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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sim Salabim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kostya Tszyu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tszyu has chosen NH as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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163 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sim Salabim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kostya Tszyu!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tszyu misses with a few strikes there.
Tszyu lands with a nice body punch.
Tszyu throws a chopping leg kick but Salabim manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Tszyu throws a jab when Salabim was well out of range.
Tszyu jabs Salabim to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Salabim tries to move into range but Tszyu moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tszyu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A big left from Tszyu misses.
Tszyu jabs at Salabim's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tszyu lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Salabim at a distance.
Salabim is breathing heavily.
Salabim fails with an attempt to clinch.
Salabim shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Tszyu makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Salabim moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tszyu scores with a punch to the head.
Salabim is rocked!
Tszyu lands with a shot to the body.
Oh Salabim is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tszyu misses with a left hand
and Salabim counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tszyu is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Salabim seems to have got his legs back now.
Tszyu tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Salabim.
Tszyu controlling the pace.
Tszyu tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Salabim.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tszyu tries to pass the half guard into mount. Salabim knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Tszyu perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Kostya Tszyu wasn't active enough on the ground.
A decent looking cross lands there for Tszyu.
Tszyu throws a right and a left that both miss.
Salabim slips under a jab.
Salabim tries to move into range but Tszyu moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tszyu throws a big shot that misses.
Tszyu misses with a wild body shot.
Salabim fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tszyu manages to avoid it.
A lazy left from Tszyu finds it's target.
Tszyu throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Salabim to counter with a crisp jab.
An inside leg kick from Tszyu misses.
Tszyu scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Salabim misses with a takedown attempt - Tszyu sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Salabim drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Tszyu lands a beautiful left hook that drops Salabim. Salabim tries to recover but Tszyu is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Salabim lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kostya Tszyu!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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