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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Silva Scorpion (ranked 18284 p4p, 22597 weight class) and Kyle Kovingten (ranked 605 p4p, 557 weight class). Scorpion comes to the ring accompanied by Roy Jones Jr - I Smoke, I Drink feat. Mr. Magic & Youngbloodz). Kovingten has chosen Tool - Schism as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 38 - 19 - 1, fighting out of New York, Silva Scorpion!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Kyle Kovingten!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kovingten connects with a leg kick.
Kovingten moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kovingten is looking to score with low kicks.
Kovingten clinches.
Scorpion misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Scorpion.
Scorpion misses with the head strike.
Kovingten lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Silva Scorpion has been cut.
Kovingten lands a right hand that snaps the head of Scorpion backwards.
Kovingten lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Scorpion or not.
Kovingten misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Scorpion doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kovingten missing with knees to the body.
Kovingten creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kovingten lands a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kovingten wants to break the clinch but can't.
Scorpion dodges an elbow strike from Kovingten.
Scorpion scores with an uppercut up the middle.
I was talking to Scorpion's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Scorpion works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kovingten lands an elbow inside that Scorpion shrugs off.
Kovingten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Scorpion is defending well for now.
Kovingten pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kovingten throws a leg kick but Scorpion checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scorpion moves into the clinch.
Kovingten scores with a shot to the side of Scorpion's head.
A head punch on the inside from Kovingten fails to land.
Kovingten told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Scorpion lands a right hand.
Nice body punch from Scorpion - that landed with a thud.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Scorpion dodges an elbow strike from Kovingten.
Scorpion works on Kovingten's body with a couple of short punches.
Scorpion lands a shoulder strike.
Scorpion goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Scorpion tries to stall but Kovingten uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kovingten tries a body shot but Scorpion blocks it.
Scorpion lands a nice uppercut.
Scorpion lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Scorpion fails to land.
Scorpion trying to control the position but instead, Kovingten has worked for underhooks and has pushed Scorpion into the ropes.
Scorpion can't find room to land a body shot as Kovingten controls the action.
Scorpion tries a body shot but Kovingten blocks it.
Kovingten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Scorpion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scorpion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kovingten throws an elbow but it's blocked.
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!
Scorpion misses with a body punch.
A short left from Kovingten.
A frustrated look appears on Kovingten's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kovingten blocks a body shot from Scorpion.
Scorpion lands with a right to the head.
Scorpion misses with a short punch on the inside.
Scorpion blocks an elbow strike from Kovingten.
A head punch on the inside from Kovingten fails to land.
Scorpion doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kovingten working aggressively here.
A short left from Kovingten.
Kovingten misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Scorpion working aggressively here.
Kovingten is trying to break the clinch but Scorpion has him pressed against the ropes.
Scorpion lands a nice shot to the body.
Kovingten working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Scorpion lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kovingten scores with a shoulder strike.
Kovingten looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Scorpion stalling in the clinch but Kovingten improves position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kovingten manages to break the clinch.
Scorpion defending well as Kovingten loads up on a big left hand.
Kovingten throws a head kick but Scorpion moves out of range.
Scorpion throws a low kick but Kovingten moves out of range easily.
Kovingten takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kovingten avoids the head kick by Scorpion.
Kovingten lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kovingten has taken the fight to the clinch.
Scorpion lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Scorpion gets through Kovingten's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Scorpion lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kovingten blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Kovingten just misses with a elbow thrown towards Scorpion's brow.
Scorpion swings wildly with an uppercut but Kovingten uses good head movement to avoid it.
Scorpion fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Kovingten.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Scorpion blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kovingten lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Scorpion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kovingten breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Scorpion throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Scorpion scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kovingten doesn't seem bothered though.
Kovingten throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
As Kovingten looks to move away, Scorpion throws a big counter combo but Kovingten just gets out of the way.
A leg kick checked by Scorpion.
Kovingten doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kovingten lands a glancing blow to the side of Scorpion's head.
Good exchange - Scorpion coming out on top.
Scorpion connects with a leg kick.
Kovingten chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Scorpion can pounce on him.
Kovingten tries to keep at a distance but Scorpion has taken the fight into the clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kovingten as Scorpion tries to tie him up.
Scorpion wants to stall.
Scorpion tries to throw a body punch but Kovingten avoids it by throwing Scorpion back against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kovingten's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kovingten throws a body punch but Scorpion moves out of range.
It looked like Scorpion was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kovingten.
Kovingten walks into a jab.
Kovingten missing with a left hand there. Scorpion was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Silva Scorpion will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Silva Scorpion's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Scorpion fails with an attempt to clinch.
Scorpion moves away from the strike by Kovingten.
Kovingten takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kovingten wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kovingten looks to land a body kick but Scorpion moved away.
Kovingten doesn't manage to clinch there - Scorpion circles away.
Good work by Kovingten as he checks the leg kick.
Kyle Kovingten seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Scorpion throws a jab when Kovingten was well out of range.
Kovingten looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Scorpion dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kovingten tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kovingten looks to throw the jab but Scorpion is out of range.
Kovingten swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Scorpion buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Scorpion lands a jab.
Scorpion is looking to wear down Kovingten with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scorpion connects with an inside leg kick.
Kovingten walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Scorpion checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kovingten tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Scorpion throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
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!
Scorpion fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kovingten manages to avoid it.
Scorpion thuds his right hand into Kovingten's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kovingten tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice body kick there by Scorpion.
Kovingten tries to clinch but Scorpion is having none of it.
Kovingten is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Scorpion.
Kovingten fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kovingten pivots, looking for a leg kick but Scorpion is out of range and Kovingten settles back down.
Scorpion throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Scorpion just misses with a punch to the body.
Scorpion throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A big right from Scorpion misses.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Scorpion here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Scorpion moves out of range as Kovingten strikes.
Kovingten moves into the clinch successfully.
Scorpion pushes Kovingten back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Kovingten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Scorpion avoids it.
Kovingten's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Scorpion takes a swing at Kovingten's ribcage but misses.
Scorpion throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kovingten lands a head kick. Scorpion smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Scorpion looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Scorpion throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovingten clinches with his opponent.
Scorpion tries to throw a body punch but Kovingten avoids it by throwing Scorpion back against the ropes.
Kovingten trying to land knees to the body.
Scorpion lands a left hand.
Scorpion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kovingten has a couple of punches blocked by Scorpion.
Scorpion scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva Scorpion has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch on the inside from Kovingten fails to land.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Scorpion.
Kovingten is breathing heavily.
Scorpion scores with a hook to the body.
Scorpion lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kovingten misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kovingten's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Scorpion buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Scorpion tries to close the distance and clinch but Kovingten swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Scorpion thuds a left hand into Kovingten's body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nice body kick there by Scorpion.
Scorpion throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kovingten takes one to the chin there.
Kovingten misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kovingten doesn't manage to clinch there - Scorpion circles away.
Scorpion connects with a leg kick.
Scorpion closes the distance and clinches.
Scorpion tries to work over Kovingten's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Scorpion tries to throw a body punch but Kovingten avoids it by throwing Scorpion back against the ropes.
Kovingten throws a punch but it's blocked by Scorpion.
Kovingten lands with a short shot to the head.
Kovingten prevents a body shot from Scorpion.
Kovingten softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A right hook to the body lands for Scorpion.
Scorpion lands with a right to the head.
Kovingten prevents a body shot from Scorpion.
A head punch on the inside from Scorpion fails to land.
Scorpion lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Scorpion fails to land.
Scorpion misses with a punch to the body.
Kovingten throws a punch but it's blocked by Scorpion.
Kovingten fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kovingten blocking some punches.
Kovingten breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kovingten fakes the leg kick and cracks Scorpion in the body.
Scorpion misses with an uppercut.
It seemed like Kovingten was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kovingten misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Scorpion.
Kovingten is looking to clinch but Scorpion is avoiding it.
Kovingten cracks Scorpion with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Scorpion lands with an overhand left.
Scorpion on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kovingten. Kovingten obviously looking to wear him down.
Scorpion scores with a shot to the body.
Scorpion is looking to slow Kovingten down with leg kicks.
Scorpion throws out a loose jab but Kovingten uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kovingten takes a swing at Scorpion's ribcage but misses.
Kovingten throws a body kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Scorpion. Kovingten does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kovingten thinks about the counter body kick.
Kovingten wants to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kovingten misses with a hook
and Scorpion counters with a left and a right that stings Kovingten.
Scorpion lands with a shot to the body.
Kovingten tries to keep at a distance but Scorpion has taken the fight into the clinch.
Scorpion misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Silva Scorpion dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Silva Scorpion's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Scorpion avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Scorpion cracks a nice hook into Kovingten's ribs.
Kovingten is looking to chop away at Scorpion's legs.
Kovingten drops his hands momentarily and Scorpion takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Scorpion buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kovingten clinches up with Scorpion and pushes him back against the ropes.
Kovingten breaks from the clinch.
Scorpion pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A lazy left from Scorpion finds it's target.
Some wild striking there from Kovingten.
Scorpion looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kovingten tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Scorpion is able to avoid easily.
Kovingten scores with a leg kick.
Scorpion fails in his attempt to clinch.
Scorpion throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kovingten keeps Scorpion at a distance using the push kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Scorpion misses with a body shot.
Scorpion gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kovingten tries to break free but Scorpion pushes him back against the ropes.
Kovingten pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Kovingten blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kovingten lands a nice elbow.
Still in the clinch, Kovingten scores with a nice short uppercut.
Scorpion doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Scorpion blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Scorpion lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kovingten.
Scorpion tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kovingten's elbow.
Scorpion misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Scorpion misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Scorpion lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kovingten or not.
Scorpion blocks the elbow strike.
Kovingten prevents a body shot from Scorpion.
Scorpion misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kovingten has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kovingten pushes Scorpion back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Scorpion misses with some punches.
Scorpion lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Scorpion as the two fighters clinch.
Scorpion softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scorpion prevents Kovingten from breaking the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Scorpion scores with a nice short uppercut.
Scorpion goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Scorpion fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Scorpion throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kovingtens head.
Scorpion lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kovingten doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Scorpion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kovingten has had enough of the clinch but Scorpion keeps him there for the moment.
Scorpion throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kovingten takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Scorpion throws a punch but it's blocked by Kovingten.
Scorpion doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Scorpion misses with some punches.
Scorpion can't find room to land a body shot as Kovingten controls the action.
Scorpion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Scorpion lands a right hand.
Kovingten wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Scorpion has him pressed against the ropes.
Scorpion working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scorpion scores with a shoulder strike.
Scorpion is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kovingten can do to turn this around?
Scorpion throws a head punch that misses.
Kovingten's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Scorpion throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Scorpion.
Scorpion tries to work over Kovingten's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kovingten breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Scorpion uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kovingten has time to react.
Scorpion scores with a nice strike.
Scorpion throws a body punch but Kovingten moves out of range.
Scorpion moves into the clinch.
Scorpion lands a body shot.
Scorpion tries to throw a body punch but Kovingten avoids it by throwing Scorpion back against the ropes.
Still in the clinch, Scorpion scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kovingten manages to break the clinch.
Scorpion looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Scorpion lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kovingten's sensitive parts.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scorpion throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Scorpion throws a lazy uppercut
and Kovingten counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Kovingten throws the kick towards the body but Scorpion avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scorpion fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kovingten jabs Scorpion right on the nose. Scorpion blinks but takes it well.
Scorpion lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Scorpion lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Scorpion throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Scorpion throws a shot to the body.
Scorpion scores with a jab to the head.
Kovingten lands a jab to the head.
Scorpion gets a clinch.
Scorpion lands a nice uppercut.
Kovingten wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Scorpion's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Scorpion lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kovingten misses with a body punch.
Scorpion avoids a wild elbow strike from Kovingten.
Scorpion pushes Kovingten back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Scorpion lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Silva Scorpion clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Silva Scorpion'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.
Scorpion scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kovingten avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kovingten is trying to counter with his kicks.
Scorpion moves out of range of the leg kick from Kovingten.
Scorpion blocks a head kick by Kovingten.
Kovingten on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Scorpion avoids a kick to the body.
Scorpion ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kovingten moves away.
Scorpion has Kovingten up against the ropes in a clinch.
Scorpion softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Scorpion lands with a light punch inside.
Kovingten scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Scorpion fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kovingten has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kovingten trying to land knees to the body.
Scorpion blocks the elbow strike.
Scorpion misses with some punches.
Kovingten lands a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kovingten lands a nice uppercut.
Scorpion is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kovingten.
Scorpion lands a shoulder strike.
Kovingten misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kovingten lands an elbow inside.
Scorpion tries to throw a body punch but Kovingten avoids it by throwing Scorpion back against the ropes.
Kovingten tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kovingten struggles to land a body shot inside as Scorpion controls his hands.
Kovingten blocks a body shot from Scorpion.
Scorpion tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kovingten's elbow.
Kovingten tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Scorpion's elbow.
Scorpion looking to stall.
Kovingten lands a right hand that snaps the head of Scorpion backwards.
Kovingten's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - Scorpion looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Scorpion finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kovingten appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovingten blocks a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Scorpion misses the target.
Scorpion moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kovingten lands with a kick to the temple. Scorpion shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Scorpion prevents a body shot from Kovingten.
Kovingten breaks from the clinch.
Scorpion misses with a body kick.
Kovingten avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kovingten connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Scorpion's hands.
Kovingten throws a leg kick but Scorpion sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Scorpion moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kovingten tries to clinch but Scorpion is having none of it.
Kovingten misses with a jab to the body
enabling Scorpion to counter with a crisp jab.
Scorpion is looking to score with low kicks.
Kovingten rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Scorpion counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kovingten misses with a few strikes there.
An attempted straight right counter from Scorpion misses the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scorpion is looking to clinch.
Scorpion has taken the fight to the clinch.
Scorpion blocks a body shot from Kovingten.
Scorpion scores with a shot to the side of Kovingten's head.
Scorpion scores with a shot to the side of Kovingten's head.
Scorpion scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kovingten tries to throw a body punch but Scorpion avoids it by throwing Kovingten back against the ropes.
Scorpion working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Come on Scorpion - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kovingten looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Scorpion has a couple of punches blocked by Kovingten.
Scorpion doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A hook to the body from Scorpion.
Scorpion lands with a left to the head.
Kovingten prevents a body shot from Scorpion.
Scorpion misses with a punch on the inside.
Scorpion lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kovingten backwards.
Scorpion blocks the elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Kovingten throws an elbow but misses.
Scorpion lands a shot to the body.
Kovingten lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Scorpion or not.
Scorpion lands a body punch.
Kovingten tries to break free but Scorpion pushes him back against the ropes.
Scorpion struggles to land a body shot inside as Kovingten controls his hands.
Still in the clinch, Scorpion scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kovingten can't find room to land a body shot as Scorpion controls the action.
Kovingten lands with a right to the head.
Scorpion goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Scorpion scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Kovingten throws an elbow but misses.
Kovingten misses with an elbow over the top.
Kovingten lands with a left to the head.
Kovingten is trying to break free.
Kovingten prevents a body shot from Scorpion.
Scorpion works on Kovingten's body with a couple of short punches.
Kovingten throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Scorpion fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Silva Scorpion had his way with Kyle Kovingten in that round.
The cut man is working on Silva Scorpion's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Scorpion has Kovingten up against the ropes in a clinch.
Kovingten pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Scorpion misses with a hook. Kovingten ducked under it nicely.
Scorpion gets a clinch.
Scorpion working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kovingten breaks from the clinch.
Kovingten gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Scorpion.
A slow jab from Kovingten misses its intended target.
Scorpion tries to bum rush Kovingten with a series of wild strikes but Kovingten uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kovingten misses with a hook. Scorpion ducked under it nicely.
Scorpion is looking to counter punch.
Scorpion misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Kovingten counter with a right hand.
Kovingten swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kovingten throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little feinted left hand from Scorpion on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Scorpion is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Scorpion lands with a straight right. Kovingten didn't see that one coming.
Scorpion pushes Kovingten up against the ropes in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scorpion blocks a body shot from Kovingten.
A head punch on the inside from Kovingten fails to land.
Scorpion misses with the head strike.
Scorpion blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kovingten misses with an elbow over the top.
Scorpion makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Scorpion has a couple of punches blocked by Kovingten.
Kovingten is trying to break the clinch but Scorpion is controlling him.
Scorpion misses with a punch to the body.
Scorpion lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kovingten wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Scorpion lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kovingten backwards.
Kovingten escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Scorpion wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Scorpion takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kovingten misses with a series of wild punches.
Scorpion is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scorpion ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Scorpion scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Scorpion lands a jab to Kovingten's midsection.
Kovingten tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kovingten throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kovingten tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
No joy there for Scorpion, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kovingten missing with a left hand there. Scorpion was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kovingten avoids the body shot from Scorpion.
Scorpion throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Scorpion blocks the body kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Scorpion.
Scorpion scores with a body shot.
Scorpion lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Scorpion keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Scorpion has taken the fight to the clinch.
Scorpion blocks an elbow strike from Kovingten.
Kovingten tries to circle away but Scorpion has him pinned against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kovingten prevents a body shot from Scorpion.
Scorpion tries to throw a body punch but Kovingten avoids it by throwing Scorpion back against the ropes.
Kovingten blocks a body shot from Scorpion.
A short uppercut from Kovingten.
Scorpion doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Scorpion displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kovingten up against the ropes.
Kovingten misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva Scorpion is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Scorpion blocks the elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Scorpion can't find room to land a body shot as Kovingten controls the action.
Scorpion doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kovingten goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kyle Kovingten has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kovingten.
A frustrated look appears on Kovingten's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kovingten can't break the clinch.
Scorpion managing to block the knees to the body from Kovingten.
A head punch on the inside from Kovingten fails to land.
Kovingten throws a head punch that misses.
Scorpion misses with a body punch.
Scorpion prevents a body shot from Kovingten.
Kovingten throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Scorpion stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Scorpion avoiding damage as Kovingten throws knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Scorpion scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kovingten throws an elbow but it misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Silva Scorpion showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Scorpion 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 50:45
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 50:45
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Silva Scorpion!
Silva Scorpion retains his lightweight title!
Silva Scorpion decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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