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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Toa Mudo (ranked 22075 p4p, 25280 weight class) and Yuki Honda (ranked 169 p4p, 147 weight class). Mudo comes to the ring accompanied by Rise-Disturbed. Yuki Honda told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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World class boxer
Very quick
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Good kicks
Very confident
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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 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Toa Mudo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Yuki Honda!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Sano and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honda tries to clinch but Mudo is having none of it.
Donk. Mudo catches Honda right on the button with a cross.
Honda walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Mudo connects with an inside leg kick.
Honda tries to clinch up
and Mudo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mudo is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Mudo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mudo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Honda tries to clinch but Mudo moves out of range.
Honda 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.
Jab by Mudo.
Mudo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Honda ducks right into an uppercut from Mudo.
Honda tries to clinch but Mudo moves out of range.
Mudo cracks Honda with an open hand slap.
Honda takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mudo avoids a punch combination nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Mudo misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mudo manages to avoid it.
Mudo connects with a jab.
Mudo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Honda tries to clinch there but Mudo circles away.
Honda walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Good leg kick by Mudo.
Toa Mudo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mudo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Honda under the eye.
Honda takes a swing at Mudo's ribcage but misses.
Mudo feints and then cracks Honda's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Honda down.
Mudo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Honda.
Honda takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mudo is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Mudo cracks Honda with an open hand slap.
Mudo keeps the fight on the outside.
Honda with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mudo to score with a decent uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mudo lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Mudo moves into range and connects with a jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mudo, as that shot connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Mudo. That snapped Honda's head back.
Honda is rocked!
Mudo lands with an overhand left.
Honda is still on wobbly legs! Can Mudo finish him?
Honda takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Honda has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Mudo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Honda drops his guard momentarily, allowing Mudo to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Honda! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Mudo takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Toa Mudo!
During a confident post fight interview, Toa Mudo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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pop
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