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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tomoya Yamamoto (ranked 4210 p4p, 4197 weight class) and Sakichi Kawamura (ranked 170 p4p, 173 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Good kicks
Big right hand
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tomoya Yamamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sakichi Kawamura!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamamoto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yamamoto throws a sloppy head kick and Kawamura moves out of range easily.
Yamamoto gets a clinch.
Yamamoto is trying to maintain a safe position but Kawamura gets an underhook and turns Yamamoto into the ropes.
Kawamura is looking to break free of the clinch but Yamamoto has double underhooks.
Kawamura keeps control of Yamamoto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kawamura has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Yamamoto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kawamura takes a kick to the side of the head.
Kawamura clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamamoto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kawamura.
Yamamoto is trying to break the clinch but Kawamura has him pressed against the ropes.
Yamamoto is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Yamamoto is trying to force a seperation but Kawamura has the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto tries to circle away but Kawamura has him pinned against the ropes.
Kawamura manages to break the clinch.
Yamamoto tries to keep at a distance but Kawamura has taken the fight into the clinch.
Yamamoto could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Kawamura's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kawamura swats away the attempt to clinch by Yamamoto.
As Yamamoto backs off Kawamura throws a huge counter combo but Yamamoto manages to avoid it all.
Yamamoto throws a sloppy head kick and Kawamura moves out of range easily.
Kawamura wants to counter with a clinch but Yamamoto pushes him away.
Kawamura looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kawamura has managed to clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kawamura.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kawamura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kawamura trying to stall but Yamamoto improves his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yamamoto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yamamoto sets himself, and Kawamura steps forward looking for the clinch! Yamamoto avoids it this time.
Yamamoto wants to clinch
and Kawamura counters with a nice uppercut.
Yamamoto tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kawamura counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yamamoto throws a series of strikes that have Kawamura backpedaling.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kawamura rushes Yamamoto and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Kawamura's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kawamura tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Yamamoto manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yamamoto was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Yamamoto fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kawamura, pushing him back against the ropes.
Kawamura with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kawamura keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yamamoto's efforts to push away.
Yamamoto looking to slow down the pace here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Tomoya Yamamoto will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Yamamoto throws a head kick that misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Kawamura blocks the leg kick.
Kawamura avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yamamoto scores with a leg kick.
Yamamoto takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kawamura throws a low kick but Yamamoto moves out of range easily.
Yamamoto scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kawamura doesn't seem bothered though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yamamoto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamamoto throws a body punch but Kawamura moves out of range.
Yamamoto lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Yamamoto slips a jab and a cross from Kawamura.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawamura fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yamamoto misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kawamura gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Yamamoto working hard to break the clinch.
Kawamura being controlled against the ropes.
Kawamura breaks the clinch.
Kawamura closes the distance and clinches.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kawamura is trying to maintain a safe position but Yamamoto gets an underhook and turns Kawamura into the ropes.
Yamamoto breaks from the clinch.
Kawamura moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawamura has Yamamoto pressed against the ropes, preventing Yamamoto from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short right from Kawamura on the inside.
Yamamoto breaks from the clinch.
Kawamura drives through and clinches with Yamamoto against the ropes.
Yamamoto missing with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yamamoto breaks the clinch.
Kawamura moves into the clinch.
Kawamura is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Yamamoto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yamamoto closes the distance and pushes Kawamura back into the ropes.
Kawamura blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kawamura misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Tomoya Yamamoto will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Kawamura clinches up with Yamamoto and pushes him back against the ropes.
Kawamura breaks from the clinch.
Yamamoto throws a combination that misses
and Kawamura counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kawamura effectively controlling the action here.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kawamura prevents Yamamoto from breaking the clinch.
Kawamura misses with a knee to the head.
Kawamura scores with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamamoto breaks the clinch.
Yamamoto lands a jab to the head.
Kawamura throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yamamoto moves into the clinch successfully.
Yamamoto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kawamura.
Kawamura is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yamamoto is defending well for now.
Kawamura lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yamamoto backwards.
Kawamura lands a good knee to the midsection. Yamamoto won't want to take too many of those.
Yamamoto is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kawamura with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kawamura has had enough of the clinch but Yamamoto keeps him there for the moment.
Kawamura manages to break the clinch.
Yamamoto looks to land a combination but Kawamura avoids it well.
Tomoya Yamamoto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kawamura fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kawamura pushes Yamamoto up against the ropes in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawamura is looking to break free of the clinch but Yamamoto has double underhooks.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kawamura looking to stall.
Kawamura taking a breather.
Kawamura effectively controlling the action here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kawamura breaks from the clinch.
Yamamoto checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kawamura avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kawamura drives through and clinches with Yamamoto against the ropes.
Sakichi Kawamura has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tomoya Yamamoto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sakichi Kawamura seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Yamamoto breaks from the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sakichi Kawamura comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Yamamoto 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:30
The fight is ruled a draw!
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FIGHT
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