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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Buster Hively (ranked 8509 p4p, 683 weight class) and Johnny Walker (ranked 2737 p4p, 345 weight class). Hively comes to the ring accompanied by Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball. Buster Hively has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Buster Hively!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Walker!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walker takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Walker takes a jab right on the kisser.
Walker scores with a shot to the body.
Hively throws a leg kick but Walker moved away.
Hively lands with a straight right. Walker didn't see that one coming.
Hively is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Hively throws a head kick but Walker moves out of range.
Walker fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A punch combination from Walker misses.
Hively waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Walker.
It seemed like Walker was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Walker feints a jab promting Hively to slip. Walker then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Hively slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walker fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hively on the side of the head.
Walker 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.
Walker connects with a body shot.
Walker lands a nice looking body shot.
Hively has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Big dawg in the buildup to the fight.
Walker rushes Hively and presses him up against the ropes.
Hively is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Walker is keeping busy.
Hively is looking to break free of the clinch but Walker has double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker digs a right hand underneath Hively's ribcage. Hively let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hively tries to break the clinch but Walker is controlling the position.
Walker tries a body shot but Hively blocks it.
Hively looking to slow down the pace here.
Walker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Walker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hively's elbow.
Hively's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hively misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hively walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hively with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hively moves out of range of the strikes.
Hively throws a leg kick which misses Walker's front leg but catches the back leg as Walker tries to avoid it.
Hively uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Walker.
Hively connects with the punch.
Walker with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker misses with a wild body shot.
Walker 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.
Hively keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hively swings for the body but Walker moves out of range.
Hively turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hively on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hively moves away from the strike by Walker.
Hively misses with a two punch combination.
Some bone on bone action there as Walker checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hively steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Walker.
Walker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Walker moves out of range of the leg kick from Hively.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A bone on bone clash there as Walker blocks the leg kick.
Hively is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Hively listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hively misses with a hook to the body
and Walker counters with a straight right hand.
Walker misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Johnny Walker will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Walker gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Walker tries to throw a body punch but Hively avoids it by throwing Walker back against the ropes.
Hively is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Walker is keeping busy.
Walker throws a punch but it's blocked by Hively.
Walker digs a right hand underneath Hively's ribcage. Hively let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice left hand lands by Walker.
Walker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hively breaks the clinch.
Hively lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hively throws a right hand that misses
and Walker connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hively takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hively looks to score with a jab to the body but Walker is just out of range.
A little jabbing left from Walker on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Walker uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hively.
Walker appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Walker misses with a lunging right hand
and Hively counters with a nice leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hively darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Walker on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hively uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Walker.
Hively throws the left hand but Walker avoids the punch easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Walker! But no joy.
Walker misses with an uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Hively.
Hively throws a head kick that misses.
Hively is looking to land body kicks.
Hively buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hively takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Walker scores with a nice head shot.
Johnny Walker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hively rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Walker moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Walker lands a nice looking body shot.
Walker misses with a body punch
and Hively counters with a low kick, right behind Walker 's knee.
Walker bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hively's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walker throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hively stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hively feints a jab promting Walker to slip. Hively then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Walker slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hively tries to move into range but Walker moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hively takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hively really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Hively throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hively throws a jab when Walker was well out of range.
Walker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johnny Walker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hively slips a straight right by Walker.
Jab, jab by Hively - just one landing.
Hively slips under a jab.
Walker takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hively moves out of range of the strikes.
Hively fires out a quick counter leg kick but Walker just manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Walker swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hively.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hively, as that shot connected.
A big left from Walker misses.
Walker fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Johnny Walker will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Walker misses with a hook
and Hively counters with a slapping leg kick.
Walker walks into a jab.
Hively fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hively ducks under a wild hook from Walker.
Walker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Walker misses with a hook.
Good shot there by Walker.
Hively pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hively on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hively misses with a low kick.
Walker misses with an uppercut. Hively saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hively moves away.
Walker moves out of range as Hively strikes.
Walker throws a shot from downtown. Hively moves away and avoids it.
Hively staying out of range there.
Walker takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hively misses with a body shot
and Walker cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hively throws a series of punches but Walker avoids them all with ease.
Walker misses with a looping right.
Walker throws a jab when Hively was well out of range.
A jab from Hively misses.
Despite the aggression on Walker's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Walker slips a straight right by Hively.
Walker throws a hook but Hively avoids it easily.
Buster Hively has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Walker throws a body shot but no joy.
Hively lands a body shot.
Hively misses with a leg kick
and Walker counters with a straight right hand.
Hively misses with a wild body shot.
Hively looks to land a combination but Walker avoids it well.
Walker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hively throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hively lands with a slapping head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hively tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Walker! But no joy.
Walker misses with a looping right.
Good shot there by Hively.
Hively swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Walker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hively fails to land with a series of punches.
Walker misses with the combination.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Walker scores with a jab to the body.
Hively swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Walker! But no joy.
Hively ducks under a wild hook from Walker.
Hively scores with a spinning back kick!
Hively looks to land a right hand but Walker moved out of range.
Walker fails to land with a series of punches.
Walker takes a shot right to the bread basket.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Buster Hively.
I think Walker has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Walker!
A very excited looking Johnny Walker made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Buster Hively spoke after the fight, saying 'I was distracted by the other guys really long nose hairs and just couldnt keep my focus....'.
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