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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Zander McGuire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matsuda Taro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGuire comes to the ring accompanied by Hall of Fame ft. will.i.am. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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152 lbs
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145 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
35 - 18 - 2, fighting out of New York, Zander McGuire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matsuda Taro!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taro checks the leg kick nicely there.
Taro throws a front kick aimed at McGuire's knee but McGuire avoids it well.
McGuire ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McGuire dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McGuire seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Zander McGuire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGuire keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McGuire throws a quick counter head kick but Taro was just out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from McGuire.
McGuire closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Taro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Taro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McGuire's elbow.
Taro lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
McGuire with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Taro.
McGuire tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Taro's elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from McGuire.
McGuire looking to slow down the pace here.
Taro misses with a short punch on the inside.
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!
Taro works on McGuire's body with a couple of short punches.
McGuire tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taro lands an uppercut.
Taro lands a shoulder strike.
Taro lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Taro has McGuire pressed against the ropes.
Taro lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short uppercut from Taro.
Taro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short uppercut from McGuire.
McGuire tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Taro's elbow.
McGuire tries to land knees in the clinch but Taro avoids the damage to the body.
Taro tries to work over McGuire's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
McGuire tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McGuire breaks the clinch.
McGuire misses with a leg kick
letting Taro counter with a right hand.
It looks like Zander McGuire has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Taro throws out a loose jab but McGuire uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Taro crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from McGuire - the referee stops the clock and Taro gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says McGuire. Taro manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
McGuire with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taro walks into a jab.
McGuire lands a nice leg kick that just misses Taro's sensitive parts.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from McGuire, right into the meat.
McGuire throws a right hand that Taro ducks under and follows up with a left that Taro also avoids with ease.
Taro steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from McGuire.
McGuire swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McGuire digs a good body shot into Taro's ribs.
McGuire misses with a body punch
and Taro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Taro jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
McGuire blocks a jab.
McGuire lands with a right hand.
McGuire misses with a body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McGuire lands a nice hook to Taro's body. Taro takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Taro takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Taro throws a hook but McGuire avoids it easily.
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 Zander McGuire will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Zander McGuire's cut.
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.
Taro throws the left hand but McGuire avoids the punch easily.
McGuire is looking to clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for McGuire.
McGuire is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
McGuire ducks under a wild hook from Taro.
Taro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McGuire.
McGuire gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Taro.
Taro moves out of range of the body kick.
McGuire explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Taro takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taro is looking to land body kicks.
Nice body kick there by McGuire.
Nice body kick there by McGuire.
Zander McGuire is winning the standup battle so far.
Taro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from McGuire. Taro does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuire misses with a wild body shot.
McGuire moves out of range of the strikes.
Taro throws a body kick that misses
and McGuire counters with a good, hard body kick but Taro shrugs it off.
Taro blocks a head kick by McGuire.
Nice uppercut there from Taro.
Taro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McGuire sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McGuire misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Taro.
A kick lands to the mid section there for McGuire.
McGuire fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A left lands for McGuire.
McGuire closes the distance but Taro moves to the side
and Taro counters with an outside leg kick.
McGuire lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
McGuire tries to land a front kick but Taro steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Taro flicks out a counter leg kick but McGuire steps away.
McGuire is looking to wear down Taro with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuire misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McGuire scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
McGuire misses with a body shot.
McGuire scores with a kick to the midsection.
Taro thows a left - swing and a miss!
McGuire tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Taro manages to circle out of the way.
McGuire scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Taro doesn't seem bothered though.
A nice leg kick lands there from McGuire.
Donk. Taro catches McGuire right on the button with a cross.
Taro goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
McGuire takes one to the side of the head.
McGuire throws a quick inside leg kick.
McGuire lands a lovely overhand right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zander McGuire dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Zander McGuire's cut.
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!
McGuire gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Matsuda Taro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Taro digs a right hand underneath McGuire's ribcage. McGuire let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Taro throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McGuires head.
Taro is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Taro misses with a hook to the ribs.
Taro has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from McGuire.
Taro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McGuire throws a knee to the head but misses.
Taro blocking some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
McGuire is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Taro can do to turn this around?
McGuire landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McGuire lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Taro backwards.
McGuire lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taro stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Taro can't find room to land a body shot as McGuire controls the action.
Taro taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
McGuire pushes Taro back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McGuire lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taro is leaning against McGuire and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
McGuire is leaning against Taro and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
McGuire misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Taro.
Taro content to slow the pace in the clinch.
McGuire lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
McGuire tries to work over Taro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McGuire misses with the head strike.
McGuire prevents a body shot from Taro.
McGuire escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jab by McGuire.
McGuire connects with a body shot.
Taro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McGuire.
A jab from Taro misses.
Taro scores with a punch to the head.
McGuire connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Taro lands with a shot to the body.
Zander McGuire is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McGuire swings for the body but Taro moves out of range.
Taro throws out a counter right but McGuire avoids it with no problem.
McGuire chopping away at his opponent's legs.
McGuire works the jab nicely.
McGuire throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Taro on the side of the head.
McGuire checks a low kick from Taro.
McGuire punishes Taro's body with a nice straight punch.
A jab from McGuire finds it's way through Taro's defenses.
McGuire bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McGuire connects with a right hand. Taro shakes it off.
Taro swings widly with a right hand
and McGuire counters with a straight right hand.
McGuire takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
McGuire misses with a looping left.
A countering left hand to the body from Taro misses.
McGuire takes one on the chin but seems OK.
And that's the end of the fight!
Zander McGuire showed his dominance in that final round.
Well McGuire has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zander McGuire!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Zander McGuire made sure he mentioned Sully's Bar & Grill, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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