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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Ichigho Kurosaki (ranked 23632 p4p, 5066 weight class) and Gaizka Elizondo (ranked 528 p4p, 505 weight class). Elizondo has chosen Peewee Longway & Money Man - Ooowwweee as his entrance music. Gaizka Elizondo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ichigho Kurosaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 28 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gaizka Elizondo!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Bruno Lombardi and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Elizondo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kurosaki throws a head kick but Elizondo moves out of range.
Kurosaki keeps the fight on the outside.
Elizondo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kurosaki moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kurosaki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Elizondo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Kurosaki finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Elizondo throws out a loose jab but Kurosaki uses good head movement to avoid it.
A slow jab from Kurosaki misses its intended target.
Kurosaki scores with a hook.
Kurosaki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kurosaki looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Elizondo throws a hook but Kurosaki blocks it.
Kurosaki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Elizondo was well out of range. Poor timing from Kurosaki.
Elizondo has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Kurosaki scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Elizondo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Elizondo avoids a kick to the body.
Elizondo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kurosaki misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Elizondo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kurosaki walks into a stiff left hand from Elizondo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elizondo misses with a low kick.
It looked like Kurosaki wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Elizondo looks to throw the jab but Kurosaki is out of range.
Kurosaki misses with a looping left.
Kurosaki misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Elizondo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kurosaki.
Elizondo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kurosaki stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kurosaki punishes Elizondo's body with a nice straight punch.
No joy there for Kurosaki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kurosaki lands with a cross.
A cross from Elizondo lands.
Elizondo misses with a straight left.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kurosaki.
Kurosaki avoids the body shot from Elizondo.
Kurosaki throws a head kick that misses.
Elizondo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Elizondo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kurosaki throws a shot to the body.
Elizondo takes one to the chin there.
Kurosaki misses with a hook. Elizondo ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurosaki swats away the attempt to clinch by Elizondo.
Kurosaki throwing a counter right hand but Elizondo manages to avoid it.
Elizondo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Elizondo looks to score with a jab to the body but Kurosaki is just out of range.
Elizondo moves out of range of the strikes.
Kurosaki with a jab.
Danga de danga de dang - Kurosaki scores with a four punch combination!
Elizondo is rocked!
Elizondo walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ichigho Kurosaki!
Ichigho Kurosaki tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
In defeat, Gaizka Elizondo stepped up to the mic, saying 'gonna take some time off '.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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