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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Antonio Laborina Lim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ikki Minami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laborina Lim kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Here we go. Minami comes into a darkened arena with his song building. I'm Turning Japanese by The Vapors kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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183 lbs
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183 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antonio Laborina Lim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Ikki Minami!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laborina Lim closes the distance and pushes Minami back into the ropes.
Minami is looking to break free of the clinch but Laborina Lim has double underhooks.
Laborina Lim misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Laborina Lim just leaning against Minami, taking a breather.
Minami tries to circle away but Laborina Lim has him pinned against the ropes.
Laborina Lim prevents Minami from breaking the clinch.
Laborina Lim trying to land knees to the body.
Minami escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Laborina Lim.
Minami gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Laborina Lim tries a body shot but Minami blocks it.
Minami breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Minami clinches up against the ropes.
Laborina Lim scores with a shot to the side of Minami's head.
Laborina Lim pushes Minami back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Minami wants to break the clinch but can't.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laborina Lim tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Minami wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Laborina Lim tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Minami's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Minami is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Laborina Lim lands a knee to the head.
Minami wants to get back to striking at distance but Laborina Lim won't allow it.
Laborina Lim is pushing Minami up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Minami has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A nice right hand lands inside from Laborina Lim.
Laborina Lim misses with a knee strike.
Minami is looking to break free of the clinch but Laborina Lim has double underhooks.
Minami breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Laborina Lim checks a low kick from Minami.
Laborina Lim stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Laborina Lim is looking to clinch.
Laborina Lim fails with an attempt to clinch.
Minami throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laborina Lim tries to keep at a distance but Minami has taken the fight into the clinch.
Minami breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Minami dips to his left and cracks Laborina Lim with an uppercut!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head kick misses from Minami.
Minami looks to land a combination but Laborina Lim avoids it well.
Laborina Lim is looking to land body kicks.
Laborina Lim throws a hook to the side of Minami's head but Minami sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Minami takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Laborina Lim connects with a leg kick. Minami looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A shot to the liver by Laborina Lim. Beautiful body shot.
Minami lands a nice looking kick to the body. Laborina Lim takes a step back to recover.
Laborina Lim moves in looking to clinch but Minami pushes him off.
Minami closes the distance and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minami can't break the clinch.
Minami working hard to break the clinch.
Minami wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Laborina Lim misses with a knee to the head.
Laborina Lim trying to land knees to the body.
Minami is trying to break free.
Laborina Lim can't find room to land a body shot as Minami controls the action.
Laborina Lim misses with a knee strike.
Laborina Lim prevents Minami from breaking the clinch.
Minami tries to break the clinch but Laborina Lim is controlling the position.
Minami wants to break the clinch but can't.
Laborina Lim lands a right hand.
Minami blocking some punches.
Minami managing to block the knees to the body from Laborina Lim.
Minami taking a breather.
Minami looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Laborina Lim throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Minami blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Minami pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Minami misses with a jab, cross combination.
Minami avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Laborina Lim lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Laborina Lim.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laborina Lim throws a head kick but Minami moves out of range.
Minami pushes Laborina Lim up against the ropes in a clinch.
Laborina Lim keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Minami's efforts to push away.
Laborina Lim misses with a body punch.
Minami wants to break the clinch but can't.
Minami breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Laborina Lim ducks under a wild hook from Minami.
Minami lands a jab to the nose.
Minami misses with an uppercut. Laborina Lim saw that one coming.
Laborina Lim swings for the body but Minami moves out of range.
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 Antonio Laborina Lim will probably get the nod.
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.
Minami has Laborina Lim up against the ropes in a clinch.
Laborina Lim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Minami is defending well for now.
Laborina Lim misses with a hook to the ribs.
Minami is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Minami breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Laborina Lim cracks a nice hook into Minami's ribs.
Antonio Laborina Lim is winning the standup battle so far.
Laborina Lim thumps Minami with a low kick.
Ikki Minami is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Laborina Lim getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Minami jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Minami moves into the clinch.
Laborina Lim keeps control of Minami as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
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!
Laborina Lim is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Minami unloads a knee to the mid-section. Laborina Lim lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Minami working hard to break the clinch.
Laborina Lim lands a left hand that snaps the head of Minami backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Minami breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Minami cracks Laborina Lim with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A combination from Minami does no damage.
Minami looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Minami moves into the clinch successfully.
Minami has had enough of the clinch but Laborina Lim keeps him there for the moment.
Laborina Lim misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Minami.
Laborina Lim works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Laborina Lim doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Minami tries to break free but Laborina Lim pushes him back against the ropes.
Minami working hard to break the clinch.
Laborina Lim misses with a body punch.
Minami escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Laborina Lim misses with a hook. Minami ducked under it nicely.
Minami misses with a low kick.
Laborina Lim displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Minami throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laborina Lim swinging wildly here.
Laborina Lim throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick misses from Minami.
A decent looking cross lands there for Minami.
Laborina Lim darts in and clinches Minami up against the ropes.
Minami is trying to break the clinch but Laborina Lim is controlling him.
Minami breaks the clinch.
Minami on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Some wild striking there from Minami.
Laborina Lim lands with a shot to the body.
Minami is breathing heavily.
Minami throws a series of punches but Laborina Lim avoids them all with ease.
Laborina Lim tries a head kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minami looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Laborina Lim lands with a thumping leg kick.
Laborina Lim looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Laborina Lim.
Minami misses with a two punch combination.
Laborina Lim lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Minami circles away quickly and effectively.
Danga de danga de dang - Minami scores with a four punch combination!
Laborina Lim keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Minami.
Laborina Lim pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Minami listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Laborina Lim takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Laborina Lim stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Minami.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Minami blocks the body kick.
Minami throws a body kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laborina Lim scores with a body shot.
Laborina Lim jabs at Minami's body.
Laborina Lim keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Laborina Lim darts in and clinches Minami up against the ropes.
Minami wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Laborina Lim has him pressed against the ropes.
Ikki Minami seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Minami wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Laborina Lim can't find room to land a body shot as Minami controls the action.
Minami is trying to force a seperation but Laborina Lim has the dominant position.
Laborina Lim tries to land a knee to the head but Minami blocks with his arms.
Laborina Lim lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Minami backwards.
A knee to the head by Laborina Lim.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Laborina Lim lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Minami is rocked!
Laborina Lim creates a bit of space and fires a knee right up the middle, almost lifting Minami off his feet and sending him crashing to the canvas! Minami is trying to get back to his feet but his equilibrium is completely gone! The referee has called it off! This fight is over! Laborina Lim is jumping up and down like a mad man, celebrating with his cornermen.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Antonio Laborina Lim!
Antonio Laborina Lim thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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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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