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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Elbow Zombie Chai (ranked 5428 p4p, 3898 weight class) and Kenjiro Tokugawa (ranked 489 p4p, 409 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Lethal high kicks
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Elbow Zombie Chai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenjiro Tokugawa!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Topper Green and Ben Hemmingworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chai uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tokugawa.
Tokugawa on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Chai fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tokugawa throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tokugawa lands a nice looking kick to the body. Chai takes a step back to recover.
Tokugawa moves into the clinch.
Tokugawa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Chai backwards.
Tokugawa lands a shot to the body.
Tokugawa misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Tokugawa fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tokugawa swings wildly with an uppercut but Chai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chai misses with a punch to the body.
Chai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Chai tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tokugawa's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Tokugawa fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tokugawa.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Chai.
It looks like Kenjiro Tokugawa has been cut.
Chai blocks a body shot from Tokugawa.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chai.
Tokugawa misses with a punch on the inside.
Chai blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chai lands an elbow inside that Tokugawa shrugs off.
Tokugawa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Chai blocking some punches.
Tokugawa wants to break free but Chai has control.
Chai blocks an uppercut.
Chai misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tokugawa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chai fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chai jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tokugawa throws a leg kick but Chai sees it coming and moves out of range.
Tokugawa with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Chai scoring well with a low kick there.
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!
Tokugawa swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A big right from Tokugawa misses.
Chai was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Tokugawa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tokugawa throws a low kick but it's checked well by Chai.
Chai fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Chai moves out of range of the leg kick from Tokugawa.
The crowd cheers as Chai lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tokugawa doesn't seem phased though.
Chai is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Chai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tokugawa.
Tokugawa closes the distance and pushes Chai back into the cage.
Chai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Chai blocks a body shot from Tokugawa.
Tokugawa misses with the head strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kenjiro Tokugawa will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kenjiro Tokugawa's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Tokugawa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Chai checks a low kick from Tokugawa.
Chai moves into range and connects with a jab.
Chai throws a sloppy head kick and Tokugawa moves out of range easily.
Tokugawa was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A punch lands to the side of Chai 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Tokugawa misses with a two punch combination.
Tokugawa throws a head kick that misses.
Chai lands with a cross.
Tokugawa throws a nice outside leg kick.
Chai lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Chai lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chai staying out of range there.
Tokugawa slips a straight right by Chai.
Chai throws a sloppy head kick and Tokugawa moves out of range easily.
Chai scores with a nice right hand.
Tokugawa wants to land a leg kick but Chai is out of range.
Chai misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tokugawa takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A slapping body kick lands there for Chai.
Tokugawa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tokugawa counters with a body kick.
Elbow Zombie Chai is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Chai lands a jab to the nose.
Tokugawa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tokugawa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Chai avoids the body shot from Tokugawa.
Tokugawa throws a leg kick that is checked
and Chai counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Elbow Zombie Chai is winning the standup battle so far.
Chai feints and then cracks Tokugawa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tokugawa down.
Tokugawa walks into a stiff left hand from Chai.
Chai connects with a jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Chai.
Elbow Zombie Chai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chai throws the left hand but Tokugawa avoids the punch easily.
Tokugawa shapes to counter with a head kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Chai. That snapped Tokugawa's head back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chai. Tokugawa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tokugawa flicks out a counter leg kick but Chai steps away.
Chai throws the left hand but Tokugawa avoids the punch easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chai throws a right hand that Tokugawa ducks under and follows up with a left that Tokugawa also avoids with ease.
Tokugawa is looking to score with low kicks.
Chai wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tokugawa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Chai. That's going to slow Tokugawa down.
Chai misses with a head kick.
Tokugawa's corner calls for a 1-2. Tokugawa obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Tokugawa ducks under a wild hook from Chai.
Chai checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Chai is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tokugawa can do to turn this around?
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tokugawa checks a leg kick.
Tokugawa wants to land a leg kick but Chai is out of range.
A jab from Chai misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tokugawa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Chai. Chai obviously looking to wear him down.
Chai lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Chai scores with a hook to the body. Tokugawa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Elbow Zombie Chai dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kenjiro Tokugawa's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Chai keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Chai misses with a hook.
Chai misses with a body shot.
A leg kick checked by Chai.
Tokugawa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tokugawa checks the leg kick nicely there.
Chai avoids the body shot from Tokugawa.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chai. Tokugawa does a little dance to reset his feet.
A low kick from Chai misses
and Tokugawa counters with a nice low kick that buckles Chai's knee momentarily.
Tokugawa has closed the distance and engaged Chai in a clinch.
Chai takes an elbow to the temple.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tokugawa dodges an elbow strike from Chai.
Tokugawa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tokugawa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tokugawa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Chai's face.
It looks like Elbow Zombie Chai has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tokugawa throws a head punch that misses.
Tokugawa cracks Chai with a nice body shot.
Chai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tokugawa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tokugawa blocks an elbow strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Chai.
Chai blocks an uppercut.
Kenjiro Tokugawa seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tokugawa tries to throw a body punch but Chai avoids it by throwing Tokugawa back against the cage.
Tokugawa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chai has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tokugawa manages to break the clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Chai.
Chai cracks Tokugawa with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tokugawa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Tokugawa moves forwards but Chai connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Tokugawa misses
and Chai cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A leg kick checked by Chai.
Chai misses with a straight left.
Tokugawa tries to counter with a clinch but Chai shakes him off and moves away.
Chai fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tokugawa.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tokugawa pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tokugawa throws out a powerful jab.
Chai connects with a high kick.
Chai moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Chai throws a hook to the side of Tokugawa's head but Tokugawa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tokugawa misses with a leg kick.
Tokugawa moves out of range as Chai strikes.
Tokugawa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Chai keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tokugawa's efforts to push away.
Chai missing with knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Elbow Zombie Chai.
I think Chai has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:29
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 28:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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RATING
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