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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Himayalan Cheetah (ranked 6508 p4p, 4565 weight class) and Tadao Sato (ranked 590 p4p, 488 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Himayalan Cheetah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tadao Sato!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cheetah has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cheetah breaks from the clinch.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Sato has eaten all the pies!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cheetah dodges an elbow strike from Sato.
Cheetah manages to break the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Sato.
Sato misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cheetah gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cheetah breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sato swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sato misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cheetah has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cheetah misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sato breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cheetah drives through and clinches with Sato against the ropes.
Cheetah definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Sato manages to break the clinch.
Sato throws a combination that misses
and Cheetah counters with a two punch combo.
Sato throws a right hand that Cheetah ducks under and follows up with a left that Cheetah also avoids with ease.
Cheetah closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A combination from Sato does no damage.
Sato throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cheetah counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato misses with an elbow strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Cheetah - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Sato throws an elbow but it misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Cheetah.
Sato lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cheetah tries a knee to the head but Sato blocks it.
Cheetah breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cheetah closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Sato throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cheetah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sato swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cheetah counters by clinching up.
Cheetah dodges an elbow strike from Sato.
Cheetah tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sato avoids it.
Cheetah looking to throw knees to the head but Sato is blocking nicely.
Cheetah breaks the clinch.
Sato throws a right hand that Cheetah ducks under and follows up with a left that Cheetah also avoids with ease.
Cheetah throws a push kick but Sato slaps the foot to one side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sato!
Sato throws a series of punches but Cheetah avoids them all with ease.
Sato looks winded!
Cheetah moves into range and clinches up with Sato.
Cheetah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cheetah has closed the distance and engaged Sato in a clinch.
Sato lands a damaging elbow.
Sato throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cheetah's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cheetah has managed to clinch.
Cheetah tries to land knees in the clinch but Sato avoids the damage to the body.
Cheetah manages to break the clinch.
Sato misses with the combination.
Sato throws a series of punches but Cheetah avoids them all with ease.
A combination from Sato does no damage.
Sato gets tackled into the ropes by Cheetah. Cheetah maintains the clinch.
Sato managing to block the knees to the body from Cheetah.
Sato pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cheetah breaks from the clinch.
Cheetah throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Cheetah gets a clinch.
Cheetah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cheetah throws a series of strikes that have Sato backpedaling.
Cheetah tries to clinch there but Sato circles away.
Sato misses with a double jab.
Sato misses with a double jab
and Cheetah counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Cheetah.
Sato misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Sato just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cheetah's brow.
Cheetah with a knee to the head.
It looks like Tadao Sato has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cheetah blocks the elbow strike.
Cheetah misses with a knee strike.
Sato breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cheetah rushes Sato and presses him up against the ropes.
Cheetah blocks an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheetah blocks an elbow strike.
Sato throws an elbow that misses.
Cheetah blocks the elbow strike.
Cheetah with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Cheetah.
Cheetah tries a knee to the head but Sato blocks it.
Cheetah stalling.
Cheetah blocks the elbow strike.
Cheetah manages to break the clinch.
Sato throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sato misses with a two punch combination.
Cheetah lands with a slapping head kick.
Sato misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sato tries to keep at a distance but Cheetah has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cheetah with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cheetah manages to break the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Himayalan Cheetah dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tadao Sato's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Cheetah avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cheetah rushes Sato and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Cheetah tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sato avoids it.
Sato gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cheetah breaks from the clinch.
Sato swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sato misses with a double jab.
Cheetah gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Sato just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cheetah's brow.
Cheetah manages to break the clinch.
Cheetah lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sato will feel that in the morning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sato throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cheetah.
Sato avoids the head kick by Cheetah.
Despite the aggression on Sato's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Cheetah dodges the punch combination from Sato.
Sato is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cheetah drives through and clinches with Sato against the ropes.
Sato creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheetah lands a knee to the head.
Cheetah breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sato misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cheetah closes the distance and clinches.
Cheetah dodges an elbow strike from Sato.
Cheetah unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by Cheetah.
Himayalan Cheetah has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cheetah leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Cheetah breaks from the clinch.
Cheetah is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sato can do to turn this around?
Cheetah doesn't manage to clinch there - Sato circles away.
Sato steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Cheetah. That one must have hurt.
Cheetah moves into the clinch.
Cheetah misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sato.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cheetah breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A punch combination from Sato misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheetah tries to clinch there but Sato circles away.
Sato is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Cheetah has Sato up against the ropes in a clinch.
Cheetah misses with a knee to the head.
Sato throws an elbow but it misses.
Cheetah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cheetah clinches up with Sato and pushes him back against the ropes.
Cheetah is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Cheetah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cheetah is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cheetah is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sato.
Cheetah tries to clinch up.
Himayalan Cheetah is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cheetah throws a combination. Sato tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Sato misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cheetah has closed the distance and engaged Sato in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cheetah.
Cheetah breaks from the clinch.
Cheetah throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cheetah clinches up against the ropes.
Come on Cheetah - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Sato throws an elbow but misses.
Cheetah lands a knee to the head.
Cheetah using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sato has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cheetah scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Cheetah.
Cheetah breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cheetah tries to close the distance and clinch but Sato swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cheetah rushes Sato and presses him up against the ropes.
Cheetah pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
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!
Cheetah moves into the clinch.
Cheetah avoids the elbow strike from Sato, against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheetah trying to land knees to the body.
Sato throws an elbow that misses.
Sato misses with an elbow over the top.
Cheetah manages to break the clinch.
Cheetah tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sato misses with a double jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cheetah closes the distance and clinches.
Cheetah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cheetah pushes Sato up against the ropes in a clinch.
Cheetah trying to control the position but instead, Sato has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cheetah into the ropes.
Cheetah breaks from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cheetah throws the kick towards the body but Sato avoids it.
Tadao Sato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cheetah doesn't manage to clinch there - Sato circles away.
Sato looks to land a combination but Cheetah avoids it well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Himayalan Cheetah dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tadao Sato's cut.
That's time! Cheetah's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Cheetah tries to clinch up but Sato circles away and keeps his distance.
Sato fails to land with a series of punches.
Sato throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sato fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cheetah has Sato up against the ropes in a clinch.
Cheetah is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sato is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Sato throws an elbow but misses.
Cheetah breaks from the clinch.
A punch combination from Sato misses.
Cheetah doesn't manage to clinch there - Sato circles away.
Sato throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cheetah rushes Sato and presses him up against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cheetah working Sato over with knees to the body.
Cheetah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cheetah darts in and clinches Sato up against the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cheetah pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sato takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sato rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cheetah moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cheetah feints and then cracks Sato's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sato down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato tries to keep at a distance but Cheetah has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cheetah is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Cheetah breaks from the clinch.
Cheetah instigates a clinch.
Cheetah breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cheetah forces Sato back against the ropes and clinches.
Cheetah pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sato throws a right hand that Cheetah ducks under and follows up with a left that Cheetah also avoids with ease.
Cheetah tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Sato manages to circle out of the way.
Cheetah fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sato.
Sato throws a series of punches but Cheetah moves out of range.
Cheetah clinches up with Sato and pushes him back against the ropes.
Cheetah leaning against his opponent.
Cheetah breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cheetah lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cheetah tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tadao Sato has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheetah gets a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cheetah breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cheetah avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cheetah tries to counter by clinching up but Sato breaks away and moves out of range.
Cheetah lands with a nice combination. Sato backs away looking to recover.
Cheetah fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sato, pushing him back against the ropes.
Sato breaks from the clinch.
Sato lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cheetah circles away quickly and effectively.
Cheetah lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sato throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cheetah has Sato up against the ropes in a clinch.
Cheetah pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cheetah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheetah rushes Sato and presses him up against the ropes.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Cheetah is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sato is keeping busy.
Cheetah with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cheetah is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cheetah blocks the elbow strike.
Cheetah pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sato avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sato rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cheetah moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cheetah's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Cheetah duly obliges.
Sato throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cheetah has Sato up against the ropes in a clinch.
A knee to the head by Cheetah.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheetah'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.
Cheetah breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sato misses with a two punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cheetah is looking to clinch but Sato is avoiding it.
Despite the aggression on Sato's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Cheetah moves into the clinch.
Cheetah connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sato's face.
Cheetah breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cheetah tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Sato paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cheetah clinches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cheetah obliges.
Cheetah blocks the elbow strike.
Cheetah lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Himayalan Cheetah is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cheetah breaks from the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Himayalan Cheetah showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cheetah 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Himayalan Cheetah!
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