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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jimmy Braves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zbigniew Ciosek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Braves kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is I Want War by Pastor Troy. Zbigniew Ciosek will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jimmy Braves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Zbigniew Ciosek!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Shimada and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ciosek throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Braves counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ciosek's knee momentarily.
Braves drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ciosek lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Braves backs up against the ropes.
It looks like Jimmy Braves has been cut.
A telegraphed right hand from Braves misses the target.
Braves misses with a low kick as Ciosek jumps back.
Braves throws a nice outside leg kick.
Braves misses with a head kick.
Ciosek misses with a double jab
and Braves counters with an inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ciosek fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've been informed that Ciosek has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Ciosek tries to land a front kick but Braves steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ciosek tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Braves was well out of range. Poor timing from Ciosek.
Braves on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Braves avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ciosek fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ciosek throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ciosek closes the distance looking to clinch
and Braves counters with a low kick, right behind Ciosek 's knee.
Braves checks a low kick from Ciosek.
Braves throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Braves throws a front kick aimed at Ciosek's knee but Ciosek avoids it well.
Ciosek throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jimmy Braves is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ciosek on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ciosek is looking to land body kicks.
Ciosek lunges at Braves with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Braves's hand.
Nice defenses there by Braves.
A solid leg kick lands there for Braves.
Ciosek connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ciosek takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ciosek ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Braves throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ciosek moves in looking to clinch but Braves pushes him off.
Braves displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ciosek throws out the jab.
Braves looks to land a left hand but Ciosek moved out of range nicely.
Ciosek doesn't manage to clinch there - Braves circles away.
Braves closes the distance and lands a one-two.
It looks like Zbigniew Ciosek has been cut.
Some wild striking there from Ciosek.
Ciosek throws a leg kick
and Braves holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Braves breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Braves bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Ciosek swinging wildly here.
Ciosek thuds his right hand into Braves's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Zbigniew Ciosek will probably get the nod.
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!
Ciosek shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Braves buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ciosek lunges at Braves with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Braves's hand.
Ciosek has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Braves misses with an attempted mid kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Ciosek - that will leave a mark!
Braves stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ciosek.
Ciosek avoids a kick to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Braves lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ciosek has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ciosek and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
No joy there for Ciosek, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Braves throws a solid leg kick but Ciosek takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Braves.
Braves tries to land a leg kick but Ciosek saw it coming and moves away.
Braves ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ciosek moves away.
Braves takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Braves throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ciosek swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Braves looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ciosek rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Braves moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Braves misses with a body kick.
Braves misses with a body kick.
Braves walks forward, straight into a front kick from Ciosek.
Braves misses with a looping left.
Braves staying out of range there.
Ciosek blocks a low kick nicely.
Ciosek scores with a jab to the jaw.
Braves misses with a body kick.
Zbigniew Ciosek seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ciosek misses with a body shot
and Braves counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ciosek misses with a body shot.
Ciosek is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A leg kick checked by Ciosek.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braves sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Braves looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Zbigniew Ciosek is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A jab from Braves misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ciosek ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Braves moves away.
Braves walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ciosek scores with a decent looking hook.
Braves on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ciosek avoids the head kick by Braves.
Braves takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ciosek misses with a looping left.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Decent striking displayed by Ciosek there.
Ciosek wants to clinch but Braves slips to the side
and Braves counters with a nice body kick.
Braves displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ciosek throws out the jab.
Braves lands a slapping body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zbigniew Ciosek showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ciosek looks to land a right hand but Braves moved out of range.
Ciosek throws out a leg kick but Braves moves out of range and Ciosek only half commits.
Braves drops his hands momentarily and Ciosek takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ciosek throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ciosek takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Braves pushes Ciosek away with a front kick.
Braves misses with a kick to the body.
Ciosek swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Braves thows a left - swing and a miss!
Braves checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ciosek throws a big shot that misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ciosek.
Braves bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
An inside leg kick from Ciosek misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ciosek moves out of range of the body kick.
Braves lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ciosek throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ciosek lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Braves has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Braves and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ciosek dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Braves moves out of range of the body kick.
Ciosek avoids a kick to the body.
Braves takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Braves moves out of range of the body kick.
Braves on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Braves moves out of range of the strikes.
Braves looks to score with a jab to the body but Ciosek is just out of range.
Ciosek uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Braves has time to react.
Ciosek misses with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braves takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Braves looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ciosek throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ciosek gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Braves.
Ciosek doesn't manage to clinch there - Braves circles away.
Decent striking displayed by Braves there.
Braves takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Ciosek bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Braves's head.
Ciosek dodges the punch combination from Braves.
Ciosek throws a nice head kick!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A thudding body kick lands there by Ciosek!
Ciosek misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zbigniew Ciosek really dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Ciosek misses the body punch
and Braves finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Ciosek tries to close the distance and clinch up but Braves swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ciosek is looking to clinch.
Ciosek works the jab nicely.
Ciosek swings for the body but Braves moves out of range.
Ciosek doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Braves.
Braves tried to score with a low kick but Ciosek checks it.
Ciosek lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ciosek misses with a straight right.
Braves tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ciosek.
Ciosek throws an overhand right that lands on Braves's shoulder, as Braves tries to avoid the shot.
Ciosek jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ciosek stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Braves.
Ciosek will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Braves finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Braves will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Ciosek looks to land a combination but Braves avoids it well.
Braves looks to land a right hand but Ciosek moved out of range.
Braves misses with a body punch
and Ciosek counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Braves missing with a left hand there. Ciosek was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Braves misses with a straight left.
Ciosek looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Braves pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ciosek goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ciosek thows a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Braves.
Ciosek lands a nice leg kick that just misses Braves's sensitive parts.
Braves bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ciosek takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ciosek throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ciosek is looking to score with low kicks.
Braves misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ciosek misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sloppy strikes from Ciosek. Those never looked like landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Braves throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ciosek counters with a nice body shot.
Zbigniew Ciosek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ciosek throws a head kick but Braves moves out of range.
Braves throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zbigniew Ciosek dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Braves throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ciosek.
Jimmy Braves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Braves tries a head kick but it misses.
Ciosek's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ciosek takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ciosek goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ciosek scores with a shot to the body.
Braves throws a sloppy head kick
and Ciosek counters with a nice leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Ciosek.
Nice straight punches there by Ciosek. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ciosek.
Ciosek tries a head kick but it misses.
Ciosek lands a nice leg kick that just misses Braves's sensitive parts.
Braves misses with a kick to the body.
Ciosek throws a wild body kick that Braves sees coming a mile off.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ciosek darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braves walks forward, straight into a front kick from Ciosek.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Braves.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ciosek.
Ciosek cracks Braves with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Ciosek tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Braves was well out of range. Poor timing from Ciosek.
Nice cross by Braves.
Braves keeps the fight on the outside.
Ciosek lands with a nice body punch.
Braves slips a jab from Ciosek.
Braves misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Braves takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A big right from Ciosek misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Ciosek.
Zbigniew Ciosek is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Braves throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ciosek moves into range and connects with a jab.
The fighters circling - Ciosek throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ciosek slips under a jab from Braves.
Decent striking displayed by Ciosek there.
Braves misses with a kick to the body.
A lazy body kick from Ciosek
and Braves counters by moving into the clinch.
Ciosek lands a good knee to the midsection. Braves won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Braves obliges.
Ciosek is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ciosek avoids a wild elbow strike from Braves.
Braves lands a knee to the head.
Braves lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Zbigniew Ciosek.
I've got Ciosek winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 46:49
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 45:50
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zbigniew Ciosek!
Zbigniew Ciosek decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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