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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Oscar Gage (ranked 955 p4p, 2008 weight class) and Akio Kurosaki (ranked 40 p4p, 79 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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8 - 7 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Oscar Gage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Akio Kurosaki!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kurosaki turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Oscar Gage has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gage instigates a clinch.
A short uppercut from Kurosaki.
Gage working aggressively here.
Gage lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kurosaki throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kurosaki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gage tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kurosaki's elbow.
Kurosaki missing with knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Kurosaki.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Kurosaki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kurosaki lands a nice uppercut.
Kurosaki looking to stall.
Gage has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Kurosaki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gage's elbow.
Kurosaki looking to throw knees to the head but Gage is blocking nicely.
Gage tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kurosaki's elbow.
Kurosaki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gage.
Kurosaki misses with a punch to the body.
Gage tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kurosaki's elbow.
Kurosaki misses with the head strike.
Kurosaki works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kurosaki misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurosaki throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gage misses with a punch to the body.
Kurosaki lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gage backwards.
Kurosaki presses Gage against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kurosaki makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gage blocks a body shot from Kurosaki.
Kurosaki has a couple of punches blocked by Gage.
Gage working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gage misses with a punch to the body.
Come on Kurosaki - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kurosaki swings wildly with an uppercut but Gage uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kurosaki throws a head punch that misses.
Kurosaki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kurosaki taking a breather.
Kurosaki misses with a punch on the inside.
Kurosaki lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gage or not.
Gage blocking some punches.
Gage avoiding damage as Kurosaki throws knees to the body.
Gage tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gage prevents a body shot from Kurosaki.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurosaki prevents a body shot from Gage.
Kurosaki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kurosaki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gage misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kurosaki swings wildly with an uppercut but Gage uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gage lands a left hand.
Well,Gage is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gage misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gage working some nice short punches in the clinch.
It looks like Akio Kurosaki has been cut.
Gage tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kurosaki tries to work over Gage's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gage lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gage misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kurosaki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kurosaki scores a nice knee to the body.
Gage blocks an uppercut.
Gage prevents a body shot from Kurosaki.
Gage takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Oscar Gage has been cut.
Kurosaki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kurosaki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kurosaki landing knees to the head.
Gage tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gage misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kurosaki softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Gage fails to land.
Kurosaki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kurosaki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hand to the body from Gage.
Kurosaki misses with a knee to the head.
Kurosaki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gage lands with a light punch inside.
Gage lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Gage throws a punch but it's blocked by Kurosaki.
Kurosaki trying to land knees to the body.
A short right from Gage on the inside.
Kurosaki lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gage misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kurosaki.
Gage swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Gage on the inside.
Kurosaki has a couple of punches blocked by Gage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gage misses with a punch to the body.
Kurosaki lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gage backwards.
Kurosaki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kurosaki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gage avoids it.
Gage misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kurosaki is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gage misses with the head strike.
Gage works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gage tries to work over Kurosaki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gage goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Akio Kurosaki is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gage tries to throw a body punch but Kurosaki avoids it by throwing Gage back against the ropes.
Kurosaki tries a body shot but Gage blocks it.
Kurosaki lands a hook that snaps the head of Gage backwards.
Kurosaki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gage avoids it.
Kurosaki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kurosaki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kurosaki lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gage can't find room to land a body shot as Kurosaki controls the action.
Kurosaki blocks a body shot from Gage.
Kurosaki lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kurosaki throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gages head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Akio Kurosaki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kurosaki 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Akio Kurosaki!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Akio Kurosaki!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Akio Kurosaki!
Akio Kurosaki wins by unanimous decision!
Our winner, Akio Kurosaki, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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