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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Tommy Lee (ranked 18561 p4p, 4640 weight class) and Kaine Krause (ranked 823 p4p, 609 weight class). Lee's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Kickstart My Heart. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 37 - 12 - 2, fighting out of New York, Tommy Lee!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kaine Krause!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Sosuke Kotani and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krause takes one to the side of the head.
Lee uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Krause's coach down at Elite MMA Training was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Krause's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Krause misses with a hook. Lee ducked under it nicely.
Krause throws a jab but it's blocked by Lee.
Lee lands with a kick to the temple. Krause shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Lee with a jab.
Lee throws a hook to the side of Krause's head but Krause sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Krause is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tommy Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A jab from Lee finds it's way through Krause's defenses.
Krause tries to clinch but Lee is having none of it.
Lee has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Krause waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lee.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krause throws out a leg kick but Lee moves out of range and Krause only half commits.
Lee lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lee throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krause avoids a kick to the body.
Krause fails with an attempt to clinch.
Krause misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lee looks to throw the jab but Krause is out of range.
Lee dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Krause. That did some damage!
Krause scores with a nice head shot.
Krause avoids the head kick by Lee.
Lee missing with a left hand there. Krause was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Krause throws out a counter right but Lee avoids it with no problem.
Krause takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lee with a hook.
Lee circles away from the clinch attempt.
Krause avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lee lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Krause looks to land a left hand but Lee moved out of range nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krause defending well as Lee loads up on a big left hand.
Krause on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lee tried to score with a low kick but Krause checks it.
A little jabbing left from Krause on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee cracks Krause with a good jab.
Lee lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Krause takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lee throws a body shot but no joy.
Krause avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Krause looks to land a left hand but Lee moved out of range nicely.
Krause moves in looking to clinch but Lee pushes him off.
Lee goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A head kick misses from Lee.
Lee throws a combination. Krause tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Krause misses with a looping right.
Krause closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Lee dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Krause throws the left hand but Lee avoids the punch easily.
Lee feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Lee. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lee.
Lee throws a good cross that connects.
Krause misses with an uppercut.
Krause takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jab from Lee.
Lee moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Krause.
Lee misses with a straight left.
A head kick misses from Lee.
Krause takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lee with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krause takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Krause.
Krause scores with a sloppy right hand. Lee should have avoided that one.
It looks like Tommy Lee has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Krause.
Tommy Lee is winning the standup battle so far.
Krause checks a leg kick.
Krause looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lee lands an overhand right.
Lee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Krause takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lee jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lee fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Krause on the side of the head.
Lee throws a push kick but Krause slaps the foot to one side.
Lee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Krause.
Lee is looking to counter punch.
Lee slips a straight right by Krause.
Krause ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Krause might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Krause scores with a body shot.
Lee lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee moves out of range of the body kick.
Krause walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krause takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Krause keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lee.
Krause sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Lee misses with a series of wild punches.
Lee scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Lee lands a really nice looking cross but Krause seems unphased.
Lee comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Krause can do to turn this around?
Krause walks into a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Krause has managed to clinch.
Krause tries a body shot but Lee blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Lee dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tommy Lee's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Lee scores with a nice body kick.
Krause bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lee thumps Krause with a low kick.
Lee keeps the fight on the outside.
Lee scores with a nice strike.
Krause lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Lee has Krause up against the ropes in a clinch.
Lee blocks the elbow strike.
Lee blocks an elbow strike.
Lee is trying to break the clinch but Krause is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee lands a knee to the body.
Krause looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short body shot lands from Krause as the two fighters clinch.
Krause works on Lee's body with a couple of short punches.
Krause misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lee pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Krause takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Krause has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Krause!
Krause throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Krause fails in his attempt to clinch.
A counter left hand to the body from Lee misses its target.
Krause's corner calls for a 1-2. Krause obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lee.
Lee throws a body shot but no joy.
Krause throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lee loads up on a big right hand but Krause slips the punch.
Lee throws a hook to the side of Krause's head but Krause sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Krause looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Krause throws a lazy right hand but Lee sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lee feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Lee throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Krause on the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee lands a nice looking body shot.
Krause sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lee lands with a straight right. Krause didn't see that one coming.
Krause has taken the fight to the clinch.
Krause tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Krause takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Kaine Krause has been cut.
Krause scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice left hand lands by Krause.
Krause misses with some punches.
Lee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Krause lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Krause pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Krause misses with a body punch.
Krause doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lee throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lee blocks a body shot from Krause.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lee is trying to push Krause away but Krause has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Lee breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lee scores with a jab to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Lee clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Krause misses with a head kick.
Lee digs a good body shot into Krause's ribs.
A jab lands there for Lee.
Lee gets a clinch.
Lee breaks from the clinch.
Krause lands a nice looking body shot.
Lee avoids the body shot from Krause.
Lee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Krause uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lee.
Lee throws a sloppy body shot
and Krause counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee scores with a kick to the body.
Krause cracks Lee with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lee jabs Krause right on the nose. Krause blinks but takes it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A right-left combo lands from Lee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee throws a good cross that connects.
A jab from Lee misses.
Lee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Krause shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Lee lands a head kick!
Krause throws a shot to the body.
Krause thows a left - swing and a miss!
Krause moves forwards but Lee connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Krause throws a head kick but Lee moves out of range.
Krause fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lee checks it well.
A telegraphed right hand from Lee misses the target.
Lee throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Lee. Krause shrugs it off though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lee misses with a straight right.
Lee throws an overhand right that lands on Krause's shoulder, as Krause tries to avoid the shot.
Krause uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lee.
Jab by Lee.
Krause walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A jab lands there for Lee.
Krause blocks a head kick by Lee.
Lee finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lee stuns Krause with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lee rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Krause moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lee throws a sloppy head kick and Krause moves out of range easily.
Krause tries to counter with a clinch but Lee shakes him off and moves away.
Krause has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Lee.
Krause pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Lee had his way with Kaine Krause in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Krause closes the distance and clinches.
Kaine Krause has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Krause lands an elbow just above Lee 's eye.
Lee pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lee moves out of range as Krause strikes.
Krause lunges at Lee with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lee's hand.
Krause avoids the head kick by Lee.
Krause gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lee breaks from the clinch.
Krause lands with a kick to the temple. Lee shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Lee throws a low kick but Krause moves out of range easily.
Lee misses with a head kick.
Krause takes one on the button.
Lee throws a jab but it's blocked by Krause.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krause keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lee.
Krause tries to counter by closing the distance.
Krause is looking to land body kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krause misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Krause gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lee ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lee connects with a nice looking jab.
Lee plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Lee throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lee scores with a nice head shot.
Lee tries to land a front kick but Krause steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Krause keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Donk. Lee catches Krause right on the button with a cross.
Krause moves out of range as Lee strikes.
Krause lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Krause.
Lee digs a good body shot into Krause's ribs.
Lee cracks Krause with a good jab.
Krause fails in his attempt to clinch.
Krause throws a push kick but Lee slaps the foot to one side.
It looked like Lee wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Krause pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lee connects with a leg kick.
Lee looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Krause takes a kick to the side of the head.
Krause's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Krause takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Krause pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lee is out of range and Krause settles back down.
Tommy Lee is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lee scores with a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Lee showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lee, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Tommy Lee!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Tommy Lee!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Tommy Lee!
Tommy Lee wins by unanimous decision!
Tommy Lee retains his middleweight title!
Tommy Lee seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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