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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Quentin Clericuzio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robert Smith has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Quentin Clericuzio's chin.
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145 lbs
11 - 1 - 0 |
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155 lbs
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Great elbows
Good chin
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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
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Quentin Clericuzio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Robert Smith!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Sosuke Kotani and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clericuzio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Smith will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clericuzio.
Smith feints and then cracks Clericuzio's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Clericuzio down.
Clericuzio takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Clericuzio fails in his attempt to clinch.
A jab from Clericuzio finds it's way through Smith's defenses.
It looks like Robert Smith has been cut.
Clericuzio throws a looping overhand right but Smith ducks down to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Smith. That's going to slow Clericuzio down.
Quentin Clericuzio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Clericuzio does it's job there.
Smith motions for Clericuzio to come forward. Smith throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Clericuzio walks into a left hand.
Clericuzio tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Smith misses with a head kick.
Clericuzio fails with an attempt to clinch.
Clericuzio blocks a leg kick.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Clericuzio moves into the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Clericuzio.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clericuzio throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Clericuzio lands a damaging elbow.
Smith blocks an elbow strike from Clericuzio.
Clericuzio tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smith's elbow.
Clericuzio is trying to stall.
Clericuzio lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Smith blocks the elbow strike.
Clericuzio fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Clericuzio pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Clericuzio works on Smith's body with a couple of short punches.
Clericuzio avoiding damage.
Clericuzio lands a damaging elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Clericuzio fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clericuzio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.
Clericuzio misses with the head strike.
Clericuzio makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Clericuzio avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Smith lands a damaging elbow.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Clericuzio throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clericuzio managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Clericuzio.
Smith blocks an elbow strike.
Smith takes an elbow to the temple.
Clericuzio softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Clericuzio tries a body shot but Smith blocks it.
Clericuzio goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smith blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clericuzio misses with a punch on the inside.
Clericuzio misses with a punch on the inside.
Clericuzio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Smith lands an elbow inside that Clericuzio shrugs off.
Clericuzio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Clericuzio blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Clericuzio really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Clericuzio blocks an elbow strike from Smith.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Clericuzio.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Clericuzio.
Clericuzio avoids the elbow strike from Smith, against the ropes.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Clericuzio fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith scores with a shoulder strike.
Clericuzio blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Clericuzio throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Clericuzio misses with a short punch on the inside.
Clericuzio lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
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!
Clericuzio looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Clericuzio lands an elbow just above Smith 's eye.
That has opened up Robert Smith's cut even more.
Clericuzio avoids a wild elbow strike from Smith.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Smith just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clericuzio's brow.
Clericuzio avoids a wild elbow strike from Smith.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Clericuzio misses with a punch to the body.
Clericuzio blocks an elbow strike.
Clericuzio tries to throw a body punch but Smith avoids it by throwing Clericuzio back against the ropes.
Clericuzio landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Quentin Clericuzio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robert Smith's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Smith tries to work over Clericuzio's front leg with a kick but Clericuzio checks it.
Smith is looking to slow Clericuzio down with leg kicks.
Clericuzio tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Clericuzio throws a shot to the body.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith throws a head kick but Clericuzio moves out of range.
Clericuzio blocks a head kick by Smith.
Smith looks to land a right hand but Clericuzio moved out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Smith.
Clericuzio wants to clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Clericuzio moves into the clinch.
Clericuzio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Clericuzio fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Clericuzio avoids the damage to the body.
Smith blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clericuzio presses Smith against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Clericuzio misses with the head strike.
Clericuzio throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Clericuzio unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Smith pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Clericuzio pushes off an throws an elbow but Smith leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Smith blocking some punches.
Clericuzio tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Clericuzio misses with a punch to the body.
Clericuzio pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Smith.
Clericuzio creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Smith avoiding damage as Clericuzio throws knees to the body.
Clericuzio avoids the elbow strike from Smith, against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clericuzio tries a body shot but Smith blocks it.
Clericuzio creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Clericuzio managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith dodges an elbow strike from Clericuzio.
Clericuzio has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Smith blocks the elbow strike.
Clericuzio throws a head punch that misses.
Clericuzio tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Clericuzio stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Quentin Clericuzio has scored more points in the clinch so far.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Smith just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clericuzio's brow.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith misses with an elbow over the top.
Smith throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clericuzio throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Clericuzio pushes off an throws an elbow but Smith leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Clericuzio has Smith pushed against the ropes.
Smith throws an elbow that misses.
Clericuzio doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Smith lands a body shot.
Smith avoids a wild elbow strike from Clericuzio.
Smith throws a head punch that misses.
Clericuzio pushes off an throws an elbow but Smith leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Clericuzio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Clericuzio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Clericuzio throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Smith gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Clericuzio misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clericuzio throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Smith looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Smith lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Clericuzio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Clericuzio fails to land.
Smith blocks a body shot from Clericuzio.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Smith lands an elbow inside.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Clericuzio throws an elbow but misses.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clericuzio swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clericuzio takes a shot to the head.
Clericuzio fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Quentin Clericuzio dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Robert Smith'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!
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt
and Smith counters with a low kick, right behind Clericuzio 's knee.
Robert Smith seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Clericuzio tries to clinch but Smith is having none of it.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith throws a head kick that misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Clericuzio blocks the leg kick.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick and Clericuzio moves out of range easily.
A head kick misses from Smith.
Smith throws a low kick, looking for Clericuzio's leg but Clericuzio calmly moves out of range.
Clericuzio has managed to clinch.
Clericuzio tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smith takes an elbow to the temple.
Clericuzio fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Clericuzio.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Clericuzio just misses with a elbow thrown towards Smith's brow.
Clericuzio tries to throw a body punch but Smith avoids it by throwing Clericuzio back against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clericuzio doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Clericuzio stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Smith throws an elbow but it misses.
Clericuzio lands a left hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Clericuzio misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith misses with an elbow strike.
Smith throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Clericuzio throws a head punch that misses.
Smith tries a knee to the head but Clericuzio blocks it.
Clericuzio blocks the elbow strike.
Clericuzio pushes off an throws an elbow but Smith leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Clericuzio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Clericuzio fails to land.
Clericuzio misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clericuzio blocks an elbow strike.
Clericuzio avoiding damage.
Smith misses with an elbow over the top.
Clericuzio misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Smith misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Smith just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clericuzio's brow.
Clericuzio misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Smith.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Smith misses with an elbow over the top.
Clericuzio lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clericuzio is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Clericuzio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Clericuzio tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice elbow from Clericuzio.
Smith throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Smith dodges an elbow strike from Clericuzio.
Smith blocking some punches.
Clericuzio is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Clericuzio fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with an elbow over the top.
Smith swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Clericuzio.
Smith misses with the head strike.
Smith creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Clericuzio takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Clericuzio.
Clericuzio swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clericuzio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clericuzio throws an elbow but it misses.
Smith dodges an elbow strike from Clericuzio.
Robert Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clericuzio swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Quentin Clericuzio showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Clericuzio, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Quentin Clericuzio!
A victorious Quentin Clericuzio thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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