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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Filipino Assassin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Rotoras (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rotoras comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Remember the Name! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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145 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Filipino Assassin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ricardo Rotoras!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rotoras drives through with a takedown into guard.
Assassin escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Rotoras gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Assassin trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Rotoras is stalling in the full guard.
Assassin is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Rotoras working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rotoras has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rotoras working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Assassin has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Rotoras can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Rotoras is stalling in the full guard.
Assassin has his foot on Rotoras's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rotoras works his way back into a safe position though.
Rotoras slips nicely into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Assassin missing with punches from the bottom.
Assassin actively working from the bottom here.
Rotoras is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Assassin sees it coming and defends easily.
Rotoras perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Rotoras is looking for a kimura but Assassin is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Rotoras to get the leverage.
Assassin tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Assassin looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Assassin is looking for a sweep. Rotoras is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Assassin strikes from the bottom but Rotoras uses the opportunity to move to side control.
Assassin is trying to improve his position.
Assassin strikes from the bottom but Rotoras takes advantage and advances to full mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Rotoras putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Rotoras is going olschool here, as he tries to force Assassin to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Assassin shrugs it off.
Assassin throwing hammer fists to the chest of Rotoras. What's that going to do exactly?
Rotoras controlling the position easily from mount.
Rotoras with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Rotoras looks gassed!
Rotoras tries to control but Assassin wriggling away.
Assassin keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Rotoras trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rotoras landing strikes from the mount.
Assassin is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Rotoras with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Assassin keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Assassin throwing hammer fists to the chest of Rotoras. What's that going to do exactly?
Assassin is trying to escape the mount.
Rotoras tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Assassin tries to reverse the position but Rotoras maintains control.
Rotoras connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Assassin flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Assassin can't escape the position.
Assassin throwing hammer fists to the chest of Rotoras. What's that going to do exactly?
Rotoras has control of Assassin's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Assassin regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Assassin swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Assassin is looking to get to half guard.
Rotoras looking to finish Assassin with some ground and pound. This is bad for Assassin!
Rotoras raining down shots from the mount!
Assassin is rocked!
Assassin working to try and regain half guard.
Oh Assassin is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rotoras is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Assassin has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Assassin seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Assassin is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Rotoras dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Rotoras fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rotoras is looking for a takedown. Wow, that's a brutal slam - Assassin is in big trouble! Rotoras is landing strikes from the mount and this one is all over! The ref jumps in to save a confused looking Assassin. Poor guy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Ricardo Rotoras!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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