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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kenta Kobashi (ranked 3404 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Judah (ranked 3636 p4p, 0 weight class). Kenta Kobashi could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Daniel Judah's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
42 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kenta Kobashi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Daniel Judah!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kobashi clinches up against the cage.
Kobashi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kobashi blocks an elbow strike from Judah.
Judah tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kobashi avoids it.
Kobashi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kobashi misses with a low kick.
Judah throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kobashi.
Judah lands a nice hook to Kobashi's body. Kobashi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Judah showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kobashi.
Kobashi swings for the body but Judah moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Kobashi.
Kobashi staying out of range there.
Kobashi missing with a left hand there. Judah 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.
Kobashi connects with a body shot.
Judah on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kobashi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kobashi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Judah misses with the body kick
and Kobashi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Judah tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah tries to work over Kobashi's front leg with a kick but Kobashi checks it.
Judah bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kobashi's head.
Kobashi throws a one two combo.
Judah slips a straight right by Kobashi.
Daniel Judah is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kobashi goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Judah is rocked!
Kobashi throws a jab when Judah was well out of range.
Kobashi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A head kick misses from Kobashi.
Judah stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kobashi.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Judah 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 Kobashi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kobashi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Judah throws a body kick that misses.
Kobashi will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Judah throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kobashi counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kobashi trying to control from half guard but Judah is working away.
Kobashi decides to stand up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kobashi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Judah moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Judah has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kobashi.
Kobashi throws a shot from downtown. Judah moves away and avoids it.
Judah pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Judah punishes Kobashi's body with a nice straight punch.
Judah fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kobashi is out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Kobashi misses the target.
Kobashi clinches.
Kobashi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kobashi misses with a low kick.
Kobashi closes the distance and pushes Judah back into the cage.
Judah trying to land knees to the body.
Kobashi misses with a knee strike.
Kobashi lands a left hand.
Judah blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kobashi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Judah can't find room to land a body shot as Kobashi controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kobashi throws an elbow but it misses.
Judah lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kobashi tries to work over Judah's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Judah creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Judah throws an elbow but it misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kobashi.
Judah lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kobashi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Judah misses with a knee to the head.
Kobashi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Judah with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Judah pushes off an throws an elbow but Kobashi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kobashi scores with a shoulder strike.
Kobashi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kobashi manages to break the clinch.
Kobashi takes one on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Judah motions for Kobashi to come forward. Judah throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kobashi throwing a counter right hand but Judah manages to avoid it.
Kobashi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Judah checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Judah digs a good hook to Kobashi's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kobashi has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kobashi there as he acknowledges the shot.
Judah is looking to score with low kicks.
Judah moves out of range of the body kick.
Judah lands a really nice looking cross but Kobashi seems unphased.
Kobashi throws a low kick, looking for Judah's leg but Judah calmly moves out of range.
Judah lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Judah throws a sloppy head kick and Kobashi moves out of range easily.
Kobashi misses with a shot to the body
and Judah counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kobashi thinking.
Kobashi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Judah wants to clinch up but Kobashi keeps it at a distance.
Kobashi throws a jab but it's blocked by Judah.
Judah chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kobashi can pounce on him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A low kick from Judah is predictable there
and Kobashi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kobashi throws a right hand that Judah ducks under and follows up with a left that Judah also avoids with ease.
A solid body kick from Kobashi.
Kobashi slips a jab from Judah.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenta Kobashi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Judah'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.
Kobashi fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A bone on bone clash there as Kobashi blocks the leg kick.
Kobashi seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Kobashi throws a jab but it's blocked by Judah.
Judah lands a body shot.
Kobashi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Judah in his tracks.
Crunch! Kobashi slams his shin into Judah's torso.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Judah.
Judah throws a leg kick but Kobashi moved away.
Kenta Kobashi is winning the standup battle so far.
Judah misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kobashi.
Judah sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kobashi throws a push kick but Judah slaps the foot to one side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kobashi looks to land a body kick but Judah moved away.
Kobashi has managed to clinch.
A short left from Kobashi.
Judah's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kobashi has had enough of the clinch but Judah keeps him there for the moment.
Kobashi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Judah can do to turn this around?
Kobashi takes a shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kobashi breaks from the clinch.
Kobashi drives through and clinches with Judah against the cage.
Kobashi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Judah lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kobashi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Judah ducks under a wild hook from Kobashi.
Kenta Kobashi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Judah takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kobashi shoots and misses
and Judah counters with a nice body shot.
A leg kick checked by Judah.
Both fighters circling a little - Judah finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kobashi 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 Judah has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Judah and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Judah, as that shot connected.
Judah has closed the distance and engaged Kobashi in a clinch.
Kobashi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kobashi is trying to push Judah away but Judah has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Judah lands a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kobashi tries to break the clinch but Judah is controlling the position.
Judah misses with a punch on the inside.
Judah looking to throw knees to the head but Kobashi is blocking nicely.
Kobashi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Judah's elbow.
Judah lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kobashi blocks an elbow strike from Judah.
Judah prevents a body shot from Kobashi.
Kobashi throws a head punch that misses.
Judah blocks an elbow strike from Kobashi.
Kobashi scores with a shot to the side of Judah's head.
Kobashi misses with a knee strike.
Judah can't find room to land a body shot as Kobashi controls the action.
Kobashi lands an uppercut.
Kobashi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Judah throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Judah has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kobashi finds it's way round the side to connect with Judah's head.
Kobashi closes the distance and pushes Judah back into the cage.
Kobashi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kobashi has a couple of punches blocked by Judah.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kobashi.
A short uppercut from Kobashi.
Kenta Kobashi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Judah is breathing heavily.
Kobashi misses with the head strike.
Judah using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kobashi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A body shot lands from Kobashi.
Judah lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kobashi backwards.
Judah blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kobashi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kobashi lands with a right to the head.
Judah avoiding damage as Kobashi throws knees to the body.
Kobashi lands a hook that snaps the head of Judah backwards.
Kobashi takes an elbow to the temple.
Judah blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kobashi.
A short right from Kobashi.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short left from Kobashi.
Judah lands a hook to the side of the head.
Judah scores with a shoulder strike.
Kobashi throws a punch but it's blocked by Judah.
A head punch on the inside from Kobashi fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah pushes Kobashi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kobashi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Judah looking to throw knees to the head but Kobashi is blocking nicely.
Kobashi lands with a left to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Kobashi.
Kobashi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kobashi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kobashi lands with an uppercut that bounces Judah off the cage and back into range.
Kobashi scoring well with a low kick there.
Kobashi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Judah showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kobashi.
Judah thinks about the counter body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kobashi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Judah.
Kobashi clinches with his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kobashi.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Judah.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenta Kobashi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Judah's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Kobashi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Judah scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Judah keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kobashi.
Judah is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Kobashi has taken the fight to the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kobashi throws an elbow but misses.
Judah lands with a light punch inside.
Kobashi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kobashi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Judah's elbow.
Kobashi takes a shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Kobashi.
Kobashi takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Kenta Kobashi has been cut.
Judah goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judah unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Judah softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kobashi throws a punch but it's blocked by Judah.
Judah unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Judah lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kobashi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Judah with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah lands a left hand.
Kobashi working aggressively here.
Judah landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Judah lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Judah lands a left hand.
Judah throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kobashis head.
Kobashi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Judah tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kobashi avoids it.
Judah lands a right hand.
Kobashi blocks a body shot from Judah.
Judah creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kobashi's defenses.
Still in the clinch, Kobashi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Judah misses with the head strike.
Judah misses with some punches.
Judah tries to throw a body punch but Kobashi avoids it by throwing Judah back against the cage.
Kobashi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Judah backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kobashi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Judah misses with a body punch.
Daniel Judah has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Kobashi fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Judah.
Kobashi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Judah tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the fighters up against the cage, Judah throws an elbow but misses.
Judah pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kobashi lands a left hand.
Kobashi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A hook to the body from Judah.
Kobashi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Judah throws an elbow but it misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kobashi.
Judah with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kobashi throws a punch but it's blocked by Judah.
Judah trying to land knees to the body.
Judah throws a punch but it's blocked by Kobashi.
Kobashi misses with the head strike.
Judah throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kobashi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Judah swings wildly with an uppercut but Kobashi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kobashi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Judah blocks an uppercut.
Judah lands an elbow that stopped Kobashi in his tracks for a moment.
Kobashi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Judah backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kobashi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Judah's brow.
Kobashi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kobashi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kobashi struggles to land a body shot inside as Judah controls his hands.
Judah tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Judah blocks an uppercut.
Judah lands a knee to the head.
Kobashi misses with a body punch.
Judah blocks an elbow strike from Kobashi.
Kobashi can't find room to land a body shot as Judah controls the action.
Judah works on Kobashi's body with a couple of short punches.
Kobashi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah tries to land knees in the clinch but Kobashi avoids the damage to the body.
Kobashi manages to break the clinch.
Kobashi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Judah.
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!
Judah has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kobashi.
Kobashi swats away the attempt to clinch by Judah.
Kobashi connects with a leg kick. Judah looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Judah throws the kick towards the body but Kobashi avoids it.
Kobashi keeps Judah at a distance using the push kick.
A solid body kick from Kobashi.
A telegraphed right hand from Judah misses the target.
Kobashi connects with a looping right hand.
Kobashi blocks a leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Judah comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kobashi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenta Kobashi!
Kenta Kobashi made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Mastery of the soda means mastery of the crush'.
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