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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Angus Maclennan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sendou Kitano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kitano has chosen Yoshida Brothers - Ibuki as his entrance music. 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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210 lbs
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252 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Angus Maclennan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Sendou Kitano!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kitano tries to work over Maclennan's front leg with a kick but Maclennan checks it.
Kitano throws a solid leg kick but Maclennan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kitano.
Kitano tries to keep at a distance but Maclennan has taken the fight into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kitano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Maclennan.
Maclennan tries to work over Kitano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kitano misses with the head strike.
Maclennan throws a punch but it's blocked by Kitano.
Kitano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kitano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Maclennan avoids it.
Kitano tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Maclennan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kitano softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Maclennan working aggressively here.
Kitano misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kitano scores with an uppercut up the middle.
I was talking to Maclennan's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Maclennan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kitano taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Maclennan is trying to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kitano blocks an uppercut.
Kitano misses with a body punch.
Maclennan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Maclennan tries to work over Kitano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maclennan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maclennan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maclennan trying to stall but Kitano improves his position.
Maclennan avoiding damage as Kitano throws knees to the body.
Kitano lands with a light punch inside.
Maclennan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kitano avoiding damage as Maclennan throws knees to the body.
Kitano has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Maclennan seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kitano can turn it around.
Kitano pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Maclennan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Maclennan tries to move into range but Kitano moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kitano avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Maclennan clinches up against the cage.
Maclennan struggles to land a body shot inside as Kitano controls his hands.
Kitano throws a punch but it's blocked by Maclennan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kitano breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Maclennan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Maclennan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kitano cracks Maclennan with a right hand to the side of the head.
Maclennan lands a slapping body shot.
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!
A jab from Kitano misses.
Maclennan doesn't manage to clinch there - Kitano circles away.
Maclennan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice body punch from Kitano.
Kitano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maclennan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Maclennan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maclennan avoiding damage as Kitano throws knees to the body.
Good body shot from Maclennan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kitano lands with a light punch inside.
Maclennan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kitano trying to land knees to the body.
Kitano is trying to force a seperation but Maclennan has the dominant position.
Kitano lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Maclennan backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Maclennan.
A right handed body shot lands from Kitano.
A head punch on the inside from Maclennan fails to land.
Maclennan missing with knees to the body.
Kitano lands with a right to the head.
Maclennan tries to land a knee to the head but Kitano blocks with his arms.
Kitano missing with knees to the body.
Maclennan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kitano tries to throw a body punch but Maclennan avoids it by throwing Kitano back against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kitano as Maclennan tries to tie him up.
Kitano using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Maclennan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kitano has a couple of punches blocked by Maclennan.
Maclennan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Maclennan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kitano.
Maclennan went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Maclennan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kitano.
Kitano missing with a left hand there. Maclennan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maclennan tries to clinch but Kitano is having none of it.
Maclennan wants to clinch.
Kitano stuns Maclennan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Maclennan misses with a leg kick
and Kitano counters with a nice uppercut.
Maclennan doesn't manage to clinch there - Kitano circles away.
Maclennan tries to clinch there but Kitano circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sendou Kitano dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Maclennan closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kitano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Kitano - that landed with a thud.
Kitano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kitano lands with a left to the head.
Kitano escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Maclennan tries to clinch up.
Kitano connects with a right hand. Maclennan shakes it off.
Maclennan moves in looking to clinch but Kitano pushes him off.
Kitano scores with a nice strike.
Maclennan takes a jab right on the kisser.
Maclennan slips a straight right by Kitano.
Maclennan has managed to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maclennan misses with a body punch.
Kitano breaks the clinch.
Maclennan moves out of range as Kitano strikes.
Kitano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kitano looks to score with a jab to the body but Maclennan is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maclennan scores with a three punch combo!
It looks like Sendou Kitano has been cut.
Maclennan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kitano throws a wild body kick that Maclennan sees coming a mile off.
Maclennan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kitano lands a nice shot that snaps Maclennan's head back.
Maclennan tries to clinch there but Kitano circles away.
Kitano connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Maclennan's hands.
Maclennan moves to clinch but Kitano breaks away
and Kitano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Maclennan wants to clinch.
Maclennan moves in looking to clinch but Kitano pushes him off.
Kitano has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maclennan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kitano appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maclennan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kitano looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Maclennan tries to close the distance and clinch but Kitano swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Maclennan tries to close the distance and clinch but Kitano swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kitano looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Maclennan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kitano throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kitano lands a jab to the nose.
Maclennan is rocked!
Maclennan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kitano paws at him with a jab and circles away.
It seemed like Kitano was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Oh Maclennan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kitano avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sendou Kitano seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Maclennan wants to clinch.
Kitano cracks Maclennan with a right hand to the side of the head.
Maclennan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Maclennan seems to have got his legs back now.
Maclennan wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maclennan sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Maclennan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Maclennan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kitano.
A counter left hand to the body from Maclennan misses its target.
Kitano throws a hook but Maclennan blocks it.
Maclennan tries to clinch up.
Maclennan moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromKitano.
Maclennan misses with a wild body shot.
Kitano moves into range and clinches up with Maclennan.
Maclennan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Maclennan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maclennan blocking some punches.
Kitano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Maclennan.
A knee to the head by Kitano.
Maclennan managing to block the knees to the body from Kitano.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maclennan prevents a body shot from Kitano.
Still in the clinch, Kitano scores with a nice short uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Maclennan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kitano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kitano looks to score with a jab to the body but Maclennan is just out of range.
Maclennan drives through and clinches with Kitano against the cage.
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!
A shot in the inside from Kitano.
Kitano blocks a body shot from Maclennan.
Kitano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maclennan's elbow.
Kitano on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Maclennan prevents a body shot from Kitano.
Kitano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Maclennan.
Maclennan pushes Kitano back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Maclennan looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch on the inside from Maclennan fails to land.
Kitano is trying to push Maclennan away but Maclennan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sendou Kitano showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sendou Kitano's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Kitano throws an overhand right that lands on Maclennan's shoulder, as Maclennan tries to avoid the shot.
Kitano lets loose with a powerful body kick. Maclennan will feel that in the morning.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kitano 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 Maclennan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Maclennan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Maclennan wants to clinch
and Kitano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kitano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Maclennan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kitano is looking to score with low kicks.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maclennan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Maclennan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kitano has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maclennan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kitano throws out a counter right but Maclennan avoids it with no problem.
Maclennan walks into a left hand.
Maclennan doesn't manage to clinch there - Kitano circles away.
Maclennan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Maclennan throws a head kick but Kitano moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kitano dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Maclennan. That did some damage!
Kitano sizes up Maclennan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Maclennan tries to clinch up.
Kitano works the jab nicely.
Maclennan tries to clinch up but Kitano circles away and keeps his distance.
Kitano lands a front kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maclennan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kitano lands a big right hand that sends Maclennan crashing to the mat! Kitano stays standing though and waves Maclennan back to his feet!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maclennan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kitano cracks Maclennan with a hook to the temple - Maclennan is on wobbly legs here! Kitano swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Maclennan falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Kitano wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Sendou Kitano!
Sendou Kitano is the new heavyweight champion!
Sendou Kitano spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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