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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Ichigho Kurosaki (ranked 5346 p4p, 5275 weight class) and Joe Louis (ranked 482 p4p, 478 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class MT
Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ichigho Kurosaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Louis!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Daniel Cesar and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Louis throws a hook to the side of Kurosaki's head but Kurosaki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kurosaki misses with a head kick.
Kurosaki throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kurosaki takes one on the button.
Kurosaki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Louis was well out of range. Poor timing from Kurosaki.
Kurosaki misses with an uppercut.
Kurosaki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kurosaki defending well as Louis loads up on a big left hand.
Kurosaki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kurosaki looks for the body kick but Louis saw that one coming.
A jab from Louis misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Louis just misses with a punch to the body.
Kurosaki seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A low kick lands for Kurosaki.
Louis lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kurosaki lands a head kick. Louis smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kurosaki scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Louis looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Louis scores with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Kurosaki does it's job there.
Louis throws a series of punches but Kurosaki avoids them all with ease.
Kurosaki jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Kurosaki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Louis.
Jab by Louis.
Kurosaki dodges the punch combination from Louis.
Nice defenses there by Louis.
Louis clips Kurosaki with a right and a left that makes him do the chicken dance for a couple of seconds. He touched his left hand down on the canvas so the referee steps between the fighters to give Kurosaki a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kurosaki moves out of range as Louis strikes.
Louis scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kurosaki doesn't seem bothered though.
Kurosaki moves into the clinch.
Kurosaki wants to stall.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kurosaki takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A nice left hand lands by Kurosaki.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurosaki lands an uppercut.
Kurosaki lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kurosaki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Louis is trying to break the clinch but Kurosaki has him pressed against the ropes.
Kurosaki blocks an elbow strike.
Louis wants to stall.
Kurosaki breaks from the clinch.
Louis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kurosaki.
Louis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kurosaki scores with a hook to the body. Louis takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Louis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Louis takes a jab right on the kisser.
Louis moves away from the strike by Kurosaki.
Kurosaki lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kurosaki lands with a good body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Having scored a knockdown, Joe Louis should take round 1, putting pressure on his opponene back strong in round 2.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Kurosaki listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kurosaki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ichigho Kurosaki is winning the standup battle so far.
Louis misses with a body shot.
Kurosaki lands with a good body shot.
Kurosaki lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Louis circles away quickly and effectively.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Louis! But no joy.
Louis's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kurosaki connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Louis scrambles back to his feet.
Kurosaki closes the distance and pushes Louis back into the ropes.
Louis prevents a body shot from Kurosaki.
Kurosaki comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kurosaki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Louis can do to turn this around?
Kurosaki using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Louis wants to get back to striking at distance but Kurosaki won't allow it.
Louis takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Joe Louis has been cut.
Louis is trying to push Kurosaki away but Kurosaki has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Kurosaki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
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!
Louis managing to block the knees to the body from Kurosaki.
Louis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurosaki throws a shot from downtown. Louis moves away and avoids it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kurosaki.
Kurosaki throws a head kick that half lands.
A slow jab from Louis misses its intended target.
A punch combination from Louis misses.
Kurosaki fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Louis, pushing him back against the ropes.
Louis tries to circle away but Kurosaki has him pinned against the ropes.
Kurosaki misses with the head strike.
Kurosaki breaks from the clinch.
Kurosaki misses with a wild combination.
It seemed like Louis was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Louis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kurosaki.
It seemed like Louis was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kurosaki ducks under a wild hook from Louis.
Kurosaki lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Kurosaki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kurosaki.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kurosaki. Louis does a little dance to reset his feet.
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!
Kurosaki moves out of range as Louis strikes.
Louis walks into a left hand.
The fighters circling - Kurosaki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Louis takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Louis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kurosaki.
Kurosaki misses with an uppercut. Louis saw that one coming.
Louis misses with a looping left.
Kurosaki lands a head kick that sends Louis down! Louis is flopping around the mat trying to get back up, leaving the referee no choice but to wave off the fight! Kurosaki is victorious!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Ichigho Kurosaki!
In his post fight interview, Ichigho Kurosaki started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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