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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ron Paul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kap Hwan Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Ron Paul has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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165 lbs
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163 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ron Paul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kap Hwan Lee!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paul misses with a takedown attempt - Lee sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Paul tries for a takedown but Lee sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Paul stuffs the takedown attempt from Lee. Lee gets slowly back to his feet.
Ron Paul seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Paul rushes Lee and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lee is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Paul gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Paul tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lee's elbow.
Paul gets underhooks to prevent Lee's takedown attempt.
Ron Paul has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kap Hwan Lee.
Lee wants a takedown.
Lee changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Paul fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Lee takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
It looks like Kap Hwan Lee has been cut.
Nice sprawl there from Paul as Lee shoots in.
Paul tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Paul stuffs the takedown.
Lee avoids the head kick by Paul.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paul fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Paul stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Paul wants it to stay on the feet.
Paul tries to clinch but Lee moves out of range.
Paul throws a combination. Lee tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Lee looks gassed!
Paul moves in looking to clinch but Lee pushes him off.
Lee shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Paul pinned against the cage. Paul gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Lee misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Paul.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Lee is defended easily by Paul.
Paul takes the fight into the clinch.
Paul drags the fight down to the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paul is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Lee stops Paul from standing up.
Paul is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Lee throws a big right hand that misses.
Paul throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Lee scoring with some ground and pound.
Paul utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lee looking to pass the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lee looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Paul looking to control but Lee passes into half guard.
Lee prevents Paul from standing back up.
Lee seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Lee lands a nice short elbow.
Paul wants to improve his position but Lee is controlling well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Lee connects with a nice short shot to Paul's temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paul is trying to escape back to his feet but Lee uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Lee has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Paul looking for a sweep but Lee has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Lee landing strikes from the mount and Paul is in trouble!
Lee pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Lee is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Lee connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Lee prevents Paul from getting the reversal.
Lee pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Lee working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ron Paul dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kap Hwan Lee's cut.
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.
Paul displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lee.
Paul throws a series of punches but Lee moves out of range.
Paul tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lee blocks a head kick by Paul.
Lee misses the jab.
Paul slaps away a takedown attempt from Lee, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Lee shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Paul tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Lee has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Paul working to try and regain half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee has control of Paul's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Paul regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Paul can't escape the position.
Lee lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Paul hang on?
Paul working to try and regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
A nice elbow there by Lee.
Paul wants to hold on but Lee pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paul can't escape the position.
Lee with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Lee cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Paul's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Paul takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Paul really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Paul throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee unloading with bombs!
Paul is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Paul tries to reverse the position but Lee maintains control.
Lee with good strikes from the mount here!
Lee with a couple of short strikes.
Lee is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Paul is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Lee landing strikes from the mount and Paul is in trouble!
Paul working to try and regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A nice elbow there by Lee.
Lee pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Paul is working to get back to half guard.
Lee is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A nice elbow there by Lee.
Paul tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kap Hwan Lee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kap Hwan Lee's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Lee gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Paul looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Paul tries to break the clinch but Lee is controlling the position.
Lee can't get the takedown.
Lee drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lee can't get the takedown.
Ron Paul has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kap Hwan Lee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paul changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Lee fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Paul shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lee counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee jumps guard.
Lee is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Lee postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Paul to stand up.
Some wild striking there from Paul.
Lee rushes Paul and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lee manages to pull guard.
Paul pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lee is keeping the position for now.
Paul missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paul trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Lee is on top in guard.
Paul is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Lee is controlling him.
Paul controls Lee momentarily but Lee frees himself.
Paul wants to stand but Lee is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee postures up and lands a big shot to Paul's brow.
Lee working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Paul is trying to keep Lee in close.
Lee with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lee won't allow Paul to get back to his feet.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Lee shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Paul manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Lee is looking to work some ground and pound but Paul has wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lee with a flurry of punches that miss.
Paul wants to sweep here but Lee controlling him for the moment.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lee accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Paul doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Lee preventing the sweep.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Lee misses with a takedown attempt - Paul sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Paul is looking to clinch.
Ron Paul is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kap Hwan Lee comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lee 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Kap Hwan Lee!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Kap Hwan Lee!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Kap Hwan Lee!
Kap Hwan Lee wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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