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Summit Series 2 - KT Round 1B PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Garry Hobbs (ranked 4391 p4p, 4175 weight class) and Butch Wang (ranked 349 p4p, 318 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Garry Hobbs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Butch Wang!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wang digs a good body shot into Hobbs's ribs.
Wang throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hobbs stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wang displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hobbs throws out the jab.
Wang has managed to clinch.
Hobbs is trying to break free.
A nice left hand lands by Wang.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Wang creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hobbs tries to break free but Wang pushes him back against the ropes.
Wang scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wang is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hobbs wants to break free but Wang has control.
Hobbs has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hobbs has had enough of the clinch but Wang keeps him there for the moment.
Wang lands with a short shot to the head.
Wang lands an uppercut.
Wang prevents Hobbs from breaking the clinch.
Wang gets through Hobbs's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short left from Wang.
Wang keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hobbs's efforts to push away.
Wang lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hobbs backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Wang.
Wang lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wang lands with a right to the head.
Hobbs is looking to break free of the clinch but Wang has double underhooks.
Wang digs a right hand into Hobbs's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hobbs's gas tank.
Wang lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wang lands a body shot.
Wang lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wang.
Wang breaks from the clinch.
Hobbs walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Wang feints and then cracks Hobbs's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hobbs down.
The fighters circling - Hobbs throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A thudding body kick lands there by Wang!
Wang scores with a hook.
Hobbs throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hobbs takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A low kick lands for Wang.
Wang looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hobbs misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wang.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wang keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wang throws a push kick but Hobbs slaps the foot to one side.
Hobbs misses with a body shot.
Hobbs definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Wang keeps Hobbs at a distance using the push kick.
Wang thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hobbs if he has to take too many more of those.
Wang cracks Hobbs with a right hand to the side of the head.
Wang dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hobbs. That did some damage!
Wang scores with a big combo that sends Hobbs crashing to the mat! He's still conscious but the referee has seen enough as Hobbs flops around uncontrollably and he's called an end to the fight! Wang jumps onto the ropes and throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Gross.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Butch Wang!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Malo Tavara (ranked 4185 p4p, 4278 weight class) and Maurice Lemaire (ranked 319 p4p, 334 weight class). The key to victory for Malo Tavara has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Malo Tavara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Maurice Lemaire!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lemaire throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tavara has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Lemaire takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Tavara throws a series of punches but Lemaire avoids them all with ease.
Maurice Lemaire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lemaire tries to clinch but Tavara moves out of range.
Lemaire tries to clinch but Tavara moves away
and Tavara counters with a nice uppercut.
Lemaire tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Tavara paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tavara lands with an uppercut that bounces Lemaire off the ropes and back into range.
Lemaire throws out a loose jab but Tavara uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lemaire scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tavara doesn't seem bothered though.
Tavara misses with a body shot.
Lemaire takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemaire darts in and clinches Tavara up against the ropes.
Lemaire lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lemaire tries to throw a body punch but Tavara avoids it by throwing Lemaire back against the ropes.
Tavara misses with a body punch.
Tavara blocks a body shot from Lemaire.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tavara.
Tavara tries a body shot but Lemaire blocks it.
Lemaire blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lemaire misses with a punch to the body.
Lemaire misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tavara can't break the clinch.
Lemaire softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Lemaire working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right from Lemaire.
Tavara's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lemaire is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tavara.
Lemaire connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lemaire tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lemaire misses with a double jab
and Tavara counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
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!
Tavara circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tavara cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lemaire jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tavara gets tackled into the ropes by Lemaire. Lemaire maintains the clinch.
Lemaire misses with a body punch.
Tavara misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tavara blocks an uppercut.
Tavara tries to break free but Lemaire pushes him back against the ropes.
Tavara blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lemaire has a couple of punches blocked by Tavara.
Lemaire misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lemaire tries to throw a body punch but Tavara avoids it by throwing Lemaire back against the ropes.
A short right from Lemaire.
Tavara lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lemaire lands a nice shot to the body.
Lemaire goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lemaire stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tavara tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lemaire misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lemaire scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right hand to the body from Lemaire.
Lemaire lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tavara misses with some punches.
Good body shot from Tavara.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lemaire.
A short right from Tavara on the inside.
Lemaire doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tavara tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lemaire's elbow.
Lemaire scores with a shoulder strike.
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!
Lemaire lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lemaire.
Lemaire misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lemaire.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lemaire.
Lemaire lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nice body punch from Tavara.
Lemaire throws a head punch that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lemaire.
Lemaire tries a body shot but Tavara blocks it.
Lemaire scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lemaire throws a punch but it's blocked by Tavara.
Lemaire working aggressively here.
Lemaire misses with a body punch.
Lemaire working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tavara goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Lemaire.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lemaire.
Tavara blocking some punches.
Lemaire takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Lemaire on the inside.
Lemaire tries a body shot but Tavara blocks it.
Tavara blocking some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Maurice Lemaire dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Lemaire is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tavara lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lemaire looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lemaire has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lemaire misses with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lemaire misses with a looping right.
Tavara throwing a counter right hand but Lemaire manages to avoid it.
Lemaire connects with a looping right hand.
Lemaire swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tavara counters with a straight right hand.
Tavara lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavara throws a series of punches but Lemaire moves out of range.
Lemaire moves in looking to clinch but Tavara pushes him off.
Lemaire tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tavara connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tavara catches Lemaire with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lemaire takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Tavara jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lemaire moves into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Lemaire scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tavara lands a hook that snaps the head of Lemaire backwards.
Lemaire misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tavara lands a shoulder strike.
Tavara is looking to break free of the clinch but Lemaire has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tavara looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tavara can't find room to land a body shot as Lemaire controls the action.
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!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tavara.
Lemaire tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lemaire misses with a body punch.
Lemaire pushes Tavara back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Tavara is looking to break free of the clinch but Lemaire has double underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Lemaire.
Tavara has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lemaire.
Lemaire lands with a right to the head.
Tavara breaks from the clinch.
Lemaire darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lemaire.
Tavara is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Lemaire keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tavara staying out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lemaire instigates a clinch.
Tavara breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A punch lands to the side of Tavara 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Tavara lands with an uppercut that bounces Lemaire off the ropes and back into range.
Lemaire moves to clinch but Tavara breaks away
and Lemaire takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tavara takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Lemaire misses with a wild body shot.
Lemaire's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tavara connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lemaire scrambles back to his feet.
Lemaire defending well as Tavara loads up on a big left hand.
Lemaire lands with a nice combination. Tavara backs away looking to recover.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lemaire doesn't manage to clinch there - Tavara circles away.
Lemaire has managed to clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tavara.
Tavara throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lemaire has a couple of punches blocked by Tavara.
Lemaire working aggressively here.
Lemaire misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lemaire misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Lemaire.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lemaire.
Tavara lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lemaire lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tavara backwards.
Tavara wants to break free but Lemaire has control.
Tavara blocks an uppercut.
Tavara blocks an uppercut.
Lemaire misses with some punches.
Lemaire keeps control of Tavara as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Maurice Lemaire will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Lemaire takes one to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lemaire looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tavara misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lemaire uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tavara.
Tavara ducks under a wild hook from Lemaire.
Lemaire swings widly with a right hand
and Tavara counters with a left to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lemaire throws a body punch but Tavara moves out of range.
Lemaire waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tavara.
Lemaire moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemaire moves out of range as Tavara strikes.
Lemaire scores with a jab.
Tavara throws a hook but Lemaire avoids it easily.
Lemaire is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lemaire lands with a cross.
Lemaire tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Tavara paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tavara throwing a counter right hand but Lemaire manages to avoid it.
Lemaire wants to clinch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tavara darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tavara throws an overhand right that lands on Lemaire's shoulder, as Lemaire tries to avoid the shot.
Lemaire throws a sloppy body shot
and Tavara counters with a right hand to the body.
Malo Tavara is winning the standup battle so far.
Tavara connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lemaire. Lemaire circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lemaire tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Tavara manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tavara fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice jab there from Lemaire.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tavara.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Lemaire.
Tavara takes one to the chin there.
A telegraphed right hand from Tavara misses the target.
Lemaire slips under a jab from Tavara.
Lemaire tries to counter by closing the distance.
Lemaire tries to clinch up.
Tavara moves out of range as Lemaire strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lemaire looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lemaire takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tavara misses with a looping left.
Lemaire misses with a lunging right hand
and Tavara counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tavara takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A combination from Lemaire does no damage.
Lemaire looks to clinch
and Tavara counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lemaire closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Lemaire fails to land.
Tavara wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tavara blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tavara blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lemaire misses with some punches.
Lemaire lands with a right to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Malo Tavara showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lemaire 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Maurice Lemaire!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Maurice Lemaire!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Maurice Lemaire!
Maurice Lemaire wins by unanimous decision!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Yakami Sansho (ranked 4321 p4p, 4287 weight class) and Jermaine Pearson (ranked 341 p4p, 336 weight class). Sansho's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Sordid by Amon Tobin. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Yakami Sansho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jermaine Pearson!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Kenichi Hosakawa and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pearson closes the distance and pushes Sansho back into the ropes.
Sansho wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pearson has him pressed against the ropes.
Sansho struggles to land a body shot inside as Pearson controls his hands.
Pearson misses with a body punch.
Sansho misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pearson stalling against the ropes.
Sansho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pearson blocking some punches.
Sansho has had enough of the clinch but Pearson keeps him there for the moment.
Sansho throws a head punch that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Sansho.
Pearson slowing the pace effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sansho scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pearson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sanshos head.
Sansho blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pearson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pearson is pushing Sansho up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sansho working aggressively here.
Pearson has Sansho pushed against the ropes.
Pearson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sansho avoids it.
Pearson is struggling to control the position.
Sansho misses with a body punch.
Pearson prevents a body shot from Sansho.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pearson.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sansho.
Pearson slows down the pace here.
Sansho swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Sansho.
Sansho misses with a body punch.
Sansho is trying to break free.
Sansho throws a punch but it's blocked by Pearson.
Sansho working aggressively here.
Sansho is trying to break the clinch but Pearson is controlling him.
Pearson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Pearson trying to land knees to the body.
Pearson slows down the pace here.
Pearson stalls.
Sansho misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pearson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Still in the clinch, Sansho scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pearson prevents Sansho from breaking the clinch.
Pearson pushes Sansho back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sansho misses with a punch on the inside.
Pearson effectively controlling the action here.
Pearson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sansho on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sansho on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Pearson throws an elbow but it misses.
Pearson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sansho up against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Sansho.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sansho scores with a shot to the side of Pearson's head.
Pearson trying to land knees to the body.
Sansho working hard to break the clinch.
Sansho lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pearson backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sansho.
Sansho lands with a light punch inside.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Pearson is stalling here.
Sansho misses with a punch to the body.
Sansho lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pearson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sansho up against the ropes.
Pearson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sansho is defending well for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yakami Sansho dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Pearson takes the fight into the clinch.
Yakami Sansho has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pearson misses with a body punch.
Pearson tries to land knees in the clinch but Sansho avoids the damage to the body.
Pearson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sansho lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sansho digs a right hand into Pearson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pearson's gas tank.
Pearson misses with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Sansho.
Pearson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sansho working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pearson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sansho up against the ropes.
Pearson misses with a body punch.
Pearson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Sansho's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pearson working aggressively here.
Sansho misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sansho lands with a right to the head.
Pearson stalling the fight.
Sansho misses with a body punch.
Sansho managing to block the knees to the body from Pearson.
Good body shot from Sansho.
Sansho misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sansho tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sansho wants to get back to striking at distance but Pearson won't allow it.
Sansho has a couple of punches blocked by Pearson.
Pearson is struggling to control the position.
Pearson is pushing Sansho up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Pearson receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pearson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sansho.
Sansho looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pearson blocks an uppercut.
Pearson taking a breather.
Sansho avoids a wild elbow strike from Pearson.
Pearson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sansho has had enough of the clinch but Pearson keeps him there for the moment.
Sansho tries to throw a body punch but Pearson avoids it by throwing Sansho back against the ropes.
Sansho doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sansho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sansho lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pearson taking a breather.
Pearson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pearson is looking to control Sansho's arms but Sansho gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pearson has his back to the ropes.
Pearson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A frustrated look appears on Sansho's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sansho swings wildly with an uppercut but Pearson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pearson holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Pearson trying to stall but Sansho improves his position.
Sansho blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sansho swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sansho blocks an uppercut.
Pearson throws a punch but it's blocked by Sansho.
Pearson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sansho is defending well for now.
Pearson blocks a body shot from Sansho.
Sansho works on Pearson's body with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sansho lands with a right to the head.
Sansho working hard to break the clinch.
Pearson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pearson taking a breather.
A frustrated look appears on Sansho's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sansho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pearson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pearson stalling in the clinch but Sansho improves position.
Pearson misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Sansho fails to land.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sansho blocks an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Sansho.
Sansho can't break the clinch.
Sansho misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yakami Sansho dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Sansho punishes Pearson's body with a nice straight punch.
Sansho tries to clinch up but Pearson circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pearson holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Sansho working aggressively here.
Sansho misses with a body punch.
Sansho lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pearson backwards.
Pearson has Sansho pressed against the ropes, preventing Sansho from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sansho blocks a body shot from Pearson.
Sansho lands an uppercut.
Sansho scores with a hook to the body.
Pearson keeps control of Sansho as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sansho avoids the elbow strike from Pearson, against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pearson slows down the pace here.
Pearson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sansho tries to throw a body punch but Pearson avoids it by throwing Sansho back against the ropes.
Sansho swings wildly with an uppercut but Pearson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pearson looking to stall.
Sansho being controlled against the ropes.
Pearson misses with a body punch.
Pearson is stalling here.
Pearson wants to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pearson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jermaine Pearson.
Pearson clinches up with Sansho and pushes him back against the ropes.
Pearson just leaning against Sansho, taking a breather.
Pearson is pushing Sansho up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Pearson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Still in the clinch, Sansho scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pearson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sansho lands an uppercut.
Pearson avoiding damage.
Pearson controlling the action here for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sansho misses with some punches.
Pearson taking a breather.
Sansho doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sansho lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pearson backwards.
Pearson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A shot in the inside from Sansho.
Sansho working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pearson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pearson blocking some punches.
Sansho tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pearson's elbow.
Sansho misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pearson cracks Sansho with a nice body shot.
Pearson tries to stall but Sansho uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sansho swings wildly with an uppercut but Pearson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sansho tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pearson's elbow.
Pearson trying to land knees to the body.
Pearson throws a punch but it's blocked by Sansho.
Pearson blocks an uppercut.
Sansho misses with a punch on the inside.
Pearson prevents Sansho from breaking the clinch.
Pearson has Sansho pushed against the ropes.
Sansho has a couple of punches blocked by Pearson.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A head punch on the inside from Sansho fails to land.
Jermaine Pearson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pearson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Sansho creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yakami Sansho showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sansho 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Yakami Sansho!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Yakami Sansho!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Yakami Sansho!
Yakami Sansho wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Yakami Sansho made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Hardeep Nijjar (ranked 4210 p4p, 4319 weight class) and Ryobi Sansho (ranked 325 p4p, 340 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hardeep Nijjar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryobi Sansho!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nijjar takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nijjar cracks Sansho with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sansho takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nijjar stuns Sansho with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sansho has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Sansho misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Nijjar to counter with a crisp jab.
Nijjar with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sansho to score with a decent uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sansho misses with a double jab
and Nijjar makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Nijjar.
Nijjar has managed to clinch.
A short right from Nijjar on the inside.
Nijjar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sansho backwards.
Nijjar throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nijjar blocks a body shot from Sansho.
Nijjar taking a breather.
Nijjar lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sansho tries a body shot but Nijjar blocks it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nijjar.
Nijjar just leaning against Sansho, taking a breather.
Nijjar lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sansho can't find room to land a body shot as Nijjar controls the action.
Nijjar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sansho tries a body shot but Nijjar blocks it.
Nijjar tries to stall but Sansho uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nijjar lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sansho tries a body shot but Nijjar blocks it.
Sansho manages to break the clinch.
Sansho throws the left hand but Nijjar avoids the punch easily.
Nijjar thuds his right hand into Sansho's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nijjar slips a straight right by Sansho.
Sansho throws a combination that misses
and Nijjar counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sansho throws a body shot but no joy.
Sansho throws a jab when Nijjar was well out of range.
Sansho looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Nijjar does no damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nijjar digs a good hook to Sansho's body.
Nijjar takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nijjar keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ryobi Sansho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sansho swings widly with a right hand
and Sansho takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice uppercut lands for Nijjar. That snapped Sansho's head back.
 Sansho is rocked!
Sansho walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Sansho is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Hardeep Nijjar!
Hardeep Nijjar decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Andre Pereira (ranked 4187 p4p, 4330 weight class) and Hiroshimo Sakamoto (ranked 321 p4p, 343 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andre Pereira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hiroshimo Sakamoto!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pereira throws the left hand but Sakamoto avoids the punch easily.
Sakamoto stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Pereira fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Andre Pereira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pereira cracks Sakamoto with a right hand to the side of the head.
Pereira throws a right and a left that Sakamoto avoids nicely.
Pereira throws a big shot that misses.
Sakamoto was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Pereira swings for the body but Sakamoto moves out of range.
Sakamoto is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Pereira with a body shot.
Sakamoto looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Pereira ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pereira misses with the combination.
Pereira throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pereira lands with a straight right. Sakamoto didn't see that one coming.
Sakamoto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big right from Sakamoto misses.
Sakamoto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sakamoto cracks a nice hook into Pereira's ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pereira throws a body shot but no joy.
Sakamoto swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakamoto keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A punch combination from Sakamoto misses.
Sloppy strikes from Sakamoto. Those never looked like landing.
Pereira digs a good body shot into Sakamoto's ribs.
Sakamoto scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sakamoto throws the kick towards the body but Pereira avoids it.
Pereira looks to score with a jab to the body but Sakamoto is just out of range.
Sakamoto has closed the distance and engaged Pereira in a clinch.
A knee to the head by Pereira.
Pereira misses with a body punch.
Sakamoto connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pereira's face.
 Pereira is rocked!
Pereira takes a shot to the head.
Oh Pereira is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sakamoto creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Pereira crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Pereira face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Sakamoto takes it with a brutal technical knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Hiroshimo Sakamoto!
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Barry Chikorita (ranked 4244 p4p, 4225 weight class) and Massiel Tomás (ranked 329 p4p, 327 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Barry Chikorita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Massiel Tomás!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tomás throws a series of punches but Chikorita moves out of range.
Chikorita was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Tomás pushes Chikorita up against the ropes in a clinch.
Tomás misses with some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Chikorita is trying to stall.
Tomás is a very stocky fighter. Infact he's such a weird shape that he's almost like some sort of comedy character - it's hard to believe he's real.
Tomás softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Chikorita is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tomás is keeping busy.
Tomás can't break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chikorita is trying to stall.
Chikorita is trying to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Barry Chikorita.
Tomás clinches with his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chikorita blocking some punches.
Chikorita trying to control the position but instead, Tomás has worked for underhooks and has pushed Chikorita into the ropes.
A short right from Tomás.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tomás as Chikorita tries to tie him up.
A shot in the inside from Tomás.
Tomás makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tomás working aggressively here.
Tomás softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A short right from Tomás on the inside.
Tomás working aggressively here.
Tomás tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chikorita is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tomás is keeping busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomás misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tomás lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chikorita is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Tomás lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tomás.
Tomás throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Chikoritas head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tomás is looking to break free of the clinch but Chikorita has double underhooks.
Tomás breaks the clinch.
Tomás rushes Chikorita and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Chikorita trying to control the position but instead, Tomás has worked for underhooks and has pushed Chikorita into the ropes.
Tomás wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tomás.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tomás lands a nice uppercut.
Tomás lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chikorita backwards.
Tomás tries to break the clinch but Chikorita is controlling the position.
Chikorita's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tomás lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chikorita backwards.
Tomás breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tomás lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Chikorita is looking to clinch but Tomás is avoiding it.
Chikorita tries to keep at a distance but Tomás has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tomás wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tomás misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tomás has had enough of the clinch but Chikorita keeps him there for the moment.
Chikorita keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tomás's efforts to push away.
Chikorita wants to stall.
Chikorita wants to stall.
Tomás wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tomás wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Chikorita has him pressed against the ropes.
Chikorita stalling in the clinch but Tomás improves position.
Tomás pushes Chikorita back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chikorita looking to slow down the pace here.
Tomás's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Massiel Tomás dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Tomás takes the fight into the clinch.
Tomás is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Tomás pushes Chikorita back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Massiel Tomás seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Chikorita taking a breather.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tomás.
Tomás lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chikorita backwards.
Tomás lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tomás.
Tomás softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chikorita trying to control the position but instead, Tomás has worked for underhooks and has pushed Chikorita into the ropes.
Tomás lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tomás.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomás breaks from the clinch.
Tomás lands a jab.
Massiel Tomás is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chikorita tries to close the distance and clinch but Tomás swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chikorita tries to clinch up but Tomás circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice shot by Tomás.
Chikorita tries to clinch but Tomás moves out of range.
Chikorita is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tomás scores with a three punch combo!
Tomás closes the distance and pushes Chikorita back into the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomás manages to break the clinch.
Tomás throws a right hand that Chikorita ducks under and follows up with a left that Chikorita also avoids with ease.
An attempted straight right counter from Chikorita misses the target.
A right-left combo lands from Tomás.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chikorita tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Tomás paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tomás is looking for the big counter here.
Chikorita tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Tomás manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tomás is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Tomás lands a two punch combo.
Chikorita avoids a punch combination nicely.
Chikorita was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Chikorita takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Tomás throws a right and a left that Chikorita avoids nicely.
It looked like Chikorita wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tomás lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Chikorita circles away quickly and effectively.
Donk. Tomás catches Chikorita right on the button with a cross.
Tomás scores with a body shot.
Chikorita tries to clinch up.
Tomás gets tackled into the ropes by Chikorita. Chikorita maintains the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Tomás scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tomás swings wildly with an uppercut but Chikorita uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tomás throws a punch but it's blocked by Chikorita.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tomás wants to break free but Chikorita has control.
Tomás has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tomás lands with a left to the head.
Tomás lands a left hand that snaps the head of Chikorita backwards.
Chikorita is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Tomás swings wildly with an uppercut but Chikorita uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tomás lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Chikorita stalling in the clinch but Tomás improves position.
Chikorita is looking to control Tomás's arms but Tomás gets an underhook and turns him. Now Chikorita has his back to the ropes.
Maybe Chikorita would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Tomás manages to break the clinch.
Tomás is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Tomás throws a combination. Chikorita tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tomás takes the fight into the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tomás as Chikorita tries to tie him up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Massiel Tomás showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Tomás jabs Chikorita to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Massiel Tomás seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Chikorita is looking to clinch.
Chikorita tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tomás connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A punch combination from Tomás misses.
Chikorita throwing a counter right hand but Tomás manages to avoid it.
Tomás connects with a looping right hand.
Tomás misses with a double jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chikorita tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Tomás paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tomás gets a clinch.
Chikorita takes a shot to the head.
Tomás misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chikorita taking a breather.
Tomás scores with a shoulder strike.
Chikorita looking to stall.
Tomás working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tomás lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chikorita backwards.
Tomás tries to circle away but Chikorita has him pinned against the ropes.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Tomás creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tomás lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tomás is looking to break free of the clinch but Chikorita has double underhooks.
Tomás is trying to force a seperation but Chikorita has the dominant position.
Tomás pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tomás misses with a wild combination.
Chikorita was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Barry Chikorita has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomás scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tomás will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tomás lands a nice looking body shot.
Chikorita throws a body punch but Tomás moves out of range.
Chikorita throws a head kick that misses
and Tomás counters by moving into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short left from Tomás.
Tomás scores with a shoulder strike.
Chikorita with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tomás scores with a shoulder strike.
Tomás managing to block the knees to the body from Chikorita.
Chikorita throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Chikorita misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Tomás.
Tomás lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chikorita backwards.
Tomás working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Chikorita doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tomás lands a left hand.
Chikorita misses with a body punch.
Tomás scores with a shot to the side of Chikorita's head.
Tomás lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tomás blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right from Tomás on the inside.
Tomás blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tomás lands with a light punch inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tomás lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chikorita trying to land knees to the body.
Tomás blocks a body shot from Chikorita.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tomás.
A shot in the inside from Tomás.
A short right from Tomás.
Tomás gets through Chikorita's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Tomás scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tomás lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tomás working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tomás lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tomás gets through Chikorita's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tomás has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tomás avoids the elbow strike from Chikorita, against the ropes.
Tomás breaks from the clinch.
Tomás scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tomás gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tomás breaks the clinch.
Tomás misses with a two punch combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
Massiel Tomás comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tomás 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Massiel Tomás!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Massiel Tomás!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Massiel Tomás!
Massiel Tomás wins by unanimous decision!
After winning the bout, Massiel Tomás thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Darden Kane (ranked 4334 p4p, 4285 weight class) and Andy Ettish (ranked 344 p4p, 335 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Darden Kane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andy Ettish!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ettish connects with a body shot.
Ettish scores with a shot to the body.
Ettish throws a good cross that connects.
Ettish throws a jab but it's blocked by Kane.
Kane closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A jab from Ettish misses.
Ettish misses with a straight right.
Kane wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Kane moves to clinch but Ettish breaks away
and Ettish counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ettish moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Kane ducks under a wild hook from Ettish.
Kane clinches up with Ettish and pushes him back against the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Ettish creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ettish lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kane or not.
Ettish lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kane backwards.
Kane has had enough of the clinch but Ettish keeps him there for the moment.
Ettish tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ettish wants to get back to striking at distance but Kane won't allow it.
Ettish breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ettish scores with a body shot.
Andy Ettish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ettish with a hook.
Ettish throws an overhand right that lands on Kane's shoulder, as Kane tries to avoid the shot.
Kane moves into the clinch.
Kane struggles to land a body shot inside as Ettish controls his hands.
Ettish looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ettish lands with a short shot to the head.
Ettish breaks from the clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ettish.
Kane closes the distance and clinches.
Kane scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ettish breaks from the clinch.
Ettish paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kane moves in looking to clinch but Ettish pushes him off.
Kane is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Kane tries to clinch but Ettish moves away
and Ettish counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kane gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kane drives through and clinches with Ettish against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kane throws a punch but it's blocked by Ettish.
Kane takes a shot to the head.
Kane struggles to land a body shot inside as Ettish controls his hands.
Ettish breaks from the clinch.
Kane takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ettish's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Ettish duly obliges.
Kane avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Ettish as he connects with a hook.
Ettish gets tackled into the ropes by Kane. Kane maintains the clinch.
Ettish breaks the clinch.
Ettish throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kane closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Ettish can't find room to land a body shot as Kane controls the action.
Ettish keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kane's efforts to push away.
Ettish wants to break free but Kane has control.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kane tries to throw a body punch but Ettish avoids it by throwing Kane back against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ettish blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ettish blocks a body shot from Kane.
Ettish looking to stall.
Kane stalling in the clinch but Ettish improves position.
A head punch on the inside from Kane fails to land.
Kane wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kane tries to throw a body punch but Ettish avoids it by throwing Kane back against the ropes.
Ettish breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ettish changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ettish throws a hook to the side of Kane's head but Kane sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ettish is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kane had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Ettish scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ettish throws a nice looking combination but Kane bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kane moves to clinch but Ettish breaks away
and Ettish counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ettish thuds a left hand into Kane's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kane wants to clinch
and Ettish counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ettish's corner calls for a 1-2. Ettish obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kane ducks under a wild hook from Ettish.
Kane dodges the punch combination from Ettish.
Ettish feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kanes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Kane tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kane takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ettish moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Ettish lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kane shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ettish missing with a left hand there. Kane was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kane looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Andy Ettish dominated that round.
That's time! Kane's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Kane is looking to clinch but Ettish is avoiding it.
A jab from Ettish finds it's way through Kane's defenses.
Kane darts in and clinches Ettish up against the ropes.
Kane misses with a body punch.
Ettish throws a punch but it's blocked by Kane.
Ettish lands a left hand.
Ettish has Kane pressed against the ropes, preventing Kane from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kane wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ettish has him pressed against the ropes.
Ettish is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Kane is trying to push Ettish away but Ettish has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Kane trying to stall but Ettish improves his position.
Ettish pushes Kane back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Ettish is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kane is keeping busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kane is trying to break the clinch but Ettish has him pressed against the ropes.
Ettish breaks the clinch.
Ettish scores with a decent looking hook.
Ettish dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ettish with a nice cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kane takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ettish listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ettish tests Kane's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kane rushes Ettish and presses him up against the ropes.
Kane misses with a punch on the inside.
Kane wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ettish is working Kane over against the ropes.
Ettish looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kane trying to control the position but instead, Ettish has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kane into the ropes.
Ettish lands a nice uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Kane goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kane.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ettish lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ettish tries to throw a body punch but Kane avoids it by throwing Ettish back against the ropes.
Kane trying to control the position but instead, Ettish has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kane into the ropes.
Ettish working hard to break the clinch.
Kane is trying to force a seperation but Ettish has the dominant position.
Kane tries to break the clinch but Ettish is controlling the position.
Ettish lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nice body punch from Ettish.
Ettish lands a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short left from Ettish.
A short body shot lands from Ettish as the two fighters clinch.
Kane stalling in the clinch but Ettish improves position.
Kane has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Still in the clinch, Ettish scores with a nice short uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kane as Ettish tries to tie him up.
Ettish blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kane tries to break free but Ettish pushes him back against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kane fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Ettish.
Ettish blocking some punches.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
A short body shot lands from Kane as the two fighters clinch.
Ettish blocks an uppercut.
Kane lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ettish backwards.
Ettish's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ettish has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kane staying out of range there.
Ettish stalks Kane and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kane's face. Kane staggers backwards, shaken.
Ettish bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kane pushes Ettish up against the ropes in a clinch.
Ettish breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ettish throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ettish displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ettish.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ettish ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ettish punishes Kane's body with a nice straight punch.
Kane has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Kane looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ettish paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ettish darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ettish feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kanes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ettish.
Ettish blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kane misses with a body punch.
Kane is trying to force a seperation but Ettish has the dominant position.
Ettish lands with a short shot to the head.
Kane takes a shot to the head.
Ettish tries to break the clinch but Kane is controlling the position.
A shot in the inside from Ettish.
Ettish misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Andy Ettish showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Ettish wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kane clinches.
A short uppercut from Ettish.
Ettish looking to slow down the pace here.
Ettish breaks the clinch.
Ettish lands a jab-cross combination.
Ettish throws a shot from downtown. Kane moves away and avoids it.
Ettish connects with a crisp jab.
Kane closes the distance but Ettish moves to the side
enabling Ettish to counter with a crisp jab.
Ettish looks to throw the jab but Kane is out of range.
Kane wants to clinch
letting Ettish counter with a right hand.
Ettish's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Ettish duly obliges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kane moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kane wants to clinch
enabling Ettish to counter with a crisp jab.
Ettish lands with a good body shot.
Kane is looking to clinch but Ettish is avoiding it.
Kane avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ettish cracks Kane with an open hand slap.
Kane walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ettish digs a good body shot into Kane's ribs.
Kane tries to clinch but Ettish moves away
and Ettish counters with a right hand to the body.
Kane is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A nice side step and Ettish releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Ettish lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kane circles away quickly and effectively.
Kane slips a straight right by Ettish.
Kane tries to close the distance and clinch but Ettish swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ettish doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Ettish throws a shot to the body.
Darden Kane has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ettish paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ettish scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ettish dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ettish stalks Kane and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kane's face. Kane staggers backwards, shaken.
Kane gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ettish lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ettish manages to break the clinch.
Kane has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Kane moves into the clinch.
Ettish is trying to maintain a safe position but Kane gets an underhook and turns Ettish into the ropes.
Ettish lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kane working aggressively here.
Ettish lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kane backwards.
Ettish misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kane misses with some punches.
Kane misses with a punch on the inside.
Ettish breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ettish with a nice cross.
Ettish is working the combinations to good effect here.
Ettish works over Kane's head and body with a nice combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ettish!
Kane is rocked!
Nice cross by Ettish.
Ettish cracks a nice hook into Kane's ribs.
Ettish scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kane doesn't seem bothered though.
Ettish lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
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!
Ettish misses with a straight right.
Ettish connects with a crisp jab.
Ettish scores with the left hand. Kane knows he should have avoided that one.
Kane closes the distance but Ettish moves to the side
and Ettish connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ettish comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kane has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kane misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ettish counters with a left to the body.
Ettish throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ettish ducks under a wild hook from Kane.
Ettish looks to land a right hand but Kane moved out of range.
Kane doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kane tries to clinch up
and Ettish cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ettish lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ettish.
Ettish throws a lazy uppercut
and Kane counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kane swings wildly with an uppercut but Ettish uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kane tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ettish's elbow.
A short right from Kane.
Ettish lands a left hand.
Ettish misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that's the end of the fight!
Andy Ettish comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ettish 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 for Andy Ettish!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Andy Ettish!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Andy Ettish!
Andy Ettish wins by unanimous decision!
Andy Ettish thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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