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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Bardia Farrokhzad (ranked 2678 p4p, 499 weight class) and Pee Wee Sasaki (ranked 220 p4p, 46 weight class). Farrokhzad comes to the cage accompanied by Rastak - Hele Mali (Iranian Fisherman Folk Song). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 48 - 30 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bardia Farrokhzad!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pee Wee Sasaki!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Saam Ante and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Sasaki.
Farrokhzad jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Farrokhzad looks to score with a jab to the body but Sasaki is just out of range.
Sasaki misses with a straight right.
Sasaki buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Farrokhzad avoids the head kick by Sasaki.
A head kick from Sasaki lands but Farrokhzad takes it in his stride.
Sasaki 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.
Sasaki walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Farrokhzad looks to throw the jab but Sasaki is out of range.
Farrokhzad lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
It looks like Pee Wee Sasaki has been cut.
Jab by Farrokhzad.
Sasaki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice shot lands for Farrokhzad.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot to the body from Farrokhzad misses
and Sasaki counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Farrokhzad misses with a straight left.
Sasaki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sasaki slips a jab and a cross from Farrokhzad.
Sasaki feints a counter leg kick.
Farrokhzad ducks under a wild hook from Sasaki.
Farrokhzad looks to score with a jab to the body but Sasaki is just out of range.
Sasaki closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrokhzad checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sasaki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Farrokhzad tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sasaki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sasaki feints a counter leg kick.
Sasaki swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Farrokhzad scores with a shot to the body.
Farrokhzad looks to land a right hand but Sasaki moved out of range.
Sasaki misses with an uppercut. Farrokhzad saw that one coming.
Sasaki gets tackled into the cage by Farrokhzad. Farrokhzad maintains the clinch.
Sasaki misses with a punch to the body.
Sasaki misses with the head strike.
Sasaki throws a head punch that misses.
Farrokhzad fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Farrokhzad is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sasaki is defending well for now.
Sasaki misses with the head strike.
Sasaki misses with some punches.
Sasaki misses with a body punch.
Sasaki scores with a shot to the side of Farrokhzad's head.
Farrokhzad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Farrokhzad doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sasaki pushes Farrokhzad back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sasaki throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Our sources have told us that Farrokhzad has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Sasaki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sasaki takes a knee right on the jaw!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sasaki.
Sasaki lands a shoulder strike.
Sasaki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Farrokhzad can't find room to land a body shot as Sasaki controls the action.
Sasaki has a couple of punches blocked by Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad misses with a punch to the body.
Farrokhzad lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sasaki backwards.
Sasaki managing to block the knees to the body from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Farrokhzad working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Farrokhzad scores with a hook to the body.
Farrokhzad lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sasaki has a couple of punches blocked by Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Farrokhzad lands with a short shot to the head.
Sasaki is rocked!
Farrokhzad creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Sasaki crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Sasaki face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Farrokhzad takes it with a brutal technical knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Bardia Farrokhzad!
Bardia Farrokhzad is the new featherweight champion!
An out of breath Bardia Farrokhzad thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
In defeat, Pee Wee Sasaki stepped up to the mic, saying 'Back to the gym...'.
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