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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Yousei Kobiashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Snuka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kobiashi comes to the ring accompanied by Shinobi vs The Dragon. Snuka comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Superfly -- Curtis Mayfield and Ice T kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Jimmy Snuka enters the ring!
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209 lbs
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218 lbs
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Dangerous knees
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yousei Kobiashi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jimmy Snuka!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kobiashi misses with a two punch combination.
Snuka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Snuka scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Snuka pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Kobiashi back to the ropes. Snuka follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Yousei Kobiashi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kobiashi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Snuka has taken the fight to the clinch.
Snuka lands an uppercut.
Snuka lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kobiashi backwards.
Snuka misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kobiashi tries to circle away but Snuka has him pinned against the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kobiashi tries to circle away but Snuka has him pinned against the ropes.
Kobiashi tries to break free but Snuka pushes him back against the ropes.
Kobiashi tries to break free but Snuka pushes him back against the ropes.
Kobiashi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Snuka misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kobiashi has had enough of the clinch but Snuka keeps him there for the moment.
Snuka pushes Kobiashi back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kobiashi tries to break the clinch but Snuka is controlling the position.
Snuka lands with a right to the head.
Kobiashi is rocked!
Kobiashi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Oh Kobiashi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kobiashi throws a right and a left that Snuka avoids nicely.
Kobiashi seems to have got his legs back now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kobiashi throws a jab but it's blocked by Snuka.
Some wild striking there from Kobiashi.
Kobiashi checks a leg kick.
Snuka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Snuka feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kobiashis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Kobiashi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A big left from Snuka misses.
Kobiashi gets tackled into the ropes by Snuka. Snuka maintains the clinch.
Snuka creates a bit of distance and cracks Kobiashi with a big uppercut! Kobiashi goes down! The referee pushes Snuka away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Kobiashi make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Snuka takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Jimmy Snuka!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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