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Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Americo Meano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazuya Abe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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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Great elbows
Cardio machine
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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 Los Angeles, Americo Meano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazuya Abe!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meano misses with a looping left.
Abe throws a leg kick but Meano moved away.
Abe avoids a kick to the body.
Abe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Meano.
Meano fails with an attempt to clinch.
Meano lands a leg kick that knocks Abe off balance momentarily.
Abe misses with a low kick.
Abe tries to clinch but Meano moves out of range.
Abe misses the shot to the body.
Abe tries to clinch but Meano is having none of it.
Meano forces Abe back against the ropes and clinches.
Meano throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Abe breaks the clinch.
A solid body kick from Meano.
Meano misses the shot to the body.
Abe tries to keep at a distance but Meano has taken the fight into the clinch.
Meano is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meano trying to land knees to the body.
Meano throws an elbow that misses.
Meano tries to land knees in the clinch but Abe avoids the damage to the body.
Meano scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Kazuya Abe has been cut.
Abe has had enough of the clinch but Meano keeps him there for the moment.
Meano lands a right hand that snaps the head of Abe backwards.
Abe is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Meano missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Meano throws an elbow but misses.
Meano cracks Abe with a nice body shot.
Meano missing with knees to the body.
Meano tries to work over Abe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meano escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A good leg kick by Meano.
Abe takes a jab right on the kisser.
Meano fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Abe tries to land a leg kick but Meano saw it coming and moves away.
Abe avoids a kick to the body.
Abe is looking to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Meano is looking to slow Abe down with leg kicks.
Abe loads up on a big right hand but Meano slips the punch.
Meano pushes Abe away with a front kick.
Nice body punch from Meano.
Meano pushes Abe up against the ropes in a clinch.
Nice body punch from Meano - that landed with a thud.
Meano looking to throw knees to the head but Abe is blocking nicely.
Meano gets through Abe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abe is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Meano lands a nice shot to the body.
Abe is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Meano is keeping busy.
Meano trying to land knees to the body.
Meano lands a left hand.
Meano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Abe.
Meano lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Meano keeps control of Abe as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Meano gets through Abe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Meano with a knee to the head.
Meano landing knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meano trying to land knees to the body.
Meano is leaning against Abe and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Abe avoiding damage as Meano throws knees to the body.
Meano landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Abe looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Meano tries to work over Abe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Meano scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Meano obliges.
Meano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Meano breaks from the clinch.
Meano clinches with his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Meano digs a right hand into Abe's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Abe's gas tank.
Meano is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Abe is defending well for now.
Abe wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Meano has him pressed against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Americo Meano dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kazuya Abe's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Meano.
Abe steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Meano. That one must have hurt.
Meano throws a nice head kick!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Meano. Abe shrugs it off though.
Abe walks forward, straight into a front kick from Meano.
Meano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Abe.
Meano misses with a body kick.
Abe throws a leg kick
and Meano counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Meano lands a body shot.
Americo Meano is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meano thuds his shin into the meat of Abe's side.
Abe 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.
Meano throws a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Meano.
A chopping leg kick lands by Meano.
Abe is breathing heavily.
Meano has Abe up against the ropes in a clinch.
Abe has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Meano.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meano trying to land knees to the body.
Meano pushes Abe back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Meano lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Abe or not.
Meano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Meano digs a right hand underneath Abe's ribcage. Abe let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Meano lands a good knee to the midsection. Abe won't want to take too many of those.
A body shot lands from Meano.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Meano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Meano.
Meano lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Americo Meano has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Meano lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Meano.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meano lands a body shot in the clinch.
Meano lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Meano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Meano.
Meano lands a good knee to the midsection. Abe won't want to take too many of those.
Meano lands a knee to the head.
Meano is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Abe can do to turn this around?
Meano working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Meano lands a body shot in the clinch.
Abe takes an elbow to the forehead.
That has opened up Kazuya Abe's cut even more.
Knees in the clinch landing for Meano.
Meano scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Meano lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meano lands a hook to the side of the head.
Abe managing to block the knees to the body from Meano.
Meano tries to land a knee to the head but Abe blocks with his arms.
Abe trying to control the position but instead, Meano has worked for underhooks and has pushed Abe into the ropes.
Meano lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Meano.
Meano works on Abe's body with a couple of short punches.
Meano lands a shot to the body.
Meano lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Abe or not.
Meano connects with a nasty looking knee right to Abe's face.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Meano.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Meano lands with a left to the head.
Meano lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Meano with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Meano scores with a shoulder strike.
Abe takes an elbow to the temple.
The cut above Kazuya Abe's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A short body shot lands from Meano as the two fighters clinch.
Meano lands a body punch.
Meano lands a left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees to the body from Meano.
Meano lands a hook to the side of the head.
Abe is rocked!
Meano lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Abe.
Meano lands a right hand that snaps the head of Abe backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Americo Meano dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kazuya Abe's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Abe chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Meano can pounce on him.
A good leg kick by Meano.
Meano lands with a thumping leg kick.
A good leg kick by Meano.
Meano staggers Abe with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Abe 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! No! He's back down again! 9...10 - he's can't beat the count and Meano is victorious!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Americo Meano!
Our winner, Americo Meano, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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