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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Koki Haranda (ranked 2173 p4p, 234 weight class) and Marchrius Rossi (ranked 2432 p4p, 254 weight class). Rossi has chosen Metal Slug Theme as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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165 lbs
3 - 5 - 0 |
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180 cm
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165 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Koki Haranda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Marchrius Rossi!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haranda throws a series of punches but Rossi avoids them all with ease.
Haranda avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Haranda uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rossi.
Haranda misses with a looping right.
Rossi throws the left hand but Haranda avoids the punch easily.
Rossi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Haranda throws a shot from downtown. Rossi moves away and avoids it.
Haranda throws a right hand that Rossi ducks under and follows up with a left that Rossi also avoids with ease.
We've been informed that Rossi 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.
Haranda throws the left hand but Rossi avoids the punch easily.
Rossi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Haranda. That one must have hurt.
Haranda lands a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rossi scores with a sloppy right hand. Haranda should have avoided that one.
It looks like Koki Haranda has been cut.
Rossi drops his hands momentarily and Haranda takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Haranda misses the body punch
and Rossi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haranda throws a body kick that misses.
Haranda tries to clinch but Rossi moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haranda keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rossi ducks under a wild hook from Haranda.
Haranda rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rossi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rossi gets tackled into the cage by Haranda. Haranda maintains the clinch.
Haranda blocks a body shot from Rossi.
Haranda swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rossi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Haranda swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Haranda lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rossi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Haranda throws a punch but it's blocked by Rossi.
Rossi blocking some punches.
Rossi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Haranda has a couple of punches blocked by Rossi.
Haranda misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Haranda.
Haranda lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rossi backwards.
Haranda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rossi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haranda swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Haranda lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Haranda misses with some punches.
Haranda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Haranda throws a head punch that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Haranda makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Haranda throws a punch but it's blocked by Rossi.
Haranda misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rossi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Haranda on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nice jab there from Rossi.
Haranda is looking to clinch.
Rossi explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A jab from Rossi finds it's way through Haranda's defenses.
Haranda misses with a looping left.
Haranda swings widly with a right hand
and Rossi counters with a straight right hand.
Haranda throws a lazy body kick
and Rossi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rossi misses with a wild combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haranda throws a body kick, spinning off balance
enabling Rossi to counter with a crisp jab.
Rossi thuds his right hand into Haranda's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Haranda misses with a two punch combination.
Haranda comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Haranda loads up on a big right hand but Rossi slips the punch.
A swing and a miss from Haranda.
Haranda bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rossi just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromHaranda.
Rossi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Haranda to score with a decent uppercut.
Rossi is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Haranda had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Haranda wants to clinch but Rossi slips to the side
and Haranda takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Haranda throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rossi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Haranda cracks Rossi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rossi is looking to land body kicks.
Rossi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rossi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Haranda.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Rossi misses.
Rossi moves out of range as Haranda throws a body kick.
Rossi is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Haranda with a body shot.
Rossi misses with a looping right.
Haranda doesn't manage to clinch there - Rossi circles away.
Rossi ducks under a wild hook from Haranda.
Haranda tries to clinch up but Rossi circles away and keeps his distance.
Haranda throws a poor cross that misses
and Rossi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A big right from Rossi misses.
Rossi takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Haranda stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Haranda throws a jab but it's blocked by Rossi.
Rossi is trying to counter with his kicks.
Haranda misses with a left hand
and Rossi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rossi looks to land a left hand but Haranda moved out of range nicely.
Rossi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Haranda.
Haranda is looking to counter punch.
Rossi tries to move into range but Haranda moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
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 Koki Haranda will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Koki Haranda's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Rossi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A lazy body kick from Haranda
and Rossi counters with a straight right hand.
A lazy body kick from Haranda
and Rossi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Haranda scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Haranda pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rossi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Haranda.
Haranda is looking to clinch.
Rossi takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Haranda misses with a hook
and Rossi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Haranda takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Haranda misses with an uppercut
and Rossi counters with a nice uppercut.
Haranda connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haranda tries to land a leg kick but Rossi saw it coming and moves away.
Rossi misses the jab.
Rossi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rossi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rossi lands with an uppercut that bounces Haranda off the cage and back into range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haranda looks to land a body kick but Rossi moved away.
Haranda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rossi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rossi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Haranda.
Haranda fires out a quick counter leg kick but Rossi just manages to avoid it.
Rossi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Haranda tries to clinch up but Rossi circles away and keeps his distance.
Rossi throws a body kick that misses.
Haranda throws a shot to the body.
Marchrius Rossi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rossi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rossi explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Rossi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Haranda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rossi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Haranda jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rossi throws a jab when Haranda was well out of range.
Haranda feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Haranda takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Haranda takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haranda uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rossi.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haranda swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Haranda.
Haranda throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rossi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Haranda swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rossi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice cross by Haranda.
A lazy body kick from Haranda
and Rossi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Haranda looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Haranda looks to clinch
and Rossi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rossi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Haranda is rocked!
Rossi lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Haranda falls backwards - clearly groggy! Rossi dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marchrius Rossi!
After the fight, Marchrius Rossi was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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