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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kenji Kato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hilton Teimosia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hilton Teimosia told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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167 lbs
22 - 12 - 0 |
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168 lbs
12 - 8 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kenji Kato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hilton Teimosia!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Patrick Alders and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Teimosia on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kato takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kato thuds his shin into the meat of Teimosia's side.
Teimosia misses with a body kick.
Kato misses the jab.
Kato connects with a nice looking jab.
Kato has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Netherlands Top Team & Kickboxing Academy in the buildup to the fight.
Kato works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Teimosia clinches with his opponent.
A short right from Teimosia.
Teimosia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kato.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Teimosia throws a punch but it's blocked by Kato.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Teimosia.
Teimosia scores with a shoulder strike.
Kato is trying to break the clinch but Teimosia has him pressed against the cage.
Kato misses with some punches.
Kato lands a body shot.
Teimosia blocks an uppercut.
Teimosia blocks an uppercut.
Kato tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kato has had enough of the clinch but Teimosia keeps him there for the moment.
Teimosia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Teimosia.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kato.
Kato blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Teimosia throws a punch but it's blocked by Kato.
Kato working aggressively here.
Teimosia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kato misses with a short punch on the inside.
Teimosia has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Kato seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Teimosia can turn it around.
A hook to the body from Teimosia.
Teimosia misses with a hook from the clinch.
Teimosia makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Teimosia can't find room to land a body shot as Kato controls the action.
Kato scores with a nice hook to the head.
Teimosia working aggressively here.
A right hand to the body from Kato.
Teimosia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Teimosia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Teimosia.
Teimosia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Kato fails to land.
Kato working aggressively here.
Teimosia throws a head punch that misses.
Kato tries to work over Teimosia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Teimosia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kato blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Teimosia swings wildly with an uppercut but Kato uses good head movement to avoid it.
A left hand lands to the body for Teimosia.
Kato digs a right hand into Teimosia's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Teimosia's gas tank.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kato.
Kato blocks an uppercut.
Kato throws a head punch that misses.
Teimosia lands a body punch.
Kato lands a body punch in the clinch.
Teimosia working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kato wants to break free but Teimosia has control.
Kato stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kato lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Teimosia swings wildly with an uppercut but Kato uses good head movement to avoid it.
Teimosia prevents a body shot from Kato.
Teimosia throws a punch but it's blocked by Kato.
Teimosia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kato wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short uppercut from Kato.
Teimosia blocks a body shot from Kato.
A nice right hand lands inside from Teimosia.
Teimosia lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Teimosia throws a head punch that misses.
Teimosia misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kato scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short uppercut from Kato.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Kato as the two fighters clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Teimosia.
Teimosia lands a shot to the body.
Kato throws a punch but it's blocked by Teimosia.
Teimosia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kato lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Teimosia backwards.
Kato throws a punch but it's blocked by Teimosia.
Kato lands a left hand that snaps the head of Teimosia backwards.
Kato working aggressively here.
Kato misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kato fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Teimosia.
Kato working aggressively here.
Kato takes a shot to the head.
Teimosia pushes Kato back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Teimosia can't find room to land a body shot as Kato controls the action.
Kato breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Kenji Kato will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Teimosia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Teimosia scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kato in his tracks.
Teimosia connects with a nice looking jab.
Kato connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Teimosia momentarily.
Teimosia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Teimosia ducks under a wild hook from Kato.
Teimosia takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Teimosia feints a counter leg kick.
Kato throws a lazy right hand but Teimosia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kato is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Teimosia.
Teimosia steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Kato.
Kato shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kato missing with a left hand there. Teimosia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Teimosia takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Teimosia throws the kick towards the body but Kato avoids it.
Teimosia uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kato.
Kato has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Kato tries to land a leg kick but Teimosia saw it coming and moves away.
Teimosia pulls out of a head kick attempt.
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!
Teimosia lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kato avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Teimosia throws a lazy right hand but Kato sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kato. Teimosia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kato fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Teimosia fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kato.
Kenji Kato is winning the standup battle so far.
Kato throws a lazy body kick
and Teimosia counters by clinching up.
Teimosia lands a nice uppercut.
Kato goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Teimosia pushes Kato back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kato lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kato swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kato swings wildly with an uppercut but Teimosia uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Teimosia.
Teimosia blocks an uppercut.
Kato breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kato throws a leg kick but Teimosia moved away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kato throws a hook to the side of Teimosia's head but Teimosia sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Teimosia throws a head kick but Kato moves out of range.
Teimosia connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kato momentarily.
Teimosia ducks right into an uppercut from Kato.
Kato tries to move into range but Teimosia moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Teimosia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kato throws the left hand but Teimosia avoids the punch easily.
Kato attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kato lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Kenji Kato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Teimosia 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 Kato has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kato and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Teimosia uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kato.
Teimosia finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Teimosia, right into the meat.
Kato walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Teimosia takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Teimosia is rocked!
Kato ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Teimosia's jaw. Teimosia's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Kato does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kenji Kato!
A relieved looking Kenji Kato thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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