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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Koichi Kamei (ranked 533 p4p, 620 weight class) and Sao Alela (ranked 72 p4p, 87 weight class). Alela has chosen Ground Zero (MOP) as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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 22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Koichi Kamei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sao Alela!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alela throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kamei.
Alela tries a head kick but it misses.
Kamei throwing a counter right hand but Alela manages to avoid it.
We've been informed that Alela has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Alela connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Alela throws the left hand but Kamei avoids the punch easily.
Kamei throws a shot from downtown. Alela moves away and avoids it.
Alela throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kamei sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It looked like Kamei wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kamei throws a poor cross that misses
and Alela counters with a straight right hand.
A jab lands there for Alela.
Kamei scores with a jab.
Sao Alela seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alela fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kamei manages to avoid it.
Kamei throws a body punch but Alela moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamei takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Alela rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kamei counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kamei stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Alela.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alela fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kamei.
Kamei walks forward, straight into a front kick from Alela.
Kamei looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kamei throws a shot from downtown. Alela moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamei throws a hook but Alela avoids it easily.
Alela motions for Kamei to come forward. Alela throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kamei lands a nice hook to Alela's body. Alela takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kamei lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kamei throws a body shot but no joy.
Alela chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A bone on bone clash there as Kamei blocks the leg kick.
Alela tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alela throws a body shot but no joy.
Alela avoids the body shot from Kamei.
Alela misses with a straight left.
Alela throws a looping overhand right but Kamei ducks down to avoid it.
Kamei misses with an uppercut. Alela saw that one coming.
Kamei looks to score with a jab to the body but Alela is just out of range.
Kamei connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Alela momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alela uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kamei.
Alela misses with a hook.
Alela swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The fighters circling - Kamei throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alela misses with a series of wild punches.
Alela lands a nice shot to the body.
Kamei checks the leg kick nicely there.
Alela misses with an uppercut. Kamei saw that one coming.
Alela connects with a crisp jab.
A low kick from Alela is predictable there
and Alela takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kamei connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Alela momentarily.
Kamei displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Alela throws out the jab.
Alela works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamei takes one to the chin there.
Kamei takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Alela throws an overhand right that lands on Kamei's shoulder, as Kamei tries to avoid the shot.
Alela throws a lazy uppercut
and Kamei counters with a straight right hand.
Alela fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kamei throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kamei fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Alela lands a glancing blow to the side of Kamei's head.
Alela throws a big shot that misses.
Alela lands with a nice body kick.
Kamei swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kamei throws a hook to the side of Alela's head but Alela sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alela lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kamei walks forward, straight into a front kick from Alela.
Alela moves away from the strike by Kamei.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Alela.
Kamei throws a jab but it's blocked by Alela.
Alela buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Alela misses the target.
Kamei takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kamei moves out of range of the strikes.
The fighters circle momentarily. Alela darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Alela scores with a nice right hand.
Alela lands a slapping body shot.
Kamei misses with a wild body shot.
Kamei misses with a hook.
Kamei is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kamei just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot to the liver by Alela. Beautiful body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Alela.
Alela throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sao Alela 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.
Kamei throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jab by Alela.
Alela lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Alela waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kamei.
It looked like Kamei wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kamei throws a hook but Alela blocks it.
Kamei avoids a kick to the body.
Kamei looks to throw the jab but Alela is out of range.
Alela lands a jab.
Alela walks into a jab.
Alela throws a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamei fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alela manages to avoid it.
A good leg kick by Alela.
Alela cracks a nice hook into Kamei's ribs.
Alela just misses with a punch to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab by Alela.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Alela.
Alela misses with a hook
and Kamei counters with a stiff right hand.
Kamei uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Alela.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kamei.
Alela throws a sloppy head kick and Kamei moves out of range easily.
Kamei uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alela.
Alela misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Alela chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Alela throws a push kick but Kamei slaps the foot to one side.
An attempted straight right counter from Kamei misses the target.
An inside leg kick from Alela misses.
Alela scores with a body shot.
Kamei is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Alela misses with a looping right.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Kamei might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alela. Kamei does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice cross by Alela.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alela lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alela blocks a jab.
Alela lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Alela throws a solid leg kick but Kamei takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Alela.
Alela ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kamei slips a jab from Alela.
A jab lands there for Alela.
Nice cross by Kamei.
Kamei slips a jab from Alela.
Alela paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Alela throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Alela thows a leg kick but Kamei checks it
and Kamei connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kamei checks a low kick from Alela.
A jab from Alela misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Kamei misses its target.
Kamei misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamei blocks a leg kick.
Alela fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kamei checks it well.
Alela missing with a left hand there. Kamei was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kamei uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alela.
It looked like Kamei wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Alela attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Alela moves away from the strike by Kamei.
Alela throws a hook but Kamei blocks it.
Alela throws a jab but it's blocked by Kamei.
Kamei was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Alela 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 Kamei has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kamei and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Alela goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Alela slips under a jab from Kamei.
A little jabbing left from Alela on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Alela lands with an overhand left.
Kamei takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kamei takes one on the button.
Alela misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kamei swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alela throws a good cross that connects.
A jab from Alela does it's job there.
Kamei on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A chopping leg kick lands by Alela.
Alela misses with a lunging right hand
and Kamei counters with a straight right hand.
Kamei blocks a head kick by Alela.
An attempted straight right counter from Kamei misses the target.
Kamei slips under a jab.
Alela misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kamei misses with an uppercut. Alela saw that one coming.
Kamei misses with a looping left.
Kamei takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Kamei throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Alela thuds his right hand into Kamei's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Some bone on bone action there as Kamei checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sao Alela showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
The fighters circling - Alela throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Alela bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kamei's head backwards.
Alela keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A slow jab from Kamei misses its intended target.
Alela looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A big left from Kamei misses.
Kamei uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Alela.
Alela thows a leg kick but Kamei checks it
and Kamei counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Alela bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Alela throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kamei connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sao Alela seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Alela lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamei misses with a straight right.
Alela connects with a looping right hand.
Alela keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kamei.
Kamei throws a body punch but Alela moves out of range.
Alela was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kamei misses with a double jab.
Alela has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamei defending well as Alela loads up on a big left hand.
Kamei will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Kamei thows a left - swing and a miss!
Alela thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kamei if he has to take too many more of those.
Kamei looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Alela throws a body punch but Kamei moves out of range.
Alela with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Alela works the jab nicely.
Donk. Alela catches Kamei right on the button with a cross.
Kamei throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kamei misses with a looping left.
Kamei moves out of range of the leg kick from Alela.
Alela lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kamei takes a step back to recover.
Alela misses with a looping left.
Kamei loads up on a big right hand but Alela slips the punch.
Alela throws out a powerful jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alela looks to land a body kick but Kamei moved away.
Alela throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kamei drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kamei takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kamei fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alela manages to avoid it.
Alela fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kamei is out of range.
Alela looks to throw the jab but Kamei is out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Kamei misses the target.
Kamei avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kamei throws a lazy uppercut
and Alela counters with a straight right hand.
Decent striking displayed by Alela there.
A big left from Alela misses.
Alela bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Alela bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kamei throws a hook but Alela avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamei on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Alela. Alela obviously looking to wear him down.
That kick from Alela tenderised Kamei's leg. Kamei is trying to keep his angry face on.
Koichi Kamei has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kamei walks into a left hand.
Kamei feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Alelas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Alela misses with a body shot.
Kamei is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Kamei misses with a looping left.
Kamei takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kamei showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alela.
A slapping leg kick lands for Alela.
Kamei takes one to the side of the head.
Alela throws a lazy uppercut
and Kamei counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Alela thinking.
Kamei looks to land a right hand but Alela moved out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Alela.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kamei misses the jab.
Kamei misses with a looping right.
A slow jab from Alela misses its intended target.
Kamei avoids a kick to the body.
Kamei swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Alela dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kamei. That did some damage!
Kamei 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.
Alela moves away from the strike by Kamei.
Alela scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Alela misses with a kick to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Kamei misses the target.
A jab from Alela does it's job there.
Alela looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Alela throws a lazy right hand but Kamei sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kamei throws an overhand right that lands on Alela's shoulder, as Alela tries to avoid the shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sao Alela comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Alela 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sao Alela!
An out of breath Sao Alela thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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