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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shinsuke Mitsurugi (ranked 546 p4p, 74 weight class) and Beast Boy (ranked 1029 p4p, 139 weight class). Mitsurugi comes to the cage accompanied by The Rising Sun. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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187 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
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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
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Shinsuke Mitsurugi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Beast Boy!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mitsurugi misses with a looping right.
Mitsurugi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Beast Boy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mitsurugi moves away from the strike by Boy.
Mitsurugi walks into a jab.
Boy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Boy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mitsurugi's hands.
Boy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Boy just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromMitsurugi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boy throws a lazy right hand but Mitsurugi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mitsurugi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mitsurugi throws a leg kick
letting Boy counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy lands with a nice body punch.
Boy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mitsurugi misses with a hook. Boy ducked under it nicely.
Boy throws a jab when Mitsurugi was well out of range.
Mitsurugi throws a big counter combination but Boy scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Nice uppercut there from Mitsurugi.
Mitsurugi scores with a leg kick.
Mitsurugi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Boy lands with an overhand left.
Boy lands a jab.
Boy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mitsurugi feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Boy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mitsurugi throws a looping overhand right but Boy ducks down to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mitsurugi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Boy.
Mitsurugi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Boy connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mitsurugi scrambles back to his feet.
Boy misses with a straight right.
A good leg kick by Mitsurugi.
Boy digs a good body shot into Mitsurugi's ribs.
Boy connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Boy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mitsurugi.
Mitsurugi misses with a shot to the body
enabling Boy to counter with a crisp jab.
Boy lands a nice hook to Mitsurugi's body. Mitsurugi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Boy scores with a decent looking hook.
Mitsurugi blocks a low kick nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitsurugi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Mitsurugi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Boy moves out of range of the leg kick from Mitsurugi.
Boy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Boy thuds a left hand into Mitsurugi's body.
Boy takes a swing at Mitsurugi's ribcage but misses.
Boy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mitsurugi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Mitsurugi walks into a stiff left hand from Boy.
Mitsurugi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Boy throws out the jab.
Boy scores with a jab to the jaw.
Mitsurugi is rocked!
A punch lands to the side of Boy 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mitsurugi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Boy misses with a wild body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mitsurugi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mitsurugi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boy misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mitsurugi counters with a low kick, right behind Boy 's knee.
Boy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Boy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Boy misses the shot to the body.
Mitsurugi thinks about countering with a body kick.
Boy lands a lovely overhand right.
Boy lands a nice shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Beast Boy dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Boy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A counter left hand to the body from Mitsurugi misses its target.
Boy scores with a body shot.
Mitsurugi is looking to score with low kicks.
A countering left hand to the body from Boy misses.
Mitsurugi has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Boy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mitsurugi manages to avoid it.
Mitsurugi tried to counter with a leg kick but Boy avoided it.
Mitsurugi staying out of range there.
Beast Boy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Boy misses with a body shot.
Mitsurugi thinks about countering with a body kick.
Boy throws a poor cross that misses
and Mitsurugi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Boy's knee momentarily.
Boy misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mitsurugi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Boy.
Mitsurugi throws a head kick that misses.
A little jabbing left from Boy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Good work by Mitsurugi as he checks the leg kick.
Mitsurugi slips a straight right by Boy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitsurugi misses with a head kick.
Boy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boy is looking to chop away at Mitsurugi's legs.
Boy jabs at Mitsurugi's body.
Mitsurugi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Boy.
A big left from Boy misses.
Boy walks forward, straight into a front kick from Mitsurugi.
Boy misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Mitsurugi counter with a right hand.
Boy misses with a hook.
Boy throws a hook to the side of Mitsurugi's head but Mitsurugi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Mitsurugi might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boy looking to land some kicks to the body here.
An attempted straight right counter from Mitsurugi misses the target.
That kick from Mitsurugi tenderised Boy's leg. Boy is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mitsurugi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mitsurugi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Boy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mitsurugi tests Boy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boy looks to land a body kick but Mitsurugi moved away.
Boy connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mitsurugi momentarily.
Boy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That kick from Boy tenderised Mitsurugi's leg. Mitsurugi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Boy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Mitsurugi misses its target.
Mitsurugi misses with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Mitsurugi. That snapped Boy's head back.
Mitsurugi rushes Boy and presses him up against the cage.
Mitsurugi misses with a punch to the body.
Mitsurugi digs a right hand into Boy's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Boy's gas tank.
Mitsurugi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mitsurugi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A knee to the head by Boy.
Mitsurugi working aggressively here.
Mitsurugi can't find room to land a body shot as Boy controls the action.
Mitsurugi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mitsurugi.
Boy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mitsurugi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mitsurugi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Boy backwards.
Boy is rocked!
Mitsurugi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Boy backwards.
Boy is still on wobbly legs! Can Mitsurugi finish him?
Mitsurugi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mitsurugi unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Boy! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Mitsurugi is unloading with more strikes now! Boy drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shinsuke Mitsurugi!
After the fight, Shinsuke Mitsurugi 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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RATING
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