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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Heero Yuy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ralle Pihl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yuy comes to the cage accompanied by Coma Black - Marilyn Manson. Pihl has chosen Run to the hills as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Heero Yuy could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ralle Pihl's chin.
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132 lbs
12 - 12 - 0 |
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140 lbs
7 - 16 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Heero Yuy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ralle Pihl!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Damien Edna and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yuy has Pihl up against the cage in a clinch.
Pihl looking for a takedown.
Pihl goes for a takedown in the clinch but Yuy prevents it.
Pihl putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yuy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Yuy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pihl has him pressed against the cage.
Yuy can't break the clinch.
Pihl escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yuy misses with a two punch combination.
Yuy keeps the fight on the outside.
Pihl closes the distance and clinches.
Pihl wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Yuy has him pressed against the cage.
Pihl looking for a takedown.
Heero Yuy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ralle Pihl.
Pihl escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yuy closes the distance and clinches.
Yuy is trying to break free.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yuy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pihl wants to take the fight to the mat but Yuy manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Yuy is trying to break free.
Yuy has had enough of the clinch but Pihl keeps him there for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pihl is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Yuy gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Pihl's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pihl wants to clinch.
Pihl walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Pihl shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Yuy sprawls well. Yuy wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pihl gets slowly back to his feet.
Yuy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pihl circles away quickly and effectively.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pihl looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Yuy tries to bum rush Pihl with a series of wild strikes but Pihl uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yuy throws a sloppy head kick and Pihl moves out of range easily.
Yuy throws a head kick but Pihl moves out of range.
Yuy throws a right hand that Pihl ducks under and follows up with a left that Pihl also avoids with ease.
Yuy decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Nice strikes from Yuy there.
Pihl is refusing to be controlled, as Yuy sits in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pihl has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Yuy is working away from the top position though.
Yuy controlling the action here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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!
Yuy working the head and body with strikes.
Yuy with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Yuy winds up and cracks Pihl with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Pihl is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Pihl can do anything to dispel that myth.
Yuy throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Yuy thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pihl's head.
Yuy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
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. Yuy connects with a nice short shot to Pihl's temple.
Pihl is trying to control but Yuy manages to pass to mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pihl is trying to stand.
Pihl in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Pihl is trying to stand up.
Yuy scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Yuy postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Pihl looks a forlorn figure.
Yuy with good strikes from the mount here!
Pihl is rocked!
Yuy cracks Pihl with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Heero Yuy!
Heero Yuy spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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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
63% |
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