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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ryu Takemura (ranked 23758 p4p, 25350 weight class) and Wilson El Cabare (ranked 624 p4p, 615 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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150
23 - 11 - 1 |
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250
4 - 10 - 0 |
World class boxer
Very quick
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Great elbows
Solid chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryu Takemura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wilson El Cabare!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yuuki Gou and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takemura swings for the body but El Cabare moves out of range.
Takemura ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It looked like Takemura wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
El Cabare takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Takemura connects with the punch.
Sloppy strikes from El Cabare. Those never looked like landing.
El Cabare closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
El Cabare connects with an inside leg kick.
El Cabare tries to clinch but Takemura moves out of range.
Takemura throwing a counter right hand but El Cabare manages to avoid it.
El Cabare misses with a shot to the body
and Takemura counters with a stiff right hand.
Takemura throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A nice side step and El Cabare releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Takemura definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
El Cabare misses with an uppercut
and Takemura counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Takemura throws an uppercut from half a mile away. El Cabare sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sloppy strikes from Takemura. Those never looked like landing.
El Cabare is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
El Cabare lands a jab to the nose.
Takemura keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Takemura was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
El Cabare throws a sloppy body shot
and Takemura connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
El Cabare lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Takemura displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as El Cabare throws out the jab.
El Cabare tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
El Cabare moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
El Cabare throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
El Cabare tries to clinch up
and Takemura counters with a left to the body.
El Cabare throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Takemura to counter with a crisp jab.
El Cabare throws a right hand that misses
enabling Takemura to counter with a crisp jab.
El Cabare throws the left hand but Takemura avoids the punch easily.
Takemura lands with a cross.
A low kick from El Cabare misses
and Takemura makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
El Cabare tries to close the distance and clinch but Takemura swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As El Cabare looks to move away, Takemura throws a big counter combo but El Cabare just gets out of the way.
Wilson El Cabare seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Takemura.
Takemura fakes high and swings low for a body shot but El Cabare manages to avoid it.
El Cabare takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
El Cabare misses with an uppercut. Takemura saw that one coming.
Takemura went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
El Cabare throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Takemura counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Takemura is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Takemura moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
El Cabare misses with a wild combination.
A big right from El Cabare misses.
El Cabare should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
El Cabare pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Takemura scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Takemura scores with a sloppy right hand. El Cabare should have avoided that one.
A combination from Takemura does no damage.
El Cabare throws a lazy uppercut
and Takemura counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryu Takemura dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Takemura connects with a body shot.
El Cabare has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Takemura scores with a punch to the head.
El Cabare throws a looping overhand right but Takemura ducks down to avoid it.
El Cabare throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Takemura counter with a right hand.
Takemura takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
El Cabare dips to his left and cracks Takemura with an uppercut!
El Cabare finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A counter left hand to the body from Takemura misses its target.
El Cabare throws an off balance right hand
and Takemura cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
El Cabare misses the shot to the body.
Ryu Takemura is winning the standup battle so far.
Takemura slips under a jab.
El Cabare misses with a wild body shot.
Takemura ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
El Cabare misses with a left hand
and Takemura counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
El Cabare misses with an uppercut
and Takemura counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
El Cabare ducks under a wild hook from Takemura.
El Cabare connects with a leg kick.
Takemura uses good head movement to avoid the hook from El Cabare.
Takemura scores with a one two! El Cabare had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Takemura throws a combination. El Cabare tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ryu Takemura is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
El Cabare throws a poor cross that misses
and Takemura counters with a stiff right hand.
Takemura digs a good body shot into El Cabare's ribs.
Takemura scores with a nice head shot.
Takemura connects with a body shot that sends El Cabare's belly button to the back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slapping leg kick lands for El Cabare.
El Cabare tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Takemura manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
El Cabare moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Takemura is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that El Cabare can do to turn this around?
Takemura cracks El Cabare with a right hand to the side of the head.
El Cabare avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takemura uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from El Cabare.
A quick step to the side and Takemura tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Takemura does it's job there.
Takemura checks a leg kick.
A shot to the body from El Cabare misses
and Takemura cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice uppercut lands for Takemura. That snapped El Cabare's head back.
El Cabare is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Takemura throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Takemura looks to land a right hand but El Cabare moved out of range.
El Cabare throws a lazy uppercut
and Takemura connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
El Cabare misses the shot to the body.
El Cabare throws a leg kick but Takemura sees it coming and checks it nicely.
El Cabare misses with an uppercut
and Takemura counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryu Takemura dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Takemura checks a leg kick.
El Cabare swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A quick step to the side and Takemura tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Takemura takes one to the side of the head.
Takemura tries to bum rush El Cabare with a series of wild strikes but El Cabare uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
El Cabare throws out a counter right but Takemura avoids it with no problem.
El Cabare throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
El Cabare moves out of range of the strikes.
Despite the aggression on El Cabare's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Takemura bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of El Cabare's head.
El Cabare walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Takemura checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
El Cabare misses with a body shot.
El Cabare on the wrong end of a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
El Cabare tries to clinch there but Takemura circles away.
Takemura appears to be looking for a big counter.
El Cabare misses with a hook. Takemura ducked under it nicely.
El Cabare is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Takemura.
El Cabare swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Takemura appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
El Cabare is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takemura jabs El Cabare right on the nose. El Cabare blinks but takes it well.
Takemura 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.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from El Cabare lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Takemura has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Takemura and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Takemura is looking to counter punch.
El Cabare misses with a body shot
and Takemura cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
El Cabare keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Takemura.
Takemura uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by El Cabare.
Takemura lands a jab.
El Cabare ducks right into an uppercut from Takemura.
Takemura looks to land a left hand but El Cabare moved out of range nicely.
Takemura scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
El Cabare is looking to clinch.
Takemura checks the leg kick.
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 shot to the body from El Cabare misses
enabling Takemura to counter with a crisp jab.
El Cabare throws out a powerful jab.
El Cabare thows a leg kick but Takemura checks it
and Takemura cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Takemura moves forwards but El Cabare connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Takemura misses with a straight left.
El Cabare missing with a left hand there. Takemura was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
El Cabare thows a leg kick but Takemura checks it
enabling Takemura to counter with a crisp jab.
Takemura is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Takemura misses with a looping right.
El Cabare appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
El Cabare swings away with a body shot that misses
and Takemura counters with a left and a right that stings El Cabare.
El Cabare tries to close the distance and clinch up but Takemura swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jab, jab by El Cabare - just one landing.
El Cabare takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
El Cabare throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Takemura sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wilson El Cabare has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ryu Takemura is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
El Cabare tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Takemura paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ryu Takemura showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Takemura 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryu Takemura!
Post fight, Ryu Takemura stared into the camera and said 'I'd kill him if the referee let me..'.
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RATING
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