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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenichi Misahawa (ranked 1230 p4p, 335 weight class) and Leonzar Kennedy (ranked 190 p4p, 54 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 17 - 1, fighting out of London, Kenichi Misahawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leonzar Kennedy!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Steve Erwin and Darius Henderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot by Misahawa.
Misahawa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kennedy slips a jab and a cross from Misahawa.
A good leg kick by Kennedy.
Misahawa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kennedy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kennedy throws a shot from downtown. Misahawa moves away and avoids it.
Kennedy instigates a clinch.
Misahawa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kennedy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kennedy is working Misahawa over against the cage.
Kennedy lands with a right to the head.
Kennedy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kennedy tries a knee to the head but Misahawa blocks it.
Kennedy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kennedy throws a knee to the head but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kennedy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Misahawa backwards.
Misahawa's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Kennedy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Misahawa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Misahawa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Misahawa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Misahawa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kennedy trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kennedy.
Our sources have told us that Misahawa has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Still in the clinch, Kennedy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Misahawa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Misahawa.
Kennedy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Misahawa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Misahawa lands a nice knee to the body.
Misahawa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kennedy gets through Misahawa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kennedy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Misahawa backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Kennedy fails to land.
Misahawa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kennedy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Misahawa landing knees to the head.
It looks like Leonzar Kennedy has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Kennedy fails to land.
Kennedy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Misahawa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kennedy throws a punch but it's blocked by Misahawa.
Kennedy lands with a right to the head.
Kennedy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Misahawa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Misahawa misses with a punch to the body.
Misahawa is trying to push Kennedy away but Kennedy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kennedy misses with a punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Misahawa.
Misahawa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Misahawa misses with a punch on the inside.
Kennedy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Misahawa.
Misahawa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kennedy blocks it with crossed arms.
Misahawa tries to land a knee to the head but Kennedy blocks with his arms.
Misahawa managing to block the knees to the body from Kennedy.
Kennedy trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Kennedy.
Misahawa tries to work over Kennedy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kennedy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Misahawa avoids it.
Misahawa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Misahawa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kennedy blocks it with crossed arms.
Kennedy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Misahawa backwards.
Misahawa is working Kennedy over against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kennedy obliges.
Misahawa is breathing heavily.
Kennedy lands with a left to the head.
A hook to the body from Kennedy.
Kennedy with a knee to the head.
Kennedy lands with a light punch inside.
Kennedy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right from Kennedy on the inside.
Kennedy misses with a knee strike.
Kennedy lands a nice knee to the body.
Kennedy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Misahawa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Misahawa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Misahawa throws a punch but it's blocked by Kennedy.
A short left from Kennedy.
Misahawa managing to block the knees to the body from Kennedy.
Misahawa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kennedy misses with a punch on the inside.
Kennedy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kennedy lands with a short shot to the head.
Kennedy has a couple of punches blocked by Misahawa.
Misahawa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Misahawa has a couple of punches blocked by Kennedy.
Misahawa throws a punch but it's blocked by Kennedy.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Misahawa misses with the head strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Misahawa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Still in the clinch, Kennedy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kennedy prevents a body shot from Misahawa.
Kennedy throws a head punch that misses.
Misahawa tries a knee to the head but Kennedy blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Leonzar Kennedy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Leonzar Kennedy's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Misahawa throws a sloppy head kick and Kennedy moves out of range easily.
Kenichi Misahawa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kennedy throws a hook to the side of Misahawa's head but Misahawa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
An inside leg kick lands from Kennedy.
Kennedy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Misahawa.
Kennedy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Misahawa.
Kennedy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Misahawa throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Kennedy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kennedy feints a counter leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Misahawa. Kennedy does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Misahawa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kennedy was well out of range. Poor timing from Misahawa.
Misahawa misses with a jab to the body
and Kennedy counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kennedy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A low kick lands for Kennedy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Misahawa throws a low kick, looking for Kennedy's leg but Kennedy calmly moves out of range.
Kennedy appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Kennedy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Misahawa. Misahawa obviously looking to wear him down.
Kennedy throws a body shot but no joy.
Kennedy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
It looks like Kenichi Misahawa has been cut.
Misahawa tries to clinch up.
Kennedy connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Misahawa! He's out on his feet! Kennedy rushes in and drops Misahawa with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Leonzar Kennedy!
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