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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Kevin Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daemon Blackfyre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Love comes to the ring accompanied by Afterworld. Blackfyre is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Mojo So Dope. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kevin Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Daemon Blackfyre!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Blackfyre misses with a kick to the body
and Love counters with a nice body kick.
Blackfyre lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Love takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Love shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Blackfyre throws a jab when Love was well out of range.
Blackfyre misses with a looping right.
Love lets loose with a powerful body kick. Blackfyre will feel that in the morning.
Blackfyre connects with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Love misses with a low kick.
Love thuds his right hand into Blackfyre's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Kevin Love seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Love.
Love lands with a thumping leg kick.
Blackfyre throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Love slips under a jab.
Good leg kick by Love there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Blackfyre 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.
Love displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blackfyre throws out the jab.
We've been informed that Blackfyre has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A slapping leg kick lands for Love.
Love connects with a solid leg kick.
Blackfyre motions for Love to come forward. Blackfyre throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Blackfyre lands with a good body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackfyre misses with a wild body shot.
Blackfyre throws a sloppy head kick
and Love counters with a leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Love lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Blackfyre has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Blackfyre and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Love has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Love pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Blackfyre looks to land a body kick but Love moved away.
Blackfyre works Love's body with a nice hook.
Blackfyre throws a nice looking combination but Love bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Love misses with a low kick.
Blackfyre lands a lovely overhand right.
Love is looking to land body kicks.
Blackfyre's corner calls for a 1-2. Blackfyre obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Love on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Love is looking to land body kicks.
Love walks forward, straight into a front kick from Blackfyre.
Blackfyre is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blackfyre scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Blackfyre paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Blackfyre tries a head kick but it misses.
Love misses with a body kick.
Blackfyre ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Love moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Love pushes Blackfyre away with a front kick.
Love drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A jab from Blackfyre misses.
Blackfyre has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Love uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Blackfyre.
Love lands a glancing blow to the side of Blackfyre's head.
Love walks forward, straight into a front kick from Blackfyre.
Blackfyre has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Blackfyre there as he acknowledges the shot.
Blackfyre slips a straight right by Love.
Blackfyre throws a body punch but Love moves out of range.
Blackfyre throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Blackfyre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blackfyre misses with an uppercut. Love saw that one coming.
Love takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Love tries to score with a low kick but Blackfyre moves his leg out of the way.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Love.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Love lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Blackfyre has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Blackfyre and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Blackfyre is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Love on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daemon Blackfyre dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Blackfyre pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Blackfyre misses with a jab, cross combination.
Blackfyre takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Love misses with a low kick.
Blackfyre cracks Love with a good jab.
A big right from Blackfyre misses.
A jab from Blackfyre misses.
Love lands a nice looking kick to the body. Blackfyre takes a step back to recover.
Love finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Blackfyre throws a series of strikes that have Love backpedaling.
Love scores with a spinning back kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Love throws a hook to the side of Blackfyre's head but Blackfyre sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Love is looking to slow Blackfyre down with leg kicks.
Love fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice defenses there by Love.
Blackfyre swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Blackfyre blocks a leg kick.
Love scores with a nice right hand.
Blackfyre looks to land a body kick but Love moved away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackfyre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Love throws a wild body kick that Blackfyre sees coming a mile off.
Good work by Blackfyre as he checks the leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Blackfyre misses the target.
Blackfyre scores with a hook to the body. Love takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Blackfyre checks a leg kick.
Love connects with a leg kick. Blackfyre looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Blackfyre tries a head kick but it misses.
Love walks into a stiff left hand from Blackfyre.
A shot to the liver by Blackfyre. Beautiful body shot.
Blackfyre blocks the body kick.
Nice body kick from Love.
Love avoids the head kick by Blackfyre.
Blackfyre misses with a body kick.
Blackfyre thows a left - swing and a miss!
Blackfyre is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Love.
Blackfyre checks the leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Love lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love scores with a nice body kick.
Love lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Blackfyre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Love was well out of range. Poor timing from Blackfyre.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Blackfyre.
Blackfyre tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Blackfyre misses with an uppercut. Love saw that one coming.
Blackfyre lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Blackfyre misses with a left hand
and Love finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Blackfyre tries a head kick but it misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Love.
Blackfyre has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Love.
Blackfyre moves out of range of the body kick from Love.
Love lands a jab.
Love throws out a leg kick but Blackfyre moves out of range and Love only half commits.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Love slips under a jab from Blackfyre.
Love misses with an attempted mid kick.
The fighters circling - Blackfyre throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Love lands a nice leg kick that just misses Blackfyre's sensitive parts.
Love looks to land a body kick but Blackfyre moved away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Daemon Blackfyre will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Love cracks the inside of Blackfyre's front leg.
Blackfyre scores with a jab to the head.
Blackfyre's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Blackfyre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Love connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Blackfyre scores with the left hand. Love knows he should have avoided that one.
Some bone on bone action there as Blackfyre checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Blackfyre lands with an uppercut that bounces Love off the ropes and back into range.
Blackfyre connects with a good right hand that stumbles Love. Love circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Love looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Love wants to land a leg kick but Blackfyre is out of range.
Blackfyre throws a quick inside leg kick.
Love throws the kick towards the body but Blackfyre avoids it.
Blackfyre misses with a low kick as Love jumps back.
Blackfyre checks a leg kick nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Love stuns Blackfyre with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Love tries a low kick but Blackfyre avoids it.
Daemon Blackfyre seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Love tries to work over Blackfyre's front leg with a kick but Blackfyre checks it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Love - that will leave a mark!
Blackfyre scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackfyre misses with a head kick.
Blackfyre swinging wildly here.
Blackfyre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Love was well out of range. Poor timing from Blackfyre.
Blackfyre works Love's body with a nice hook.
Blackfyre jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Love.
A jab lands there for Blackfyre.
Love connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Blackfyre misses with a looping left.
Blackfyre swings widly with a right hand
and Love counters with a body kick.
Love throws a leg kick which misses Blackfyre's front leg but catches the back leg as Blackfyre tries to avoid it.
Blackfyre with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Blackfyre looks to score with a jab to the body but Love is just out of range.
Love throws a body kick that misses.
Love scores with a punch to the head.
Blackfyre throws a sloppy body shot
and Love counters with a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blackfyre throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Blackfyre lands a jab to the nose.
Blackfyre checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Blackfyre tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Blackfyre pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Blackfyre pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Blackfyre takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Blackfyre feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Love's calf.
Love connects with a leg kick. Blackfyre looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Love throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Love. Blackfyre shrugs it off though.
Blackfyre 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.
Love dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Blackfyre. That did some damage!
Some bone on bone action there as Love checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Blackfyre takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Love connects with a leg kick. Blackfyre looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Love scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Love there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Love staying out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Daemon Blackfyre just about did enough to take it.
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.
A good leg kick by Love.
Love connects with a leg kick. Blackfyre looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Love misses with a kick to the body.
Blackfyre throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Love lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Love with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Love throws a solid leg kick but Blackfyre takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Love.
Blackfyre takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Love fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Blackfyre is out of range.
Blackfyre fails to land with a series of punches.
Blackfyre rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Love moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Love lands a nice leg kick that just misses Blackfyre's sensitive parts.
Love keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Love feints and then cracks Blackfyre's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Blackfyre down.
Blackfyre looks to land a combination but Love avoids it well.
Blackfyre throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Blackfyre looks to land a left hand but Love moved out of range nicely.
Love bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Blackfyre.
Love takes one to the chin there.
Blackfyre missing with a left hand there. Love was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Love misses with a kick to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Love.
Blackfyre digs a good body shot into Love's ribs.
Blackfyre looks to land a body kick but Love moved away.
Love goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Love moves away from the strike by Blackfyre.
Love scoring well with a low kick there.
Blackfyre throws the left hand but Love avoids the punch easily.
Love lands a jab.
Blackfyre misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Blackfyre is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Blackfyre moves out of range of the body kick from Love.
Love tries to score with a low kick but Blackfyre moves his leg out of the way.
A chopping leg kick lands by Love.
Nice uppercut there from Blackfyre.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Love throws a push kick but Blackfyre slaps the foot to one side.
Blackfyre works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Love misses with a low kick.
Blackfyre thows a body shot but no joy.
Blackfyre on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Blackfyre takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Blackfyre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Love.
Blackfyre looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Blackfyre missing with a left hand there. Love was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Love looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Blackfyre takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Blackfyre throws a head kick that misses.
That kick from Love tenderised Blackfyre's leg. Blackfyre is trying to keep his angry face on.
Love looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A punch combination from Blackfyre misses.
Blackfyre blocks the body kick.
Love throws a leg kick that is checked
and Blackfyre counters with a head kick. That will keep Love thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Love moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Blackfyre misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Kevin Love will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Love feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Blackfyre's calf.
Kevin Love has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Blackfyre paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A chopping leg kick lands by Love.
Love blocks a jab.
Blackfyre takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Blackfyre pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Blackfyre takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Blackfyre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Love.
Love with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice body punch from Blackfyre.
Love keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Love thuds a left hand into Blackfyre's body.
Blackfyre throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Blackfyre misses with a hook.
Blackfyre is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Love shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
No joy there for Blackfyre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Love loads up on a big right hand but Blackfyre slips the punch.
Blackfyre looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blackfyre.
Love throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Both fighters circling a little - Love finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Love explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A big right from Blackfyre misses.
A good leg kick by Love.
Love misses with a low kick as Blackfyre jumps back.
Blackfyre tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Love throws a push kick but Blackfyre slaps the foot to one side.
An inside leg kick from Love misses.
Love walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Blackfyre checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Love, right into the meat.
Blackfyre misses with a low kick.
Love misses with a low kick.
Love throws out a leg kick but Blackfyre moves out of range and Love only half commits.
Love connects with a leg kick. Blackfyre looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blackfyre throws a sloppy head kick and Love moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love misses with a low kick.
Blackfyre dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Love swings for the body but Blackfyre moves out of range.
Love moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Love looks to throw the jab but Blackfyre is out of range.
Blackfyre bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Love's head backwards.
Blackfyre tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Love staying out of range there.
Love throws a low kick, looking for Blackfyre's leg but Blackfyre calmly moves out of range.
Love throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blackfyre throws a nice head kick!
Love tries to land a body kick
and Blackfyre counters with a three punch combo that has Love backing up. Love nods at Blackfyre to acknowledge the strikes.
It looks like Kevin Love has been cut.
Blackfyre looks to score with a jab to the body but Love is just out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blackfyre scores with a kick to the midsection.
Love will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Love moves out of range as Blackfyre throws a body kick.
Blackfyre scores with a nice head shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kevin Love.
Well Blackfyre has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 47:48
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 48:48
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 47:49
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Daemon Blackfyre!
Daemon Blackfyre seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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