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Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Taiga Kawabe (ranked 24940 p4p, 24679 weight class) and Zachary Crawford (ranked 285 p4p, 273 weight class). Taiga Kawabe has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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135
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Decent elbows
Prefers standup
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Brawler
Knockout power
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Taiga Kawabe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 8 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zachary Crawford!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Crawford.
Kawabe cracks a nice hook into Crawford's ribs.
Kawabe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kawabe dodges the punch combination from Crawford.
As Crawford backs away, Kawabe returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A head kick misses from Crawford.
Kawabe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Crawford throws a series of punches but Kawabe moves out of range.
Kawabe dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Crawford. That did some damage!
Kawabe tries to clinch up but Crawford circles away and keeps his distance.
Crawford is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick by Kawabe misses
and Crawford holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kawabe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kawabe wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Crawford has him pressed against the ropes.
Kawabe has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kawabe is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Crawford is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kawabe throws a combination that misses
and Crawford counters with a three punch combo that has Kawabe backing up. Kawabe nods at Crawford to acknowledge the strikes.
Kawabe swings for the body but Crawford moves out of range.
Crawford pushes Kawabe up against the ropes in a clinch.
Kawabe is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Kawabe is trying to break the clinch but Crawford has him pressed against the ropes.
Kawabe can't break the clinch.
Crawford escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Crawford takes the fight into the clinch.
Kawabe wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Crawford pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawabe needs to keep his hands up - Crawford had a free shot at his head there.
Crawford clinches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Crawford takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kawabe is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Crawford lands a body shot.
Kawabe avoiding damage as Crawford throws knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kawabe.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crawford escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Crawford moves into the clinch.
Crawford manages to break the clinch.
Kawabe throws a sloppy head kick
and Crawford moves into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Zachary Crawford dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Kawabe gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Crawford makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kawabe is looking to clinch.
Crawford misses with a head kick.
Crawford's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Crawford duly obliges.
Kawabe tries to clinch
and Crawford makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kawabe tries to close the distance and clinch but Crawford swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crawford. Kawabe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crawford moves into the clinch successfully.
Kawabe is trying to break the clinch but Crawford is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crawford's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Crawford comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Crawford clinches.
Kawabe tries to circle away but Crawford has him pinned against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kawabe is trying to break the clinch but Crawford is controlling him.
Kawabe working hard to break the clinch.
Crawford manages to break the clinch.
Kawabe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Crawford paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kawabe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Crawford swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kawabe scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Crawford doesn't seem bothered though.
Crawford has Kawabe up against the ropes in a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Crawford breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kawabe fails in his attempt to clinch.
A slow jab from Crawford misses its intended target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawabe throws a head kick that misses.
Kawabe tries to clinch up.
Crawford moves into range and clinches up with Kawabe.
Crawford keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kawabe's efforts to push away.
Crawford breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Crawford misses with the combination.
Crawford moves into the clinch.
Crawford cracks Kawabe with a nice body shot.
Crawford blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Zachary Crawford showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. And we move into the final round!
Kawabe's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Kawabe duly obliges.
Kawabe lands a jab to the nose.
Kawabe tests Crawford's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kawabe chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Crawford can pounce on him.
Crawford avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Taiga Kawabe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crawford has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kawabe tries to stall but Crawford uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kawabe looking to slow down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kawabe has had enough of the clinch but Crawford keeps him there for the moment.
Kawabe taking a breather.
Kawabe tries to break the clinch but Crawford is controlling the position.
Kawabe has had enough of the clinch but Crawford keeps him there for the moment.
Crawford has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Crawford's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Crawford rushes Kawabe and presses him up against the ropes.
Crawford tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kawabe avoids it.
Crawford breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kawabe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kawabe takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Zachary Crawford seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kawabe slips a jab and a cross from Crawford.
Crawford blocks a head kick by Kawabe.
Crawford throws out a counter right but Kawabe avoids it with no problem.
Crawford forces Kawabe back against the ropes and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawford taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kawabe is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Crawford is keeping busy.
Crawford stalling against the ropes.
Crawford is leaning against Kawabe and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Crawford breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kawabe misses with a head kick.
Crawford rushes Kawabe and presses him up against the ropes.
Crawford's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kawabe feints a jab promting Crawford to slip. Kawabe then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Crawford slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crawford lands with a nice body punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Zachary Crawford comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Crawford 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zachary Crawford!
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FIGHT
RATING
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