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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Captain Kat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fook Yu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yu has chosen Drowning Pool - Bodies as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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146 lbs
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152 lbs
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World class MT
Insanely flexible
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World class boxer
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Captain Kat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fook Yu!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kat is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A cross from Yu lands.
Yu throws a series of punches but Kat moves out of range.
Kat looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kat keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yu closes the distance and clinches.
Kat is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Kat blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yu tries to work over Kat's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kat tries to land a knee to the head but Yu blocks with his arms.
Kat looking to throw knees to the head but Yu is blocking nicely.
Yu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kat working hard to break the clinch.
Yu scores with a nice hook to the head.
Yu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right hook to the body lands for Yu.
Kat throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kat misses with a knee strike.
Yu is working Kat over against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kat connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yu's face.
Yu looking to throw knees to the head but Kat is blocking nicely.
Kat misses with an elbow over the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kats head.
Yu lands a knee to the head.
Kat's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kat using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kat throws an elbow but it misses.
Yu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kat backwards.
Yu can't find room to land a body shot as Kat controls the action.
Nice body punch from Yu.
Kat's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Yu gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kat prevents a body shot from Yu.
Kat unloads a knee to the mid-section. Yu lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kat tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kat misses with a knee strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Kat using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short left from Yu.
Yu manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Yu digs a right hand into Kat's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kat's gas tank.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kat is trying to break the clinch but Yu has him pressed against the ropes.
Yu is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Yu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kat.
Yu lands a body punch.
Yu lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kat with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short left from Yu.
Kat lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kat looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yu swings wildly with an uppercut but Kat uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kat's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kat tries to stall but Yu uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Yu pushes Kat back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yu.
Kat looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yu pushes Kat back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yu lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Yu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fook Yu dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Jab from Yu.
Yu throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kat's head.
Kat misses with an uppercut.
Kat throws a body kick, spinning off balance
letting Yu counter with a right hand.
Yu avoids the head kick by Kat.
Yu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kat tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yu getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kat throws a body kick that misses.
Kat avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Yu misses with a looping left.
Yu darts in and clinches Kat up against the ropes.
Yu lands a left hand.
Yu tries to throw a body punch but Kat avoids it by throwing Yu back against the ropes.
Fook Yu seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Yu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kat lands a nice elbow.
Yu lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kat backwards.
Yu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kat backwards.
Kat blocks a body shot from Yu.
Kat tries to land knees in the clinch but Yu avoids the damage to the body.
Yu lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kat pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kat.
Kat throws a head kick that misses.
Yu looks to score with a jab to the body but Kat is just out of range.
Yu closes the distance and lands a one-two.
It looks like Captain Kat has been cut.
Kat with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Yu to score with a decent uppercut.
Fook Yu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kat misses with a head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yu bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kat's head.
Kat is rocked!
Kat misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Oh Kat is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yu clinches with his opponent.
Kat seems to have got his legs back now.
A left hand lands to the body for Yu.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Yu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Yu gets through Kat's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kat takes an elbow to the forehead.
Yu scores with a hook to the body.
Yu tries to work over Kat's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yu.
A short uppercut from Yu.
Yu stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Yu lands a right hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yu.
Yu lands a hook that snaps the head of Kat backwards.
Kat lands an elbow just above Yu 's eye.
Kat tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yu avoids it.
Kat tries a knee to the head but Yu blocks it.
Yu has Kat pressed against the ropes, preventing Kat from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yu lands with a left to the head.
A short uppercut from Yu.
Yu effectively controlling the action here.
Yu lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fook Yu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Captain Kat's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Yu displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Kat misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kat throws a low kick but it's checked well by Yu.
Kat takes a jab right on the kisser.
Yu tries to clinch up.
Yu clinches with his opponent.
Kat misses with a knee strike.
Kat trying to control the position but instead, Yu has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kat into the ropes.
Kat misses with a knee strike.
Yu lands a shot to the body.
Yu misses with a body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kat trying to stall but Yu improves his position.
Yu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kat tries a knee to the head but Yu blocks it.
Yu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kat backwards.
Yu throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Yu scores with a shoulder strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Yu on the inside.
Yu lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Yu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Yu has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Yu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kat backwards.
Yu avoids a wild elbow strike from Kat.
Kat tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kat using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yu stalling in the clinch but Kat improves position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yu.
Yu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Yu stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Yu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Yu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kat backwards.
Yu lands with a short shot to the head.
Nice elbow from Yu.
A right hand to the body from Yu.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A right handed body shot lands from Yu.
Yu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yu has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A short left from Yu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yu lands with a left to the head.
Yu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yu lands a right hand.
Kat takes an elbow to the temple.
Yu is working Kat over against the ropes.
Yu digs a right hand into Kat's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kat's gas tank.
Yu lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Yu - that landed with a thud.
Yu stalling the fight.
Yu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kat backwards.
Kat takes a shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Yu.
Kat wants to stall.
Yu lands a nice elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yu lands a left hand.
Yu lands a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yu.
A short left from Yu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fook Yu really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Captain Kat's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Kat walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Yu! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Fook Yu!
During a confident post fight interview, Fook Yu thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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