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Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Takai Kurosawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ebrahim Azhari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Azhari comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Darude - Sandstorm kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Takai Kurosawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ebrahim Azhari!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kurosawa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kurosawa drops his hands momentarily and Azhari takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kurosawa throws a leg kick
and Azhari counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Kurosawa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Azhari moves away.
Azhari lands with a right hand.
Kurosawa moves out of range of the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Azhari turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Azhari lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Azhari lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kurosawa's sensitive parts.
Azhari cracks a nice hook into Kurosawa's ribs.
Azhari keeps Kurosawa at a distance using the push kick.
Kurosawa ducks under a wild hook from Azhari.
Kurosawa walks into a straight right hand from Azhari.
Azhari thows a body shot but no joy.
Kurosawa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice body kick from Azhari.
Kurosawa is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azhari swings for the body but Kurosawa moves out of range.
Azhari misses with a wild body shot.
Azhari throws a hook but Kurosawa blocks it.
Kurosawa misses with a body shot.
Kurosawa moves out of range of the strikes.
Ebrahim Azhari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Azhari jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kurosawa scores with a three punch combo!
Kurosawa misses with a leg kick
and Azhari counters with a thumping low kick.
Kurosawa walks into a jab.
Kurosawa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Decent striking displayed by Azhari there.
Azhari takes a swing at Kurosawa's ribcage but misses.
Azhari throws an overhand right that lands on Kurosawa's shoulder, as Kurosawa tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azhari fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kurosawa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
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!
Nice shot lands for Azhari.
Kurosawa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Azhari slips a jab and a cross from Kurosawa.
The fighters circling - Azhari throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Azhari misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kurosawa.
Kurosawa missing with a left hand there. Azhari was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Azhari is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kurosawa.
Azhari lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Azhari lands with a right hand.
Azhari is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kurosawa had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Kurosawa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Azhari.
Azhari lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A shot to the body from Azhari misses
and Kurosawa counters with a three punch combo that has Azhari backing up. Azhari nods at Kurosawa to acknowledge the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kurosawa ducks under a wild hook from Azhari.
Azhari falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kurosawa counters with a straight right hand.
Kurosawa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Azhari ducks under a wild hook from Kurosawa.
Azhari throws a body punch but Kurosawa moves out of range.
Kurosawa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Azhari.
Azhari misses with a looping left.
Azhari looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Azhari lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kurosawa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Azhari lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Azhari connects with a single shot there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azhari lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kurosawa's sensitive parts.
Azhari throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kurosawa counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Azhari scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Azhari dodges the punch combination from Kurosawa.
Azhari throws a hook but Kurosawa blocks it.
Nice defenses there by Kurosawa.
Kurosawa 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.
Azhari throws a shot from downtown. Kurosawa moves away and avoids it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kurosawa displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A jab from Azhari misses.
Kurosawa misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ebrahim Azhari dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Azhari throws a jab when Kurosawa was well out of range.
Kurosawa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Azhari lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kurosawa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Azhari.
Azhari looks to score with a jab to the body but Kurosawa is just out of range.
Azhari lands a high kick!
It looks like Takai Kurosawa has been cut.
Takai Kurosawa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Azhari throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Azhari dodges the punch combination from Kurosawa.
Kurosawa is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Azhari misses the target.
Azhari swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Azhari scores with a kick to the midsection.
Azhari looks to score with a jab to the body but Kurosawa is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azhari looks to throw the jab but Kurosawa is out of range.
Kurosawa gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A telegraphed right hand from Azhari misses the target.
Kurosawa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Azhari.
Azhari throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Azhari staying out of range there.
Azhari checks a leg kick nicely.
Azhari will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kurosawa lands a head shot.
Kurosawa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Azhari throws a head kick but Kurosawa moves out of range.
Kurosawa loads up on a big right hand but Azhari slips the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Azhari.
Azhari throws a quick inside leg kick.
Azhari has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Azhari misses with an uppercut. Kurosawa saw that one coming.
Azhari has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Kurosawa just misses with a punch to the body.
Kurosawa lands a jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kurosawa moves away from the strike by Azhari.
Azhari cracks Kurosawa with a right hand to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Azhari throws a lazy uppercut
and Kurosawa counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Azhari throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kurosawa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Decent striking displayed by Kurosawa there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azhari uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kurosawa.
Ebrahim Azhari seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kurosawa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Azhari.
Azhari misses with a straight right.
Kurosawa blocks a head kick by Azhari.
Azhari connects with an inside leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Azhari.
Azhari with a nice cross.
Kurosawa slips under a jab from Azhari.
Azhari scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kurosawa is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kurosawa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Azhari.
A slow jab from Azhari misses its intended target.
Kurosawa ducks under a wild hook from Azhari.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azhari pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Azhari misses with an uppercut. Kurosawa saw that one coming.
Kurosawa lands with a shot to the body.
Kurosawa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Azhari with a jab.
Azhari misses with a looping left.
Azhari swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big right from Azhari misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kurosawa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Azhari was well out of range. Poor timing from Kurosawa.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kurosawa, as that shot connected.
Azhari throws a lazy uppercut
and Kurosawa counters with a left and a right that stings Azhari.
Danga de danga de dang - Kurosawa scores with a four punch combination!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ebrahim Azhari showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Takai Kurosawa's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Azhari swings away with a body shot that misses
and Azhari takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Azhari misses with a wild body shot.
Kurosawa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Azhari.
Azhari lands a leg kick that knocks Kurosawa off balance momentarily.
Kurosawa jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jab, jab by Azhari - just one landing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Azhari throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kurosawa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Azhari throws out a loose jab but Kurosawa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Azhari is looking to slow Kurosawa down with leg kicks.
Azhari takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kurosawa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Azhari thumps Kurosawa with a low kick.
Kurosawa with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Azhari to score with a decent uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurosawa slips a straight right by Azhari.
Azhari looks to land a left hand but Kurosawa moved out of range nicely.
Azhari tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kurosawa was well out of range. Poor timing from Azhari.
Azhari takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Azhari turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kurosawa on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Azhari throws the left hand but Kurosawa avoids the punch easily.
Kurosawa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kurosawa feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Azharis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Azhari just misses with a punch to the body.
A slow jab from Azhari misses its intended target.
Kurosawa lands a lovely overhand right.
Kurosawa will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Azhari misses the jab.
Ebrahim Azhari is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azhari throws an overhand right that lands on Kurosawa's shoulder, as Kurosawa tries to avoid the shot.
Azhari avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kurosawa throws out a powerful jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Azhari. That's going to slow Kurosawa down.
Kurosawa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Azhari.
Kurosawa connects with a nice looking jab.
Nice shot lands for Azhari.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kurosawa misses the shot to the body.
Azhari lands with a thumping leg kick.
Azhari moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kurosawa looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Azhari misses with a looping right.
Azhari throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azhari explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Azhari throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Kurosawa misses with a two punch combination.
Kurosawa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Azhari.
Azhari swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Azhari takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Azhari slips under a jab from Kurosawa.
Azhari connects with a solid leg kick.
Azhari scores with a decent looking hook.
Azhari throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jab from Azhari.
Azhari slips a jab and a cross from Kurosawa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azhari listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Takai Kurosawa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kurosawa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Azhari.
Azhari throws a hook but Kurosawa avoids it easily.
Azhari misses with a body shot.
Kurosawa misses with a looping left.
Kurosawa connects with a good right hand that stumbles Azhari. Azhari circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Azhari lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kurosawa's sensitive parts.
Azhari sizes up Kurosawa with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kurosawa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Azhari dips to his left and cracks Kurosawa with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kurosawa throws a body punch but Azhari moves out of range.
Azhari chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ebrahim Azhari comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Azhari 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ebrahim Azhari!
During a confident post fight interview, Ebrahim Azhari thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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