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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Hiroya Kawabe (ranked 6191 p4p, 2117 weight class) and Peter Petrov (ranked 460 p4p, 226 weight class). Peter Petrov told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Decent elbows
Good chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hiroya Kawabe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 14 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Peter Petrov!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrov lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kawabe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Petrov moves away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kawabe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Petrov swings widly with a right hand
and Kawabe counters with a one-two to the body.
Kawabe tries to clinch up but Petrov circles away and keeps his distance.
Kawabe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Petrov.
Kawabe throws a leg kick which misses Petrov's front leg but catches the back leg as Petrov tries to avoid it.
Kawabe jabs Petrov to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Petrov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kawabe blocks a jab.
A punch lands to the side of Kawabe 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Petrov misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice defenses there by Kawabe.
Kawabe tries to clinch up but Petrov circles away and keeps his distance.
Kawabe misses with a hook. Petrov ducked under it nicely.
Petrov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Petrov thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawabe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kawabe steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Petrov.
Kawabe throws a head kick that misses
enabling Petrov to counter with a crisp jab.
Petrov on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Petrov misses with a two punch combination.
A cross from Petrov lands.
Kawabe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kawabe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Petrov takes a kick to the side of the head.
Kawabe lets loose with a powerful body kick. Petrov will feel that in the morning.
Petrov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kawabe.
A looping hook to the body misses from Petrov. Kawabe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Petrov throws a hook but Kawabe avoids it easily.
It looked like Kawabe was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Kawabe looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Petrov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kawabe throws a big counter combination but Petrov scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Petrov scores with a jab to the jaw.
Petrov throws a jab but it's blocked by Kawabe.
Petrov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Petrov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kawabe.
Kawabe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Petrov throws out the jab.
Petrov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
As Petrov tries to get set, Kawabe tries to push him back and clinch up but Petrov manages to avoid the attempt.
Kawabe looks to land a combination but Petrov avoids it well.
Kawabe fails in his attempt to clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Petrov.
Petrov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kawabe.
Petrov slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Petrov lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Petrov scores with a punch to the head.
Petrov throws a shot from downtown. Kawabe moves away and avoids it.
Petrov is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kawabe had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Petrov. Those never looked like landing.
Kawabe swinging wildly here.
Petrov smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kawabe takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kawabe tries to close the distance and clinch but Petrov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kawabe is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Petrov.
Petrov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kawabe.
Petrov throws a series of strikes that have Kawabe backpedaling.
Kawabe takes one to the side of the head.
Nice uppercut lands for Petrov. That snapped Kawabe's head back.
Petrov is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kawabe misses with a straight left.
Petrov swinging wildly here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Petrov throws the left hand but Kawabe avoids the punch easily.
Peter Petrov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kawabe scores with a hook to the body. Petrov takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kawabe staying out of range there.
Kawabe slips under a jab.
Petrov throws a lazy right hand but Kawabe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kawabe tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Petrov manages to circle out of the way.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Petrov!
Kawabe tries to clinch there but Petrov circles away.
Kawabe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kawabe wants to clinch.
A big right from Petrov misses.
Kawabe avoids the body shot from Petrov.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Petrov misses with the combination.
Kawabe is looking for a counter combo.
Petrov swats away the attempt to clinch by Kawabe.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Peter Petrov dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kawabe takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kawabe is looking to wear down Petrov with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kawabe throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Petrov lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Kawabe tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Petrov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Petrov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Petrov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Petrov misses with a wild combination.
Petrov 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.
Kawabe lands a head shot.
A punch combination from Petrov misses.
Kawabe is looking to counter the offense by Petrov and move into the clinch.
Petrov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kawabe manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kawabe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Petrov.
Kawabe is looking to clinch but Petrov is avoiding it.
Petrov unleashes a big counter combination but Kawabe bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Kawabe doesn't manage to clinch there - Petrov circles away.
Petrov unleashes a big counter combination but Kawabe bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Petrov. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
A swing and a miss from Petrov.
Kawabe pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawabe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Petrov. Those never looked like landing.
Kawabe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kawabe goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Petrov looks to land a right hand but Kawabe moved out of range.
Kawabe doesn't manage to clinch there - Petrov circles away.
Kawabe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Petrov throws a looping overhand right but Kawabe ducks down to avoid it.
Kawabe is looking to clinch.
Petrov is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Petrov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kawabe was well out of range. Poor timing from Petrov.
Petrov fails to land with a series of punches.
Kawabe needs to keep his hands up - Petrov had a free shot at his head there.
Petrov throws a hook but Kawabe blocks it.
Peter Petrov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Petrov feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kawabes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Petrov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kawabe looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawabe wants to clinch up but Petrov keeps it at a distance.
Petrov throws a big shot that misses.
Kawabe is looking to clinch but Petrov is avoiding it.
Kawabe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kawabe seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Petrov throws a jab but it's blocked by Kawabe.
The fighters circling - Petrov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kawabe tries to clinch up but Petrov circles away and keeps his distance.
Kawabe is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Petrov.
A combination from Petrov does no damage.
Kawabe uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Petrov.
Peter Petrov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petrov swats away the attempt to clinch by Kawabe.
Kawabe moves in looking to clinch but Petrov pushes him off.
Kawabe lands a front kick.
Petrov misses with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrov looks to land a combination but Kawabe avoids it well.
Kawabe with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Petrov to score with a decent uppercut.
Kawabe moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Kawabe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Petrov.
Kawabe wants to clinch.
It seemed like Petrov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kawabe misses with a leg kick
enabling Petrov to counter with a crisp jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kawabe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Petrov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A head kick misses from Kawabe.
Kawabe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Petrov.
Kawabe is looking to clinch but Petrov is avoiding it.
Petrov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kawabe appears to be looking for a big counter.
Petrov misses with a looping right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Petrov.
Hiroya Kawabe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Petrov tries to bum rush Kawabe with a series of wild strikes but Kawabe uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Petrov lands the left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kawabe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Petrov.
Petrov throws an overhand right that lands on Kawabe's shoulder, as Kawabe tries to avoid the shot.
Petrov just misses with a punch to the body.
Kawabe slips a straight right by Petrov.
Kawabe tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kawabe takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kawabe on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Petrov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kawabe moves in looking to clinch but Petrov pushes him off.
Petrov scores with a sloppy right hand. Kawabe should have avoided that one.
Petrov swinging wildly here.
Kawabe is looking to counter the offense by Petrov and move into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Peter Petrov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Kawabe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Petrov throws a jab when Kawabe was well out of range.
Kawabe is looking for a counter combo.
Kawabe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Petrov misses with a right hand
and Kawabe connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kawabe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Petrov.
Kawabe throws a sloppy head kick and Petrov moves out of range easily.
Petrov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kawabe moves away.
A swing and a miss from Petrov.
Petrov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kawabe wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kawabe is looking to clinch but Petrov is avoiding it.
As Kawabe backs off Petrov throws a huge counter combo but Kawabe manages to avoid it all.
Petrov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kawabe.
Petrov lands a lovely overhand right.
Kawabe tries a low kick but Petrov avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawabe throws a right and a left that Petrov avoids nicely.
Petrov throws a lazy right hand but Kawabe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Petrov misses with a few strikes there.
Kawabe throws a body shot but no joy.
A big left from Petrov misses.
Petrov lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Kawabe staying out of range there.
Kawabe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fighters circling - Petrov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kawabe takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kawabe tries to clinch but Petrov moves out of range.
Petrov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kawabe gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kawabe throws a sloppy head kick and Petrov moves out of range easily.
Petrov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kawabe sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It looked like Kawabe wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawabe wants to clinch.
Petrov looks to throw the jab but Kawabe is out of range.
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!
A jab from Petrov misses.
Petrov lands the left hand.
Petrov looks to land a right hand but Kawabe moved out of range.
Kawabe with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Petrov to score with a decent uppercut.
Kawabe moves away from the strike by Petrov.
Good standup being displayed there by Petrov as he connects with a hook.
Kawabe tries to clinch but Petrov moves away
and Petrov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Petrov looks to land a combination but Kawabe avoids it well.
Kawabe throws a looping overhand right but Petrov ducks down to avoid it.
Petrov works Kawabe's body with a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrov misses with a few strikes there.
Petrov throws an off balance right hand
and Kawabe counters with a series of strikes. Petrov will be more careful next time no doubt.
Kawabe takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kawabe lands with a kick to the temple. Petrov shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Petrov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kawabe moves away.
Kawabe fails with an attempt to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Petrov.
Petrov tests Kawabe's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kawabe lands a nice shot that snaps Petrov's head back.
Kawabe lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Petrov cracks Kawabe with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Kawabe connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kawabe walks into a stiff left hand from Petrov.
Kawabe throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrov throws a series of punches but Kawabe moves out of range.
Petrov connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Some bone on bone action there as Petrov checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
It seemed like Petrov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kawabe is looking to clinch but Petrov is avoiding it.
Petrov lands a really nice looking cross but Kawabe seems unphased.
Nice shot lands for Petrov.
Kawabe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Petrov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big right from Petrov misses.
Kawabe tries to clinch but Petrov moves out of range.
Petrov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Petrov lands a nice shot to the body.
Petrov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hiroya Kawabe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Peter Petrov is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A left lands for Petrov.
And that's the end of the fight!
Peter Petrov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Petrov has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peter Petrov!
During a confident post fight interview, Peter Petrov thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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