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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Arthur Pinto (ranked 2366 p4p, 358 weight class) and Ebrahim Azhari (ranked 10779 p4p, 917 weight class). Azhari has chosen Jedi Mind Tricks - Blood in Blood out as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Arthur Pinto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
40 - 21 - 3, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ebrahim Azhari!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azhari needs to keep his hands up - Pinto had a free shot at his head there.
Azhari misses with a low kick as Pinto jumps back.
Azhari keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Azhari misses.
Pinto tests Azhari's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Azhari throws a hook but Pinto blocks it.
Pinto rushes Azhari and presses him up against the ropes.
Pinto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pinto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Azhari's elbow.
Pinto working aggressively here.
A short right from Pinto on the inside.
Azhari looks to throw an elbow but misses.
I was talking to Pinto's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pinto blocks a body shot from Azhari.
Azhari lands an elbow just above Pinto 's eye.
It looks like Arthur Pinto has been cut.
A head punch on the inside from Azhari fails to land.
Azhari gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pinto lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pinto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Azhari scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pinto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
It looks like Ebrahim Azhari has been cut.
Azhari lands an elbow that stopped Pinto in his tracks for a moment.
Azhari scores with a shoulder strike.
Azhari lands a shoulder strike.
Pinto is trying to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Pinto.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pinto.
Pinto lands a left hand.
Pinto lands with a right to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Pinto.
Pinto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pinto tries a body shot but Azhari blocks it.
Pinto scores with a shot to the side of Azhari's head.
Pinto trying to control the position but instead, Azhari has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pinto into the ropes.
Pinto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pinto digs a right hand underneath Azhari's ribcage. Azhari let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Pinto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pinto misses with a body punch.
Pinto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pinto throws a punch but it's blocked by Azhari.
Pinto lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pinto lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Azharis head.
Pinto has a couple of punches blocked by Azhari.
Azhari throws an elbow but it misses.
Pinto tries to work over Azhari's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Azhari creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Azhari lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pinto misses with a body punch.
Azhari tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pinto avoids it.
Pinto lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Azhari.
Pinto lands with a left to the head.
Pinto lands with a light punch inside.
Pinto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pinto lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Azhari or not.
Good body shot from Pinto.
Pinto misses with some punches.
A frustrated look appears on Azhari's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pinto can't find room to land a body shot as Azhari controls the action.
Pinto pushes Azhari back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Pinto scores with a nice short uppercut.
Azhari lands a damaging elbow.
Pinto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Azharis head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Pinto dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Pinto scores with the left hand. Azhari knows he should have avoided that one.
Azhari keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Pinto finds it's way through Azhari's defenses.
Pinto lands a right hook to the body.
Pinto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Azhari.
Azhari ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pinto goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Pinto scores with a jab to the body.
Arthur Pinto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Azhari tries to keep at a distance but Pinto has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pinto taking a breather.
Pinto lands a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pinto working aggressively here.
Pinto works on Azhari's body with a couple of short punches.
Pinto misses with the head strike.
Pinto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Pinto.
Arthur Pinto has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knees in the clinch landing for Azhari.
Pinto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Azhari can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinto stalling in the clinch.
A short right from Pinto.
Pinto lands a nice uppercut.
Pinto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Azhari pushes off an throws an elbow but Pinto leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Pinto lands a hook to the side of the head.
Azhari breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pinto tries to clinch there but Azhari circles away.
Azhari misses the jab.
An inside leg kick from Azhari misses.
Azhari throws an overhand right that lands on Pinto's shoulder, as Pinto tries to avoid the shot.
Azhari swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Pinto counter with a right hand.
Pinto staying out of range there.
Pinto slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Pinto lands with a nice body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Azhari misses with a straight right.
Pinto wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Pinto there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pinto looks to score with a jab to the body but Azhari is just out of range.
Azhari unleashes a big counter combination but Pinto bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Azhari swinging wildly here.
Pinto lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Pinto swings for the body but Azhari moves out of range.
Pinto clinches with his opponent.
Pinto misses with the head strike.
Azhari tries to circle away but Pinto has him pinned against the ropes.
Azhari lands an elbow inside.
Pinto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pinto is working Azhari over against the ropes.
Azhari is breathing heavily.
A short left from Pinto.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Azhari is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pinto is defending well for now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pinto.
Azhari has a couple of punches blocked by Pinto.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Pinto dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Pinto throws out a powerful jab.
Arthur Pinto is winning the standup battle so far.
Pinto takes a swing at Azhari's ribcage but misses.
Pinto bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Azhari's head.
Pinto looks to score with a jab to the body but Azhari is just out of range.
Pinto smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Azhari takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Azhari scores with a jab to the head.
Pinto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Azhari ducks under a wild hook from Pinto.
Azhari takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pinto moves into the clinch successfully.
Azhari fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pinto lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pinto takes an elbow to the temple.
Pinto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Azhari misses with a punch to the body.
Pinto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pinto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Azhari.
Pinto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinto tries to work over Azhari's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Azhari pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pinto.
Azhari lands a nice elbow.
Pinto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pinto blocks a body shot from Azhari.
Azhari lands a damaging elbow.
Pinto tries to throw a body punch but Azhari avoids it by throwing Pinto back against the ropes.
Pinto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Azhari throws a punch but it's blocked by Pinto.
Pinto has a couple of punches blocked by Azhari.
Pinto swings wildly with an uppercut but Azhari uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pinto lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pinto swings wildly with an uppercut but Azhari uses good head movement to avoid it.
Azhari escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Azhari takes one to the side of the head.
Azhari keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Pinto there.
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!
Pinto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pinto tries to clinch up but Azhari circles away and keeps his distance.
Pinto throws the kick towards the body but Azhari avoids it.
Azhari tries to score with a low kick but Pinto moves his leg out of the way.
A punch lands to the side of Pinto 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Pinto closes the distance and clinches.
Pinto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pinto lands an uppercut.
Pinto throws a punch but it's blocked by Azhari.
Pinto scores with a nice hook to the head.
A body shot lands from Pinto.
Pinto works on Azhari's body with a couple of short punches.
Azhari takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pinto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Azhari lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pinto blocks the elbow strike.
Azhari tries to throw a body punch but Pinto avoids it by throwing Azhari back against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Azhari fails to land.
Pinto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Azhari backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Pinto clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Pinto misses the shot to the body.
Azhari throws a low kick, looking for Pinto's leg but Pinto calmly moves out of range.
Azhari moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Pinto wants to clinch up but Azhari keeps it at a distance.
Azhari throws a low kick but Pinto avoids it.
A counter left hand to the body from Pinto misses its target.
Pinto misses with a body shot.
Azhari slips a jab from Pinto.
Azhari misses with an uppercut.
Pinto is looking to wear down Azhari with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Azhari takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pinto rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Azhari moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Azhari ducks under a wild hook from Pinto.
Azhari looks to score with a jab to the body but Pinto is just out of range.
Pinto seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pinto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pinto misses with a looping right.
Azhari thumps Pinto with a low kick.
Pinto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Azhari.
Azhari throws a hook but Pinto blocks it.
A jab from Azhari finds it's way through Pinto's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinto scores with a punch to the head.
Nice cross by Pinto.
Azhari scores with a leg kick.
Pinto looks to land a right hand but Azhari moved out of range.
Pinto misses with a hook. Azhari ducked under it nicely.
Azhari throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Azhari smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pinto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Azhari.
Pinto feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Azhari tries to land a leg kick but Pinto saw it coming and moves away.
Azhari takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pinto looks to score with a jab to the body but Azhari is just out of range.
Pinto lands a right hook to the body.
Azhari fails to land with a series of punches.
Pinto connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Azhari takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Azhari takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pinto throws a body shot but no joy.
Pinto scores with a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinto lands a nice shot that snaps Azhari's head back.
Azhari ducks right into an uppercut from Pinto.
Azhari rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pinto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pinto lands with a good body shot.
Pinto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Azhari manages to avoid it.
Pinto tries to move into range but Azhari moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Azhari on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Azhari throws a hook to the side of Pinto's head but Pinto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pinto scores with a jab to the jaw.
Azhari shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Azhari lands a jab to the head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Pinto.
Pinto moves into range and clinches up with Azhari.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pinto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pinto lands with a right to the head.
Pinto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pinto pushes Azhari back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Azhari lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Pinto had his way with Ebrahim Azhari in 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. This is the final round!
Azhari takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A shot to the liver by Pinto. Beautiful body shot.
Azhari avoids the body shot from Pinto.
Azhari only half commits to the counter leg kick.
A jab from Azhari finds it's way through Pinto's defenses.
Pinto moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Azhari misses with a low kick.
Pinto lands a jab to Azhari's midsection.
Pinto thumps Azhari with a low kick.
Pinto closes the distance and clinches.
Pinto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Azhari tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pinto's elbow.
Pinto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pinto avoids a wild elbow strike from Azhari.
Pinto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Azhari backwards.
Pinto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
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!
Pinto has a couple of punches blocked by Azhari.
Pinto misses with the head strike.
Pinto tries a body shot but Azhari blocks it.
Azhari lands an elbow inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Azhari.
Pinto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pinto lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Azhari is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Pinto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Azhari backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Azhari.
A short body shot lands from Pinto as the two fighters clinch.
Pinto lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Pinto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pinto scores with a hook to the body.
Ebrahim Azhari has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pinto lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pinto scores with a shot to the side of Azhari's head.
Pinto lands a nice uppercut.
Azhari throws a head punch that misses.
Pinto lands with a short shot to the head.
Pinto lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pinto digs a right hand into Azhari's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Azhari's gas tank.
Pinto throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pinto lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pinto lands a hook that snaps the head of Azhari backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinto digs a right hand underneath Azhari's ribcage. Azhari let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Pinto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Azhari's elbow.
Nice body punch from Pinto - that landed with a thud.
Pinto scores with a shot to the side of Azhari's head.
Pinto struggles to land a body shot inside as Azhari controls his hands.
Pinto lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Azhari or not.
Pinto lands a left hand.
Pinto lands a right hand.
Pinto gets through Azhari's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Azhari is rocked!
A short body shot lands from Pinto as the two fighters clinch.
Pinto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Azhari backwards.
Pinto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Azharis head.
Azhari is still on wobbly legs! Can Pinto finish him?
Azhari blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Pinto fails to land.
Azhari seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pinto tries a body shot but Azhari blocks it.
Pinto scores with a hook to the body.
Pinto lands a nice shot to the body.
Arthur Pinto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Azhari can't find room to land a body shot as Pinto controls the action.
Pinto lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arthur Pinto showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pinto 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 50:45
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 50:45
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arthur Pinto!
Arthur Pinto tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
In defeat, Ebrahim Azhari stepped up to the mic, saying 'Well you loose some and win some, but lately i kinda loose more then win. I have to see how to continue with my career.'.
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