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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sho Kazuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rua kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Don't Talk To Strangers. Kazuki has chosen Effects of Hiroshima as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
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165 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
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World class MT
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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
20 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pedro Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Sho Kazuki!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua thows a body shot but no joy.
Kazuki cracks Rua with an open hand slap.
Kazuki misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kazuki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rua counters with an inside leg kick.
Kazuki on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rua lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kazuki circles away quickly and effectively.
Kazuki throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Rua dodges the punch combination from Kazuki.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kazuki - that will leave a mark!
Rua tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kazuki swivels and escapes.
Kazuki thows a leg kick but Rua checks it
and Rua moves into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kazuki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short left from Kazuki.
Kazuki tries to work over Rua's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
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!
Kazuki struggles to land a body shot inside as Rua controls his hands.
A nice left hand lands by Kazuki.
Rua tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kazuki.
Kazuki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rua avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Rua misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kazuki throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rua blocks a low kick nicely.
Kazuki misses with a leg kick.
Kazuki misses with a double jab.
Kazuki throws a wild body kick that Rua sees coming a mile off.
Kazuki is looking to land body kicks.
Rua misses with a head kick.
Rua tries a head kick but it misses.
Rua misses with a takedown
and Kazuki counters with a nice uppercut.
Kazuki lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kazuki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rua moves away.
Kazuki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rua takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kazuki fails to land with a series of punches.
Jab from Kazuki.
Rua shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rua stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Kazuki throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kazuki misses with an uppercut.
Rua throws a body kick that misses.
Rua moves out of range of the leg kick from Kazuki.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kazuki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rua moves away.
Sho Kazuki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rua has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rua there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kazuki sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A good leg kick by Kazuki.
Rua misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rua goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Rua wants to clinch up but Kazuki keeps it at a distance.
Kazuki throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sho Kazuki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kazuki throws a wild body kick that Rua sees coming a mile off.
Kazuki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice defenses there by Kazuki.
Rua shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rua tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kazuki.
Kazuki lands a slapping body shot.
Kazuki lands a nice hook to Rua's body. Rua takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rua takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rua lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rua ducks right into an uppercut from Kazuki.
A telegraphed right hand from Kazuki misses the target.
Kazuki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rua tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rua has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pedro Rua. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rua checks a leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rua connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kazuki takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Sho Kazuki will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Rua jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rua tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kazuki was well out of range. Poor timing from Rua.
A combination from Kazuki does no damage.
Kazuki pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rua is out of range and Kazuki settles back down.
Rua fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kazuki is out of range.
Rua on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kazuki. Kazuki obviously looking to wear him down.
Kazuki fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kazuki feints and then cracks Rua's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rua down.
Pedro Rua is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rua tries to bum rush Kazuki with a series of wild strikes but Kazuki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rua will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rua throws a hook to the side of Kazuki's head but Kazuki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rua chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kazuki can pounce on him.
Rua throws a hook but Kazuki blocks it.
Rua checks the leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Kazuki misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kazuki misses with a wild combination.
Kazuki throws a shot to the body.
Kazuki displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rua throws out the jab.
Rua is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kazuki scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kazuki throws the kick towards the body but Rua avoids it.
Kazuki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rua.
Kazuki lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rua throws a lazy head kick
and Kazuki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rua misses with a head kick.
Rua steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kazuki.
Kazuki misses with a double jab.
Nice sprawl there from Kazuki as Rua shoots in.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kazuki.
Rua misses with a hook.
Rua has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kazuki.
Rua shoots in for a double leg but Kazuki sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pedro Rua. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rua is looking to chop away at Kazuki's legs.
Rua throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good leg kick by Kazuki there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kazuki throws a push kick but Rua slaps the foot to one side.
Rua slips under a jab.
Rua throws a hook but Kazuki blocks it.
Kazuki cracks the inside of Rua's front leg.
Kazuki's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Kazuki duly obliges.
Kazuki stuns Rua with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kazuki lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rua's sensitive parts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kazuki throws a hook to the side of Rua's head but Rua sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kazuki attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kazuki swings for the body but Rua moves out of range.
Rua takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kazuki throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kazuki scores with a body shot.
Kazuki throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kazuki tried to score with a low kick but Rua checks it.
Rua has managed to clinch.
Kazuki dodges an elbow strike from Rua.
Kazuki lands a nice shot to the body.
Kazuki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rua jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rua takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kazuki misses with a hook.
Kazuki dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rua. That did some damage!
Kazuki keeps Rua at a distance using the push kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rua goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
It looks like Sho Kazuki has been cut.
Nice takedown defense from Kazuki. No joy for Rua on that attempt.
Rua takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rua takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kazuki lands with a nice body kick.
Rua throws a leg kick but Kazuki sees it coming and checks it nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kazuki lands a front kick.
Rua on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kazuki displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Rua.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sho Kazuki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sho Kazuki's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Rua misses with a head kick.
Rua takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rua shoots in and drives through. Kazuki sprawls well.
Kazuki scores with a one two! Rua had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kazuki shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kazuki thumps Rua with a low kick.
Donk. Kazuki catches Rua right on the button with a cross.
Rua moves out of range of the leg kick from Kazuki.
Kazuki misses with a body punch
and Rua counters with a nice body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rua checks a leg kick.
Kazuki throws a leg kick
and Rua counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Kazuki is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Rua sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kazuki is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Rua rather than just go for the knockout.
Kazuki lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kazuki can pounce on him.
Kazuki throws out a loose jab but Rua uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rua blocks the body kick.
A solid body kick from Kazuki.
Rua looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kazuki throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kazuki cracks Rua with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rua steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kazuki. That one must have hurt.
Kazuki closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kazuki swings for the body but Rua moves out of range.
Kazuki scores with a jab. Rua acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kazuki fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rua checks it well.
Kazuki cracks the inside of Rua's front leg.
Pedro Rua has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kazuki throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rua.
Rua misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kazuki counters with an inside leg kick.
Kazuki slips a jab and a cross from Rua.
Rua throws a head kick but Kazuki moves out of range.
A good leg kick by Kazuki.
Rua takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rua tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rua throws a low kick but Kazuki moves out of range easily.
Rua shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kazuki defends it nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kazuki lands with a cross.
Rua throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rua.
Kazuki throws a body punch but Rua moves out of range.
Kazuki lands with a nice combination. Rua backs away looking to recover.
Rua doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rua misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kazuki.
Kazuki scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sho Kazuki is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Rua moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kazuki is rocked!
Kazuki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kazuki is still on wobbly legs! Can Rua finish him?
A swing and a miss from Rua.
Rua on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rua moves out of range of the leg kick from Kazuki.
Rua shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kazuki defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pedro Rua. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head kick misses from Rua.
Rua keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kazuki moves out of range of the body kick from Rua.
Rua will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Rua fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A good leg kick by Kazuki.
Kazuki throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kazuki scores with a jab. Rua acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kazuki shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kazuki throws a leg kick but Rua sees it coming and moves out of range.
Rua slips under a jab.
Kazuki misses the shot to the body.
Rua uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kazuki.
Kazuki thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rua lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kazuki circles away quickly and effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kazuki throws a leg kick but Rua checks it.
Kazuki misses with an attempted mid kick.
Good work by Rua as he checks the leg kick.
Kazuki throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rua.
Rua tries to bum rush Kazuki with a series of wild strikes but Kazuki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kazuki lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rua has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rua and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kazuki swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sho Kazuki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kazuki scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kazuki blocks the body kick.
Rua fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rua throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kazuki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kazuki scores with a leg kick.
Kazuki fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rua is out of range.
Kazuki avoids the head kick by Rua.
Rua looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kazuki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rua sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rua staying out of range there.
Rua misses with the combination.
Kazuki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rua manages to avoid it.
Rua keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kazuki.
Rua throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kazuki misses with a body kick.
Rua dodges the punch combination from Kazuki.
Rua keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kazuki works the jab nicely.
Rua lands a really nice looking cross but Kazuki seems unphased.
Nice sprawl there from Kazuki as Rua shoots in.
Rua keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rua lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rua is pawing at Kazuki, trying to feel the distance before throwing out a cross that crashes into Kazuki's nose. Kazuki is badly hurt! Rua pounces, throwing wild strikes as both fighters end up on the ground! Kazuki tries desperately to hold on but Rua is relentless in his assault! As Kazuki receives an ever increasing number of unanswered strikes the referee pulls Rua away and this one is in the books!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pedro Rua!
Pedro Rua seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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