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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Toshihiro Kai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Konrad Koltun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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152 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Toshihiro Kai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 0 - 1, fighting out of London, Konrad Koltun!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Jeff Smith and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kai throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kai lands with a good body shot.
Koltun tries to keep at a distance but Kai has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kai presses Koltun against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kai.
Koltun has Kai pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Kai manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Kai lands with a short shot to the head.
Koltun misses with the head strike.
Kai lands a hook that snaps the head of Koltun backwards.
Koltun blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kai really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Koltun has Kai pushed against the cage.
Kai scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kai is fighting off a takedown attempt but Koltun is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Kai to the mat. Kai regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Koltun wants to control from the top but Kai keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kai utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Koltun throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kai keeping moving, preventing Koltun from controlling successfully.
Koltun trying to move into half guard but instead Kai has managed to sweep!
Kai gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
A swing and a miss from Koltun.
Koltun on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kai. Kai obviously looking to wear him down.
A big left from Koltun misses.
The crowd cheers as Kai lands an impressive looking overhand right. Koltun doesn't seem phased though.
Toshihiro Kai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koltun looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Koltun looks to land a body kick but Kai moved away.
Koltun avoids the body shot from Kai.
Koltun throws a hook but Kai avoids it easily.
Kai misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kai moves out of range as Koltun throws a body kick.
Koltun takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kai circles away from the clinch attempt.
Koltun throws a leg kick but Kai sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kai fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koltun closes the distance and clinches.
Kai misses with the head strike.
Koltun stalling in the clinch but Kai improves position.
Koltun misses with a body punch.
Koltun swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kai struggles to land a body shot inside as Koltun controls his hands.
Koltun tries to stall but Kai uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Koltun digs a right hand underneath Kai's ribcage. Kai let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Koltun is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kai gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Toshihiro Kai has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Konrad Koltun.
Koltun has a couple of punches blocked by Kai.
Kai misses with a short punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kai blocks an uppercut.
Kai tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Koltun's elbow.
Kai stops a takedown attempt from Koltun.
Kai digs a right hand underneath Koltun's ribcage. Koltun let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Koltun stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kai can't find room to land a body shot as Koltun controls the action.
Kai misses with a body punch.
Kai works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kai misses with a body punch.
Koltun missing with knees to the body.
Kai misses with a body punch.
Koltun takes a shot to the head.
Koltun blocks an uppercut.
Kai misses with a hook to the ribs.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Koltun drops down looking for an ankle pick but Kai pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kai misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kai keeps the fight on the outside.
Koltun just misses with a punch to the body.
Koltun loads up on a big right hand but Kai slips the punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koltun dodges the punch combination from Kai.
Koltun tries to clinch there but Kai circles away.
Kai tries to bum rush Koltun with a series of wild strikes but Koltun uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kai misses the shot to the body.
Kai scores with a jab to the head.
Kai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Koltun swinging wildly here.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Koltun is defended easily by Kai.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Toshihiro Kai will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Koltun on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kai misses with a combination
and Koltun counters with a straight right hand.
Kai throws out a powerful jab.
Kai lands a glancing blow to the side of Koltun's head.
Kai lands with a straight right. Koltun didn't see that one coming.
Koltun fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kai checks it well.
Koltun ducks right into an uppercut from Kai.
Koltun misses with a looping right.
Koltun throws the kick towards the body but Kai avoids it.
Kai is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Koltun. Kai does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kai misses with a hook.
Koltun ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kai moves away.
Kai thuds a left hand into Koltun's body.
Nice shot lands for Kai.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Koltun.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koltun misses with the combination.
Koltun missing with a left hand there. Kai was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Koltun circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kai tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kai walks into a straight right hand from Koltun.
Kai is looking to clinch but Koltun is avoiding it.
Kai misses with a wild combination.
Koltun with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kai throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Koltun counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Koltun is looking to clinch but Kai is avoiding it.
Kai drives through and clinches with Koltun against the cage.
Kai misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Koltun is leaning against Kai and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Koltun blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kai tries a body shot but Koltun blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koltun throws a head punch that misses.
Kai has a couple of punches blocked by Koltun.
Koltun wants to stall.
Koltun tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Koltun's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Kai lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koltun working aggressively here.
Kai tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kai tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Koltun's elbow.
Koltun misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Kai fails to land.
Koltun lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kai or not.
Koltun misses with a body punch.
Koltun misses with a punch to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Koltun.
Kai fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koltun blocking some punches.
Kai lands with a left to the head.
Kai misses with a body punch.
Koltun working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Toshihiro Kai has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Koltun has a couple of punches blocked by Kai.
Kai lands a body punch in the clinch.
Koltun is looking to control Kai's arms but Kai gets an underhook and turns him. Now Koltun has his back to the cage.
Kai lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Koltun makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Koltun fails to land.
Kai tries to work over Koltun's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kai doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Koltun wants to stall.
The referee calls for Koltun to work.
Koltun blocks a body shot from Kai.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kai throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Koltun has Kai pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Kai manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Koltun wants to take the fight to the mat but Kai manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Kai struggles to land a body shot inside as Koltun controls his hands.
Kai misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kai misses with some punches.
Kai tries to work over Koltun's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Koltun can't find room to land a body shot as Kai controls the action.
Koltun swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Koltun throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kais head.
Kai lands with a left to the head.
Kai goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Kai on the inside.
Kai blocks a body shot from Koltun.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch on the inside from Kai fails to land.
Koltun blocks a body shot from Kai.
A right hook to the body lands for Koltun.
Kai scores with a shot to the side of Koltun's head.
Kai works on Koltun's body with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Toshihiro Kai will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Koltun moves out of range as Kai strikes.
Koltun gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short uppercut from Kai.
Kai swings wildly with an uppercut but Koltun uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Koltun.
Koltun lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kai makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Koltun scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kai cracks Koltun with a nice body shot.
Kai lands a nice shot to the body.
Kai misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kai works on Koltun's body with a couple of short punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koltun drops down looking for an ankle pick but Kai pulls his leg out and moves away.
Kai tries to clinch but Koltun is having none of it.
Koltun with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kai to score with a decent uppercut.
Koltun misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Koltun misses.
Koltun uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kai.
Kai scores with a sloppy right hand. Koltun should have avoided that one.
Kai throws a sloppy head kick and Koltun moves out of range easily.
Kai lands a two punch combo.
A left lands for Kai.
Toshihiro Kai is winning the standup battle so far.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kai, as that shot connected.
Kai on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kai is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Koltun swinging wildly here.
Kai tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Koltun manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Koltun slips under a jab.
Koltun tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Koltun is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kai throws a leg kick but Koltun sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kai moves in looking to clinch but Koltun pushes him off.
Koltun throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Koltun misses the shot to the body.
Koltun sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Horrible takedown by Koltun or perhaps it was just good defense by Kai which made him look bad.
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!
Kai tries to land a front kick but Koltun steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Koltun steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kai.
Koltun ducks under a wild hook from Kai.
Kai bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Koltun's head.
Koltun misses with a straight right.
Koltun lands with a hook. Kai tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Toshihiro Kai is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kai misses with a body shot.
Koltun displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Kai clinches up with Koltun and pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kai blocks the elbow strike.
Kai misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kai misses with a body punch.
Kai lands with a light punch inside.
Kai lands a right hand that snaps the head of Koltun backwards.
Kai tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kai tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Koltun's elbow.
Koltun scores with a shot to the side of Kai's head.
Koltun blocks a body shot from Kai.
Koltun misses with the head strike.
Kai is pressed up against the cage. Koltun has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Kai down to the mat. Kai avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Toshihiro Kai has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Konrad Koltun.
Koltun scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kai lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kai is looking to land body kicks.
Kai scores with a sloppy right hand. Koltun should have avoided that one.
Koltun swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Koltun takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kai scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Koltun shoots in but no luck this time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kai avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Koltun scores a takedown into full mount!
Kai manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Koltun wants to pass to mount but Kai is defending the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kai avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Koltun.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Toshihiro Kai clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Kai throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kai is looking to clinch but Koltun is avoiding it.
Kai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Koltun swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Koltun needs to keep his hands up - Kai had a free shot at his head there.
A big left from Kai misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kai. Koltun does a little dance to reset his feet.
Koltun moves in looking to clinch but Kai pushes him off.
A nice combination there by Kai.
Koltun tries to clinch up.
Koltun scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kai doesn't seem bothered though.
Kai scores with a push kick.
Kai lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Koltun backs up against the cage.
Koltun ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Koltun throws a front kick aimed at Kai's knee but Kai avoids it well.
Kai throws a leg kick but Koltun sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Koltun misses with a shot to the body
letting Kai counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koltun comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kai misses with a looping right.
Kai swings for the body but Koltun moves out of range.
Koltun takes a swing at Kai's ribcage but misses.
Kai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Koltun.
Koltun lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kai at a distance.
Koltun tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Kai manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kai scores with a leg kick.
Kai jabs Koltun to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kai punishes Koltun's body with a nice straight punch.
Kai tests Koltun's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kai swings for the body but Koltun moves out of range.
Kai has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koltun is looking to take this one to the mat.
Kai lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Koltun or not.
Koltun lands a left hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kai.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kai blocks a body shot from Koltun.
Kai scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kai struggles to land a body shot inside as Koltun controls his hands.
Kai lands a shot to the body.
Koltun digs a right hand underneath Kai's ribcage. Kai let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice left hand lands by Koltun.
Kai tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Koltun is working Kai over against the cage.
Kai can't find room to land a body shot as Koltun controls the action.
Kai on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kai misses with some punches.
Kai swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kai has a couple of punches blocked by Koltun.
A short uppercut from Kai.
Koltun lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kai struggles to land a body shot inside as Koltun controls his hands.
Kai working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Koltun misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kai misses with some punches.
Kai can't find room to land a body shot as Koltun controls the action.
Koltun tries to throw a body punch but Kai avoids it by throwing Koltun back against the cage.
Koltun has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Kai is trying to keep an underhook but Koltun manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Koltun wants to pass to mount but Kai is defending the position.
Kai wants to get back to his feet.
Koltun looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kai wants to get back to his feet.
Koltun tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kai knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Koltun is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kai blocking the ground and pound attempt from Koltun.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Toshihiro Kai had his way with Konrad Koltun in that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Kai falls off balance throwing a combination
and Koltun counters with a left to the body.
Koltun drives through with a takedown into guard.
Koltun trying to control but Kai is working from the bottom.
Koltun stopping the sweep attempt from Kai.
Koltun postures up in Kai's guard and throws a big left but Kai blocks it.
Kai avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koltunis looking to pass into half guard but Kai pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Kai is in guard.
Koltun lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kai!
Koltun working Kai over with strikes here.
Kai taking shots to the head.
BOOM! Koltun connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Koltun trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Konrad Koltun has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Koltun.
Toshihiro Kai is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
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!
Kai is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Koltun looking to ground and pound but Kai is blocking nicely.
Koltun looking to ground and pound but Kai is blocking nicely.
Koltun thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Kai blocking the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koltun putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Koltun thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Koltun trying to control but Kai is having none of it.
Poor strikes thrown by Koltun there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Kai squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koltun breaks from Kai's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Koltun can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kai is looking to escape.
Konrad Koltun has got the better of the ground game so far.
Koltun looking to finish with strikes here!
Koltun looking to finish with strikes here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kai reaches up and holds on to Koltun to control the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Konrad Koltun comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kai has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 49:46
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 49:46
Judge Josh West scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Toshihiro Kai!
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