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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Omar Cunningham (ranked 2162 p4p, 110 weight class) and Tenshin Kitano (ranked 1803 p4p, 92 weight class). Kitano is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Kaiji OST - Kaiji Theme. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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147 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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177 cm
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142 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Omar Cunningham !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Tenshin Kitano!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kitano takes the fight into the clinch.
Kitano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cunningham 's elbow.
Kitano lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cunningham trying to control the position but instead, Kitano has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cunningham into the ropes.
Kitano misses with a body punch.
A short left from Cunningham .
Cunningham tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cunningham misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Kitano.
Cunningham blocks an uppercut.
Cunningham throws a punch but it's blocked by Kitano.
Kitano swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cunningham swings wildly with an uppercut but Kitano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cunningham swings wildly with an uppercut but Kitano uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kitano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cunningham fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kitano lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cunningham or not.
Still in the clinch, Kitano scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kitano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kitano scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Kitano scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cunningham looking to slow down the pace here.
Kitano lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cunningham backwards.
We've been informed that Kitano has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Cunningham blocks a body shot from Kitano.
Kitano lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kitano lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Kitano.
A frustrated look appears on Cunningham 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cunningham blocks a body shot from Kitano.
Cunningham working aggressively here.
Kitano lands a left hand.
A right handed body shot lands from Kitano.
Kitano gets through Cunningham 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kitano lands a body punch.
Kitano softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kitano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cunningham backwards.
Kitano lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kitano makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cunningham is rocked!
Kitano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cunningham backwards.
Oh Cunningham is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kitano lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Cunningham to his knees! Kitano keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tenshin Kitano!
Tenshin Kitano decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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