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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Kurt Orbiso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kova Tangis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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207 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
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218 lbs
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Solid boxing
Good chin
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kurt Orbiso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Kova Tangis!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tangis doesn't manage to clinch there - Orbiso circles away.
Orbiso tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tangis was well out of range. Poor timing from Orbiso.
Orbiso swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Orbiso throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tangis counters with a solid body kick.
Tangis tries to clinch but Orbiso moves out of range.
Orbiso swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tangis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Orbiso paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tangis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tangis lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A combination from Tangis does no damage.
Orbiso circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tangis moves to clinch but Orbiso breaks away
and Orbiso counters with a one-two to the body.
Tangis tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Orbiso manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tangis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Orbiso circles away quickly and effectively.
A nice combination there by Tangis.
It looks like Kurt Orbiso has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tangis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Orbiso circles away quickly and effectively.
Tangis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tangis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tangis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Orbiso lands the left hand.
Tangis throws a leg kick which misses Orbiso's front leg but catches the back leg as Orbiso tries to avoid it.
A punch combination from Tangis misses.
Tangis pushes Orbiso up against the ropes in a clinch.
Tangis struggles to land a body shot inside as Orbiso controls his hands.
Orbiso stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Orbiso lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tangis backwards.
Tangis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Orbiso's efforts to push away.
Still in the clinch, Orbiso scores with a nice short uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tangis scores with a knee to the head.
Tangis takes a shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orbiso lands a hook that snaps the head of Tangis backwards.
Tangis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Orbiso lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tangis manages to break the clinch.
Orbiso lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Orbiso staggers Tangis with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Tangis looks in trouble, will he beat the count?! The count has reached 5 and he's only back to 1 knee - it's going to be close! 6,7,8 - he's up! Just in time and the ref is going to let the fight continue!
It looks like Kova Tangis has been cut.
Orbiso looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Orbiso lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Orbiso misses with a double jab.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tangis looking to throw knees to the head but Orbiso is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tangis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Orbiso's efforts to push away.
Tangis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Orbiso misses with a combination
and Tangis counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tangis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kurt Orbiso should take that round, based on the knockdown.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Tangis wants to clinch up but Orbiso keeps it at a distance.
Nice shot by Orbiso.
Tangis is looking to clinch.
Tangis misses with a body kick.
Tangis wants to clinch up but Orbiso keeps it at a distance.
Tangis tries to close the distance and clinch but Orbiso swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Orbiso throws a combination that misses
and Tangis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tangis tries to clinch there but Orbiso circles away.
Donk. Orbiso catches Tangis right on the button with a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Orbiso throws a series of punches but Tangis moves out of range.
Orbiso lands with an overhand left.
Tangis throws a head kick that Orbiso semi-blocks.
Tangis misses with a series of wild punches.
Orbiso closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tangis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Orbiso looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Orbiso avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tangis tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Orbiso manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tangis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A punch combination from Tangis misses.
Tangis takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Some wild striking there from Orbiso.
Orbiso lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kurt Orbiso is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Good shot there by Orbiso.
Tangis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Orbiso does it's job there.
Tangis tries to close the distance and clinch but Orbiso swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tangis tries to clinch but Orbiso is having none of it.
Orbiso is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Orbiso throws a right hand that Tangis ducks under and follows up with a left that Tangis also avoids with ease.
Orbiso moves out of range as Tangis throws a body kick.
Orbiso misses with a two punch combination.
Orbiso is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Orbiso shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Tangis eats them both and turns towards Orbiso to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Orbiso throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tangis counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Orbiso doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tangis is struggling to control the position.
Orbiso looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Tangis tries to land a knee to the head but Orbiso blocks with his arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Orbiso is trying to break the clinch but Tangis is controlling him.
A shot in the inside from Orbiso.
Tangis breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kurt Orbiso dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Orbiso will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Orbiso sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Orbiso swats away the attempt to clinch by Tangis.
Tangis gets a clinch.
Tangis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Orbiso gets through Tangis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tangis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Orbiso's face.
Tangis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tangis scores with a shot to the side of Orbiso's head.
Orbiso lands a shoulder strike.
Tangis taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tangis working Orbiso over with knees to the body.
Tangis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tangis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Orbiso's sensitive parts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tangis is looking to clinch but Orbiso is avoiding it.
Orbiso throws a jab when Tangis was well out of range.
Tangis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Orbiso throws out the jab.
Orbiso misses with a double jab.
Tangis darts in trying to clinch
and Orbiso counters with a right hand to the body.
Orbiso throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tangis wants to clinch up but Orbiso keeps it at a distance.
Tangis looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kurt Orbiso is winning the standup battle so far.
Tangis tries to close the distance and clinch but Orbiso swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Orbiso misses with a body shot.
A combination from Orbiso does no damage.
Kova Tangis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Orbiso. Those never looked like landing.
Orbiso lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tangis circles away quickly and effectively.
Orbiso has Tangis up against the ropes in a clinch.
Orbiso wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tangis has a couple of punches blocked by Orbiso.
Tangis misses with an elbow over the top.
A shot in the inside from Tangis.
Tangis trying to stall but Orbiso improves his position.
Orbiso gets through Tangis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tangis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tangis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Orbiso paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A combination from Orbiso does no damage.
Kurt Orbiso is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tangis moves in looking to clinch but Orbiso pushes him off.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kova Tangis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Orbiso 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kurt Orbiso!
A victorious Kurt Orbiso thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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