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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hiroki Matsuoka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julian Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hiroki Matsuoka is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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143 lbs
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144 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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Decent wrestler
World class boxer
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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 Helsinki, Hiroki Matsuoka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Julian Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Matsuoka steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thompson.
Thompson blocks the body kick.
A swing and a miss from Thompson.
Matsuoka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Matsuoka slips a straight right by Thompson.
Matsuoka throws a quick counter head kick but Thompson was just out of range.
Matsuoka slips under a jab from Thompson.
Thompson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Matsuoka counters with a nice body kick.
Matsuoka misses with a kick to the body.
Thompson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Thompson misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Matsuoka to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thompson tries to counter with a clinch but Matsuoka shakes him off and moves away.
Matsuoka's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Thompson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Matsuoka scrambles back to his feet.
Matsuoka moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matsuoka gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Thompson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Matsuoka in his tracks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson throws an off balance right hand
and Matsuoka counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thompson blocks the body kick.
Matsuoka is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Thompson throws a hook but Matsuoka blocks it.
Matsuoka lands with a hook. Thompson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Thompson throws a lazy uppercut
and Matsuoka counters with a nice body kick.
Matsuoka turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Thompson throws a combination that misses
and Matsuoka counters with a nice body kick.
Matsuoka uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thompson.
Matsuoka half committed to a counter leg kick.
Thompson throws a hook but Matsuoka blocks it.
Matsuoka throwing a counter right hand but Thompson manages to avoid it.
Thompson lands a jab to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thompson loads up on a big right hand but Matsuoka slips the punch.
Matsuoka appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Matsuoka fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Thompson checks it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Thompson as he checks the leg kick.
That kick from Matsuoka tenderised Thompson's leg. Thompson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Thompson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Thompson has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Julian Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thompson throws a nice looking combination but Matsuoka bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Thompson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thompson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Matsuoka.
Thompson missing with a left hand there. Matsuoka was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Matsuoka is looking to counter with a body kick.
Nice uppercut there from Thompson.
Nice jab there from Thompson.
Matsuoka lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Matsuoka catches Thompson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Matsuoka looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Matsuoka throws a head kick that misses.
Matsuoka ducks under a wild hook from Thompson.
Matsuoka pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Thompson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson just misses with a punch to the body.
Thompson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Matsuoka had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Thompson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thompson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Thompson connects with a body shot.
Matsuoka thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Thompson if he has to take too many more of those.
Matsuoka throws a good cross that connects.
Thompson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thompson throws an off balance right hand
and Matsuoka counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Matsuoka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Matsuoka is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Matsuoka takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Thompson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Matsuoka's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Thompson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Matsuoka scrambles back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Matsuoka avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Matsuoka tried to counter with a leg kick but Thompson avoided it.
Matsuoka buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matsuoka throws a sloppy head kick and Thompson moves out of range easily.
Thompson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Matsuoka momentarily.
Nice straight punches there by Thompson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Thompson.
Whack! Matsuoka lands a heavy head kick that drops Thompson. The ref tackles Matsuoka to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Thompson was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Hiroki Matsuoka!
In defeat, Julian Thompson stepped up to the mic, saying 'Only god forgives, one day I will get my revenge.'.
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hype
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