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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ernesto Cro Cop (ranked 4570 p4p, 3722 weight class) and Daiki Suzuki (ranked 157 p4p, 149 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin
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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 1 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Ernesto Cro Cop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daiki Suzuki!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suzuki pushes Cro Cop up against the ropes in a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cro Cop.
Cro Cop swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cro Cop throws a punch but it's blocked by Suzuki.
Cro Cop tries to work over Suzuki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Suzuki tries to stall but Cro Cop uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cro Cop breaks the clinch.
Cro Cop fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Suzuki, pushing him back against the ropes.
Suzuki working hard to break the clinch.
Cro Cop tries to work over Suzuki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cro Cop stalls.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suzuki is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Cro Cop lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Suzuki.
I was talking to Cro Cop's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cro Cop tries a body shot but Suzuki blocks it.
Suzuki tries to break free but Cro Cop pushes him back against the ropes.
Suzuki is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cro Cop lands with a short shot to the head.
Suzuki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cro Cop working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cro Cop keeps control of Suzuki as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Suzuki is working Cro Cop over against the ropes.
Cro Cop controlling the action here for a moment.
A left hand lands to the body for Cro Cop.
Suzuki looking to slow down the pace here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suzuki wants to get back to striking at distance but Cro Cop won't allow it.
Suzuki looking to throw knees to the head but Cro Cop is blocking nicely.
Suzuki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Suzuki wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cro Cop has him pressed against the ropes.
Cro Cop tries to throw a body punch but Suzuki avoids it by throwing Cro Cop back against the ropes.
Cro Cop keeps control of Suzuki as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cro Cop dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Cro Cop lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Suzuki wants to break the clinch but can't.
Suzuki is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cro Cop misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ernesto Cro Cop dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Suzuki scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cro Cop moves into the clinch.
Cro Cop misses with some punches.
Cro Cop lands a right hand that snaps the head of Suzuki backwards.
Cro Cop throws a punch but it's blocked by Suzuki.
Cro Cop misses with a body punch.
Cro Cop escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cro Cop doesn't manage to clinch there - Suzuki circles away.
Suzuki throws a nice inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Suzuki prevents a body shot from Cro Cop.
Suzuki taking a breather.
Cro Cop tries a body shot but Suzuki blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suzuki looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Suzuki looking to stall.
Cro Cop misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Cro Cop.
Suzuki stalling in the clinch but Cro Cop improves position.
Cro Cop tries to work over Suzuki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cro Cop misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Suzuki tries to throw a body punch but Cro Cop avoids it by throwing Suzuki back against the ropes.
Suzuki with a knee to the head.
It looks like Ernesto Cro Cop has been cut.
Cro Cop taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Cro Cop has a couple of punches blocked by Suzuki.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cro Cop.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cro Cop throws a head punch that misses.
Suzuki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Suzuki blocks a body shot from Cro Cop.
Suzuki is trying to break the clinch but Cro Cop has him pressed against the ropes.
Suzuki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cro Cop wants to break free but Suzuki has control.
Suzuki has had enough of the clinch but Cro Cop keeps him there for the moment.
Suzuki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cro Cop avoiding damage.
Cro Cop goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cro Cop tries to work over Suzuki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Suzuki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ernesto Cro Cop dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ernesto Cro Cop's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Suzuki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Suzuki closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Cro Cop misses with a punch to the body.
Cro Cop is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Suzuki is keeping busy.
Suzuki blocks a body shot from Cro Cop.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cro Cop.
A nice left hand lands by Cro Cop.
Cro Cop struggles to land a body shot inside as Suzuki controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suzuki is looking to break free of the clinch but Cro Cop has double underhooks.
Cro Cop cracks Suzuki with a nice body shot.
Suzuki taking a breather.
Cro Cop swings wildly with an uppercut but Suzuki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Suzuki misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cro Cop dodges an elbow strike from Suzuki.
Cro Cop tries a body shot but Suzuki blocks it.
Stalling in the clinch from Cro Cop.
Cro Cop swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Suzuki is trying to break free.
Cro Cop lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cro Cop is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cro Cop misses with a punch on the inside.
Cro Cop misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cro Cop keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Suzuki's efforts to push away.
Cro Cop displaying some good clinch control by pressing Suzuki up against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Cro Cop misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cro Cop's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Suzuki circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cro Cop drives through and clinches with Suzuki against the ropes.
Suzuki wants to break the clinch but can't.
Suzuki blocking some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cro Cop as Suzuki tries to tie him up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cro Cop misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Daiki Suzuki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The referee is keeping an eye on Cro Cop - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ernesto Cro Cop showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cro Cop, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ernesto Cro Cop!
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FIGHT
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