PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Mike Litoris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikami Kanno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mikami Kanno has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Litoris
vs
Kanno

172 cm
19
136 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

169 cm
20
147 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Litoris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mikami Kanno!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Litoris misses with a hook.
Litoris ducks under a wild hook from Kanno.
A head kick misses from Kanno.

Litoris moves into the clinch.
Kanno misses with a punch to the body.
Litoris blocks an uppercut.
Litoris definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Litoris lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Litoris pushes Kanno back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Litoris lands a hook to the side of the head.
Litoris lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kanno misses with a punch on the inside.
Litoris softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Kanno looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kanno tries to throw a body punch but Litoris avoids it by throwing Kanno back against the ropes.
Litoris lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kanno backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Litoris works on Kanno's body with a couple of short punches.
Litoris softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Litoris makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Kanno is rocked!
Litoris lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kanno backwards.
Kanno is still on wobbly legs! Can Litoris finish him?
Litoris lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kanno backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Litoris creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kanno scores with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanno misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kanno takes a shot to the head.
Litoris blocks a body shot from Kanno.
Litoris lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kanno backwards.
Kanno working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by Kanno.
Kanno seems to have recovered his senses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Litoris.
Litoris lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kanno backwards.
Litoris scores with a hook to the body.
Litoris blocks a body shot from Kanno.
Kanno swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kanno misses with the head strike.
Litoris softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Litoris lands a hook that snaps the head of Kanno backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Litoris breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Kanno with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Kanno looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Kanno get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? Yes, he's struggled back up to his feet and seems OK to continue. The referee agrees so we're back to the action!
Litoris dodges the punch combination from Kanno.

Litoris cracks Kanno with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Kanno is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Kanno is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
Kanno moves out of range as Litoris strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Litoris lands a glancing blow to the side of Kanno's head.
Kanno throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Kanno tries a head kick but it misses.
Mikami Kanno seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice jab there from Litoris.
Kanno takes a swing at Litoris's ribcage but misses.
Kanno throws a head kick that misses.
Litoris swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kanno.
Litoris plants his feet and throws a 3 punch combo. Miss, miss, boom! The third punch, a big right hook, connects right on the temple and drops Kanno to the mat, unconscious! This fight is all over! Kanno just couldn't keep out of the way of the whole flurry of punches!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Mike Litoris!
Mike Litoris bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.