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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Dmitri Zaitsev (ranked 4382 p4p, 20856 weight class) and KarateO Masuta (ranked 159 p4p, 138 weight class). Masuta comes into a darkened arena with his song building. We Can Dance kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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29 - 25 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
Very strong
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dmitri Zaitsev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, KarateO Masuta !
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Sano and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaitsev will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zaitsev throws a hook to the side of Masuta 's head but Masuta sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Masuta throws out a counter right but Zaitsev avoids it with no problem.
Zaitsev misses the shot to the body.
Masuta is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Zaitsev with a body shot.
Zaitsev throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Masuta counter with a right hand.
Zaitsev with a nice cross.
Zaitsev lands a nice hook to Masuta 's body. Masuta takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A head kick by Zaitsev misses
and Masuta counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zaitsev is looking to score with low kicks.
Masuta flicks out a counter leg kick but Zaitsev steps away.
Zaitsev throws a right hand that misses
and Masuta makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Zaitsev thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zaitsev misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Masuta appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaitsev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Masuta manages to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Masuta ! But no joy.
Zaitsev takes a swing at Masuta 's ribcage but misses.
Masuta now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Zaitsev thows a leg kick but Masuta checks it
and Masuta cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Masuta slips a jab from Zaitsev.
A nice side step and Masuta releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Masuta slips a straight right by Zaitsev.
Masuta ducks into a a hook from Zaitsev and goes down! He looks in a bit of a mess; will he beat the count?! 4,5,6,7,8 - he's up and looking to carry on! The referee looks into his eyes and sees that he's OK to continue!
Masuta walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Masuta is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Dmitri Zaitsev!
An out of breath Dmitri Zaitsev thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
KarateO Masuta was interviewed post fight and said 'Arigoto'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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