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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Pai Mei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tootsie Roll (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pai Mei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tootsie Roll!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mei tries to clinch up.
Roll stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mei.
Mei avoids the body shot from Roll.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mei.
Mei keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Roll moves in looking to clinch but Mei pushes him off.
Roll thows a body shot but no joy.
Roll needs to keep his hands up - Mei had a free shot at his head there.
Mei avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Roll moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Roll. Mei shrugs it off though.
Mei fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Roll checks it well.
Roll gets tackled into the ropes by Mei. Mei maintains the clinch.
Roll looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mei lands a nice elbow from the 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!
Mei lands a good knee to the midsection. Roll won't want to take too many of those.
Mei lands an elbow just above Roll 's eye.
Mei takes a knee to the side of the body.
Roll takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mei keeps control of Roll as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mei landing knees to the body.
Mei lands an elbow just above Roll 's eye.
Roll creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mei lands a hook that snaps the head of Roll backwards.
Roll is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mei is defending well for now.
Mei is looking to control Roll's arms but Roll gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mei has his back to the ropes.
Mei avoiding damage as Roll throws knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mei takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Roll's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Roll tries to clinch there but Mei circles away.
Tootsie Roll seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roll lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mei gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Roll.
Roll looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Roll avoids the head kick by Mei.
Mei lands a head kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mei lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roll wants to clinch up but Mei keeps it at a distance.
Mei takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Roll tried to score with a low kick but Mei checks it.
Roll looks to clinch
and Mei counters with an outside leg kick.
Mei lands with a shot to the body.
Roll takes a kick to the side of the head.
A cross from Roll lands.
Mei pushes Roll up against the ropes in a clinch.
Roll working Mei over with knees to the body.
Mei blocks an elbow strike from Roll.
Roll throws an elbow that misses.
Mei avoids a wild elbow strike from Roll.
Roll breaks the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mei takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mei uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Roll.
A head kick misses from Mei.
Mei jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pai Mei dominated that round.
That's time! Mei's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Roll throws a sloppy head kick and Mei moves out of range easily.
Roll blocks a head kick by Mei.
Mei misses with a body kick.
Mei sizes up Roll with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Roll keeps the fight on the outside.
Mei connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Roll momentarily.
Mei tries a head kick but it misses.
Mei connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Roll throws a hook to the side of Mei's head but Mei sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mei throws out a loose jab but Roll uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mei connects with a leg kick. Roll looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mei throws a head kick that misses.
Mei connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Roll's hands.
Mei has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Roll.
Roll throws a head kick that misses.
Roll throws a lazy right hand but Mei sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Roll walks into a stiff left hand from Mei.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Mei does no damage.
Mei lands a lovely overhand right.
Roll throws a leg kick which misses Mei's front leg but catches the back leg as Mei tries to avoid it.
Roll throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Roll throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Mei tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Roll manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Roll misses.
Roll swats away the attempt to clinch by Mei.
Roll doesn't manage to clinch there - Mei circles away.
Mei tries to clinch but Roll is having none of it.
A head kick from Mei lands but Roll takes it in his stride.
Roll fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Mei is out of range.
Roll fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mei.
Roll moves in looking to clinch but Mei pushes him off.
Roll connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mei's hands.
Pai Mei is winning the standup battle so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roll closes the distance and pushes Mei back into the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roll avoiding damage as Mei throws knees to the body.
Mei throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mei trying to land knees to the body.
Mei dodges an elbow strike from Roll.
Roll breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mei gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Roll counters with a stiff right hand.
Mei tries to clinch but Roll moves out of range.
Mei slips a jab from Roll.
Roll slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Mei thuds his right hand into Roll's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Roll misses with a straight left.
Mei misses with a wild combination.
Roll missing with a left hand there. Mei was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mei tries to clinch but Roll is having none of it.
Roll throws a series of punches but Mei avoids them all with ease.
Mei throws a head kick but Roll moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Pai Mei will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Roll feints and then cracks Mei's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mei down.
Roll misses with a two punch combination.
Mei lands with a kick to the ribs.
Mei is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Roll is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Roll throws a leg kick which misses Mei's front leg but catches the back leg as Mei tries to avoid it.
Mei blocks a head kick by Roll.
A punch combination from Roll misses.
Roll tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mei swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Roll circles away from the clinch attempt.
A clash of legs there as Roll blocks the low kick.
Roll looks to land a left hand but Mei moved out of range nicely.
Roll throws a chopping leg kick but Mei manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Roll throws a right hand that misses
and Mei makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Mei throws a leg kick but Roll checks it.
Mei has Roll up against the ropes in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mei.
Roll lands an elbow inside that Mei shrugs off.
It looks like Pai Mei has been cut.
Roll landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Roll with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mei blocks an elbow strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mei.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Roll.
A shot in the inside from Roll.
Roll misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mei avoids a wild elbow strike from Roll.
Roll tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Roll can't break the clinch.
Mei with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mei lands a nice elbow.
Mei makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Roll misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mei.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mei avoiding damage as Roll throws knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roll misses with a punch to the body.
Roll blocks a body shot from Mei.
Roll tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Roll throws an elbow but misses.
Roll lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Roll landing knees to the body.
Roll throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mei looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mei missing with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mei obliges.
Roll scores a nice knee to the body.
Mei blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mei.
Mei avoids the elbow strike from Roll, against the ropes.
Mei with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Roll gets through Mei's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tootsie Roll really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pai Mei's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Mei throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fighters circling - Roll throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mei moves out of range as Roll strikes.
Mei uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Roll.
Roll tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mei was well out of range. Poor timing from Roll.
Mei tries to land a body kick
and Roll counters with a nice uppercut.
Roll tries to clinch up but Mei circles away and keeps his distance.
Roll wants to clinch.
Roll swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Mei misses.
Mei slips a jab from Roll.
Roll fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mei scores with a jab to the head.
Roll connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mei. Mei circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Roll fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mei tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mei throws a sloppy head kick and Roll moves out of range easily.
Mei blocks a head kick by Roll.
Roll swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mei darts in and clinches Roll up against the ropes.
Roll makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Roll missing with knees to the body.
Mei lands a nice uppercut.
Mei looking to stall.
Mei avoids a wild elbow strike from Roll.
Mei avoids the elbow strike from Roll, against the ropes.
Mei takes an elbow to the temple.
Roll avoids a wild elbow strike from Mei.
Roll misses with an elbow strike.
Roll creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mei taking a breather.
Roll manages to break the clinch.
Roll tries to clinch but Mei is having none of it.
Mei throws a right and a left that Roll avoids nicely.
Mei connects with an inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mei takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mei lands with a cross.
Mei ducks under a wild hook from Roll.
Mei takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mei tries to clinch but Roll is having none of it.
Mei darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Mei throws a head kick that half lands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Roll moves into range and connects with a jab.
Roll is looking to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roll. Mei does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mei blocks a head kick by Roll.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Tootsie Roll will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Pai Mei's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Roll cracks Mei with an open hand slap.
Mei misses with a double jab.
A left and a right from Roll both land. Nice combination.
Roll tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mei fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Roll.
Mei scoring well with a low kick there.
Mei looks to score with a jab to the body but Roll is just out of range.
Mei swats away the attempt to clinch by Roll.
Mei wants to clinch.
Roll fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mei has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mei.
Roll misses with a looping left.
Roll circles away from the clinch attempt
and Roll counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mei wants to slow Roll down by chopping away at his legs.
Roll tries a head kick but it misses.
Roll does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Roll's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Roll has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mei.
Mei thuds his right hand into Roll's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Mei wants to clinch.
Mei tries to close the distance and clinch up but Roll swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Roll tries to bum rush Mei with a series of wild strikes but Mei uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Roll lands a nice looking kick to the body. Mei takes a step back to recover.
Mei swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mei throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mei throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Roll.
Roll tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mei connects with the punch.
Roll misses with a left hand
and Mei counters with an outside leg kick.
Roll scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mei scores with a nice strike.
Mei lands with a thumping leg kick.
Roll throws a leg kick
and Mei counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mei moves out of range of the body kick from Roll.
Roll ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A punch lands to the side of Mei 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Roll throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mei tries to clinch up.
Roll lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mei lands a head kick!
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Pai Mei.
I think Mei has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 48:47
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 48:47
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 48:48
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Pai Mei!
An out of breath Pai Mei thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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