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Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Tonii Jaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ebrahim Azhari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaa comes to the ring accompanied by Remember The Name. Azhari has chosen Jedi Mind Tricks - Blood in Blood out as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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130 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
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138 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
World class MT
Experienced
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Lethal high kicks
Granite chin
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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
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tonii Jaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ebrahim Azhari!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azhari misses with a wild combination.
Azhari throws a lazy uppercut
and Jaa finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Azhari misses with a straight right.
Azhari swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Jaa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Azhari swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jaa holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Azhari is trying to break free.
Azhari managing to block the knees to the body from Jaa.
Jaa tries to land a knee to the head but Azhari blocks with his arms.
Jaa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Azhari backwards.
Jaa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jaa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Azhari feints and then cracks Jaa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jaa down.
Jaa closes the distance and clinches.
Jaa misses with a knee to the head.
Jaa pushes off an throws an elbow but Azhari leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaa prevents Azhari from breaking the clinch.
Azhari managing to block the knees to the body from Jaa.
Jaa tries a body shot but Azhari blocks it.
Azhari is trying to force a seperation but Jaa has the dominant position.
Azhari breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Azhari misses with a lunging right hand
and Jaa counters with a nice kick to the body.
Azhari misses with an uppercut
and Jaa moves into the clinch.
Jaa landing knees to the head.
Jaa tries to land knees in the clinch but Azhari avoids the damage to the body.
Azhari is trying to stall.
Jaa breaks the clinch.
Jaa takes the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaa breaks from the clinch.
Azhari lands the left hand.
Azhari throws a jab when Jaa was well out of range.
Azhari throws a lazy uppercut
and Jaa counters with a one-two to the body.
Azhari scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jaa is rocked!
It looks like Tonii Jaa has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jaa moves into range and clinches up with Azhari.
Azhari is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jaa breaks from the clinch.
Azhari throws a leg kick
and Jaa makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Azhari misses with a lunging right hand
and Jaa counters with a nice kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azhari lands with a good body shot.
Azhari looks to throw the jab but Jaa is out of range.
Jaa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Azhari.
Azhari checks a low kick from Jaa.
Jaa moves away from the strike by Azhari.
Azhari swings widly with a right hand
and Jaa counters with a good low kick that Azhari was not able to check.
Azhari throws a body punch but Jaa moves out of range.
Azhari scores with a hook.
Oh Jaa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Azhari throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jaa seems to have got his legs back now.
Azhari misses with a hook. Jaa ducked under it nicely.
Azhari ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Azhari misses with a right hand
and Jaa counters with a three punch combo that has Azhari backing up. Azhari nods at Jaa to acknowledge the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azhari throws a sloppy head kick
and Jaa counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Azhari is trying to stall.
Nice elbow from Jaa.
Jaa misses with a hook to the ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jaa tries to land a knee to the head but Azhari blocks with his arms.
Nice elbow from Jaa.
Knees to the body from Jaa.
Jaa connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Ebrahim Azhari has been cut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jaa manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Jaa looking to throw knees to the head but Azhari is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ebrahim Azhari will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Jaa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Azhari throws out the jab.
Azhari misses with a left hand
and Jaa counters with a thumping low kick.
Azhari thumps Jaa with a low kick.
Azhari misses with a hook to the body
and Jaa finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Tonii Jaa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Azhari misses with a left hand
and Jaa holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Jaa looking to throw knees to the head but Azhari is blocking nicely.
Jaa missing with knees to the body.
Jaa trying to land knees to the body.
Jaa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jaa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jaa breaks from the clinch.
Jaa scores with a push kick.
Azhari with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaa looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Azhari looks to throw the jab but Jaa is out of range.
Azhari throws a combination that misses
and Jaa counters with a two punch combo.
Azhari throws an off balance right hand
and Jaa counters with a good low kick that Azhari was not able to check.
Azhari misses with a left hand
and Jaa counters with a two punch combo.
A head kick by Jaa misses
and Azhari counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Azhari swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jaa walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Jaa 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 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ebrahim Azhari!
After winning the bout, Ebrahim Azhari thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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