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KICK FEST 2022: S-1 vs. AKF PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Kai Tokugawa (ranked 562 p4p, 1150 weight class) and Juan David Franco (ranked 86 p4p, 156 weight class). Tokugawa comes to the ring accompanied by Red Warrior. Franco has chosen Bullet For My Valentine- Tears Don't Fall as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kai Tokugawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Juan David Franco!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Franco throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tokugawa sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Franco throws a hook but Tokugawa avoids it easily.
A big right from Franco misses.
A little feinted left hand from Tokugawa on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Franco scores with a spinning back kick!
Juan David Franco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice shot by Franco.
Franco fakes the leg kick and cracks Tokugawa in the body.
Franco delivers a nice body kick.
Tokugawa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tokugawa avoids the head kick by Franco.
Franco swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tokugawa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Franco throws a hook but Tokugawa blocks it.
Franco misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Franco 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.
Tokugawa is looking to counter punch.
We've been told by Tokugawa's head coaches at Takeda Clan Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tokugawa throws a lazy uppercut
and Franco counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Franco is looking to land body kicks.
Franco scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tokugawa walks into a jab.
Franco throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Franco misses with a hook.
Tokugawa swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Franco fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tokugawa avoids the head kick by Franco.
Tokugawa loads up on a big right hand but Franco slips the punch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tokugawa.
Franco throws an off balance right hand
and Tokugawa counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Franco lands with a hook. Tokugawa tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Franco ducks right into an uppercut from Tokugawa.
Franco throws a body shot but no joy.
Tokugawa takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Franco tries a low kick but Tokugawa avoids it.
Franco throws a shot from downtown. Tokugawa moves away and avoids it.
Franco tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A little feinted left hand from Tokugawa on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tokugawa moves out of range of the strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from Tokugawa misses the target.
Tokugawa slips under a jab.
Franco throws a head kick but Tokugawa moves out of range.
Franco misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Franco displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tokugawa throws out the jab.
Franco misses with a low kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Juan David Franco dominated that round.
That's time! Tokugawa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Franco misses with a wild body shot.
Tokugawa blocks a head kick by Franco.
Franco has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Franco scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Franco throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Franco throws a head kick but Tokugawa moves out of range.
Tokugawa throws a body shot but no joy.
Tokugawa swings for the body but Franco moves out of range.
Tokugawa lands a jab to the head.
Tokugawa moves out of range of the body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A low kick lands for Franco.
Franco lands with a hook. Tokugawa tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tokugawa has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Franco finds it's way round the side to connect with Tokugawa's head.
Franco lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tokugawa walks forward, straight into a front kick from Franco.
Franco throws a head kick that Tokugawa semi-blocks.
Franco lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Franco throws a shot to the body.
Tokugawa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Franco can pounce on him.
Franco misses with a hook. Tokugawa ducked under it nicely.
Tokugawa connects with a crisp jab.
Franco throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Franco on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Franco looks to land a body kick but Tokugawa moved away.
Tokugawa misses with a hook. Franco ducked under it nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tokugawa throws an overhand right that lands on Franco's shoulder, as Franco tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tokugawa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tokugawa stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nice defenses there by Tokugawa.
Tokugawa throwing a counter right hand but Franco manages to avoid it.
Tokugawa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Franco throws out the jab.
Franco throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Franco throws a lazy head kick
and Tokugawa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tokugawa blocks a jab.
Franco swings widly with a right hand
and Tokugawa counters with a really nice, stiff jab that drops Franco onto his ass. He'll have to take the mandatory count from the referee but he's back on his feet and he seems OK to continue.
 Franco is rocked!
Franco throws a sloppy head kick
and Tokugawa counters with a beautiful hook that drops Franco to the mat! Will Franco be able to recover his senses? The referee starts the count at 3 having sent Tokugawa to a neutral corner. 4,5,6 and Franco is up. He looks OK to continue.
Franco is still on wobbly legs! Can Tokugawa finish him?
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Franco misses with an uppercut. Tokugawa saw that one coming.
Franco seems to have recovered his senses.
Franco scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tokugawa. That's going to slow Franco down.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kai Tokugawa takes the second round thanks to the knockdowns.
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. This is the final round!
Franco scores with a spinning back kick!
Tokugawa loads up on a big right hand but Franco slips the punch.
Tokugawa takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tokugawa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tokugawa avoids the head kick by Franco.
Tokugawa swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Juan David Franco seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Franco throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Franco connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tokugawa will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Franco lands a front kick.
Franco lands a head kick that bluckles Tokugawa and drops him to the canvas. He's still conscious but it looks like it's going to take him the full 10 seconds to get back his senses! He's up on 9 and seems to be just about OK to continue.... the referee agrees and we're back to the action with Franco no doubt looking to push for a finish!
 It looks like Kai Tokugawa has been cut.
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!
Tokugawa dips to his left and cracks Franco with an uppercut!
Franco scores with a hook to the body. Tokugawa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A telegraphed right hand from Tokugawa misses the target.
Franco misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franco uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tokugawa.
Tokugawa throws a good cross that connects.
Tokugawa takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Franco tries a head kick but it misses.
Franco throws a head kick but Tokugawa moves out of range.
Tokugawa slips a jab from Franco.
Tokugawa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Franco.
Franco misses with a body kick.
Franco avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Franco lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tokugawa at a distance.
Franco misses with a right hand
and Tokugawa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franco connects with a single shot there.
Franco misses with a head kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Franco uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tokugawa.
A slow jab from Tokugawa misses its intended target.
Franco misses with a looping right.
Franco jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tokugawa walks into a perfectly timed head kick by Franco and drops face first to the floor! Tokugawa's eyes are wide open but he's not all there - he's just flopping around the mat like a drunk on rollerskates! The referee doesn't even start the count - he's called an end to the fight, with Tokugawa in no position to continue!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Juan David Franco!
Juan David Franco 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tommy Jenkins (ranked 3461 p4p, 22902 weight class) and Ivarr DeBoneless (ranked 426 p4p, 596 weight class). Ivarr DeBoneless is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tommy Jenkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ivarr DeBoneless!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Kenichi Hosakawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
DeBoneless gets a clinch.
Jenkins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from DeBoneless.
DeBoneless blocks an elbow strike from Jenkins.
Jenkins's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Jenkins with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jenkins looks to throw an elbow but misses.
DeBoneless tries to land knees in the clinch but Jenkins avoids the damage to the body.
DeBoneless misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jenkins.
Jenkins gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
 It looks like Ivarr DeBoneless has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
DeBoneless tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jenkins avoids it.
Jenkins lands a nice elbow.
Jenkins lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
DeBoneless takes an elbow to the temple.
That has opened up Ivarr DeBoneless's cut even more.
DeBoneless dodges an elbow strike from Jenkins.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jenkins.
Jenkins lands an elbow inside that DeBoneless shrugs off.
The cut above Ivarr DeBoneless's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Jenkins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ivarr DeBoneless's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ivarr DeBoneless's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tommy Jenkins!
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Guy Leblond (ranked 5531 p4p, 4249 weight class) and Riku Yamato (ranked 446 p4p, 395 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Guy Leblond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Riku Yamato!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamato fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yamato fails with an attempt to clinch.
Leblond throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
It looks like Riku Yamato has been cut.
Leblond circles away from the clinch attempt.
Leblond looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Leblond swats away the attempt to clinch by Yamato.
Leblond keeps the fight on the outside.
Leblond clinches.
Leblond tries to land knees in the clinch but Yamato avoids the damage to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamato swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yamato tries to break the clinch but Leblond is controlling the position.
Leblond slows down the pace here.
Yamato tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Leblond's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leblond's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Leblond looks to land a combination but Yamato avoids it well.
Leblond throws a lazy right hand but Yamato sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yamato blocks a head kick by Leblond.
Leblond feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Yamatos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Leblond has Yamato up against the ropes in a clinch.
Yamato is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Leblond misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yamato.
Leblond breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yamato tries to clinch but Leblond is having none of it.
Leblond seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Leblond 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.
Leblond closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Yamato is trying to break the clinch but Leblond has him pressed against the ropes.
Yamato is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Leblond is keeping busy.
Leblond slows down the pace here.
Leblond escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yamato tries to clinch up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yamato looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Leblond avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Guy Leblond dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Riku Yamato'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.
Leblond circles away from the clinch attempt.
A jab from Yamato does it's job there.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Leblond pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yamato tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Leblond manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yamato looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yamato avoids the head kick by Leblond.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamato keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yamato tries to clinch but Leblond moves out of range.
Yamato fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yamato wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leblond throws a head kick that misses.
Yamato avoids the head kick by Leblond.
Yamato takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Leblond throws a lazy head kick
enabling Yamato to counter with a crisp jab.
Riku Yamato is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yamato throws a nice head kick!
Leblond gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Yamato is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Leblond looking to throw knees to the head but Yamato is blocking nicely.
Yamato is trying to break free.
Yamato wants to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leblond stalling against the ropes.
Yamato letting Leblond take a breather here.
Yamato is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Yamato is trying to break the clinch but Leblond is controlling him.
Yamato has had enough of the clinch but Leblond keeps him there for the moment.
Yamato taking a breather.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Leblond missing with knees to the body.
Yamato wants to break free but Leblond has control.
Yamato tries to circle away but Leblond has him pinned against the ropes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Guy Leblond dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Riku Yamato's cut.
That's time! Leblond's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Yamato wants to clinch up but Leblond keeps it at a distance.
Leblond clinches up with Yamato and pushes him back against the ropes.
Yamato with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Leblond prevents Yamato from breaking the clinch.
Yamato misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Leblond.
Leblond keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yamato's efforts to push away.
Yamato throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yamato is trying to break the clinch but Leblond is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leblond controlling the action here for a moment.
Leblond stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Yamato trying to stall but Leblond improves his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leblond scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right from Leblond.
Yamato can't find room to land a body shot as Leblond controls the action.
Leblond manages to break the clinch.
Leblond lunges at Yamato with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Yamato's hand.
Leblond tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Leblond lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Yamato moves in looking to clinch but Leblond pushes him off.
Leblond has closed the distance and engaged Yamato in a clinch.
Leblond working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Leblond manages to break the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leblond pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamato is looking to clinch but Leblond is avoiding it.
Leblond swinging wildly here.
Yamato unleashes a big counter combination but Leblond bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Leblond clinches.
Leblond is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yamato can do to turn this around?
Yamato is looking to break free of the clinch but Leblond has double underhooks.
Leblond misses with an elbow over the top.
Yamato is trying to maintain a safe position but Leblond gets an underhook and turns Yamato into the ropes.
Leblond breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Leblond is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Yamato.
Riku Yamato has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Leblond moves into range and clinches up with Yamato.
And that's the end of the fight!
Guy Leblond showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Leblond has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Guy Leblond!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Roboute Guilliman (ranked 23123 p4p, 19273 weight class) and Berto Kin (ranked 638 p4p, 169 weight class). Guilliman's entrance music is Sabaton- Carolus Rex. A fine choice. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roboute Guilliman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 38 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Berto Kin!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kin throws a nice looking combination but Guilliman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Decent striking displayed by Guilliman there.
Kin throws a body kick that misses.
Guilliman really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Guilliman looks to land a left hand but Kin moved out of range nicely.
Roboute Guilliman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Guilliman with a nice cross.
Kin lands with a right, followed by a left to the temple and Guilliman goes down! The ref sends Kin to a neutral corner so he can begin the count. 3,4,5,6 and Guilliman is back to his feet. He seems a little groggy but the referee thinks he's OK to continue, so we're back to the action!
It looks like Roboute Guilliman has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Guilliman finds it's way round the side to connect with Kin's head.
Kin misses with the combination.
Kin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Guilliman counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice shot lands for Guilliman.
A punch combination from Kin misses.
Guilliman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kin looks to land a combination but Guilliman avoids it well.
Guilliman connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Guilliman moves into range and connects with a jab.
Guilliman takes a swing at Kin's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kin throws a right and a left that Guilliman avoids nicely.
Kin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Guilliman.
Guilliman looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Guilliman misses with an uppercut. Kin saw that one coming.
Guilliman is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kin moves forwards but Guilliman connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kin misses with a double jab.
Kin swinging wildly here.
Guilliman loads up on a big right hand but Kin slips the punch.
Guilliman connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Guilliman connects with a jab.
Guilliman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Guilliman takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
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!
Left hook, right uppercut from Kin.
Kin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Guilliman.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guilliman dodges the punch combination from Kin.
Kin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Guilliman is looking to counter punch.
Guilliman get stunned by a cross and takes another one on the button. Guilliman stumbles backwards and tries to bounce back off the ropes but Kin runs in and jumps on him with a leaping lead hook that puts him out! Wow, that was highlight reel stuff! Awesome finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Berto Kin!
Berto Kin 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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Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Marious La De Hoya (ranked 22572 p4p, 4245 weight class) and Dieselnoi Por Pramuk (ranked 261 p4p, 394 weight class). Por Pramuk comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Muay Thai Music - Wai Khru Ram Muay kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Dieselnoi Por Pramuk told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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36 - 17 - 1 |
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44
146
24 - 24 - 0 |
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KO power
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marious La De Hoya!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dieselnoi Por Pramuk!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La De Hoya checks the leg kick nicely there.
Good exchange - La De Hoya coming out on top.
La De Hoya scores with a punch to the head.
La De Hoya gets a clinch.
Por Pramuk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Por Pramuk digs a good body shot into La De Hoya's ribs.
Por Pramuk moves out of range of the strikes.
Por Pramuk is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Both fighters circling a little - La De Hoya finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
La De Hoya throws out a powerful jab.
La De Hoya turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya looks to throw the jab but Por Pramuk is out of range.
Por Pramuk looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Por Pramuk missing with a left hand there. La De Hoya was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
La De Hoya swings away with a body shot that misses
and Por Pramuk counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La De Hoya throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Por Pramuk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Por Pramuk wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
La De Hoya defending well as Por Pramuk loads up on a big left hand.
La De Hoya dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Por Pramuk. That did some damage!
Por Pramuk takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Crunch! La De Hoya slams his shin into Por Pramuk's torso.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Por Pramuk swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Por Pramuk throws out a loose jab but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya wants to clinch up but Por Pramuk keeps it at a distance.
Por Pramuk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract La De Hoya.
An attempted straight right counter from La De Hoya misses the target.
La De Hoya ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Por Pramuk throws a body shot but no joy.
La De Hoya scores with a crisp jab that stopped Por Pramuk in his tracks.
La De Hoya lands a jab to Por Pramuk's midsection.
Por Pramuk swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
La De Hoya throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Por Pramuk counters with a head kick.
Por Pramuk throws the left hand but La De Hoya avoids the punch easily.
La De Hoya tries to land a body kick
and Por Pramuk counters with a slapping leg kick.
Por Pramuk is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down La De Hoya rather than just go for the knockout.
Por Pramuk avoids the head kick by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya scores with a jab to the jaw.
La De Hoya moves away from the strike by Por Pramuk.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Por Pramuk throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Por Pramuk. La De Hoya shrugs it off though.
Por Pramuk misses with a looping left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from La De Hoya.
Crunch! La De Hoya slams his shin into Por Pramuk's torso.
Both fighters circling a little - La De Hoya finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Por Pramuk throws a right hand that La De Hoya ducks under and follows up with a left that La De Hoya also avoids with ease.
La De Hoya scoring well with a low kick there.
Por Pramuk is looking to score with low kicks.
A solid leg kick lands there for La De Hoya.
Por Pramuk ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.
La De Hoya tests Por Pramuk's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Por Pramuk takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
La De Hoya scores with a head kick.
La De Hoya misses with a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya misses with a kick to the body.
Por Pramuk pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk connects with a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marious La De Hoya dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
La De Hoya with a nice calf kick.
Por Pramuk tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La De Hoya was well out of range. Poor timing from Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk tries to keep at a distance but La De Hoya has taken the fight into the clinch.
Por Pramuk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
La De Hoya is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Por Pramuk can do to turn this around?
La De Hoya blocks a jab.
Por Pramuk tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La De Hoya was well out of range. Poor timing from Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk misses with an uppercut.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but Por Pramuk moves out of range.
Por Pramuk throws a head kick that La De Hoya semi-blocks.
It looks like Marious La De Hoya has been cut.
La De Hoya connects with a good right hand that stumbles Por Pramuk. Por Pramuk circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
La De Hoya throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La De Hoya fails with an attempt to clinch.
Por Pramuk throws a fast counter high kick but La De Hoya manages to duck under it in time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Por Pramuk scores with the left hand. La De Hoya knows he should have avoided that one.
La De Hoya buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Por Pramuk lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but La De Hoya circles away quickly and effectively.
La De Hoya jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A solid leg kick lands there for La De Hoya.
Por Pramuk connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
La De Hoya thuds a left hand into Por Pramuk's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
La De Hoya throws a nice outside leg kick.
La De Hoya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
La De Hoya slips a jab and a cross from Por Pramuk.
La De Hoya tries a head kick but it misses.
La De Hoya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Por Pramuk.
La De Hoya's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Por Pramuk's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
La De Hoya with a nice calf kick.
La De Hoya throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Por Pramuk throws a head kick that misses.
La De Hoya closes the distance and pushes Por Pramuk back into the ropes.
Por Pramuk wants to break free but La De Hoya has control.
La De Hoya tries a body shot but Por Pramuk blocks it.
Por Pramuk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
La De Hoya fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Por Pramuk looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but Por Pramuk moves out of range.
La De Hoya comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Por Pramuk down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Por Pramuk misses with a wild combination.
Por Pramuk throws a hook to the side of La De Hoya's head but La De Hoya sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Por Pramuk on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by La De Hoya. La De Hoya obviously looking to wear him down.
La De Hoya throws a body shot but no joy.
La De Hoya has taken the fight to the clinch.
La De Hoya keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Por Pramuk's efforts to push away.
La De Hoya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Por Pramuk backwards.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Por Pramuk is defending well for now.
Por Pramuk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Por Pramuk is trying to break the clinch but La De Hoya is controlling him.
La De Hoya prevents Por Pramuk from breaking the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Por Pramuk's efforts to push away.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
La De Hoya keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Por Pramuk's efforts to push away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marious La De Hoya dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marious La De Hoya's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
La De Hoya moves into range and clinches up with Por Pramuk.
Marious La De Hoya is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Knees in the clinch landing for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
La De Hoya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Por Pramuk backwards.
Still in the clinch, La De Hoya scores with a nice short uppercut.
La De Hoya is working Por Pramuk over against the ropes.
Good body shot from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Marious La De Hoya has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La De Hoya obliges.
La De Hoya lands with a right to the head.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Por Pramuk.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Por Pramuk tries to circle away but La De Hoya has him pinned against the ropes.
Por Pramuk wants to break the clinch but can't.
La De Hoya lands a good knee to the midsection. Por Pramuk won't want to take too many of those.
La De Hoya lands a right hand.
Por Pramuk takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section. Por Pramuk lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body.
La De Hoya with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
La De Hoya works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
La De Hoya pushes Por Pramuk back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya working Por Pramuk over with knees to the body.
La De Hoya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
La De Hoya gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
La De Hoya scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La De Hoya scores a nice knee to the body.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body.
La De Hoya struggles to land a body shot inside as Por Pramuk controls his hands.
La De Hoya lands with a short punch from the clinch.
La De Hoya gets through Por Pramuk's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Por Pramuk is trying to break the clinch but La De Hoya has him pressed against the ropes.
A short right from La De Hoya.
Por Pramuk manages to break the clinch.
La De Hoya connects with a body shot.
La De Hoya moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya wants to clinch.
Por Pramuk takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Dieselnoi Por Pramuk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
La De Hoya lands a shot to the body.
La De Hoya lands a nice uppercut.
La De Hoya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Por Pramuk backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by La De Hoya.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marious La De Hoya showed his dominance in that final round.
Well La De Hoya has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marious La De Hoya!
After winning the bout, Marious La De Hoya thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
The defeated Dieselnoi Por Pramuk had this to say: 'Well fought! I'll be back stronger next time!'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Piger Whok (ranked 22212 p4p, 23699 weight class) and En Route (ranked 511 p4p, 498 weight class). Whok's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, King of Kings - Motorhead. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Piger Whok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, En Route!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whok is looking to land body kicks.
Whok throws a chopping leg kick but Route manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Route 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.
Whok throws a body kick that misses.
Whok with the inside leg kick.
Route avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Whok doesn't manage to clinch there - Route circles away.
Route flicks out a counter leg kick but Whok steps away.
An inside leg kick lands from Whok.
Whok is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Whok looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Whok moves into range and connects with a jab.
Route missing with a left hand there. Whok was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Whok tries to work over Route's front leg with a kick but Route checks it.
Whok fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Route.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whok uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Route.
Whok misses with a low kick.
Whok walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Route checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Route ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Whok looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Whok steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Route.
Route moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whok thumps Route with a low kick.
Piger Whok seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Route checks the leg kick.
Whok goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A nice side step and Route releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Whok tries to clinch but Route is having none of it.
Route goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Route misses with a body shot.
Whok fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Route is out of range.
Whok avoids a kick to the body.
A nice leg kick from Whok, right into the meat of the thigh.
Route stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Whok.
Whok throws a half hearted mid kick.
Route scores with a nice body kick.
Route connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Whok momentarily.
Whok lands a slapping body shot.
Good work by Route as he checks the leg kick.
As Whok backs off Route throws a huge counter combo but Whok manages to avoid it all.
Route swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Route dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Route takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Whok closes the distance and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Route blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Route lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Route misses with the head strike.
Whok with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Route blocks the elbow strike.
Whok tries to throw a body punch but Route avoids it by throwing Whok back against the ropes.
Route is trying to force a seperation but Whok has the dominant position.
Route lands with a short shot to the head.
Route avoids a wild elbow strike from Whok.
A hook to the body from Route.
Whok lands a damaging elbow.
Route doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Whok lands an elbow inside.
Route lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Whok.
Whok using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Route has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Whok unloads a knee to the mid-section. Route lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Route just misses with a elbow thrown towards Whok's brow.
Whok lands a nice elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Whok.
Whok throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Route lands with a right to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Piger Whok dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Whok avoids a kick to the body.
Whok throws a leg kick
and Route connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Whok fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Route connects with a leg kick.
A big right from Route misses.
Whok closes the distance but Route moves to the side
and Route counters with a stiff right hand.
 Whok is rocked!
Whok throws a chopping leg kick but Route manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Route scores with a jab to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Route.
Whok connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Route tries to land a front kick but Whok steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Route takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A punch combination from Route misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Route takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
En Route seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Route cracks Whok with an open hand slap.
Oh Whok is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Route throws a jab when Whok was well out of range.
Piger Whok is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Whok closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Whok seems to have got his legs back now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Route misses with a punch to the body.
Route's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Whok misses with an elbow over the top.
Route tries to throw a body punch but Whok avoids it by throwing Route back against the ropes.
Whok throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Routes head.
Whok misses with the head strike.
Route lands a body punch.
Whok blocks the elbow strike.
A short right from Whok on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Route.
Route lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Route swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Whok has a couple of punches blocked by Route.
Route dodges an elbow strike from Whok.
Piger Whok has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Still in the clinch, Route scores with a nice short uppercut.
Route lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Whok with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Route's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Whok fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Route.
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!
Decent striking displayed by Route there.
Whok throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Route tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Route. Whok does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like Whok was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Route throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Whok throws a front kick that sends Route stumbling back into the ropes.
Whok tries to land a leg kick but Route saw it coming and moves away.
Whok connects with a leg kick.
Whok takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Whok throws a low kick, looking for Route's leg but Route calmly moves out of range.
Route swings for the body but Whok moves out of range.
Route throws a one two combo.
Good leg kick by Route.
Whok throws a leg kick but Route sees it coming and moves out of range.
Whok keeps Route at a distance using the push kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Route scores with a nice body kick.
Whok connects with a leg kick.
Route throws a leg kick but Whok sees it coming and moves out of range.
Route misses with a looping left.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
En Route showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Whok dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Route. That did some damage!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Route thumps Whok with a low kick.
Whok throws a body kick that misses.
Route tries a quick counter leg kick but Whok is wise to it.
Route avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Route swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Route throws a chopping leg kick but Whok manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Good leg kick by Whok.
Route ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Whok moves away.
Route cracks Whok with a left hand that drops him to the canvas, up against the ropes! Can Whok get back up in time? 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... he's on one knee... 8, 9... he's up! 'Walk towards me' says the referee. Whok looks steady enough to continue so we're going to continue!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Whok will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Route ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Whok out cold! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). En Route!
An out of breath En Route thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Yuki Ebata (ranked 6438 p4p, 3708 weight class) and Dave Wearmouth (ranked 595 p4p, 447 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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24
170
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41
185
33 - 22 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yuki Ebata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 22 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Wearmouth!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wearmouth plants his feet and throws a devastating head kick! It connects square on Ebata's ear and has knocked him out cold! No need for a count here as the referee immediately tends to a stricken Ebata, crumpled in the corner! Wow, what a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Dave Wearmouth!
Dave Wearmouth 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Masato Kobayashi (ranked 3856 p4p, 3763 weight class) and Yasol Kim (ranked 413 p4p, 453 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Masato Kobayashi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yasol Kim!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kobayashi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kim moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice body punch from Kim.
Kim throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kobayashi clinches.
Kim lands with a left to the head.
Kim lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
It looks like Masato Kobayashi has been cut.
Kim prevents Kobayashi from breaking the clinch.
Kim keeps control of Kobayashi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kim lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kim lands with a short shot to the head.
Kobayashi is rocked!
Kim scores with a hook to the body.
Oh Kobayashi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kim.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kim cracks Kobayashi with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Kobayashi 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! Kobayashi wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Yasol Kim!
A very excited looking Yasol Kim 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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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Wanderlei Rua (ranked 586 p4p, 23040 weight class) and Joshua Jones (ranked 95 p4p, 601 weight class). The key to victory for Wanderlei Rua has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wanderlei Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joshua Jones!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua misses the shot to the body.
Jones tries to clinch but Rua is having none of it.
Rua swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Rua circles away.
Jones drives through and clinches with Rua against the ropes.
Rua's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rua connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jones avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rua throws the left hand but Jones avoids the punch easily.
Jones lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rua appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Rua stuns Jones with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rua.
Rua changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rua connects with a looping right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua lands a head shot.
Jones walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Wanderlei Rua!
A very excited looking Wanderlei Rua 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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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Vincent McGuire (ranked 3200 p4p, 3311 weight class) and Tino Takala (ranked 401 p4p, 412 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Vincent McGuire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Tino Takala!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takala looks to land a right hand but McGuire moved out of range.
McGuire swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Takala moves into the clinch.
Takala takes a knee to the side of the body.
McGuire throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
McGuire breaks the clinch.
McGuire cracks Takala with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Takala 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 Takala is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
It looks like Tino Takala has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGuire keeps the fight on the outside.
McGuire throws a head kick that misses
and Takala counters with a two punch combo.
McGuire clinches up with Takala and pushes him back against the ropes.
Takala breaks the clinch.
Takala circles away from the clinch attempt.
Takala avoids the head kick by McGuire.
McGuire tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McGuire throws a wild body kick that Takala sees coming a mile off.
McGuire throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
McGuire lands a nice leg kick that just misses Takala's sensitive parts.
Takala moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takala blocking some punches.
Takala breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vincent McGuire is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McGuire defending well as Takala loads up on a big left hand.
Takala throws an overhand right that lands on McGuire's shoulder, as McGuire tries to avoid the shot.
Takala misses with a hook. McGuire ducked under it nicely.
McGuire throws a leg kick but Takala checks it.
Takala shapes to counter with a head kick.
McGuire closes the distance looking to clinch
and Takala counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Takala checks the leg kick nicely there.
As McGuire backs off Takala throws a huge counter combo but McGuire manages to avoid it all.
Takala misses with a body shot.
McGuire tries to keep at a distance but Takala has taken the fight into the clinch.
Takala pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McGuire misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts McGuire, as that shot connected.
McGuire throws a sloppy head kick and Takala moves out of range easily.
McGuire sets himself, and Takala steps forward looking for the clinch! McGuire avoids it this time.
McGuire walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A head kick by McGuire misses
and Takala holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takala lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McGuire backwards.
Takala scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the fighters up against the ropes, McGuire throws an elbow but misses.
McGuire misses with a short punch on the inside.
McGuire misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Takala.
Takala leaning his opponent against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Takala blocks an elbow strike.
Takala breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Vincent McGuire should take that round, based on the knockdown.
The cut man is working on Tino Takala's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
McGuire throws a body kick that misses.
Takala blocks a head kick by McGuire.
A leg kick checked by Takala.
McGuire keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
McGuire tries to work over Takala's front leg with a kick but Takala checks it.
McGuire scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
McGuire falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Takala to counter with a crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Takala.
McGuire scores with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGuire throws a head kick that misses.
Takala flicks out a counter leg kick but McGuire steps away.
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! McGuire throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Takala is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the ropes! Wow!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Vincent McGuire!
Vincent McGuire 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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