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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kyrie Irving Il (ranked 4944 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takeru Ishii (ranked 4934 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kyrie Irving Il!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Takeru Ishii!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Irving Il throws a body punch but Ishii moves out of range.
Irving Il lands a jab to the nose.
Ishii throws out a loose jab but Irving Il uses good head movement to avoid it.
Irving Il appears to be looking for a big counter.
Irving Il jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Irving Il moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ishii lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Irving Il checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Irving Il ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ishii moves away.
Irving Il takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Irving Il gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ishii throws a shot from downtown. Irving Il moves away and avoids it.
Sloppy strikes from Ishii. Those never looked like landing.
Nice straight punches there by Ishii. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ishii.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ishii looks to land a combination but Irving Il avoids it well.
Ishii clinches with his opponent.
Irving Il avoids the elbow strike from Ishii, against the cage.
Ishii doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ishii lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Irving Il backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Irving Il's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ishii works the jab nicely.
A big right from Ishii misses.
Ishii throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ishii throws a low kick, looking for Irving Il's leg but Irving Il calmly moves out of range.
Ishii scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ishii tries to score with a low kick but Irving Il moves his leg out of the way.
Irving Il was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Irving Il takes a swing at Ishii's ribcage but misses.
Irving Il scores with a hook to the body. Ishii takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Irving Il fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ishii manages to avoid it.
Irving Il throws a nice looking combination but Ishii bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Irving Il throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ishii.
Ishii misses with a low kick.
Ishii fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jab by Ishii.
Ishii tries to bum rush Irving Il with a series of wild strikes but Irving Il uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ishii slips a jab from Irving Il.
Irving Il keeps the fight on the outside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irving Il misses with a body shot.
Ishii lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ishii throws a lazy right hand but Irving Il sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Irving Il swings for the body but Ishii moves out of range.
Irving Il is looking to wear down Ishii with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ishii throws a hook but Irving Il avoids it easily.
Irving Il defending well as Ishii loads up on a big left hand.
A left lands for Irving Il.
Irving Il needs to keep his hands up - Ishii had a free shot at his head there.
Ishii looks winded!
Ishii throws a right hand that Irving Il ducks under and follows up with a left that Irving Il also avoids with ease.
Ishii falls off balance throwing a combination
and Irving Il counters with an outside leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Irving Il lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ishii doesn't seem phased though.
Ishii throws a shot from downtown. Irving Il moves away and avoids it.
Irving Il appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Irving Il throws a series of punches but Ishii moves out of range.
Irving Il lands a glancing blow to the side of Ishii's head.
Irving Il misses with an uppercut. Ishii saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ishii slips under a jab.
Ishii listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Irving Il takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Irving Il defending well as Ishii loads up on a big left hand.
Ishii on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Irving Il lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Some wild striking there from Ishii.
Good leg kick by Irving Il there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A combination from Irving Il does no damage.
A left and a right from Ishii both land. Nice combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ishii walks into a left hand.
Irving Il is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ishii.
Ishii takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A jab from Ishii misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Irving Il darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ishii throws a chopping leg kick but Irving Il manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Irving Il takes a swing at Ishii's ribcage but misses.
Ishii is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Irving Il had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Irving Il lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ishii throws a looping overhand right but Irving Il ducks down to avoid it.
Irving Il ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ishii moves away.
Irving Il takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Irving Il lands with a straight right. Ishii didn't see that one coming.
Irving Il fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ishii scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Irving Il scores with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Irving Il misses with a wild combination.
Irving Il thumps Ishii with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Takeru Ishii will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ishii throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Irving Il sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Irving Il fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Irving Il misses with an uppercut.
A lazy left from Ishii finds it's target.
Nice cross by Ishii.
Ishii motions for Irving Il to come forward. Ishii throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Takeru Ishii is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Irving Il gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Irving Il with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ishii to score with a decent uppercut.
Irving Il just misses with a punch to the body.
Ishii misses with a right hand
and Irving Il cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Irving Il throws a nice inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Irving Il.
Irving Il scores with a three punch combo!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Irving Il lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ishii misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ishii is breathing heavily.
Irving Il attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ishii bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Irving Il slips a straight right by Ishii.
Irving Il throws a nice outside leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Irving Il blocks the leg kick.
Irving Il tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ishii was well out of range. Poor timing from Irving Il.
Irving Il scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Irving Il avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Irving Il takes one to the chin there.
Irving Il tries to bum rush Ishii with a series of wild strikes but Ishii uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ishii cracks Irving Il with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Irving Il is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ishii.
Ishii with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Irving Il to score with a decent uppercut.
Ishii connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ishii tries to work over Irving Il's front leg with a kick but Irving Il checks it.
Irving Il lands a nice shot to the body.
Irving Il ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A counter left hand to the body from Irving Il misses its target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ishii lands a two punch combo.
Irving Il connects with an inside leg kick.
Ishii dips to his left and cracks Irving Il with an uppercut!
Ishii misses with the combination.
Ishii moves out of range as Irving Il strikes.
Ishii throws a leg kick but Irving Il checks it.
Kyrie Irving Il is winning the standup battle so far.
A combination from Ishii does no damage.
Irving Il seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Ishii's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A jab from Irving Il misses.
Ishii looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ishii misses with a two punch combination.
Irving Il seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A punch combination from Irving Il misses.
Irving Il looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Irving Il misses with a wild body shot.
Irving Il is looking to slow Ishii down with leg kicks.
Ishii ducks under a wild hook from Irving Il.
Irving Il uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ishii has time to react.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ishii throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ishii attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Irving Il moves away from the strike by Ishii.
Irving Il jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Irving Il swings for the body but Ishii moves out of range.
Irving Il throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Irving Il uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ishii.
Irving Il scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ishii slips a jab from Irving Il.
Irving Il looks to land a combination but Ishii avoids it well.
Ishii blocks a jab.
Ishii scores with a jab to the jaw.
Irving Il throws a hook but Ishii blocks it.
Ishii tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Irving Il avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irving Il swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ishii looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ishii checks a leg kick nicely.
Irving Il takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ishii tries to bum rush Irving Il with a series of wild strikes but Irving Il uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Irving Il appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Irving Il digs a good hook to Ishii's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ishii takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ishii tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Irving Il manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ishii scores with a nice strike.
Irving Il throws a right hand that Ishii ducks under and follows up with a left that Ishii also avoids with ease.
Ishii avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ishii fails to land with a series of punches.
Good leg kick by Irving Il there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Kyrie Irving Il will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Irving Il, right into the meat.
Ishii takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Irving Il throws a looping overhand right but Ishii ducks down to avoid it.
Irving Il swings for the body but Ishii moves out of range.
Ishii keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Irving Il.
Irving Il lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ishii circles away quickly and effectively.
Irving Il throws a big shot that misses.
Ishii looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ishii blocks a leg kick.
It seemed like Ishii was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ishii throws a low kick but Irving Il avoids it.
Ishii misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ishii connects with a looping right hand.
Irving Il looks to score with a jab to the body but Ishii is just out of range.
Irving Il jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Irving Il needs to keep his hands up - Ishii had a free shot at his head there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishii avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ishii lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ishii.
Irving Il keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Irving Il on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ishii misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ishii keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ishii stuns Irving Il with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Irving Il throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ishii sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ishii uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Irving Il.
Irving Il moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ishii connects with a right hand. Irving Il shakes it off.
Irving Il throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ishii.
Ishii tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Irving Il was well out of range. Poor timing from Ishii.
Ishii fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Irving Il throws a good cross that connects.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ishii lands a jab to the nose.
Irving Il looks to score with a jab to the body but Ishii is just out of range.
Ishii throws a good cross that connects.
A cross from Irving Il lands.
Irving Il uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ishii.
It looked like Irving Il was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
A cross from Ishii lands.
Irving Il showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ishii.
Irving Il lands with a right hand.
Ishii rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Irving Il moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Irving Il lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ishii takes one to the chin there.
Ishii lands the left hand.
Irving Il throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ishii sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ishii throws a jab when Irving Il was well out of range.
Irving Il connects with the punch.
Irving Il stalks Ishii and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ishii's face. Ishii staggers backwards, shaken.
Ishii connects with a single shot there.
Irving Il moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ishii lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Irving Il circles away quickly and effectively.
Irving Il avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ishii misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Irving Il.
Irving Il appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A nice combination there by Irving Il.
Ishii pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Irving Il back to the cage. Ishii follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ishii just misses with a punch to the body.
Irving Il getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Irving Il throws a right hand that Ishii ducks under and follows up with a left that Ishii also avoids with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irving Il will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Irving Il takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Irving Il gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Irving Il misses with a double jab.
Ishii dodges the punch combination from Irving Il.
A cross from Ishii lands.
Ishii turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ishii avoids a punch combination nicely.
Good leg kick by Ishii there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ishii throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Takeru Ishii.
I think Ishii has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Kyrie Irving Il!
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hype
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RATING
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