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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Para Normal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ikki Minami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Normal's entrance music is I'll Stick Around. A fine choice. Minami has chosen I'm Turning Japanese by The Vapors as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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185 lbs
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183 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Para Normal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ikki Minami!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Minami tries to close the distance and clinch but Normal swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fighters circling - Normal throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Minami lands a slapping body shot.
Minami tries a head kick but it misses.
Normal scores with a nice body kick.
Normal throws the left hand but Minami avoids the punch easily.
Minami throws a jab but it's blocked by Normal.
Minami misses with a body punch
and Normal counters with a stiff right hand.
Minami throws a shot from downtown. Normal moves away and avoids it.
Normal moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Normal thuds his shin into the meat of Minami's side.
Normal goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A thudding body kick lands there by Normal!
Normal thuds his shin into the meat of Minami's side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Normal.
Minami rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Normal moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Normal scores with a hook to the body. Minami takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Normal thows a body shot but no joy.
Normal pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Normal misses with a jab, cross combination.
Minami throws a series of punches but Normal moves out of range.
Normal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Minami pushes Normal up against the ropes in a clinch.
Normal goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Minami pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Normal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Minami throws an off balance right hand
and Normal makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Minami moves in looking to clinch but Normal pushes him off.
Normal feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Minami's calf.
Normal pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Normal fails in his attempt to clinch.
Normal plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head kick misses from Minami.
Normal scores with a crisp jab that stopped Minami in his tracks.
Minami steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Normal. That one must have hurt.
Minami tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Minami is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minami takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Normal avoids the head kick by Minami.
Normal slips a straight right by Minami.
Minami swinging wildly here.
Jab, jab by Normal - just one landing.
Normal lands with a good body shot.
A good leg kick by Normal.
Normal is looking to score with low kicks.
Minami forces Normal back against the ropes and clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Minami blocks a body shot from Normal.
Normal is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Normal stalls.
Normal keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Minami's efforts to push away.
Normal lands with a left to the head.
A shot in the inside from Normal.
Normal can't find room to land a body shot as Minami controls the action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Normal tries a body shot but Minami blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Normal.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Normal has Minami pressed against the ropes.
Normal can't find room to land a body shot as Minami controls the action.
Normal prevents Minami from breaking the clinch.
Minami breaks from the clinch.
Normal swinging wildly here.
Normal misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Minami looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Minami tries to clinch there but Normal circles away.
Normal gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Minami wants to break free but Normal has control.
Normal misses with a body punch.
Normal tries to throw a body punch but Minami avoids it by throwing Normal back against the ropes.
Normal misses with a body punch.
Minami is trying to break the clinch but Normal is controlling him.
Minami blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Normal stalling.
Normal tries to work over Minami's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Minami is trying to break the clinch but Normal has him pressed against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Normal.
Normal tries to throw a body punch but Minami avoids it by throwing Normal back against the ropes.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Normal lands with a light punch inside.
Normal stalls.
Minami wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Normal misses with a punch to the body.
Normal misses with a short punch on the inside.
Minami tries to break the clinch but Normal is controlling the position.
Normal lands with a right to the head.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Normal lands with a right to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Minami's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Minami blocks a body shot from Normal.
Minami is looking to break free of the clinch but Normal has double underhooks.
Minami wants to get back to striking at distance but Normal won't allow it.
Normal tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Normal softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Normal misses with a body punch.
Normal misses with a body punch.
Normal lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Minami backwards.
Minami looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Normal goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Normal.
Normal lands a shoulder strike.
Minami is trying to push Normal away but Normal has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Normal taking a breather.
Minami pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Normal throws a low kick but Minami avoids it.
Minami tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Normal manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Minami throws a series of punches but Normal avoids them all with ease.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head kick misses from Normal.
Normal uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Minami.
Minami staggers Normal with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Normal 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! Just in time and the ref is going to let the fight continue!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Having scored a knockdown, Ikki Minami should take round 1, putting pressure on his opponene back strong in round 2.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Normal blocks a head kick by Minami.
It looks like Para Normal has been cut.
Minami looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Normal takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Normal tries to clinch there but Minami circles away.
Ikki Minami seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Normal ducks into a a hook from Minami 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!
Normal is rocked!
Para Normal's cut is getting worse.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice defenses there by Minami.
Oh Normal is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Normal tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Normal seems to have got his legs back now.
Minami tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Normal manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Minami misses with a straight left.
Minami keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Minami is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Normal.
Minami takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Normal steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Minami.
Minami wants to clinch.
Minami tries a head kick but it misses.
Minami throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Minami throws a hook but Normal blocks it.
Normal connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Normal throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Normal attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That kick from Normal tenderised Minami's leg. Minami is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Minami throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A jab from Minami misses.
Minami fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Minami misses with an uppercut.
Normal is looking to clinch but Minami is avoiding it.
Minami throws a lazy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Minami is breathing heavily.
Normal connects with a solid leg kick.
Normal swats away the attempt to clinch by Minami.
Para Normal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Minami just misses with a punch to the body.
Minami 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.
Normal dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Minami. That did some damage!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Minami stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Normal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minami moves in looking to clinch but Normal pushes him off.
Normal tries to clinch there but Minami circles away.
Normal with a jab.
Normal is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Minami throws a looping overhand right but Normal ducks down to avoid it.
Normal lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice body kick there by Normal.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Normal - that will leave a mark!
Normal lands a high kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Minami jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Normal clinches up against the ropes.
Normal lands with a short shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Minami tries to break the clinch but Normal is controlling the position.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Normal.
Normal lands with a left to the head.
Normal tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Minami's elbow.
Normal swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Normal misses with a body punch.
Normal tries to work over Minami's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Normal tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Normal effectively controlling the action here.
Normal goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Minami wants to break the clinch but can't.
Minami is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Normal misses with a punch to the body.
Normal misses with a punch to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Minami's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Normal lands with a right to the head.
Normal misses with a punch to the body.
Normal tries a body shot but Minami blocks it.
Normal tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Minami misses with some punches.
Normal tries a body shot but Minami blocks it.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Normal working aggressively here.
Normal misses with a hook to the ribs.
Normal tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Minami breaks the clinch.
Good shot there by Normal.
Normal bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Minami's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Normal throws a body kick that misses.
Some wild striking there from Normal.
Normal misses the shot to the body.
Normal ducks under a wild hook from Minami.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Normal throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Minami misses with the combination.
Normal buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Minami on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Normal has Minami up against the ropes in a clinch.
Normal stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Normal struggles to land a body shot inside as Minami controls his hands.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Normal.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Minami.
Normal is working Minami over against the ropes.
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!
Normal can't find room to land a body shot as Minami controls the action.
Normal tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Minami blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Minami working hard to break the clinch.
Minami wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Minami wants to get back to striking at distance but Normal won't allow it.
Minami looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Minami.
Minami throws a punch but it's blocked by Normal.
Normal tries to throw a body punch but Minami avoids it by throwing Normal back against the ropes.
Normal avoiding damage.
A hook to the body from Normal.
Minami blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Normal - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Minami is trying to break the clinch but Normal has him pressed against the ropes.
Normal struggles to land a body shot inside as Minami controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ikki Minami takes that one, thanks to the knockdown.
The cut man is working on Para Normal's cut.
That's time! Normal's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Minami throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Normal.
Minami has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Normal.
Minami swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Normal throws a leg kick which misses Minami's front leg but catches the back leg as Minami tries to avoid it.
Normal scores with a jab to the body.
Normal throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Minami tries to close the distance and clinch up but Normal swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Normal moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Normal feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Minami's calf.
Normal closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Ikki Minami is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Normal scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Normal comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Minami takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Normal scores with the left hand. Minami knows he should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Normal chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Normal fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Minami on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Minami throws a right and a left that Normal avoids nicely.
Normal drives through and clinches with Minami against the ropes.
Minami wants to stall.
Normal has Minami pressed against the ropes, preventing Minami from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Normal can't find room to land a body shot as Minami controls the action.
A short left from Normal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Minami tries to circle away but Normal has him pinned against the ropes.
Minami prevents a body shot from Normal.
Minami is trying to push Normal away but Normal has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Normal keeps control of Minami as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Normal fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Normal.
Normal misses with the head strike.
Normal misses with a body punch.
Normal tries to work over Minami's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Normal tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Normal goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Minami breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Minami is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Normal.
Minami fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Normal lands a nice looking kick to the body. Minami takes a step back to recover.
Minami dodges the punch combination from Normal.
Normal avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice uppercut lands for Normal. That snapped Minami's head back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Normal connects with a high kick.
Normal throws a leg kick that misses.
Minami fails with an attempt to clinch.
Minami takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Minami throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Good leg kick by Normal there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Minami takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Minami is rocked!
Normal turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Minami is still on wobbly legs! Can Normal finish him?
Minami walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Minami is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Para Normal!
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