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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Henry Chinaski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eiji Kawashima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henry Chinaski has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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170 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
33 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Henry Chinaski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Eiji Kawashima!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kawashima wants to land a leg kick but Chinaski is out of range.
Kawashima uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chinaski.
A cross from Kawashima lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kawashima. Chinaski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kawashima sizes up Chinaski with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Chinaski stuns Kawashima with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kawashima just misses with a punch to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kawashima, right into the meat.
Kawashima takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Chinaski throws a sloppy head kick and Kawashima moves out of range easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chinaski swats away the attempt to clinch by Kawashima.
Kawashima pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Chinaski back to the cage. Kawashima follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A big left from Chinaski misses.
Kawashima lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kawashima darts in and clinches Chinaski up against the cage.
Chinaski using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kawashima has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kawashima is stalling here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawashima goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chinaski working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chinaski.
Kawashima misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kawashima blocking some punches.
Chinaski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chinaski lands a nice shot to the body.
Kawashima softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Chinaski is looking to control Kawashima's arms but Kawashima gets an underhook and turns him. Now Chinaski has his back to the cage.
Chinaski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chinaski lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kawashima throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Chinaskis head.
Kawashima works on Chinaski's body with a couple of short punches.
Kawashima looking to stall.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kawashima dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kawashima misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawashima blocks an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Chinaski as Kawashima tries to tie him up.
Kawashima tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kawashima misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chinaski works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Chinaski using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kawashima has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chinaski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Chinaski misses with a body punch.
Chinaski tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kawashima has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Chinaski seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kawashima can turn it around.
Chinaski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chinaski stalling in the clinch but Kawashima improves position.
A short right from Kawashima on the inside.
Chinaski blocking some punches.
Chinaski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chinaski misses with a body punch.
Chinaski scores a nice knee to the body.
Chinaski tries to work over Kawashima's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kawashima blocking some punches.
Kawashima working aggressively here.
Chinaski lands a right hand.
Kawashima lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Chinaski lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kawashima backwards.
Still in the clinch, Kawashima scores with a nice short uppercut.
Chinaski struggles to land a body shot inside as Kawashima controls his hands.
Chinaski content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kawashima misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chinaski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chinaski lands a shoulder strike.
Kawashima swings wildly with an uppercut but Chinaski uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Chinaski creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kawashima is looking to control Chinaski's arms but Chinaski gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kawashima has his back to the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kawashima displaying some good clinch control by pressing Chinaski up against the cage.
Kawashima blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kawashima scores with a shoulder strike.
Kawashima has a couple of punches blocked by Chinaski.
A nice left hand lands by Kawashima.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chinaski.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chinaski.
Chinaski misses with the head strike.
A short right from Kawashima.
Kawashima misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kawashima lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Chinaski trying to stall but Kawashima improves his position.
Kawashima lands a body punch.
Kawashima softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kawashima is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chinaski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Kawashima scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eiji Kawashima dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kawashima fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kawashima takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Kawashima lands a nice leg kick that just misses Chinaski's sensitive parts.
Chinaski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chinaski scores with a nice strike.
Chinaski connects with a single shot there.
Kawashima throws a wild body kick that Chinaski sees coming a mile off.
Chinaski lands a glancing blow to the side of Kawashima's head.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Kawashima in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Kawashima scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Chinaski. That's going to slow Kawashima down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kawashima misses with a double jab.
Kawashima swings widly with a right hand
and Chinaski counters with a body kick.
Chinaski staying out of range there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Chinaski checks a leg kick.
Kawashima gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Good exchange - Kawashima coming out on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chinaski checks the leg kick.
Kawashima throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Kawashima misses with a straight right.
Kawashima loads up on a big right hand but Chinaski slips the punch.
Kawashima scores with a body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Kawashima.
A cross from Kawashima lands.
Chinaski lands a nice shot that snaps Kawashima's head back.
Kawashima getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sloppy strikes from Chinaski. Those never looked like landing.
A head kick by Chinaski misses
and Kawashima counters with a good, hard body kick but Chinaski shrugs it off.
A chopping leg kick lands by Chinaski.
Chinaski needs to keep his hands up - Kawashima had a free shot at his head there.
Chinaski is rocked!
Chinaski tries to clinch there but Kawashima circles away.
Oh Chinaski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawashima fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chinaski.
Chinaski seems to have got his legs back now.
Chinaski pushes Kawashima away with a front kick.
Kawashima dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kawashima shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Chinaski eats them both and turns towards Kawashima to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
That kick from Kawashima tenderised Chinaski's leg. Chinaski is trying to keep his angry face on.
A swing and a miss from Kawashima.
Kawashima punishes Chinaski's body with a nice straight punch.
Kawashima scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Chinaski walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kawashima checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Chinaski looks to land a left hand but Kawashima moved out of range nicely.
Chinaski walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Chinaski takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kawashima tries a head kick but it misses.
Kawashima wants to clinch up but Chinaski keeps it at a distance.
Kawashima blocks the body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chinaski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kawashima paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chinaski scores with a push kick.
Kawashima tries to clinch but Chinaski is having none of it.
Kawashima fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kawashima jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chinaski throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Chinaski moves in looking to clinch but Kawashima pushes him off.
Kawashima connects with a body shot.
Chinaski is looking to slow Kawashima down with leg kicks.
Chinaski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kawashima.
Chinaski slips under a jab.
Kawashima is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kawashima just misses with a punch to the body.
Chinaski checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kawashima takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A solid body kick from Chinaski.
Kawashima avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chinaski smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kawashima tries to land a body kick
and Chinaski counters with a body kick.
Chinaski moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Chinaski lands with a thumping leg kick.
Chinaski scores with a one two! Kawashima had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like Eiji Kawashima has been cut.
Kawashima misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chinaski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kawashima moves away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chinaski throws a right hand that Kawashima ducks under and follows up with a left that Kawashima also avoids with ease.
Kawashima swings widly with a right hand
and Chinaski counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Chinaski shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eiji Kawashima showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eiji Kawashima's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Chinaski lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kawashima lands with a cross.
Kawashima throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Chinaski moves out of range of the body kick from Kawashima.
Kawashima lands with a straight right. Chinaski didn't see that one coming.
Chinaski dips to his left and cracks Kawashima with an uppercut!
Chinaski scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Chinaski circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chinaski throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Chinaski feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kawashima's calf.
That kick from Kawashima tenderised Chinaski's leg. Chinaski is trying to keep his angry face on.
Chinaski keeps Kawashima at a distance using the push kick.
Eiji Kawashima seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kawashima shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kawashima scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Chinaski is looking to chop away at Kawashima's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawashima is looking to land body kicks.
Chinaski motions for Kawashima to come forward. Chinaski throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A punch combination from Kawashima misses.
Chinaski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kawashima.
Chinaski moves out of range of the body kick.
A head kick misses from Kawashima.
Chinaski tries a head kick but it misses.
Chinaski avoids the body shot from Kawashima.
Kawashima throws the kick towards the body but Chinaski avoids it.
Kawashima takes a swing at Chinaski's ribcage but misses.
Kawashima ducks under a wild hook from Chinaski.
Nice body kick there by Chinaski.
Chinaski scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Chinaski fails to land with a series of punches.
Henry Chinaski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chinaski throws out a loose jab but Kawashima uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kawashima has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Chinaski.
Chinaski misses with an attempted mid kick.
Chinaski smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kawashima scores with a jab.
Chinaski throws a push kick but Kawashima slaps the foot to one side.
Kawashima stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Chinaski.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chinaski stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kawashima gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Chinaski.
A jab lands there for Chinaski.
Kawashima bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Chinaski connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kawashima's hands.
Kawashima connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Chinaski momentarily.
Chinaski lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kawashima's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Chinaski stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kawashima avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kawashima throws out a powerful jab.
Chinaski throws the kick towards the body but Kawashima avoids it.
Kawashima connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Chinaski instigates a clinch.
Chinaski lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Chinaski lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kawashima gets through Chinaski's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Chinaski looking to throw knees to the head but Kawashima is blocking nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kawashima.
Kawashima misses with a punch to the body.
Kawashima displaying some good clinch control by pressing Chinaski up against the cage.
Chinaski digs a right hand into Kawashima's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kawashima's gas tank.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chinaski.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kawashima blocking some punches.
Kawashima taking a breather.
Kawashima blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kawashima blocks an uppercut.
Kawashima misses with a punch to the body.
A short body shot lands from Kawashima as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Chinaski swings wildly with an uppercut but Kawashima uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chinaski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Eiji Kawashima is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Good body shot from Chinaski.
Kawashima is trying to maintain a safe position but Chinaski gets an underhook and turns Kawashima into the cage.
Chinaski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chinaski blocking some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kawashima tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kawashima blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kawashima creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chinaski.
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 Henry Chinaski.
Well Kawashima has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eiji Kawashima!
Eiji Kawashima decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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