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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andr De Fran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenji Kato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Fran's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, No Worries. Kenji Kato acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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167 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Andr De Fran!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kenji Kato!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Joseph Jones and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Fran throws a low kick, looking for Kato's leg but Kato calmly moves out of range.
Kato throws a series of punches but De Fran avoids them all with ease.
De Fran misses with a kick to the body.
Kato chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kato feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to De Fran's calf.
Kato takes one on the button.
De Fran tries a low kick but Kato avoids it.
Some wild striking there from Kato.
Kato just misses with a punch to the body.
A punch combination from De Fran misses.
De Fran misses with a body kick.
Kato attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kato takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
De Fran throws a sloppy head kick and Kato moves out of range easily.
Kato wants to land a leg kick but De Fran is out of range.
De Fran swings away with a body shot that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kato throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De Fran takes one to the chin there.
Kato looks to score with a jab to the body but De Fran is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Fran scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kato. De Fran does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Fran uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A punch lands to the side of Kato 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A nice leg kick lands there from De Fran.
De Fran throws an overhand right that lands on Kato's shoulder, as Kato tries to avoid the shot.
Kato throws out a leg kick but De Fran moves out of range and Kato only half commits.
Kato has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from De Fran finds it's way round the side to connect with Kato's head.
Kato throws a nice head kick!
A thudding body kick lands there by Kato!
De Fran throws a push kick but Kato slaps the foot to one side.
De Fran misses the jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kato checks a low kick from De Fran.
A punch lands to the side of Kato 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kato tries to score with a low kick but De Fran moves his leg out of the way.
De Fran chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kato can pounce on him.
De Fran throws a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kato. De Fran does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Fran scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
De Fran connects with a jab.
Kato misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Fran.
Kato tries a low kick but De Fran avoids it.
De Fran thows a body kick. Kato tries to catch it but that hurt him.
De Fran looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
An inside leg kick from De Fran misses.
A telegraphed right hand from De Fran misses the target.
Kato blocks a head kick by De Fran.
Kato misses with a low kick as De Fran jumps back.
De Fran lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
De Fran misses with a looping right.
De Fran looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kato staying out of range there.
De Fran lands a lovely overhand right.
De Fran tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A jab from Kato misses.
De Fran misses with a body kick.
Kato tried to score with a low kick but De Fran checks it.
Kato misses with a hook. De Fran ducked under it nicely.
De Fran feints and then cracks Kato's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kato down.
Kato throws a front kick that sends De Fran stumbling back into the cage.
Kato scores with a shot to the body.
De Fran feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kato's calf.
De Fran throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kato.
A telegraphed right hand from Kato misses the target.
Kato tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
De Fran keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
De Fran pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kato stalks De Fran and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into De Fran's face. De Fran staggers backwards, shaken.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good leg kick by De Fran there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kato takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
De Fran lands with a kick to the ribs.
De Fran scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kato throws a solid leg kick but De Fran takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kato.
Kato misses with a low kick.
De Fran throws an overhand right that lands on Kato's shoulder, as Kato tries to avoid the shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kato checks a leg kick.
De Fran has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jab from De Fran.
A telegraphed right hand from De Fran misses the target.
The fight stays on the outside here - De Fran looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kato misses with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kato.
Kato throws a good cross that connects.
Kato misses with a kick to the body.
Kato throws a big shot that misses.
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 Andr De Fran will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Kato takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
De Fran pulls out of a head kick attempt.
De Fran feints and then cracks Kato's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kato down.
De Fran on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A good leg kick by Kato.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Kato in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Kato takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
De Fran looks for the body kick but Kato saw that one coming.
De Fran looks for the body kick but Kato saw that one coming.
Kato misses with a wild body shot.
De Fran cracks Kato with an open hand slap.
Kato avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
De Fran looks to land a right hand but Kato moved out of range.
Nice body punch from Kato.
Kato does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jab from De Fran.
Andr De Fran is winning the standup battle so far.
De Fran scores with a kick to the midsection.
Kato just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kato throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Fran dodges the punch combination from Kato.
De Fran checks a leg kick.
De Fran is looking to land body kicks.
De Fran misses the shot to the body.
A clash of legs there as Kato blocks the low kick.
Kato avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from De Fran does it's job there.
Kato lands with a hook. De Fran tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
De Fran lands with a straight right. Kato didn't see that one coming.
De Fran scores with the left hand. Kato knows he should have avoided that one.
Kato lands a nice leg kick that just misses De Fran's sensitive parts.
De Fran throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De Fran looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A telegraphed right hand from De Fran misses the target.
Kato's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Fran. Kato does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kato misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Fran.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kato throws a body kick that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A bone on bone clash there as De Fran blocks the leg kick.
Kato blocks a leg kick.
Kato throws a jab but it's blocked by De Fran.
Kato ducks right into an uppercut from De Fran.
De Fran uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kato.
Kato displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as De Fran throws out the jab.
De Fran keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
De Fran tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kato paws at him with a jab and circles away.
An inside leg kick from De Fran misses.
De Fran pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kato looking to land some kicks to the body here.
De Fran jabbing away but nothing is landing.
De Fran scores with a nice right hand.
De Fran uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kato.
Kato throws a jab but it's blocked by De Fran.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Fran throws the kick towards the body but Kato avoids it.
De Fran connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kato tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and De Fran is able to avoid easily.
A big left from Kato misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
De Fran scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kato on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kato blocks a head kick by De Fran.
De Fran ducks under a wild hook from Kato.
De Fran misses with a shot to the body
and Kato counters with a straight right hand.
De Fran works the jab nicely.
De Fran throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kato feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to De Fran's calf.
Kato is looking to score with low kicks.
De Fran throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Kato.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Kato might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, De Fran has got the better of the exchanges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kato tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and De Fran is able to avoid easily.
De Fran wants to slow Kato down by chopping away at his legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Fran throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kato counters with a thumping low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by De Fran.
De Fran throws a jab but it's blocked by Kato.
Kato misses with a wild body shot.
De Fran loads up on a big right hand but Kato slips the punch.
De Fran with a nice cross.
Kato has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kato throws a lazy right hand but De Fran sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kato swats away the attempt to clinch by De Fran.
De Fran missing with a left hand there. Kato was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Fran digs a good body shot into Kato's ribs.
De Fran thows a left - swing and a miss!
De Fran throws a leg kick but Kato moved away.
A nice combination there by Kato.
Kato moves out of range as De Fran strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Fran punishes Kato's body with a nice straight punch.
Kato connects with a nice looking jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andr De Fran dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!
De Fran lands a nice shot that snaps Kato's head back.
De Fran throws a big shot that misses.
De Fran looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kato throws a shot from downtown. De Fran moves away and avoids it.
A clash of legs there as De Fran blocks the low kick.
Kato just misses with a punch to the body.
De Fran throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Fran throws a series of punches but Kato avoids them all with ease.
Kato throws a good cross that connects.
De Fran lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
De Fran throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Fran looks to throw a body kick
and Kato connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Good work by De Fran as he checks the leg kick.
De Fran darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
De Fran blocks the body kick.
Kato cracks the inside of De Fran's front leg.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kato scores with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kato throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kato lands a nice looking body shot.
De Fran throws a shot from downtown. Kato moves away and avoids it.
De Fran lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kato ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kato cracks De Fran with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kato misses with a lunging right hand
and De Fran holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kato prevents a body shot from De Fran.
A short right from De Fran.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Fran.
A right hook to the body lands for Kato.
Kato lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
De Fran lands an elbow that stopped Kato in his tracks for a moment.
Kato can't break the clinch.
Kato working aggressively here.
Kato lands a left hand that snaps the head of De Fran backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kato swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kato avoiding damage as De Fran throws knees to the body.
Kato lands a nice uppercut.
Kato fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kato tries to work over De Fran's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kato swings wildly with an uppercut but De Fran uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kato lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of De Fran backwards.
De Fran lands an elbow just above Kato 's eye.
Kato tries to work over De Fran's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Fran lands an elbow that stopped Kato in his tracks for a moment.
De Fran effectively controlling the action here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kato.
A knee to the head by De Fran.
It looks like Kenji Kato has been cut.
De Fran misses with a body punch.
Kato has had enough of the clinch but De Fran keeps him there for the moment.
Kato lands with a short shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Fran lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kato backwards.
De Fran is trying to stall.
De Fran lands a nice uppercut.
De Fran misses with a body punch.
Kato being controlled against the cage.
Kato misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kato throws a head punch that misses.
De Fran throws a punch but it's blocked by Kato.
Kato pushes De Fran back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kato lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt De Fran or not.
Kato tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Fran struggles to land a body shot inside as Kato controls his hands.
A nice left hand lands by Kato.
Kato breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Fran misses with a hook. Kato ducked under it nicely.
Kato checks the leg kick nicely there.
De Fran shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A slow jab from De Fran misses its intended target.
De Fran throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kato counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
De Fran throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Good leg kick by Kato there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kato throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kato scores with a jab to the jaw.
De Fran thows a body kick. Kato tries to catch it but that hurt him.
De Fran waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kato.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kato - that will leave a mark!
Kato catches De Fran with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
De Fran misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kato.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kato.
Good standup being displayed there by De Fran as he connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Kenji Kato just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Kenji Kato's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Kato ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Fran moves away.
Kato missing with a left hand there. De Fran was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Fran attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
De Fran lands with a shot to the body.
Kato connects with a jab.
Kato throws a nice inside leg kick.
De Fran throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
De Fran looks to land a left hand but Kato moved out of range nicely.
De Fran fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kato checks it well.
De Fran thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kato if he has to take too many more of those.
Kato slips under a jab from De Fran.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Fran is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kato.
Kato blocks a low kick nicely.
De Fran 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.
Kato takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
De Fran fakes the leg kick and cracks Kato in the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Fran dodges the punch combination from Kato.
Kato checks a leg kick nicely.
De Fran on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kato. Kato obviously looking to wear him down.
De Fran staying out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kato. De Fran does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kato has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from De Fran.
Kato steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De Fran.
Kato uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Fran.
De Fran scores with a hook.
De Fran throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kato sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kato looks to land a right hand but De Fran moved out of range.
De Fran misses with a straight left.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kato.
Kato lands with a thumping leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Kato misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from De Fran.
Kato lands a nice looking body shot.
De Fran misses with a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from De Fran.
De Fran throws a leg kick which misses Kato's front leg but catches the back leg as Kato tries to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kato pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
De Fran just misses with a punch to the body.
Kato shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kato steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De Fran.
De Fran throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A head kick misses from De Fran.
De Fran throws the kick towards the body but Kato avoids it.
Kato looks to land a combination but De Fran avoids it well.
De Fran thuds a left hand into Kato's body.
Kato lands an overhand right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
De Fran throws the kick towards the body but Kato avoids it.
Kato throws a leg kick but De Fran moved away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kato, right into the meat.
De Fran throws a head kick but Kato moves out of range.
Kato throws a leg kick that misses.
The fighters circling - Kato throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
De Fran moves out of range of the leg kick from Kato.
De Fran wants to clinch.
De Fran shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
De Fran lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kato slips a straight right by De Fran.
De Fran throws a lazy right hand but Kato sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kato throws out a loose jab but De Fran uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Fran tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kato throws out a leg kick but De Fran moves out of range and Kato only half commits.
Kato checks a leg kick nicely.
Kato throws a low kick but De Fran moves out of range easily.
Kato throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kato misses with a low kick.
De Fran missing with a left hand there. Kato was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Fran takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
De Fran tries to clinch up but Kato circles away and keeps his distance.
De Fran ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kato takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
An inside leg kick lands from De Fran.
De Fran throws an overhand right that lands on Kato's shoulder, as Kato tries to avoid the shot.
De Fran scores with a three punch combo!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Andr De Fran will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kenji Kato's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A nice inside leg kick there by Kato. That's going to slow De Fran down.
Kato takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
De Fran fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kato is out of range.
De Fran tries to clinch up.
De Fran misses with a straight left.
De Fran tries to land a body kick
and Kato counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
De Fran walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kato wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Fran.
De Fran misses with a body kick.
De Fran has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kato.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Fran chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kato jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A nice leg kick lands there from De Fran.
De Fran motions for Kato to come forward. De Fran throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De Fran checks a leg kick nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kato cracks De Fran with an open hand slap.
De Fran tests Kato's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A cross from Kato lands.
De Fran is looking to clinch.
De Fran connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
De Fran pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kato scores with a jab. De Fran acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kato moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A big left from De Fran misses.
A leg kick checked by De Fran.
De Fran throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kato turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kato misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Fran.
De Fran blocks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kato throws out a leg kick but De Fran moves out of range and Kato only half commits.
Kato takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice defenses there by Kato.
That kick from De Fran tenderised Kato's leg. Kato is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kato throws a body punch but De Fran moves out of range.
De Fran throws a hook to the side of Kato's head but Kato sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kato cracks a nice hook into De Fran's ribs.
De Fran thows a left - swing and a miss!
De Fran moves out of range of the body kick from Kato.
Kato takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kato takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
De Fran lands a nice looking body shot.
A swing and a miss from Kato.
De Fran ducks under a wild hook from Kato.
De Fran tries a head kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Fran scores with a jab to the body.
De Fran pulls out of a head kick attempt.
De Fran tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kato manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
De Fran thows a left - swing and a miss!
De Fran throws a low kick, looking for Kato's leg but Kato calmly moves out of range.
De Fran moves forwards but Kato connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from De Fran lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kato has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kato and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nice straight punches there by Kato. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kato.
De Fran scores with a punch to the head.
Kato throws a hook but De Fran blocks it.
De Fran drops his hands momentarily and Kato takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
De Fran throws a front kick aimed at Kato's knee but Kato avoids it well.
De Fran throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
De Fran with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
De Fran takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Fran tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De Fran clinches with his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by De Fran as Kato tries to tie him up.
Kato lands with a short shot to the head.
De Fran blocks a body shot from Kato.
De Fran lands a nice shot to the body.
De Fran can't find room to land a body shot as Kato controls the action.
Kenji Kato has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De Fran misses with a body punch.
De Fran lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kato wants to get back to striking at distance but De Fran won't allow it.
De Fran tries a body shot but Kato blocks it.
Kato tries a body shot but De Fran blocks it.
Kato misses with a punch on the inside.
De Fran scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kato scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kato throws a punch but it's blocked by De Fran.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kenji Kato.
Well De Fran has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 49:47
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 49:47
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andr De Fran!
Andr De Fran is the new lightweight champion!
A relieved looking Andr De Fran thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
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S |
C |
G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
80% |
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