His arms were ledden and his stomach ached.he managed to raise his guard as sawada rushed in not giving him time to breathe
sawada whipped home a left and a right
ippo block the left and slid under the right and straightened up before driving at sawada furiously hitting with a left right and pounding with everything he had loan have time for a moment the manage to tie the kid up with both of them unscaved
But ippo wiggled his way out of the clinch and Bobbed, fainting, as he sank a left to sawadas heart but in the next instant he was nailed to his teeth by a crashing left but as he followed in close pumping short vicious hooks to his stomach and heart
sawada slashed in cutting blows and made wounds on ippos face before ippo could clinch
then he slipped away and laughed as ippo tried to renew his attack. sawada cut with his left then drove a hard right to the body to keep ippo slowed down
sawada began to Press little by little again and moved in with a left and right but ippo blocked and Tied sawada up, he was regaining his Tempo and wasn't ready to fight
sawada came in and again but ippo tied him up before any damage could be done
When the referee separated them ippo lashed out with a hard left but sawada picked it off and moved away laughing, the krowd seeing him laughed and responded chanting and cheering
ippo went back into his defense
sawada followed and ippo moved into a corner letting sawada trap him, sawada stepped in expecting ippo to slip away down the ropes, but ippo set himself in through a straight over hand left to the bridge of the sawadas nose.
sawada snorted dodging, but ippo followed in with a right to the pit of his stomach before sawada could recover.
The audience seeing this became rowdy
sawada smothered ippos lead and tied him up in the neutral corner.
he tried to fly with a short uppercut but ippo counterpunching, flickered out his left towards sawadas chin
Who was forced back as he nearly dodge out of range
sawada drove both hands towards ippo's stomach like twin sledgehammers ippo gasped and started to lower his guard to his midsection but saw sawada's right arm shift and start a deadly drive toward his jaw
So he crouched covering then Uncorked both hands in a series of fast and furious rights and lefts that carried all the pent-up Steam from the previous rounds
Pow Bam Bam
sawada's head Rock back then snapped forward as a left flickered into his face and a right smash to his heart
Gritting his teeth sawada snarled and bore in
sawada rocked ippo to his heels with a 1 - 2 that he could neither dodge nor block, ippo trying to clinch but sawada clipped him with a right hook then pounded at him with murderous rights and left almost forcing tank to his knees
ippo with great effort forced himself to stay up and staggered into a clinch
Then it was sawadas turn to gasp as ippo forced his way out of the clinch and backed away opening up a Gap again
" get him sawada don't let him get away" the crowd again became wild and rowdy
sawada charged in like a bull but was sent back on his heels swaying like a tree as ippo rattled off sharp Jabs and hook pounding relentlessly at his heart
sawada just grinned, he was a born fighter
ippo battered, pounded, danced here and they're moving in and out
His fists worked like Pistons as he flickered out his left like serpent tongues and he struck at sawadas face
But sawada bulled up and drove ippo to the ropes and snuck in with a right to ippos relaxed stomach, he stepped inside and battered him about the head then he fired off a wall of punches.
the crowd was in an uproar bellowing for the kill
ippo could see the blows coming and raised his guard but some landed sapping his strength, his arm sagged slightly to his side and sawada mauled at him unmercifully diving in for a kill
ippo dropped roll to his back roll to his stomach then to his hands and knees he tried to pull his hands loose from the floor but flopped down
The referee was counting and the count seemed fast
But ippo was back up by 6, at that the crowd roared:
Knock him out~
Knock him out~
Knock him out~
Knock him loose from his feet sawada~
Shouts from the crowded stands rang out, the bloodlust was real
sawada straightened ippo with a blow to the chin, a blow that rocked him and made him sway like a flag in the wind, but as his head snapped back; his head miraculously cleared
He whirled and drove sawada against the ropes closer to his corner
sawada took a hook to the stomach from ippo but he had steeled himself already so it did little damage
ippo shook his head with regret
And sure enough sawada gaining a breather from ippos distraction, readjusted his positioning and drove ippo off him and towards the center of the Ring
sawada had stepped back measuring his man when ipp uncorked like a jackknife coming out of his corner like a projectile from a catapult both arms moving in and out like rapiers
sawada's grin faded as ippo came in and would not be denied
ippo smirked and shot a faint at sawadas stomach and in spite of knowing what he was doing sawada instinctively lowered both his arms to guard leaving himself open up top
And capitalizing like a hound on a trail ippo saw his opening set himself and fired off powerhouse of a smash With everything he had left.
It drove his opponent off his feet as he stumbled into the ropes, he looked back and saw his opponent laid out on the canvas with the referee crouching by him he then heard an enormous Roar as the referee cross his hands above his head signaling the end of the match and his win.
Ippo slide down the ropes and sat in the corner is he couldn't believe he won, all the punishment he took in that fight and the Miracle win he just pulled out of nowhere with that desperate smash with everything he had left.
ippo felt like he was in a dream, his vision turned hazy and his body felt weighed down with lead. he saw his corner man waving and trying to speak to him but all ippo could do was close his eyes and sleep.
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Ippo Makunouchi
Fights 4
Wins 4 Loss 0
Round 3- 2:55
FIGHT ON