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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Raining Blood (ranked 2602 p4p, 2862 weight class) and Koba Takanori (ranked 324 p4p, 356 weight class). Raining Blood has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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6 - 5 - 0 |
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Raining Blood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Koba Takanori!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blood shoots and misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Takanori takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Raining Blood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blood slips under a jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Takanori.
Takanori throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Blood fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Takanori avoids it really well and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takanori blocks a head kick by Blood.
Takanori feints a counter leg kick.
Blood with a lazy takedown attempt
and Takanori counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raining Blood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A shot to the body from Blood misses
and Takanori counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Raining Blood has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood shoots in but no luck this time.
Blood darts in trying to clinch
and Takanori counters with a stiff right hand.
Blood tries a head kick but it misses.
Blood doesn't manage to clinch there - Takanori circles away.
Blood shoots in but Takanori avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A good leg kick by Takanori.
Takanori scores with a spinning back kick!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood misses with a hook
and Takanori counters with a nice body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Takanori.
No joy there for Blood, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've been told by Blood's head coaches at The Devil’s Playground that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Koba Takanori is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blood just misses with a punch to the body.
Takanori looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Blood throws a lazy uppercut
and Takanori finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Blood is breathing heavily.
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!
Blood gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Takanori cracks Blood with an open hand slap.
Blood is rocked!
Raining Blood's cut is getting worse.
Blood tries to score a power double leg takedown but Takanori sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Blood somewhat.
Takanori has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takanori dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Blood. That did some damage!
Takanori circles away from the clinch attempt.
Takanori throws a hook to the side of Blood's head but Blood sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looked like Blood was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Blood scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Blood throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Takanori's head.
Blood shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Takanori as he jumps to the side.
Takanori misses with a looping right.
Blood misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Despite the aggression on Takanori's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blood pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It seemed like Takanori was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Takanori blocks a jab.
Blood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Takanori looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Blood takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Blood takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blood will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Takanori lands a nice looking body shot.
Blood throws a lazy uppercut
and Takanori counters with a nice uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Koba Takanori dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raining Blood's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Takanori will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Takanori lands a big right hand that sends Blood crashing to the mat! Takanori stays standing though and waves Blood back to his feet!
Oh Blood is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Takanori throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Blood is looking to counter with head kicks.
Blood seems to have got his legs back now.
Blood throws a head kick but Takanori moves out of range.
A nice side step and Takanori releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Takanori lands a big right hand that sends Blood crashing to the mat! Takanori stays standing though and waves Blood back to his feet!
Raining Blood's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blood misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Takanori now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Blood is trying hard to land a takedown here. Takanori sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Takanori throws a low kick, looking for Blood's leg but Blood calmly moves out of range.
Raining Blood is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blood fails with an attempt to clinch.
Takanori is trying to counter with his kicks.
Blood throws a head kick but Takanori moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown attempt by Blood or perhaps it was just good defense by Takanori, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raining Blood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Takanori throws out a loose jab but Blood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blood closes the distance and clinches.
Takanori goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Blood blocks an uppercut.
Blood has a couple of punches blocked by Takanori.
Takanori pushes Blood back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Takanori misses with a body punch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Blood just misses with a elbow thrown towards Takanori's brow.
Takanori tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Blood scores with a shot to the side of Takanori's head.
Takanori scores with a shoulder strike.
Takanori lands a body punch.
Blood goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood misses with an elbow over the top.
Takanori lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Blood backwards.
Takanori lands a nice shot to the body.
Takanori lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blood blocks a body shot from Takanori.
Takanori misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Blood takes a knee to the side of the body.
Takanori lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Takanori throws a punch but it's blocked by Blood.
Takanori misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Takanori blocks a body shot from Blood.
Takanori lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Blood misses with a hook to the ribs.
Takanori is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Blood is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Takanori pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Takanori lands a right hand that snaps the head of Blood backwards.
Takanori tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Takanori doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Takanori.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Takanori.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood misses with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Takanori.
Takanori has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Blood swings wildly with an uppercut but Takanori uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Takanori.
A short left from Takanori.
A body shot lands from Takanori.
Takanori lands with a light punch inside.
Takanori lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Blood backwards.
A short body shot lands from Takanori as the two fighters clinch.
Koba Takanori seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Takanori tries to work over Blood's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Takanori tries to throw a body punch but Blood avoids it by throwing Takanori back against the cage.
Takanori working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Blood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Takanori.
Takanori working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Takanori scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Takanori tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Takanori tries to throw a body punch but Blood avoids it by throwing Takanori back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takanori struggles to land a body shot inside as Blood controls his hands.
Takanori lands a left hand that snaps the head of Blood backwards.
Takanori lands a good knee to the midsection. Blood won't want to take too many of those.
Takanori misses with a hook to the ribs.
A body shot lands from Takanori.
Takanori misses with a hook to the ribs.
Takanori stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Takanori landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Takanori cracks Blood with a nice body shot.
Takanori lands with a right to the head.
Takanori working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Takanori's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Takanori cracks Blood with a hook to the temple - Blood is on wobbly legs here! Takanori swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Blood falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Takanori wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Koba Takanori!
After winning the bout, Koba Takanori thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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