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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Khaled Khaled (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hideki Matsuyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khaled comes to the ring accompanied by DJ Khaled - Out Here Grindin'. Matsuyama comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Eminem feat. Nate Dogg - Till I Collapse kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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World class MT
Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Khaled Khaled!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hideki Matsuyama!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matsuyama throws out a loose jab but Khaled uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matsuyama has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Matsuyama gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Khaled counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Hideki Matsuyama has been cut.
Matsuyama pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Matsuyama lands with a thumping leg kick.
Matsuyama scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Khaled. That's going to slow Matsuyama down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Matsuyama is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Khaled displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Matsuyama throws out the jab.
Matsuyama throws the left hand but Khaled avoids the punch easily.
Matsuyama swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Khaled counters with a nice uppercut.
Khaled cracks Matsuyama with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Matsuyama pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Khaled keeps the fight on the outside.
Khaled definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Matsuyama explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Matsuyama looks to land a body kick but Khaled moved away.
Matsuyama works Khaled's body with a nice hook.
Khaled catches Matsuyama with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matsuyama throws a front kick that sends Khaled stumbling back into the ropes.
Matsuyama pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Matsuyama throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khaled sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khaled will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Matsuyama misses with a hook
and Khaled counters with a body kick that stops Matsuyama in his tracks momentarily.
Matsuyama lands a nice looking body shot.
Khaled avoids the head kick by Matsuyama.
Khaled loads up on a big right hand but Matsuyama slips the punch.
Matsuyama takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Khaled lands a nice leg kick that just misses Matsuyama's sensitive parts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khaled walks into a stiff left hand from Matsuyama.
Matsuyama throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Khaled tries to keep at a distance but Matsuyama has taken the fight into the clinch.
Matsuyama swings wildly with an uppercut but Khaled uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khaled throws a punch but it's blocked by Matsuyama.
Matsuyama scores a nice knee to the body.
Still in the clinch, Matsuyama scores with a nice short uppercut.
Khaled avoiding damage as Matsuyama throws knees to the body.
Matsuyama works on Khaled's body with a couple of short punches.
Matsuyama lands with a right to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Khaled's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Khaled.
Matsuyama throws a knee to the head but misses.
Matsuyama tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Matsuyama fails to land.
Matsuyama using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Khaled has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Matsuyama creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Matsuyama swings wildly with an uppercut but Khaled uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from Matsuyama.
Khaled working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Matsuyama using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Khaled has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hideki Matsuyama dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hideki Matsuyama'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.
Matsuyama fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Khaled feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Matsuyama's calf.
Matsuyama turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Matsuyama misses with a hook
and Khaled counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Matsuyama rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Khaled counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Matsuyama throws the kick towards the body but Khaled avoids it.
Matsuyama throws a hook to the side of Khaled's head but Khaled sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice defenses there by Khaled.
Khaled connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matsuyama getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Matsuyama throws a jab when Khaled was well out of range.
Matsuyama misses with a wild body shot.
Matsuyama throws a leg kick that is checked
and Khaled counters with a nice body shot.
Matsuyama throws a body punch but Khaled moves out of range.
Matsuyama throws a half hearted mid kick.
Matsuyama fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Khaled checks it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matsuyama has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Khaled.
Khaled swinging wildly here.
Khaled connects with a leg kick. Matsuyama looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Matsuyama throws a left and a right that both miss
and Khaled makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Khaled scoring well with a low kick there.
Khaled Khaled is winning the standup battle so far.
Matsuyama is breathing heavily.
Khaled blocks a head kick by Matsuyama.
Matsuyama fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khaled manages to avoid it.
Matsuyama slips under a jab.
Khaled connects with an inside leg kick.
Khaled steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Matsuyama.
Khaled scores with a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khaled connects with a good right hand that stumbles Matsuyama. Matsuyama circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Khaled lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Matsuyama finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Khaled. That's going to slow Matsuyama down.
Khaled fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Matsuyama misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Khaled scores with a kick to the body.
Matsuyama on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Khaled lands a leg kick that knocks Matsuyama off balance momentarily.
That kick from Khaled tenderised Matsuyama's leg. Matsuyama is trying to keep his angry face on.
A slapping body kick lands there for Khaled.
Khaled looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Khaled throws out a head kick that Matsuyama doesn't see coming - it connects and sends Matsuyama crashing to the mat face first! He's bounced up to his knees and is scrambling to get back to his feet and beat the count. He's up on 5 but still looks a bit groggy; will the referee allow it to continue??? He's taking a good look into Matsuyama's eyes and has decided to let it go on!
Khaled throws a leg kick but Matsuyama sees it coming and moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Matsuyama tries to clinch but Khaled is having none of it.
Khaled lands a front kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Khaled.
Matsuyama looking to land some kicks to the body here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Khaled Khaled will take that round after scoring the only knockdown of the round.
The cut man is working on Hideki Matsuyama's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Khaled lands a leg kick that knocks Matsuyama off balance momentarily.
Khaled takes one to the side of the head.
Matsuyama misses with a body kick.
Matsuyama throws a nice inside leg kick.
Khaled feints and then cracks Matsuyama's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Matsuyama down.
Matsuyama moves out of range as Khaled throws a body kick.
Matsuyama attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Khaled misses with a body kick.
Matsuyama throws a right hand that misses
letting Khaled counter with a right hand.
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!
Matsuyama attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Matsuyama throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Matsuyama tries to clinch up but Khaled circles away and keeps his distance.
Khaled tries to land a leg kick but Matsuyama saw it coming and moves away.
Hideki Matsuyama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Matsuyama takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Matsuyama swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khaled moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khaled fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Matsuyama takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Khaled throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Khaled blocks a head kick by Matsuyama.
Matsuyama drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The fight stays on the outside here - Matsuyama looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Matsuyama takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Khaled misses with a head kick.
Khaled turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khaled scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Khaled scores with a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Khaled.
Good leg kick by Khaled there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A solid body kick from Khaled.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khaled scores with a kick to the body.
Matsuyama misses with a straight right.
Khaled lands a nice shot that snaps Matsuyama's head back.
Khaled lands a nice leg kick that just misses Matsuyama's sensitive parts.
Matsuyama on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Matsuyama's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Matsuyama pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Khaled throws a leg kick which misses Matsuyama's front leg but catches the back leg as Matsuyama tries to avoid it.
Matsuyama chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khaled can pounce on him.
Khaled scores with a shot to the body.
Khaled is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Matsuyama can do to turn this around?
Matsuyama takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Matsuyama with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Khaled to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Matsuyama takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Khaled scoring well with a low kick there.
Matsuyama pushes Khaled away with a front kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Khaled Khaled clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Hideki Matsuyama's cut.
That's time! Khaled's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Matsuyama needs to keep his hands up - Khaled had a free shot at his head there.
Matsuyama tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Matsuyama throws a head kick but Khaled moves out of range.
Khaled goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Matsuyama looks to throw a body kick
and Khaled counters with a stiff right hand.
Khaled throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Khaled dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Matsuyama. That did some damage!
Matsuyama rushes Khaled and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Khaled wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Matsuyama misses with the head strike.
Matsuyama working aggressively here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch on the inside from Matsuyama fails to land.
Matsuyama takes a shot to the head.
Khaled wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Matsuyama swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Matsuyama misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khaled will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Matsuyama up against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Matsuyama.
Khaled breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khaled avoids a punch combination nicely.
Matsuyama fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Khaled lands with a thumping leg kick.
Matsuyama pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Matsuyama is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Khaled feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Matsuyama's calf.
Matsuyama throws a leg kick
and Khaled counters with a stiff right hand.
Matsuyama scores with a leg kick.
Matsuyama misses with a hook. Khaled ducked under it nicely.
Khaled lands the left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khaled throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khaled moves away from the strike by Matsuyama.
Matsuyama tries to land a body kick
and Khaled counters with a thumping low kick.
Khaled fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Matsuyama has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Khaled.
Khaled circles away from the clinch attempt.
Khaled avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Matsuyama has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Khaled.
Matsuyama tries to clinch up.
Matsuyama throws a leg kick
and Khaled connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Khaled tests Matsuyama's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Matsuyama lands a glancing blow to the side of Khaled's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khaled scores with a kick to the body.
Khaled lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Khaled keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Khaled Khaled had his way with Hideki Matsuyama in that round.
The cut man is working on Hideki Matsuyama's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Khaled scoring well with a low kick there.
Hideki Matsuyama has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Matsuyama pushes Khaled up against the ropes in a clinch.
Khaled lands a hook that snaps the head of Matsuyama backwards.
Khaled blocks an elbow strike from Matsuyama.
Khaled blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Matsuyama landing knees to the body.
Khaled wants to stall.
Matsuyama misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khaled stalling in the clinch but Matsuyama improves position.
Still in the clinch, Matsuyama scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Matsuyama.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matsuyama tries to land knees in the clinch but Khaled avoids the damage to the body.
Matsuyama connects with a nasty looking knee right to Khaled's face.
Khaled blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Matsuyama throws a head punch that misses.
Matsuyama blocking some punches.
Matsuyama misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matsuyama blocks an uppercut.
Matsuyama tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Khaled avoids it.
Khaled lands a hook that snaps the head of Matsuyama backwards.
Matsuyama doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Matsuyama lands with a left to the head.
Matsuyama tries a body shot but Khaled blocks it.
Khaled blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khaled.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Matsuyama obliges.
Matsuyama tries a knee to the head but Khaled blocks it.
Khaled breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Matsuyama throws a hook but Khaled avoids it easily.
Matsuyama misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from Matsuyama.
Matsuyama gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Khaled blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khaled.
Khaled blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matsuyama has a couple of punches blocked by Khaled.
Khaled can't break the clinch.
Khaled on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Khaled throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Matsuyama is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Matsuyama tries to land knees in the clinch but Khaled avoids the damage to the body.
Matsuyama tries a knee to the head but Khaled blocks it.
Khaled scores with a shot to the side of Matsuyama's head.
Khaled lands a hook to the side of the head.
Matsuyama misses with a knee strike.
Matsuyama misses with some punches.
Matsuyama with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khaled escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khaled thumps Matsuyama with a low kick.
Khaled Khaled is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Khaled feints and then cracks Matsuyama's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Matsuyama down.
Khaled is looking to slow Matsuyama down with leg kicks.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hideki Matsuyama comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Khaled 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 48:46
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 48:46
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 48:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Khaled Khaled!
Khaled Khaled decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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