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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Nwachukwu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michihiro Bukake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bukake has chosen Primo Victoria as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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205 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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175 cm
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220 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Decent knees
Solid chin |
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Nwachukwu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Michihiro Bukake !
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Igor Prikhodko and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nwachukwu closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nwachukwu blocks an uppercut.
Bukake has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Nwachukwu is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Bukake tries to land a knee to the head but Nwachukwu blocks with his arms.
Nwachukwu looking to throw knees to the head but Bukake is blocking nicely.
Nwachukwu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nwachukwu blocking some punches.
Nwachukwu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nwachukwu misses with the head strike.
Nwachukwu lands a nice knee to the body.
Nwachukwu tries to land knees in the clinch but Bukake avoids the damage to the body.
Nwachukwu trying to land knees to the body.
Nwachukwu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bukake blocks it with crossed arms.
Bukake misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nwachukwu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bukake tries a knee to the head but Nwachukwu blocks it.
Nwachukwu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bukake 's elbow.
Nwachukwu lands a left hand.
Nwachukwu with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bukake misses with a knee strike.
Bukake lands a knee to the head.
It looks like John Nwachukwu has been cut.
Nwachukwu tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nwachukwu with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bukake trying to land knees to the body.
Nwachukwu blocks an elbow strike from Bukake .
Nwachukwu misses with a punch on the inside.
Nwachukwu throws a punch but it's blocked by Bukake .
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bukake is trying to trip Nwachukwu. He has hold of a leg but Nwachukwu is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Bukake persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Bukake looking to sit in guard and control but Nwachukwu gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Nwachukwu showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Nwachukwu wants to control from the top but Bukake keeps moving.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bukake is on top in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nwachukwu avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bukake trying to control but Nwachukwu is working from the bottom.
Bukake stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nwachukwu swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nwachukwu keeping moving, preventing Bukake from controlling successfully.
Bukake pushing down on Nwachukwu's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Bukake prevents Nwachukwu from standing back up.
Bukake missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bukake throwing shots but Nwachukwu is blocking nicely.
Nwachukwu keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bukake is trying to control. Nwachukwu wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Nwachukwu looks like he's trying to stand up.
Bukake wants to take a breather but Nwachukwu is having none of it.
Bukake throwing shots but Nwachukwu is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nwachukwu avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bukake .
Still in half guard, Bukake seems content to control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bukake throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bukake is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Nwachukwu doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Bukake .
Nwachukwu looks like he's trying to stand up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michihiro Bukake dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Nwachukwu's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nwachukwu fails with a takedown attempt.
Nwachukwu fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nwachukwu misses with a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bukake looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bukake wants to land a leg kick but Nwachukwu is out of range.
Nwachukwu throws out a powerful jab.
Bukake fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Nwachukwu is out of range.
Nwachukwu is looking to score with low kicks.
Bukake is looking to chop away at Nwachukwu's legs.
Bukake keeps Nwachukwu at a distance using the push kick.
Bukake avoids the head kick by Nwachukwu.
Nwachukwu moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bukake is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nwachukwu is defending well for now.
Bukake blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nwachukwu with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Still in the clinch, Nwachukwu scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nwachukwu misses with a knee strike.
Nwachukwu putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bukake in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nwachukwu prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bukake misses with a knee to the head.
Nwachukwu tries to work over Bukake 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nwachukwu landing knees to the head.
It looks like Michihiro Bukake has been cut.
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!
Nwachukwu tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nwachukwu misses with a body punch.
Nwachukwu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bukake tries to land a knee to the head but Nwachukwu blocks with his arms.
Bukake tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nwachukwu with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nwachukwu tries to land a knee to the head but Bukake blocks with his arms.
Bukake with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nwachukwu prevents the takedown attempt.
Nwachukwu lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bukake throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nwachukwu blocks it with crossed arms.
Bukake trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nwachukwu landing knees to the body.
Nwachukwu has Bukake pushed against the cage.
Nwachukwu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bukake has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bukake tries a body shot but Nwachukwu blocks it.
Nwachukwu misses with a punch to the body.
Nwachukwu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bukake .
Nwachukwu is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bukake is defending well for now.
Bukake blocks a body shot from Nwachukwu.
Bukake blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bukake lands a knee to the body.
John Nwachukwu has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bukake throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nwachukwu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nwachukwu tries to stall but Bukake uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bukake is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nwachukwu is defending well for now.
Bukake fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nwachukwu putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bukake in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nwachukwu lands a knee to the body.
Bukake is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bukake tries to land a knee to the head but Nwachukwu blocks with his arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nwachukwu looking to throw knees to the head but Bukake is blocking nicely.
Nwachukwu scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bukake is rocked!
Nwachukwu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bukake is still on wobbly legs! Can Nwachukwu finish him?
Nwachukwu throws a big uppercut that drops Bukake ! More strikes from Nwachukwu and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Bukake lies dazed against the cage as Nwachukwu celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Nwachukwu!
John Nwachukwu opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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