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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Argat Khan (ranked 2903 p4p, 344 weight class) and Hakeem Oki (ranked 2402 p4p, 298 weight class). Khan comes to the ring accompanied by Can't be touched. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Argat Khan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hakeem Oki!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Oki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Khan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khan swats away the attempt to clinch by Oki.
Oki with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hakeem Oki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oki uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Oki tries to clinch but Khan moves out of range.
Oki throws a head kick that misses.
Oki connects with a good right hand that stumbles Khan. Khan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Oki scores with a hook to the body. Khan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Khan slips under a jab.
Oki lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Khan staying out of range there.
Oki instigates a clinch.
Khan blocks a body shot from Oki.
Khan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khan swings wildly with an uppercut but Oki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Oki is keeping busy.
Oki takes a shot to the head.
Oki scores with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oki lands a body punch.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
Oki can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
Khan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Oki lands a jab to the nose.
Khan has Oki up against the ropes in a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Oki.
Oki misses with a body punch.
Khan swings wildly with an uppercut but Oki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khan misses with some punches.
Khan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Khan has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short right from Oki on the inside.
Oki has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.
Oki tries to work over Khan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Oki is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan manages to break the clinch.
Khan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Khan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan motions for Oki to come forward. Khan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Oki.
Oki slips under a jab from Khan.
Khan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Khan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Khan lands a really nice looking cross but Oki seems unphased.
Khan throws a leg kick but Oki checks it.
Khan ducks under a wild hook from Oki.
Khan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Oki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khan.
Khan avoids the body shot from Oki.
Khan 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.
Khan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Khan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Oki moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Oki takes one to the chin there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khan checks a leg kick.
Khan instigates a clinch.
Khan lands an uppercut.
Khan breaks from the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Oki. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Hakeem Oki will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Oki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khan.
Oki moves out of range of the body kick from Khan.
Khan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Oki is out of range and Khan settles back down.
Khan misses with a hook. Oki ducked under it nicely.
Khan takes the fight into the clinch.
Khan blocks a body shot from Oki.
A short right from Khan.
Oki works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Khan working aggressively here.
Oki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oki blocking some punches.
Oki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Oki lands with a right to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan breaks the clinch.
Khan avoids the head kick by Oki.
Oki clinches up against the ropes.
Khan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Oki backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Oki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khan's elbow.
A body shot lands from Oki.
Oki tries to work over Khan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hand to the body from Oki.
Oki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Oki scores with a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Oki.
Oki struggles to land a body shot inside as Khan controls his hands.
Oki gets through Khan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khan.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Oki.
Oki tries to work over Khan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khan pushes Oki back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oki blocking some punches.
Oki lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Oki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Oki presses Khan against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Oki lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Khan or not.
Khan misses with some punches.
A hook to the body from Oki.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Oki.
Oki tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Oki back against the ropes.
Khan holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Oki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khan swings wildly with an uppercut but Oki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oki cracks Khan with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Oki - that landed with a thud.
Oki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan is trying to break the clinch but Oki has him pressed against the ropes.
Khan misses with a punch on the inside.
Oki struggles to land a body shot inside as Khan controls his hands.
Khan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Oki misses with a body punch.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
Oki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oki checks a low kick from Khan.
Khan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Khan misses with a kick to the body.
Oki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Argat Khan will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A low kick from Khan misses
and Oki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Oki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Khan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khan takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Oki lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Khan looks to land a combination. Oki sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Oki tries to clinch but Khan moves out of range.
A nice combination there by Khan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oki misses with a head kick.
Khan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Khan blocks a low kick nicely.
Oki digs a good hook to Khan's body.
Khan takes the fight into the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Oki as the two fighters clinch.
Oki lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Oki lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Oki is leaning against Khan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Khan lands a right hand.
Oki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Oki lands a left hand that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khan's elbow.
Khan lands an uppercut.
Oki lands a body shot in the clinch.
Oki lands a right hand that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Oki struggles to land a body shot inside as Khan controls his hands.
Khan throws a punch but it's blocked by Oki.
Oki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oki working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Oki scores with a nice short uppercut.
Oki can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
Khan prevents a body shot from Oki.
Khan lands an uppercut.
Oki tries to work over Khan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khan working aggressively here.
A short right from Khan on the inside.
Khan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Khan misses with an uppercut. Oki saw that one coming.
Khan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Oki. That's going to slow Khan down.
Oki swinging wildly here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oki throws the kick towards the body but Khan avoids it.
Oki misses with an uppercut.
Khan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Oki tries to clinch up.
Oki misses with an uppercut. Khan saw that one coming.
Oki swinging wildly here.
Khan avoids a kick to the body.
The fighters circling - Oki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A combination from Khan does no damage.
Oki misses with a body shot.
Oki throws a quick inside leg kick.
Oki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oki fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Khan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oki looks to score with a jab to the body but Khan is just out of range.
Khan avoids the head kick by Oki.
Oki throws an overhand right that lands on Khan's shoulder, as Khan tries to avoid the shot.
Khan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Khan throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hakeem Oki really dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Oki tries to bum rush Khan with a series of wild strikes but Khan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Khan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khan feints a jab promting Oki to slip. Khan then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Oki slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
It looks like Hakeem Oki has been cut.
Decent striking displayed by Oki there.
Oki tries to clinch there but Khan circles away.
Khan connects with a nice looking jab.
Oki moves out of range of the strikes.
Oki misses with a few strikes there.
Oki tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Khan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Oki is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Oki can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
Oki misses with a punch to the body.
Oki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Khan.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Oki.
Khan trying to stall but Oki improves his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oki tries a body shot but Khan blocks it.
Oki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oki gets through Khan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oki can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
Oki tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Oki back against the ropes.
Hakeem Oki seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Khan tries to stall but Oki uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Oki misses with some punches.
Khan blocks a body shot from Oki.
Khan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Oki. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Oki stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Argat Khan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Oki throws the left hand but Khan avoids the punch easily.
Oki scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Khan misses with a double jab.
Khan gets a clinch.
Oki misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Oki lands a right hand.
A short right from Khan on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good body shot from Oki.
Khan swings wildly with an uppercut but Oki uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan gets through Oki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oki lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Khan misses with the head strike.
Khan manages to break the clinch.
Khan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Oki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Oki missing with a left hand there. Khan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khan clinches.
Khan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Oki backwards.
Oki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Khan lands a shoulder strike.
Oki letting Khan take a breather here.
Oki misses with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khan looking to stall.
Oki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khan drives through and clinches with Oki against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Argat Khan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hakeem Oki's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Oki closes the distance and clinches.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Oki lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khan lands a right hand.
A short body shot lands from Oki as the two fighters clinch.
Oki tries a body shot but Khan blocks it.
Oki cracks Khan with a nice body shot.
Oki keeps control of Khan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Khan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Khan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Oki lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Oki.
Oki lands a shot to the body.
Oki works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Khan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Oki lands a shoulder strike.
Oki lands with a right to the head.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oki lands a body shot in the clinch.
Oki blocks an uppercut.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Oki.
Khan prevents a body shot from Oki.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Oki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan throws a punch but it's blocked by Oki.
Oki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Khan blocks a body shot from Oki.
Khan blocks a body shot from Oki.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Khan is looking to break free of the clinch but Oki has double underhooks.
Oki throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Khan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Khan.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khan breaks from the clinch.
Oki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Khan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Khan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Oki throws a wild body kick that Khan sees coming a mile off.
Oki jabs Khan right on the nose. Khan blinks but takes it well.
Khan moves into range and clinches up with Oki.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khan.
Oki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Oki keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Khan's efforts to push away.
Oki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Khan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Oki to score with a decent uppercut.
Oki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Oki bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Khan is rocked!
Oki lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Oh Khan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Oki punishes Khan's body with a nice straight punch.
Oki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Khan seems to have got his legs back now.
An inside leg kick lands from Khan.
Khan throws a body punch but Oki moves out of range.
And Oki responds with a good body kick, but Khan manages to step out the way in time.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Oki connects with a single shot there.
Oki closes the distance and pushes Khan back into the ropes.
Khan wants to break free but Oki has control.
Oki lands an uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hakeem Oki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Oki has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 47:49
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 46:50
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 47:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hakeem Oki!
Hakeem Oki is the new welterweight champion!
Hakeem Oki decided to call for a title shot in his post fight interview, which was very strange given the fact this fight was for a title and he's already the champion. I guess that's what getting punched in the head does for you.
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