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Valhalla KT Fight Night 1 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Marcus Herado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryuk Mizugaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Great elbows
Good chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marcus Herado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryuk Mizugaki!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mizugaki plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Herado uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mizugaki.
Mizugaki scores with the left hand. Herado knows he should have avoided that one.
Mizugaki tries a head kick but it misses.
Mizugaki lands with a thumping leg kick.
Herado throws a jab but it's blocked by Mizugaki.
Mizugaki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Herado throws a right hand that Mizugaki ducks under and follows up with a left that Mizugaki also avoids with ease.
Mizugaki gets tackled into the ropes by Herado. Herado maintains the clinch.
Mizugaki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Mizugaki looking to slow down the pace here.
Mizugaki is trying to break the clinch but Herado is controlling him.
Mizugaki taking a breather.
Mizugaki is trying to break the clinch but Herado has him pressed against the ropes.
Herado lands an elbow inside.
Herado lands a nice elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Mizugaki's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Herado trying to stall but Mizugaki improves his position.
Herado is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Herado lands an elbow inside that Mizugaki shrugs off.
It looks like Ryuk Mizugaki has been cut.
Mizugaki is trying to break free.
Mizugaki is trying to break the clinch but Herado is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Herado throws an elbow but misses.
Herado tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mizugaki avoids it.
Mizugaki looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mizugaki looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Herado tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mizugaki avoids it.
Herado on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mizugaki is trying to break the clinch but Herado is controlling him.
Herado comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Herado tries to land knees in the clinch but Mizugaki avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mizugaki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mizugaki is looking to clinch.
Mizugaki clinches with his opponent.
Herado missing with knees to the body.
Mizugaki wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mizugaki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Herado lands an elbow inside.
Mizugaki tries to land knees in the clinch but Herado avoids the damage to the body.
Mizugaki tries a knee to the head but Herado blocks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Herado creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mizugaki has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mizugaki avoiding damage as Herado throws knees to the body.
Herado lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mizugaki has had enough of the clinch but Herado keeps him there for the moment.
Mizugaki can't break the clinch.
Herado keeps control of Mizugaki as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Herado trying to control the position but instead, Mizugaki has worked for underhooks and has pushed Herado into the ropes.
Mizugaki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A punch combination from Mizugaki misses.
Mizugaki moves in looking to clinch but Herado pushes him off.
Mizugaki tries to clinch there but Herado circles away.
Mizugaki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Herado.
Mizugaki throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Herado.
Mizugaki rushes Herado and presses him up against the ropes.
Herado gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mizugaki working hard to break the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Herado just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mizugaki's brow.
Mizugaki trying to stall but Herado improves his position.
Herado trying to land knees to the body.
Herado creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mizugaki's defenses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mizugaki avoiding damage as Herado throws knees to the body.
Mizugaki looking to stall.
Mizugaki is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Herado comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mizugaki manages to break the clinch.
Mizugaki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mizugaki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Herado swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mizugaki misses with a head kick.
Herado showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mizugaki.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Herado tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Mizugaki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Herado misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryuk Mizugaki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryuk Mizugaki's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A head kick misses from Mizugaki.
Mizugaki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mizugaki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A telegraphed right hand from Mizugaki misses the target.
Ryuk Mizugaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mizugaki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mizugaki looks for the body kick but Herado saw that one coming.
Herado swats away the attempt to clinch by Mizugaki.
Herado darts in and clinches Mizugaki up against the ropes.
Herado tries to stall but Mizugaki uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mizugaki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Herado tries to clinch there but Mizugaki circles away.
Herado circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Herado tries to close the distance and clinch but Mizugaki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mizugaki throws a series of punches but Herado avoids them all with ease.
Mizugaki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Herado swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mizugaki throws an overhand right that lands on Herado's shoulder, as Herado tries to avoid the shot.
Herado tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mizugaki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mizugaki fails to land with a series of punches.
Mizugaki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Herado instigates a clinch.
Mizugaki avoids the elbow strike from Herado, against the ropes.
Herado missing with knees to the body.
Mizugaki blocks an elbow strike.
Mizugaki tries to break free but Herado pushes him back against the ropes.
Herado is trying to maintain a safe position but Mizugaki gets an underhook and turns Herado into the ropes.
Mizugaki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Mizugaki has had enough of the clinch but Herado keeps him there for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mizugaki breaks from the clinch.
Mizugaki misses with a wild combination.
Herado gets tackled into the ropes by Mizugaki. Mizugaki maintains the clinch.
Herado lands an elbow that stopped Mizugaki in his tracks for a moment.
Mizugaki looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mizugaki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Herado lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mizugaki is trying to break the clinch but Herado has him pressed against the ropes.
Herado lands an elbow just above Mizugaki 's eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mizugaki avoids a wild elbow strike from Herado.
Mizugaki avoids a wild elbow strike from Herado.
Mizugaki is trying to push Herado away but Herado has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Mizugaki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Herado leaning against his opponent.
Herado missing with knees to the body.
Herado looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Herado managing to block the knees to the body from Mizugaki.
Mizugaki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mizugaki misses with an uppercut
and Herado counters with a two punch combo.
Herado swats away the attempt to clinch by Mizugaki.
Herado lands a really nice looking cross but Mizugaki seems unphased.
Mizugaki lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Mizugaki looks to score with a jab to the body but Herado is just out of range.
Mizugaki lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Herado circles away quickly and effectively.
Mizugaki is breathing heavily.
Mizugaki swats away the attempt to clinch by Herado.
Mizugaki lands a jab.
Mizugaki cracks Herado with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Mizugaki. Those never looked like landing.
Herado ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Herado fails to land with a series of punches.
Mizugaki wants to clinch.
Herado fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Herado tries to close the distance and clinch but Mizugaki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Herado circles away from the clinch attempt.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Herado is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mizugaki.
Mizugaki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Herado.
Herado swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ryuk Mizugaki will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Ryuk Mizugaki'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!
Herado throws the left hand but Mizugaki avoids the punch easily.
Herado throws a right hand that Mizugaki ducks under and follows up with a left that Mizugaki also avoids with ease.
Mizugaki is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Herado is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mizugaki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Marcus Herado is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mizugaki swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Herado.
Mizugaki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A combination from Herado does no damage.
Mizugaki thows a body shot but no joy.
Mizugaki wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ryuk Mizugaki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mizugaki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mizugaki closes the distance and pushes Herado back into the ropes.
Herado misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mizugaki.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mizugaki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Herado is defending well for now.
Mizugaki trying to stall but Herado improves his position.
Herado throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Herado just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mizugaki's brow.
Mizugaki working hard to break the clinch.
Marcus Herado has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mizugaki stalling in the clinch but Herado improves position.
Herado lands an elbow inside.
Mizugaki breaks from the clinch.
Herado darts in and clinches Mizugaki up against the ropes.
Herado throws an elbow that misses.
Herado trying to control the position but instead, Mizugaki has worked for underhooks and has pushed Herado into the ropes.
Maybe Herado would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Mizugaki is trying to break the clinch but Herado has him pressed against the ropes.
Mizugaki is trying to break the clinch but Herado is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mizugaki looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Herado on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Herado trying to land knees to the body.
Mizugaki is looking to break free of the clinch but Herado has double underhooks.
Herado tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mizugaki avoids it.
Mizugaki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Herado is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Mizugaki's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Herado tries to clinch up but Mizugaki circles away and keeps his distance.
Mizugaki connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Herado misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Herado wants to clinch up but Mizugaki keeps it at a distance.
Mizugaki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Herado thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mizugaki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mizugaki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mizugaki wants to clinch.
Herado forces Mizugaki back against the ropes and clinches.
Mizugaki lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mizugaki has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Herado creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mizugaki's defenses.
Herado takes a knee to the side of the body.
Herado misses with an elbow strike.
Mizugaki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Herado is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mizugaki is defending well for now.
Mizugaki taking a breather.
Mizugaki wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Herado has him pressed against the ropes.
Mizugaki dodges an elbow strike from Herado.
Mizugaki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marcus Herado has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ryuk Mizugaki is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Herado tries to clinch but Mizugaki is having none of it.
Mizugaki takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Mizugaki takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Herado drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Herado blocks the body kick.
Mizugaki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Herado holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Herado lands a nice elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mizugaki blocks the elbow strike.
Herado missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Herado.
That has opened up Ryuk Mizugaki's cut even more.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Herado.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Herado stalling.
Mizugaki avoids a wild elbow strike from Herado.
Mizugaki blocks the elbow strike.
Herado misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mizugaki.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Marcus Herado.
I think Mizugaki has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryuk Mizugaki!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Monty Archangel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Danzig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Monty Archangel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Damian Danzig!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danzig misses with a body kick.
Danzig lands a leg kick that knocks Archangel off balance momentarily.
Archangel throws a big shot that misses.
Archangel takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Archangel takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Danzig misses with a series of wild punches.
Archangel throws a lazy uppercut
and Danzig counters with a good, hard body kick but Archangel shrugs it off.
Archangel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Archangel throws a big shot that misses.
Danzig tries to clinch there but Archangel circles away.
Nice defenses there by Danzig.
Archangel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Danzig was well out of range. Poor timing from Archangel.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Archangel moves away from the strike by Danzig.
Danzig is looking to slow Archangel down with leg kicks.
A big left from Archangel misses.
Danzig is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Archangel throws a jab when Danzig was well out of range.
Archangel moves out of range of the leg kick from Danzig.
Archangel throws a nice looking combination but Danzig bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Some bone on bone action there as Danzig checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Archangel misses with a lunging right hand
and Danzig counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Nice defenses there by Danzig.
Danzig moves away from the strike by Archangel.
Archangel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Archangel on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Danzig tries to clinch but Archangel moves out of range.
A big right from Archangel misses.
Danzig connects with a single shot there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Danzig fails in his attempt to clinch.
Danzig scores with a head kick. Archangel tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A nice leg kick lands there from Danzig.
Danzig goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Archangel throws a body punch but Danzig moves out of range.
Archangel looks to land a left hand but Danzig moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danzig thows a body shot but no joy.
Archangel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Archangel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Archangel swings widly with a right hand
and Danzig counters with a good, hard body kick but Archangel shrugs it off.
Danzig tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Archangel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Danzig pivots, looking for a leg kick but Archangel is out of range and Danzig settles back down.
Archangel misses with a hook. Danzig ducked under it nicely.
Danzig pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Danzig is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Danzig.
Danzig moves away from the strike by Archangel.
Archangel keeps the fight on the outside.
Archangel throws a right and a left that both miss.
Danzig misses with a head kick.
Danzig lets loose with a powerful body kick. Archangel will feel that in the morning.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Danzig connects with an inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Danzig throws a head kick but Archangel moves out of range.
Danzig cracks the inside of Archangel's front leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damian Danzig dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Danzig lands with a slapping head kick.
Archangel misses with an uppercut. Danzig saw that one coming.
Danzig avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Danzig ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Archangel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Danzig tries to clinch but Archangel is having none of it.
Archangel takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Archangel misses with a lunging right hand
and Danzig counters with an outside leg kick.
Danzig tries to clinch
and Danzig takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Danzig works over Archangel's head and body with a nice combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Danzig keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Archangel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Danzig moves away.
A low kick from Archangel misses
and Danzig counters with a left to the body.
Monty Archangel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Danzig throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Archangel steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Danzig. That one must have hurt.
A low kick from Archangel misses
and Danzig counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Archangel swings for the body but Danzig moves out of range.
Danzig pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Danzig throws a head kick but Archangel moves out of range.
Danzig throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Danzig staying out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Archangel misses with the combination.
Danzig is looking to clinch but Archangel is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Danzig looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Damian Danzig seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Danzig is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
No joy there for Archangel, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A slapping body kick lands there for Danzig.
Danzig tries to clinch but Archangel is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Archangel looks to land a right hand but Danzig moved out of range.
Danzig throws a nice head kick!
A slow jab from Archangel misses its intended target.
Danzig thumps Archangel with a low kick.
Danzig throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Danzig avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A head kick misses from Danzig.
Danzig tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Archangel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Archangel lands a slapping body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Archangel keeps the fight on the outside.
Archangel is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Archangel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Danzig will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Archangel will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Danzig.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Archangel throws a lazy uppercut
and Danzig counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Danzig works over Archangel's head and body with a nice combination.
Archangel is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Danzig's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Danzig ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Danzig misses with a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Archangel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Danzig closes the distance but Archangel moves to the side
and Archangel counters with a left to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damian Danzig showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Archangel tried to score with a low kick but Danzig checks it.
Danzig thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Archangel if he has to take too many more of those.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Danzig.
Archangel looks to land a right hand but Danzig moved out of range.
A slow jab from Archangel misses its intended target.
Danzig tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice cross by Archangel.
Danzig is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Danzig closes the distance but Archangel moves to the side
and Danzig takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Danzig pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Danzig lands a high kick!
Danzig moves in looking to clinch but Archangel pushes him off.
Archangel misses with a series of wild punches.
Danzig misses the shot to the body.
Danzig fails with an attempt to clinch.
Archangel keeps the fight on the outside.
Archangel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Archangel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Danzig.
Damian Danzig is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danzig throws a chopping leg kick but Archangel manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Danzig throws out a powerful jab.
Danzig wants to clinch.
Archangel takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Danzig throws a body kick that misses.
Archangel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Danzig.
Archangel misses with a hook. Danzig ducked under it nicely.
Archangel stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Danzig.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danzig darts in trying to clinch
and Archangel counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Archangel scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Archangel swings and misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Danzig throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Archangel.
Danzig misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Danzig goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Danzig throws a nice outside leg kick.
Archangel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Monty Archangel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danzig slips a jab from Archangel.
Danzig tries a head kick but it misses.
A slow jab from Archangel misses its intended target.
Archangel throws a hook to the side of Danzig's head but Danzig sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Archangel scores with a leg kick.
Danzig is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Danzig wants to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Archangel throws a series of punches but Danzig avoids them all with ease.
And that's the end of the fight!
Damian Danzig comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Danzig 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damian Danzig!
Damian Danzig seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Shon Orne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alistair Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Orne comes to the ring accompanied by P.O.D- Boom. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shon Orne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alistair Overeem!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Overeem forces Orne back against the ropes and clinches.
Orne is trying to force a seperation but Overeem has the dominant position.
Orne unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Orne wants to get back to striking at distance but Overeem won't allow it.
Overeem with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Overeem creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Orne avoiding damage as Overeem throws knees to the body.
Orne managing to block the knees to the body from Overeem.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Overeem just misses with a elbow thrown towards Orne's brow.
Orne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Orne wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Orne is trying to force a seperation but Overeem has the dominant position.
Overeem has Orne pressed against the ropes, preventing Orne from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Orne lands a nice shot to the body.
Overeem looks gassed!
Overeem looking to throw knees to the head but Orne is blocking nicely.
Overeem is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Orne is defending well for now.
Overeem prevents Orne from breaking the clinch.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Orne avoids it.
Overeem tries a knee to the head but Orne blocks it.
Overeem throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Overeem keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Orne's efforts to push away.
Orne breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Orne tries to clinch there but Overeem circles away.
Orne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Orne tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Overeem manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A nice inside leg kick there by Orne. That's going to slow Overeem down.
Orne moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Overeem avoids the head kick by Orne.
Orne swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Overeem counters with a left and a right that stings Orne.
Orne throws a head kick that misses.
Overeem forces Orne back against the ropes and clinches.
Orne wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Overeem has him pressed against the ropes.
Overeem trying to land knees to the body.
Orne blocks an elbow strike.
Orne wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Orne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Orne is trying to maintain a safe position but Overeem gets an underhook and turns Orne into the ropes.
Orne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Orne lands an uppercut.
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!
Overeem tries a knee to the head but Orne blocks it.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the head but Orne blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orne is trying to break the clinch but Overeem has him pressed against the ropes.
Orne is trying to force a seperation but Overeem has the dominant position.
Orne tries to circle away but Overeem has him pinned against the ropes.
Overeem takes a knee to the side of the body.
Overeem tries a knee to the head but Orne blocks it.
Orne wants to break the clinch but can't.
Orne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Orne looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Overeem blocks a body shot from Orne.
Overeem keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Orne's efforts to push away.
Orne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Orne tries to circle away but Overeem has him pinned against the ropes.
Orne managing to block the knees to the body from Overeem.
Orne is trying to stall.
Orne is looking to break free of the clinch but Overeem has double underhooks.
Overeem trying to land knees to the body.
Overeem landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orne tries a knee to the head but Overeem blocks it.
Orne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Orne misses with a body punch.
Overeem trying to land knees to the body.
Overeem misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Orne.
Overeem missing with knees to the body.
Orne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Overeem is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Orne tries to break free but Overeem pushes him back against the ropes.
Orne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Orne avoids it.
Orne is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Orne working hard to break the clinch.
Orne avoids a wild elbow strike from Overeem.
Overeem throws an elbow that misses.
Orne is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Overeem is defending well for now.
Overeem trying to land knees to the body.
Orne managing to block the knees to the body from Overeem.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orne wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Overeem trying to land knees to the body.
Overeem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Orne blocks it with crossed arms.
Orne using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Overeem has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Orne has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Orne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Orne is trying to break free.
Overeem keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Orne's efforts to push away.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Orne avoids it.
Overeem with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Orne has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Orne dodges an elbow strike from Overeem.
Orne is looking to control Overeem's arms but Overeem gets an underhook and turns him. Now Orne has his back to the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Overeem scores a nice knee to the body.
Overeem tries to land knees in the clinch but Orne avoids the damage to the body.
Overeem missing with knees to the body.
Overeem lands an elbow that stopped Orne in his tracks for a moment.
Overeem misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Orne.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shon Orne dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Orne misses with a body kick.
Orne misses with the combination.
Overeem goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Orne lands a jab-cross combination.
It looks like Alistair Overeem has been cut.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Orne lands a really nice looking cross but Overeem seems unphased.
Shon Orne is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Orne misses with the combination.
Overeem tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Orne paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alistair Overeem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Overeem misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Overeem tries to close the distance and clinch but Orne swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Overeem closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Overeem connects with a nasty looking knee right to Orne's face.
Overeem misses with a knee strike.
Orne working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Orne is looking to break free of the clinch but Overeem has double underhooks.
Overeem blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Orne throws an elbow but it misses.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Orne looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Overeem looking to throw knees to the head but Orne is blocking nicely.
Overeem is breathing heavily.
Overeem prevents Orne from breaking the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Overeem.
Overeem is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Orne is defending well for now.
Orne pushes off an throws an elbow but Overeem leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Orne.
Orne avoids the elbow strike from Overeem, against the ropes.
Overeem avoids a wild elbow strike from Orne.
Orne unloads a knee to the mid-section. Overeem lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Orne managing to block the knees to the body from Overeem.
Orne looking to slow down the pace here.
Overeem prevents Orne from breaking the clinch.
Orne stalling in the clinch but Overeem improves position.
Overeem missing with knees to the body.
Overeem keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Orne's efforts to push away.
Overeem keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Orne's efforts to push away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orne wants to break free but Overeem has control.
Overeem is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Orne is defending well for now.
Orne looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Orne pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Overeem misses with a head kick.
Orne misses with a body kick.
Orne lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Orne.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Orne goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That kick from Orne tenderised Overeem's leg. Overeem is trying to keep his angry face on.
Overeem circles away from the clinch attempt.
Orne blocks a head kick by Overeem.
Overeem missing with a left hand there. Orne was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Orne dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Overeem. That did some damage!
Orne lands a jab to Overeem's midsection.
Orne tries to clinch up but Overeem circles away and keeps his distance.
Orne fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orne lands with a right, followed by a left to the temple and Overeem goes down! The ref sends Orne to a neutral corner so he can begin the count. 3,4,5,6 and Overeem is back to his feet. He seems a little groggy but the referee thinks he's OK to continue, so we're back to the action!
Overeem is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Orne misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Overeem is still on wobbly legs! Can Orne finish him?
Orne bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Overeem on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Overeem tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Orne paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Overeem ducks into a a hook from Orne and goes down! He looks in a bit of a mess; will he beat the count?! 4,5,6,7,8 - he's up and looking to carry on! The referee looks into his eyes and sees that he's OK to continue!
Orne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Orne throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Orne throws a quick inside leg kick.
Overeem moves out of range as Orne throws a body kick.
Overeem seems to have recovered his senses.
A solid body kick from Orne.
Overeem swats away the attempt to clinch by Orne.
Orne feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Overeem's calf.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Overeem crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Orne - the referee stops the clock and Overeem gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Orne. Overeem manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Shon Orne is winning the standup battle so far.
Jab, jab by Orne - just one landing.
Orne tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Overeem paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Overeem slips a jab and a cross from Orne.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Overeem throws a push kick but Orne slaps the foot to one side.
Orne throws a sloppy head kick and Overeem moves out of range easily.
Overeem throws a right and a left that both miss.
Orne scores with a three punch combo!
Orne tries to clinch there but Overeem circles away.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Orne here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Overeem keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd cheers as Orne lands an impressive looking overhand right. Overeem doesn't seem phased though.
Overeem pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Orne moves in looking to clinch but Overeem pushes him off.
Orne tries to clinch up.
Orne has closed the distance and engaged Overeem in a clinch.
Orne has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Orne.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Overeem using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Overeem unloads a knee to the mid-section. Orne lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Overeem comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Orne is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Overeem can do to turn this around?
Overeem throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shon Orne takes the second round thanks to the knockdowns.
The cut man is working on Alistair Overeem's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Orne doesn't manage to clinch there - Overeem circles away.
Overeem tries to clinch but Orne moves out of range.
Orne pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Orne pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Orne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A head kick misses from Overeem.
Orne connects with the punch.
Orne explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Orne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Orne pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Overeem wants to clinch.
Overeem has taken the fight to the clinch.
Orne is trying to force a seperation but Overeem has the dominant position.
Overeem takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Overeem throws an elbow but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Orne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Overeem is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Orne is defending well for now.
Orne wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Overeem has him pressed against the ropes.
Overeem keeps control of Orne as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Orne escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Overeem fails with an attempt to clinch.
Orne fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Overeem.
Orne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Overeem swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Overeem tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Overeem avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Orne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Orne avoids the head kick by Overeem.
Orne pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Overeem darts in and clinches Orne up against the ropes.
Overeem throws an elbow but it misses.
Overeem throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orne tries to land knees in the clinch but Overeem avoids the damage to the body.
Overeem is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Orne is defending well for now.
Overeem with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Orne wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Orne tries to break the clinch but Overeem is controlling the position.
Overeem is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Orne is defending well for now.
Overeem has Orne pressed against the ropes, preventing Orne from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nice body punch from Orne.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Orne has had enough of the clinch but Overeem keeps him there for the moment.
Orne wants to get back to striking at distance but Overeem won't allow it.
Orne manages to break the clinch.
Overeem avoids the head kick by Orne.
Orne throws a head kick that misses.
Overeem pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Overeem throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Orne fails in his attempt to clinch.
Orne tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Overeem paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Overeem tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orne tries to clinch but Overeem is having none of it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Overeem crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Orne - the referee stops the clock and Overeem gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Orne. Overeem manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Overeem keeps the fight on the outside.
Orne fails in his attempt to clinch.
Orne lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A nice combination there by Orne.
Orne throws a nice looking combination but Overeem bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Shon Orne is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Orne looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Orne swinging wildly here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Orne. That's going to slow Overeem down.
Overeem tries a head kick but it misses.
Overeem avoids the head kick by Orne.
Orne throws a head kick that half lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Orne pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Alistair Overeem has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Overeem lands with a slapping head kick.
Orne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Overeem swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Overeem throws a sloppy head kick
and Orne counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Orne tries to clinch up.
Orne lands a body shot.
Overeem's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Overeem throws a head kick that misses.
Orne moves into the clinch successfully.
Orne landing knees to the body.
Orne wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Orne's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Overeem has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Orne.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Orne avoids it.
Overeem trying to land knees to the body.
Overeem tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Overeem misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Orne.
Orne lands a damaging elbow.
Orne landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Overeem misses with a knee strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shon Orne showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Orne 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 30:25
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:25
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shon Orne!
Shon Orne thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Dutch Tourney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Apollo Takamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dutch Tourney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Apollo Takamura!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Kenichi Hosakawa and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Tourney.
Tourney throws a right hand that Takamura ducks under and follows up with a left that Takamura also avoids with ease.
Tourney is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tourney swings for the body but Takamura moves out of range.
Takamura throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tourney.
Tourney is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tourney misses with the combination.
Tourney uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Takamura with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tourney to score with a decent uppercut.
Tourney showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Takamura.
Takamura swings for the body but Tourney moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takamura keeps the fight on the outside.
Takamura throws a shot to the body.
Tourney blocks a jab.
Takamura circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tourney misses with a series of wild punches.
Tourney tries to clinch but Takamura moves away
and Takamura counters with a right hand to the body.
Tourney is looking to clinch.
Takamura will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sloppy strikes from Takamura. Those never looked like landing.
Tourney tries to clinch up but Takamura circles away and keeps his distance.
Tourney dodges the punch combination from Takamura.
Takamura misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takamura moves out of range as Tourney strikes.
Takamura bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tourney's head.
Tourney lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Takamura circles away quickly and effectively.
Tourney clinches up against the ropes.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Takamura misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tourney creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Takamura manages to break the clinch.
Tourney throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Takamura counters with a thumping low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tourney is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tourney moves in looking to clinch but Takamura pushes him off.
Takamura takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The fighters circling - Takamura throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tourney scores with a nice head shot.
Takamura avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tourney tries to close the distance and clinch up but Takamura swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Takamura swinging wildly here.
Tourney fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Takamura manages to avoid it.
Tourney looks to score with a jab to the body but Takamura is just out of range.
Tourney cracks Takamura with a good jab.
Takamura is rocked!
Dutch Tourney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tourney thows a left - swing and a miss!
Takamura is still on wobbly legs! Can Tourney finish him?
Tourney misses the jab.
Tourney looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tourney looks to throw the jab but Takamura is out of range.
Tourney misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tourney tries to bum rush Takamura with a series of wild strikes but Takamura uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A slow jab from Tourney misses its intended target.
Tourney misses with a looping right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Takamura gets tackled into the ropes by Tourney. Tourney maintains the clinch.
Tourney throws an elbow that misses.
Takamura misses with the head strike.
Takamura avoids a wild elbow strike from Tourney.
Tourney breaks the clinch.
Tourney throws a right and a left that Takamura avoids nicely.
Tourney misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tourney is breathing heavily.
A slow jab from Tourney misses its intended target.
Takamura gets tackled into the ropes by Tourney. Tourney maintains the clinch.
Tourney throws an elbow but it misses.
Tourney looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tourney breaks from the clinch.
Tourney throws a right hand that Takamura ducks under and follows up with a left that Takamura also avoids with ease.
Tourney throws a jab but it's blocked by Takamura.
Nice defenses there by Takamura.
Takamura slips a jab from Tourney.
Tourney clinches up with Takamura and pushes him back against the ropes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tourney just misses with a elbow thrown towards Takamura's brow.
Takamura avoids the elbow strike from Tourney, against the ropes.
Tourney keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Takamura's efforts to push away.
Takamura blocks the elbow strike.
Tourney throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tourney pushes off an throws an elbow but Takamura leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Takamura dodges an elbow strike from Tourney.
Tourney pushes off an throws an elbow but Takamura leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Tourney breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tourney closes the distance and clinches.
Tourney content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Tourney throws an elbow that misses.
Takamura dodges an elbow strike from Tourney.
Takamura avoids a wild elbow strike from Tourney.
Takamura avoids the elbow strike from Tourney, against the ropes.
Tourney throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tourney pushes off an throws an elbow but Takamura leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Takamura avoids the elbow strike from Tourney, against the ropes.
Tourney misses with an elbow strike.
Tourney breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tourney loads up on a big right hand but Takamura slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dutch Tourney dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A jab from Takamura does it's job there.
Takamura scores with a jab to the body.
Tourney defending well as Takamura loads up on a big left hand.
Dutch Tourney is winning the standup battle so far.
Takamura lands an overhand right.
It looks like Dutch Tourney has been cut.
A swing and a miss from Tourney.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tourney throws a hook but Takamura blocks it.
Tourney closes the distance but Takamura moves to the side
and Takamura counters with a beautiful head kick that sends Tourney crashing to the mat! Oh, he's out! He's out! Takamura is jumping up and down like a maniac, spit streaming from his mouthpiece, shouting and screaming at his corner. Wow, this obviously means a hell of a lot to him! What an outpouring of emotion.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Apollo Takamura!
Apollo Takamura seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Tai Kiki Tangata Kohuru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leroy Weiser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Tangata Kohuru might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to ACID TRIP. Tai Kiki Tangata Kohuru has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tai Kiki Tangata Kohuru!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Leroy Weiser!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Weiser throws a head kick but Tangata Kohuru moves out of range.
Weiser fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tangata Kohuru has managed to clinch.
Weiser misses with a knee to the head.
Tangata Kohuru lands a left hand.
Weiser taking a breather.
Tangata Kohuru throws an elbow but it misses.
Weiser blocks an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tangata Kohuru.
Tangata Kohuru throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tangata Kohuru just misses with a elbow thrown towards Weiser's brow.
Tangata Kohuru misses with an elbow strike.
Weiser blocks the elbow strike.
Weiser takes an elbow to the temple.
Tangata Kohuru lands an elbow just above Weiser 's eye.
Weiser wants to break free but Tangata Kohuru has control.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tangata Kohuru.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Weiser's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tangata Kohuru lands a damaging elbow.
Still in the clinch, Tangata Kohuru scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tangata Kohuru blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Tangata Kohuru lands an elbow that stopped Weiser in his tracks for a moment.
Tangata Kohuru looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tangata Kohuru looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tangata Kohuru misses with an elbow strike.
Weiser avoids a wild elbow strike from Tangata Kohuru.
Weiser blocks an elbow strike.
Weiser misses with the head strike.
Tangata Kohuru looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Weiser looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tangata Kohuru makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tangata Kohuru.
A short left from Tangata Kohuru.
Tangata Kohuru throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Weiser blocks an elbow strike.
Weiser lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Weiser with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tangata Kohuru throws an elbow but it misses.
Weiser is trying to maintain a safe position but Tangata Kohuru gets an underhook and turns Weiser into the ropes.
Tangata Kohuru throws an elbow but it misses.
Tangata Kohuru lands an elbow that stopped Weiser in his tracks for a moment.
Weiser takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tangata Kohuru throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Weiser is trying to force a seperation but Tangata Kohuru has the dominant position.
Nice elbow from Tangata Kohuru.
Weiser avoids the elbow strike from Tangata Kohuru, against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Tangata Kohuru.
Weiser has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Weiser blocks the elbow strike.
Weiser looking to stall.
Weiser is looking to break free of the clinch but Tangata Kohuru has double underhooks.
Weiser blocks the elbow strike.
A short right from Weiser on the inside.
Tangata Kohuru lands an elbow inside.
Tangata Kohuru throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Tangata Kohuru throws an elbow but misses.
Tangata Kohuru tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tangata Kohuru just misses with a elbow thrown towards Weiser's brow.
Tangata Kohuru misses with an elbow strike.
Weiser dodges an elbow strike from Tangata Kohuru.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weiser wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Weiser dodges an elbow strike from Tangata Kohuru.
Tangata Kohuru looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Tangata Kohuru.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A head punch on the inside from Weiser fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Tangata Kohuru scores with a nice short uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Weiser lands a nice uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tangata Kohuru makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice elbow from Tangata Kohuru.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Weiser looking to slow down the pace here.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Tangata Kohuru throws an elbow but misses.
Tangata Kohuru throws a punch but it's blocked by Weiser.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tai Kiki Tangata Kohuru dominated that round.
That's time! Tangata Kohuru's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Weiser avoids the body shot from Tangata Kohuru.
A low kick from Tangata Kohuru is predictable there
and Weiser counters with a one-two to the body.
Leroy Weiser is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Weiser circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tangata Kohuru cracks a nice hook into Weiser's ribs.
Tangata Kohuru tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Weiser was well out of range. Poor timing from Tangata Kohuru.
Weiser takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A slow jab from Weiser misses its intended target.
Tangata Kohuru thows a body shot but no joy.
Tangata Kohuru throws a jab but it's blocked by Weiser.
Weiser tries a head kick but it misses.
Weiser works over Tangata Kohuru's head and body with a nice combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Weiser keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tangata Kohuru connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Tangata Kohuru fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Weiser throws a right and a left that Tangata Kohuru avoids nicely.
Tangata Kohuru throws a body punch but Weiser moves out of range.
Tai Kiki Tangata Kohuru is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Weiser defending well as Tangata Kohuru loads up on a big left hand.
Tangata Kohuru tries to close the distance and clinch but Weiser swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Weiser slips a straight right by Tangata Kohuru.
Tangata Kohuru tries to close the distance and clinch but Weiser swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tangata Kohuru rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Weiser counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weiser throws a chopping leg kick but Tangata Kohuru manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Weiser shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Tangata Kohuru eats them both and turns towards Weiser to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tangata Kohuru moves into the clinch.
Tangata Kohuru scores with a shoulder strike.
Tangata Kohuru throws a punch but it's blocked by Weiser.
Weiser is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tangata Kohuru blocks an uppercut.
Weiser manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tangata Kohuru has a couple of punches blocked by Weiser.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weiser is trying to break free.
Weiser scores with a nice hook to the head.
Weiser wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Weiser blocks an elbow strike.
Tangata Kohuru lands a hook to the side of the head.
Weiser dodges an elbow strike from Tangata Kohuru.
Tangata Kohuru keeps control of Weiser as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Weiser misses with a body punch.
Weiser misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tangata Kohuru lands a hook to the side of the head.
Weiser avoids the elbow strike from Tangata Kohuru, against the ropes.
Tangata Kohuru lands an elbow inside.
Tai Kiki Tangata Kohuru has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tangata Kohuru lands a left hand.
Tangata Kohuru throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Weiser dodges an elbow strike from Tangata Kohuru.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tangata Kohuru.
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!
With the fighters up against the ropes, Tangata Kohuru throws an elbow but misses.
Tangata Kohuru lands an elbow inside that Weiser shrugs off.
Weiser dodges an elbow strike from Tangata Kohuru.
Tangata Kohuru throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tangata Kohuru lands a nice elbow.
Weiser is rocked!
It looks like Leroy Weiser has been cut.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tangata Kohuru just misses with a elbow thrown towards Weiser's brow.
Weiser is still on wobbly legs! Can Tangata Kohuru finish him?
Weiser blocks the elbow strike.
Tangata Kohuru lands an elbow that stopped Weiser in his tracks for a moment.
Weiser looking to slow down the pace here.
Weiser is looking to break free of the clinch but Tangata Kohuru has double underhooks.
Weiser seems to have recovered his senses.
Weiser blocks an elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tangata Kohuru misses with some punches.
Tangata Kohuru lands an elbow inside that Weiser shrugs off.
Tangata Kohuru throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tangata Kohuru pushes off an throws an elbow but Weiser leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tai Kiki Tangata Kohuru dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Leroy Weiser's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Weiser uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tangata Kohuru.
Tangata Kohuru moves out of range of the body kick from Weiser.
Weiser tries a head kick but it misses.
Tangata Kohuru fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tangata Kohuru blocks the body kick.
Leroy Weiser seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Weiser throws a right hand that Tangata Kohuru ducks under and follows up with a left that Tangata Kohuru also avoids with ease.
Tangata Kohuru rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Weiser moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tangata Kohuru tries to clinch up.
Weiser avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Weiser staying out of range there.
Tai Kiki Tangata Kohuru seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Weiser gets tackled into the ropes by Tangata Kohuru. Tangata Kohuru maintains the clinch.
Weiser breaks the clinch.
Tangata Kohuru thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tangata Kohuru throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Weiser swings for the body but Tangata Kohuru moves out of range.
Tangata Kohuru tries to clinch up but Weiser circles away and keeps his distance.
Tangata Kohuru misses with a low kick as Weiser jumps back.
Weiser on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Tangata Kohuru catches Weiser with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Weiser fails to land with a series of punches.
Weiser misses with a two punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Weiser.
Tangata Kohuru pushes Weiser up against the ropes in a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Weiser dodges an elbow strike from Tangata Kohuru.
Tangata Kohuru lands a hook that snaps the head of Weiser backwards.
Weiser is trying to break the clinch but Tangata Kohuru is controlling him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tangata Kohuru swings wildly with an uppercut but Weiser uses good head movement to avoid it.
Weiser is trying to push Tangata Kohuru away but Tangata Kohuru has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Weiser is looking to control Tangata Kohuru's arms but Tangata Kohuru gets an underhook and turns him. Now Weiser has his back to the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Tangata Kohuru throws an elbow but misses.
Weiser blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tangata Kohuru lands a hook that snaps the head of Weiser backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Weiser's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tangata Kohuru lands a left hand.
Tangata Kohuru lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tangata Kohuru lands a left hand.
Tangata Kohuru pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Weiser wants to break the clinch but can't.
Weiser wants to stall.
Tangata Kohuru misses with an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tangata Kohuru.
Tangata Kohuru lands a nice elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Tangata Kohuru fails to land.
Tangata Kohuru pushes off an throws an elbow but Weiser leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Weiser can't break the clinch.
Tai Kiki Tangata Kohuru is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tangata Kohuru just misses with a elbow thrown towards Weiser's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tangata Kohuru just misses with a elbow thrown towards Weiser's brow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Weiser avoids a wild elbow strike from Tangata Kohuru.
Weiser blocks an elbow strike from Tangata Kohuru.
Tangata Kohuru misses with an elbow strike.
Tangata Kohuru lands with a short shot to the head.
Weiser wants to break the clinch but can't.
Weiser misses with a punch on the inside.
Weiser avoids the elbow strike from Tangata Kohuru, against the ropes.
Tangata Kohuru lands a left hand that snaps the head of Weiser backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Weiser wants to get back to striking at distance but Tangata Kohuru won't allow it.
Weiser throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tangata Kohuru throws an elbow that misses.
Leroy Weiser has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tangata Kohuru prevents Weiser from breaking the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tai Kiki Tangata Kohuru showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tangata Kohuru, 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tai Kiki Tangata Kohuru!
Tai Kiki Tangata Kohuru made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'I want to thank the little mushroom that took me by the hand and brought me to this place, Sorry another acid flash back. I think I should go and have a smoke an bang some hookers.'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Andy McCusker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andy McCusker!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jason Lee!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCusker misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lee moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
It looks like Andy McCusker has been cut.
McCusker keeps the fight on the outside.
McCusker swats away the attempt to clinch by Lee.
McCusker misses with a head kick.
Lee darts in and clinches McCusker up against the ropes.
Lee with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
McCusker missing with knees to the body.
Lee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McCusker is defending well for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McCusker managing to block the knees to the body from Lee.
McCusker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lee misses with a knee strike.
Lee putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has McCusker in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Lee creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McCusker lands an uppercut.
McCusker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee missing with knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Lee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McCusker is defending well for now.
McCusker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McCusker avoids it.
McCusker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McCusker landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McCusker takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lee misses with a hook to the ribs.
McCusker avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
McCusker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McCusker.
Lee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McCusker is defending well for now.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lee as McCusker tries to tie him up.
Lee looking to stall.
McCusker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McCusker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lee.
Lee utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCusker avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee taking a breather.
Lee trying to land knees to the body.
Lee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McCusker looking to throw knees to the head but Lee is blocking nicely.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
McCusker landing knees to the body.
McCusker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lee avoids it.
Lee tries to land knees in the clinch but McCusker avoids the damage to the body.
McCusker misses with a knee strike.
McCusker lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lee or not.
Lee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lee trying to land knees to the body.
Lee tries a body shot but McCusker blocks it.
McCusker stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by McCusker as Lee tries to tie him up.
Lee tries to land knees in the clinch but McCusker avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee tries to land knees in the clinch but McCusker avoids the damage to the body.
McCusker looking to throw knees to the head but Lee is blocking nicely.
Lee tries to land knees in the clinch but McCusker avoids the damage to the body.
Lee using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Lee.
Lee tries to land knees in the clinch but McCusker avoids the damage to the body.
Lee is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lee.
McCusker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McCusker avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
McCusker landing knees to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCusker trying to land knees to the body.
Lee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lee scores with a knee to the head.
McCusker is breathing heavily.
Lee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McCusker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lee looking to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee with a knee to the head.
McCusker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lee is defending well for now.
Lee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McCusker is looking to control Lee's arms but Lee gets an underhook and turns him. Now McCusker has his back to the ropes.
McCusker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lee.
McCusker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McCusker looking to stall.
McCusker misses with a knee to the head.
Lee missing with knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lee as McCusker tries to tie him up.
Lee trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McCusker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee unloads a knee to the mid-section.
McCusker lands a good knee to the midsection. Lee won't want to take too many of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Lee dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andy McCusker's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Lee tries to clinch there but McCusker circles away.
Lee doesn't manage to clinch there - McCusker circles away.
Lee tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and McCusker counters with a head kick.
Jason Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McCusker throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
McCusker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
McCusker has closed the distance and engaged Lee in a clinch.
Lee's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
McCusker tries to land knees in the clinch but Lee avoids the damage to the body.
Lee blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McCusker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McCusker avoids it.
McCusker missing with knees to the body.
Lee takes a knee right on the jaw!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee crunches a lovely knee into McCusker's ribcage.
Lee softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Lee has a couple of punches blocked by McCusker.
Lee tries a knee to the head but McCusker blocks it.
Lee just leaning against McCusker, taking a breather.
Lee lands a hook that snaps the head of McCusker backwards.
Lee tries to land a knee to the head but McCusker blocks with his arms.
McCusker avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
McCusker working aggressively here.
McCusker managing to block the knees to the body from Lee.
Jason Lee seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McCusker's elbow.
McCusker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lee is defending well for now.
McCusker misses with a knee strike.
McCusker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee cracks McCusker with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from McCusker.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee tries to throw a body punch but McCusker avoids it by throwing Lee back against the ropes.
Lee throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCusker looking to throw knees to the head but Lee is blocking nicely.
Lee stalling the fight.
McCusker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lee trying to land knees to the body.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McCusker.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McCusker.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McCusker.
McCusker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lee has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McCusker throws a head punch that misses.
Lee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McCusker avoids it.
McCusker with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lee landing knees to the body.
McCusker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McCusker is looking to control Lee's arms but Lee gets an underhook and turns him. Now McCusker has his back to the ropes.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McCusker.
McCusker taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lee unloads a knee to the mid-section. McCusker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lee pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Lee managing to block the knees to the body from McCusker.
Lee working McCusker over with knees to the body.
Lee lands a knee to the body.
Lee lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McCusker or not.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McCusker avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
Lee taking a breather.
Lee presses McCusker against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McCusker is defending well for now.
Lee displaying some good clinch control by pressing McCusker up against the ropes.
Lee lands a knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee stalling the fight.
McCusker unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lee lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
McCusker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lee.
Lee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McCusker holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Still in the clinch, McCusker scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lee takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McCusker.
McCusker is looking to control Lee's arms but Lee gets an underhook and turns him. Now McCusker has his back to the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Lee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Andy McCusker's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
McCusker misses with a few strikes there.
Lee wants to clinch up but McCusker keeps it at a distance.
Lee moves in looking to clinch but McCusker pushes him off.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but McCusker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McCusker throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
McCusker misses with a low kick.
McCusker rushes Lee and presses him up against the ropes.
McCusker working Lee over with knees to the body.
Lee tries to land knees in the clinch but McCusker avoids the damage to the body.
McCusker looking to throw knees to the head but Lee is blocking nicely.
McCusker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McCusker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McCusker.
Lee tries to throw a body punch but McCusker avoids it by throwing Lee back against the ropes.
Lee blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McCusker avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
McCusker is trying to maintain a safe position but Lee gets an underhook and turns McCusker into the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCusker managing to block the knees to the body from Lee.
McCusker throws a knee to the head but misses.
McCusker tries a knee to the head but Lee blocks it.
Lee looking to stall.
McCusker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lee unloads a knee to the mid-section. McCusker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McCusker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lee missing with knees to the body.
Lee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McCusker takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice body punch from Lee.
Lee is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McCusker is keeping busy.
McCusker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee working McCusker over with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lee crunches a lovely knee into McCusker's ribcage.
Lee with a knee to the head.
Lee lands a good knee to the midsection. McCusker won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Lee.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lee obliges.
Lee landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McCusker blocks it with crossed arms.
McCusker managing to block the knees to the body from Lee.
McCusker tries to stall but Lee uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A body shot lands from Lee.
Lee using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
McCusker tries to stall but Lee uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Lee utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lee lands with a light punch inside.
Lee is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCusker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McCusker avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
McCusker takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McCusker.
Lee pushes McCusker back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
McCusker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lee connects with a knee to the head.
Lee looking to throw knees to the head but McCusker is blocking nicely.
Lee stalling in the clinch but McCusker improves position.
McCusker managing to block the knees to the body from Lee.
McCusker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lee tries a body shot but McCusker blocks it.
McCusker avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
Come on Lee - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
McCusker stalling in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCusker tries to land a knee to the head but Lee blocks with his arms.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lee takes a shot to the head.
McCusker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lee managing to block the knees to the body from McCusker.
McCusker managing to block the knees to the body from Lee.
McCusker lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lee tries to land knees in the clinch but McCusker avoids the damage to the body.
Lee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McCusker is defending well for now.
McCusker is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lee is keeping busy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lee is trying to stall.
McCusker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Lee really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andy McCusker'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.
Lee stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
McCusker tries to work over Lee's front leg with a kick but Lee checks it.
Lee tries to clinch but McCusker moves out of range.
Lee fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
McCusker is looking to clinch.
McCusker defending well as Lee loads up on a big left hand.
McCusker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Lee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McCusker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McCusker fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lee, pushing him back against the ropes.
Lee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McCusker avoids it.
Lee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McCusker is defending well for now.
Lee putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has McCusker in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lee scores a nice knee to the body.
Lee lands a good knee to the midsection. McCusker won't want to take too many of those.
Lee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McCusker blocks it with crossed arms.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Lee - that landed with a thud.
McCusker managing to block the knees to the body from Lee.
Lee avoiding damage as McCusker throws knees to the body.
Lee is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Lee utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lee lands a good knee to the midsection. McCusker won't want to take too many of those.
Lee working McCusker over with knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Lee.
McCusker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee is trying to maintain a safe position but McCusker gets an underhook and turns Lee into the ropes.
Lee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lee tries to throw a body punch but McCusker avoids it by throwing Lee back against the ropes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee lands a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee trying to land knees to the body.
Lee on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McCusker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lee connects with a knee to the head.
Lee connects with a nasty looking knee right to McCusker's face.
Lee lands a nice knee to the body.
Lee connects with a nasty looking knee right to McCusker's face.
Lee lands a knee to the head.
Good body shot from Lee.
Lee scores with a knee to the head.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McCusker.
McCusker working Lee over with knees to the body.
McCusker lands a knee to the head.
McCusker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee scores with a knee to the head.
Lee is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Lee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McCusker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lee is trying to maintain a safe position but McCusker gets an underhook and turns Lee into the ropes.
McCusker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lee's elbow.
McCusker just leaning against Lee, taking a breather.
McCusker avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McCusker.
McCusker has Lee pushed against the ropes.
Lee tries a knee to the head but McCusker blocks it.
McCusker lands a knee to the body.
McCusker utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
McCusker connects with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCusker is looking to control Lee's arms but Lee gets an underhook and turns him. Now McCusker has his back to the ropes.
McCusker working Lee over with knees to the body.
McCusker will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lee up against the ropes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McCusker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lee's elbow.
Lee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McCusker avoids it.
Knees in the clinch landing for McCusker.
McCusker landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for McCusker.
McCusker slows down the pace here.
McCusker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lee blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McCusker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Lee dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Andy McCusker's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Lee fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Lee tries to clinch but McCusker moves out of range.
Lee tries to clinch there but McCusker circles away.
McCusker throws a hook to the side of Lee's head but Lee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jason Lee seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lee throws an off balance right hand
and McCusker counters with a nice leg kick.
Lee tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. McCusker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lee tries to clinch up but McCusker circles away and keeps his distance.
McCusker misses with a head kick.
McCusker misses with a wild body shot.
McCusker goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
McCusker gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lee forces McCusker back against the ropes and clinches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Lee looking to throw knees to the head but McCusker is blocking nicely.
Lee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCusker crunches a lovely knee into Lee's ribcage.
McCusker trying to land knees to the body.
McCusker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McCusker landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A right hook to the body lands for Lee.
Lee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lee tries to land knees in the clinch but McCusker avoids the damage to the body.
Lee is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Lee wants to stall.
Lee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McCusker is defending well for now.
Lee controlling the action here for a moment.
McCusker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lee misses with a punch to the body.
Lee managing to block the knees to the body from McCusker.
Lee blocks a body shot from McCusker.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McCusker blocks it with crossed arms.
Lee trying to land knees to the body.
Lee has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
McCusker slowing the pace effectively.
A right hand to the body from Lee.
McCusker is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McCusker looking to throw knees to the head but Lee is blocking nicely.
Lee misses with a punch to the body.
Lee tries to land a knee to the head but McCusker blocks with his arms.
Lee trying to land knees to the body.
McCusker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
McCusker is struggling to control the position.
Lee trying to land knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Lee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McCusker trying to control the position but instead, Lee has worked for underhooks and has pushed McCusker into the ropes.
McCusker putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lee in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
McCusker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McCusker landing knees to the body.
Lee stalling in the clinch but McCusker improves position.
Lee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McCusker is defending well for now.
McCusker is looking to control Lee's arms but Lee gets an underhook and turns him. Now McCusker has his back to the ropes.
McCusker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lee lands a good knee to the midsection. McCusker won't want to take too many of those.
Lee misses with a punch to the body.
McCusker tries a knee to the head but Lee blocks it.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McCusker.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCusker misses with some punches.
McCusker stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
McCusker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lee has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McCusker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jason Lee is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
McCusker stalling in the clinch but Lee improves position.
McCusker prevents a body shot from Lee.
Lee tries to land knees in the clinch but McCusker avoids the damage to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCusker takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lee gets through McCusker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lee pressing his opponent against the ropes.
McCusker avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
Andy McCusker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McCusker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee looking to stall.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Lee comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lee 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 45:50
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 45:50
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Lee! Jason Lee retains his middleweight title!
Jason Lee was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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