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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jaco Camden (ranked 2043 p4p, 2392 weight class) and Kim Kitsuragi (ranked 291 p4p, 339 weight class). Kim Kitsuragi acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jaco Camden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kim Kitsuragi !
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Topper Green and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kitsuragi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Camden.
Camden swinging wildly here.
Camden lands a two punch combo.
It looks like Kim Kitsuragi has been cut.
Camden lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kitsuragi circles away quickly and effectively.
Camden throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kitsuragi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kitsuragi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Camden's hands.
Kitsuragi cracks Camden with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Camden instigates a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kitsuragi is trying to force a seperation but Camden has the dominant position.
Kitsuragi blocks an uppercut.
Camden misses with a short punch on the inside.
Camden throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kitsuragi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Camden gets a clinch.
Camden tries to work over Kitsuragi 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Camden misses with a hook to the ribs.
Camden breaks from the clinch.
Camden on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kitsuragi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Camden takes a head kick and keeps coming.
It looks like Jaco Camden has been cut.
Kitsuragi lands a body shot.
Camden has managed to clinch.
Kitsuragi 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kitsuragi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kitsuragi cracks Camden with an open hand slap.
Kitsuragi lands a high kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kitsuragi throws a shot to the body.
Camden wants to clinch.
Camden gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camden misses with a punch to the body.
Kitsuragi wants to get back to striking at distance but Camden won't allow it.
Camden misses with a punch to the body.
Kitsuragi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Camden fails with an attempt to clinch.
Camden tries to clinch up.
Kitsuragi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Camden is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Kitsuragi .
Camden misses with a two punch combination.
Kitsuragi moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kitsuragi lands with a straight right. Camden didn't see that one coming.
Kitsuragi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kitsuragi digs a good hook to Camden's body.
Camden tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kitsuragi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kitsuragi throws a head kick but Camden moves out of range.
Camden misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kitsuragi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kitsuragi scores with a jab to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camden tries to clinch but Kitsuragi moves out of range.
Camden closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Camden pushes off an throws an elbow but Kitsuragi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Camden looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Camden throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kitsuragi breaks from the clinch.
Camden throws a combination that misses
and Kitsuragi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Camden on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kitsuragi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kitsuragi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A left and a right from Kitsuragi both land. Nice combination.
Camden is looking to clinch but Kitsuragi is avoiding it.
Kitsuragi lands a jab to Camden's midsection.
Camden misses with a double jab
and Kitsuragi counters with a left to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Camden closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Camden tries to bum rush Kitsuragi with a series of wild strikes but Kitsuragi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kitsuragi looks to throw the jab but Camden is out of range.
Kitsuragi connects with a nice looking jab.
Kitsuragi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jaco Camden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Camden connects with a jab.
Kitsuragi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Camden takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kitsuragi lands a really nice looking cross but Camden seems unphased.
Camden fails with an attempt to clinch.
Camden misses with a double jab
and Kitsuragi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Camden thinking.
Camden is looking to clinch but Kitsuragi is avoiding it.
Kitsuragi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Camden misses with a hook to the body
and Kitsuragi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kitsuragi throws a good cross that connects.
Kitsuragi lunges at Camden with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Camden's hand.
Camden takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kitsuragi is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Camden had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Kitsuragi throws out a loose jab but Camden uses good head movement to avoid it.
Camden wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kim Kitsuragi dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Kitsuragi scores with a leg kick.
Jaco Camden is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kitsuragi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Camden.
Kitsuragi blocks a jab.
Camden on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kitsuragi connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kitsuragi with a nice cross.
Camden looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Camden throws an overhand right that lands on Kitsuragi 's shoulder, as Kitsuragi tries to avoid the shot.
Kitsuragi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Camden throws a lazy uppercut
and Kitsuragi counters with a nice body shot.
Kitsuragi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kitsuragi throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kitsuragi jabs Camden right on the nose. Camden blinks but takes it well.
Camden misses with a series of wild punches.
Kitsuragi throws a big counter head kick but Camden avoids it with no problem.
Kitsuragi throws a shot from downtown. Camden moves away and avoids it.
Camden tries to clinch up.
Camden looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kitsuragi jabs at Camden's body.
Kitsuragi jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Camden wants to clinch up but Kitsuragi keeps it at a distance.
Camden throws a combination that misses
and Kitsuragi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Camden tries to clinch but Kitsuragi moves away
and Kitsuragi counters with a stiff right hand.
Kitsuragi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Camden appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kim Kitsuragi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kitsuragi looks to land a right hand but Camden moved out of range.
Camden throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Camden tries to close the distance and clinch but Kitsuragi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Camden clinches up against the cage.
Kitsuragi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kitsuragi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Camden closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kitsuragi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Camden takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Camden clinches up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Camden misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camden digs a right hand underneath Kitsuragi 's ribcage. Kitsuragi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Camden misses with a punch on the inside.
Camden scores with a shoulder strike.
Kitsuragi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Camden is looking to slow Kitsuragi down with leg kicks.
Camden throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Camden tries to clinch but Kitsuragi is having none of it.
A little jabbing left from Kitsuragi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kitsuragi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Camden tries to clinch up but Kitsuragi circles away and keeps his distance.
Camden displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Camden throws a hook to the side of Kitsuragi 's head but Kitsuragi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Camden tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kitsuragi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kitsuragi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Camden throws a right hand that Kitsuragi ducks under and follows up with a left that Kitsuragi also avoids with ease.
Camden lands with a nice combination. Kitsuragi backs away looking to recover.
Kitsuragi lands a lovely overhand right.
Camden chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kitsuragi can pounce on him.
Camden misses with a series of wild punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camden scores with the left hand. Kitsuragi knows he should have avoided that one.
Kitsuragi thows a body kick. Camden tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A cross from Kitsuragi lands.
Kitsuragi jabs at Camden's body.
Camden throws a hook but Kitsuragi avoids it easily.
Camden tries to clinch but Kitsuragi moves out of range.
Kitsuragi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Camden stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kitsuragi lands a head shot.
Camden tries to clinch up but Kitsuragi circles away and keeps his distance.
Camden darts in trying to clinch
and Camden takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Camden tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kitsuragi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kitsuragi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Camden misses the shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kitsuragi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kitsuragi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Camden doesn't seem bothered though.
Camden wants to clinch
and Kitsuragi counters with a stiff right hand.
Camden showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kitsuragi .
Kitsuragi swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Camden.
Kitsuragi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kitsuragi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Camden is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Camden lands a lovely overhand right.
Camden tries to bum rush Kitsuragi with a series of wild strikes but Kitsuragi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kitsuragi throws a good cross that connects.
Kitsuragi scores with a kick to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Camden looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kim Kitsuragi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
A combination from Camden does no damage.
Camden gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Camden looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kitsuragi lands with a hook. Camden tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Camden closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Camden lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kitsuragi blocks an uppercut.
Kitsuragi manages to break the clinch.
Camden is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jab by Kitsuragi .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kitsuragi 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.
Kitsuragi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Camden.
Kitsuragi is looking to land body kicks.
The fight stays on the outside here - Camden looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A combination from Camden does no damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kitsuragi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Camden.
Kitsuragi throws a sloppy head kick and Camden moves out of range easily.
Camden tries to clinch but Kitsuragi moves away
enabling Kitsuragi to counter with a crisp jab.
Kitsuragi lands a jab to Camden's midsection.
Camden avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kitsuragi cracks Camden with an open hand slap.
Kitsuragi cracks a nice hook into Camden's ribs.
Kitsuragi lands with an overhand left.
Kitsuragi throws a big shot that misses.
Camden swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kitsuragi lands an overhand right.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kitsuragi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kitsuragi tries to land a front kick but Camden steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camden lands a jab.
Kitsuragi scores with a spinning back kick!
Camden wants to clinch up but Kitsuragi keeps it at a distance.
Camden misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Camden fails with an attempt to clinch.
Camden tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kitsuragi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Camden takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Camden has taken the fight to the clinch.
Camden misses with an elbow over the top.
Camden escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kitsuragi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Camden doesn't seem bothered though.
Camden clinches up against the cage.
Kitsuragi breaks from the clinch.
Camden moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Camden tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kitsuragi counters with a left to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kitsuragi throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Camden needs to keep his hands up - Kitsuragi had a free shot at his head there.
Kitsuragi has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Camden.
A right-left combo lands from Camden.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Camden doesn't manage to clinch there - Kitsuragi circles away.
Kitsuragi cracks Camden with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kitsuragi keeps the fight on the outside.
Kitsuragi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Camden takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Camden lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kitsuragi circles away quickly and effectively.
Camden does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kitsuragi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kitsuragi lands the left hand.
Kitsuragi lands with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kitsuragi plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Camden throws a combination that misses
and Kitsuragi counters with a nice leg kick.
Camden misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fight stays on the outside here - Camden looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kitsuragi punishes Camden's body with a nice straight punch.
Camden throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
No joy there for Camden, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Camden on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kitsuragi keeps the fight on the outside.
Kitsuragi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Camden rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kitsuragi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kim Kitsuragi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kitsuragi dips to his left and cracks Camden with an uppercut!
Kitsuragi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Camden.
Jaco Camden has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kitsuragi 's corner calls for a 1-2. Kitsuragi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kim Kitsuragi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kitsuragi winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight for Kim Kitsuragi !
Judge Topper Green scores the fight for Kim Kitsuragi !
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight for Kim Kitsuragi !
Kim Kitsuragi wins by unanimous decision!
After winning the bout, Kim Kitsuragi thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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