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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between William Bird (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takeru Toyokawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, William Bird!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Takeru Toyokawa!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Taro Takaoka and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bird misses with a straight left.
Bird turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Toyokawa.
Bird lands a body shot.
Bird tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Toyokawa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Toyokawa misses with an uppercut.
Toyokawa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bird looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Toyokawa moves out of range of the body kick.
Toyokawa misses with a hook.
Sloppy strikes from Toyokawa. Those never looked like landing.
Toyokawa scores with a shot to the body.
Bird missing with a left hand there. Toyokawa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bird uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Toyokawa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bird keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Toyokawa.
Toyokawa blocks the body kick.
Toyokawa looks to score with a jab to the body but Bird is just out of range.
Toyokawa misses the shot to the body.
Bird tries to land a front kick but Toyokawa steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
An inside leg kick lands from Bird.
Bird keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bird misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Toyokawa slips a straight right by Bird.
Toyokawa checks a low kick from Bird.
Bird tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Toyokawa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Toyokawa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
William Bird seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bird.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bird. Toyokawa shrugs it off though.
Toyokawa slips a jab from Bird.
Bird instigates a clinch.
Bird lands a left hand that snaps the head of Toyokawa backwards.
Bird blocks a body shot from Toyokawa.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bird.
It looks like Takeru Toyokawa has been cut.
Toyokawa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bird pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bird creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Toyokawa's defenses.
Toyokawa misses with some punches.
Bird lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bird lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bird.
Toyokawa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bird blocks a body shot from Toyokawa.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bird.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bird scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bird lands a knee to the body.
Bird working Toyokawa over with knees to the body.
Bird lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Toyokawa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Toyokawa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bird lands a nice elbow.
Toyokawa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Birds head.
Toyokawa avoids the elbow strike from Bird, against the cage.
Toyokawa misses with some punches.
Toyokawa misses with a punch to the body.
Toyokawa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Toyokawa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bird putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Toyokawa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bird throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Toyokawas head.
Bird throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Toyokawa blocks it with crossed arms.
Bird prevents a body shot from Toyokawa.
Bird tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Toyokawa avoids it.
Toyokawa misses with the head strike.
Bird pushes Toyokawa back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bird gets through Toyokawa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toyokawa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Toyokawa smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bird blocks a jab.
Bird throws a low kick, looking for Toyokawa's leg but Toyokawa calmly moves out of range.
Toyokawa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bird throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Toyokawa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Toyokawa throws a low kick, looking for Bird's leg but Bird calmly moves out of range.
Toyokawa blocks a head kick by Bird.
Toyokawa throws an off balance right hand
and Bird cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A slow jab from Bird misses its intended target.
A left lands for Toyokawa.
Toyokawa slips a jab from Bird.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Bird dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Takeru Toyokawa's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Bird lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Toyokawa misses with a wild body shot.
Bird swings for the body but Toyokawa moves out of range.
Toyokawa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bird ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Toyokawa moves away.
Bird loads up on a big right hand but Toyokawa slips the punch.
Bird has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bird gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bird tries a body shot but Toyokawa blocks it.
Toyokawa throws a punch but it's blocked by Bird.
William Bird has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Toyokawa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short uppercut from Toyokawa.
Toyokawa tries to throw a body punch but Bird avoids it by throwing Toyokawa back against the cage.
Bird tries to land knees in the clinch but Toyokawa avoids the damage to the body.
Toyokawa tries to throw a body punch but Bird avoids it by throwing Toyokawa back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toyokawa throws a punch but it's blocked by Bird.
Bird scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice elbow from Bird.
Toyokawa avoids the elbow strike from Bird, against the cage.
Toyokawa avoids a wild elbow strike from Bird.
Toyokawa throws a head punch that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bird just misses with a elbow thrown towards Toyokawa's brow.
Bird lands a nice knee to the body.
Toyokawa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bird blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Toyokawa blocking some punches.
Toyokawa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Toyokawa throws a punch but it's blocked by Bird.
Bird landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bird.
Toyokawa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That has opened up Takeru Toyokawa's cut even more.
Bird lands an elbow inside that Toyokawa shrugs off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bird takes a shot to the head.
Bird lands a left hand.
Bird blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Toyokawa misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bird lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Toyokawa or not.
Bird blocking some punches.
Toyokawa throws a head punch that misses.
Toyokawa tries to throw a body punch but Bird avoids it by throwing Toyokawa back against the cage.
Bird lands a right hand.
Toyokawa prevents a body shot from Bird.
Toyokawa working aggressively here.
A right hook to the body lands for Bird.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bird.
A short body shot lands from Toyokawa as the two fighters clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Toyokawa.
Bird lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Toyokawa backwards.
Bird lands a shot to the body.
Toyokawa is breathing heavily.
Bird lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bird lands an elbow just above Toyokawa 's eye.
Bird lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bird lands a damaging elbow.
The cut above Takeru Toyokawa's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Bird lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Toyokawa backwards.
Bird lands a hook to the side of the head.
Toyokawa tries to work over Bird's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bird.
Bird blocks a body shot from Toyokawa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toyokawa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Toyokawa misses with a hook
and Bird counters with a body kick that stops Toyokawa in his tracks momentarily.
Bird scores with a leg kick.
Toyokawa takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bird throws a low kick but it's checked well by Toyokawa.
Bird uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Toyokawa has time to react.
Bird tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Toyokawa is able to avoid easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Bird.
Toyokawa lands a nice shot to the body.
Bird ducks under a wild hook from Toyokawa.
Bird uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Toyokawa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bird looks for the body kick but Toyokawa saw that one coming.
Bird scoring well with a low kick there.
Bird bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Toyokawa.
Bird clinches up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bird lands an elbow that stopped Toyokawa in his tracks for a moment.
Bird lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Takeru Toyokawa's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Bird lands a good knee to the midsection. Toyokawa won't want to take too many of those.
Toyokawa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bird unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Toyokawa swings wildly with an uppercut but Bird uses good head movement to avoid it.
Toyokawa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Toyokawa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bird lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Bird dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Takeru Toyokawa's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Bird lands with an uppercut that bounces Toyokawa off the cage and back into range.
Toyokawa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bird lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A low kick from Bird misses
and Toyokawa counters with a stiff right hand.
Toyokawa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bird.
Toyokawa ducks under a wild hook from Bird.
Bird throws a nice inside leg kick.
Toyokawa missing with a left hand there. Bird was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bird avoids the body shot from Toyokawa.
Bird fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bird darts in and clinches Toyokawa up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toyokawa can't find room to land a body shot as Bird controls the action.
Bird blocks a body shot from Toyokawa.
Bird blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bird missing with knees to the body.
Bird tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bird misses with an elbow over the top.
Toyokawa scores with a hook to the body.
Bird scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bird landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Toyokawa has a couple of punches blocked by Bird.
Bird softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bird lands an elbow inside.
Toyokawa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bird pushes off an throws an elbow but Toyokawa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Toyokawa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bird.
Bird lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Toyokawa backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Toyokawa struggles to land a body shot inside as Bird controls his hands.
Bird lands a left hand that snaps the head of Toyokawa backwards.
Toyokawa struggles to land a body shot inside as Bird controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Toyokawa.
Bird has Toyokawa pressed against the cage, preventing Toyokawa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bird working Toyokawa over with knees to the body.
Toyokawa's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Toyokawa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bird lands a body shot.
Toyokawa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bird lands a left hand that snaps the head of Toyokawa backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bird.
Bird scores with a shot to the side of Toyokawa's head.
Bird scores with a shot to the side of Toyokawa's head.
Toyokawa dodges an elbow strike from Bird.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Toyokawa.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bird.
Bird lands an elbow that stopped Toyokawa in his tracks for a moment.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Takeru Toyokawa's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). William Bird!
William Bird retains his featherweight title!
Post fight, William Bird took to the microphone: 'I am the greatest KT fighter of all time! There is noone in 135 lbs or 145 lbs that even come close to my level. If you disagree, I welcome you into the ring where you will receive a fistful of pain!'.
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