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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Lerouch Vanitis (ranked 5081 p4p, 4653 weight class) and Jovany Fisher (ranked 490 p4p, 464 weight class). Lerouch Vanitis has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Great elbows
Cardio machine
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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 6 - 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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jovany Fisher!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fisher throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fisher throws a poor cross that misses
and Vanitis counters with a one-two to the body.
Jovany Fisher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fisher just misses with a punch to the body.
Fisher throws a head kick that misses.
Vanitis moves into the clinch.
Fisher misses with a punch to the body.
Fisher breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vanitis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Vanitis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fishers head.
Fisher blocks an elbow strike.
Fisher lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fisher throws a head punch that misses.
Fisher misses with a body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Vanitis as Fisher tries to tie him up.
Vanitis lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Jovany Fisher has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanitis lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Vanitis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Vanitis lands an elbow just above Fisher 's eye.
Vanitis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
I was talking to Vanitis's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Vanitis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fisher manages to break the clinch.
Fisher scores with a body shot.
Vanitis moves into range and clinches up with Fisher.
Fisher has a couple of punches blocked by Vanitis.
Fisher tries a body shot but Vanitis blocks it.
Fisher fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vanitis misses with an elbow over the top.
Vanitis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
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 an elbow that stopped Fisher in his tracks for a moment.
That has opened up Jovany Fisher's cut even more.
Fisher stalling in the clinch.
Fisher misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fisher blocks the elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fisher avoids the elbow strike from Vanitis, against the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Vanitis throws an elbow but misses.
Vanitis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fisher backwards.
Vanitis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Vanitis throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Vanitis prevents Fisher from breaking the clinch.
Fisher is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Fisher blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Fisher fails to land.
Vanitis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Vanitis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fisher's efforts to push away.
Nice elbow from Vanitis.
Still in the clinch, Vanitis scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fisher takes an elbow to the forehead.
Vanitis misses with an elbow over the top.
Vanitis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lerouch Vanitis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jovany Fisher's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sloppy strikes from Fisher. Those never looked like landing.
Vanitis works Fisher's body with a nice hook.
Lerouch Vanitis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fisher throws an overhand right that lands on Vanitis's shoulder, as Vanitis tries to avoid the shot.
Vanitis swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Vanitis lands an overhand right.
A head kick by Fisher misses
and Vanitis counters with a stiff right hand.
Good standup being displayed there by Fisher as he connects with a hook.
Vanitis blocks a jab.
It looked like Vanitis was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Fisher.
Vanitis tries to clinch there but Fisher circles away.
Fisher looks to land a right hand but Vanitis moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vanitis scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Vanitis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fisher can do to turn this around?
Fisher misses with a lunging right hand
and Vanitis counters with a left and a right that stings Fisher.
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 a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Vanitis closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Fisher is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanitis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fisher.
Vanitis swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Fisher throws a sloppy head kick and Vanitis moves out of range easily.
Vanitis is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Fisher ducks into a a hook from Vanitis and goes down! He looks in a bit of a mess; will he beat the count?! 4,5,6,7,8 - he's up and looking to carry on! The referee looks into his eyes and sees that he's OK to continue!
Fisher is still on wobbly legs! Can Vanitis finish him?
Lerouch Vanitis is winning the standup battle so far.
Vanitis staggers Fisher with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Fisher looks in trouble, will he beat the count?! The count has reached 5 and he's only back to 1 knee - it's going to be close! 6,7,8 - he's up! No! He's back down again! 9...10 - he's can't beat the count and Vanitis is victorious!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Lerouch Vanitis!
Lerouch Vanitis retains his light heavyweight title!
A victorious Lerouch Vanitis thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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