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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Akira Azuma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hyun Sudo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hyun Sudo will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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164 lbs
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153 lbs
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World class boxer
Cardio machine
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Akira Azuma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hyun Sudo!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Albert Achterberg and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sudo darts in trying to clinch
and Azuma connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Azuma scores with a hook.
Azuma misses with a hook to the body
and Sudo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Azuma connects with a body shot.
Azuma fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sudo manages to avoid it.
Sudo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sudo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sudo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Azuma throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Azuma just misses with a punch to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Azuma. Those never looked like landing.
A left lands for Azuma.
It looks like Hyun Sudo has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Azuma lunges at Sudo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sudo's hand.
Azuma misses with a body shot.
Azuma circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azuma circles away from the clinch attempt
and Azuma counters with a straight right hand.
Sudo moves into the clinch.
Azuma lands with a light punch inside.
Still in the clinch, Azuma scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Azuma.
Azuma lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sudo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Azuma lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sudo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Azuma lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Azuma lands with a right to the head.
Azuma digs a right hand underneath Sudo's ribcage. Sudo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Azuma blocking some punches.
Azuma throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sudos head.
Nice body punch from Azuma - that landed with a thud.
Azuma is trying to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azuma blocks an uppercut.
Sudo is trying to maintain a safe position but Azuma gets an underhook and turns Sudo into the ropes.
Sudo tries to land knees in the clinch but Azuma avoids the damage to the body.
Sudo breaks the clinch.
Sudo looks winded!
Azuma misses with an uppercut. Sudo saw that one coming.
Azuma dips to his left and cracks Sudo with an uppercut!
Akira Azuma is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jab from Azuma.
Sudo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Azuma lands a lovely overhand right.
Azuma blocks a head kick by Sudo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Azuma takes a swing at Sudo's ribcage but misses.
Azuma swats away the attempt to clinch by Sudo.
Azuma just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Akira Azuma dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hyun Sudo's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Sudo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Azuma swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hyun Sudo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Azuma cracks Sudo with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Azuma looks to land a combination but Sudo avoids it well.
A jab lands there for Sudo.
Sudo looks to clinch
and Azuma counters with a stiff right hand.
Azuma misses with a jab, cross combination.
Good shot there by Azuma.
Azuma circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sudo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Azuma jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sudo tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Azuma counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sudo is rocked!
Sloppy strikes from Sudo. Those never looked like landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Azuma jabs Sudo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Akira Azuma is winning the standup battle so far.
Sudo is breathing heavily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Azuma.
Sudo is still on wobbly legs! Can Azuma finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azuma connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sudo's hands.
Azuma missing with a left hand there. Sudo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Azuma with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sudo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hyun Sudo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sudo tries to clinch up
and Azuma counters with a deadly accurate combination that rocks Sudo badly! He tries to strike back but Azuma puts an end to that with another precision combo that knocks Sudo out cold! Oh man, Sudo will never hear the end of this one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Akira Azuma!
An out of breath Akira Azuma thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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