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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Michal Kucharski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ashton Eaton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Eaton's choice of entrance music: Eminem - Berzerk. Michal Kucharski could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ashton Eaton's chin.
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144 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
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170 cm
20
146 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Brawler
Good chin |
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Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michal Kucharski!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ashton Eaton!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Matheus Silva and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Eaton. Those never looked like landing.
Eaton throws a series of strikes that have Kucharski backpedaling.
Kucharski closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Kucharski lands in his opponent's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Kucharski is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Eaton keeping full guard, as Kucharski tries to pass.
Kucharski is working hard here to advance position.
Kucharski throws a big elbow that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kucharski wants to control from the top but Eaton keeps moving.
Kucharski lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Eaton is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Eaton looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Eaton is looking for a triangle but Kucharski pushes his legs off easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eaton can't keep his opponent in guard - Kucharski advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Eaton looking for submissions off his back.
Eaton is looking to improve his position.
Kucharski performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Kucharski wants to lay and pray for a moment but Eaton keeps working.
Kucharski is looking for a kimura here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kucharski throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eaton trying to hold on to Kucharski's head to control him but Kucharski postures up.
Eaton wants to get back to full guard.
Eaton is trying to maintain the position but Kucharski is very close to passing his half guard.
Kucharski is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Eaton doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Kucharski.
Kucharski seems to be looking for submissions.
Eaton keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kucharski 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.
Eaton looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Eaton on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kucharski not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Eaton looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kucharski is trying to work for a kimura but Eaton is defending well.
Kucharski tries to pass to full mount but Eaton defends it.
Kucharski throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kucharski is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Eaton!
Kucharski postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Eaton looks a forlorn figure.
Kucharski in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Kucharski working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eaton sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kucharski works his way into side control.
Kucharski in side control lands a decent elbow.
Eaton sneaks back into half guard.
Kucharski not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kucharski moves nicely into side control.
Eaton prevents Kucharski from moving into mount.
Kucharski is looking to take a break and control but Eaton is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Eaton felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Eaton wants to control but Kucharski postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michal Kucharski dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kucharski manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Eaton on his heels. He'll look to pass Eaton's guard now, I'm sure.
Eaton is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Kucharski is aware though and is defending well.
Michal Kucharski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Eaton working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kucharski doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Kucharski manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Eaton can't keep his opponent in guard - Kucharski advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Kucharski tries to pass to full mount but Eaton defends it.
Kucharski scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Eaton is defending against the submission attempts here by Kucharski.
Eaton is trying to control but can't.
Kucharski with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eaton works his way to full guard. Good work.
Kucharski advances position into side control!
Kucharski landing a few strikes.
Eaton wants to control but Kucharski postures up.
Eaton is looking to reverse the position.
Kucharski working the head with strikes.
Kucharski in side control lands a decent elbow.
Kucharski advances to mount.
Kucharski cracks Eaton with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Eaton wants to control but Kucharski is having none of it.
Kucharski is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Eaton can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kucharski trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Eaton is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The referee warns Eaton that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Eaton takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kucharski is landing with some decent strikes but Eaton is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Eaton is rocked!
Kucharski lands a big elbow - Eaton is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Eaton is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Michal Kucharski!
Michal Kucharski retains his bantamweight title!
Michal Kucharski thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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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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