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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Roman Shopulov (ranked 3680 p4p, 3906 weight class) and Titus Roux (ranked 291 p4p, 298 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roman Shopulov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Titus Roux!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Shopulov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Shopulov fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Roux is out of range.
Shopulov throws a head kick that misses
enabling Roux to counter with a crisp jab.
Shopulov misses with a double jab
and Roux cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shopulov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Roux connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Shopulov's hands.
Roux scores with a nice head shot.
Shopulov throws a lazy head kick
and Roux counters with a stiff right hand.
Shopulov throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Roman Shopulov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shopulov misses with a jab to the body
and Roux connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Shopulov throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Roux to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shopulov throws an off balance right hand
and Roux counters with a straight right hand.
Roux lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Shopulov moves into range and clinches up with Roux.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roux tries to land knees in the clinch but Shopulov avoids the damage to the body.
Roux is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Shopulov tries to circle away but Roux has him pinned against the ropes.
Shopulov tries to circle away but Roux has him pinned against the ropes.
Roux leaning against his opponent.
A frustrated look appears on Shopulov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Roux slows down the pace here.
Shopulov wants to get back to striking at distance but Roux won't allow it.
Shopulov is trying to push Roux away but Roux has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Shopulov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Shopulov is looking to break free of the clinch but Roux has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Roux breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shopulov throws a leg kick
enabling Roux to counter with a crisp jab.
Shopulov tries to land a body kick
letting Roux counter with a right hand.
Roux fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Shopulov misses with a double jab
and Roux counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Roux connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Shopulov throws a leg kick
and Roux counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Shopulov throws a series of punches but Roux moves out of range.
Shopulov is breathing heavily.
Shopulov throws a head kick that misses
enabling Roux to counter with a crisp jab.
Roux jabs Shopulov right on the nose. Shopulov blinks but takes it well.
Shopulov motions for Roux to come forward. Shopulov throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Roux fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Shopulov looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Titus Roux dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Good shot there by Roux.
Shopulov misses with a double jab
and Roux counters with a straight right hand.
Shopulov tries to land a body kick
and Shopulov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Shopulov throws a series of punches but Roux avoids them all with ease.
Titus Roux seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Roux fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Shopulov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Roux to counter with a crisp jab.
Shopulov throws a lazy head kick
and Roux counters with a stiff right hand.
Shopulov lands a two punch combo.
Roman Shopulov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shopulov throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Roux counters with a nice uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roux scoring well with a low kick there.
Roux bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Shopulov's head.
Shopulov misses with a right hand
and Roux counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Roux throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Roux does no damage.
A chopping leg kick lands by Roux.
Shopulov wants to clinch
and Roux counters with a low kick, right behind Shopulov 's knee.
Shopulov throws a head kick that misses
and Roux counters with an inside leg kick.
Roux lands a really nice looking cross but Shopulov seems unphased.
Shopulov walks into a stiff left hand from Roux.
 Shopulov is rocked!
Shopulov misses with an uppercut
enabling Roux to counter with a crisp jab.
Oh Shopulov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Roux moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Shopulov throws a combination that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Roux connects with a quick right hand that sends Shopulov tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Titus Roux!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Chance Greyvine (ranked 1734 p4p, 969 weight class) and Giang Hao (ranked 45 p4p, 57 weight class). Greyvine comes into the arena with Ace of Spades - Motorhead blaring out of the sound system. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Chance Greyvine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Giang Hao!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Greyvine misses.
Hao drops his hands momentarily and Greyvine takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Greyvine 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.
Hao takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Greyvine throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Greyvine throws a right and a left that Hao avoids nicely.
Hao looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hao swings for the body but Greyvine moves out of range.
Hao misses with a jab, cross combination.
Greyvine throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Greyvine lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hao circles away quickly and effectively.
Greyvine misses with a jab to the body
and Hao cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hao misses with an uppercut.
Hao looks to score with a jab to the body but Greyvine is just out of range.
Hao moves out of range as Greyvine strikes.
Greyvine sizes up Hao with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Greyvine misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Greyvine scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Greyvine swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hao counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hao throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Greyvine counters with a straight right hand.
Hao misses the jab.
Greyvine misses with a lunging right hand
and Hao counters with a stiff right hand.
Greyvine is rocked!
Greyvine throws a jab when Hao was well out of range.
Hao appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Oh Greyvine is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hao avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Greyvine seems to have got his legs back now.
Greyvine swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hao counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Greyvine thinking.
Hao wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A shot to the body from Greyvine misses
and Hao counters with a straight right, followed by a hook and finally a brutal uppercut! Greyvine drops to the canvas, flat on his back and unconcious - no need for the referee to start the count as this one is all over! Hao struts around like it's just an every day occurrence to knock someone out in such brutal fashion. A dominant finish for Hao!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Giang Hao!
A very excited looking Giang Hao rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Han Cholo (ranked 1854 p4p, 1790 weight class) and Saul Goodman (ranked 47 p4p, 86 weight class). Saul Goodman is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Han Cholo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 32 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Saul Goodman!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cholo connects with a body shot that sends Goodman's belly button to the back.
Nice cross by Cholo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Goodman. Cholo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cholo checks a low kick from Goodman.
A quick step to the side and Cholo tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cholo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Goodman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cholo manages to avoid it.
Goodman lands a body shot.
Goodman moves in looking to clinch but Cholo pushes him off.
Goodman throws a sloppy body shot
and Cholo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cholo lands an overhand right.
 It looks like Saul Goodman has been cut.
Saul Goodman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Goodman misses with an uppercut.
Goodman wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cholo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Goodman tries to clinch but Cholo is having none of it.
Goodman misses with a straight right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cholo lands a front kick.
Cholo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Goodman under the eye.
Goodman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cholo moves away.
Goodman throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Goodman just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromCholo.
Goodman is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cholo rather than just go for the knockout.
Decent striking displayed by Cholo there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goodman on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Cholo! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Han Cholo!
A very excited looking Han Cholo 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 light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Lerouch Vanitis (ranked 4042 p4p, 3644 weight class) and Marcos Pencho (ranked 417 p4p, 400 weight class). Marcos Pencho acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight 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, Lerouch Vanitis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcos Pencho!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pencho swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Vanitis counters with a series of strikes. Pencho will be more careful next time no doubt.
Pencho just misses with a punch to the body.
Pencho throws a poor cross that misses
and Vanitis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pencho has Vanitis up against the ropes in a clinch.
Pencho looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short uppercut from Vanitis.
Vanitis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pencho takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Marcos Pencho has been cut.
Vanitis lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
 Pencho is rocked!
Vanitis comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pencho is still on wobbly legs! Can Vanitis finish him?
Pencho looks winded!
Pencho is looking to break free of the clinch but Vanitis has double underhooks.
Pencho takes an elbow to the forehead.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pencho working hard to break the clinch.
Vanitis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pencho's defenses.
Vanitis lands a nice elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pencho wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pencho is looking to break free of the clinch but Vanitis has double underhooks.
Vanitis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vanitis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Vanitis lands an elbow inside that Pencho shrugs off.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Pencho just misses with a elbow thrown towards Vanitis's brow.
Vanitis cracks Pencho on the bridge of the nose with a nasty looking elbow! Pencho crumples to the floor in pain, holding his face! It doesn't look like he's going to beat the count - he's out of it! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). Lerouch Vanitis!
Lerouch Vanitis 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 featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Dylan Khol (ranked 3296 p4p, 3930 weight class) and Adolfo Walters (ranked 272 p4p, 303 weight class). Adolfo Walters 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 featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dylan Khol!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Adolfo Walters!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khol takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Walters scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Walters lands a nice looking body shot.
Khol uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Walters.
Khol connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Khol moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Khol moves in looking to clinch but Walters pushes him off.
Khol plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Khol throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Walters wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walters just misses with a punch to the body.
Khol looks low and kicks high, catching Walters right on the side of the head, sending him crashing to the canvas! Will he be able to beat the count? 3,4,5 - he's already back to his feet and ready to go! Let's see if he's still with it!
A shot to the liver by Khol. Beautiful body shot.
Khol misses with a wild body shot.
Khol is looking to clinch but Walters is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walters lands with a shot to the body.
Khol misses with a few strikes there.
Khol doesn't manage to clinch there - Walters circles away.
Walters misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Walters swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Khol avoids the body shot from Walters.
Khol has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Khol there as he acknowledges the shot.
Walters scores with a body shot.
Walters looks to land a combination but Khol avoids it well.
Khol with a nice cross.
Walters throws a one two combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khol tries to clinch up but Walters circles away and keeps his distance.
Walters swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The fight stays on the outside here - Khol looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khol tries to clinch up but Walters circles away and keeps his distance.
Khol is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Walters swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Khol fails with an attempt to clinch.
Khol tries to clinch there but Walters circles away.
Walters fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khol manages to avoid it.
Khol appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Walters is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Khol rather than just go for the knockout.
Walters circles away from the clinch attempt
and Walters counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Walters throws out a loose jab but Khol uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khol tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Walters manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Walters throws the left hand but Khol avoids the punch easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dylan Khol should take that round, based on the knockdown.
That's time! Khol's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Walters keeps the fight on the outside.
Walters throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Walters throws an overhand right that lands on Khol's shoulder, as Khol tries to avoid the shot.
Walters swings away with a body shot that misses
and Khol counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Walters misses with a hook.
Khol doesn't manage to clinch there - Walters circles away.
Walters dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Walters lands with a good body shot.
Walters avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khol throws a series of punches but Walters moves out of range.
Walters avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Khol misses with a double jab
and Walters counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Khol gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walters prevents Khol from breaking the clinch.
Khol tries to break the clinch but Walters is controlling the position.
Walters is trying to break the clinch but Khol has him pressed against the ropes.
Walters prevents Khol from breaking the clinch.
Walters is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Khol wants to break the clinch but can't.
Walters prevents Khol from breaking the clinch.
Walters is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Walters keeps control of Khol as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Walters is trying to force a seperation but Khol has the dominant position.
Khol looking to stall.
Khol looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Khol tries to circle away but Walters has him pinned against the ropes.
Khol throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Walters is looking to break free of the clinch but Khol has double underhooks.
Khol wants to stall.
Khol escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dylan Khol is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Khol fails with an attempt to clinch.
Khol walks into a straight right hand from Walters.
Khol tries to clinch
and Walters counters with a left to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Khol tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Walters makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Adolfo Walters 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! This is the final round!
Khol tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walters circles away from the clinch attempt.
Walters takes a swing at Khol's ribcage but misses.
Khol tried to counter with a leg kick but Walters avoided it.
Khol tries to close the distance and clinch but Walters swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Walters blocks a head kick by Khol.
Walters throws a series of punches but Khol moves out of range.
Walters circles away from the clinch attempt.
Walters lands with a right hand.
Walters has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Walters tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khol was well out of range. Poor timing from Walters.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khol takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Walters throws a hook to the side of Khol's head but Khol sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Walters swats away the attempt to clinch by Khol.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walters stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Khol.
Khol tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Khol throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Khol ducks under a wild hook from Walters.
Adolfo Walters is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Khol keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Walters has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Khol.
Khol is looking to clinch.
A big left from Walters misses.
Khol tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Walters manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Khol tries to clinch up.
Khol doesn't manage to clinch there - Walters circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Walters! But no joy.
Khol showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Walters.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khol avoids the body shot from Walters.
Walters scores with a jab to the body.
Walters misses the shot to the body.
Khol fails with an attempt to clinch.
Walters connects with a right hand. Khol shakes it off.
Khol takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Khol tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walters swats away the attempt to clinch by Khol.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khol tries a head kick but it misses.
Dylan Khol has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Khol throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Walters counter with a right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Adolfo Walters comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Walters winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Pattaya D Krusai (ranked 4135 p4p, 2817 weight class) and Nabil Nakrob (ranked 313 p4p, 243 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pattaya D Krusai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nabil Nakrob!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
D Krusai misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sloppy strikes from Nakrob. Those never looked like landing.
D Krusai lands with a kick to the ribs.
D Krusai clinches up with Nakrob and pushes him back against the ropes.
D Krusai throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from D Krusai.
With the fighters up against the ropes, D Krusai throws an elbow but misses.
D Krusai lands an elbow inside that Nakrob shrugs off.
D Krusai creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
D Krusai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nakrob's defenses.
D Krusai unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nakrob tries to break the clinch but D Krusai is controlling the position.
D Krusai missing with knees to the body.
D Krusai looking to throw knees to the head but Nakrob is blocking nicely.
D Krusai escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
D Krusai has taken the fight to the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nakrob looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
D Krusai with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Nabil Nakrob has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakrob avoids a wild elbow strike from D Krusai.
D Krusai pushes off an throws an elbow but Nakrob leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Nice elbow from D Krusai.
Nakrob misses with some punches.
Nakrob looking to throw knees to the head but D Krusai is blocking nicely.
D Krusai with a knee to the head.
D Krusai throws a punch but it's blocked by Nakrob.
Nakrob is trying to force a seperation but D Krusai has the dominant position.
D Krusai throws an elbow but it misses.
D Krusai lands a knee to the body.
D Krusai throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. D Krusai obliges.
D Krusai is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nakrob takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from D Krusai.
Nakrob has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
D Krusai misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nakrob tries to break free but D Krusai pushes him back against the ropes.
D Krusai landing knees to the head.
D Krusai tries to land a knee to the head but Nakrob blocks with his arms.
D Krusai breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick from D Krusai lands but Nakrob takes it in his stride.
A head kick misses from D Krusai.
D Krusai lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nakrob throws a right hand that D Krusai ducks under and follows up with a left that D Krusai also avoids with ease.
D Krusai throws a jab when Nakrob was well out of range.
Pattaya D Krusai is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nakrob tries to close the distance and clinch but D Krusai swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
D Krusai closes the distance and clinches.
Nakrob can't find room to land a body shot as D Krusai controls the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the fighters up against the ropes, D Krusai throws an elbow but misses.
Nakrob tries to stall but D Krusai uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
D Krusai lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nakrob blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pattaya D Krusai dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nabil Nakrob's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Nakrob misses with a wild body shot.
D Krusai thuds his right hand into Nakrob's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nakrob tries to clinch but D Krusai moves out of range.
Nabil Nakrob is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
D Krusai looks to land a right hand but Nakrob moved out of range.
D Krusai blocks a head kick by Nakrob.
Pattaya D Krusai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
D Krusai has taken the fight to the clinch.
D Krusai lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
D Krusai on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
D Krusai creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
D Krusai lands an elbow just above Nakrob 's eye.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nakrob trying to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, D Krusai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nakrob's brow.
D Krusai misses with a knee strike.
D Krusai lands a knee to the body.
Nakrob avoids the elbow strike from D Krusai, against the ropes.
Nakrob avoids the elbow strike from D Krusai, against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Nakrob's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nakrob working aggressively here.
D Krusai lands an elbow inside that Nakrob shrugs off.
Nakrob takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nakrob on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
D Krusai tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
D Krusai lands an elbow inside.
D Krusai misses with the head strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
D Krusai scores with a knee to the head.
Pattaya D Krusai has scored more points in the clinch so far.
D Krusai manages to break the clinch.
Nakrob throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Nakrob takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
D Krusai keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nakrob.
Some wild striking there from Nakrob.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakrob tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. D Krusai manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nakrob tries to close the distance and clinch but D Krusai swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
D Krusai swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nakrob moves in looking to clinch but D Krusai pushes him off.
D Krusai throws a counter high kick but Nakrob was just alert enough to avoid it.
D Krusai gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nakrob takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nakrob blocks the elbow strike.
D Krusai looking to throw knees to the head but Nakrob is blocking nicely.
D Krusai throws an elbow but it's blocked.
D Krusai using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nakrob has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
D Krusai looking to throw knees to the head but Nakrob is blocking nicely.
D Krusai working aggressively here.
D Krusai lands a knee to the head.
Nakrob blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
D Krusai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nakrob blocks it with crossed arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. D Krusai obliges.
D Krusai'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.
Pattaya D Krusai dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nabil Nakrob's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Nakrob takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
D Krusai is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nakrob can do to turn this around?
A head kick from D Krusai lands but Nakrob takes it in his stride.
D Krusai pushes Nakrob up against the ropes in a clinch.
D Krusai tries a knee to the head but Nakrob blocks it.
Nakrob blocks an elbow strike.
D Krusai breaks the clinch.
An inside leg kick from D Krusai misses.
Nakrob takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
D Krusai ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nakrob takes a kick to the side of the head.
Nakrob moves out of range of the body kick.
Nakrob steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from D Krusai.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
D Krusai rushes Nakrob and presses him up against the ropes.
Nakrob has a couple of punches blocked by D Krusai.
D Krusai with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nakrob can't break the clinch.
Nakrob takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nakrob avoids a wild elbow strike from D Krusai.
That's one minute gone in the round.
D Krusai tries to land a knee to the head but Nakrob blocks with his arms.
D Krusai tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nakrob dodges an elbow strike from D Krusai.
D Krusai throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
D Krusai working Nakrob over with knees to the body.
Nakrob dodges an elbow strike from D Krusai.
D Krusai tries to land knees in the clinch but Nakrob avoids the damage to the body.
Nakrob wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nakrob takes a shot to the head.
Nakrob is trying to force a seperation but D Krusai has the dominant position.
D Krusai breaks from the clinch.
Nakrob ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big right from Nakrob misses.
Nakrob tries to close the distance and clinch but D Krusai swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
D Krusai throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from D Krusai.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! D Krusai slams his shin into Nakrob's torso.
Nakrob is looking to clinch.
Nakrob tries to clinch up but D Krusai circles away and keeps his distance.
Nakrob misses with an uppercut.
A bone on bone clash there as Nakrob blocks the leg kick.
D Krusai feints and then cracks Nakrob's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nakrob down.
D Krusai throws a sloppy head kick and Nakrob moves out of range easily.
D Krusai throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nakrob.
D Krusai throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Despite the aggression on Nakrob's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nakrob throws a leg kick which misses D Krusai's front leg but catches the back leg as D Krusai tries to avoid it.
D Krusai circles away from the clinch attempt.
D Krusai lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
D Krusai showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nakrob.
Nabil Nakrob has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pattaya D Krusai is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nakrob throws a shot from downtown. D Krusai moves away and avoids it.
D Krusai tries a head kick but it misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pattaya D Krusai showed his dominance in that final round.
Well D Krusai 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pattaya D Krusai!
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