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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Kyle Kovingten (ranked 23134 p4p, 1013 weight class) and Taine Raharuhi (ranked 653 p4p, 142 weight class). Kovingten comes to the ring accompanied by Tool - Schism. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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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 29 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Kyle Kovingten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 19 - 5, fighting out of Las Vegas, Taine Raharuhi!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kovingten is looking to clinch but Raharuhi is avoiding it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Raharuhi.
Kovingten doesn't manage to clinch there - Raharuhi circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Raharuhi misses the target.
Raharuhi gets tackled into the ropes by Kovingten. Kovingten maintains the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Kovingten has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Kovingten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Raharuhi is defending well for now.
Kovingten misses with a hook to the ribs.
Raharuhi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Raharuhi obliges.
Kovingten misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Raharuhi.
Kovingten trying to land knees to the body.
Kovingten cracks Raharuhi with a nice body shot.
Kovingten swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kovingten blocks a body shot from Raharuhi.
Raharuhi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kovingten lands an elbow inside that Raharuhi shrugs off.
Raharuhi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kovingten pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Kovingten lands a damaging elbow.
Raharuhi scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Raharuhi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raharuhi tries a body shot but Kovingten blocks it.
Kovingten tries to land knees in the clinch but Raharuhi avoids the damage to the body.
Raharuhi tries a body shot but Kovingten blocks it.
Raharuhi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Raharuhi throws a head punch that misses.
Raharuhi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kovingten throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kovingten uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Raharuhi.
Raharuhi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kovingten avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kovingten is looking for a counter combo.
Kovingten wants to clinch up but Raharuhi keeps it at a distance.
Kovingten fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kovingten gets a clinch.
Raharuhi misses with a body punch.
Raharuhi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Raharuhi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kovingten blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kovingten lands a nice elbow.
Kovingten tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Raharuhi's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kovingten.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kovingten lands a damaging elbow.
Raharuhi lands with a short shot to the head.
Raharuhi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kovingten throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Raharuhi working aggressively here.
Kovingten creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Raharuhi's defenses.
Raharuhi misses with a punch to the body.
Kovingten throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Raharuhi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kovingtens head.
Raharuhi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Raharuhi tries a body shot but Kovingten blocks it.
Raharuhi scores with a hook to the body.
Raharuhi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kovingten tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Raharuhi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Raharuhi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Raharuhi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Raharuhi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kovingten misses with a short punch on the inside.
Raharuhi struggles to land a body shot inside as Kovingten controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raharuhi misses with a body punch.
Raharuhi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kovingten lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Raharuhi backwards.
A hook to the body from Raharuhi.
Raharuhi blocks the elbow strike.
Raharuhi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kovingten backwards.
Kovingten throws an elbow that misses.
Kovingten tries to work over Raharuhi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A hook to the body from Kovingten.
Raharuhi prevents a body shot from Kovingten.
Raharuhi manages to break the clinch.
Raharuhi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kyle Kovingten seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Raharuhi looks to score with a jab to the body but Kovingten is just out of range.
Raharuhi throws a jab but it's blocked by Kovingten.
Raharuhi feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kovingtens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Kovingten tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Raharuhi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Raharuhi tries a low kick but Kovingten avoids it.
Kovingten half committed to a counter leg kick.
Raharuhi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kovingten wants to clinch up but Raharuhi keeps it at a distance.
Raharuhi throws a front kick that sends Kovingten stumbling back into the ropes.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Raharuhi wants to slow Kovingten down by chopping away at his legs.
An attempted straight right counter from Kovingten misses the target.
Kovingten tries to clinch but Raharuhi is having none of it.
Raharuhi digs a good hook to Kovingten's body.
Raharuhi misses with a body shot.
Kovingten closes the distance and clinches.
Kovingten comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kovingten creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Raharuhi's defenses.
It looks like Taine Raharuhi has been cut.
Kovingten blocking some punches.
Raharuhi takes a shot to the head.
Kovingten tries to land knees in the clinch but Raharuhi avoids the damage to the body.
Raharuhi can't find room to land a body shot as Kovingten controls the action.
Raharuhi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Raharuhi blocks an uppercut.
Kovingten throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Raharuhis head.
A right hook to the body lands for Raharuhi.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Raharuhi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kovingten blocks a body shot from Raharuhi.
Raharuhi tries to work over Kovingten's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Raharuhi misses with some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Taine Raharuhi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Taine Raharuhi's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Raharuhi tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kovingten is able to avoid easily.
Raharuhi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kovingten's sensitive parts.
Raharuhi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Raharuhi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A big left from Raharuhi misses.
Raharuhi gets tackled into the ropes by Kovingten. Kovingten maintains the clinch.
Raharuhi misses with the head strike.
Kovingten lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kovingten digs a right hand underneath Raharuhi's ribcage. Raharuhi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kovingten lands a damaging elbow.
Raharuhi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kovingten misses with a punch to the body.
Raharuhi has a couple of punches blocked by Kovingten.
Kovingten swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Raharuhi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Raharuhi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short left from Raharuhi.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kovingten blocks a body shot from Raharuhi.
Kovingten blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Raharuhi digs a right hand underneath Kovingten's ribcage. Kovingten let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raharuhi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Taine Raharuhi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Raharuhi connects with a body shot that sends Kovingten's belly button to the back.
Kovingten is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kovingten tries to clinch up but Raharuhi circles away and keeps his distance.
Kovingten is looking to clinch but Raharuhi is avoiding it.
Raharuhi flicks out a counter leg kick but Kovingten steps away.
Kovingten checks the leg kick nicely there.
Raharuhi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kovingten tries to close the distance and clinch but Raharuhi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A nice side step and Raharuhi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Raharuhi swats away the attempt to clinch by Kovingten.
Kovingten tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Raharuhi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kovingten fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kovingten wants to clinch.
Kovingten moves in looking to clinch but Raharuhi pushes him off.
Kovingten doesn't manage to clinch there - Raharuhi circles away.
Raharuhi throws a leg kick but Kovingten sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kovingten gets a clinch.
Kovingten pushes off an throws an elbow but Raharuhi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raharuhi scores with a shoulder strike.
Raharuhi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Raharuhi.
Raharuhi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Raharuhi has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Kovingten seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Raharuhi can turn it around.
Raharuhi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Raharuhi working aggressively here.
Kovingten lands a nice knee to the body.
Raharuhi can't find room to land a body shot as Kovingten controls the action.
Raharuhi presses Kovingten against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Raharuhi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Raharuhi.
Kovingten prevents a body shot from Raharuhi.
Raharuhi throws a punch but it's blocked by Kovingten.
Kovingten misses with an elbow strike.
Raharuhi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Raharuhi can't find room to land a body shot as Kovingten controls the action.
Raharuhi tries to throw a body punch but Kovingten avoids it by throwing Raharuhi back against the ropes.
Kovingten lands an elbow just above Raharuhi 's eye.
A right hand to the body from Raharuhi.
Kovingten misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kovingten throws a head punch that misses.
Kovingten blocks a body shot from Raharuhi.
Kovingten lands an elbow that stopped Raharuhi in his tracks for a moment.
Raharuhi misses with some punches.
Kovingten tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kovingten throws an elbow that misses.
Kovingten blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Raharuhi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kovingten misses with a hook to the ribs.
Raharuhi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kovingten's elbow.
Raharuhi takes an elbow to the temple.
Kovingten blocks an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Raharuhi.
Kyle Kovingten has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Raharuhi tries to work over Kovingten's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Raharuhi.
Raharuhi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Raharuhi tries to land knees in the clinch but Kovingten avoids the damage to the body.
Raharuhi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kovingten's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kovingten lands a nice uppercut.
Kovingten blocks an uppercut.
Kovingten lands a left hand.
Kovingten working Raharuhi over with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Raharuhi lands with a right to the head.
Raharuhi managing to block the knees to the body from Kovingten.
Kovingten tries to work over Raharuhi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kovingten looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kovingten lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kovingten works on Raharuhi's body with a couple of short punches.
Raharuhi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Raharuhi.
Raharuhi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kovingten.
Kovingten stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kovingten blocks a body shot from Raharuhi.
Raharuhi misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kovingten.
Kovingten throws an elbow that misses.
Kovingten blocking some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Taine Raharuhi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Taine Raharuhi'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. This is the final round!
Kovingten keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kovingten moves into the clinch.
Raharuhi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Raharuhi tries to work over Kovingten's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Raharuhi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Raharuhi swings wildly with an uppercut but Kovingten uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kovingten misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kovingten struggles to land a body shot inside as Raharuhi controls his hands.
Raharuhi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Raharuhi misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Raharuhi.
Raharuhi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Raharuhi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Raharuhi avoids the elbow strike from Kovingten, against the ropes.
Raharuhi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Raharuhi on the inside.
Raharuhi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Raharuhi swings wildly with an uppercut but Kovingten uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raharuhi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Raharuhi tries to throw a body punch but Kovingten avoids it by throwing Raharuhi back against the ropes.
Raharuhi tries to work over Kovingten's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Raharuhi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Raharuhi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kovingten lands a nice elbow.
Raharuhi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kovingten throws an elbow that misses.
Raharuhi can't find room to land a body shot as Kovingten controls the action.
Raharuhi blocks the elbow strike.
Raharuhi misses with a punch on the inside.
Kovingten gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Raharuhi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kovingten lands a nice elbow.
A right handed body shot lands from Kovingten.
Kovingten lands an elbow inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Raharuhi swings wildly with an uppercut but Kovingten uses good head movement to avoid it.
Raharuhi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovingten lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Raharuhi lands with a left to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Kovingten creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Kovingten.
Kovingten comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kovingten misses with a punch to the body.
Raharuhi throws a punch but it's blocked by Kovingten.
Raharuhi misses with a punch to the body.
Kovingten lands a nice uppercut.
Kovingten blocking some punches.
Kovingten misses with an elbow strike.
Raharuhi digs a right hand into Kovingten's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kovingten's gas tank.
Kovingten works on Raharuhi's body with a couple of short punches.
Raharuhi lands with a left to the head.
Kovingten lands a body punch.
Raharuhi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kovingten blocks an uppercut.
Kovingten gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Kovingten.
Raharuhi misses with some punches.
Raharuhi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kovingten gets through Raharuhi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Raharuhi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kovingten tries to work over Raharuhi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kovingten.
Kovingten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Raharuhi avoids it.
Kovingten tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Raharuhi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Raharuhi breaks from the clinch.
Raharuhi throws a body shot but no joy.
Raharuhi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Raharuhi tries a low kick but Kovingten avoids it.
Kovingten moves out of range as Raharuhi strikes.
Kovingten tries to clinch up.
Kovingten doesn't manage to clinch there - Raharuhi circles away.
Raharuhi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Raharuhi swats away the attempt to clinch by Kovingten.
Kyle Kovingten has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kovingten tries to close the distance and clinch up but Raharuhi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kovingten drives through and clinches with Raharuhi against the ropes.
Raharuhi tries to throw a body punch but Kovingten avoids it by throwing Raharuhi back against the ropes.
Kovingten gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kovingten lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Raharuhi dodges an elbow strike from Kovingten.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Kovingten throws an elbow but misses.
Raharuhi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kovingten struggles to land a body shot inside as Raharuhi controls his hands.
Raharuhi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Raharuhi throws a head punch that misses.
Kovingten lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Raharuhi backwards.
Raharuhi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Raharuhi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kovingten cracks Raharuhi with a nice body shot.
Kovingten lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kovingten lands an elbow just above Raharuhi 's eye.
Kovingten prevents a body shot from Raharuhi.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kyle Kovingten showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Raharuhi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Taine Raharuhi!
During a confident post fight interview, Taine Raharuhi thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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