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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Trent Spence (ranked 4232 p4p, 5554 weight class) and Micah Watts (ranked 451 p4p, 504 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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Dangerous knees
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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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Trent Spence!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Micah Watts!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watts uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Spence.
Spence tries to clinch up but Watts circles away and keeps his distance.
A swing and a miss from Spence.
Spence moves out of range as Watts strikes.
Watts looks to land a combination but Spence avoids it well.
Watts misses with a looping right.
Spence doesn't manage to clinch there - Watts circles away.
Watts throws a body punch but Spence moves out of range.
Watts fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spence manages to avoid it.
Spence avoids the body shot from Watts.
Nice defenses there by Watts.
Despite the aggression on Watts's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Watts throws a hook but Spence blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spence tries to clinch but Watts moves out of range.
Spence staying out of range there.
Watts is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Spence.
Watts pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Watts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Watts looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts defending well as Spence loads up on a big left hand.
Spence swinging wildly here.
Spence slips a jab and a cross from Watts.
Spence misses the shot to the body.
A combination from Watts does no damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Spence. Watts does a little dance to reset his feet.
Watts looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Micah Watts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watts throws a body shot but no joy.
Spence throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Spence. Watts does a little dance to reset his feet.
Watts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Spence throws out a loose jab but Watts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spence throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Watts misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Spence seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Watts throws a nice looking combination but Spence bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Watts misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spence defending well as Watts loads up on a big left hand.
A combination from Watts does no damage.
Spence throws a jab when Watts was well out of range.
Spence tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Watts manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spence uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Watts.
Watts takes a swing at Spence's ribcage but misses.
Spence appears to be looking for a big counter.
No joy there for Spence, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Watts looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Watts will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Spence seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Watts takes a swing at Spence's ribcage but misses.
Watts misses with a two punch combination.
Watts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As Watts tries to get set, Spence tries to push him back and clinch up but Watts manages to avoid the attempt.
Watts throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Spence counter with a right hand.
Spence misses with a series of wild punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Micah Watts dominated that round.
That's time! Spence's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A big right from Spence misses.
Spence walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Watts checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Watts misses with the combination.
Watts throws a right and a left that both miss.
Watts misses with an uppercut. Spence saw that one coming.
Watts lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Spence circles away quickly and effectively.
Spence lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Watts misses the shot to the body.
Spence throws a big counter combination but Watts scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Spence throws a right and a left that Watts avoids nicely.
Spence ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spence is looking to clinch.
Spence misses with a series of wild punches.
Spence tries to clinch but Watts moves out of range.
Watts keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Watts.
Spence wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Trent Spence is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Watts throws a right and a left that Spence avoids nicely.
Spence keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Watts misses with a two punch combination.
Spence tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Watts manages to circle out of the way.
Spence misses with the combination.
A combination from Watts does no damage.
Watts takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Spence wants to clinch.
Watts misses with a few strikes there.
Spence swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Watts throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spence tries to close the distance and clinch up but Watts swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Spence waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Watts.
Micah Watts seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Watts uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Spence.
A slow jab from Spence misses its intended target.
Spence jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Watts ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spence moves away.
Spence tries to clinch up.
Watts tries to bum rush Spence with a series of wild strikes but Spence uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watts throws a series of punches but Spence moves out of range.
Spence keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Watts looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Watts throws a nice looking combination but Spence bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Watts throws a big shot that misses.
Spence wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Spence lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Watts circles away quickly and effectively.
Spence could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Watts defending well as Spence loads up on a big left hand.
A countering left hand to the body from Watts misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Micah Watts showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Spence throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Spence misses with a straight right.
Watts misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Spence.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Watts. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Spence tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Watts paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Watts ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spence moves away.
Watts has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Spence fails in his attempt to clinch.
Watts fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spence manages to avoid it.
Spence swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Spence wants to clinch.
Watts throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Watts misses.
Spence is looking to clinch but Watts is avoiding it.
Watts pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Watts throws a body punch but Spence moves out of range.
Watts misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Watts throws a looping overhand right but Spence ducks down to avoid it.
Watts is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Spence rather than just go for the knockout.
Spence tries to clinch there but Watts circles away.
Watts misses with a wild combination.
Micah Watts is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Spence throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Watts keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Watts throws a series of punches but Spence avoids them all with ease.
Spence slips a jab and a cross from Watts.
Spence wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Spence slips a straight right by Watts.
Spence wants to clinch up but Watts keeps it at a distance.
Watts appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Watts fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Spence uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Watts.
Spence fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spence with a nice cross.
Spence missing with a left hand there. Watts was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Spence showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Watts.
Spence looks to land a left hand but Watts moved out of range nicely.
Spence fails in his attempt to clinch.
A slow jab from Watts misses its intended target.
Spence darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watts misses with a lunging right hand
and Spence counters with a right hand to the body.
Spence misses with an uppercut. Watts saw that one coming.
A combination from Watts does no damage.
Watts swats away the attempt to clinch by Spence.
Trent Spence has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Spence throws a lazy right hand but Watts sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A slow jab from Spence misses its intended target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Micah Watts comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Watts has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Micah Watts!
Micah Watts 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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energy
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hype
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