PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tatsuya Kimura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sagara Sanosuke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kimura comes to the ring accompanied by Inner Light by Shocking Lemon. Tatsuya Kimura has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Kimura
vs
Sanosuke

190 cm
23
196 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

190 cm
19
205 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Bushido Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tatsuya Kimura!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sagara Sanosuke!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanosuke connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sanosuke lands a head kick. Kimura smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Sanosuke swats away the attempt to clinch by Kimura.
A leg kick checked by Kimura.
A low kick from Kimura is predictable there
and Sanosuke counters with a nice leg kick.
Kimura shoots and misses
and Sanosuke makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kimura throws a leg kick
and Sanosuke counters with an inside leg kick.
Kimura misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sanosuke counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kimura's knee momentarily.
Kimura misses with a jab to the body
and Sanosuke counters with a nice body kick.
Kimura throws an overhand right that lands on Sanosuke's shoulder, as Sanosuke tries to avoid the shot.
Kimura throws a body kick the misses
and Sanosuke counters with a low kick, right behind Kimura 's knee.
Kimura swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanosuke steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kimura.
Kimura throws a hook but Sanosuke blocks it.
Kimura lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sanosuke connects with a solid leg kick.
Kimura throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanosuke sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kimura. Sanosuke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kimura darts in trying to clinch
and Sanosuke counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanosuke thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kimura if he has to take too many more of those.
Kimura misses with a leg kick
and Sanosuke counters with an outside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sanosuke.
Kimura misses with a leg kick
and Sanosuke counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Kimura is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Kimura misses the jab.
Kimura throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanosuke sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kimura throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Sanosuke counters with an outside leg kick.
Kimura swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kimura thows a leg kick but Sanosuke checks it
and Sanosuke counters with a leg kick.
A low kick from Kimura is predictable there
and Sanosuke counters with a slapping leg kick.
Sanosuke throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kimura takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Kimura misses with a hook. Sanosuke ducked under it nicely.
Kimura clinches but Sanosuke breaks the clinch
and Sanosuke makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A low kick from Kimura is predictable there
and Sanosuke counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A low kick from Kimura misses
and Sanosuke counters with a thumping low kick.
Kimura missing with a left hand there. Sanosuke was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kimura tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanosuke was well out of range. Poor timing from Kimura.
Tatsuya Kimura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kimura tries to clinch but Sanosuke moves away
and Sanosuke makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sanosuke.
Sanosuke is looking to slow Kimura down with leg kicks.
Kimura misses with a leg kick
and Sanosuke counters with a body kick.
Kimura is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sanosuke defending well as Kimura loads up on a big left hand.
Sanosuke lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kimura's sensitive parts.
Kimura shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sanosuke but Sanosuke pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Kimura throws a lazy body kick
and Sanosuke counters with a nice leg kick.
Kimura is breathing heavily.
Sanosuke throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Kimura.
Sanosuke moves away from the strike by Kimura.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sanosuke.
Sanosuke cracks the inside of Kimura's front leg.
Sanosuke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanosuke scores with a head kick.
Sanosuke with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanosuke goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Sanosuke avoids the body shot from Kimura.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kimura. Sanosuke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanosuke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sanosuke is looking to slow Kimura down with leg kicks.
Sanosuke lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sanosuke lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kimura. Sanosuke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanosuke lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kimura throws a leg kick
and Sanosuke counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Kimura takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A low kick from Kimura misses
and Sanosuke counters with a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body kick there by Sanosuke.
Kimura tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sanosuke thumps Kimura with a low kick.
Sanosuke scores with a leg kick.
Sanosuke lands a high kick!
Sanosuke connects with a high kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kimura misses with a body punch
and Sanosuke makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sagara Sanosuke is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sanosuke lands a front kick.
Sanosuke lands a nice looking body kick.
Kimura throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sanosuke counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kimura takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sanosuke lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Sanosuke turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kimura is looking to wear down Sanosuke with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kimura takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A solid body kick from Sanosuke.
An inside leg kick lands from Sanosuke.
Sanosuke throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sanosuke.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sanosuke, right into the meat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kimura takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Sanosuke thumps Kimura with a low kick.
Sanosuke looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sanosuke, right into the meat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sagara Sanosuke dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

An inside leg kick lands from Sanosuke.
Kimura misses with a wild body shot.
Sanosuke scores with a head kick.
Sanosuke turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kimura wants to clinch but Sanosuke slips to the side
and Sanosuke counters with a good, hard body kick but Kimura shrugs it off.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sanosuke.
Sanosuke throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kimura's head.
Kimura takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A low kick from Kimura misses
and Sanosuke finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Kimura will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Sanosuke scores with a spinning back kick!
Sanosuke buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanosuke lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kimura will feel that in the morning.
Sanosuke throws a nice inside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sanosuke throws a leg kick which misses Kimura's front leg but catches the back leg as Kimura tries to avoid it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sanosuke, right into the meat.
Kimura chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sanosuke can pounce on him.
Sanosuke goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Sanosuke keeps Kimura at a distance using the push kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanosuke with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kimura on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sanosuke. Sanosuke obviously looking to wear him down.
Sanosuke buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sanosuke thumps Kimura with a low kick.
Sanosuke goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Sanosuke has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sanosuke throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kimura takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sanosuke. That's going to slow Kimura down.
Sanosuke feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kimura's calf.
Sanosuke scoring well with a low kick there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good leg kick by Sanosuke there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sanosuke lands with a slapping head kick.
Sanosuke scores with a spinning back kick!
Kimura tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sanosuke counters with a nice body kick.
Sanosuke lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kimura's sensitive parts.
Sanosuke throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Sanosuke looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sanosuke.
Sagara Sanosuke seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sanosuke cracks the inside of Kimura's front leg.
An inside leg kick lands from Sanosuke.
Crunch! Sanosuke slams his shin into Kimura's torso.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sanosuke, right into the meat.
Sanosuke lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kimura's sensitive parts.
Sanosuke connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sanosuke throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Kimura.
Kimura takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sanosuke.
Sanosuke connects with a solid leg kick.
Kimura tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sanosuke feints and then cracks Kimura's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kimura down.
Kimura takes a kick to the side of the head.
Sanosuke feints and then cracks Kimura's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kimura down.
Sanosuke scores with a push kick.
Sanosuke turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanosuke is looking to slow Kimura down with leg kicks.
Sanosuke throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sanosuke lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sanosuke cracks the inside of Kimura's front leg.
Sanosuke connects with a solid leg kick.
Sanosuke lands a head kick. Kimura smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Sanosuke lands with a slapping head kick.
Sanosuke dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kimura. That did some damage!
Sanosuke scores with a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanosuke lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Sanosuke scores with a leg kick.
Kimura takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kimura takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sanosuke throws a leg kick which misses Kimura's front leg but catches the back leg as Kimura tries to avoid it.
Sanosuke throws a nice inside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sanosuke.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Kimura might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sanosuke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanosuke throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sanosuke throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Kimura.
Sanosuke connects with a solid leg kick.
Good leg kick by Sanosuke there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Sanosuke is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Kimura's half guard.
Sanosuke keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Sanosuke tries to stand but can't do so whilst Kimura controls his leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanosuke seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sagara Sanosuke showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kimura closes the distance but Sanosuke moves to the side
and Sanosuke counters with a low kick, right behind Kimura 's knee.
Kimura closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sanosuke makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kimura takes a kick to the side of the head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sanosuke. That's going to slow Kimura down.
A big right from Kimura misses.
Sanosuke throws a leg kick which misses Kimura's front leg but catches the back leg as Kimura tries to avoid it.
Sanosuke fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kimura.
Sanosuke connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sanosuke.
Kimura misses with a leg kick
and Sanosuke counters with a thumping low kick.
Kimura misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanosuke.
Kimura defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sanosuke.
Kimura misses with a hook. Sanosuke ducked under it nicely.
Kimura closes the distance but Sanosuke moves to the side
and Sanosuke counters with a low kick, right behind Kimura 's knee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimura ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanosuke moves away.
Kimura tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sanosuke counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kimura looks to throw a body kick
and Sanosuke counters with a leg kick.
Kimura swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Sanosuke counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kimura's knee momentarily.
Kimura swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanosuke moves away from the strike by Kimura.
Sanosuke connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kimura tries to clinch up
and Sanosuke counters with a good low kick that Kimura was not able to check.
Sanosuke with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sanosuke avoids the body shot from Kimura.
Kimura throws a leg kick which misses Sanosuke's front leg but catches the back leg as Sanosuke tries to avoid it.
Kimura throws a leg kick
and Sanosuke counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanosuke scores with a kick to the midsection.
A lazy body kick from Kimura
and Sanosuke finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
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!
Kimura throws a left and a right that both miss
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sanosuke avoids the body shot from Kimura.
Kimura misses with a jab to the body
and Sanosuke finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Sanosuke!
A solid leg kick lands there for Sanosuke.
Sanosuke turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sanosuke moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sanosuke lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kimura crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Sanosuke - the referee stops the clock and Kimura gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Sanosuke. Kimura manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Sanosuke throws a nice head kick!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sanosuke.
Sanosuke throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Sanosuke chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sanosuke is looking to slow Kimura down with leg kicks.
Sanosuke feints and then cracks Kimura's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kimura down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kimura takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sanosuke lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sanosuke connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sanosuke throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sanosuke looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kimura takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sanosuke feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kimura's calf.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sanosuke.
Sanosuke throws a nice inside leg kick.
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!
Sanosuke scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sanosuke lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Sanosuke throws a head kick that half lands.
Sanosuke throws a head kick that half lands.
Sanosuke throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kimura's head.
Sanosuke scoring well with a low kick there.
Sanosuke fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kimura.
Sanosuke plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanosuke goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Sanosuke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kimura.
Kimura takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sanosuke looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Good leg kick by Sanosuke there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sanosuke throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kimura's head.
Sanosuke lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kimura's sensitive parts.
Sanosuke thumps Kimura with a low kick.
Sanosuke lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sanosuke lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kimura's sensitive parts.
Sanosuke thuds his shin into the meat of Kimura's side.
Sanosuke feints and then cracks Kimura's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kimura down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanosuke dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kimura. That did some damage!
A nice leg kick lands there from Sanosuke.
Sanosuke lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kimura takes a step back to recover.
Sanosuke dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kimura. That did some damage!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sagara Sanosuke really dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Sanosuke throws a leg kick which misses Kimura's front leg but catches the back leg as Kimura tries to avoid it.
Sanosuke slips a jab from Kimura.
Kimura throws a lazy right hand but Sanosuke sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sanosuke lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kimura will feel that in the morning.
Sanosuke throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kimura takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kimura throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanosuke ducks under a wild hook from Kimura.
Kimura swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kimura misses the shot to the body.
Sanosuke connects with a high kick.
Sanosuke connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kimura throws a body punch but Sanosuke moves out of range.
Kimura thows a leg kick but Sanosuke checks it
and Sanosuke counters with a big head kick but Kimura shrugs it off.
Sanosuke with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Sanosuke goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanosuke connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimura tries to clinch but Sanosuke moves away
and Sanosuke counters with an outside leg kick.
Kimura closes the distance but Sanosuke moves to the side
and Sanosuke counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kimura's knee momentarily.
Sanosuke lands with a kick to the ribs.
Kimura chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sanosuke can pounce on him.
Sanosuke lands a head kick. Kimura smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Sanosuke scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sanosuke cracks the inside of Kimura's front leg.
A head kick from Sanosuke lands but Kimura takes it in his stride.
Sanosuke throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Sanosuke thumps Kimura with a low kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kimura crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Sanosuke - the referee stops the clock and Kimura gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Sanosuke. Kimura manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kimura walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sanosuke.
A good leg kick by Sanosuke.
Sanosuke lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Sanosuke cracks the inside of Kimura's front leg.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Sanosuke.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanosuke with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A good leg kick by Sanosuke.
Both fighters circling a little - Sanosuke finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sanosuke.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sanosuke.
A low kick from Kimura misses
and Sanosuke counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kimura's knee momentarily.
A solid body kick from Sanosuke.
A head kick from Sanosuke lands but Kimura takes it in his stride.
A thudding body kick lands there by Sanosuke!
Sanosuke lands a high kick!
Good leg kick by Sanosuke there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sanosuke plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Sanosuke lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sanosuke throws a leg kick which misses Kimura's front leg but catches the back leg as Kimura tries to avoid it.
Sanosuke fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kimura.
Kimura throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanosuke lands with a slapping head kick.
Sanosuke connects with a solid leg kick.
Kimura jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sanosuke bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Sanosuke turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sanosuke lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sanosuke throws a head kick that half lands.
Kimura takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Sanosuke is looking to slow Kimura down with leg kicks.
Sanosuke lands a high kick!
Sanosuke feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kimura's calf.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanosuke lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Sanosuke buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A jab from Kimura misses.
Sanosuke buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sanosuke cracks the inside of Kimura's front leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sanosuke.
Sanosuke turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Crunch! Sanosuke slams his shin into Kimura's torso.
A good leg kick by Sanosuke.
Sanosuke connects with a solid leg kick.
Kimura with a poor takedown
and Sanosuke counters with a body kick.
Sanosuke connects with a high kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sanosuke.
Sanosuke scores with a push kick.
Sanosuke buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sanosuke throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Kimura on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sanosuke. Sanosuke obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanosuke connects with a high kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sanosuke. That's going to slow Kimura down.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sanosuke.
Sanosuke throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sagara Sanosuke dominated that fourth round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Sanosuke lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sanosuke throws a nice head kick!
Kimura throws a hook to the side of Sanosuke's head but Sanosuke sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kimura misses with a straight right.
Sanosuke thumps Kimura with a low kick.
Kimura just misses with a punch to the body.
Kimura tries to clinch but Sanosuke moves away
and Sanosuke counters with a nice kick to the body.
Kimura thows a leg kick but Sanosuke checks it
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sanosuke is looking to slow Kimura down with leg kicks.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sanosuke. That's going to slow Kimura down.
Kimura throws a body kick the misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kimura takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sanosuke.
Kimura stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sanosuke.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanosuke throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Sanosuke throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kimura takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanosuke connects with a solid leg kick.
Sanosuke feints and then cracks Kimura's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kimura down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sanosuke, right into the meat.
Sanosuke feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kimura's calf.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sanosuke, right into the meat.
Kimura steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Sanosuke. That one must have hurt.
Sanosuke scores with a head kick.
Sanosuke thumps Kimura with a low kick.
Sanosuke is looking to slow Kimura down with leg kicks.
Sanosuke feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kimura's calf.
A good leg kick by Sanosuke.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanosuke cracks the inside of Kimura's front leg.
Sanosuke dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kimura. That did some damage!
Sanosuke lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kimura will feel that in the morning.
Sanosuke cracks the inside of Kimura's front leg.
Sanosuke connects with a solid leg kick.
Tatsuya Kimura has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanosuke throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Kimura.
Sanosuke lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sanosuke thumps Kimura with a low kick.
Sanosuke throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Sanosuke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sanosuke scores with a kick to the midsection.
Sanosuke scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kimura takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sanosuke lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kimura's sensitive parts.
Sanosuke scores with a leg kick.
Kimura takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sanosuke throws a nice head kick!
A head kick from Sanosuke lands but Kimura takes it in his stride.
Sanosuke thumps Kimura with a low kick.
Kimura takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sanosuke scores with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanosuke fakes the leg kick and cracks Kimura in the body.
Sanosuke chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Good leg kick by Sanosuke there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sanosuke lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sanosuke looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sanosuke scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sanosuke lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sanosuke feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kimura's calf.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kimura. Sanosuke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanosuke scoring well with a low kick there.
Sanosuke lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kimura's sensitive parts.
Sanosuke lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sanosuke looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanosuke cracks the inside of Kimura's front leg.
Kimura takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sanosuke throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanosuke is looking to slow Kimura down with leg kicks.
Sanosuke throws a nice inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Sanosuke.
A good leg kick by Sanosuke.
A head kick from Sanosuke lands but Kimura takes it in his stride.
Good leg kick by Sanosuke there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sanosuke thuds his shin into the meat of Kimura's side.
Sanosuke throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Kimura.
Sanosuke cracks the inside of Kimura's front leg.
Kimura tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sanosuke lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sanosuke buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanosuke looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sanosuke throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sagara Sanosuke is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sanosuke lands a nice looking body kick.
Kimura takes a head kick and keeps coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sagara Sanosuke comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sanosuke has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Sagara Sanosuke!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Sagara Sanosuke!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Sagara Sanosuke!

Sagara Sanosuke wins by unanimous decision!
Sagara Sanosuke is the new light heavyweight champion!