PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Sanderson Reliford (ranked 5334 p4p, 5065 weight class) and Shiro Toushiro (ranked 557 p4p, 529 weight class). Sanderson Reliford is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Reliford
vs
Toushiro

208 cm
27
275
9 - 1 - 1

208 cm
27
270
10 - 2 - 1

Great elbows
Very strong

Great elbows
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sanderson Reliford!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shiro Toushiro!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reliford lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A nice leg kick from Toushiro, right into the meat of the thigh.
Reliford misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Toushiro.

Toushiro gets tackled into the ropes by Reliford. Reliford maintains the clinch.

Reliford's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reliford uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Toushiro.
Sanderson Reliford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toushiro throws a head kick but Reliford moves out of range.
Toushiro misses with a series of wild punches.

Reliford forces Toushiro back against the ropes and clinches.
Toushiro is trying to push Reliford away but Reliford has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Reliford definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Toushiro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Toushiro takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Reliford closes the distance and clinches.

Toushiro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Reliford lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Toushiro scores with a one two! Reliford had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Sanderson Reliford has been cut.
Toushiro has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Reliford connects with a right hand. Toushiro shakes it off.
Reliford takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Reliford swings for the body but Toushiro moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toushiro takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Toushiro tries to move into range but Reliford moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Toushiro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reliford manages to avoid it.
Reliford ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Toushiro moves away.

Reliford rushes Toushiro and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Reliford fails to land.

Toushiro manages to break the clinch.

Reliford closes the distance and clinches.
Reliford tries to work over Toushiro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reliford misses with some punches.
Reliford lands an elbow just above Toushiro 's eye.
Reliford fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reliford misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Toushiro.
Toushiro is trying to force a seperation but Reliford has the dominant position.

Toushiro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reliford tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Toushiro pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A little feinted left hand from Reliford on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Reliford has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Toushiro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reliford misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Toushiro.
Toushiro throws a looping overhand right but Reliford ducks down to avoid it.
Toushiro throws a head kick that misses.

Reliford moves into the clinch successfully.

Reliford breaks from the clinch.

Reliford moves into the clinch.
Reliford misses with a body punch.
Reliford lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Toushiro backwards.
Toushiro has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Toushiro avoids a wild elbow strike from Reliford.
Toushiro can't break the clinch.

Reliford breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Reliford cracks Toushiro with a right hand to the side of the head.
Toushiro shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A big left from Reliford misses.
Reliford just misses with a punch to the body.
Reliford misses with a straight left.
Reliford slips a jab from Toushiro.
Reliford throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toushiro takes a swing at Reliford's ribcage but misses.
Toushiro uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Reliford.

Reliford has closed the distance and engaged Toushiro in a clinch.
Toushiro throws an elbow that misses.

Toushiro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Toushiro scores with a head kick. Reliford tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A head kick misses from Toushiro.
Toushiro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reliford.

Reliford clinches up with Toushiro and pushes him back against the ropes.
Toushiro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reliford.
Toushiro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Toushiro misses with a punch on the inside.
Toushiro tries to break the clinch but Reliford is controlling the position.
Reliford scores with a nice hook to the head.
Reliford misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reliford blocks an elbow strike.

Toushiro breaks the clinch.
Reliford throws a shot from downtown. Toushiro moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Toushiro moves into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Reliford breaks the clinch.

Toushiro tries to keep at a distance but Reliford has taken the fight into the clinch.
Reliford leaning his opponent against the ropes.

Toushiro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Toushiro takes a swing at Reliford's ribcage but misses.
Reliford takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Toushiro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Reliford.
Reliford avoids the body shot from Toushiro.
Toushiro ducks under a wild hook from Reliford.
It seemed like Toushiro was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Reliford throws an overhand right that lands on Toushiro's shoulder, as Toushiro tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Toushiro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reliford takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Reliford throws a jab when Toushiro was well out of range.

Toushiro rushes Reliford and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

Reliford breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sanderson Reliford dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sanderson Reliford's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Nice shot lands for Reliford.
Toushiro thumps Reliford with a low kick.
Reliford on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Toushiro throws a wild body kick that Reliford sees coming a mile off.
Reliford jabs at Toushiro's body.
Reliford looks to score with a jab to the body but Toushiro is just out of range.
Toushiro throws a head kick that Reliford semi-blocks.
Toushiro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Toushiro throws a body kick that misses.
Nice defenses there by Reliford.
Toushiro lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Toushiro bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Shiro Toushiro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reliford misses with a straight right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A combination from Toushiro does no damage.
A jab from Reliford misses.
Toushiro thumps Reliford with a low kick.

Toushiro rushes Reliford and presses him up against the ropes.

Toushiro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reliford tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Toushiro was well out of range. Poor timing from Reliford.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Reliford moves into the clinch successfully.

Toushiro breaks the clinch.
Reliford throws a jab but it's blocked by Toushiro.
Reliford changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Toushiro dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A swing and a miss from Reliford.
Reliford blocks a head kick by Toushiro.
Nice defenses there by Toushiro.
Toushiro clobbers Reliford with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Reliford misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Toushiro finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Reliford there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reliford. Toushiro does a little dance to reset his feet.

Toushiro moves into the clinch.

Toushiro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Toushiro instigates a clinch.
Reliford takes an elbow to the temple.
Toushiro takes an elbow to the forehead.

Reliford pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reliford swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Toushiro counters with a thumping low kick.
Toushiro avoids the body shot from Reliford.

Reliford closes the distance and clinches.
A knee to the head by Toushiro.

Toushiro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Toushiro throws a body kick that misses.
It looked like Reliford wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Toushiro ducks under a wild hook from Reliford.
Reliford misses with a looping right.
Toushiro lands a head kick. Reliford smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Reliford misses with a hook.
Toushiro thuds his shin into the meat of Reliford's side.
Toushiro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
An inside leg kick lands from Toushiro.
Reliford with a jab.
Reliford throws a jab but it's blocked by Toushiro.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reliford moves out of range of the body kick.
Reliford ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Toushiro moves away.
A head kick misses from Toushiro.
Toushiro throws a head kick but Reliford moves out of range.

Reliford drives through and clinches with Toushiro against the ropes.
Reliford misses with an elbow strike.
Reliford digs a right hand underneath Toushiro's ribcage. Toushiro let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Reliford breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reliford steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Toushiro.
Reliford swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reliford ducks under a wild hook from Toushiro.
Toushiro lands with a thumping leg kick.
Toushiro swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Toushiro throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Toushiro misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
It looked like Reliford wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Toushiro is breathing heavily.

Reliford has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sanderson Reliford has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Toushiro can't break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toushiro takes an elbow to the forehead.
Toushiro wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Toushiro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reliford walks forward, straight into a front kick from Toushiro.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reliford scores with a nice right hand.
Toushiro connects with an inside leg kick.
Reliford is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Reliford digs a good body shot into Toushiro's ribs.
Toushiro looks to land a body kick but Reliford moved away.
Reliford throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reliford scores with a jab to the jaw.
Reliford misses with a looping left.
Reliford throws a body shot but no joy.
Reliford lands with a straight right. Toushiro didn't see that one coming.
A swing and a miss from Reliford.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Toushiro gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Reliford escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Reliford closes the distance and clinches.
Nice elbow from Toushiro.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Shiro Toushiro will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Sanderson Reliford's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Reliford misses with a looping right.
Reliford ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Toushiro moves away.
Toushiro only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Reliford has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Toushiro.
Toushiro connects with a body shot.
Toushiro moves out of range of the strikes.
Toushiro is looking to score with low kicks.
Reliford walks into a stiff left hand from Toushiro.
Toushiro misses with a kick to the body.
Toushiro misses with a head kick.
Reliford wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

Reliford has managed to clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reliford.
Toushiro tries to break the clinch but Reliford is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Toushiro breaks the clinch.

Reliford clinches.

Toushiro manages to break the clinch.
Toushiro looks to score with a jab to the body but Reliford is just out of range.
Toushiro throws a body kick that misses.

Reliford forces Toushiro back against the ropes and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Toushiro breaks from the clinch.
Toushiro throws a head kick but Reliford moves out of range.
Toushiro throws a shot from downtown. Reliford moves away and avoids it.
Reliford swings widly with a right hand
and Toushiro counters with a stiff right hand.
Good work by Reliford as he checks the leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reliford. Toushiro does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reliford misses with a wild body shot.
Reliford lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Reliford gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Reliford lands an elbow that stopped Toushiro in his tracks for a moment.

Toushiro breaks from the clinch.
Toushiro moves out of range of the strikes.
Toushiro moves out of range of the strikes.
Toushiro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A head kick misses from Toushiro.
Reliford throws a looping overhand right but Toushiro ducks down to avoid it.
Reliford scores with a jab to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Toushiro tries to keep at a distance but Reliford has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Toushiro looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Toushiro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Toushiro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reliford.
Toushiro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Toushiro misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Reliford moves into the clinch.
Reliford working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Reliford throws a head punch that misses.
Reliford takes an elbow to the temple.
Reliford is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Toushiro is keeping busy.
Reliford lands a shot to the body.
Toushiro takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Reliford blocks the elbow strike.
Reliford lands a left hand.
Reliford misses with an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Reliford breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab from Reliford misses.
Reliford throws a jab but it's blocked by Toushiro.
Reliford connects with a good right hand that stumbles Toushiro. Toushiro circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Reliford fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Toushiro looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Reliford misses with a hook.
Reliford with a hook.
Reliford misses with a jab to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Toushiro walks into a jab.
Reliford digs a good hook to Toushiro's body.
Toushiro avoids the body shot from Reliford.
Toushiro flicks out a counter leg kick but Reliford steps away.
Reliford throws a body shot but no joy.
Reliford misses with a left hand
and Toushiro counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Reliford just misses with a punch to the body.
Reliford blocks a head kick by Toushiro.
Jab from Toushiro.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reliford moves out of range of the body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toushiro on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Reliford moves out of range as Toushiro strikes.
Reliford takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Reliford escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Toushiro connects with a solid leg kick.
Reliford throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Toushiro on the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Reliford throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Reliford works Toushiro's body with a nice hook.
Toushiro slips under a jab from Reliford.
Toushiro misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Toushiro scores with a head kick.
Reliford swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reliford will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

Reliford has managed to clinch.

Reliford breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sanderson Reliford clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Sanderson Reliford's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Reliford closes the distance and clinches.
Reliford takes an elbow to the forehead.
Reliford lands an elbow inside that Toushiro shrugs off.
Toushiro wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Toushiro breaks from the clinch.
Toushiro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Reliford throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Toushiro misses with a hook. Reliford ducked under it nicely.
Reliford throws a body punch but Toushiro moves out of range.
Toushiro now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Reliford lands a nice hook to Toushiro's body. Toushiro takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Reliford bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Toushiro's head.
Toushiro moves away from the strike by Reliford.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toushiro's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Toushiro duly obliges.

Reliford rushes Toushiro and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Toushiro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Toushiro moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Toushiro thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toushiro doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Reliford swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Toushiro fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Reliford on the side of the head.
Toushiro throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Toushiro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reliford moves away.
Toushiro takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A low kick lands for Toushiro.
Reliford blocks a head kick by Toushiro.
Toushiro is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
A head kick misses from Toushiro.
Reliford swings for the body but Toushiro moves out of range.
Toushiro misses with a straight right.
Reliford throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Toushiro appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Toushiro throws a push kick but Reliford slaps the foot to one side.
Toushiro moves out of range as Reliford strikes.
Reliford lands with a straight right. Toushiro didn't see that one coming.
Reliford swings for the body but Toushiro moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toushiro paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Toushiro on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Reliford clinches with his opponent.

Reliford pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Reliford fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Toushiro, pushing him back against the ropes.
Toushiro is looking to break free of the clinch but Reliford has double underhooks.
Reliford throws a head punch that misses.

Reliford breaks from the clinch.

Reliford rushes Toushiro and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Good body shot from Toushiro.

Reliford breaks the clinch.
Reliford throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reliford takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Toushiro throws a head kick but Reliford moves out of range.
Reliford misses with a right hand
and Toushiro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Toushiro - that will leave a mark!
Toushiro avoids the body shot from Reliford.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Toushiro slams his shin into Reliford's torso.
Reliford takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Toushiro misses with a kick to the body.
Toushiro misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Toushiro lands a jab to Reliford's midsection.
Toushiro throws a nice inside leg kick.
Reliford fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Toushiro manages to avoid it.
Toushiro throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Toushiro uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reliford.
Toushiro lands a body shot.
Reliford throws a hook but Toushiro blocks it.
A low kick lands for Toushiro.

Reliford gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Reliford has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Reliford misses with a knee strike.
A short uppercut from Toushiro.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Toushiro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Reliford has Toushiro up against the ropes in a clinch.
Toushiro tries to circle away but Reliford has him pinned against the ropes.
Reliford swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A shot in the inside from Reliford.
Reliford doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reliford lands a hook to the side of the head.
Toushiro looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Reliford lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Toushiro backwards.
Reliford misses with a punch to the body.
Toushiro takes an elbow to the temple.

Toushiro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Toushiro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reliford connects with a right hand. Toushiro shakes it off.
A jab lands there for Reliford.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Sanderson Reliford will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sanderson Reliford's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. 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.

Reliford connects with a body shot.
Toushiro ducks under a wild hook from Reliford.
Toushiro on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Toushiro looks to throw the jab but Reliford is out of range.
Toushiro looks to score with a jab to the body but Reliford is just out of range.

Reliford has Toushiro up against the ropes in a clinch.
Toushiro is trying to break free.

Toushiro breaks the clinch.
Toushiro is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Reliford misses with an uppercut. Toushiro saw that one coming.
Nice uppercut there from Reliford.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toushiro scores with a kick to the body.
Reliford throws the left hand but Toushiro avoids the punch easily.
Toushiro misses with a head kick.
Toushiro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Reliford lands a nice looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Toushiro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Reliford seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

Reliford pushes Toushiro up against the ropes in a clinch.

Toushiro breaks the clinch.
Toushiro scores with a spinning back kick!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Toushiro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Toushiro lands a nice shot to the body.

Reliford rushes Toushiro and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

Toushiro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Reliford gets a clinch.

Reliford breaks the clinch.

Toushiro forces Reliford back against the ropes and clinches.

Reliford breaks the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Reliford gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Toushiro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Toushiro throws a low kick but Reliford avoids it.
Shiro Toushiro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reliford throws a looping overhand right but Toushiro ducks down to avoid it.
Toushiro uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reliford.
A countering left hand to the body from Toushiro misses.
Toushiro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Reliford lands a slapping body shot.

Reliford moves into the clinch.
Toushiro lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Reliford's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Toushiro avoids the body shot from Reliford.
Despite the aggression on Toushiro's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Nice defenses there by Toushiro.
Toushiro 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.
Reliford throwing a counter right hand but Toushiro manages to avoid it.
Reliford scores with a hook to the body. Toushiro takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Reliford uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Toushiro.

Toushiro gets tackled into the ropes by Reliford. Reliford maintains the clinch.
Toushiro has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Reliford misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Toushiro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reliford's elbow.
Reliford keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Toushiro's efforts to push away.
Sanderson Reliford is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Toushiro breaks from the clinch.
Toushiro with a nice calf kick.
Reliford connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Reliford wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Reliford instigates a clinch.

Reliford breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Toushiro connects with an inside leg kick.
Toushiro moves away from the strike by Reliford.
Toushiro tries to land a front kick but Reliford steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Toushiro throws a head kick but Reliford moves out of range.
Reliford moves out of range of the strikes.

Reliford instigates a clinch.
Reliford keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Toushiro's efforts to push away.

Reliford pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reliford blocks a head kick by Toushiro.
A swing and a miss from Reliford.
Toushiro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reliford.

Reliford moves into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Toushiro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Toushiro misses with a body kick.
Reliford scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Reliford swings for the body but Toushiro moves out of range.
The crowd cheers as Toushiro lands an impressive looking overhand right. Reliford doesn't seem phased though.
Toushiro slips under a jab from Reliford.
Reliford slips a straight right by Toushiro.
Reliford throwing a counter right hand but Toushiro manages to avoid it.
Reliford throws a body shot but no joy.
Toushiro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Reliford swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Toushiro takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Toushiro on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Reliford takes a swing at Toushiro's ribcage but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sanderson Reliford showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Reliford 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 49:46
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 49:46
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sanderson Reliford!
Sanderson Reliford retains his heavyweight title!
Sanderson Reliford decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.