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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenji Akiyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Masahiko Takamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Akiyama comes to the cage accompanied by Never Gonna Stop Me. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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224 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenji Akiyama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Masahiko Takamoto!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akiyama with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Takamoto avoids the head kick by Akiyama.
Akiyama tries a low kick but Takamoto avoids it.
Takamoto avoids a kick to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Takamoto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Takamoto checks a leg kick.
Akiyama stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Takamoto.
Takamoto misses with an attempted mid kick.
Akiyama thumps Takamoto with a low kick.
Takamoto tries to clinch up.
Akiyama checks the leg kick.
Akiyama blocks a head kick by Takamoto.
Takamoto walks forward, straight into a front kick from Akiyama.
Takamoto looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Akiyama gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Akiyama lands an elbow inside that Takamoto shrugs off.
Takamoto tries to land a knee to the head but Akiyama blocks with his arms.
Akiyama leaning his opponent against the cage.
Akiyama lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Masahiko Takamoto has been cut.
Akiyama lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Akiyama holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Takamoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Akiyama pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Takamoto blocks an elbow strike from Akiyama.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Akiyama just misses with a elbow thrown towards Takamoto's brow.
Takamoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Akiyama has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Takamoto takes an elbow to the forehead.
Takamoto blocks an elbow strike.
Akiyama stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Takamoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Akiyama has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Akiyama lands an elbow inside that Takamoto shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Akiyama.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Akiyama.
Akiyama pushes off an throws an elbow but Takamoto leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Akiyama creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Takamoto's defenses.
Takamoto trying to land knees to the body.
Akiyama creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Takamoto's defenses.
Takamoto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Akiyama blocks it with crossed arms.
Akiyama's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Akiyama moves out of range of the body kick from Takamoto.
Akiyama misses with a low kick.
Akiyama checks a low kick from Takamoto.
Akiyama misses with a body kick.
Takamoto tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Akiyama! Takamoto is out on his feet! Akiyama rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Takamoto is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Takamoto is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenji Akiyama!
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energy
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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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