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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Kazuyoshi Ishii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Caua Azevedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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300 lbs
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225 cm
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278 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
Excellent boxer
Granite chin
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Brawler
Prefers standup
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kazuyoshi Ishii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Caua Azevedo!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azevedo tries to keep at a distance but Ishii has taken the fight into the clinch.
Azevedo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ishii keeps control of Azevedo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ishii tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Azevedo's elbow.
Ishii tries to work over Azevedo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ishii seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Azevedo is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Ishii lands a shoulder strike.
Ishii is trying to maintain a safe position but Azevedo gets an underhook and turns Ishii into the ropes.
Azevedo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ishii digs a good hook to Azevedo's body.
Azevedo misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ishii moves in looking to clinch but Azevedo pushes him off.
Azevedo drives through and clinches with Ishii against the ropes.
Azevedo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Azevedo breaks the clinch.
Azevedo keeps the fight on the outside.
Ishii fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ishii closes the distance and clinches.
Ishii taking a breather.
Ishii tries to stall but Azevedo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ishii lands a left hand.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ishii - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ishii tries a body shot but Azevedo blocks it.
Ishii misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Azevedo.
Azevedo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ishii tries to clinch but Azevedo moves out of range.
Azevedo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ishii lands with a nice body kick.
Azevedo looks winded!
Ishii is looking to clinch but Azevedo is avoiding it.
Azevedo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ishii stuns Azevedo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Azevedo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ishii thinks about countering with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ishii tries to clinch but Azevedo is having none of it.
Ishii tries to clinch but Azevedo is having none of it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Azevedo tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ishii fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Azevedo, pushing him back against the ropes.
Azevedo is trying to break free.
Ishii stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ishii is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ishii scores with a knee to the head.
Ishii taking a breather.
Ishii lands a right hand.
Azevedo is looking to break free of the clinch but Ishii has double underhooks.
Ishii stalling in the clinch but Azevedo improves position.
Ishii lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ishii wants to stall.
Ishii lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kazuyoshi Ishii dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Ishii tries to clinch up but Azevedo circles away and keeps his distance.
Ishii fails in his attempt to clinch.
Azevedo clinches.
Ishii is looking to control Azevedo's arms but Azevedo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ishii has his back to the ropes.
Ishii stalling in the clinch but Azevedo improves position.
Ishii can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Azevedo looking to slow down the pace here.
Azevedo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ishii wants to clinch up but Azevedo keeps it at a distance.
Ishii pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ishii tries to clinch there but Azevedo circles away.
Ishii tries to clinch but Azevedo moves away
and Azevedo counters with an inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ishii tries to clinch up but Azevedo circles away and keeps his distance.
Ishii wants to clinch up but Azevedo keeps it at a distance.
Azevedo gets a clinch.
Ishii tries a body shot but Azevedo blocks it.
Ishii looking to slow down the pace here.
Ishii is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Azevedo can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishii is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ishii looking to slow down the pace here.
Azevedo breaks from the clinch.
Ishii tries to clinch but Azevedo moves out of range.
Azevedo swats away the attempt to clinch by Ishii.
Ishii wants to clinch up but Azevedo keeps it at a distance.
Azevedo is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Azevedo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Azevedo there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ishii wants to clinch.
Ishii doesn't manage to clinch there - Azevedo circles away.
Azevedo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ishii tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ishii digs a right hand into Azevedo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Azevedo's gas tank.
Ishii misses with an elbow strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Azevedo.
Ishii is trying to stall.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Azevedo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ishii's brow.
Kazuyoshi Ishii has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Azevedo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Azevedo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ishii throws a quick counter kick to the body but Azevedo avoids it.
Ishii moves in looking to clinch but Azevedo pushes him off.
Ishii tries to clinch there but Azevedo circles away.
Ishii tries to clinch up but Azevedo circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ishii wants to clinch.
Ishii moves in looking to clinch but Azevedo pushes him off.
Ishii gets tackled into the ropes by Azevedo. Azevedo maintains the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Caua Azevedo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Ishii tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Azevedo keeps the fight on the outside.
Azevedo moves into the clinch.
Ishii is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Azevedo managing to block the knees to the body from Ishii.
Azevedo avoiding damage as Ishii throws knees to the body.
Azevedo breaks from the clinch.
Ishii fails in his attempt to clinch.
Azevedo instigates a clinch.
Ishii tries to stall but Azevedo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ishii creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Azevedo's defenses.
It looks like Caua Azevedo has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azevedo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Azevedo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ishii avoids it.
Azevedo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ishii throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ishii gets tackled into the ropes by Azevedo. Azevedo maintains the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishii looking to slow down the pace here.
Azevedo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Azevedo keeps the fight on the outside.
Azevedo misses with a head kick.
Ishii is looking for a counter combo.
Ishii misses with a double jab.
Ishii grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Azevedo takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Ishii cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Kazuyoshi Ishii!
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FIGHT
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