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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Ebrahim Azhari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ukyo Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Azhari's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Jedi Mind Tricks - Blood in Blood out. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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140 lbs
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Insanely flexible
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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
13 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Ebrahim Azhari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Ukyo Sato!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Sano and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sato listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Azhari swings away with a body shot that misses
and Sato counters with a right hand to the body.
Sato throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Azhari sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sato throws a body punch but Azhari moves out of range.
Azhari pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Azhari tries a head kick but it misses.
Sato lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sato throws a hook but Azhari avoids it easily.
Azhari uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sato.
Azhari throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Azhari works over Sato's head and body with a nice combination.
It looks like Ukyo Sato has been cut.
Azhari pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Azhari takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Azhari throws a head kick that half lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Azhari keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Azhari misses.
Azhari takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Azhari misses with a kick to the body
and Sato makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Azhari really felt that one!
A looping hook to the body misses from Sato. Azhari does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sato displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato slips a straight right by Azhari.
Azhari throws a right and a left that Sato avoids nicely.
Azhari misses with a head kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Sato misses the target.
Sato has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sato lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Azhari lands the left hand.
Sato misses with a hook. Azhari ducked under it nicely.
Sato loads up on a big right hand but Azhari slips the punch.
Nice shot lands for Azhari.
Azhari has been working on his boxing with his coaches at [CBK] Punch-kicker Academy in the buildup to the fight.
Sato throws a lazy right hand but Azhari sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sato walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Azhari keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Azhari lands with a hook. Sato tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Azhari swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sato counters with a nice low kick that buckles Azhari's knee momentarily.
Azhari throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Azhari scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
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!
Azhari throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato misses with an uppercut.
Sato takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sato connects with a jab.
Azhari takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sato lands with a cross.
Azhari misses with a straight left.
Azhari falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sato counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sato throws a hook but Azhari blocks it.
Azhari has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sato.
Sato looks to land a combination but Azhari avoids it well.
Sato connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sato throws a head kick that half lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Azhari.
Azhari throws a right hand that misses
and Sato counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Azhari lands a high kick!
Sato avoids a kick to the body.
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 Ebrahim Azhari will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ukyo Sato's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Azhari misses with a two punch combination.
Azhari slips a jab from Sato.
Azhari checks a leg kick.
Azhari misses with a head kick.
Azhari's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sato under the eye.
Azhari throws out a powerful jab.
Azhari bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Azhari throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sato moves away from the strike by Azhari.
Nice defenses there by Azhari.
Sato blocks a jab.
Sato tries to land a leg kick but Azhari saw it coming and moves away.
Ebrahim Azhari is winning the standup battle so far.
Azhari blocks a head kick by Sato.
Sato tries a head kick but it misses.
Sato connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Good work by Sato as he checks the leg kick.
Sato lands a high kick!
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!
Azhari looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azhari throws a head kick but Sato moves out of range.
Sato looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sato throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Azhari sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Azhari thows a body shot but no joy.
Sato smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A jab from Azhari misses.
Azhari lands with an overhand left.
Sato lands with a nice body punch.
Azhari throws a quick inside leg kick.
Azhari looks to land a combination but Sato avoids it well.
Sato blocks a head kick by Azhari.
Azhari takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sato throws a head kick that misses
and Azhari counters with a nice uppercut.
Sato lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Azhari scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Azhari gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Sato counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sato misses with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Azhari throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Azhari misses.
Azhari lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sato at a distance.
Azhari 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.
Sato lands with a slapping head kick.
Sato throws a sloppy head kick and Azhari moves out of range easily.
Azhari throws a hook but Sato avoids it easily.
Azhari moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sato throws an off balance right hand
and Azhari counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sato is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Azhari has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Sato.
Good shot there by Sato.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Azhari fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Azhari avoids the head kick by Sato.
Sato connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Azhari momentarily.
Sato cracks Azhari with a right hand to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ukyo Sato will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Ukyo Sato's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sato missing with a left hand there. Azhari was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Azhari waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sato.
Azhari throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sato.
Nice uppercut there from Azhari.
Sato delivers a nice body kick.
Azhari throws a good cross that connects.
Sato clobbers Azhari with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sato lands a jab to Azhari's midsection.
Sato ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sato throws a big shot that misses.
Azhari looks to land a left hand but Sato moved out of range nicely.
Azhari gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Azhari throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sato throws a hook to the side of Azhari's head but Azhari sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Azhari throws a shot from downtown. Sato moves away and avoids it.
Sato is looking to land body kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Azhari can pounce on him.
Azhari attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sato throws a sloppy head kick and Azhari moves out of range easily.
Azhari tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sato was well out of range. Poor timing from Azhari.
Azhari throws a body punch but Sato moves out of range.
Sato scores with a nice body kick.
Sato misses with the body kick
and Azhari counters with a two punch combo.
Sato scores with a jab to the body.
Azhari scores with a hook.
Azhari will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Sato misses with a body kick.
Azhari with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sato to score with a decent uppercut.
Sato misses with a body kick.
Sato scores with a jab to the jaw.
Azhari blocks a jab.
Azhari swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Azhari looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sloppy strikes from Azhari. Those never looked like landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Azhari moves out of range as Sato strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Sato - that will leave a mark!
Sato throws a sloppy body shot
and Sato takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sato throws a half hearted mid kick.
Azhari throws a shot from downtown. Sato moves away and avoids it.
Azhari avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sato lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sato closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Azhari misses with a looping right.
Sato dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Azhari. That did some damage!
Sato avoids the head kick by Azhari.
Sato misses with a body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sato dips to his left and cracks Azhari with an uppercut!
Good exchange - Azhari coming out on top.
Donk. Sato catches Azhari right on the button with a cross.
Sato lands with a hook. Azhari tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Ukyo Sato just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Ukyo Sato's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Azhari throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sato.
Sato slips under a jab from Azhari.
Azhari lands a head kick!
Sato just misses with a punch to the body.
Sato chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Azhari can pounce on him.
Azhari walks into a stiff left hand from Sato.
Azhari throws a head kick but Sato moves out of range.
Sato thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sato staying out of range there.
A jab from Azhari misses.
Sato connects with a good right hand that stumbles Azhari. Azhari circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Azhari connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sato. Sato circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Azhari misses with a body shot.
Azhari uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sato.
Sato uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Azhari.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azhari walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sato.
A nice combination there by Azhari.
Azhari throws a right hand that Sato ducks under and follows up with a left that Sato also avoids with ease.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Azhari crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Sato - the referee stops the clock and Azhari gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Sato. Azhari manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Sato lands a jab-cross combination.
A good leg kick by Azhari.
Azhari throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sato throws a one two combo.
Azhari looks to land a left hand but Sato moved out of range nicely.
Azhari thows a left - swing and a miss!
Azhari moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sato thows a body shot but no joy.
Azhari throws a head kick but Sato moves out of range.
Donk. Azhari catches Sato right on the button with a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sato throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sato throws a predictable looking body shot
and Azhari counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato throws a sloppy head kick and Azhari moves out of range easily.
Azhari tries to move into range but Sato moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sato throws a right and a left that Azhari avoids nicely.
Azhari misses the jab.
A swing and a miss from Azhari.
Azhari tries a head kick but it misses.
Sato bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sato scores with a nice head shot.
Azhari throws a lazy head kick
enabling Sato to counter with a crisp jab.
Sato cracks the inside of Azhari's front leg.
Sato slips a straight right by Azhari.
A head kick misses from Azhari.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good standup being displayed there by Sato as he connects with a hook.
Azhari slips a straight right by Sato.
Sato takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Ukyo Sato will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Ukyo Sato'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. This is the final round!
A slapping leg kick lands for Sato.
Ebrahim Azhari has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sato fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Azhari manages to avoid it.
Sato scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sato throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Azhari on the side of the head.
Azhari pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Azhari wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice body kick from Sato.
Azhari fails to land with a series of punches.
A head kick misses from Sato.
Azhari takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sato throws a good cross that connects.
Azhari bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sato's head.
Left hook, right uppercut from Azhari.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice uppercut there from Sato.
Azhari throws an off balance right hand
and Sato counters with an outside leg kick.
Azhari misses with a two punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sato lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Azhari tries to land a leg kick but Sato saw it coming and moves away.
Azhari throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sato ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Azhari walks into a left hand.
Sato's jab looks to have found its range, popping Azhari under the eye.
A head kick by Azhari misses
and Sato counters with a stiff right hand.
Sato lands with a nice body kick.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Sato fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sato fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sato lands a nice shot that snaps Azhari's head back.
Sato throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Sato lands a head kick. Azhari smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Azhari throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azhari bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sato's head.
Azhari throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Azhari does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sato slips a straight right by Azhari.
Sato pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Azhari is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sato's jab looks to have found its range, popping Azhari under the eye.
Azhari throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sato moves out of range of the body kick from Azhari.
Azhari lands with a hook. Sato tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sato cracks Azhari with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sato jabs at Azhari's body.
Sato throws a shot from downtown. Azhari moves away and avoids it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sato cracks Azhari with a good jab.
Sato darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sato ducks under a wild hook from Azhari.
Sato dips to his left and cracks Azhari with an uppercut!
And that's the end of the fight!
Ukyo Sato comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sato 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 46:49
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 46:50
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 46:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ukyo Sato!
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