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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Jin Kazama (ranked 6329 p4p, 523 weight class) and Robin Van Roosmalen (ranked 23220 p4p, 595 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jin Kazama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robin Van Roosmalen!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Daniel Cesar and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Roosmalen throws a shot to the body.
Kazama walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Van Roosmalen avoids a kick to the body.
Kazama uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Van Roosmalen.
Van Roosmalen tries to bum rush Kazama with a series of wild strikes but Kazama uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Van Roosmalen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A leg kick checked by Van Roosmalen.
Van Roosmalen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kazama.
Van Roosmalen throws a big shot that misses.
Van Roosmalen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Van Roosmalen thumps Kazama with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch combination from Van Roosmalen misses.
Van Roosmalen missing with a left hand there. Kazama was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Van Roosmalen missing with a left hand there. Kazama was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Van Roosmalen scores with a kick to the midsection.
Van Roosmalen thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kazama if he has to take too many more of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kazama moves away from the strike by Van Roosmalen.
As Van Roosmalen backs away, Kazama returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Van Roosmalen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kazama.
Kazama is looking to counter with head kicks.
Kazama throws a nice outside leg kick.
Van Roosmalen scores with a jab. Kazama acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kazama slips a straight right by Van Roosmalen.
Kazama goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kazama pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A left lands for Van Roosmalen.
Van Roosmalen scores with a leg kick.
Van Roosmalen scores with a leg kick.
Kazama is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Van Roosmalen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kazama uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Van Roosmalen.
Van Roosmalen misses the jab.
Kazama takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kazama misses with a lunging right hand
letting Van Roosmalen counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Roosmalen throws a poor cross that misses
and Kazama counters with a nice body kick.
Nice defenses there by Van Roosmalen.
Van Roosmalen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kazama sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Van Roosmalen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kazama thinks about countering with a body kick.
Van Roosmalen cracks the inside of Kazama's front leg.
Van Roosmalen looks to score with a jab to the body but Kazama is just out of range.
Kazama takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kazama lands a high kick!
Van Roosmalen has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Van Roosmalen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Van Roosmalen misses with a hook
letting Kazama counter with a right hand.
Kazama gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Roosmalen throws a jab but it's blocked by Kazama.
Van Roosmalen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robin Van Roosmalen dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Kazama misses with a straight right.
Kazama bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Van Roosmalen moves out of range as Kazama throws a body kick.
Van Roosmalen lands a nice hook to Kazama's body. Kazama takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Robin Van Roosmalen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Roosmalen misses the shot to the body.
Van Roosmalen looks to land a right hand but Kazama moved out of range.
The fighters circling - Van Roosmalen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Van Roosmalen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kazama.
An attempted straight right counter from Kazama misses the target.
Kazama slips a jab and a cross from Van Roosmalen.
Van Roosmalen is looking to chop away at Kazama's legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kazama checks the leg kick.
Van Roosmalen clobbers Kazama with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A leg kick checked by Kazama.
Van Roosmalen misses with an uppercut. Kazama saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Roosmalen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Van Roosmalen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Van Roosmalen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Van Roosmalen misses with an uppercut
and Kazama makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Van Roosmalen really felt that one!
Van Roosmalen throws a right hand that misses
and Kazama counters with a low kick, right behind Van Roosmalen 's knee.
Kazama uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Roosmalen.
Kazama was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Van Roosmalen misses with a hook. Kazama ducked under it nicely.
Kazama is looking to counter punch.
Van Roosmalen feints and then cracks Kazama's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kazama down.
Van Roosmalen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kazama half committed to a counter leg kick.
Van Roosmalen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kazama avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kazama throws a big counter combination but Van Roosmalen scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A jab from Van Roosmalen finds it's way through Kazama's defenses.
Van Roosmalen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Van Roosmalen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Van Roosmalen tries to work over Kazama's front leg with a kick but Kazama checks it.
Kazama is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Roosmalen misses with a looping left.
Van Roosmalen looks to land a right hand but Kazama moved out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Roosmalen misses with a looping left.
Kazama swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Van Roosmalen.
Van Roosmalen takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Kazama throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Van Roosmalen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kazama moves away from the strike by Van Roosmalen.
Kazama seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Decent striking displayed by Van Roosmalen there.
Van Roosmalen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Van Roosmalen throws a big shot that misses.
A swing and a miss from Van Roosmalen.
Kazama walks into a straight right hand from Van Roosmalen.
Van Roosmalen takes a swing at Kazama's ribcage but misses.
Van Roosmalen works the jab nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robin Van Roosmalen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Van Roosmalen connects with a right hand. Kazama shakes it off.
Van Roosmalen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Van Roosmalen loads up on a big right hand but Kazama slips the punch.
Kazama tries a head kick but it misses.
Kazama feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Van Roosmalen's calf.
Van Roosmalen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Van Roosmalen connects with a solid leg kick.
Kazama keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Van Roosmalen.
Van Roosmalen looks to land a left hand but Kazama moved out of range nicely.
Kazama takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Roosmalen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Van Roosmalen misses the jab.
Van Roosmalen looks to throw the jab but Kazama is out of range.
Kazama takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Robin Van Roosmalen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Van Roosmalen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Van Roosmalen.
Van Roosmalen misses with a hook. Kazama ducked under it nicely.
Van Roosmalen misses with a kick to the body.
An inside leg kick from Kazama misses.
A left lands for Kazama.
Van Roosmalen throws a poor cross that misses
and Van Roosmalen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Van Roosmalen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kazama slips a straight right by Van Roosmalen.
Van Roosmalen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Van Roosmalen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice shot lands for Van Roosmalen.
Van Roosmalen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Van Roosmalen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kazama has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Roosmalen looks to land a right hand but Kazama moved out of range.
The fighters circling - Van Roosmalen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Van Roosmalen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kazama lands a nice shot that snaps Van Roosmalen's head back.
Van Roosmalen lands with a nice body kick.
Van Roosmalen lands a nice shot that snaps Kazama's head back.
Van Roosmalen misses with a hook.
Robin Van Roosmalen is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Van Roosmalen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kazama.
Van Roosmalen slips under a jab.
Kazama takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Van Roosmalen misses with a hook.
It appears Kazama was looking to counter with a kick there.
Kazama defending well as Van Roosmalen loads up on a big left hand.
Kazama is looking to counter with head kicks.
Nice straight punches there by Kazama. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kazama.
Jin Kazama has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Van Roosmalen misses with a wild body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Robin Van Roosmalen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Van Roosmalen 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robin Van Roosmalen!
Robin Van Roosmalen bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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