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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Guy Leblond (ranked 5531 p4p, 4249 weight class) and Riku Yamato (ranked 446 p4p, 395 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Great low kicks
Granite 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 11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Guy Leblond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Riku Yamato!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamato fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yamato fails with an attempt to clinch.
Leblond throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
It looks like Riku Yamato has been cut.
Leblond circles away from the clinch attempt.
Leblond looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Leblond swats away the attempt to clinch by Yamato.
Leblond keeps the fight on the outside.
Leblond clinches.
Leblond tries to land knees in the clinch but Yamato avoids the damage to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamato swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yamato tries to break the clinch but Leblond is controlling the position.
Leblond slows down the pace here.
Yamato tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Leblond's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leblond's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Leblond looks to land a combination but Yamato avoids it well.
Leblond throws a lazy right hand but Yamato sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yamato blocks a head kick by Leblond.
Leblond feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Yamatos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Leblond has Yamato up against the ropes in a clinch.
Yamato is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Leblond misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yamato.
Leblond breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yamato tries to clinch but Leblond is having none of it.
Leblond seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Leblond throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leblond closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Yamato is trying to break the clinch but Leblond has him pressed against the ropes.
Yamato is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Leblond is keeping busy.
Leblond slows down the pace here.
Leblond escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yamato tries to clinch up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yamato looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Leblond avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Guy Leblond dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Riku Yamato'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.
Leblond circles away from the clinch attempt.
A jab from Yamato does it's job there.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Leblond pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yamato tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Leblond manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yamato looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yamato avoids the head kick by Leblond.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamato keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yamato tries to clinch but Leblond moves out of range.
Yamato fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yamato wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leblond throws a head kick that misses.
Yamato avoids the head kick by Leblond.
Yamato takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Leblond throws a lazy head kick
enabling Yamato to counter with a crisp jab.
Riku Yamato is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yamato throws a nice head kick!
Leblond gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Yamato is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Leblond looking to throw knees to the head but Yamato is blocking nicely.
Yamato is trying to break free.
Yamato wants to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leblond stalling against the ropes.
Yamato letting Leblond take a breather here.
Yamato is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Yamato is trying to break the clinch but Leblond is controlling him.
Yamato has had enough of the clinch but Leblond keeps him there for the moment.
Yamato taking a breather.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Leblond missing with knees to the body.
Yamato wants to break free but Leblond has control.
Yamato tries to circle away but Leblond has him pinned against the ropes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Guy Leblond dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Riku Yamato's cut.
That's time! Leblond's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Yamato wants to clinch up but Leblond keeps it at a distance.
Leblond clinches up with Yamato and pushes him back against the ropes.
Yamato with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Leblond prevents Yamato from breaking the clinch.
Yamato misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Leblond.
Leblond keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yamato's efforts to push away.
Yamato throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yamato is trying to break the clinch but Leblond is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leblond controlling the action here for a moment.
Leblond stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Yamato trying to stall but Leblond improves his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leblond scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right from Leblond.
Yamato can't find room to land a body shot as Leblond controls the action.
Leblond manages to break the clinch.
Leblond lunges at Yamato with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Yamato's hand.
Leblond tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Leblond lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Yamato moves in looking to clinch but Leblond pushes him off.
Leblond has closed the distance and engaged Yamato in a clinch.
Leblond working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Leblond manages to break the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leblond pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamato is looking to clinch but Leblond is avoiding it.
Leblond swinging wildly here.
Yamato unleashes a big counter combination but Leblond bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Leblond clinches.
Leblond is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yamato can do to turn this around?
Yamato is looking to break free of the clinch but Leblond has double underhooks.
Leblond misses with an elbow over the top.
Yamato is trying to maintain a safe position but Leblond gets an underhook and turns Yamato into the ropes.
Leblond breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Leblond is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Yamato.
Riku Yamato has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Leblond moves into range and clinches up with Yamato.
And that's the end of the fight!
Guy Leblond showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Leblond 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Guy Leblond!
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