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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Name Less (ranked 3154 p4p, 1217 weight class) and Wilson Wills Jr (ranked 319 p4p, 155 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 featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 11 - 5, fighting out of Las Vegas, Name Less!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Wilson Wills Jr!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wills Jr lands with a cross.
Less takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A swing and a miss from Less.
Wills Jr throws the left hand but Less avoids the punch easily.
Wills Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wills Jr connects with a crisp jab.
Less ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wills Jr moves away.
Wills Jr checks the leg kick.
Less tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wills Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Less.
Less keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fighters circling - Wills Jr throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Less throws a hook but Wills Jr blocks it.
Less looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wills Jr avoids a kick to the body.
It seemed like Wills Jr was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Wills Jr connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Less scores with a nice right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wills Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
Wills Jr slips under a jab from Less.
Wills Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Less.
Less looks for the body kick but Wills Jr saw that one coming.
Wills Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wills Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Less misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Less moves in looking to clinch but Wills Jr pushes him off.
Less lands a jab.
Less misses with a body kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Wills Jr darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wills Jr tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wills Jr throws a low kick but Less avoids it.
Wills Jr tries to score with a low kick but Less moves his leg out of the way.
Less throwing a counter right hand but Wills Jr manages to avoid it.
Less checks a leg kick.
Less takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A low kick lands for Less.
Wills Jr throws a looping overhand right but Less ducks down to avoid it.
Wills Jr ducks under a wild hook from Less.
Wills Jr walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Less checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Wills Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Less blocks a jab.
Less throwing a counter right hand but Wills Jr manages to avoid it.
Wills Jr checks a leg kick.
Wills Jr swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Less lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Less staying out of range there.
Wills Jr throws out a powerful jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wills Jr takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Less fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wills Jr manages to avoid it.
Wills Jr takes one to the side of the head.
Wills Jr moves out of range of the leg kick from Less.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Wills Jr.
Less is looking to score with low kicks.
A swing and a miss from Less.
Wills Jr ducks under a wild hook from Less.
Less moves away from the strike by Wills Jr.
Less misses with a low kick.
Wills Jr takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wills Jr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Less misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Less walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wills Jr.
Less misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wills Jr.
Wills Jr misses with a straight right.
Good work by Less as he checks the leg kick.
Wills Jr looks to land a left hand but Less moved out of range nicely.
Less fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Wills Jr is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice shot lands for Wills Jr.
Less connects with a solid leg kick.
Wills Jr lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Less attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Wills Jr loads up on a big right hand but Less slips the punch.
Less is looking to counter punch.
Wills Jr slips a jab from Less.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Wilson Wills Jr will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Less lands with a kick to the temple. Wills Jr shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A head kick misses from Wills Jr.
Wills Jr swats away the attempt to clinch by Less.
Less fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Wills Jr is out of range.
Less pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A left lands for Less.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Wills Jr cracks Less with a right hand to the side of the head.
Wills Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Less.
Wills Jr throws out a leg kick but Less moves out of range and Wills Jr only half commits.
Wills Jr throws a nice inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wills Jr.
Wills Jr misses with a hook.
Nice shot lands for Less.
That kick from Wills Jr tenderised Less's leg. Less is trying to keep his angry face on.
Wills Jr takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Wills Jr connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wills Jr moves out of range of the strikes.
It seemed like Wills Jr was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Wilson Wills Jr seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Less.
Wills Jr with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Less walks into a stiff left hand from Wills Jr.
Less lands with a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wills Jr avoids the body shot from Less.
A slow jab from Less misses its intended target.
A shot to the body from Less misses
and Wills Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Less misses with a leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Wills Jr on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Wills Jr 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.
Wills Jr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Less.
Less throws a low kick but Wills Jr avoids it.
Less thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wills Jr ducks under a wild hook from Less.
Wills Jr throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Less jabs at Wills Jr's body.
Decent striking displayed by Wills Jr there.
Less jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Less throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Less keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wills Jr.
Wills Jr throws a big shot that misses.
Less takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Less scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Less moves out of range as Wills Jr strikes.
Less takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wills Jr slips a straight right by Less.
Wills Jr scores with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Less finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Wills Jr swinging wildly here.
Less is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Less lands with a nice body kick.
Less misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wills Jr.
A jab from Wills Jr misses.
Wills Jr attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Wills Jr lands with a shot to the body.
Less comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Less throws a leg kick but Wills Jr moved away.
Wills Jr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wills Jr thows a left - swing and a miss!
A solid leg kick lands there for Wills Jr.
Wills Jr buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Less looks to land a body kick but Wills Jr moved away.
Wills Jr swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Less misses with an attempted mid kick.
Wills Jr checks a leg kick nicely.
Less clobbers Wills Jr with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Less avoids the body shot from Wills Jr.
Wills Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Less moves away.
A little feinted left hand from Less on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Wilson Wills Jr will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A leg kick checked by Wills Jr.
Less throws a body shot but no joy.
Less displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wills Jr throws out the jab.
Less throws a body kick that misses.
Wills Jr wants to land a leg kick but Less is out of range.
Less throws a sloppy head kick and Wills Jr moves out of range easily.
Less throws a shot from downtown. Wills Jr moves away and avoids it.
Less throws a big shot that misses.
Wills Jr finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A jab from Wills Jr misses.
Less staying out of range there.
An attempted straight right counter from Less misses the target.
Wills Jr throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wills Jr has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Less.
Less lands a jab to the nose.
A jab from Less misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wills Jr misses with a looping right.
Less misses with a low kick.
Wills Jr digs a good hook to Less's body.
Less fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wills Jr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Less.
Wills Jr blocks a jab.
Less jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wills Jr lands with a hook. Less tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Wills Jr connects with a body shot.
Good work by Wills Jr as he checks the leg kick.
Wills Jr with the inside leg kick.
Wills Jr throws a jab when Less was well out of range.
A clash of legs there as Wills Jr blocks the low kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Wills Jr 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 Less has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Less and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Less closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Good work by Less as he checks the leg kick.
Less is looking to chop away at Wills Jr's legs.
Less throws a chopping leg kick but Wills Jr manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Wills Jr misses with a low kick.
Wills Jr bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Less stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wills Jr.
Wills Jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wills Jr thuds a left hand into Less's body.
Wills Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Less thumps Wills Jr with a low kick.
Less looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wills Jr missing with a left hand there. Less was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Less slips a jab from Wills Jr.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Less moves in looking to clinch but Wills Jr pushes him off.
Wills Jr looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Good work by Less as he checks the leg kick.
Less just misses with a punch to the body.
Wills Jr scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Less shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Less throws a looping overhand right but Wills Jr ducks down to avoid it.
Wills Jr throws a low kick but it's checked well by Less.
Less shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A leg kick checked by Wills Jr.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Less.
Less chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wills Jr can pounce on him.
Less fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wills Jr manages to avoid it.
Wills Jr throws a body shot but no joy.
Less scores with a push kick.
Less takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Less misses with a body shot.
Wills Jr swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Wills Jr lands a leg kick that knocks Less off balance momentarily.
A low kick lands for Wills Jr.
Less fails with an attempt to clinch.
Less misses with a body punch
and Wills Jr counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wills Jr tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Wilson Wills Jr really dominated that round.
That's time! Less's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Wills Jr moves away from the strike by Less.
Wills Jr connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wills Jr takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Less turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wills Jr moves out of range of the body kick from Less.
Wills Jr misses with a hook.
Less throws a low kick, looking for Wills Jr's leg but Wills Jr calmly moves out of range.
It seemed like Wills Jr was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Wills Jr moves out of range of the strikes.
Wills Jr swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Wills Jr throws a lazy right hand but Less sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Less looks to throw the jab but Wills Jr is out of range.
A big right from Wills Jr misses.
Less misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wills Jr.
Wills Jr on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wills Jr swats away the attempt to clinch by Less.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wills Jr lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Less at a distance.
Wills Jr chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wills Jr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wills Jr misses with a straight right.
Less digs a good body shot into Wills Jr's ribs.
Wills Jr lands a head kick. Less smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Wills Jr.
Wills Jr feints a jab promting Less to slip. Wills Jr then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Less slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Wills Jr cracks Less with a right hand to the side of the head.
Wills Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Less moves away.
Wills Jr misses with a leg kick.
Less throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Less checks a low kick from Wills Jr.
Wills Jr lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wills Jr fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Less is out of range.
Less fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Wills Jr checks it well.
Wills Jr checks a leg kick.
Wills Jr blocks a leg kick.
Less misses with a head kick.
Less scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wills Jr scoring well with a low kick there.
Less just misses with a punch to the body.
Less clinches.
Wills Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Less fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Less. Wills Jr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Less throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
It seemed like Wills Jr was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Less with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wills Jr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Less.
Wills Jr tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Less throws a push kick but Wills Jr slaps the foot to one side.
Less misses with a straight left.
Less throws a body punch but Wills Jr moves out of range.
Less connects with a looping right hand.
Less swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Less looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Less throws a wild body kick that Wills Jr sees coming a mile off.
A low kick lands for Wills Jr.
Wills Jr walks into a straight right hand from Less.
Wills Jr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Less.
Wills Jr misses with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Less walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Less tries a low kick but Wills Jr avoids it.
Less avoids the body shot from Wills Jr.
Less throws a jab when Wills Jr was well out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wills Jr. That's going to slow Less down.
Wills Jr misses the shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Wilson Wills Jr will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Less uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Name Less has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Less pivots, looking for a leg kick but Wills Jr is out of range and Less settles back down.
Less throws a leg kick but Wills Jr sees it coming and moves out of range.
Wills Jr's corner calls for a 1-2. Wills Jr obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Less moves out of range as Wills Jr strikes.
Wills Jr checks a leg kick nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wills Jr! But no joy.
Less thumps Wills Jr with a low kick.
Wills Jr fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Less.
Less ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wills Jr moves away.
The crowd cheers as Wills Jr lands an impressive looking overhand right. Less doesn't seem phased though.
Wills Jr with a nice calf kick.
Wills Jr buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A jab from Less misses.
Wills Jr moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Less misses with a wild body shot.
A jab lands there for Wills Jr.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Less walks into a stiff left hand from Wills Jr.
A telegraphed right hand from Less misses the target.
Wills Jr connects with a solid leg kick.
Wills Jr on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wills Jr is looking to slow Less down with leg kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Less 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.
Wills Jr with a hook.
Wills Jr digs a good hook to Less's body.
Wills Jr tests Less's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Less misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wills Jr.
Wills Jr lands with a right hand.
Less lands a jab to the head.
Less throws a big shot that misses.
Less 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.
Wills Jr chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Less misses with a looping left.
Donk. Wills Jr catches Less right on the button with a cross.
Nice body punch from Wills Jr.
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!
Less throws the kick towards the body but Wills Jr avoids it.
Wills Jr throws a nice inside leg kick.
Less tries to work over Wills Jr's front leg with a kick but Wills Jr checks it.
Wills Jr throws out a counter right but Less avoids it with no problem.
Wills Jr moves out of range as Less throws a body kick.
Wills Jr blocks a jab.
Less takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wills Jr tests Less's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wills Jr takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Less 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.
Wills Jr turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wills Jr lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Less misses with an attempted mid kick.
A nice leg kick from Wills Jr, right into the meat of the thigh.
Less closes the distance but Wills Jr moves to the side
and Wills Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wills Jr lands with an overhand left.
Less swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wills Jr slips a jab from Less.
Less walks into a left hand.
Wills Jr dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Less. That did some damage!
Less motions for Wills Jr to come forward. Less throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Less looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Less throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Wills Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A lazy body kick from Less
enabling Wills Jr to counter with a crisp jab.
Wills Jr digs a good body shot into Less's ribs.
Less throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
And that's the end of the fight!
Wilson Wills Jr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Wills Jr winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 47:50
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 47:50
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Wilson Wills Jr!
In his post fight interview, Wilson Wills Jr started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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