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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Dresvin Elandi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hooper Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dresvin Elandi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hooper Smith!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Sano and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Elandi blocks a leg kick.
Elandi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Smith is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Smith moves out of range of the body kick from Elandi.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Elandi tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smith clinches.
Elandi avoids a wild elbow strike from Smith.
Elandi is trying to break the clinch but Smith is controlling him.
Elandi lands a nice knee to the body.
Smith breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Smith throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Elandi's head.
Elandi misses with a series of wild punches.
Dresvin Elandi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Elandi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Elandi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dresvin Elandi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elandi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A nice inside leg kick there by Smith. That's going to slow Elandi down.
Smith moves into the clinch successfully.
Elandi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Elandi lands a right hook to the body.
Smith with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Elandi swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
Smith avoids the head kick by Elandi.
Smith closes the distance but Elandi moves to the side
and Elandi counters with a nice body kick.
Elandi clinches up with Smith and pushes him back against the ropes.
Elandi is trying to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elandi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Elandi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Smith wants to slow Elandi down by chopping away at his legs.
Elandi has managed to clinch.
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 frustrated look appears on Elandi's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Smith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Elandi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Smith counters with a nice body kick.
Elandi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Elandi throws a head kick but Smith moves out of range.
Smith pushes Elandi up against the ropes in a clinch.
Smith wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Elandi has him pressed against the ropes.
Smith lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Elandi backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Elandi's efforts to push away.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Elandi is trying to break the clinch but Smith has him pressed against the ropes.
Elandi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Elandi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Elandi swinging wildly here.
Smith throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Elandi circles away.
Smith bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Smith cracks a nice hook into Elandi's ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elandi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Smith clinches with his opponent.
Smith blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smith keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Elandi's efforts to push away.
Smith wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Elandi has him pressed against the ropes.
Smith looking to stall.
Elandi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Elandi can't break the clinch.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Smith throws an elbow but misses.
Elandi stalling in the clinch but Smith improves position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Dresvin Elandi will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Elandi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Elandi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smith tries to clinch up.
Smith stuns Elandi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Smith.
Elandi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Elandi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith avoids the head kick by Elandi.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Elandi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Elandi clinches with his opponent.
Elandi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Smith prevents Elandi from breaking the clinch.
Smith leaning his opponent against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elandi manages to break the clinch.
Smith tries to clinch but Elandi is having none of it.
Smith gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Smith pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Smith takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Smith tries to break the clinch but Elandi is controlling the position.
Smith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Elandi is defending well for now.
Smith holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Elandi is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elandi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Smith wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Elandi breaks the clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Elandi.
Smith forces Elandi back against the ropes and clinches.
Elandi wants to get back to striking at distance but Smith won't allow it.
Smith breaks the clinch.
Elandi keeps the fight on the outside.
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!
Elandi misses with a two punch combination.
Smith fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Elandi, pushing him back against the ropes.
Elandi is trying to break free.
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elandi breaks from the clinch.
Smith keeps the fight on the outside.
Elandi works Smith's body with a nice hook.
Elandi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Elandi fails to land with a series of punches.
Smith has Elandi up against the ropes in a clinch.
Smith blocks an elbow strike.
Smith wants to stall.
Elandi taking a breather.
Elandi being controlled against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elandi is trying to maintain a safe position but Smith gets an underhook and turns Elandi into the ropes.
Smith manages to break the clinch.
Elandi drives through and clinches with Smith against the ropes.
Smith manages to break the clinch.
Smith keeps the fight on the outside.
Smith misses with a body kick.
Smith showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Elandi.
Elandi throws a lazy body kick
and Smith counters with a nice uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Elandi misses with a wild combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Elandi throws a head kick but Smith moves out of range.
Elandi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Hooper Smith will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Elandi is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Smith.
A head kick by Elandi misses
and Smith counters with a three punch combo that has Elandi backing up. Elandi nods at Smith to acknowledge the strikes.
Elandi throws a low kick but Smith avoids it.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dresvin Elandi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Smith plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Elandi pushes Smith up against the ropes in a clinch.
Dresvin Elandi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Smith keeps control of Elandi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Smith breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Smith slips under a jab.
Smith lands a head kick. Elandi smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Elandi connects with the punch.
Smith pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Elandi back to the ropes. Smith follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Elandi is rocked!
Elandi swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
Oh Elandi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Elandi seems to have got his legs back now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elandi misses with a body kick.
Elandi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Elandi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
Elandi pushes Smith away with a front kick.
Smith fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Elandi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Elandi misses with a hook to the body
and Smith counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Smith lands an elbow inside.
Elandi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Elandi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Elandi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Elandi avoids the head kick by Smith.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith rushes Elandi and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Smith breaks the clinch.
Smith dodges the punch combination from Elandi.
Smith pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Smith tries to clinch but Elandi is having none of it.
Smith throws a head kick that misses.
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!
Elandi bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Smith's head backwards.
Smith closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Elandi prevents Smith from breaking the clinch.
Elandi is trying to break the clinch but Smith has him pressed against the ropes.
Smith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elandi lands a nice knee to the body.
Smith wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Elandi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Elandi leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Elandi can't break the clinch.
Smith crunches a lovely knee into Elandi's ribcage.
Smith escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Elandi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Elandi wants to get back to striking at distance but Smith won't allow it.
Elandi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith moves into the clinch.
Smith escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Smith tries to clinch up but Elandi circles away and keeps his distance.
Elandi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Smith looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Smith closes the distance looking to clinch
and Elandi counters with a two punch combo.
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!
Elandi throws a right hand that Smith ducks under and follows up with a left that Smith also avoids with ease.
Elandi defending well as Smith loads up on a big left hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Elandi tries to bum rush Smith with a series of wild strikes but Smith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Elandi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Smith throws a head kick but Elandi moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Hooper Smith.
Well Smith 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hooper Smith!
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