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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marco Criss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Kingston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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265 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
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265 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marco Criss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kyle Kingston!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Criss takes one to the side of the head.
Kingston tries a head kick but it misses.
Marco Criss seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kingston keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kingston lands with a hook. Criss tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kingston lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A head kick misses from Kingston.
Criss looks to land a right hand but Kingston moved out of range.
Kingston looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Criss looks to land a combination. Kingston sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
It looks like Kyle Kingston has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Criss misses with an uppercut.
Criss scores with a one two! Kingston had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Criss lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kingston circles away quickly and effectively.
Criss misses with the combination.
Kingston fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Criss throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kingston.
Criss throws a right and a left that both miss.
Criss throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kingston.
Kingston drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Criss throws a right hand that Kingston ducks under and follows up with a left that Kingston also avoids with ease.
Kingston slips a jab and a cross from Criss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Criss showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kingston.
Criss throws a right hand that Kingston ducks under and follows up with a left that Kingston also avoids with ease.
Kingston throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Criss misses with a hook.
Kingston throws a series of punches but Criss moves out of range.
Kingston uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Criss.
Kingston has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Criss lands a jab.
Criss misses with a series of wild punches.
Criss throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Kingston to counter with a crisp jab.
Kingston lands with a nice combination. Criss backs away looking to recover.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kingston digs a good hook to Criss's body.
Criss throws a series of punches but Kingston avoids them all with ease.
Criss lands a jab-cross combination.
Nice shot lands for Kingston.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kingston's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Kingston duly obliges.
Kingston has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Kingston lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Criss misses with the combination.
Criss is breathing heavily.
Criss misses with a few strikes there.
A combination from Criss does no damage.
Kingston throws a right and a left that Criss avoids nicely.
Kingston throws a series of punches but Criss avoids them all with ease.
Kingston tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Criss fails to land with a series of punches.
Criss slips a jab and a cross from Kingston.
Kingston swinging wildly here.
Criss on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kingston misses with a series of wild punches.
Criss scores with a three punch combo!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Criss misses with an uppercut.
Criss cracks Kingston with an open hand slap.
Criss lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kingston blocks a jab.
Kingston misses with a two punch combination.
Criss swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kingston counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Criss thinking.
Criss misses with the combination.
Kingston takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Criss stuns Kingston with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Criss is working the combinations to good effect here.
No joy there for Criss, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Criss walks into a left hand.
Criss ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kingston throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Criss.
Criss lands a nice shot that snaps Kingston's head back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Criss scores with a sloppy right hand. Kingston should have avoided that one.
Criss misses with a few strikes there.
Criss throws a body punch but Kingston moves out of range.
A punch combination from Criss misses.
Criss lands a jab-cross combination.
Criss fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kingston manages to avoid it.
Kingston throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A nice combination there by Criss.
Criss misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Criss misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A head kick misses from Kingston.
Criss misses with a wild combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Criss throws a right and a left that Kingston avoids nicely.
Kingston throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Criss ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Criss dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kyle Kingston's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Criss misses with a double jab.
Kingston lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kingston misses with a two punch combination.
Criss looks to land a right hand but Kingston moved out of range.
Marco Criss is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Some wild striking there from Kingston.
Nice defenses there by Kingston.
Kingston lands a nice shot to the body.
Criss lands a jab-cross combination.
Criss throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Criss looks to land a combination but Kingston avoids it well.
Criss takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kingston fails to land with a series of punches.
Criss swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kingston counters with a big head kick but Criss shrugs it off.
Marco Criss is winning the standup battle 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!
A swing and a miss from Criss.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kingston throws a series of punches but Criss avoids them all with ease.
Criss misses with a combination
and Kingston counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingston tries to bum rush Criss with a series of wild strikes but Criss uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kingston keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Criss tries to bum rush Kingston with a series of wild strikes but Kingston uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A combination from Criss does no damage.
Kingston misses with a wild combination.
Criss has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Criss avoids a punch combination nicely.
Criss dodges the punch combination from Kingston.
Criss tries to bum rush Kingston with a series of wild strikes but Kingston uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kingston throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Criss tries to bum rush Kingston with a series of wild strikes but Kingston uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kingston misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kingston misses with a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Criss. Those never looked like landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Criss tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kingston was well out of range. Poor timing from Criss.
Criss connects with a right hand. Kingston shakes it off.
Criss misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kingston lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kingston looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Criss throws a combination. Kingston tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Criss connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Criss scores with a jab.
Kingston looks to land a combination but Criss avoids it well.
Criss moves out of range of the strikes.
Criss's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Criss duly obliges.
Sloppy strikes from Criss. Those never looked like landing.
Criss throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Criss misses with a double jab
and Kingston counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Criss is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Criss lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kingston circles away quickly and effectively.
Criss lands a nice shot to the body.
Criss misses with a few strikes there.
Kingston throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Criss.
Kingston slips a jab and a cross from Criss.
Criss misses with a left hand
and Kingston counters with a nice uppercut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kingston.
Kingston scores with a head kick. Criss tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Kingston throws a head kick that Criss semi-blocks.
Kingston drops his hands momentarily and Criss takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kingston lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Criss backs up against the cage.
A big right from Criss misses.
Kingston has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kingston throws a right and a left that both miss.
Criss throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Criss will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Criss misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Criss. Kingston does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kingston throws a jab but it's blocked by Criss.
Criss throws a series of punches but Kingston moves out of range.
Criss throws a looping overhand right but Kingston ducks down to avoid it.
Kingston moves into range and connects with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Criss blocks a head kick by Kingston.
Kingston misses with a jab, cross combination.
Criss swinging wildly here.
Criss missing with a left hand there. Kingston was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kingston moves away from the strike by Criss.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Criss swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kingston counters with a straight right hand.
Kingston throws a right and a left that Criss avoids nicely.
Kingston misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Criss lands a right hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Criss dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kyle Kingston'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!
Criss looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Criss fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sloppy strikes from Kingston. Those never looked like landing.
Criss misses with a combination
and Kingston counters with a stiff right hand.
Kingston lands with a slapping head kick.
Kingston throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Criss.
Criss fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A jab from Criss finds it's way through Kingston's defenses.
Criss scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sloppy strikes from Criss. Those never looked like landing.
Kingston throws a right hand that Criss ducks under and follows up with a left that Criss also avoids with ease.
Kingston fails to land with a series of punches.
Criss throws a right and a left that both miss.
Criss throws a series of punches but Kingston moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Criss lands a jab to Kingston's midsection.
Criss misses with a shot to the body
and Kingston counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Criss showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kingston.
Criss lands with a nice body punch.
Kingston avoids the body shot from Criss.
Criss throws a nice looking combination but Kingston bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kingston throws a series of punches but Criss avoids them all with ease.
Criss scores with a three punch combo!
Criss jabs Kingston right on the nose. Kingston blinks but takes it well.
Criss takes a kick to the side of the head.
Kingston avoids the body shot from Criss.
Criss jabs at Kingston's body.
Kingston misses with a body shot.
Kingston throws a right hand that Criss ducks under and follows up with a left that Criss also avoids with ease.
Criss misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A looping hook to the body misses from Criss. Kingston does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Criss misses with the combination.
Criss slips a jab and a cross from Kingston.
Criss lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Criss.
Kingston scores with a punch to the head.
Criss blocks a head kick by Kingston.
Criss throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kingston throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kingston uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Criss.
Criss throws a nice looking combination but Kingston bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Criss jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Criss misses with a jab, cross combination.
A combination from Kingston does no damage.
Kingston scores with a nice right hand.
Kingston on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Criss waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kingston.
Criss takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Criss fails to land with a series of punches.
Criss throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kingston throws a head kick but Criss moves out of range.
Criss throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kingston misses with a two punch combination.
Criss misses with a two punch combination.
Kingston listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kingston showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Criss.
Criss showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kingston.
Criss throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kingston lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Criss throws a series of punches but Kingston moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kingston misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kingston tries to bum rush Criss with a series of wild strikes but Criss uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Left hook, right uppercut from Criss.
Criss scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Criss takes a swing at Kingston's ribcage but misses.
Kingston pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Criss cracks Kingston with an open hand slap.
Criss scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kingston doesn't seem bothered though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Criss fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kingston looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Criss misses with a hook
and Kingston counters with a stiff right hand.
Kingston ducks under a wild hook from Criss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Criss throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kingston connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Criss rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kingston moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Criss avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kyle Kingston has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marco Criss is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kingston throws a nice looking combination but Criss bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marco Criss showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Criss has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco Criss!
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energy
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hype
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