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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Yuki Honda (ranked 25263 p4p, 24727 weight class) and Sakichi Kawamura (ranked 166 p4p, 194 weight class). Yuki Honda has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Decent elbows
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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 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Yuki Honda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Sakichi Kawamura!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honda clinches up with Kawamura and pushes him back against the ropes.
Kawamura is trying to break the clinch but Honda has him pressed against the ropes.
Honda trying to land knees to the body.
Kawamura wants to break free but Honda has control.
Kawamura taking a breather.
Honda breaks the clinch.
Kawamura gets tackled into the ropes by Honda. Honda maintains the clinch.
Honda manages to break the clinch.
Honda scores with a head kick. Kawamura tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Kawamura moves out of range as Honda throws a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Honda looks to clinch
and Kawamura counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Crunch! Honda slams his shin into Kawamura's torso.
Kawamura should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Honda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Honda tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Kawamura manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Honda pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Kawamura.
Kawamura shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Honda forces Kawamura back against the ropes and clinches.
Kawamura is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Honda is keeping busy.
Honda blocks a body shot from Kawamura.
Honda lands a nice shot to the body.
Honda unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Honda manages to break the clinch.
A head kick misses from Honda.
Honda connects with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Honda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kawamura throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Honda throws a nice inside leg kick.
Honda darts in and clinches Kawamura up against the ropes.
Honda is leaning against Kawamura and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kawamura tries to circle away but Honda has him pinned against the ropes.
Honda stalling in the clinch but Kawamura improves position.
Honda pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kawamura avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Honda tries to bum rush Kawamura with a series of wild strikes but Kawamura uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Honda sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Honda has Kawamura up against the ropes in a clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yuki Honda dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Honda tries to clinch but Kawamura moves out of range.
Kawamura keeps the fight on the outside.
No joy there for Honda, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Honda moves into range and clinches up with Kawamura.
Honda escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Honda is looking to clinch.
Honda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kawamura swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kawamura avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Honda tries to close the distance and clinch but Kawamura swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Honda is looking to clinch.
Kawamura unleashes a big counter combination but Honda bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Honda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Kawamura paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kawamura steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Honda.
Kawamura scores with a head kick.
Kawamura throws a nice looking combination but Honda bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kawamura swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Honda cracks Kawamura with an open hand slap.
Kawamura takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kawamura avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kawamura tries to counter with a clinch but Honda shakes him off and moves away.
Honda moves in looking to clinch but Kawamura pushes him off.
Kawamura tries to close the distance and clinch up but Honda swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That kick from Honda tenderised Kawamura's leg. Kawamura is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kawamura misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Honda.
Kawamura lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Kawamura circles away from the clinch attempt.
Honda swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Honda fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kawamura tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawamura closes the distance and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kawamura manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kawamura tries to break free but Honda pushes him back against the ropes.
Kawamura breaks the clinch.
Honda throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kawamura.
Kawamura closes the distance and clinches.
Honda works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Honda breaks from the clinch.
Yuki Honda is winning the standup battle so far.
Honda misses with a head kick.
Kawamura tries to clinch up but Honda circles away and keeps his distance.
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 Yuki Honda will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Honda misses with a head kick.
Honda tries to clinch up.
Kawamura keeps the fight on the outside.
Honda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Honda scores with a nice right hand.
Kawamura misses with a two punch combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Honda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Kawamura has eaten all the pies!
Kawamura avoids a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Honda feints a jab promting Kawamura to slip. Honda then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kawamura slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Honda catches his opponent with a big hook that sends him to the canvas! Kawamura stumbles back to his feet but will the referee allow it to continue? Kawamura walks forwards and this one will be allowed to continue! Come on!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Honda tries to clinch but Kawamura is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawamura moves into the clinch.
Honda on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Honda breaks from the clinch.
Kawamura moves into the clinch successfully.
Yuki Honda has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Honda escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A head kick from Kawamura lands but Honda takes it in his stride.
Honda clinches with his opponent.
Honda's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Honda moves into the clinch.
Kawamura slowing the pace effectively.
Honda breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Honda is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kawamura can do to turn this around?
Kawamura instigates a clinch.
Honda breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Honda pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kawamura circles away from the clinch attempt.
Honda misses with a low kick.
Kawamura swats away the attempt to clinch by Honda.
Honda wants to clinch.
Kawamura connects with a body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yuki Honda showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Honda has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:26
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yuki Honda!
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