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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between William Henry Bonney (ranked 757 p4p, 96 weight class) and Makunouchi Ippo (ranked 25133 p4p, 567 weight class). Bonney comes into the arena with Call me Young Gun blaring out of the sound system. Ippo is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Indestructible. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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149 lbs
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153 lbs
43 - 19 - 0 |
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Granite chin
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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
46 - 30 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, William Henry Bonney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
43 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Makunouchi Ippo!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonney fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ippo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ippo connects with a crisp jab.
Ippo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bonney throws a leg kick but Ippo sees it coming and moves out of range.
A slow jab from Bonney misses its intended target.
Ippo closes the distance and clinches.
Ippo cracks Bonney with a nice body shot.
Bonney tries to throw a body punch but Ippo avoids it by throwing Bonney back against the ropes.
Ippo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ippo throws a head punch that misses.
Bonney breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ippo scores with a kick to the body.
Bonney looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ippo feints a jab promting Bonney to slip. Ippo then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Bonney slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Bonney avoids the head kick by Ippo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ippo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ippo walks into a straight right hand from Bonney.
A head kick misses from Ippo.
Ippo misses with a hook to the body
and Bonney counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ippo misses with a looping left.
Ippo closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ippo lands a right hook to the body.
Bonney connects with a jab.
Bonney misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ippo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bonney.
Ippo tries to close the distance and clinch but Bonney swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bonney was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bonney fails to land with a series of punches.
Ippo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ippo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bonney throws a head kick but Ippo moves out of range.
Makunouchi Ippo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ippo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bonney tries to bum rush Ippo with a series of wild strikes but Ippo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ippo lands a nice hook to Bonney's body. Bonney takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bonney with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bonney jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bonney takes one to the side of the head.
Ippo has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ippo.
Bonney closes the distance and clinches.
Bonney is trying to force a seperation but Ippo has the dominant position.
Ippo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bonney tries a body shot but Ippo blocks it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ippo tries a knee to the head but Bonney blocks it.
Bonney pushes Ippo back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Ippo takes a shot to the head.
Ippo prevents a body shot from Bonney.
A head punch on the inside from Ippo fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ippo.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bonney.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bonney lands a hook that snaps the head of Ippo backwards.
Ippo misses with a punch on the inside.
Bonney taking a breather.
Bonney looking to stall.
Ippo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Makunouchi Ippo will probably get the nod.
That's time! Bonney's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Bonney throws a head kick but Ippo moves out of range.
Bonney throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ippo scores with a nice strike.
Bonney staying out of range there.
Ippo blocks a leg kick.
Bonney pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bonney misses with an uppercut. Ippo saw that one coming.
A countering left hand to the body from Ippo misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Ippo misses the target.
Ippo lands a nice hook to Bonney's body. Bonney takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ippo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ippo instigates a clinch.
Bonney's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bonney takes a swing at Ippo's ribcage but misses.
Bonney just misses with a punch to the body.
Ippo lands with a good body shot.
Bonney drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ippo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ippo dodges the punch combination from Bonney.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ippo swings for the body but Bonney moves out of range.
Bonney throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Ippo counter with a right hand.
Ippo throws a jab but it's blocked by Bonney.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ippo.
Ippo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bonney misses the shot to the body.
Ippo throws a counter combo.
Ippo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ippo.
Ippo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ippo takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Ippo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bonney lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ippo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bonney blocks an uppercut.
Ippo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ippo throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ippo as Bonney tries to tie him up.
Bonney has had enough of the clinch but Ippo keeps him there for the moment.
Ippo working aggressively here.
Ippo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bonney unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ippo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ippo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ippo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ippo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Makunouchi Ippo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ippo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bonney.
Ippo lands a right hand.
Ippo misses with some punches.
Ippo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bonney avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ippo misses with a punch on the inside.
Bonney misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ippo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Bonney is looking to control Ippo's arms but Ippo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bonney has his back to the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Makunouchi Ippo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Bonney steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ippo.
William Henry Bonney has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ippo throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bonney counters with a nice leg kick.
Ippo sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Bonney tries to clinch
and Ippo counters with a nice uppercut.
Decent striking displayed by Ippo there.
Ippo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bonney is looking for a counter combo.
Bonney gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bonney throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ippo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Makunouchi Ippo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ippo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ippo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bonney.
Bonney jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ippo misses with a wild body shot.
Ippo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bonney.
William Henry Bonney is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bonney misses with a double jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bonney throws a right and a left that Ippo avoids nicely.
Ippo lands with an overhand left.
Ippo scores with a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ippo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ippo moves away from the strike by Bonney.
Bonney fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ippo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ippo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bonney throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Ippo counter with a right hand.
Bonney uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ippo has time to react.
Ippo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ippo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bonney throwing a counter right hand but Ippo manages to avoid it.
Bonney lands a leg kick that knocks Ippo off balance momentarily.
A jab from Ippo finds it's way through Bonney's defenses.
Bonney on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ippo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bonney misses with a double jab.
It seemed like Ippo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ippo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bonney throwing a counter right hand but Ippo manages to avoid it.
Bonney on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nice cross by Ippo.
Ippo misses with a straight left.
Bonney misses the shot to the body.
A left lands for Ippo.
Ippo scores with a jab. Bonney acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bonney with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ippo to score with a decent uppercut.
Ippo sizes up Bonney with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bonney takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ippo sizes up Bonney with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ippo getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ippo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bonney appears to be looking for a big counter.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ippo.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ippo.
And that's the end of the fight!
Makunouchi Ippo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ippo 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Makunouchi Ippo!
Post fight, Makunouchi Ippo took to the microphone: 'Found 1 '.
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