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EFL 23 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Koji Masunari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey The Lion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joey The Lion is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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145 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
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Counter striker
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Koji Masunari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joey The Lion!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Lion wants to clinch
and Masunari counters with a head kick.
Masunari dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Masunari fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Masunari throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
It looks like Joey The Lion has been cut.
Masunari lands a big head kick that sends The Lion tumbling to the mat! Masunari takes a step backwards and waves The Lion back to his feet - he wants the finish!
The Lion is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Masunari looks for a left high kick but can't connect. Masunari backs up to catch a breather... no he lunges forward with a huge flying knee that smacks The Lion's temple! It sends The Lion violently to the canvas! The crowd goes nuts as Masunari celebrates and the doctors try to help The Lion!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Flying Knee). Koji Masunari!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Velazquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
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211 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shane Velazquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chuck Lee!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Velazquez bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Lee! He dives into his guard looking to finish!
Lee is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Velazquez gets to his feet and stands over Lee, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Lee felt that one! Velazquez unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Lee from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shane Velazquez!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adon Amousou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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275 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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270 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Granite chin |
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Adon Amousou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sean Smith!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Amousou scores with a kick to the body.
A solid body kick from Amousou.
Sean Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith looks gassed!
Amousou connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Smith's hands.
It looks like Sean Smith has been cut.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Smith is keeping his hands low and just asking to be knocked out. Amousou Raises his leg and lands a stunning axe kick! Smith is out cold, face down on the mat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Adon Amousou!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Curtis Clay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julian Valdez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Clay might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Atari Teenage Riot - Revolution Action . Valdez has chosen so amazing as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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200 lbs
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185 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
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Basic striking
Solid chin |
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Curtis Clay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Julian Valdez!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valdez fails with the takedown
and Valdez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Valdez looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Valdez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Curtis Clay has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julian Valdez.
Valdez shoots in but Clay avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Clay connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
It looks like Julian Valdez has been cut.
Clay takes a swing at Valdez's ribcage but misses.
A big right from Clay misses.
Clay looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Valdez!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Clay wants to control the pace but Valdez is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Clay controlling from mount.
Valdez wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Clay.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valdez is in all sorts of trouble here.
Clay lands with some strikes.
Valdez tries to improve his position but Clay has taken his back! Clay has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Valdez tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Clay pushes Valdez away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Curtis Clay!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomura Krakakos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Preciso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Preciso has chosen Tool - Schism as his entrance music. Tomura Krakakos could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Juan Preciso's chin.
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220 lbs
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210 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tomura Krakakos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Juan Preciso!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krakakos throws a hook but Preciso blocks it.
Krakakos moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Preciso is trying hard to land a takedown here. Krakakos sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Preciso closes the distance but Krakakos moves to the side
and Krakakos counters with a stiff right hand.
Krakakos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Krakakos connects with a right hand. Preciso shakes it off.
Preciso tries to clinch there but Krakakos circles away.
Preciso keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Preciso scores with a push kick.
Preciso tries to close the distance and clinch but Krakakos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Preciso pivots, looking for a leg kick but Krakakos is out of range and Preciso settles back down.
Preciso looks for the body kick but Krakakos saw that one coming.
Krakakos throws a hook but Preciso blocks it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Krakakos jabs at Preciso's body.
Preciso swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Krakakos throws an overhand right that lands on Preciso's shoulder, as Preciso tries to avoid the shot.
Tomura Krakakos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krakakos avoids a kick to the body.
Preciso shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Krakakos but Krakakos pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Krakakos sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Preciso shoots in but Krakakos avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Tomura Krakakos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juan Preciso.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Preciso.
Krakakos blocks a low kick nicely.
Krakakos misses with a low kick.
Preciso throws a leg kick but Krakakos checks it.
Preciso uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Krakakos.
Preciso steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Krakakos.
Krakakos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Preciso tries to clinch but Krakakos moves away
and Krakakos counters with a nice uppercut.
Krakakos scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Krakakos. Preciso does a little dance to reset his feet.
A solid leg kick lands there for Preciso.
An inside leg kick from Preciso misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Krakakos looks to land a combination. Preciso sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Preciso is rocked!
Krakakos throws a right hand that Preciso ducks under and follows up with a left that Preciso also avoids with ease.
Preciso is still on wobbly legs! Can Krakakos finish him?
Krakakos digs a good hook to Preciso's body.
Preciso seems to have recovered his senses.
Krakakos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Preciso fails with the takedown.
Preciso looks gassed!
A telegraphed right hand from Krakakos misses the target.
Preciso darts in and clinches Krakakos up against the cage.
Krakakos can't break the clinch.
Preciso creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Krakakos lands a nice uppercut.
Krakakos is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Krakakos lands a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krakakos digs a right hand underneath Preciso's ribcage. Preciso let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nice elbow from Preciso.
Krakakos manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Krakakos digs a right hand underneath Preciso's ribcage. Preciso let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Preciso tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Krakakos avoids it.
Krakakos is trying to break the clinch but Preciso is controlling him.
Preciso misses with some punches.
Preciso is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Krakakos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Krakakos lands a nice uppercut.
Krakakos is trying to push Preciso away but Preciso has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krakakos lands a body shot.
Krakakos lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Preciso tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Preciso missing with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Preciso trying to land knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Krakakos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Preciso has Krakakos pressed against the cage, preventing Krakakos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Krakakos has Preciso pressed against the cage.
Preciso misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Krakakos.
Krakakos makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Krakakos.
Krakakos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krakakos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Krakakos tries a low kick but Preciso avoids it.
Preciso is looking to clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Preciso.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tomura Krakakos dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Preciso uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Krakakos.
Krakakos throws a hook to the side of Preciso's head but Preciso sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Krakakos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Krakakos checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Tomura Krakakos is winning the standup battle so far.
Preciso tries to clinch but Krakakos moves out of range.
Preciso doesn't manage to clinch there - Krakakos circles away.
Nice takedown defense from Krakakos. No joy for Preciso on that attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Krakakos. Those never looked like landing.
Preciso takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Krakakos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Preciso slips a straight right by Krakakos.
Krakakos connects with a jab.
Krakakos missing with a left hand there. Preciso was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Krakakos's jab looks to have found its range, popping Preciso under the eye.
Preciso with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Krakakos to score with a decent uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krakakos circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Preciso to the canvas! Preciso doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Krakakos keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tomura Krakakos!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fabricio Thiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harvey Prince (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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189 lbs
5 - 0 - 1 |
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195 lbs
5 - 3 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
5 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Fabricio Thiago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Harvey Prince!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prince misses with a wild combination.
Thiago closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Prince is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Thiago looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Prince is avoiding damage well.
Prince is working to avoid the ground and pound but Thiago connects with a decent elbow.
Prince defending against the ground and pound.
Thiago controlling the position.
Thiago tries for a kimura but Prince is defending well.
Thiago throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thiago tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Prince is trying to buck Thiago off.
The strikes coming from Thiago are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thiago working the ground and pound.
Thiago tries to score with some ground and pound. Prince controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Prince defending against the ground and pound.
Thiago tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thiago wants to control for a moment but Prince uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Thiago maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Prince could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Thiago has cracked it and Prince is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Thiago!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Fabricio Thiago!
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