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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Cirelli (ranked 388 p4p, 550 weight class) and Akaro Horiguchi (ranked 46 p4p, 66 weight class). Cirelli comes to the cage accompanied by We Come One. Horiguchi has chosen Japanese Imperial Army Death March as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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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 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Cirelli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Akaro Horiguchi!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cirelli misses with a hook.
Horiguchi throws a low kick but Cirelli avoids it.
It looked like Cirelli wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cirelli throws a body punch but Horiguchi moves out of range.
Horiguchi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cirelli connects with a good right hand that stumbles Horiguchi. Horiguchi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Cirelli misses with a hook
and Horiguchi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cirelli thinking.
Cirelli throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Horiguchi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cirelli.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Horiguchi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Horiguchi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cirelli sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Horiguchi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cirelli misses with a left hand
and Horiguchi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cirelli throws a hook but Horiguchi avoids it easily.
Cirelli will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Horiguchi! But no joy.
Cirelli pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Cirelli does it's job there.
Cirelli throws a leg kick but Horiguchi sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Horiguchi 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.
Horiguchi looks to land a left hand but Cirelli moved out of range nicely.
Horiguchi lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cirelli lands with a right hand.
Horiguchi checks a leg kick nicely.
A leg kick checked by Cirelli.
Cirelli is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Cirelli swings for the body but Horiguchi moves out of range.
Horiguchi misses with a wild combination.
Cirelli is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cirelli slips a jab from Horiguchi.
Cirelli lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cirelli looks to throw the jab but Horiguchi is out of range.
Horiguchi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cirelli connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Horiguchi scrambles back to his feet.
Horiguchi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cirelli.
Cirelli looks to land a left hand but Horiguchi moved out of range nicely.
Nice body punch from Cirelli.
Cirelli throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Horiguchi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cirelli swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cirelli ducks under a wild hook from Horiguchi.
Cirelli tried to counter with a leg kick but Horiguchi avoided it.
Horiguchi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cirelli.
Cirelli keeps Horiguchi at a distance using the push kick.
Horiguchi takes one to the side of the head.
Cirelli takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Horiguchi checks a leg kick.
Horiguchi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cirelli throws a low kick but it's checked well by Horiguchi.
Cirelli moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Horiguchi.
Cirelli ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Horiguchi moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cirelli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cirelli cracks Horiguchi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Horiguchi checks a low kick from Cirelli.
Cirelli scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Cirelli misses the target.
Horiguchi throws out a loose jab but Cirelli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Horiguchi looks to throw the jab but Cirelli is out of range.
Cirelli slips under a jab.
Cirelli connects with a body shot that sends Horiguchi's belly button to the back.
Cirelli throws a low kick but Horiguchi avoids it.
Horiguchi throws a body punch but Cirelli moves out of range.
Horiguchi wants to land a leg kick but Cirelli is out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Horiguchi.
Cirelli swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cirelli scores with a leg kick.
Cirelli on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cirelli jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cirelli throws a right hand that misses
letting Horiguchi counter with a right hand.
Cirelli throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Horiguchi on the side of the head.
Horiguchi looks to score with a jab to the body but Cirelli is just out of range.
Cirelli will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cirelli.
Horiguchi moves away from the strike by Cirelli.
Horiguchi throws out a counter right but Cirelli avoids it with no problem.
Cirelli ducks under a wild hook from Horiguchi.
Horiguchi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cirelli's head.
Cirelli is looking to score with low kicks.
Cirelli scores with a jab.
Cirelli lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Horiguchi throws a shot from downtown. Cirelli moves away and avoids it.
Horiguchi checks a leg kick.
Horiguchi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cirelli looks to score with a jab to the body but Horiguchi is just out of range.
Horiguchi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Cirelli looks to score with a jab to the body but Horiguchi is just out of range.
Cirelli uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Horiguchi.
Horiguchi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Anthony Cirelli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cirelli fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Horiguchi misses with a body shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Cirelli misses its target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cirelli throws a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Cirelli misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Horiguchi! But no joy.
Cirelli swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cirelli jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cirelli throws a low kick, looking for Horiguchi's leg but Horiguchi calmly moves out of range.
Horiguchi looks to land a left hand but Cirelli moved out of range nicely.
Horiguchi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Horiguchi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cirelli has a couple of punches blocked by Horiguchi.
Horiguchi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cirelli.
Horiguchi misses with a body punch.
Cirelli lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Horiguchi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Horiguchi.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cirelli.
Cirelli avoids a wild elbow strike from Horiguchi.
Cirelli breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cirelli throws a jab when Horiguchi was well out of range.
Cirelli is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Cirelli swings for the body but Horiguchi moves out of range.
Cirelli swats away the attempt to clinch by Horiguchi.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cirelli tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Horiguchi was well out of range. Poor timing from Cirelli.
Horiguchi 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.
Cirelli throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Cirelli swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cirelli takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Cirelli dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cirelli checks a leg kick.
Anthony Cirelli is winning the standup battle so far.
Horiguchi scores with a nice body kick.
Cirelli throws a shot from downtown. Horiguchi moves away and avoids it.
Donk. Horiguchi catches Cirelli right on the button with a cross.
Cirelli throws a big shot that misses.
Horiguchi throws a lazy right hand but Cirelli sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cirelli drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Horiguchi tries to clinch but Cirelli is having none of it.
A cross from Cirelli lands.
Horiguchi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cirelli.
Cirelli misses the body punch
and Cirelli takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Horiguchi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cirelli.
Horiguchi connects with a looping right hand.
Cirelli scores with a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cirelli gets tackled into the cage by Horiguchi. Horiguchi maintains the clinch.
Cirelli breaks from the clinch.
Cirelli keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Cirelli lands with a good body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cirelli, as that shot connected.
Cirelli slips a straight right by Horiguchi.
Cirelli swings for the body but Horiguchi moves out of range.
Cirelli moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horiguchi bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Cirelli's head backwards.
A jab lands there for Cirelli.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cirelli connects with a right hand. Horiguchi shakes it off.
Cirelli avoids the body shot from Horiguchi.
Cirelli just misses with a punch to the body.
Cirelli scores with the left hand. Horiguchi knows he should have avoided that one.
Cirelli's corner calls for a 1-2. Cirelli obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Cirelli connects with a looping right hand.
Cirelli's jab looks to have found its range, popping Horiguchi under the eye.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Horiguchi 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 Cirelli has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cirelli and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A big left from Horiguchi misses.
Horiguchi lands with a kick to the ribs.
Cirelli throws a hook but Horiguchi blocks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cirelli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Horiguchi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cirelli dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Horiguchi throws a lazy right hand but Cirelli sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Horiguchi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cirelli's hands.
Horiguchi takes a swing at Cirelli's ribcage but misses.
Cirelli is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Horiguchi can do to turn this around?
Cirelli scores with a nice strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cirelli throws a leg kick but Horiguchi sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Horiguchi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Good leg kick by Cirelli.
Cirelli moves away from the strike by Horiguchi.
Horiguchi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cirelli.
Cirelli half committed to a counter leg kick.
Cirelli avoids the body shot from Horiguchi.
Cirelli ducks under a wild hook from Horiguchi.
Cirelli staying out of range there.
Horiguchi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cirelli lands a jab to the head.
Horiguchi avoids the body shot from Cirelli.
Horiguchi misses the jab.
Horiguchi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cirelli comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Horiguchi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
As Horiguchi backs away, Cirelli returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Cirelli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Horiguchi.
Horiguchi swings for the body but Cirelli moves out of range.
Cirelli misses the shot to the body.
Cirelli takes a swing at Horiguchi's ribcage but misses.
A slow jab from Horiguchi misses its intended target.
Cirelli pivots, looking for a leg kick but Horiguchi is out of range and Cirelli settles back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi throws a hook but Cirelli blocks it.
Horiguchi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Horiguchi is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Cirelli with a body shot.
Cirelli throws the left hand but Horiguchi avoids the punch easily.
Cirelli throws a leg kick but Horiguchi moved away.
Cirelli misses with a lunging right hand
and Horiguchi counters with a nice uppercut.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cirelli.
Horiguchi lands with a straight right. Cirelli didn't see that one coming.
Horiguchi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cirelli.
Horiguchi throws the left hand but Cirelli avoids the punch easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cirelli. That's going to slow Horiguchi down.
Horiguchi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
As Horiguchi backs away, Cirelli returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Cirelli throws a low kick but Horiguchi moves out of range easily.
Cirelli lands with a straight right. Horiguchi didn't see that one coming.
Horiguchi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cirelli checks it well.
Cirelli tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Horiguchi is able to avoid easily.
Horiguchi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cirelli. Cirelli obviously looking to wear him down.
Cirelli throws a jab but it's blocked by Horiguchi.
Nice shot lands for Cirelli.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cirelli walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Horiguchi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Horiguchi throws a shot from downtown. Cirelli moves away and avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi catches Cirelli with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A chopping leg kick lands by Cirelli.
Cirelli misses with a right hand
and Horiguchi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cirelli thinking.
Horiguchi misses with a low kick.
Cirelli throws a jab when Horiguchi was well out of range.
Cirelli swings widly with a right hand
and Horiguchi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Horiguchi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cirelli. Horiguchi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cirelli pivots, looking for a leg kick but Horiguchi is out of range and Cirelli settles back down.
Cirelli tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Horiguchi was well out of range. Poor timing from Cirelli.
Cirelli throws a leg kick but Horiguchi checks it.
Cirelli cracks Horiguchi with an open hand slap.
Horiguchi throws a sloppy head kick and Cirelli moves out of range easily.
Horiguchi misses with an uppercut. Cirelli saw that one coming.
A little feinted left hand from Cirelli on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Horiguchi scores with a hook to the body. Cirelli takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cirelli thuds a left hand into Horiguchi's body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cirelli thuds a left hand into Horiguchi's body.
Cirelli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Horiguchi manages to avoid it.
Cirelli scores with the left hand. Horiguchi knows he should have avoided that one.
A slow jab from Cirelli misses its intended target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Cirelli dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Cirelli pivots, looking for a leg kick but Horiguchi is out of range and Cirelli settles back down.
Cirelli checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Horiguchi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cirelli throws a hook but Horiguchi avoids it easily.
Cirelli throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An inside leg kick lands from Cirelli.
Cirelli on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Horiguchi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cirelli.
Cirelli ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Horiguchi moves away.
Cirelli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cirelli feints and then cracks Horiguchi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Horiguchi down.
Cirelli misses with a looping right.
Horiguchi throws out a counter right but Cirelli avoids it with no problem.
Cirelli throws a leg kick that misses.
A little jabbing left from Horiguchi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cirelli tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horiguchi jabs Cirelli right on the nose. Cirelli blinks but takes it well.
Cirelli lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Horiguchi misses with a hook.
Some bone on bone action there as Horiguchi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Horiguchi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cirelli bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Horiguchi's head.
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!
Cirelli throws a hook to the side of Horiguchi's head but Horiguchi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Horiguchi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Akaro Horiguchi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cirelli connects with a nice looking jab.
Cirelli misses with a looping left.
A countering left hand to the body from Horiguchi misses.
Cirelli checks the leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Horiguchi misses.
Horiguchi throws a head kick that misses.
Cirelli is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Horiguchi.
Horiguchi loads up on a big right hand but Cirelli slips the punch.
Cirelli swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Horiguchi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Horiguchi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cirelli connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Horiguchi's hands.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cirelli.
A bone on bone clash there as Horiguchi blocks the leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Cirelli checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Horiguchi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Horiguchi throws a head kick that misses.
Cirelli fires out a quick counter leg kick but Horiguchi just manages to avoid it.
Horiguchi looks to score with a jab to the body but Cirelli is just out of range.
Cirelli misses with a body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Horiguchi! But no joy.
Cirelli scores with a nice head shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cirelli tries a low kick but Horiguchi avoids it.
Horiguchi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cirelli moves away.
Anthony Cirelli is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi thuds a left hand into Cirelli's body.
Cirelli slips under a jab.
Cirelli swings for the body but Horiguchi moves out of range.
Horiguchi throws a body punch but Cirelli moves out of range.
Cirelli tried to counter with a leg kick but Horiguchi avoided it.
Cirelli misses with a hook.
Cirelli backing away here, and Horiguchi unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Cirelli scores with a decent looking hook.
Horiguchi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Horiguchi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cirelli stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Horiguchi.
Cirelli throws a body shot but no joy.
A shot to the body from Cirelli misses
enabling Horiguchi to counter with a crisp jab.
Horiguchi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cirelli.
Cirelli misses with a jab to the body
and Horiguchi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Horiguchi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Horiguchi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Horiguchi misses with a looping left.
Cirelli misses with a hook. Horiguchi ducked under it nicely.
Horiguchi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cirelli.
Cirelli walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Horiguchi defending well as Cirelli loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi blocks a jab.
As Cirelli backs off Horiguchi throws a huge counter combo but Cirelli manages to avoid it all.
Horiguchi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cirelli.
Horiguchi throws a leg kick but Cirelli sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cirelli avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cirelli throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cirelli blocks a leg kick.
Horiguchi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Horiguchi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cirelli manages to avoid it.
It looked like Cirelli wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Horiguchi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Horiguchi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Cirelli lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cirelli throws a leg kick but Horiguchi sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Horiguchi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cirelli.
Horiguchi checks a leg kick nicely.
Horiguchi misses with a looping left.
Horiguchi thumps Cirelli with a low kick.
Horiguchi misses the shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cirelli swings for the body but Horiguchi moves out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cirelli, as that shot connected.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cirelli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cirelli connects with a jab.
Cirelli turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cirelli staying out of range there.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cirelli 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 Horiguchi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Horiguchi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Horiguchi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cirelli was well out of range. Poor timing from Horiguchi.
Cirelli tried to counter with a leg kick but Horiguchi avoided it.
Cirelli fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Horiguchi is out of range.
Horiguchi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Cirelli jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Horiguchi misses with a straight right.
Cirelli throws an overhand right that lands on Horiguchi's shoulder, as Horiguchi tries to avoid the shot.
Horiguchi digs a good body shot into Cirelli's ribs.
Horiguchi misses with a straight left.
Cirelli swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Horiguchi throws a solid leg kick but Cirelli takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Horiguchi.
Horiguchi throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Horiguchi misses with a low kick.
Horiguchi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Horiguchi thuds a left hand into Cirelli's body.
Cirelli slips under a jab from Horiguchi.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Anthony Cirelli.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cirelli, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Cirelli!
After winning the bout, Anthony Cirelli 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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