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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oppai Taichou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young's entrance music is The Rapture - Echoes. A fine choice. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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148 lbs
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145 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Nathan Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Oppai Taichou!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Radbod Blank and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taichou moves into the clinch.
Taichou connects with a knee to the head.
Taichou's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Young jumps guard but Taichou stands there with Young around his waist. Young gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
We've been hearing reports that Young has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Young with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Taichou.
Taichou tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Taichou tries to land knees in the clinch but Young avoids the damage to the body.
A knee to the head by Taichou.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A bit of stalling here from Taichou.
Taichou gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Young.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taichou with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Taichou struggles to land a body shot inside as Young controls his hands.
The referee calls for Taichou to work.
Taichou throws a knee to the head but misses.
Taichou tries a knee to the head but Young blocks it.
Taichou breaks the clinch.
Young is trying hard to land a takedown here. Taichou sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nathan Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Taichou throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Taichou closes the distance and pushes Young back into the cage.
Taichou tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
Taichou scores with a knee to the head.
Taichou with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Taichou escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Taichou has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Young.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taichou closes the distance and clinches.
Taichou looking to throw knees to the head but Young is blocking nicely.
Taichou misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Young.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young tries to break the clinch but Taichou is controlling the position.
Young being controlled against the cage.
Young has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Young takes a knee right on the jaw!
Taichou misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Young.
Taichou prevents a body shot from Young.
Young manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Taichou throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taichou postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Young working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Taichou doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Young is tightening it up a little... Taichou has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Taichou reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Taichou taps out! Nice BJJ there by Young!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Nathan Young!
After the fight, Nathan Young was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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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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