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Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Pee Wee Sasaki (ranked 426 p4p, 21977 weight class) and Gordon Masten (ranked 37 p4p, 264 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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29 - 12 - 0 |
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15 - 7 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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World class boxer
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pee Wee Sasaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gordon Masten!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sasaki lands with a right hand.
Masten 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.
Masten throws a leg kick but Sasaki sees it coming and moves out of range.
Masten lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sasaki waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Masten.
Sasaki lands a jab.
Sasaki uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sasaki is looking to slow Masten down with leg kicks.
Sasaki slips a straight right by Masten.
Sasaki with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Masten to score with a decent uppercut.
Masten ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sasaki tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Masten is able to avoid easily.
Masten fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sasaki is out of range.
Masten throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sasaki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Masten throws a hook but Sasaki blocks it.
Sasaki takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Masten moves out of range of the body kick from Sasaki.
Sasaki thows a left - swing and a miss!
Masten misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masten thows a leg kick but Sasaki checks it
enabling Sasaki to counter with a crisp jab.
Masten is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sasaki.
Sasaki lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Masten misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sasaki.
Sasaki scores with a jab.
Sasaki connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Masten scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sasaki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sasaki throws an overhand right that lands on Masten's shoulder, as Masten tries to avoid the shot.
Sasaki throws a jab when Masten was well out of range.
Masten appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Masten scores with a shot to the body.
Masten slips a jab from Sasaki.
Masten moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Masten keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Masten throws a solid leg kick but Sasaki takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Masten.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sasaki looks to throw the jab but Masten is out of range.
Masten ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Masten tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sasaki was well out of range. Poor timing from Masten.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sasaki has taken the fight to the clinch.
Masten breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sasaki on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Masten.
Masten scores with a nice head shot.
Masten throws out a powerful jab.
Sasaki buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sasaki is looking to land body kicks.
Masten replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Sasaki blocks it well.
Sasaki throws a leg kick but Masten sees it coming and moves out of range.
Masten moves out of range of the leg kick from Sasaki.
Masten connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Masten connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nice cross by Masten.
Masten waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sasaki.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sasaki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sasaki defending well as Masten loads up on a big left hand.
Sasaki connects with a good right hand that stumbles Masten. Masten circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sasaki throws a hook but Masten avoids it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Gordon Masten will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Masten lands a nice shot that snaps Sasaki's head back.
Masten throws a body punch but Sasaki moves out of range.
Sasaki appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Masten lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sasaki's sensitive parts.
Masten misses with a body shot.
Sasaki throws a shot from downtown. Masten moves away and avoids it.
Sasaki tries to work over Masten's front leg with a kick but Masten checks it.
Gordon Masten seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sasaki throws a good cross that connects.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sasaki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That kick from Masten tenderised Sasaki's leg. Sasaki is trying to keep his angry face on.
Masten pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sasaki is out of range and Masten settles back down.
Masten misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Masten takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sasaki slips under a jab from Masten.
Masten lands a jab.
Sasaki moves out of range of the strikes.
Sasaki avoids a kick to the body.
Masten ducks under a wild hook from Sasaki.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sasaki takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sasaki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sasaki looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sasaki misses the shot to the body.
Sasaki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Masten.
Jab, jab by Sasaki - just one landing.
Sasaki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Masten.
Sasaki scores with a punch to the head.
Sasaki looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A jab from Sasaki misses.
Masten swats away the attempt to clinch by Sasaki.
Sasaki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Masten.
Sasaki was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Masten scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sasaki looks to land a left hand but Masten moved out of range nicely.
Masten throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sasaki looks to land a body kick but Masten moved away.
Sasaki backing away here, and Masten unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Sasaki scores with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masten lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sasaki's sensitive parts.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sasaki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sasaki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Masten.
Masten tries a low kick but Sasaki avoids it.
Masten throws the left hand but Sasaki avoids the punch easily.
Sasaki tries to bum rush Masten with a series of wild strikes but Masten uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Masten takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Masten avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Masten looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A jab from Masten misses.
Masten misses with a lunging right hand
and Sasaki counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sasaki is looking to slow Masten down with leg kicks.
Masten misses with a low kick.
Masten fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sasaki manages to avoid it.
Sasaki is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sasaki lands a nice leg kick that just misses Masten's sensitive parts.
Masten takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Masten defending well as Sasaki loads up on a big left hand.
Sasaki lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pee Wee Sasaki dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Sasaki throws a leg kick but Masten checks it.
The fighters circling - Sasaki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Masten lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sasaki slips a jab from Masten.
Masten fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sasaki.
Masten rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sasaki counters with a nice leg kick.
Masten finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Masten throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sasaki scores with a nice head shot.
Masten blocks a low kick nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Masten.
Sasaki throws a sloppy head kick and Masten moves out of range easily.
A nice side step and Masten releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sasaki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Masten ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sasaki moves away.
Sasaki misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sasaki scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Masten doesn't seem bothered though.
Masten throws an off balance right hand
and Sasaki counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Masten lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sasaki misses with a low kick.
Sasaki slips under a jab.
Masten checks a leg kick.
Sasaki takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sasaki works Masten's body with a nice hook.
Masten misses with a looping left.
Sasaki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sasaki takes one on the button.
Good exchange - Masten coming out on top.
Sasaki drops his hands momentarily and Masten takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
No joy there for Masten, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sasaki shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Masten moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sasaki throws a hook but Masten blocks it.
A little jabbing left from Masten on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sasaki lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sasaki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Masten sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Masten jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sasaki takes one to the side of the head.
Sasaki throws a head kick that misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Masten.
Masten ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sasaki moves out of range of the body kick from Masten.
Sasaki throws a low kick but Masten moves out of range easily.
Masten lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sasaki misses with a hook.
Masten pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sasaki is out of range and Masten settles back down.
Masten misses with a wild body shot.
Masten pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Masten scores with a kick to the body.
Masten just misses with a punch to the body.
Masten uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sasaki.
Masten throws a leg kick but Sasaki sees it coming and moves out of range.
Masten throws a looping overhand right but Sasaki ducks down to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Sasaki misses the target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sasaki misses with a hook. Masten ducked under it nicely.
Masten was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gordon Masten comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Masten has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Pee Wee Sasaki!
Pee Wee Sasaki thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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FIGHT
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