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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Ichigho Kurosaki (ranked 23637 p4p, 1720 weight class) and Smash Adams (ranked 523 p4p, 195 weight class). Adams has chosen Smash Adams' Theme as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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17 - 17 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ichigho Kurosaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Smash Adams!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Nard Betker and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kurosaki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Adams tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kurosaki manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kurosaki doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Adams takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Kurosaki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kurosaki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kurosaki throws a head kick that misses.
Adams lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Adams keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kurosaki.
A punch combination from Adams misses.
Adams tries to clinch there but Kurosaki circles away.
Adams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Adams throws a head kick that half lands.
Adams moves in looking to clinch but Kurosaki pushes him off.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Adams fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Adams has managed to clinch.
Kurosaki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Adams misses with a punch to the body.
Our sources have told us that Kurosaki has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Kurosaki lands a body shot.
Kurosaki digs a right hand into Adams's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Adams's gas tank.
Kurosaki lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurosaki lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Smash Adams has been cut.
Adams throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kurosaki tries a body shot but Adams blocks it.
Kurosaki tries a body shot but Adams blocks it.
Adams pushes off an throws an elbow but Kurosaki leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Adams leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kurosaki blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Adams throws an elbow but misses.
Kurosaki has Adams pressed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Kurosaki.
Kurosaki holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kurosaki letting Adams take a breather here.
Adams stalling the fight.
Kurosaki landing knees to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kurosaki.
Kurosaki has Adams pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Kurosaki.
Adams fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kurosaki just leaning against Adams, taking a breather.
Kurosaki controlling the action here for a moment.
Kurosaki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Adams has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kurosaki lands an elbow inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A short left from Kurosaki.
Kurosaki lands a shoulder strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kurosaki lands a nice uppercut.
Adams manages to break the clinch.
Smash Adams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kurosaki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kurosaki moves away.
Kurosaki just misses with a punch to the body.
Kurosaki ducks right into an uppercut from Adams.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ichigho Kurosaki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Smash Adams's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Adams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Adams wants to clinch.
Adams has managed to clinch.
Kurosaki missing with knees to the body.
Adams pushes off an throws an elbow but Kurosaki leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Adams just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kurosaki's brow.
Kurosaki lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kurosaki lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kurosaki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Adams can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kurosaki comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Adams takes a shot to the head.
Adams looking to throw knees to the head but Kurosaki is blocking nicely.
A frustrated look appears on Adams's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kurosaki.
Nice elbow from Adams.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurosaki lands with a left to the head.
Kurosaki looking to throw knees to the head but Adams is blocking nicely.
Adams letting Kurosaki take a breather here.
Kurosaki dodges an elbow strike from Adams.
Adams is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kurosaki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Adams's elbow.
Kurosaki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That has opened up Smash Adams's cut even more.
Adams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kurosaki is defending well for now.
Kurosaki throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kurosaki lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Adams has a couple of punches blocked by Kurosaki.
Still in the clinch, Kurosaki scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kurosaki avoids the elbow strike from Adams, against the cage.
Kurosaki with a knee to the head.
Kurosaki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Adams leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kurosaki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ichigho Kurosaki has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from Kurosaki.
The cut above Smash Adams's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Adams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kurosaki landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kurosaki - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Kurosaki tries to throw a body punch but Adams avoids it by throwing Kurosaki back against the cage.
Adams looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kurosaki lands with a left to the head.
Adams tries to land a knee to the head but Kurosaki blocks with his arms.
Kurosaki avoids the elbow strike from Adams, against the cage.
Kurosaki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kurosaki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kurosaki lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Adams has had enough of the clinch but Kurosaki keeps him there for the moment.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Adams throws an elbow that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ichigho Kurosaki dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Smash Adams's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Kurosaki misses with an uppercut.
Adams has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kurosaki.
Kurosaki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Adams sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kurosaki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Adams avoids the body shot from Kurosaki.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Adams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kurosaki.
Kurosaki loads up on a big right hand but Adams slips the punch.
A head kick misses from Adams.
Adams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kurosaki.
Kurosaki's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Adams connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kurosaki scrambles back to his feet.
Kurosaki misses with a wild body shot.
Smash Adams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Adams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
As Adams looks to move away, Kurosaki throws a big counter combo but Adams just gets out of the way.
Kurosaki darts in and clinches Adams up against the cage.
Adams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kurosaki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kurosaki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kurosaki takes an elbow to the temple.
Adams manages to break the clinch.
Kurosaki is looking to wear down Adams with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Adams closes the distance but Kurosaki moves to the side
and Kurosaki counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kurosaki displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Adams throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurosaki tries to close the distance and clinch but Adams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smash Adams seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kurosaki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kurosaki looks to throw the jab but Adams is out of range.
Adams jabs Kurosaki to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kurosaki just misses with a punch to the body.
Adams is looking to clinch but Kurosaki is avoiding it.
Kurosaki scoring well with a low kick there.
A left lands for Kurosaki.
Adams takes a jab right on the kisser.
Adams walks into a straight right hand and goes down! Kurosaki rushes to a neutral corner so the count doesn't get delayed but Adams has made it back to his feet on 5. He's OK so we're back to the action.
Ichigho Kurosaki is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Adams is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kurosaki connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Adams's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Adams - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ichigho Kurosaki!
After the fight, Ichigho Kurosaki was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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