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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Kenji Kaburaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Otto Cutts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kenji Kaburaki has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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150 lbs
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Good chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenji Kaburaki!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Otto Cutts!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cutts stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kaburaki.
Kaburaki has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cutts finds it's way round the side to connect with Kaburaki's head.
Kaburaki dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cutts. That did some damage!
Cutts chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kaburaki can pounce on him.
Cutts scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kaburaki misses with a wild body shot.
A slow jab from Cutts misses its intended target.
Cutts misses with a few strikes there.
Cutts checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kaburaki fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cutts on the side of the head.
Cutts throws a jab but it's blocked by Kaburaki.
Kaburaki lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cutts's sensitive parts.
Kaburaki feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cutts's calf.
Cutts ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kaburaki moves away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cutts tries to work over Kaburaki's front leg with a kick but Kaburaki checks it.
Cutts throws a body kick that misses.
Cutts looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cutts takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cutts misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaburaki scores with a head kick.
Cutts scores with a decent looking hook.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Kaburaki.
Cutts throws a body punch but Kaburaki moves out of range.
Cutts attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kaburaki moves out of range as Cutts strikes.
Kaburaki thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Cutts if he has to take too many more of those.
Kaburaki moves out of range of the strikes.
Kaburaki scores with a shot to the body.
Kaburaki misses with a low kick.
Cutts takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Some bone on bone action there as Kaburaki checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cutts checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kaburaki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cutts throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Cutts misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cutts looks to land a left hand but Kaburaki moved out of range nicely.
Cutts looks to land a body kick but Kaburaki moved away.
Kaburaki throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cutts takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kaburaki - that will leave a mark!
Cutts looks winded!
Kaburaki scores with a nice body kick.
Kaburaki uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kaburaki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cutts throws a leg kick that misses.
Kaburaki throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kaburaki.
Cutts's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Good work by Kaburaki as he checks the leg kick.
Kaburaki really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Cutts tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kaburaki throws a front kick that sends Cutts stumbling back into the ropes.
Kaburaki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cutts.
Kaburaki slips a straight right by Cutts.
Kaburaki feints and then cracks Cutts's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cutts down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaburaki scores with a leg kick.
Cutts goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kaburaki moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Kaburaki lands with a straight right. Cutts didn't see that one coming.
Kaburaki tries a head kick but it misses.
Kaburaki throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cutts chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kaburaki can pounce on him.
Kaburaki misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kaburaki misses with a body shot.
Cutts misses the shot to the body.
Kaburaki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kaburaki chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cutts can pounce on him.
Cutts throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Kaburaki connects with a leg kick. Cutts looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cutts shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cutts dodges the punch combination from Kaburaki.
Cutts connects with a jab.
Kaburaki moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cutts takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kaburaki throws a head kick but Cutts moves out of range.
Cutts motions for Kaburaki to come forward. Cutts throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kaburaki cracks a nice hook into Cutts's ribs.
Cutts has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kaburaki.
Cutts ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kaburaki throws out a leg kick but Cutts moves out of range and Kaburaki only half commits.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cutts missing with a left hand there. Kaburaki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kaburaki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kaburaki slips under a jab from Cutts.
A combination from Kaburaki does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenji Kaburaki dominated that round.
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.
Kaburaki throws a head kick that misses.
A big right from Cutts misses.
Cutts misses with a shot to the body
and Kaburaki counters with a left to the body.
A swing and a miss from Cutts.
Kaburaki scoring well with a low kick there.
Cutts throws a series of punches but Kaburaki avoids them all with ease.
Cutts scores with a shot to the body.
Cutts scoring well with a low kick there.
Kaburaki blocks a head kick by Cutts.
Kaburaki feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cutts's calf.
Kaburaki throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cutts's head.
Cutts is rocked!
Kaburaki with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cutts is still on wobbly legs! Can Kaburaki finish him?
Kaburaki looks for a left high kick but can't connect. Kaburaki backs up to catch a breather... no he lunges forward with a huge flying knee that smacks Cutts's temple! It sends Cutts violently to the canvas! The crowd goes nuts as Kaburaki celebrates and the doctors try to help Cutts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Flying Knee). Kenji Kaburaki!
Kenji Kaburaki is the new featherweight champion!
Kenji Kaburaki made sure to mention his sponsor, Global Empire MMA Gear in his post fight interview.
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