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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Lotus Papathanassiou (ranked 4084 p4p, 4024 weight class) and Kenji Sato (ranked 123 p4p, 121 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Counter fighter
Big heart
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Solid chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lotus Papathanassiou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenji Sato!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Sato closes the distance and pushes Papathanassiou back into the ropes.
Sato breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sato moves into range and clinches up with Papathanassiou.
Sato breaks from the clinch.
Sato closes the distance and clinches.
Papathanassiou escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sato has Papathanassiou up against the ropes in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sato escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sato moves into range and clinches up with Papathanassiou.
Sato breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato gets a clinch.
Sato breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Sato clinches.
Sato breaks from the clinch.
Sato forces Papathanassiou back against the ropes and clinches.
Papathanassiou pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sato clinches with his opponent.
Sato breaks the clinch.
Kenji Sato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sato moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Papathanassiou gets tackled into the ropes by Sato. Sato maintains the clinch.
Papathanassiou breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sato moves into the clinch successfully.
Sato breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sato moves into range and clinches up with Papathanassiou.
Sato breaks from the clinch.
Sato closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kenji Sato comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sato has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight for Kenji Sato!
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight for Kenji Sato!
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight for Kenji Sato!
Kenji Sato wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Kenji Sato made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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