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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Harris Benn (ranked 4673 p4p, 4455 weight class) and Kong Wu (ranked 446 p4p, 440 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Brawler
Very strong
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Solid chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Harris Benn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kong Wu!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wu moves into the clinch.
Benn swings wildly with an uppercut but Wu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wu lands a shot to the body.
Wu lands with a right to the head.
Benn throws a head punch that misses.
Benn misses with the head strike.
Benn prevents Wu from breaking the clinch.
Wu working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wu gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Harris Benn has been cut.
Benn avoiding damage as Wu throws knees to the body.
Wu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benn has a couple of punches blocked by Wu.
Wu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A jab from Benn misses.
Benn misses with a right hand
and Wu counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wu closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benn working aggressively here.
Wu trying to stall but Benn improves his position.
Benn swings wildly with an uppercut but Wu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wu blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wu tries to circle away but Benn has him pinned against the ropes.
Wu wants to get back to striking at distance but Benn won't allow it.
Benn avoids a wild elbow strike from Wu.
A nice right hand lands inside from Benn.
Wu working hard to break the clinch.
Wu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Benn misses with some punches.
Wu trying to control the position but instead, Benn has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wu into the ropes.
Wu working hard to break the clinch.
Wu has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Benn seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Wu can turn it around.
Wu wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wu creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Benn's defenses.
Wu blocking some punches.
Wu can't break the clinch.
Wu wants to stall.
Benn misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wu.
Wu is looking to break free of the clinch but Benn has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Wu - that landed with a thud.
Benn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wu's efforts to push away.
Benn has a couple of punches blocked by Wu.
Wu throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Benn misses with a punch on the inside.
Benn lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Benn backwards.
Wu taking a breather.
A short uppercut from Wu.
Benn blocks the elbow strike.
Wu trying to control the position but instead, Benn has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wu into the ropes.
Benn keeps control of Wu as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wu is looking to break free of the clinch but Benn has double underhooks.
Benn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short uppercut from Wu.
Benn working aggressively here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kong Wu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Harris Benn's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Benn looks to land a left hand but Wu moved out of range nicely.
Wu lands a right hook to the body.
Benn tries to move into range but Wu moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A left and a right from Wu both land. Nice combination.
Wu throws a shot to the body.
Wu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Benn throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wu defending well as Benn loads up on a big left hand.
Wu gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Benn throws a head punch that misses.
Benn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wu wants to stall.
Benn working aggressively here.
Benn working aggressively here.
Wu lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Benn fails to land.
Benn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Benn looks to land a left hand but Wu moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wu lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Benn misses with a hook
and Wu counters with a right hand to the body.
Wu tries to clinch but Benn is having none of it.
Wu lands a lovely overhand right.
Wu looks to land a combination. Benn sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Benn gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Wu throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wu dips to his left and cracks Benn with an uppercut!
Benn throws a lazy right hand but Wu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wu lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wu misses with a kick to the body.
Wu cracks a nice hook into Benn's ribs.
Kong Wu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wu tries to clinch up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Wu cracks Benn with a right hand to the side of the head.
Benn with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Wu to score with a decent uppercut.
A head kick from Wu lands but Benn takes it in his stride.
Wu has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wu is breathing heavily.
Wu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wu tries a quick counter leg kick but Benn is wise to it.
Wu is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benn throws a jab when Wu was well out of range.
Benn thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wu scores with a jab to the body.
Benn throws a jab when Wu was well out of range.
Benn throws a lazy uppercut
and Wu counters with a straight right hand.
Benn is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Wu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wu comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Benn misses with a left hand
and Wu counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Wu moves out of range as Benn strikes.
Wu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice straight punches there by Wu. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Wu.
Benn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wu.
Benn is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Wu's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Benn throws a hook to the side of Wu's head but Wu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wu clinches up against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benn misses with a punch on the inside.
Wu looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Benn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Benn has a couple of punches blocked by Wu.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kong Wu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Harris Benn's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Wu lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Wu.
Wu is looking to clinch but Benn is avoiding it.
Wu defending well as Benn loads up on a big left hand.
Benn misses with an uppercut. Wu saw that one coming.
Wu swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Benn.
Wu connects with a looping right hand.
Wu tries to clinch up.
Benn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wu uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Wu blocks a jab.
Benn throws a hook to the side of Wu's head but Wu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wu lands a slapping body shot.
Wu has Benn up against the ropes in a clinch.
Wu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wu.
Wu breaks from the clinch.
Benn moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Benn pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wu.
Benn misses with a lunging right hand
letting Wu counter with a right hand.
Wu scores with a nice head shot.
Benn throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wu tries to clinch but Benn is having none of it.
Benn looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Wu lands a jab-cross combination.
Wu blocks a jab.
Benn takes one to the side of the head.
Wu clinches up with Benn and pushes him back against the ropes.
Wu lands a body shot in the clinch.
Benn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benn working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wu.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wu tries to circle away but Benn has him pinned against the ropes.
Wu has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A head punch on the inside from Benn fails to land.
Wu can't break the clinch.
Wu scores with a shot to the side of Benn's head.
Benn misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wu lands an elbow inside that Benn shrugs off.
Wu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wu blocks an uppercut.
Benn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wu is trying to maintain a safe position but Benn gets an underhook and turns Wu into the ropes.
Wu throws an elbow but it misses.
Wu is looking to control Benn's arms but Benn gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wu has his back to the ropes.
Wu takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wu is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Wu seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Benn misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benn.
Benn misses with a punch on the inside.
Wu works on Benn's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benn keeps control of Wu as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wu lands with a light punch inside.
Benn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harris Benn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kong Wu is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Benn working aggressively here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kong Wu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Wu 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kong Wu!
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