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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Akio Kurosaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Goguryeo Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kim has chosen Cunninlynguists - Lynguistics as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Akio Kurosaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Goguryeo Kim!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Donatello Bradman and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kurosaki takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kim tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kurosaki was well out of range. Poor timing from Kim.
Kim lands a really nice looking cross but Kurosaki seems unphased.
Kurosaki tries to close the distance and clinch but Kim swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kim scores with a nice head shot.
Kim misses with a head kick.
Akio Kurosaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kurosaki is looking to clinch.
Kim tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kim fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kurosaki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kurosaki clinches up with Kim and pushes him back against the cage.
Kim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kurosaki landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kurosaki lands an uppercut.
Kurosaki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kim's elbow.
Kim takes a knee to the side of the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kim is leaning against Kurosaki and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nice elbow from Kurosaki.
Kurosaki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kurosaki crunches a lovely knee into Kim's ribcage.
Kim blocks an elbow strike.
Kurosaki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kurosaki pushes off an throws an elbow but Kim leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Kurosaki scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kurosaki lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim tries to throw a body punch but Kurosaki avoids it by throwing Kim back against the cage.
Kurosaki comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kim is trying to break the clinch but Kurosaki is controlling him.
Kim on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kurosaki just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kim's brow.
Kim misses with a body punch.
Kurosaki is leaning against Kim and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kim takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Goguryeo Kim has been cut.
Kurosaki pushes off an throws an elbow but Kim leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kim breaks from the clinch.
Kurosaki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kurosaki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kurosaki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kurosaki tries to close the distance and clinch but Kim swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kurosaki tries to bum rush Kim with a series of wild strikes but Kim uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kurosaki lands with a kick to the temple. Kim shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kim misses with a wild body shot.
Kurosaki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kim.
Kim scores with a leg kick.
Kurosaki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kim.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kurosaki tries to clinch there but Kim circles away.
Kim misses with a body shot.
Kurosaki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kim swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kim lands with a cross.
Kim just misses with a punch to the body.
Kurosaki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kim swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kurosaki wants to clinch up but Kim keeps it at a distance.
Kim lands a nice shot that snaps Kurosaki's head back.
Kurosaki looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kurosaki. That's going to slow Kim down.
Kurosaki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kurosaki looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kim smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kim avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kurosaki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kurosaki tries to clinch up but Kim circles away and keeps his distance.
Kim misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kim keeps the fight on the outside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kurosaki chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A solid body kick from Kim.
Kurosaki tries to close the distance and clinch but Kim swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kim throws a jab but it's blocked by Kurosaki.
Kurosaki tries to close the distance and clinch but Kim swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kim avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kim. Kurosaki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kurosaki wants to clinch up but Kim keeps it at a distance.
Kurosaki instigates a clinch.
Kim takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kurosaki missing with knees to the body.
Kurosaki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kim.
Kim throws a head punch that misses.
Kurosaki lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kurosaki tries to land knees in the clinch but Kim avoids the damage to the body.
Kim on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kurosaki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kim pushes Kurosaki back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kurosaki creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kim unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kurosaki lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kurosaki pushes off an throws an elbow but Kim leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kurosaki just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kim's brow.
Kim slows down the pace here.
Kurosaki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kurosaki lands a nice elbow.
Kim working aggressively here.
Kim'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.
Kim lands a hook that snaps the head of Kurosaki backwards.
Kim breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kim avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kurosaki with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kim to score with a decent uppercut.
Kim tries a low kick but Kurosaki avoids it.
Kurosaki closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kurosaki on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kurosaki tries to clinch up but Kim circles away and keeps his distance.
Kurosaki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kurosaki tries to clinch but Kim moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Kim. Beautiful body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kim shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Akio Kurosaki will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Goguryeo Kim's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kurosaki attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kim scores with a nice head shot.
Kim looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kurosaki doesn't manage to clinch there - Kim circles away.
Kurosaki takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kurosaki tries to close the distance and clinch but Kim swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kurosaki moves in looking to clinch but Kim pushes him off.
Kurosaki misses with a leg kick
and Kim counters with a thumping low kick.
Kim misses the shot to the body.
Kurosaki closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kim counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kurosaki wants to clinch
and Kim counters with a low kick, right behind Kurosaki 's knee.
Kim swats away the attempt to clinch by Kurosaki.
The fighters circling - Kim throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Akio Kurosaki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kim fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kurosaki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kim swings for the body but Kurosaki moves out of range.
Kim swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kurosaki closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kurosaki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kim lands with a hook. Kurosaki tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kurosaki takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Both fighters circling a little - Kim finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Kim takes a swing at Kurosaki's ribcage but misses.
Kurosaki dodges the punch combination from Kim.
Kim throws a combination. Kurosaki tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Kim tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kurosaki was well out of range. Poor timing from Kim.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kurosaki tries a head kick but it misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kim.
Kim lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kurosaki at a distance.
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!
Kim fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kim lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kim stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nice jab there from Kim.
Kim lands a right hook to the body.
Kim scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kim throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Kim. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Kim thuds his shin into the meat of Kurosaki's side.
Jab, jab by Kim - just one landing.
Kim misses with a few strikes there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kim.
Kim thows a body shot but no joy.
Kurosaki takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kim scores with a kick to the midsection.
Kim connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kim. Kurosaki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kim stalks Kurosaki and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kurosaki's face. Kurosaki staggers backwards, shaken.
Kurosaki looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kim lands a body shot.
Kim scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kurosaki doesn't seem bothered though.
Kim lands a really nice looking cross but Kurosaki seems unphased.
Goguryeo Kim seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kurosaki takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Kurosaki darts in trying to clinch
and Kim counters with a body kick that stops Kurosaki in his tracks momentarily.
Kim scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kurosaki in his tracks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Kurosaki sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kim moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A lazy left from Kim finds it's target.
Kurosaki tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kim misses the shot to the body.
Kurosaki throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nice shot by Kim.
Kim scores with a jab to the body.
Kim lands with a cross.
Nice uppercut lands for Kim. That snapped Kurosaki's head back.
Kim swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kurosaki.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A low kick from Kurosaki misses
and Kim counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kim swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kim pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kurosaki tries to clinch up
and Kim counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kim throws a leg kick that misses.
Kim looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kim tests Kurosaki's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim throws a body punch but Kurosaki moves out of range.
Kim circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kim counters with a left to the body.
Kurosaki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kim manages to avoid it.
Kim uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kurosaki wants to clinch
letting Kim counter with a right hand.
Kim scores with a three punch combo!
Kim lands a nice shot to the body.
Kim punishes Kurosaki's body with a nice straight punch.
Kurosaki takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice straight punches there by Kim. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kim.
Kurosaki on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kurosaki doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kim throws a leg kick which misses Kurosaki's front leg but catches the back leg as Kurosaki tries to avoid it.
Kim jabs at Kurosaki's body.
Kim jabs at Kurosaki's body.
Kurosaki doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Goguryeo Kim showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Goguryeo Kim'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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Kim scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Kurosaki takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kim scores with the left hand. Kurosaki knows he should have avoided that one.
Kim lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kurosaki wants to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A cross from Kim lands.
Kim punishes Kurosaki's body with a nice straight punch.
Kim throws out a leg kick but Kurosaki moves out of range and Kim only half commits.
Kim looks to score with a jab to the body but Kurosaki is just out of range.
Kim tries a low kick but Kurosaki avoids it.
Kurosaki closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kim cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Some wild striking there from Kim.
Kim ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kurosaki takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kurosaki will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Kim scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
An inside leg kick lands from Kim.
Kim fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kurosaki.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurosaki takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kim jabs at Kurosaki's body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kurosaki crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kim - the referee stops the clock and Kurosaki gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kim. Kurosaki manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Kim has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kim fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kim looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kurosaki takes one on the button.
Kim throws a right and a left that Kurosaki avoids nicely.
Kurosaki closes the distance but Kim moves to the side
and Kim makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kim punishes Kurosaki's body with a nice straight punch.
Kurosaki on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kim dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kim lands with an overhand left.
Nice body punch from Kim.
Kurosaki slips a jab and a cross from Kim.
Kim lands a slapping body shot.
A good leg kick by Kim.
Kim lands a jab to Kurosaki's midsection.
Kim turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kurosaki on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kim. Kim obviously looking to wear him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim throws a series of punches but Kurosaki moves out of range.
Kurosaki walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kim throws a leg kick which misses Kurosaki's front leg but catches the back leg as Kurosaki tries to avoid it.
Kim slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kim throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kurosaki gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kim.
Kurosaki is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kim lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kim lands a nice shot to the body.
Kim is looking to land body kicks.
Kurosaki doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kim ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kim connects with a solid leg kick.
Kurosaki walks into a jab.
Kim lands with a nice body punch.
Kim scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kim lands a nice shot to the body.
Kim lands a nice looking body shot.
Kurosaki moves out of range of the leg kick from Kim.
Kim lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kim cracks Kurosaki with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim takes a swing at Kurosaki's ribcage but misses.
Kim thows a body shot but no joy.
Kim moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kurosaki gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kim lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Kim throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kim scores with the left hand. Kurosaki knows he should have avoided that one.
Kim misses with a body shot.
Kim lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kurosaki wants to clinch but Kim slips to the side
and Kim makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kim thuds a left hand into Kurosaki's body.
Nice uppercut lands for Kim. That snapped Kurosaki's head back.
Kurosaki throws a body kick, spinning off balance
letting Kim counter with a right hand.
Kim moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kim is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kurosaki rather than just go for the knockout.
Kim lands a front kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kim looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kim stuns Kurosaki with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kim lands a jab to the head.
Kurosaki gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kim.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kurosaki's head.
Good leg kick by Kim there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kim misses the shot to the body.
Kim swings for the body but Kurosaki moves out of range.
Kim lands a jab.
Kurosaki takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kim darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Kurosaki drops his hands momentarily and Kim takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kurosaki takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kim throws a sloppy head kick and Kurosaki moves out of range easily.
Kim throws a body punch but Kurosaki moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kim.
Kurosaki tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kim counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kim scores with a hook to the body. Kurosaki takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kim with a nice cross.
Kim keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kim lands a slapping body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Goguryeo Kim comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kim has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 25:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 26:29
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 26:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Goguryeo Kim!
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