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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Pedro Scherer (ranked 5819 p4p, 462 weight class) and Toshizo Saito (ranked 7106 p4p, 493 weight class). Toshizo Saito has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Pedro Scherer's chin.
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173 lbs
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194 lbs
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Excellent MT
Cuts easily
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Heavy handed
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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
0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Scherer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Toshizo Saito!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Paulo Santos and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saito throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Saito tries to clinch up but Scherer circles away and keeps his distance.
Saito throws a left and a right that both miss
and Scherer counters with an inside leg kick.
Scherer buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Scherer scores with a head kick.
Saito on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Saito throws a right hand that misses
enabling Scherer to counter with a crisp jab.
Scherer ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Scherer connects with a high kick.
Saito throws out a leg kick but Scherer moves out of range and Saito only half commits.
Saito throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Scherer counters with a nice leg kick.
Saito tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Scherer counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Scherer scores with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick from Scherer lands but Saito takes it in his stride.
Saito instigates a clinch.
Saito wants to break free but Scherer has control.
Saito prevents Scherer from breaking the clinch.
Saito misses with a knee strike.
Scherer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Scherer avoiding damage as Saito throws knees to the body.
Saito tries to stall but Scherer uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Scherer is trying to break the clinch but Saito is controlling him.
Scherer avoiding damage as Saito throws knees to the body.
Saito prevents Scherer from breaking the clinch.
Scherer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Scherer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scherer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pedro Scherer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Saito takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Scherer connects with the punch.
Saito gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Scherer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Saito fails with an attempt to clinch.
Saito tries to close the distance and clinch but Scherer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Saito takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
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!
Scherer connects with a crisp jab.
Scherer thuds his right hand into Saito's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Saito throws a sloppy head kick and Scherer moves out of range easily.
Scherer lands with a kick to the temple. Saito shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Saito moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pedro Scherer dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Saito moves into the clinch.
Scherer breaks the clinch.
It looks like Scherer has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Scherer connects with a solid leg kick.
Saito tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Scherer counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Good leg kick by Scherer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Saito takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Saito's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Saito moves in looking to clinch but Scherer pushes him off.
Saito tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scherer scores with a head kick. Saito tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Scherer cracks the inside of Saito's front leg.
Scherer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Saito can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saito takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Saito wants to clinch up but Scherer keeps it at a distance.
Saito throws a body kick that misses
and Scherer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Saito moves in looking to clinch but Scherer pushes him off.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Scherer here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
A head kick by Saito misses
and Scherer counters with a good low kick that Saito was not able to check.
Scherer lands a head kick. Saito smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A head kick by Saito misses
and Scherer counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Saito thinking.
Saito doesn't manage to clinch there - Scherer circles away.
Scherer scores with a jab to the head.
Scherer lands with a kick to the temple. Saito shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Scherer fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Saito.
Scherer throws a nice inside leg kick.
Scherer lands a head kick. Saito smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saito looks to land a combination but Scherer avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saito takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A nice inside leg kick there by Scherer. That's going to slow Saito down.
Toshizo Saito is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Saito fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fight stays on the outside here - Saito looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Scherer feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Saito throws a sloppy head kick
and Scherer counters with a nice leg kick.
Scherer throws a head kick that half lands.
Saito tries to clinch there but Scherer circles away.
Scherer feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Saitos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Scherer scoring well with a low kick there.
Scherer throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Scherer feints and then cracks Saito's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Saito down.
Saito tries to close the distance and clinch up but Scherer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pedro Scherer dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Saito throws a head kick but Scherer moves out of range.
Scherer is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Scherer lands a leg kick that knocks Saito off balance momentarily.
A head kick from Scherer lands but Saito takes it in his stride.
Good leg kick by Scherer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Saito tries to clinch but Scherer moves out of range.
As Saito backs away, Scherer returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Scherer lands with a slapping head kick.
Saito tries to clinch but Scherer moves out of range.
Saito throws a head kick that misses
and Scherer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Saito throws a combination that misses
letting Scherer counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body kick there by Scherer.
Pedro Scherer is winning the standup battle so far.
A solid leg kick lands there for Scherer.
Scherer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Scherer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saito takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saito misses with a head kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Scherer.
Saito misses with an attempted mid kick.
A head kick from Scherer lands but Saito takes it in his stride.
Scherer plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A head kick from Scherer lands but Saito takes it in his stride.
Scherer lands a leg kick that knocks Saito off balance momentarily.
Scherer scores with a jab to the body.
Scherer lands with a slapping head kick.
Saito tries to clinch but Scherer is having none of it.
As Saito backs away, Scherer returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Saito misses with a lunging right hand
and Scherer counters with a nice leg kick.
Saito wants to clinch up but Scherer keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Scherer throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Saito's head.
Saito tries to clinch there but Scherer circles away.
Good leg kick by Scherer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Saito throws a sloppy body shot
and Scherer counters with an outside leg kick.
Saito swings widly with a right hand
and Scherer counters with an outside leg kick.
Scherer circles away from the clinch attempt
and Scherer counters with a nice low kick that buckles Saito's knee momentarily.
Pedro Scherer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Saito throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Scherer makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Scherer getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Saito takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Scherer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Toshizo Saito has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Saito throws a lazy head kick
and Scherer makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pedro Scherer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Scherer, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:26
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pedro Scherer!
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energy
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RATING
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