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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Ebrahim Azhari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Bird (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Azhari comes into the arena with Jedi Mind Tricks - Blood in Blood out blaring out of the sound system. Ebrahim Azhari is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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171 cm
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155 lbs
12 - 9 - 1 |
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170 cm
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144 lbs
22 - 2 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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World class MT
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
12 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Ebrahim Azhari! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
22 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, William Bird! The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Hirohito Nitta and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A slapping leg kick lands for Azhari.
Bird has Azhari up against the ropes in a clinch.
Azhari takes a knee to the side of the body. Bird digs a right hand underneath Azhari's ribcage. Azhari let out a lung full of air as it connected. Bird blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Bird. Bird scores with a knee to the head.
Bird is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Azhari just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bird's brow. Azhari throws an elbow that misses.
Bird scores a nice knee to the body.
Azhari is breathing heavily. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Come on Bird - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Azhari blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Bird with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Azhari has had enough of the clinch but Bird keeps him there for the moment. Bird lands with a short head shot on the inside. Bird digs a right hand underneath Azhari's ribcage. Azhari let out a lung full of air as it connected. A head punch on the inside from Azhari fails to land. Bird using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bird unloads a knee to the mid-section. Knees in the clinch landing for Bird.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bird scores with a nice hook to the head. Bird slows down the pace here.
Bird softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes. Bird creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Azhari's defenses. Azhari wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bird has him pressed against the ropes. Bird creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Azhari's defenses. Bird lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Ebrahim Azhari has been cut. Azhari is trying to push Bird away but Bird has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere. Azhari has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Azhari pushes off an throws an elbow but Bird leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes. Bird lands with a right to the head. Bird content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Azhari throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Birds head. Bird presses Azhari against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Bird scores a nice knee to the body.
Bird manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A right hook to the body lands for Bird.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Knees in the clinch landing for Bird.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Azhari working aggressively here.
Bird lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Bird lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Azhari or not. Bird lands a knee to the body.
Bird lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Azhari backwards. Bird gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Bird is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Bird lands a nice knee to the body. Bird lands a damaging elbow. Bird scores with a knee to the head.
Bird lands an elbow just above Azhari 's eye. Bird working Azhari over with knees to the body. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bird obliges. Bird pushes Azhari back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch. Bird lands with a left to the head. Bird lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Bird blocking some punches.
Bird lands an elbow that stopped Azhari in his tracks for a moment. Bird lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Azhari backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Bird landing knees to the body.
Bird digs a right hand underneath Azhari's ribcage. Azhari let out a lung full of air as it connected. Azhari misses with an elbow strike.
Bird scores a nice knee to the body.
Bird lands an elbow inside.
Ebrahim Azhari's cut is getting worse. Bird lands an elbow just above Azhari 's eye. A short right from Bird on the inside. Bird lands with a right to the head. Bird softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Bird lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Bird throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Bird landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bird lands with a light punch inside. Bird lands an elbow inside. A body shot lands from Bird.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bird.
Ebrahim Azhari's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it. Bird lands a nice shot to the body. Bird working Azhari over with knees to the body. Bird lands a left hand.
Bird connects with a nasty looking knee right to Azhari's face.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Bird landing knees to the head.
Azhari is rocked! Bird pushes Azhari back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head. Oh Azhari is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Bird lands a body shot. Bird lands an elbow just above Azhari 's eye. A nice glancing elbow lands by Bird.
Jeez, Ebrahim Azhari's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ebrahim Azhari's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). William Bird! William Bird retains his featherweight title! As William Bird got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: I am the greatest KT fighter of all time! There is noone in 135 to 155 lbs that even come close to my level. If you disagree, I welcome you into the ring where you will receive a fistful of pain!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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