fonseca swats away the attempt to clinch by Morrison.
Morrison connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Morrison darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Morrison moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Morrison misses with the combination.
Fonseca throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Morrison counter with a right hand.
Fonseca looks to land a combination but Morrison avoids it well.
Fonseca takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Morrison misses with a head kick.
Morrison moves out of range of the strikes.
Morrison tries a head kick but it misses.
Fonseca moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fonseca misses the shot to the body.
Morrison lands with an overhand left.
Sloppy strikes from Fonseca. Those never looked like landing.
Morrison misses the shot to the body.
Fonseca lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Morrison throws the kick towards the body but Fonseca avoids it.
Morrison thuds a left hand into Fonseca's body.
Fonseca is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Morrison digs a good body shot into Fonseca's ribs.
Morrison ducks under a wild hook from Fonseca.
Morrison scores with a jab. Fonseca acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A slow jab from Morrison misses its intended target.
Morrison throws a nice outside leg kick.
Morrison ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Morrison looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morrison pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Morrison stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Morrison throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ray Morrison is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Morrison tests Fonseca's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fonseca throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ray Morrison comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Morrison has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 45:50
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 45:50
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray Morrison!
After winning the bout, Ray Morrison thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Berto Kin (ranked 20629 p4p, 2906 weight class) and Samran Darweshi (ranked 693 p4p, 366 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Berto Kin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Samran Darweshi!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Hosakawa and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Darweshi counters with a big head kick but Kin shrugs it off.
Kin misses with a body kick.
Kin keeps Darweshi at a distance using the push kick.
Berto Kin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kin looks to land a body kick but Darweshi moved away.
Kin misses with the body kick
and Darweshi counters with a stiff right hand.
Kin is looking to land body kicks.
Darweshi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Darweshi.
A right-left combo lands from Kin.
Darweshi darts in and clinches Kin up against the ropes.
Kin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Darweshi has him pressed against the ropes.
Kin has had enough of the clinch but Darweshi keeps him there for the moment.
Kin is trying to push Darweshi away but Darweshi has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Kin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Darweshi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kin scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kin walks into a left hand.
Darweshi looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kin bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Kin avoids the head kick by Darweshi.
Darweshi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kin.
Kin looks to land a body kick but Darweshi moved away.
Darweshi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kin moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A nice combination there by Kin.
Kin misses with a few strikes there.
Darweshi steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Kin.
Kin has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Soul Supremacy Rio in the buildup to the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kin misses with a combination
and Darweshi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Darweshi keeps control of Kin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kin wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darweshi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kin throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Kin lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A nice combination there by Kin.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kin!
Kin is working the combinations to good effect here.
Kin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Darweshi.
A little jabbing left from Darweshi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kin tries to bum rush Darweshi with a series of wild strikes but Darweshi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Danga de danga de dang - Kin scores with a four punch combination!
Kin misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darweshi swings for the body but Kin moves out of range.
Kin throws a big counter combination but Darweshi scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Kin misses with a body kick.
Darweshi takes a swing at Kin's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Berto Kin dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Darweshi slips a jab and a cross from Kin.
Darweshi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kin scores with a one two! Darweshi had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Darweshi cracks Kin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Darweshi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Darweshi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Darweshi misses with a head kick.
Kin went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kin misses with a combination
and Darweshi counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Darweshi moves out of range of the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kin defending well as Darweshi loads up on a big left hand.
Kin throws a wild body kick that Darweshi sees coming a mile off.
Kin throws a body kick that misses.
Kin throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
enabling Darweshi to counter with a crisp jab.
Darweshi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kin momentarily.
Kin misses with a body kick.
Darweshi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kin is rocked!
Darweshi has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kin looks to land a body kick but Darweshi moved away.
Darweshi wants to counter with a clinch but Kin pushes him away.
Kin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Darweshi.
Kin misses with the combination.
Darweshi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kin misses with an attempted mid kick.
As Kin backs off Darweshi throws a huge counter combo but Kin manages to avoid it all.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kin misses with a body kick.
Darweshi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Darweshi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kin.
Kin is looking for a counter combo.
Kin misses with a double jab
and Darweshi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A right hand to the body from Darweshi.
Darweshi breaks from the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kin lands with a nice combination. Darweshi backs away looking to recover.
Darweshi lands a lovely overhand right.
Berto Kin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kin lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Darweshi backs up against the ropes.
Kin misses with a kick to the body
and Darweshi counters by moving into the clinch.
Darweshi lands a body shot.
Kin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kin tries to circle away but Darweshi has him pinned against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Berto Kin will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Darweshi is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Kin throws a one two combo.
Darweshi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Darweshi moves out of range as Kin throws a body kick.
Kin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Darweshi wants to counter with a clinch but Kin pushes him away.
Darweshi swings for the body but Kin moves out of range.
Darweshi tests Kin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kin.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Darweshi! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kin throws a nice looking combination but Darweshi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kin misses with a body kick.
Donk. Darweshi catches Kin right on the button with a cross.
Kin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Darweshi tries to counter with a clinch but Kin shakes him off and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Darweshi tries to counter with a clinch but Kin shakes him off and moves away.
Darweshi drives through and clinches with Kin against the ropes.
Darweshi breaks the clinch.
Kin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Darweshi! But no joy.
Darweshi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Darweshi moves out of range as Kin throws a body kick.
Darweshi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Darweshi throws the left hand but Kin avoids the punch easily.
Kin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kin throws a wild body kick that Darweshi sees coming a mile off.
Darweshi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kin. Darweshi shrugs it off though.
Kin is looking to land body kicks.
Kin throws a right and a left that Darweshi avoids nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Darweshi blocks the body kick.
Kin slips a jab and a cross from Darweshi.
Kin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Berto Kin is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Darweshi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kin misses with the body kick
and Kin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Darweshi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kin moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kin thuds his shin into the meat of Darweshi's side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Berto Kin clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Kin looks to land a body kick but Darweshi moved away.
Darweshi tries to counter by closing the distance.
Darweshi tests Kin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A combination from Kin does no damage.
Kin throws a body kick that misses.
Darweshi sizes up Kin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kin!
Darweshi has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kin.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kin.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Kin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kin there as he acknowledges the shot.
A punch lands to the side of Kin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Oh Kin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Darweshi walks forward, straight into a front kick from Kin.
Kin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Darweshi shapes to counter with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darweshi dips to his left and cracks Kin with an uppercut!
Kin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kin looks to land a body kick but Darweshi moved away.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kin!
Kin throws a combination that misses
and Darweshi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kin staying out of range there.
Kin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kin seems to have got his legs back now.
Kin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Darweshi cracks Kin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Look low, kick high! Darweshi uses the oldest trick in the book to send Kin tumbling to the canvas, in a truly brutal knockout! Darweshi is absolutely delighted - when Kin wakes up, I doubt he'll be quite so happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Samran Darweshi!
A very excited looking Samran Darweshi made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Kongchai Phetboonme (ranked 489 p4p, 16204 weight class) and Silvio Crespo (ranked 62 p4p, 653 weight class). Phetboonme comes to the ring accompanied by Iron Man. The crowd seem to be enjoying Crespo's choice of entrance music: Ghost ''Im A King. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 12 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kongchai Phetboonme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Silvio Crespo!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crespo is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Phetboonme looks to score with a jab to the body but Crespo is just out of range.
No joy there for Crespo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Phetboonme scores with a jab. Crespo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
 It looks like Silvio Crespo has been cut.
Phetboonme gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Phetboonme blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crespo working Phetboonme over with knees to the body.
Crespo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Phetboonme on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Phetboonme tries to throw a body punch but Crespo avoids it by throwing Phetboonme back against the ropes.
Phetboonme on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Crespo lands a nice knee to the body.
Crespo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Phetboonme blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crespo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Crespo swings wildly with an uppercut but Phetboonme uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crespo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Phetboonme blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Phetboonme.
Phetboonme tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Crespo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Crespo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Phetboonme is defending well for now.
Crespo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crespo misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Crespo fails to land.
Crespo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Phetboonme scores with a shot to the side of Crespo's head.
Phetboonme lands a nice uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Phetboonme.
Phetboonme throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Crespo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Phetboonme backwards.
Phetboonme tries to work over Crespo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Phetboonme blocks an uppercut.
Phetboonme scores with a nice hook to the head.
Phetboonme throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Still in the clinch, Crespo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Crespo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Phetboonme blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Phetboonme lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Crespo.
A short right from Crespo on the inside.
Phetboonme tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crespo's elbow.
Phetboonme struggles to land a body shot inside as Crespo controls his hands.
Phetboonme lands a body shot in the clinch.
Crespo looks winded!
Phetboonme tries to work over Crespo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crespo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Phetboonme avoids it.
Phetboonme scores with a shot to the side of Crespo's head.
Crespo misses with a punch to the body.
Phetboonme tries to throw a body punch but Crespo avoids it by throwing Phetboonme back against the ropes.
Crespo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Phetboonme lands a nice shot to the body.
Phetboonme lands a nice uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Phetboonme.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Phetboonme.
A hook to the body from Phetboonme.
A shot in the inside from Phetboonme.
Phetboonme lands an uppercut.
Crespo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Phetboonme avoids a wild elbow strike from Crespo.
Phetboonme lands a nice shot to the body.
Phetboonme digs a right hand into Crespo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Crespo's gas tank.
Phetboonme lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Phetboonme lands a shot to the body.
A short right from Phetboonme on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Phetboonme.
Phetboonme makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right from Phetboonme on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kongchai Phetboonme dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Silvio Crespo's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Phetboonme moves into range and connects with a jab.
Crespo is looking to slow Phetboonme down with leg kicks.
Crespo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crespo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Phetboonme makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Phetboonme tries to throw a body punch but Crespo avoids it by throwing Phetboonme back against the ropes.
Phetboonme cracks Crespo with a nice body shot.
Phetboonme lands a shot to the body.
Phetboonme lands a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Phetboonme.
Phetboonme lands a body punch.
Crespo takes a shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Phetboonme - that landed with a thud.
Phetboonme lands with a light punch inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Phetboonme lands a nice shot to the body.
Phetboonme lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Crespo is breathing heavily.
Phetboonme throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Crespos head.
A nice left hand lands by Phetboonme.
Phetboonme tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crespo's elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Phetboonme.
Phetboonme lands with a short head shot on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Phetboonme creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phetboonme digs a right hand underneath Crespo's ribcage. Crespo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Phetboonme tries to work over Crespo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A shot in the inside from Phetboonme.
Phetboonme lands a shot to the body.
I was talking to Phetboonme's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A left hand lands to the body for Phetboonme.
Phetboonme digs a right hand into Crespo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Crespo's gas tank.
Phetboonme lands a body shot.
Phetboonme working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice body punch from Phetboonme - that landed with a thud.
A left hand lands to the body for Phetboonme.
A short right from Phetboonme on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Phetboonme.
Phetboonme lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Phetboonme lands a left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crespo misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Phetboonme.
Phetboonme makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Phetboonme.
Phetboonme tries a body shot but Crespo blocks it.
Phetboonme lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Phetboonme.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phetboonme lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nice body punch from Phetboonme.
A right hand to the body from Phetboonme.
Crespo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Phetboonme digs a right hand underneath Crespo's ribcage. Crespo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Phetboonme stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Phetboonme - that landed with a thud.
Phetboonme lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Crespo backwards.
Phetboonme cracks Crespo with a nice body shot.
Phetboonme lands a shot to the body.
Phetboonme lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Crespo.
Phetboonme is working Crespo over against the ropes.
Phetboonme lands a hook that snaps the head of Crespo backwards.
Good body shot from Phetboonme.
Phetboonme gets through Crespo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Phetboonme lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Phetboonme throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Crespos head.
Kongchai Phetboonme has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Phetboonme lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
 Crespo is rocked!
Crespo misses with some punches.
Crespo is still on wobbly legs! Can Phetboonme finish him?
Phetboonme lands a hook to the side of the head.
Phetboonme lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kongchai Phetboonme dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Silvio Crespo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Phetboonme lands with a thumping leg kick.
Crespo seems to have recovered his senses.
Phetboonme moves into the clinch.
Phetboonme goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Phetboonme working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Phetboonme.
Phetboonme lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Phetboonme.
Phetboonme lands a body punch.
Crespo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Crespo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Phetboonme - that landed with a thud.
Phetboonme lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Crespo or not.
Phetboonme lands an uppercut.
Phetboonme digs a right hand underneath Crespo's ribcage. Crespo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Phetboonme works on Crespo's body with a couple of short punches.
Phetboonme lands a nice shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Phetboonme lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Crespo backwards.
Phetboonme throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Crespos head.
Still in the clinch, Phetboonme scores with a nice short uppercut.
Phetboonme stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Phetboonme gets through Crespo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Phetboonme scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Crespo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crespo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Good body shot from Phetboonme.
A body shot lands from Phetboonme.
Phetboonme lands a body shot.
Phetboonme lands a shoulder strike.
Phetboonme throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Crespos head.
Phetboonme is working Crespo over against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Phetboonme - that landed with a thud.
Phetboonme is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Crespo can do to turn this around?
Phetboonme lands a body shot in the clinch.
Phetboonme digs a right hand underneath Crespo's ribcage. Crespo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Phetboonme throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Crespos head.
Phetboonme lands a right hand that snaps the head of Crespo backwards.
Phetboonme lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phetboonme cracks Crespo with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Crespo goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Crespo wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Kongchai Phetboonme!
Kongchai Phetboonme decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Pope Drunkizkus (ranked 1954 p4p, 3837 weight class) and Kenny Tchusuk (ranked 34 p4p, 155 weight class). Drunkizkus comes to the ring accompanied by Sada Baby - SkubaHoodBlocKlub Feat BlocBoy JB, And HoodRich Pablo Juan. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pope Drunkizkus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenny Tchusuk!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drunkizkus tries to clinch there but Tchusuk circles away.
A swing and a miss from Tchusuk.
Tchusuk throws a lazy uppercut
and Drunkizkus counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Drunkizkus wants to clinch.
Drunkizkus plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
It looks like Kenny Tchusuk has been cut.
Tchusuk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tchusuk circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tchusuk is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Drunkizkus with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drunkizkus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tchusuk throws out a counter right but Drunkizkus avoids it with no problem.
Tchusuk has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Drunkizkus.
Tchusuk throws a sloppy head kick and Drunkizkus moves out of range easily.
Pope Drunkizkus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drunkizkus tries to clinch but Tchusuk is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tchusuk misses with a body shot.
Tchusuk wants to land a leg kick but Drunkizkus is out of range.
Drunkizkus has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Power Plant MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Tchusuk takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Drunkizkus rushes Tchusuk and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Drunkizkus trying to land knees to the body.
Drunkizkus lands a body punch.
Tchusuk throws a head punch that misses.
Good body shot from Tchusuk.
A short right from Tchusuk.
Tchusuk throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Tchusuk fails to land.
Tchusuk scores with a shoulder strike.
Tchusuk throws a punch but it's blocked by Drunkizkus.
Tchusuk misses with the head strike.
Good body shot from Drunkizkus.
Drunkizkus blocks an uppercut.
Tchusuk misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drunkizkus blocks an uppercut.
Tchusuk lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tchusuk misses with some punches.
Drunkizkus blocks an uppercut.
Tchusuk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drunkizkus blocks it with crossed arms.
Tchusuk misses with the head strike.
Tchusuk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tchusuk gets through Drunkizkus's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tchusuk lands a right hand that snaps the head of Drunkizkus backwards.
Tchusuk lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Drunkizkus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Drunkizkus swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Drunkizkus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tchusuk misses with a head kick.
Drunkizkus went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A combination from Tchusuk does no damage.
Tchusuk throws a sloppy head kick and Drunkizkus moves out of range easily.
As Tchusuk looks to move away, Drunkizkus throws a big counter combo but Tchusuk just gets out of the way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenny Tchusuk dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kenny Tchusuk's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Tchusuk blocks a head kick by Drunkizkus.
Tchusuk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Drunkizkus misses with a head kick.
Tchusuk has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Drunkizkus throws a sloppy head kick and Tchusuk moves out of range easily.
Drunkizkus scores with a head kick.
Tchusuk takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Drunkizkus tries to clinch but Tchusuk moves out of range.
Drunkizkus wants to clinch but Tchusuk slips to the side
and Tchusuk counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Drunkizkus is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Nice body kick there by Drunkizkus.
Drunkizkus scores with a kick to the body.
Tchusuk closes the distance and clinches.
Drunkizkus looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drunkizkus misses with a hook to the ribs.
Drunkizkus can't break the clinch.
Tchusuk working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Tchusuk.
Drunkizkus trying to stall but Tchusuk improves his position.
Tchusuk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tchusuk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tchusuk blocks an uppercut.
Tchusuk lands a left hand.
Drunkizkus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tchusuk misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Drunkizkus.
Tchusuk lands a right hand that snaps the head of Drunkizkus backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tchusuk.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Drunkizkus misses with the head strike.
Drunkizkus throws a punch but it's blocked by Tchusuk.
Tchusuk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tchusuk lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drunkizkus blocking some punches.
Tchusuk makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drunkizkus is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Drunkizkus tries a knee to the head but Tchusuk blocks it.
Tchusuk throws a punch but it's blocked by Drunkizkus.
Drunkizkus has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Drunkizkus avoids the elbow strike from Tchusuk, against the ropes.
Drunkizkus blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tchusuk.
Drunkizkus misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Tchusuk.
Kenny Tchusuk seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Drunkizkus tries to work over Tchusuk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Drunkizkus blocks an uppercut.
Drunkizkus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Drunkizkus blocks an uppercut.
Drunkizkus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tchusuk lands with a short shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenny Tchusuk showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kenny Tchusuk's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Drunkizkus clinches.
Tchusuk working aggressively here.
Drunkizkus breaks the clinch.
Tchusuk throws the left hand but Drunkizkus avoids the punch easily.
Drunkizkus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tchusuk is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Good leg kick by Tchusuk.
Drunkizkus avoids the head kick by Tchusuk.
Drunkizkus doesn't manage to clinch there - Tchusuk circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drunkizkus is looking to clinch.
Drunkizkus misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tchusuk appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Tchusuk swinging wildly here.
Drunkizkus is looking to clinch.
Pope Drunkizkus is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drunkizkus throws out a leg kick but Tchusuk moves out of range and Drunkizkus only half commits.
Drunkizkus misses with a kick to the body.
Tchusuk scores with a spinning back kick!
Drunkizkus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A jab from Tchusuk misses.
Tchusuk throws a head kick but Drunkizkus moves out of range.
Drunkizkus tries to clinch but Tchusuk moves away
and Tchusuk counters with a nice uppercut.
Tchusuk digs a good body shot into Drunkizkus's ribs.
Tchusuk works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Drunkizkus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tchusuk.
Tchusuk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tchusuk throws a nice looking combination but Drunkizkus bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Drunkizkus closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drunkizkus misses with an elbow over the top.
Drunkizkus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tchusuk on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Drunkizkus wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tchusuk has him pressed against the ropes.
Tchusuk lands a right hand.
Tchusuk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Drunkizkus throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tchusuks head.
Drunkizkus is trying to break free.
Tchusuk pushes Drunkizkus back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Drunkizkus managing to block the knees to the body from Tchusuk.
Tchusuk swings wildly with an uppercut but Drunkizkus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drunkizkus has had enough of the clinch but Tchusuk keeps him there for the moment.
Tchusuk misses with some punches.
Tchusuk keeps control of Drunkizkus as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenny Tchusuk really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kenny Tchusuk's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Tchusuk lands a front kick to the face, that drops Drunkizkus to the canvas! Is he dazed or just shocked? He's back to his feet and the referee is going to allow him to continue the fight!
It looks like Pope Drunkizkus has been cut.
Drunkizkus swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tchusuk counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Drunkizkus tries to clinch but Tchusuk moves away
and Tchusuk counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Drunkizkus is rocked!
A punch combination from Drunkizkus misses.
Drunkizkus tries to clinch but fails miserably
and before Drunkizkus has any time to reset, Tchusuk cracks him with a big right hand that drops him face first to the canvas! He's hurt! I don't think he's going to get back up from that one! He's trying but he's doing the chicken dance and has face planted into to ropes, causing the referee to bring this fight to an end! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Kenny Tchusuk!
In defeat, Pope Drunkizkus stepped up to the mic, saying '00pz'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Iosefa Umaga (ranked 3291 p4p, 24335 weight class) and Taz Bandichoo (ranked 58 p4p, 159 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Umaga might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Ky-Mani Marley - Warriors. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Iosefa Umaga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taz Bandichoo!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bandichoo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bandichoo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Umaga has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Umaga throws out a loose jab but Bandichoo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bandichoo misses with the combination.
Umaga just misses with a punch to the body.
Bandichoo with the inside leg kick.
Bandichoo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Umaga.
Umaga 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.
Bandichoo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Taz Bandichoo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bandichoo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bandichoo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bandichoo throws a head kick but Umaga moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Umaga avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bandichoo dips to his left and cracks Umaga with an uppercut!
Bandichoo misses with a left hand
and Umaga counters with a nice body shot.
Umaga dips to his left and cracks Bandichoo with an uppercut!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Umaga.
A head kick misses from Bandichoo.
Umaga lands a jab.
Umaga keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bandichoo looks to score with a jab to the body but Umaga is just out of range.
It looked like Umaga wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bandichoo lands a head shot.
Bandichoo has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Umaga on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Umaga uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bandichoo.
Umaga fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bandichoo manages to avoid it.
Umaga lands a nice looking kick to the body. Bandichoo takes a step back to recover.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bandichoo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bandichoo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Umaga slips a jab from Bandichoo.
Bandichoo lands a head kick. Umaga smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bandichoo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Umaga throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bandichoo. Umaga does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bandichoo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Umaga.
Umaga slips under a jab from Bandichoo.
Bandichoo misses with an uppercut. Umaga saw that one coming.
Bandichoo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Umaga throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bandichoo tries a quick counter leg kick but Umaga is wise to it.
Bandichoo moves out of range as Umaga strikes.
Bandichoo misses with a head kick.
Bandichoo looks for the body kick but Umaga saw that one coming.
Umaga delivers a nice body kick.
Bandichoo throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Umaga counters with a low kick, right behind Bandichoo 's knee.
Umaga walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bandichoo.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bandichoo tries to land a front kick but Umaga steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Umaga throws a good cross that connects.
It looks like Taz Bandichoo has been cut.
Bandichoo moves out of range of the body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Umaga.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taz Bandichoo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Taz Bandichoo's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Bandichoo throws a head kick that misses
and Umaga counters with a stiff right hand.
Bandichoo misses with a body kick.
Umaga's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bandichoo connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Umaga scrambles back to his feet.
Bandichoo throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Umaga takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Umaga scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Umaga with a nice calf kick.
Umaga has managed to clinch.
Bandichoo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Umaga throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Umaga scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bandichoo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Umaga has him pressed against the ropes.
Umaga pushes Bandichoo back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bandichoo is trying to force a seperation but Umaga has the dominant position.
Bandichoo tries to work over Umaga's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Umaga lands a hook to the side of the head.
Umaga throws a punch but it's blocked by Bandichoo.
A short uppercut from Bandichoo.
Umaga tries to throw a body punch but Bandichoo avoids it by throwing Umaga back against the ropes.
Bandichoo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bandichoo misses with a hook to the body
and Umaga cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bandichoo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A head kick misses from Bandichoo.
Bandichoo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bandichoo throws a head kick that misses.
Bandichoo scores with a kick to the midsection.
Bandichoo throws a head kick but Umaga moves out of range.
Bandichoo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bandichoo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Umaga counters with an outside leg kick.
Umaga paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Umaga is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Umaga avoids a kick to the body.
Umaga fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bandichoo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bandichoo works the jab nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Umaga lands with an overhand left.
Taz Bandichoo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Umaga misses with a looping left.
Bandichoo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bandichoo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bandichoo lands a lovely overhand right.
Bandichoo scores with a spinning back kick!
Bandichoo throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Bandichoo misses with a left hand
enabling Umaga to counter with a crisp jab.
Bandichoo throws a leg kick
and Umaga counters with a nice body shot.
Umaga shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A big left from Umaga misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Umaga.
Bandichoo throws a jab when Umaga was well out of range.
Umaga avoids the head kick by Bandichoo.
Umaga takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Umaga throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bandichoo steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Bandichoo throws a hook but Umaga avoids it easily.
Bandichoo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Umaga ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Iosefa Umaga will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Taz Bandichoo's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Umaga throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bandichoo throws out a counter right but Umaga avoids it with no problem.
Umaga gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Umaga fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bandichoo manages to avoid it.
Umaga takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A head kick from Bandichoo lands but Umaga takes it in his stride.
Bandichoo scores with a head kick. Umaga tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Bandichoo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Umaga moves into range and connects with a jab.
A punch lands to the side of Umaga 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bandichoo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bandichoo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bandichoo tries a head kick but it misses.
Bandichoo throws an off balance right hand
and Umaga makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bandichoo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bandichoo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Umaga throws a head kick that misses.
Bandichoo misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bandichoo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bandichoo misses with a wild combination.
Umaga was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bandichoo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Umaga.
Umaga avoids the head kick by Bandichoo.
Umaga is looking to counter punch.
Bandichoo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Umaga misses the target.
Bandichoo misses with a low kick.
Umaga throws a quick counter kick to the body but Bandichoo avoids it.
Umaga smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bandichoo misses with a lunging right hand
and Umaga makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bandichoo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Umaga counters with a straight right hand.
Umaga throws a nice outside leg kick.
Umaga throws a wild body kick that Bandichoo sees coming a mile off.
A lazy left from Bandichoo finds it's target.
Nice jab there from Umaga.
Bandichoo scores with a nice body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bandichoo throws the kick towards the body but Umaga avoids it.
Umaga takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bandichoo looks to land a body kick but Umaga moved away.
Umaga looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Umaga connects with a beautiful left hand that drops Bandichoo onto his butt! Bandichoo bounces straight back up though - he's OK. After the ref checks him out, we're back to the action.
Bandichoo tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Umaga uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bandichoo.
Bandichoo throws the kick towards the body but Umaga avoids it.
Umaga lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bandichoo tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice body punch from Umaga.
Bandichoo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bandichoo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Umaga blocks the body kick.
Umaga is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Umaga throws a body punch but Bandichoo moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Iosefa Umaga takes that one, having scored the knockdown.
The cut man is working on Taz Bandichoo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bandichoo.
Bandichoo throws a poor cross that misses
and Umaga counters with a straight right hand.
Bandichoo misses with a body kick.
Umaga will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Bandichoo is looking to land body kicks.
Umaga quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Bandichoo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bandichoo misses with an uppercut.
Umaga throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bandichoo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Umaga connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks Bandichoo out cold! This one is over in a flash!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Iosefa Umaga!
Iosefa Umaga was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Yoshi Takano (ranked 24330 p4p, 14845 weight class) and Puck Heidegger (ranked 158 p4p, 154 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yoshi Takano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 11 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Puck Heidegger!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Takano.
Heidegger bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A big right from Heidegger misses.
Heidegger is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Takano.
Takano fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Heidegger.
Heidegger misses the jab.
Takano throws a quick counter kick to the body but Heidegger avoids it.
Takano with a nice calf kick.
Heidegger takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Takano throws a right and a left that Heidegger avoids nicely.
Takano lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Takano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Heidegger.
Heidegger swings for the body but Takano moves out of range.
Heidegger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Heidegger is looking to land body kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heidegger dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Heidegger takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Takano moves out of range of the leg kick from Heidegger.
Takano looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Takano checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Heidegger throws out a loose jab but Takano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Takano blocks a leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heidegger lands a jab to Takano's midsection.
Heidegger avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Takano connects with a crisp jab.
Takano blocks the body kick.
Heidegger sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Heidegger looks winded!
Takano moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Heidegger takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Yoshi Takano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Takano cracks Heidegger with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Heidegger is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Heidegger is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A head kick misses from Takano.
Heidegger now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Takano is stalking his opponent - BOOM! Switch kick out of nowhere! Heidegger is not moving; he is out cold!! Wow, what a quick finish that was.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Yoshi Takano!
A victorious Yoshi Takano thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Puck Heidegger spoke after the fight, saying 'lol @ this matchup. Enjoy.'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Gaizka Elizondo (ranked 4447 p4p, 7518 weight class) and Yevgen Maartins (ranked 518 p4p, 657 weight class). Elizondo's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Peewee Longway & Money Man - Ooowwweee. Gaizka Elizondo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gaizka Elizondo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yevgen Maartins!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maartins has managed to clinch.
Maartins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Elizondo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Maartins tries to throw a body punch but Elizondo avoids it by throwing Maartins back against the ropes.
Maartins lands a right hand that snaps the head of Elizondo backwards.
Maartins tries to throw a body punch but Elizondo avoids it by throwing Maartins back against the ropes.
A short right from Maartins.
Maartins pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Maartins takes a shot to the head.
Elizondo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Elizondo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Maartins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maartins connects with a knee to the head.
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 Elizondo.
Elizondo managing to block the knees to the body from Maartins.
Elizondo blocks an elbow strike from Maartins.
Elizondo misses with a punch on the inside.
Elizondo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Elizondo.
A nice left hand lands by Elizondo.
Elizondo lands a hook that snaps the head of Maartins backwards.
Elizondo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
I was talking to Elizondo's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Elizondo misses with a knee strike.
Maartins lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Elizondo.
Maartins missing with knees to the body.
Maartins lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Elizondo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Maartins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Elizondo avoiding damage as Maartins throws knees to the body.
Maartins misses with the head strike.
Maartins lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Elizondo.
Elizondo lands with a right to the head.
A shot in the inside from Maartins.
Maartins misses with a punch to the body.
Maartins stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Elizondo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maartins tries to throw a body punch but Elizondo avoids it by throwing Maartins back against the ropes.
Elizondo blocks a body shot from Maartins.
Elizondo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Maartins can't find room to land a body shot as Elizondo controls the action.
Maartins using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Elizondo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Maartins misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elizondo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Elizondo holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Elizondo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maartins with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Maartins creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maartins stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Elizondo lands an uppercut.
Elizondo managing to block the knees to the body from Maartins.
Elizondo misses with the head strike.
Maartins lands a left hand that snaps the head of Elizondo backwards.
Maartins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maartins misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Maartins fails to land.
Maartins misses with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maartins lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Elizondo.
Maartins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Elizondo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Maartins up against the ropes.
Elizondo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Yevgen Maartins will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Elizondo has Maartins up against the ropes in a clinch.
Maartins tries to work over Elizondo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Elizondo lands with a short shot to the head.
Elizondo has a couple of punches blocked by Maartins.
Still in the clinch, Elizondo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Elizondo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Maartins scores with a nice short uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Elizondo.
Maartins misses with an elbow strike.
Maartins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Elizondo avoids it.
Elizondo avoiding damage as Maartins throws knees to the body.
Elizondo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Elizondo has Maartins pushed against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maartins connects with a knee to the head.
A shot in the inside from Elizondo.
Elizondo works on Maartins's body with a couple of short punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Elizondo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Elizondo avoids a wild elbow strike from Maartins.
Maartins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Elizondo's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elizondo blocking some punches.
Elizondo looking to stall.
Maartins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Maartins tries to work over Elizondo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maartins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Elizondo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Elizondo avoiding damage as Maartins throws knees to the body.
Elizondo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Elizondo on the inside.
Elizondo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maartins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maartins pushes off an throws an elbow but Elizondo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Maartins misses with the head strike.
Maartins struggles to land a body shot inside as Elizondo controls his hands.
Elizondo managing to block the knees to the body from Maartins.
Elizondo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Maartins avoiding damage as Elizondo throws knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Maartins fails to land.
Elizondo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Elizondo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Elizondo taking a breather.
Maartins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Elizondo's elbow.
Elizondo stalling.
A short right from Elizondo.
Maartins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Elizondo's elbow.
Maartins creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Elizondo's defenses.
Maartins tries a body shot but Elizondo blocks it.
Maartins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Elizondo avoids it.
A head punch on the inside from Maartins fails to land.
Elizondo slowing the pace effectively.
Maartins is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Elizondo is defending well for now.
Maartins takes a shot to the head.
Elizondo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Elizondo blocks an elbow strike from Maartins.
Elizondo swings wildly with an uppercut but Maartins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Elizondo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maartins.
Maartins lands a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Elizondo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gaizka Elizondo dominated that second round.
That's time! Elizondo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Maartins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Maartins moves in looking to clinch but Elizondo pushes him off.
Maartins tries to clinch up but Elizondo circles away and keeps his distance.
Elizondo throws a big counter combination but Maartins scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Maartins wants to clinch up but Elizondo keeps it at a distance.
It looked like Elizondo was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Maartins.
Maartins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Elizondo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Maartins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Good leg kick by Elizondo.
A jab from Elizondo misses.
Maartins has managed to clinch.
Elizondo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gaizka Elizondo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Elizondo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Elizondo avoids the elbow strike from Maartins, against the ropes.
Elizondo trying to control the position but instead, Maartins has worked for underhooks and has pushed Elizondo into the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Elizondo trying to control the position but instead, Maartins has worked for underhooks and has pushed Elizondo into the ropes.
Elizondo throws a head punch that misses.
Elizondo pushes Maartins back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maartins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Elizondo misses with the head strike.
Nice elbow from Maartins.
Maartins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maartins connects with a knee to the head.
A short right from Elizondo.
Elizondo managing to block the knees to the body from Maartins.
Maartins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Elizondo avoids it.
Elizondo avoids a wild elbow strike from Maartins.
Maartins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short uppercut from Maartins.
Elizondo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Elizondo lands with a right to the head.
Maartins with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Elizondo digs a right hand into Maartins's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Maartins's gas tank.
Maartins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A shot in the inside from Elizondo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Elizondo.
Elizondo prevents a body shot from Maartins.
A short right from Elizondo on the inside.
Maartins struggles to land a body shot inside as Elizondo controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Elizondo.
Elizondo scores with a shot to the side of Maartins's head.
Elizondo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Maartins backwards.
Elizondo lands a nice shot to the body.
Elizondo lands with a light punch inside.
Elizondo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Elizondo lands an uppercut.
Elizondo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maartins tries to land a knee to the head but Elizondo blocks with his arms.
Elizondo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short left from Maartins.
A short uppercut from Elizondo.
Maartins is rocked!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maartins.
Elizondo pushes Maartins back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Maartins is still on wobbly legs! Can Elizondo finish him?
Still in the clinch, Elizondo scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot in the inside from Elizondo.
Elizondo breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Maartins with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Maartins looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Maartins 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 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Gaizka Elizondo!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ruma Juttu (ranked 24324 p4p, 3525 weight class) and Fred Bizihwaeile (ranked 659 p4p, 428 weight class). Bizihwaeile has chosen Pardon my G! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ruma Juttu!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Fred Bizihwaeile!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Juttu swings for the body but Bizihwaeile moves out of range.
Juttu slips under a jab from Bizihwaeile.
Juttu lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bizihwaeile's sensitive parts.
Bizihwaeile throws a body shot but no joy.
Juttu throws a nice inside leg kick.
Juttu throws a front kick aimed at Bizihwaeile's knee but Bizihwaeile avoids it well.
Juttu feints and then cracks Bizihwaeile's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bizihwaeile down.
Nice body kick from Juttu.
Juttu thuds a left hand into Bizihwaeile's body.
Bizihwaeile gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Juttu, as that shot connected.
Bizihwaeile tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Juttu is able to avoid easily.
Juttu looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bizihwaeile throws a leg kick but Juttu sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Juttu scores with a leg kick.
Bizihwaeile scores with a head kick. Juttu tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Juttu feints and then cracks Bizihwaeile's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bizihwaeile down.
Juttu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheers as Bizihwaeile lands an impressive looking overhand right. Juttu doesn't seem phased though.
Bizihwaeile has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Juttu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bizihwaeile has Juttu up against the ropes in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bizihwaeile blocking some punches.
Juttu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Juttu blocks the elbow strike.
Bizihwaeile throws an elbow that misses.
Bizihwaeile blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bizihwaeile lands with a short shot to the head.
Bizihwaeile tries a body shot but Juttu blocks it.
Juttu prevents a body shot from Bizihwaeile.
Bizihwaeile creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bizihwaeile can't find room to land a body shot as Juttu controls the action.
Bizihwaeile misses with an elbow strike.
Juttu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bizihwaeile's elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Juttu.
Juttu dodges an elbow strike from Bizihwaeile.
Bizihwaeile lands a right hand that snaps the head of Juttu backwards.
Juttu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Juttu blocks a body shot from Bizihwaeile.
Bizihwaeile prevents a body shot from Juttu.
Juttu has a couple of punches blocked by Bizihwaeile.
Bizihwaeile lands a hook that snaps the head of Juttu backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juttu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bizihwaeile creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Juttu's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bizihwaeile can't break the clinch.
Juttu lands a nice shot to the body.
Juttu misses with some punches.
Bizihwaeile scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Juttu blocks the elbow strike.
Juttu lands a nice uppercut.
Good body shot from Juttu.
Juttu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Juttu blocks an elbow strike.
Juttu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Juttu lands with a light punch inside.
Juttu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Juttu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bizihwaeile backwards.
Bizihwaeile misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Juttu misses with a punch on the inside.
Juttu lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bizihwaeile misses with a short punch on the inside.
Juttu scores with a shoulder strike.
Juttu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ruma Juttu dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Juttu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Juttu throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bizihwaeile on the side of the head.
Nice uppercut lands for Bizihwaeile. That snapped Juttu's head back.
Juttu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bizihwaeile.
Juttu connects with a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Bizihwaeile throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bizihwaeile waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Juttu.
Nice jab there from Bizihwaeile.
Juttu blocks a jab.
Juttu staying out of range there.
A jab from Bizihwaeile misses.
Juttu is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Juttu misses with a body shot.
A slapping body kick lands there for Bizihwaeile.
Bizihwaeile throws a jab when Juttu was well out of range.
Bizihwaeile scores with a three punch combo!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Juttu fakes the leg kick and cracks Bizihwaeile in the body.
Bizihwaeile takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A bone on bone clash there as Bizihwaeile blocks the leg kick.
It seemed like Bizihwaeile was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A good leg kick by Juttu.
Juttu scores with a jab to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Juttu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bizihwaeile misses with a wild body shot.
Bizihwaeile jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab lands there for Bizihwaeile.
Juttu tries to work over Bizihwaeile's front leg with a kick but Bizihwaeile checks it.
Bizihwaeile throws a body shot but no joy.
Bizihwaeile takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ruma Juttu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Juttu fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bizihwaeile has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Juttu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bizihwaeile changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bizihwaeile takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bizihwaeile throws a hook to the side of Juttu's head but Juttu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bizihwaeile. Juttu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bizihwaeile throws out a loose jab but Juttu uses good head movement to avoid it.
A lazy left from Juttu finds it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Juttu slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Juttu lands a nice looking body shot.
Juttu misses with a leg kick
and Bizihwaeile counters with a stiff right hand.
Juttu takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bizihwaeile is looking to clinch.
Bizihwaeile throws a half hearted mid kick.
Juttu jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Juttu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bizihwaeile.
Juttu throws a front kick aimed at Bizihwaeile's knee but Bizihwaeile avoids it well.
Juttu thuds a left hand into Bizihwaeile's body.
Bizihwaeile misses with a body kick.
Bizihwaeile's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Juttu thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bizihwaeile if he has to take too many more of those.
Bizihwaeile avoids the head kick by Juttu.
Juttu fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bizihwaeile is out of range.
Juttu looks to score with a jab to the body but Bizihwaeile is just out of range.
Bizihwaeile misses the shot to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Juttu.
Bizihwaeile steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Juttu.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Juttu looks to land a right hand but Bizihwaeile moved out of range.
Good work by Juttu as he checks the leg kick.
Juttu half committed to a counter leg kick.
Bizihwaeile dodges the punch combination from Juttu.
Bizihwaeile throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ruma Juttu will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Juttu throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bizihwaeile counters with a nice uppercut.
Bizihwaeile takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A nice leg kick from Juttu, right into the meat of the thigh.
Juttu jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A jab from Bizihwaeile does it's job there.
Juttu staying out of range there.
Juttu just misses with a punch to the body.
Juttu lands a head shot.
Juttu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bizihwaeile was well out of range. Poor timing from Juttu.
Bizihwaeile moves out of range as Juttu strikes.
Bizihwaeile throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bizihwaeile fails with an attempt to clinch.
Juttu looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Bizihwaeile throws a jab when Juttu was well out of range.
Juttu throwing a counter right hand but Bizihwaeile manages to avoid it.
A thudding body kick lands there by Juttu!
Juttu blocks a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bizihwaeile throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bizihwaeile checks a low kick from Juttu.
Juttu connects with a leg kick.
Juttu ducks under a wild hook from Bizihwaeile.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bizihwaeile throws a hook to the side of Juttu's head but Juttu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Juttu swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Juttu connects with an inside leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bizihwaeile lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Juttu has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Juttu and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nice shot by Juttu.
Bizihwaeile throws a series of punches but Juttu moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Juttu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Juttu walks into a jab.
Juttu connects with a crisp jab.
Juttu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bizihwaeile.
Juttu connects with a nice looking jab.
Bizihwaeile wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Juttu throws a hook to the side of Bizihwaeile's head but Bizihwaeile sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bizihwaeile tries a quick counter leg kick but Juttu is wise to it.
A jab lands there for Bizihwaeile.
Juttu scores with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bizihwaeile ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Juttu moves away.
Bizihwaeile throws out a loose jab but Juttu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Juttu was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Bizihwaeile pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Juttu back to the ropes. Bizihwaeile follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Juttu throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Juttu has closed the distance and engaged Bizihwaeile in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bizihwaeile misses with an elbow over the top.
Juttu lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bizihwaeile.
Juttu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bizihwaeile lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bizihwaeile's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bizihwaeile tries to bum rush Juttu with a series of wild strikes but Juttu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Juttu lands an overhand right.
Juttu scores with a hook.
Juttu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bizihwaeile throws a lazy right hand but Juttu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bizihwaeile misses with a hook.
Juttu connects with a nice looking jab.
Juttu throws a shot to the body.
Juttu pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bizihwaeile takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
An inside leg kick from Juttu misses.
Bizihwaeile throws a counter combo.
Bizihwaeile misses with a body shot.
Juttu works Bizihwaeile's body with a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ruma Juttu clearly takes that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Juttu misses with an attempted mid kick.
Juttu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bizihwaeile.
Ruma Juttu is winning the standup battle so far.
Juttu swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bizihwaeile cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Juttu 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.
Juttu thows a left - swing and a miss!
A decent looking cross lands there for Juttu.
Juttu bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Juttu avoids the body shot from Bizihwaeile.
Juttu dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bizihwaeile. That did some damage!
A head kick misses from Bizihwaeile.
Juttu avoids a kick to the body.
Juttu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bizihwaeile checks a low kick from Juttu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bizihwaeile throws a shot from downtown. Juttu moves away and avoids it.
Bizihwaeile throws a looping overhand right but Juttu ducks down to avoid it.
Juttu moves away from the strike by Bizihwaeile.
Juttu throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bizihwaeile appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Juttu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Juttu takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bizihwaeile throws a lazy uppercut
letting Juttu counter with a right hand.
Juttu is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Juttu bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Bizihwaeile.
Bizihwaeile tries to close the distance and clinch up but Juttu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Juttu quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Juttu throws a leg kick which misses Bizihwaeile's front leg but catches the back leg as Bizihwaeile tries to avoid it.
Bizihwaeile misses with a head kick.
Juttu thinks about countering with a body kick.
Bizihwaeile throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Juttu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Juttu avoids the body shot from Bizihwaeile.
Bizihwaeile cracks a nice hook into Juttu's ribs.
Juttu lands with a straight right. Bizihwaeile didn't see that one coming.
Bizihwaeile wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Juttu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bizihwaeile takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Juttu just misses with a punch to the body.
Juttu feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bizihwaeiles jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Juttu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bizihwaeile.
Juttu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jab from Juttu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juttu swings for the body but Bizihwaeile moves out of range.
Juttu's corner calls for a 1-2. Juttu obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Juttu throws a leg kick but Bizihwaeile checks it.
Juttu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bizihwaeile can do to turn this around?
Bizihwaeile wants to slow Juttu down by chopping away at his legs.
Bizihwaeile throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Juttu connects with a looping right hand.
Juttu cracks Bizihwaeile with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bizihwaeile waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Juttu.
Juttu lands a jab to Bizihwaeile's midsection.
A big left from Bizihwaeile misses.
Juttu feints and then cracks Bizihwaeile's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bizihwaeile down.
Bizihwaeile takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Juttu with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Juttu throws a lazy body kick
and Bizihwaeile counters with a right hand to the body.
Juttu lands with a nice body kick.
Juttu keeps Bizihwaeile at a distance using the push kick.
Juttu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bizihwaeile.
Bizihwaeile walks into a stiff left hand from Juttu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ruma Juttu had his way with Fred Bizihwaeile in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Bizihwaeile works over Juttu's head and body with a nice combination.
Juttu slips under a jab from Bizihwaeile.
Juttu misses with a looping left.
Juttu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bizihwaeile.
Juttu fires out a quick counter leg kick but Bizihwaeile just manages to avoid it.
Juttu fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bizihwaeile on the side of the head.
Bizihwaeile throws a body shot but no joy.
A decent looking cross lands there for Juttu.
Bizihwaeile checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bizihwaeile let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Bizihwaeile moves out of range as Juttu strikes.
Bizihwaeile swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Juttu feints and then cracks Bizihwaeile's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bizihwaeile down.
Juttu misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Juttu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bizihwaeile throws out the jab.
Bizihwaeile keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Juttu.
Bizihwaeile throws out a counter right but Juttu avoids it with no problem.
Bizihwaeile has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Juttu.
Juttu jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Juttu cracks Bizihwaeile with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Juttu takes a swing at Bizihwaeile's ribcage but misses.
Juttu moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bizihwaeile lands with a nice body kick.
Juttu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bizihwaeile.
Juttu blocks a head kick by Bizihwaeile.
Juttu throws a big counter combination but Bizihwaeile scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Bizihwaeile takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Juttu cracks Bizihwaeile with a good jab.
Juttu scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Juttu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bizihwaeile was well out of range. Poor timing from Juttu.
Juttu lands an overhand right.
Ruma Juttu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Juttu walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Juttu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Juttu tries to land a front kick but Bizihwaeile steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Juttu dodges an elbow strike from Bizihwaeile.
Fred Bizihwaeile has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bizihwaeile creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bizihwaeile lands an elbow inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Juttu blocking some punches.
Bizihwaeile misses with an elbow over the top.
Bizihwaeile tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bizihwaeile tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A body shot lands from Juttu.
Bizihwaeile misses with an elbow over the top.
Bizihwaeile throws a head punch that misses.
Bizihwaeile misses with an elbow over the top.
Bizihwaeile lands a shot to the body.
Bizihwaeile lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ruma Juttu.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Juttu, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 49:46
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 50:45
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ruma Juttu!
Ruma Juttu retains his light heavyweight title!
Fred Bizihwaeile spoke after the fight, saying 'He slapped me I nap that.'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jacques Durand (ranked 18688 p4p, 19293 weight class) and Nero La Croix (ranked 156 p4p, 225 weight class). Durand comes to the ring accompanied by Kaaris - S.E.V.R.A.N.. La Croix has chosen Ca Plane Pour Moi as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 36 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacques Durand!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 44 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nero La Croix!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durand dips to his left and cracks La Croix with an uppercut!
Durand looks to score with a jab to the body but La Croix is just out of range.
Durand pushes La Croix up against the ropes in a clinch.
La Croix tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
La Croix struggles to land a body shot inside as Durand controls his hands.
La Croix lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Durand avoids a wild elbow strike from La Croix.
La Croix tries to land a knee to the head but Durand blocks with his arms.
La Croix lands a body punch in the clinch.
La Croix tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Durand's elbow.
Durand lands an elbow just above La Croix 's eye.
Durand tries a body shot but La Croix blocks it.
Durand pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Durand connects with an inside leg kick.
Durand throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Durand fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La Croix manages to avoid it.
La Croix shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Durand turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Croix avoids the body shot from Durand.
Durand moves out of range of the strikes.
Durand avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
La Croix walks into a straight right hand from Durand.
Durand jabs at La Croix's body.
Durand lands with a thumping leg kick.
A jab from La Croix misses.
Jacques Durand seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La Croix checks a leg kick.
La Croix throws out a counter right but Durand avoids it with no problem.
Durand throws a body shot but no joy.
Durand has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Marty Robbin's Fight Ranch™ in the buildup to the fight.
Durand staying out of range there.
Durand pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Durand takes the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Croix lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Jacques Durand has been cut.
A body shot lands from La Croix.
La Croix lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
La Croix lands a right hand that snaps the head of Durand backwards.
Durand is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
La Croix scores with a nice hook to the head.
La Croix controlling the action here for a moment.
Durand lands an elbow that stopped La Croix in his tracks for a moment.
La Croix lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, La Croix creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Durand landing knees to the head.
Durand prevents a body shot from La Croix.
La Croix scores with a shoulder strike.
Durand misses with a knee to the head.
Durand unloads a knee to the mid-section. La Croix lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
La Croix creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Durand's defenses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La Croix tries to throw a body punch but Durand avoids it by throwing La Croix back against the ropes.
La Croix tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Durand's elbow.
La Croix misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La Croix lands a left hand that snaps the head of Durand backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Nero La Croix will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jacques Durand's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A slow jab from Durand misses its intended target.
La Croix lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Durand!
La Croix fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Durand has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Durand misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Durand scoring well with a low kick there.
Durand is looking to wear down La Croix with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Durand takes a swing at La Croix's ribcage but misses.
Durand looks to land a left hand but La Croix moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durand clinches up with La Croix and pushes him back against the ropes.
La Croix managing to block the knees to the body from Durand.
Durand misses with some punches.
Durand breaks from the clinch.
Jab from Durand.
Durand is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durand moves out of range of the body kick.
Durand scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
La Croix tries to work over Durand's front leg with a kick but Durand checks it.
La Croix throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Durand looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
La Croix misses with a body shot
and Durand makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Durand darts in and clinches La Croix up against the ropes.
Durand lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Durand lands an elbow inside.
Durand tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from La Croix.
La Croix softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
La Croix missing with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Durand lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Durand looks to throw an elbow but misses.
La Croix struggles to land a body shot inside as Durand controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Croix tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Durand misses with an elbow over the top.
Durand blocks an elbow strike.
La Croix lands a nice uppercut.
La Croix misses with a hook to the ribs.
Durand tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La Croix avoids it.
Durand lands with a short head shot on the inside.
La Croix struggles to land a body shot inside as Durand controls his hands.
La Croix avoids the elbow strike from Durand, against the ropes.
La Croix avoiding damage as Durand throws knees to the body.
Nero La Croix seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Durand blocking some punches.
Durand misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Durand looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
La Croix lands an elbow that stopped Durand in his tracks for a moment.
La Croix throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Durands head.
Durand is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. La Croix is defending well for now.
La Croix misses with a punch to the body.
Durand working La Croix over with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Durand using the Thai plumb to throw knees but La Croix has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
La Croix lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Durand backwards.
La Croix throws a punch but it's blocked by Durand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacques Durand dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jacques Durand's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
La Croix misses with an uppercut
and Durand counters with a nice leg kick.
La Croix misses with a body kick.
Durand ducks under a wild hook from La Croix.
Durand swings for the body but La Croix moves out of range.
A nice side step and La Croix releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
La Croix checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Good work by La Croix as he checks the leg kick.
La Croix swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Durand misses with a body kick.
La Croix throws out a counter right but Durand avoids it with no problem.
La Croix attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
As La Croix backs away, Durand returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durand looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
La Croix pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Durand is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
La Croix throws a body kick that misses.
And Durand counters with a quick kick to the body but La Croix blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Croix on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Durand misses with a body kick.
Durand misses with a wild combination.
La Croix explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A slapping leg kick lands for La Croix.
Durand connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Durand pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And La Croix responds with a good body kick, but Durand manages to step out the way in time.
Durand misses with an uppercut. La Croix saw that one coming.
La Croix lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Durand has closed the distance and engaged La Croix in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durand tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La Croix avoids it.
Durand throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from La Croix.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Durand tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from La Croix on the inside.
La Croix is leaning against Durand and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
La Croix tries to land a knee to the head but Durand blocks with his arms.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Durand's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A hook to the body from La Croix.
La Croix misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La Croix lands with a short shot to the head.
La Croix unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nice body punch from La Croix - that landed with a thud.
La Croix's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
La Croix lands a knee to the head.
La Croix lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Durand backwards.
Durand is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
La Croix lands a right hand that snaps the head of Durand backwards.
La Croix misses with a hook to the ribs.
Durand tries to circle away but La Croix has him pinned against the ropes.
La Croix lands with a light punch inside.
La Croix lands a body punch.
La Croix lands a nice knee to the body.
La Croix lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nero La Croix really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jacques Durand's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
La Croix misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
La Croix misses with an uppercut.
La Croix works the jab nicely.
Durand moves into the clinch.
La Croix swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by La Croix.
La Croix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La Croix blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch on the inside from La Croix fails to land.
La Croix prevents a body shot from Durand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durand is trying to break the clinch but La Croix is controlling him.
Durand blocks a body shot from La Croix.
Durand takes a knee right on the jaw!
Durand throws an elbow that misses.
La Croix is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Durand unloads a knee to the mid-section. La Croix lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Durand prevents a body shot from La Croix.
La Croix takes a knee right on the jaw!
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durand lands a damaging elbow.
La Croix misses with some punches.
Durand blocking some punches.
Durand makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Durand trying to land knees to the body.
Durand tries a body shot but La Croix blocks it.
Durand tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
La Croix tries a body shot but Durand blocks it.
Durand swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Durand misses with a body punch.
La Croix misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from La Croix - that landed with a thud.
Durand struggles to land a body shot inside as La Croix controls his hands.
La Croix comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
La Croix missing with knees to the body.
Durand blocks a body shot from La Croix.
La Croix blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La Croix blocks a punch to the side of the head.
La Croix lands a right hand that snaps the head of Durand backwards.
La Croix scores with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durand tries to work over La Croix's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
La Croix lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Durand landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
La Croix can't find room to land a body shot as Durand controls the action.
Durand misses with some punches.
La Croix swings wildly with an uppercut but Durand uses good head movement to avoid it.
Durand creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through La Croix's defenses.
Durand scores with a hook to the body.
Durand tries a knee to the head but La Croix blocks it.
Durand using the Thai plumb to throw knees but La Croix has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd are calling 'kneeees!' as La Croix has the Thai clinch. La Croix obliges, smashing a knee brutally into Durand's nose and sending him crashing to the canvas! Will be beat the count?! 3,4,5,6,7,8...9... and he's up on 9! Wow, that was close! The referee takes a long look and is going to allow it to continue!
Durand avoids the body shot from La Croix.
La Croix lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La Croix wants to land a leg kick but Durand is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Durand. La Croix does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nero La Croix scored the knockdown and takes the final round.
The cut man is working on Jacques Durand's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Durand pushes La Croix up against the ropes in a clinch.
Durand tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Durand throws a head punch that misses.
Durand manages to break the clinch.
Durand throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Durand misses with a leg kick.
La Croix is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Durand swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by La Croix.
La Croix darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Durand tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Croix swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
La Croix looks to land a left hand but Durand moved out of range nicely.
A low kick from La Croix misses
and Durand connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durand misses with a wild body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Durand.
La Croix throws a chopping leg kick but Durand manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Durand feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Durand checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
La Croix throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Durand lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but La Croix circles away quickly and effectively.
Jacques Durand has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Durand connects with a right hand. La Croix shakes it off.
Jacques Durand is winning the standup battle so far.
Durand scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
La Croix closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
La Croix has a couple of punches blocked by Durand.
A nice right hand lands inside from La Croix.
Durand is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Croix with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Durand.
La Croix is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
La Croix tries to work over Durand's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Durand misses with a knee to the head.
Durand manages to break the clinch.
Durand with a jab.
Durand goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
La Croix throws a body punch but Durand moves out of range.
La Croix swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Durand appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Durand feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits La Croixs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Durand takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
La Croix takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Nero La Croix is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A nice inside leg kick there by Durand. That's going to slow La Croix down.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jacques Durand showed his dominance in that final round.
I think La Croix has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 46:48
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 46:48
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 46:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nero La Croix!
Nero La Croix is the new super heavyweight champion!
Nero La Croix seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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