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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Atreyu Nakamotto (ranked 3713 p4p, 457 weight class) and Rocky Balboa (ranked 3702 p4p, 455 weight class). Balboa has chosen Hearts on Fire as his entrance music. Atreyu Nakamotto has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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216 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine |
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Excellent boxer
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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
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Atreyu Nakamotto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rocky Balboa!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Anthony Taglia and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakamotto throws a lazy right hand but Balboa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Balboa getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Balboa blocks a body shot from Nakamotto.
Balboa pushes Nakamotto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Balboa misses with some punches.
Nakamotto struggles to land a body shot inside as Balboa controls his hands.
Balboa fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nakamotto working aggressively here.
Nakamotto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nakamotto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Balboa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Balboa misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nakamotto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Balboa misses with a hook. Nakamotto ducked under it nicely.
Balboa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Balboa misses with an uppercut. Nakamotto saw that one coming.
Balboa staying out of range there.
Nakamotto takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nakamotto throws a body kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamotto tries to clinch but Balboa moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Balboa. Nakamotto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nakamotto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Balboa.
It seemed like Balboa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Balboa throws a jab but it's blocked by Nakamotto.
Balboa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nakamotto throws a hook to the side of Balboa's head but Balboa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nakamotto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Balboa tries to clinch there but Nakamotto circles away.
Balboa misses with a straight left.
Balboa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nakamotto.
Nakamotto thows a left - swing and a miss!
Balboa dodges the punch combination from Nakamotto.
Nakamotto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Balboa dips to his left and cracks Nakamotto with an uppercut!
Nakamotto has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Akatsuki Dojo in the buildup to the fight.
Nakamotto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Balboa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Balboa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nakamotto throws a lazy right hand but Balboa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nakamotto throws a body punch but Balboa moves out of range.
Balboa throws a series of punches but Nakamotto avoids them all with ease.
Balboa misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamotto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Balboa.
Nakamotto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Balboa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Decent striking displayed by Balboa there.
Balboa slips a jab from Nakamotto.
Nakamotto moves out of range of the strikes.
Nakamotto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice straight punches there by Nakamotto. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nakamotto.
Nakamotto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Balboa.
Balboa appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Balboa gets tackled into the cage by Nakamotto. Nakamotto maintains the clinch.
Balboa misses with some punches.
Balboa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nakamotto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Balboa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Balboa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nakamotto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Balboa has managed to clinch.
Nakamotto has a couple of punches blocked by Balboa.
Nakamotto blocking some punches.
Balboa has a couple of punches blocked by Nakamotto.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamotto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nakamotto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Balboa ducks right into an uppercut from Nakamotto.
Nakamotto moves into range and clinches up with Balboa.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Balboa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Balboa is looking to break free of the clinch but Nakamotto has double underhooks.
Balboa throws a punch but it's blocked by Nakamotto.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nakamotto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Balboa throws a punch but it's blocked by Nakamotto.
Nakamotto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Balboa misses with the head strike.
A short right from Balboa on the inside.
Nakamotto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nakamotto blocks an uppercut.
Balboa working aggressively here.
Nakamotto manages to break the clinch.
Balboa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nakamotto swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nakamotto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Balboa.
Nakamotto takes a swing at Balboa's ribcage but misses.
Balboa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamotto has managed to clinch.
Nakamotto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nakamotto throws a head punch that misses.
Balboa throws a head punch that misses.
Nakamotto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nakamotto swings wildly with an uppercut but Balboa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balboa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Balboa on the inside.
Nakamotto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nakamotto.
Nakamotto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nakamotto prevents Balboa from breaking the clinch.
Balboa tries a body shot but Nakamotto blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nakamotto.
Nakamotto lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nakamotto scores with a shoulder strike.
Balboa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nakamotto backwards.
Nakamotto lands a right hand.
Balboa blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Atreyu Nakamotto will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Balboa misses with a double jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nakamotto defending well as Balboa loads up on a big left hand.
Nakamotto moves away from the strike by Balboa.
Nakamotto pushes Balboa away with a front kick.
Balboa lands the left hand.
Nakamotto misses with a straight left.
Balboa slips a straight right by Nakamotto.
Atreyu Nakamotto is winning the standup battle so far.
Balboa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nakamotto slips under a jab from Balboa.
Balboa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A jab from Balboa finds it's way through Nakamotto's defenses.
Balboa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nakamotto, pushing him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balboa.
Nakamotto gets through Balboa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Balboa misses with the head strike.
Balboa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balboa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Balboa has a couple of punches blocked by Nakamotto.
Nakamotto lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Balboa or not.
Nakamotto controlling the action here for a moment.
Balboa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nakamottos head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa blocking some punches.
Nakamotto misses with a body punch.
Balboa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Balboa tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Nakamotto just stands there and leans against the cage.
Nakamotto blocking some punches.
Nakamotto is working Balboa over against the cage.
Atreyu Nakamotto has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Balboa is trying to maintain a safe position but Nakamotto gets an underhook and turns Balboa into the cage.
Nakamotto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nakamotto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nakamotto blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Nakamotto.
Nakamotto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Balboas head.
Nakamotto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Nakamotto fails to land.
Nakamotto blocking some punches.
Nakamotto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nakamotto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamotto throws a lazy right hand but Balboa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nakamotto lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sloppy strikes from Balboa. Those never looked like landing.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Balboa crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Nakamotto - the referee stops the clock and Balboa gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Nakamotto. Balboa manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balboa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nakamotto throws out the jab.
Nakamotto scores with a jab to the body.
Nakamotto tries to clinch there but Balboa circles away.
Balboa throws out a loose jab but Nakamotto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Atreyu Nakamotto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nakamotto misses with a looping left.
Balboa throws out a counter right but Nakamotto avoids it with no problem.
Nakamotto misses the jab.
Balboa throws a hook but Nakamotto avoids it easily.
Nakamotto rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Balboa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nakamotto uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Balboa has time to react.
A big right from Balboa misses.
Nakamotto avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nakamotto blocks a jab.
Nakamotto fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Balboa, pushing him back against the cage.
Nakamotto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamotto throws a head punch that misses.
Nakamotto lands a shoulder strike.
Nakamotto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Balboa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nakamotto lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Balboa throws a punch but it's blocked by Nakamotto.
Balboa stalling in the clinch but Nakamotto improves position.
Nakamotto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Balboa backwards.
Balboa is looking to break free of the clinch but Nakamotto has double underhooks.
Balboa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Balboa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nakamotto stalling the fight.
Nakamotto blocks an uppercut.
Nakamotto has a couple of punches blocked by Balboa.
A frustrated look appears on Balboa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Balboa misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Balboa.
Nakamotto misses with some punches.
Nakamotto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamotto lands a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nakamotto lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Nakamotto.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Balboa.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balboa.
Balboa misses with a punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A shot in the inside from Nakamotto.
Balboa is rocked!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nakamotto.
Balboa is still on wobbly legs! Can Nakamotto finish him?
Balboa has had enough of the clinch but Nakamotto keeps him there for the moment.
Balboa seems to have recovered his senses.
Nakamotto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nakamotto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nakamotto lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nakamotto creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Balboa with a big uppercut! Balboa tries to clinch up but Nakamotto pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Balboa to the mat! Balboa covers up and Nakamotto unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Atreyu Nakamotto!
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energy
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hype
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