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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mikey Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luciano dos Santos Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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170 lbs
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177 cm
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mikey Kim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luciano dos Santos Souza!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kim misses with a two punch combination.
Kim tries to close the distance and clinch but Souza swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kim wants to clinch up but Souza keeps it at a distance.
Souza keeps the fight on the outside.
A combination from Kim does no damage.
Kim scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kim lands a jab-cross combination.
Kim goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Mikey Kim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Souza fails with a takedown attempt.
Kim misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kim swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kim moves in looking to clinch but Souza pushes him off.
Souza gets a takedown into half guard.
Kim tries to kick Souza off but Souza keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza is working for a kimura but Kim is defending it quite comfortably.
Kim wants to get back to his feet.
Souza is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Kim is just riding it out for now. Souza eventually gives up the hold.
Souza is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Kim doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Souza.
Souza is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Kim sees it coming and defends easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Souza trying to pass the guard but Kim defending well.
Souza is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Kim has managed to free his arm - good work.
Kim wants to get back to his feet.
Souza is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Kim defends it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza seems to be looking for submissions.
Souza looks gassed!
Souza is trying to work for a kimura but Kim is defending well.
Souza stops Kim from getting back to his feet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kim fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kim moves in looking to clinch but Souza pushes him off.
Kim tries to clinch there but Souza circles away.
Kim moves in looking to clinch but Souza pushes him off.
Kim tries to clinch but Souza moves out of range.
Kim looks to land a combination but Souza avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Kim tries to clinch but Souza is having none of it.
Kim throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Souza.
Kim scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kim throws a combination. Souza tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Kim looks to land a combination but Souza avoids it well.
Kim throws a nice looking combination but Souza bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kim lands a two punch combo.
Kim tries to clinch but Souza is having none of it.
Kim scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Souza will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kim tries to clinch but Souza is having none of it.
Kim tries to close the distance and clinch but Souza swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kim tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Souza paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikey Kim dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Kim displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Kim throws a series of strikes that have Souza backpedaling.
Kim tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kim throws a combination. Souza tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Kim scores with a three punch combo!
A nice leg kick lands there from Kim.
Kim lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Souza backs up against the ropes.
Kim moves in looking to clinch but Souza pushes him off.
Kim moves in looking to clinch but Souza pushes him off.
Kim tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Souza has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Mikey Kim is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Some wild striking there from Kim.
Kim throws a right hand that Souza ducks under and follows up with a left that Souza also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza slips a jab and a cross from Kim.
Kim will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kim misses with a few strikes there.
Nice sprawl there from Kim as Souza shoots in.
Souza takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Souza has a takedown stuffed.
Kim swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kim tries to bum rush Souza with a series of wild strikes but Souza uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
No luck for Souza with that takedown attempt.
Mikey Kim has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luciano dos Santos Souza.
Kim throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kim lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kim.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Souza shoots for a double leg takedown but Kim sprawls well. He's pushed Souza's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Kim tries to clinch up.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kim.
Kim wants to clinch up but Souza keeps it at a distance.
Kim moves in looking to clinch but Souza pushes him off.
Kim throws a right and a left that both miss.
A left and a right from Kim both land. Nice combination.
Kim fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kim throws a series of punches but Souza avoids them all with ease.
Kim throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Souza.
Souza swats away the attempt to clinch by Kim.
Kim is working the combinations to good effect here.
Kim doesn't manage to clinch there - Souza circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kim.
Kim will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kim tries to close the distance and clinch but Souza swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kim wants to clinch.
Kim tries to clinch but Souza is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kim looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kim lands with a nice combination. Souza backs away looking to recover.
Kim looks to land a combination but Souza avoids it well.
Kim throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Souza.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Nice sprawl there from Kim as Souza shoots in.
Kim's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Kim duly obliges.
Kim doesn't manage to clinch there - Souza circles away.
Kim doesn't manage to clinch there - Souza circles away.
Kim lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Kim lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Souza circles away quickly and effectively.
Kim misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kim throws a combination. Souza tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Souza avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mikey Kim is winning the standup battle so far.
Good leg kick by Kim there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kim tries to clinch there but Souza circles away.
Kim wants to clinch.
Kim swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikey Kim dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Souza shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kim as he jumps to the side.
Kim throws a nice looking combination but Souza bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Souza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kim.
Kim lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kim fails with an attempt to clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Kim.
Kim misses with the combination.
Kim swinging wilding here.
Kim tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Souza paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kim tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Kim scores with a four punch combination!
Souza changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Kim tries to avoid it but Souza manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Kim to the ground. Kim escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Souza circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kim misses with a series of wild punches.
Kim throws a nice looking combination but Souza bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kim lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kim.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Souza.
Mikey Kim has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luciano dos Santos Souza.
Kim stalks Souza and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Souza's face. Souza staggers backwards, shaken.
Kim misses with a wild combination.
Kim tries to clinch up.
Kim misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kim moves in looking to clinch but Souza pushes him off.
Souza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kim.
Kim throws a right and a left that Souza avoids nicely.
Kim rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Souza moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kim misses with a double jab.
Kim doesn't manage to clinch there - Souza circles away.
Kim throws a combination. Souza tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Souza has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
No luck for Souza with that takedown attempt.
Souza shoots in for a double leg but Kim sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
It looks like Luciano dos Santos Souza has been cut.
Kim fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kim!
Kim misses with a two punch combination.
Kim tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Souza paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kim throws a right hand that Souza ducks under and follows up with a left that Souza also avoids with ease.
Kim moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Kim tries to close the distance and clinch but Souza swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kim throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Souza.
Kim wants to clinch.
Mikey Kim is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kim throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Souza has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim scores with a three punch combo!
Souza keeps the fight on the outside.
Kim tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Souza paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kim misses with a two punch combination.
Kim tries to clinch but Souza is having none of it.
Souza circles away from the clinch attempt.
Danga de danga de dang - Kim scores with a four punch combination!
Kim is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kim throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Souza takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Luciano dos Santos Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kim goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mikey Kim showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kim, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:26
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikey Kim!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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