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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Lerouch Vanitis (ranked 5401 p4p, 3678 weight class) and Steve Ballamer (ranked 458 p4p, 356 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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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 8 - 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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Ballamer!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ballamer thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ballamer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vanitis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Ballamer lands an uppercut.
Vanitis blocks a body shot from Ballamer.
Ballamer misses with some punches.
Vanitis lands a right hand.
Ballamer lands a left hand.
Ballamer lands with a right to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vanitis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Ballamer throws a punch but it's blocked by Vanitis.
Vanitis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ballamer.
Ballamer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanitis just misses with a punch to the body.
Ballamer has taken the fight to the clinch.
Vanitis working aggressively here.
Ballamer lands with a left to the head.
Ballamer blocks an elbow strike from Vanitis.
Vanitis lands an elbow inside that Ballamer shrugs off.
It looks like Steve Ballamer has been cut.
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.
Ballamer misses with some punches.
Vanitis looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Vanitis blocks a body shot from Ballamer.
Vanitis throws an elbow but it misses.
Ballamer misses with some punches.
Ballamer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ballamer blocks an elbow strike from Vanitis.
Ballamer stalling the fight.
Ballamer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ballamer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vanitis throws an elbow that misses.
Ballamer avoids a wild elbow strike from Vanitis.
Ballamer throws a punch but it's blocked by Vanitis.
Vanitis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Vanitis lands a damaging elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vanitis blocking some punches.
Vanitis lands an elbow just above Ballamer 's eye.
Vanitis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ballamer misses with a punch on the inside.
Vanitis pushes Ballamer back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vanitis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vanitis throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ballamer avoids a wild elbow strike from Vanitis.
Ballamer misses with a body punch.
Vanitis prevents Ballamer from breaking the clinch.
Ballamer blocks an elbow strike from Vanitis.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Steve Ballamer will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Steve Ballamer's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Vanitis gets tackled into the ropes by Ballamer. Ballamer maintains the clinch.
Ballamer dodges an elbow strike from Vanitis.
Ballamer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vanitis.
Ballamer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ballamer misses with some punches.
Vanitis takes a shot to the head.
Ballamer lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Vanitis just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ballamer's brow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ballamer.
Steve Ballamer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ballamer lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ballamer gets through Vanitis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ballamer avoids the elbow strike from Vanitis, against the ropes.
Ballamer avoids a wild elbow strike from Vanitis.
Vanitis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vanitis misses with an elbow over the top.
Vanitis lands a hook that snaps the head of Ballamer backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballamer lands with a right to the head.
Ballamer blocking some punches.
Vanitis pushes off an throws an elbow but Ballamer leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ballamer.
Ballamer can't find room to land a body shot as Vanitis controls the action.
Ballamer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vanitis lands an elbow just above Ballamer 's eye.
Ballamer misses with a punch on the inside.
Vanitis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ballamer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vanitis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ballamer lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Vanitis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Ballamer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ballamer lands with a light punch inside.
Vanitis throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Vanitis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vanitis blocks an uppercut.
Ballamer scores with a shot to the side of Vanitis's head.
Ballamer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vanitis comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That has opened up Steve Ballamer's cut even more.
Vanitis looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ballamer lands with a short shot to the head.
Vanitis blocking some punches.
Ballamer lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ballamer tries to throw a body punch but Vanitis avoids it by throwing Ballamer back against the ropes.
Ballamer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vanitis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ballamer.
Ballamer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vanitiss head.
It looks like Lerouch Vanitis has been cut.
A short right from Vanitis on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Ballamer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ballamer moves out of range of the strikes.
Ballamer throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vanitis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A left lands for Vanitis.
Ballamer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ballamer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vanitis scores with a decent looking hook.
Vanitis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vanitis appears to be looking for a big counter.
Ballamer clinches.
Vanitis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ballamer takes an elbow to the temple.
The cut above Steve Ballamer's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Vanitis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ballamer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vanitis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vanitis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ballamer is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Vanitis is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballamer dodges an elbow strike from Vanitis.
Vanitis takes a shot to the head.
Ballamer working aggressively here.
Vanitis blocks an uppercut.
Vanitis throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Vanitis throws a head punch that misses.
Come on Ballamer - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ballamer.
Ballamer blocks the elbow strike.
Vanitis blocking some punches.
Ballamer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Vanitis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ballamer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vanitis.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vanitis creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Vanitis has a couple of punches blocked by Ballamer.
Ballamer lands with a light punch inside.
Vanitis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ballamer backwards.
Ballamer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ballamer.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ballamer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vanitis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ballamer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Vanitis just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ballamer's brow.
Vanitis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ballamer working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ballamer.
A short left from Ballamer.
Ballamer takes a shot to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Steve Ballamer just about did enough to take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Ballamer scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Vanitis lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ballamer forces Vanitis back against the ropes and clinches.
Ballamer blocks an elbow strike.
Vanitis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ballamer misses with a punch on the inside.
Vanitis lands a right hand.
Vanitis blocks a body shot from Ballamer.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ballamer.
Ballamer throws a punch but it's blocked by Vanitis.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vanitis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vanitis throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Vanitis prevents a body shot from Ballamer.
Vanitis lands a damaging elbow.
Ballamer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Vanitis backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Vanitis throws an elbow but misses.
A short right from Vanitis.
Ballamer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ballamer is trying to maintain a safe position but Vanitis gets an underhook and turns Ballamer into the ropes.
Vanitis misses with an elbow strike.
Vanitis lands an elbow just above Ballamer 's eye.
Vanitis blocks an uppercut.
Ballamer swings wildly with an uppercut but Vanitis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ballamer swings wildly with an uppercut but Vanitis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ballamer takes an elbow to the forehead.
Steve Ballamer's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Steve Ballamer's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Lerouch Vanitis!
Lerouch Vanitis retains his light heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Lerouch Vanitis thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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