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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shintaro Murata (ranked 4875 p4p, 508 weight class) and Alvarez Croce (ranked 3379 p4p, 385 weight class). Croce has chosen Bleed to Death as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
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195 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Cuts easily |
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Dangerous GnP
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shintaro Murata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alvarez Croce !
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Croce gets caught flat footed, as Murata shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Murata cracks Croce with a solid left hand.
Murata throwing strikes from guard but Croce blocks nicely.
Murata with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Murata accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Croce is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Murata throws a strike but Croce rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Croce looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Croce working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Murata's head.
Croce working some strikes from top position.
Murata knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Croce on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murata throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Croce connects with a couple of short punches.
Croce lands a couple of digs.
Murata throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Croce postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Murata is rocked!
Murata striking off his back but it's not causing Croce any problems.
Oh Murata is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Murata manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Croce manages to get himself to full guard.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murata throws a strike but Croce rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Murata seems to have got his legs back now.
Croce scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Croce scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Croce looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Croce postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Murata covers up, he's hurt! Croce keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Croce and the ref steps in to end the fight! Croce can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alvarez Croce !
A victorious Alvarez Croce thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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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
61% |
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