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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Lerouch Vanitis (ranked 4583 p4p, 4548 weight class) and Takanori Gomi (ranked 475 p4p, 472 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lerouch Vanitis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takanori Gomi!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomi with a jab.
Gomi misses with an uppercut.
Vanitis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gomi throws out the jab.
Gomi throws a lazy uppercut
and Gomi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gomi throws a hook but Vanitis blocks it.
Vanitis ducks under a wild hook from Gomi.
It looked like Vanitis was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
The fighters circling - Gomi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vanitis swinging wildly here.
A big left from Gomi misses.
Gomi swings widly with a right hand
letting Vanitis counter with a right hand.
Nice cross by Gomi.
Gomi throws a hook but Vanitis avoids it easily.
It looked like Vanitis wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Vanitis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gomi throws a jab but it's blocked by Vanitis.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vanitis clinches up with Gomi and pushes him back against the ropes.
Vanitis lands a nice elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vanitis blocking some punches.
Gomi tries to break the clinch but Vanitis is controlling the position.
Vanitis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gomi's efforts to push away.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Vanitis pushes off an throws an elbow but Gomi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Gomi tries to break free but Vanitis pushes him back against the ropes.
Vanitis lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Vanitis prevents Gomi from breaking the clinch.
Vanitis lands a nice elbow.
Vanitis lands with a short shot to the head.
Vanitis lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Vanitis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vanitis lands an elbow just above Gomi 's eye.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Vanitis just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gomi's brow.
Gomi is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Gomi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vanitis has Gomi pressed against the ropes, preventing Gomi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Gomi's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gomi avoids a wild elbow strike from Vanitis.
Vanitis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gomi backwards.
Gomi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vanitis has him pressed against the ropes.
Vanitis misses with an elbow strike.
Gomi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Vanitis pushes Gomi back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gomi takes a shot to the head.
Vanitis throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gomi blocks an elbow strike from Vanitis.
Vanitis lands a hook that snaps the head of Gomi backwards.
Vanitis lands a hook that snaps the head of Gomi backwards.
Gomi takes a shot to the head.
Gomi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vanitis has him pressed against the ropes.
Gomi is trying to maintain a safe position but Vanitis gets an underhook and turns Gomi into the ropes.
Vanitis throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gomi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vanitis backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vanitis lands an elbow inside that Gomi shrugs off.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lerouch Vanitis dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Gomi throws a looping overhand right but Vanitis ducks down to avoid it.
It looked like Vanitis was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Gomi looks to throw the jab but Vanitis is out of range.
Vanitis seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Vanitis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gomi misses with the combination.
Vanitis looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gomi misses the jab.
It looked like Vanitis wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Takanori Gomi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A slow jab from Gomi misses its intended target.
Vanitis was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Vanitis needs to keep his hands up - Gomi had a free shot at his head there.
Takanori Gomi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gomi throws a series of punches but Vanitis avoids them all with ease.
An attempted straight right counter from Vanitis misses the target.
Gomi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
It looks like Lerouch Vanitis has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gomi gets tackled into the ropes by Vanitis. Vanitis maintains the clinch.
Gomi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Vanitis lands a nice elbow.
Vanitis lands a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gomi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vanitis lands an elbow that stopped Gomi in his tracks for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanitis scores with a shot to the side of Gomi's head.
Vanitis lands a nice elbow.
Gomi dodges an elbow strike from Vanitis.
Gomi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gomi tries to break the clinch but Vanitis is controlling the position.
Vanitis lands an elbow that stopped Gomi in his tracks for a moment.
Vanitis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gomi's efforts to push away.
Vanitis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gomi tries to break the clinch but Vanitis is controlling the position.
Gomi is trying to force a seperation but Vanitis has the dominant position.
Vanitis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vanitis.
Vanitis lands an elbow that stopped Gomi in his tracks for a moment.
Vanitis lands an elbow that stopped Gomi in his tracks for a moment.
Gomi is trying to break the clinch but Vanitis has him pressed against the ropes.
Vanitis lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vanitis lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vanitis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomi's defenses.
Vanitis creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Vanitis lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Vanitis.
Gomi tries to circle away but Vanitis has him pinned against the ropes.
Vanitis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gomi is rocked!
Gomi tries to break the clinch but Vanitis is controlling the position.
Still in the clinch, Vanitis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Vanitis lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gomi is still on wobbly legs! Can Vanitis finish him?
Gomi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gomi seems to have recovered his senses.
Vanitis lands an elbow just above Gomi 's eye.
Vanitis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gomi manages to break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vanitis gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gomi.
Gomi tries to bum rush Vanitis with a series of wild strikes but Vanitis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A swing and a miss from Gomi.
Vanitis is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Vanitis ducks under a wild hook from Gomi.
A little feinted left hand from Vanitis on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lerouch Vanitis dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lerouch Vanitis's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Gomi misses with a hook. Vanitis ducked under it nicely.
Gomi might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Vanitis is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gomi misses with a hook.
As Gomi looks to move away, Vanitis throws a big counter combo but Gomi just gets out of the way.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gomi misses with a straight right.
Gomi misses with an uppercut
and Vanitis counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lerouch Vanitis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vanitis moves into the clinch.
Vanitis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomi's defenses.
Vanitis comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A short right from Vanitis.
Vanitis comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gomi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gomi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vanitis looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gomi avoids the elbow strike from Vanitis, against the ropes.
Gomi is looking to break free of the clinch but Vanitis has double underhooks.
Vanitis pushes off an throws an elbow but Gomi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Lerouch Vanitis has scored more points in the clinch so far.
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!
Vanitis lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanitis lands a nice elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vanitis.
Vanitis lands a nice elbow.
Vanitis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gomi's efforts to push away.
Gomi tries to circle away but Vanitis has him pinned against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vanitis.
Vanitis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gomi takes an elbow to the temple.
Gomi tries a knee to the head but Vanitis blocks it.
Vanitis pushes Gomi back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gomi tries to break free but Vanitis pushes him back against the ropes.
Vanitis lands a damaging elbow.
Vanitis lands an elbow inside that Gomi shrugs 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!
Vanitis pushes Gomi against the ropes and as he bounces back off them, cracks him with a big elbow that drops him to the mat! You don't see that very often! Will he manage to get back to his feet? 3,4,5,6 is the count... and he's up! He seems OK; probably just in shock that he was dropped by an elbow that he obviously didn't see coming.
It looks like Takanori Gomi has been cut.
Gomi lands a head shot.
A jab from Gomi misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Vanitis.
Vanitis paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Vanitis cracks Gomi with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Gomi is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Gomi is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Gomi could not beat the count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Lerouch Vanitis!
Lerouch Vanitis retains his light heavyweight title!
Lerouch Vanitis thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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