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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kshitij Singh Negi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Masahiko Kimura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kimura has chosen STORM by the Yoshida Brothers as his entrance music. Masahiko Kimura struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 172.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. This should be a great matchup!
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185 lbs
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187 lbs
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Excellent MT
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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
19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kshitij Singh Negi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Masahiko Kimura!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Singh Negi tries to clinch but Kimura moves out of range.
Singh Negi pushes Kimura up against the cage in a clinch.
Singh Negi lands an elbow inside that Kimura shrugs off.
It looks like Masahiko Kimura has been cut.
A knee to the head by Singh Negi.
Kimura misses with the head strike.
Singh Negi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kimura misses with an elbow over the top.
Singh Negi misses with a knee to the head.
Singh Negi tries to land a knee to the head but Kimura blocks with his arms.
Singh Negi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kimura is defending well for now.
Kimura blocks the elbow strike.
Kimura avoids a wild elbow strike from Singh Negi.
I was talking to Singh Negi's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Singh Negi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kimura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Singh Negi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Singh Negi lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kimura swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimura stalling in the clinch.
Singh Negi throws an elbow that misses.
Singh Negi working Kimura over with knees to the body.
Kimura tries to stall but Singh Negi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kimura avoids the elbow strike from Singh Negi, against the cage.
Singh Negi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kimura lands a shoulder strike.
Kimura tries to stall but Singh Negi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kimura avoids the elbow strike from Singh Negi, against the cage.
Kimura tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Singh Negi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Singh Negi trying to land knees to the body.
Kimura has a couple of punches blocked by Singh Negi.
Singh Negi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Singh Negi throws an elbow but it misses.
Kimura misses with the head strike.
Singh Negi tries to land knees in the clinch but Kimura avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kimura is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Singh Negi tries to land a knee to the head but Kimura blocks with his arms.
Kimura will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Singh Negi up against the cage.
Kimura managing to block the knees to the body from Singh Negi.
Kimura goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Singh Negi prevents a body shot from Kimura.
Singh Negi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A bit of stalling here from Kimura.
Singh Negi throws an elbow but it misses.
Kimura working aggressively here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kimura misses with a punch on the inside.
Kimura avoids the elbow strike from Singh Negi, against the cage.
Singh Negi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kimura blocks it with crossed arms.
Kimura effectively controlling the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Singh Negi throws an elbow that misses.
Singh Negi tries to land a knee to the head but Kimura blocks with his arms.
Come on Kimura - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Singh Negi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kimura taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kimura slowing the pace effectively.
Kimura receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Kimura stalling in the clinch but Singh Negi improves position.
Singh Negi tries to land knees in the clinch but Kimura avoids the damage to the body.
Singh Negi lands a knee to the body.
Singh Negi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kimura has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kimura taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kimura lands an elbow inside that Singh Negi shrugs off.
It looks like Kshitij Singh Negi has been cut.
Kimura misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kimura managing to block the knees to the body from Singh Negi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Singh Negi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Singh Negi misses with a knee strike.
Still in the clinch, Kimura scores with a nice short uppercut.
Singh Negi throws an elbow but it misses.
Kimura trying to control the position but instead, Singh Negi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kimura into the cage.
Kimura misses with a hook from the clinch.
Singh Negi crunches a lovely knee into Kimura's ribcage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kimura working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kimura can't find room to land a body shot as Singh Negi controls the action.
Knees in the clinch landing for Singh Negi.
Kimura looks winded!
Singh Negi lands an elbow that stopped Kimura in his tracks for a moment.
Kimura takes an elbow to the temple.
Kimura pushes Singh Negi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kimura takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kshitij Singh Negi dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Kimura goes for a double leg but Singh Negi avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Singh Negi continues to drive forward.
A low kick from Kimura misses
and Singh Negi counters with a one-two to the body.
Kimura avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Singh Negi moves into range and clinches up with Kimura.
Singh Negi throws an elbow that misses.
Kimura throws an elbow but it misses.
Singh Negi trying to land knees to the body.
Kimura takes a knee to the side of the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Singh Negi throws an elbow but misses.
Singh Negi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Singh Negi misses with an elbow strike.
Singh Negi lands a nice elbow.
Singh Negi missing with knees to the body.
Singh Negi missing with knees to the body.
Singh Negi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Singh Negi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimura dodges an elbow strike from Singh Negi.
A short right from Kimura on the inside.
Nice elbow from Singh Negi.
Kimura is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Singh Negi is keeping busy.
A head punch on the inside from Kimura fails to land.
Kimura avoiding damage as Singh Negi throws knees to the body.
Singh Negi blocks an uppercut.
Kimura is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Singh Negi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kimura effectively controlling the action here.
Singh Negi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kimura can do to turn this around?
Singh Negi lands a nice elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Singh Negi.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Singh Negi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kimura's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kimura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kimura just misses with a elbow thrown towards Singh Negi's brow.
Kimura wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kimura just leaning against Singh Negi, taking a breather.
Singh Negi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kimura swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Kimura - that landed with a thud.
Singh Negi throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Singh Negi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kimura's brow.
Kimura working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Singh Negi throws an elbow but it misses.
Kimura is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kimura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice left hand lands by Kimura.
Kimura has a couple of punches blocked by Singh Negi.
Kshitij Singh Negi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kimura lands a nice uppercut.
Kimura is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Singh Negi is defending well for now.
Singh Negi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kimura effectively controlling the action here.
Singh Negi lands an elbow just above Kimura 's eye.
Singh Negi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kimura.
Singh Negi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Singh Negi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Singh Negi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kimura.
Kimura lands with a light punch inside.
Kimura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Singh Negi tries to land a knee to the head but Kimura blocks with his arms.
Singh Negi throws an elbow but it misses.
Singh Negi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kimura managing to block the knees to the body from Singh Negi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kimura avoiding damage as Singh Negi throws knees to the body.
Singh Negi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kimura dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kimura lands a left hand that snaps the head of Singh Negi backwards.
Singh Negi tries a knee to the head but Kimura blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kimura slows down the pace here.
Kimura displaying some good clinch control by pressing Singh Negi up against the cage.
Kimura blocks an elbow strike.
Kimura managing to block the knees to the body from Singh Negi.
With the fighters up against the cage, Singh Negi throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kshitij Singh Negi dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. This is the final round!
Kimura swats away the attempt to clinch by Singh Negi.
Singh Negi avoids the body shot from Kimura.
Singh Negi takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Singh Negi forces Kimura back against the cage and clinches.
Singh Negi lands a knee to the body.
Kimura avoids a wild elbow strike from Singh Negi.
Kimura lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Singh Negi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kimura's defenses.
Kimura has a couple of punches blocked by Singh Negi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A bit of stalling here from Kimura.
Singh Negi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kimura takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Singh Negi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kimura's face.
Singh Negi misses with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Singh Negi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kimura is defending well for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimura blocks the elbow strike.
Singh Negi connects with a knee to the head.
Kimura is trying to break the clinch but Singh Negi is controlling him.
Singh Negi throws an elbow but it misses.
Kimura lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kimura avoiding damage as Singh Negi throws knees to the body.
Singh Negi misses with an elbow strike.
Kimura takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kimura can't find room to land a body shot as Singh Negi controls the action.
Singh Negi misses with an elbow strike.
Singh Negi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Singh Negi throws an elbow but it misses.
Singh Negi crunches a lovely knee into Kimura's ribcage.
Kimura takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kimura takes an elbow to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Singh Negi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kimura avoids a wild elbow strike from Singh Negi.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Singh Negi pushes off an throws an elbow but Kimura leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Singh Negi throws an elbow but misses.
Kimura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kimura tries to break the clinch but Singh Negi is controlling the position.
Singh Negi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kimura blocks an elbow strike from Singh Negi.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kimura.
Singh Negi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kimura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Singh Negi tries to land a knee to the head but Kimura blocks with his arms.
Singh Negi missing with knees to the body.
Kimura stalling in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Singh Negi obliges.
Singh Negi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Singh Negi misses with an elbow over the top.
Singh Negi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kimura has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Singh Negi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kimura is trying to stall.
Singh Negi lands an elbow just above Kimura 's eye.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Singh Negi.
Kimura has Singh Negi pressed against the cage.
Singh Negi lands a nice elbow.
Kimura takes an elbow to the forehead.
Singh Negi landing knees to the head.
Kimura is rocked!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Singh Negi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Singh Negi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kimura in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Singh Negi.
Singh Negi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Singh Negi looking to throw knees to the head but Kimura is blocking nicely.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kimura - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Singh Negi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kimura swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Singh Negi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kimura.
Singh Negi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Singh Negi scores a nice knee to the body.
Masahiko Kimura has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kshitij Singh Negi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Singh Negi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kshitij Singh Negi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Singh Negi, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kshitij Singh Negi!
Kshitij Singh Negi really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Namunamu Clothing logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
The defeated Masahiko Kimura had this to say: 'It was a bad night for me. All the credit to my foe but i`ll be back stronger and sharper, you can count with me! Thank you for your support my friends!'.
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