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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Kevin Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Apollo Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Love might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Afterworld. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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198 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kevin Love! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Apollo Anderson! The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Kenichi Hosakawa and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Love tries to land a front kick but Anderson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed. Anderson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Anderson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Love scores with a kick to the midsection. Anderson moves in looking to clinch but Love pushes him off. A slapping leg kick lands for Love.
Love avoids the head kick by Anderson.
Anderson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Love. Nice jab there from Anderson. Anderson scores with a jab to the jaw. Love has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance. A lazy left from Anderson finds it's target. Love shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down. Love takes a jab right on the kisser.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Love sizes up Anderson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle. The fight stays on the outside here - Anderson looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Anderson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Love's hands. Love turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Anderson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Love misses with the body kick and Anderson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Anderson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Love looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Both fighters circling a little - Love finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Anderson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Love misses with a low kick.
Love misses with a kick to the body.
Anderson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Love has time to react. Anderson checks a low kick from Love. Love moves out of range of the body kick from Anderson.
Some bone on bone action there as Love checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one. Anderson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Anderson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Love throws a nice inside leg kick. Anderson getting the better of the striking in that exchange. Anderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Love lands a leg kick that knocks Anderson off balance momentarily. Anderson throws a head kick that misses. Anderson misses with a hook. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Love 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 Anderson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Anderson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Anderson's coach down at Team Hopkins was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Anderson's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight. Love throws a mid kick that lands with a slap. Anderson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Love had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté. 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! Anderson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Love checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side. Anderson tries to clinch up but Love circles away and keeps his distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A nice inside leg kick there by Anderson. That's going to slow Love down. Love throws a low kick but Anderson moves out of range easily. Anderson moves in looking to clinch but Love pushes him off. Anderson throws a wild body kick that Love sees coming a mile off. Anderson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes. Anderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Love tries to stall but Anderson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Love gets through Anderson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Love misses with some punches.
Love blocks an uppercut.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Anderson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Love creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Good body shot from Anderson.
A hook to the body from Anderson.
Anderson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Love backwards. Anderson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Love's elbow. Love blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Love scores with a nice short uppercut. Anderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round. A short right from Anderson on the inside. Love lands a nice uppercut. Anderson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Love lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Love breaks the clinch.
Love throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body. Love stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Anderson. Anderson misses the jab. Anderson fakes the leg kick and cracks Love in the body. Love misses with a body kick. Anderson checks a leg kick. Love throws the kick towards the body but Anderson avoids it. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Love 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 Anderson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Anderson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Anderson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. Anderson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Love. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Anderson throws a right and a left that both miss. Anderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Anderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Love was well out of range. Poor timing from Anderson.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Anderson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Love fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Love misses with a body kick. Anderson lands a nice shot to the body.
Anderson throws a series of strikes that have Love backpedaling.
Anderson is looking to score with low kicks. Anderson misses with a hook. Anderson tries to move into range but Love moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kevin Love seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Love fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Anderson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. Anderson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Love. Anderson moves out of range of the body kick. Love dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Anderson. That did some damage! The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Anderson avoids a kick to the body.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch but Love swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anderson moves out of range of the body kick. Anderson tries to land a leg kick but Love saw it coming and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Apollo Anderson dominated that round. That's time! Back to the action!
Anderson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. Good leg kick by Anderson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Love checks a leg kick. Love tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Anderson is able to avoid easily. Love thumps Anderson with a low kick. A good leg kick by Love. Love is looking to land body kicks. Anderson tried to score with a low kick but Love checks it. Love lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent. Love fakes the leg kick and cracks Anderson in the body. Anderson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Love 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 Anderson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Anderson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Love uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anderson.
Love pushes Anderson away with a front kick. Anderson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Anderson checks a leg kick. Love ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anderson moves away. Love misses with a kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Love gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Anderson lands a slapping body shot.
Anderson misses with a hook. A leg kick checked by Anderson. Apollo Anderson seems to be getting the better of the standup. A slapping leg kick lands for Love.
Anderson slips a straight right by Love. A solid body kick from Love. Love finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Love throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land. Kevin Love is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Love paws at him with a jab and circles away. Anderson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Anderson fails to land with a series of punches.
Anderson looks to score with a jab to the body but Love is just out of range. Anderson throws a body punch but Love moves out of range. Love is looking to slow Anderson down with leg kicks. A bone on bone clash there as Anderson blocks the leg kick.
Love throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Love throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. Love misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Anderson throws a head kick that misses. Anderson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Love moves out of range of the body kick from Anderson.
Anderson checks the leg kick. Love scores with a sloppy right hand. Anderson should have avoided that one. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Love missing with a left hand there. Anderson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Anderson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Love can pounce on him.
Anderson moves into range and clinches up with Love. Anderson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Love. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Anderson. Anderson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down. Anderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Love. Love misses with some punches.
Love swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it. Anderson lands a body punch in the clinch. Love scores with a nice hook to the head. Love throws a head punch that misses. Anderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Love is trying to break the clinch but Anderson is controlling him. Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Love tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Anderson can't find room to land a body shot as Love controls the action.
Love is trying to stall.
Anderson misses with the head strike.
Love misses with the head strike.
Love tries to circle away but Anderson has him pinned against the ropes. Love is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Anderson is defending well for now. Anderson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Love blocking some punches.
Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Love misses with a punch on the inside.
Love lands a hook that snaps the head of Anderson backwards. Anderson is leaning against Love and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. Anderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Love. Anderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Love uses good head movement to avoid it. Anderson has a couple of punches blocked by Love.
Love throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Anderson blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Love lands a nice uppercut. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Anderson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Love throws a head punch that misses. Anderson can't find room to land a body shot as Love controls the action.
Love slows down the pace here.
Love lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Anderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Love. Anderson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Love backwards. Love blocks an uppercut.
Love blocking some punches.
Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch. Anderson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Anderson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Apollo Anderson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far. Anderson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Love crunches a lovely knee into Anderson's ribcage. Love is trying to stall.
Love lands with a short shot to the head. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Kevin Love will probably get the nod. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Love ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Anderson tries to bum rush Love with a series of wild strikes but Love uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Anderson throws a jab but it's blocked by Love. A head kick misses from Anderson. Anderson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Love. Love throws a wild body kick that Anderson sees coming a mile off. Love throws a leg kick and Anderson counters with a head kick. Anderson misses the jab. A head kick misses from Anderson. Love goes for a high kick. It partially lands. Anderson dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Anderson wants to clinch. Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Anderson. Anderson has Love up against the ropes in a clinch.
Anderson takes a shot to the head. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Love missing with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. A nice left hand lands by Anderson.
Anderson tries a knee to the head but Love blocks it.
Love lands a nice uppercut. Anderson lands a right hand. Love blocks a body shot from Anderson. Love taking a breather. Love swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it. Love scores with a shoulder strike. Love blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anderson tries to throw a body punch but Love avoids it by throwing Anderson back against the ropes. Love lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Anderson lands a hook that snaps the head of Love backwards. Love blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Love. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! A head punch blocked on the inside by Love. Love pushes Anderson back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head. Love lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Anderson backwards. Love tries to stall but Anderson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Anderson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Love blocks an uppercut.
Anderson throws a head punch that misses. Love misses with the head strike.
Love tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Anderson scores with a shot to the side of Love's head. Anderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Love. Love tries to land knees in the clinch but Anderson avoids the damage to the body. Knees to the body from Love.
Anderson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. Love unloads a knee to the mid-section. Love landing knees to the body.
Love lands a right hand that snaps the head of Anderson backwards. Anderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Love uses good head movement to avoid it. The referee calls for Love to work.
Love misses with a hook from the clinch. Anderson can't find room to land a body shot as Love controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Love tries to land knees in the clinch but Anderson avoids the damage to the body. Love lands a left hand.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Anderson as Love tries to tie him up. A right handed body shot lands from Love.
Anderson misses with the head strike.
Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Anderson - that landed with a thud.
Anderson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Love tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Anderson tries a body shot but Love blocks it.
Love breaks from the clinch.
Anderson connects with the punch. Love misses with a lunging right hand
and Anderson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Love throws a quick inside leg kick. Anderson misses with a looping right. Anderson misses with a low kick. Anderson wants to clinch up but Love keeps it at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Anderson throws a head kick but Love moves out of range.
Anderson missing with a left hand there. Love was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Love throws a leg kick but Anderson sees it coming and moves out of range. Anderson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Love. Love obviously looking to wear him down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Love throws a low kick but Anderson moves out of range easily. A leg kick checked by Anderson. Love lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Love scoring well with a low kick there.
Love throws the kick towards the body but Anderson avoids it. Love slips under a jab from Anderson. Love throws a nice outside leg kick. Anderson throws out a leg kick but Love moves out of range and Anderson only half commits. Anderson thows a body shot but no joy. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Anderson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Love checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side. Love takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Anderson misses with a wild body shot. Love misses with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Love clearly takes that round. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Anderson staying out of range there. A nice inside leg kick there by Love. That's going to slow Anderson down. Anderson blocks a low kick nicely. Love looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Love moves out of range of the body kick from Anderson.
Love throws a solid leg kick but Anderson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Love. Love ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anderson moves away. Anderson misses with a low kick as Love jumps back. A bone on bone clash there as Anderson blocks the leg kick.
Love just misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson misses with a wild body shot. Love jabbing away but nothing is landing. Love lands with an overhand left. Anderson tries to bum rush Love with a series of wild strikes but Love uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Love finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Anderson has managed to clinch.
Love blocks an uppercut.
Love is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Love lands with a short head shot on the inside. Anderson gets through Love's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Anderson lands a right hand. Anderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Love uses good head movement to avoid it. Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch. Love lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Love blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anderson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Love takes a shot to the head. Love avoiding damage as Anderson throws knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Anderson fails to land. Love connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anderson's face.
Love blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Love unloads a knee to the mid-section. Anderson is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted. Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch. Anderson tries to work over Love's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Love connects with a knee to the head.
Anderson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Love backwards. Anderson misses with the head strike.
Love scores with a nice hook to the head. Love blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anderson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Love has a couple of punches blocked by Anderson.
A head punch on the inside from Anderson fails to land. Anderson throws a head punch that misses. Love misses with a punch on the inside.
Anderson misses with a short punch on the inside. Anderson misses with a short punch on the inside. Anderson misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Love. Anderson lands a body punch. Anderson has a couple of punches blocked by Love.
Love with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round. A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors. Anderson working aggressively here.
Love prevents a body shot from Anderson. A short right from Anderson on the inside. Anderson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Love is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath. A hook to the body from Anderson.
Anderson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Anderson lands on the inside with an uppercut. Love tries to land a knee to the head but Anderson blocks with his arms.
Anderson throws a head punch that misses. A right handed body shot lands from Anderson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Anderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Love uses good head movement to avoid it. Anderson lands with a left to the head. Love blocking some punches.
Anderson lands with a light punch inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Anderson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Love blocks a body shot from Anderson. Love blocks an uppercut.
Anderson managing to block the knees to the body from Love.
Love is looking to control Anderson's arms but Anderson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Love has his back to the ropes. Anderson lands with a short head shot on the inside. Anderson managing to block the knees to the body from Love.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Anderson. Love tries to break free but Anderson pushes him back against the ropes. Anderson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Anderson scores with a shoulder strike. A head punch blocked on the inside by Love. Love lands a right hand. Anderson throws a head punch that misses. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Love lands a knee to the body.
Love lands on the inside with an uppercut. Anderson takes a knee right on the jaw!
A head punch on the inside from Anderson fails to land. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Apollo Anderson dominated that fourth round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Anderson throws an off balance right hand
and Love counters with a slapping leg kick. Love punishes Anderson's body with a nice straight punch. Anderson blocks the body kick.
Love tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target. Anderson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Anderson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. Love lands a jab. Anderson misses with a double jab.
Anderson swinging wildly here.
Crunch! Love slams his shin into Anderson's torso. Anderson throws a solid leg kick but Love takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Anderson. Anderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Love is looking to score with low kicks. Anderson throws a chopping leg kick but Love manages to avoid taking any serious damage. Anderson blocks the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Anderson throws a mid kick that lands with a slap. Love wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Nice body kick there by Love. A head kick misses from Anderson. Anderson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. Love keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anderson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Love. Love throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena. Love takes a swing at Anderson's ribcage but misses. A low kick from Anderson misses and Love counters with a nice body kick. Love tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target. Love 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.
Love does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. Anderson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target. Love has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Anderson. Anderson cracks the inside of Love's front leg. Anderson avoids the body shot from Love.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Anderson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Anderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Anderson avoids a kick to the body.
Love wants to land a leg kick but Anderson is out of range. Anderson avoids a low kick by using good footwork. An inside leg kick lands from Love. Anderson tries to clinch up but Love circles away and keeps his distance. An inside leg kick lands from Anderson. Love throws out a powerful jab. Anderson checks a leg kick. Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Love moves away. Some wild striking there from Anderson.
Anderson tries to clinch there but Love circles away.
Anderson looks to land a right hand but Love moved out of range. A punch combination from Anderson misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Love connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Love on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Anderson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Anderson throws a series of punches but Love avoids them all with ease. Anderson checks a leg kick. Anderson misses with a body kick. Love checks the leg kick. Love lands a nice leg kick that just misses Anderson's sensitive parts. Love misses with a low kick as Anderson jumps back. Love delivers a nice body kick. Anderson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Love is out of range. Love dodges the punch combination from Anderson.
Love stuns Anderson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Love 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 Anderson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Anderson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Love looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Love misses with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Anderson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Anderson feints and then cracks Love's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Love down. Anderson tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Love manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Love jabs at Anderson's body. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Love, right into the meat.
Anderson throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Anderson checks a leg kick nicely. Love tries a low kick but Anderson avoids it. Anderson misses with a looping right. Anderson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Love. Anderson misses the shot to the body. Love throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Love takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Love misses with a kick to the body.
Love lands with a good body shot. A nice inside leg kick there by Love. That's going to slow Anderson down. Love tries a low kick but Anderson avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight! Kevin Love showed his dominance in that final round. I think Love 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 48:47 Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 48:47 Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin Love! A less than humble Kevin Love misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities. Apollo Anderson was interviewed post fight and said 'Um what can I say it is what it is congratulations to him, he was better tonight. But one things for sure ill be back.'.
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