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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ikuhisa Minowa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Susumo Komota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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8 - 9 - 0 |
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182 cm
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195 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ikuhisa Minowa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Susumo Komota!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Minowa swings for the body but Komota moves out of range.
Minowa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Komota.
Minowa swinging wildly here.
Minowa bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Komota's head backwards.
Minowa with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Minowa changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Komota lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Minowa misses with a double jab.
Komota connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Minowa misses with a wild combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Komota takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Some wild striking there from Minowa.
Minowa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Minowa displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Minowa scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Komota fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Minowa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Minowa dodges the punch combination from Komota.
Minowa lands a two punch combo.
Ikuhisa Minowa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Komota throws a front kick aimed at Minowa's knee but Minowa avoids it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Minowa slips under a jab from Komota.
Minowa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Minowa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Komota.
Komota moves out of range of the strikes.
Ikuhisa Minowa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Komota shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Komota will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Danga de danga de dang - Minowa scores with a four punch combination!
A punch combination from Minowa misses.
Minowa misses with a few strikes there.
Minowa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Komota cracks Minowa with a good jab.
Komota misses with a hook. Minowa ducked under it nicely.
Minowa lunges at Komota with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Komota's hand.
Komota goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Komota waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Minowa.
Komota throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Komota avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Komota takes a swing at Minowa's ribcage but misses.
Minowa misses with a combination
letting Komota counter with a right hand.
Minowa feints a jab promting Komota to slip. Minowa then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Komota slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Minowa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Minowa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Komota sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Minowa misses with a series of wild punches.
Minowa checks the leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Minowa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Minowa is working the combinations to good effect here.
Minowa throws a series of punches but Komota moves out of range.
Komota shoots and misses
enabling Minowa to counter with a crisp jab.
Minowa lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Minowa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Komota moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Komota fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Minowa manages to avoid it.
Komota digs a good body shot into Minowa's ribs.
Komota throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Minowa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Komota throws a right hand that misses
and Minowa counters with a three punch combo that has Komota backing up. Komota nods at Minowa to acknowledge the strikes.
Minowa misses with a wild combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Komota thows a left - swing and a miss!
Some wild striking there from Minowa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ikuhisa Minowa dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Minowa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Komota throws a shot from downtown. Minowa moves away and avoids it.
Minowa misses with the combination.
Sloppy strikes from Minowa. Those never looked like landing.
Minowa gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Komota moves out of range as Minowa strikes.
Sloppy strikes from Minowa. Those never looked like landing.
Minowa misses with a few strikes there.
Komota goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Minowa moves out of range of the strikes.
Minowa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Minowa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Komota circles away quickly and effectively.
Komota shoots for a takedown but Minowa saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Minowa throws a series of punches but Komota avoids them all with ease.
Komota connects with the punch.
Minowa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Komota.
Minowa shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Komota eats them both and turns towards Minowa to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
A left lands for Minowa.
Komota slips a jab from Minowa.
Minowa misses with a double jab.
Komota looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Minowa is fending him off so far but Komota persists. Nope, Minowa circles away and we're back to standing.
Minowa throws a big shot that misses.
Komota gets a takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Minowa is refusing to be controlled, as Komota sits in half guard.
Minowa wants to get back to full guard but Komota has mounted him!
Minowa keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Komota scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Minowa working to try and regain half guard.
Komota with a couple of short strikes.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Komota cracks Minowa with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Komota with shots to the head and body - Minowa looks very uncomfortable down there.
Minowa is working to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minowa is squirming around, avoiding Komota's attempts to control the action.
Minowa is looking to improve his position but Komota isn't that keen on the idea.
Komota controlling from mount.
Komota raining down hammerfists from mount.
Minowa is in all sorts of trouble here.
Minowa is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Minowa is looking to improve his position but Komota isn't that keen on the idea.
Minowa bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Komota working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Minowa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Komota wants to sweep but no luck.
Komota is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Minowa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Komota is keeping the position for now.
Komota wants to stand and escape but Minowa is having none of it.
Komota working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Minowa doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Minowa manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Minowa stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Komota swivels though and keeps the full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Minowa is looking to advance position but Komota has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Minowa wants to hold on but Komota pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Susumo Komota will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Komota tries a low kick but Minowa avoids it.
Minowa dips to his left and cracks Komota with an uppercut!
Minowa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Komota avoids the body shot from Minowa.
Komota misses with a looping left.
Komota uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Minowa.
Komota connects with a right hand. Minowa shakes it off.
Minowa misses with a wild combination.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Minowa checks a leg kick.
Komota tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Minowa was well out of range. Poor timing from Komota.
Minowa takes a swing at Komota's ribcage but misses.
Minowa misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Komota jabs at Minowa's body.
Komota throws out a loose jab but Minowa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Minowa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Komota.
Minowa blocks the body kick.
Minowa misses with a wild body shot.
Minowa misses with a double jab.
Minowa looks to land a combination. Komota sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Komota throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Komota fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Komota looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Minowa!
Komota raining down hammerfists from mount.
Komota landing strikes from the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Komota content just to control the position here.
Komota scoring with strikes but Minowa is staying in there.
Minowa bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Minowa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Komota is keeping the position for now.
Minowa sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Komota's guard.
Komota moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Minowa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Komota is keeping the position for now.
Komota is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Komota is pulling down on Minowa's head to control his posture.
Minowa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Komota is keeping the position for now.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Komota has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Minowa can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Minowa wants to pass the guard but Komota is keeping the position.
Minowa passes into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Komota has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Minowa is working away from the top position though.
Minowa is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Komota doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Minowa.
Komota is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Minowa pulls his head out easily.
Komota keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Komota is trying to stand up here but Minowa is controlling him well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Minowa is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Minowa winds up and cracks Komota with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Minowa throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ikuhisa Minowa.
I think Minowa has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ikuhisa Minowa!
A relieved looking Ikuhisa Minowa thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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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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