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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Tonaka Watawaka (ranked 5242 p4p, 499 weight class) and Salah Ad Din (ranked 21516 p4p, 575 weight class). Watawaka comes to the ring accompanied by Native American Flute & Drums. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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180 lbs
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169 lbs
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Excellent MT
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tonaka Watawaka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Salah Ad Din!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Emerson Jorge and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watawaka moves into range and clinches up with Ad Din.
Watawaka keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ad Din's efforts to push away.
Watawaka lands with a light punch inside.
Watawaka misses with a punch on the inside.
Watawaka tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Watawaka pushes Ad Din back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Ad Din with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ad Din tries a body shot but Watawaka blocks it.
Watawaka lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ad Din backwards.
Ad Din blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ad Din misses with a punch to the body.
Watawaka throws a punch but it's blocked by Ad Din.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Watawaka.
A short right from Watawaka.
Watawaka lands a hook to the side of the head.
Watawaka lands with a left to the head.
Watawaka lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watawaka lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ad Din looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Watawaka misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ad Din breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Watawaka is looking to clinch.
Ad Din is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Watawaka with a body shot.
Ad Din throws the left hand but Watawaka avoids the punch easily.
Watawaka appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Salah Ad Din seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watawaka moves in looking to clinch but Ad Din pushes him off.
Ad Din is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Watawaka with a body shot.
Ad Din scores with a body shot.
Watawaka moves into the clinch.
Ad Din throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Watawaka fails to land.
Watawaka misses with some punches.
Watawaka tries to work over Ad Din's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ad Din blocking some punches.
Watawaka keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ad Din's efforts to push away.
Ad Din blocks an uppercut.
Watawaka struggles to land a body shot inside as Ad Din controls his hands.
Watawaka scores with a nice hook to the head.
Watawaka tries to throw a body punch but Ad Din avoids it by throwing Watawaka back against the ropes.
Watawaka lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right from Watawaka.
Ad Din breaks from the clinch.
Ad Din lands a nice shot to the body.
Ad Din throws a left and a right that both miss
and Watawaka counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Watawaka has managed to clinch.
Watawaka lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watawaka looking to slow down the pace here.
Watawaka has a couple of punches blocked by Ad Din.
Watawaka has a couple of punches blocked by Ad Din.
Watawaka scores with a shoulder strike.
Our sources have told us that Watawaka has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Watawaka stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Watawaka tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ad Din taking a breather.
Watawaka lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ad Din backwards.
Ad Din takes a shot to the head.
Watawaka taking a breather.
Ad Din struggles to land a body shot inside as Watawaka controls his hands.
Ad Din tries to circle away but Watawaka has him pinned against the ropes.
Watawaka lands a shot to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Watawaka.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ad Din blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ad Din tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Watawaka's elbow.
Ad Din breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ad Din misses with a two punch combination.
Ad Din scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tonaka Watawaka dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Watawaka wants to clinch up but Ad Din keeps it at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Ad Din misses the target.
Watawaka moves in looking to clinch but Ad Din pushes him off.
Watawaka gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Watawaka is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ad Din can do to turn this around?
Watawaka throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ad Din misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ad Din blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Watawaka stalling.
Ad Din fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Watawaka lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ad Din backwards.
Nice body punch from Watawaka - that landed with a thud.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Watawaka as Ad Din tries to tie him up.
Watawaka misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watawaka fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ad Din misses with a punch to the body.
Watawaka lands a left hand.
Ad Din wants to get back to striking at distance but Watawaka won't allow it.
Watawaka lands with a short shot to the head.
Ad Din blocks a body shot from Watawaka.
Ad Din looking to slow down the pace here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ad Din tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ad Din takes a shot to the head.
Watawaka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Watawaka scores with a shoulder strike.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Ad Din breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ad Din just misses with a punch to the body.
Watawaka slips under a jab.
Watawaka slips a jab and a cross from Ad Din.
Watawaka tries to clinch up but Ad Din circles away and keeps his distance.
Watawaka walks into a jab.
Ad Din swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Watawaka darts in and clinches Ad Din up against the ropes.
Watawaka lands a hook that snaps the head of Ad Din backwards.
A short left from Watawaka.
Ad Din is rocked!
Watawaka lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ad Din is still on wobbly legs! Can Watawaka finish him?
Tonaka Watawaka has scored more points in the clinch so far.
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!
Watawaka lands a right hand.
Ad Din tries to break free but Watawaka pushes him back against the ropes.
Watawaka is leaning against Ad Din and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Watawaka softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Watawaka creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Ad Din crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Ad Din face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Watawaka takes it with a brutal technical knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Tonaka Watawaka!
Tonaka Watawaka seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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