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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Love Bug (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Koichi Kano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bug's entrance music is Big Ballin with My Homies. A fine choice. Koichi Kano is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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275 lbs
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255 lbs
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World class MT
Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Love Bug!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Koichi Kano!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kano lands a lovely overhand right.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bug.
Bug swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kano clinches up with Bug and pushes him back against the ropes.
Kano taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Kano.
Bug tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kano lands a shoulder strike.
Kano leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Kano lands with a short shot to the head.
Bug throws a punch but it's blocked by Kano.
Bug is trying to break free.
Bug misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kano lands a shoulder strike.
Bug wants to get back to striking at distance but Kano won't allow it.
Kano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Love Bug has been cut.
Kano controlling the action here for a moment.
Kano comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kano takes a shot to the head.
It looks like Koichi Kano has been cut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kano.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Kano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kano working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bug makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kano.
Kano lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kano blocks a body shot from Bug.
Kano gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bug doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hand to the body from Kano.
Kano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kano throws a head punch that misses.
Kano throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bug dodges an elbow strike from Kano.
Kano pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bug letting Kano take a breather here.
Kano can't find room to land a body shot as Bug controls the action.
Kano lands a hook that snaps the head of Bug backwards.
Bug has a couple of punches blocked by Kano.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kano.
Kano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Kano scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kano tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kano looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kano working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bug.
Bug takes an elbow to the temple.
Love Bug's cut is getting worse.
Bug blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Koichi Kano dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Bug lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bug with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kano connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bug momentarily.
Kano misses with a looping right.
Kano takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A punch combination from Bug misses.
Kano throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bug sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bug is looking to chop away at Kano's legs.
Bug buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kano checks a leg kick.
Bug throws a lazy right hand but Kano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bug scores with a push kick.
Kano goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kano tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bug is able to avoid easily.
Bug chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kano can pounce on him.
Kano is breathing heavily.
An inside leg kick lands from Bug.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bug feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kano's calf.
Bug buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bug thuds his shin into the meat of Kano's side.
Kano takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good leg kick by Bug there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Good shot there by Bug.
Bug tests Kano's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bug misses with a low kick as Kano jumps back.
Kano's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kano takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bug wants to land a leg kick but Kano is out of range.
Kano takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bug lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bug with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kano blocks a head kick by Bug.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bug tries a head kick but it misses.
Kano looks to land a left hand but Bug moved out of range nicely.
Bug misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bug.
Bug connects with a solid leg kick.
Good exchange - Bug coming out on top.
Bug will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bug tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A bone on bone clash there as Bug blocks the leg kick.
Kano slips under a jab.
Bug is looking to score with low kicks.
Some wild striking there from Bug.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Love Bug dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Bug looks to land a right hand but Kano moved out of range.
Kano throws a hook to the side of Bug's head but Bug sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bug tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kano connects with a solid leg kick.
Kano dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bug. That did some damage!
Bug misses with a kick to the body.
Kano is looking to chop away at Bug's legs.
Bug keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bug waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kano.
Bug misses with a low kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kano lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bug has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bug and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bug tries to score with a low kick but Kano moves his leg out of the way.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kano throws a jab when Bug was well out of range.
Kano throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bug thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fighters circling - Kano throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kano avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kano wants to clinch.
Kano connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bug was well out of range. Poor timing from Kano.
Love Bug is winning the standup battle so far.
Bug walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kano checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Some bone on bone action there as Kano checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bug throws a right hand that Kano ducks under and follows up with a left that Kano also avoids with ease.
Bug connects with a solid leg kick.
Bug misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kano throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bug attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Koichi Kano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kano attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A head kick misses from Bug.
Bug walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kano checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kano throws a leg kick but Bug checks it.
Kano lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bug looks to score with a jab to the body but Kano is just out of range.
Bug misses with the combination.
Kano wants to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kano throws a nice head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Koichi Kano really dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Bug takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bug lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kano lands with a straight right. Bug didn't see that one coming.
Kano moves in looking to clinch but Bug pushes him off.
Bug throws a nice looking combination but Kano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kano looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bug checks the leg kick.
Kano takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bug pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kano blocks a head kick by Bug.
Bug keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A jab from Kano misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice jab there from Bug.
Bug lands with a straight right. Kano didn't see that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bug uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kano.
A big right from Kano misses.
Kano scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kano avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bug lands a really nice looking cross but Kano seems unphased.
That has opened up Koichi Kano's cut even more.
Bug looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kano throws a leg kick that misses.
Bug connects with a beautiful left hand that drops Kano onto his butt! Kano bounces straight back up though - he's OK. After the ref checks him out, we're back to the action.
Kano is rocked!
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!
Kano walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Kano 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 1:41 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Love Bug!
A very excited looking Love Bug made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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