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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kobayashi Jin (ranked 149 p4p, 862 weight class) and Leon Louis (ranked 21 p4p, 125 weight class). Louis is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Flatbush ZOMBiES - Ascension. 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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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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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 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kobayashi Jin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Leon Louis!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Albert Achterberg and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jin misses with a straight left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Louis! But no joy.
Jin has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Louis scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jin in his tracks.
Jin throws a body punch but Louis moves out of range.
Louis scoring well with a low kick there.
Jin checks a low kick from Louis.
Jin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jin looks to throw the jab but Louis is out of range.
Louis misses with a looping left.
Leon Louis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Louis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Louis was well out of range. Poor timing from Jin.
Jin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Louis loads up on a big right hand but Jin slips the punch.
Jin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Louis.
Jin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Louis throws a push kick but Jin slaps the foot to one side.
Jin changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Louis has taken the fight to the clinch.
Louis lands a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jin lands with a left to the head.
Louis gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Jin wants to get back to full guard.
Jin gets back to full guard.
Louis throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Louis accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jin looking for a guillotine here but Louis defends easily.
Jin is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Louis is aware though and is defending well.
Jin is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Louis scoring with some ground and pound.
Jin throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jin is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Louis postures up and lands a big shot to Jin's brow.
Jin seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Jin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Louis.
Jin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jin has momentary wrist control but Louis slips an elbow through the middle.
Jin throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Louis escapes and throws Jin's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Jin prevents Louis from improving position.
Jin gets back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jin actively working from the bottom here.
Jin taking some punishment here, with Louis in his half guard.
Louis looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Louis working Jin over with strikes.
Louis thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jin's head.
Jin blocking the ground and pound attempt from Louis.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Louis lands a nice short elbow.
Louis is thwarting Jin's attempts to control the position.
Jin regains full guard. Nicely done.
Louis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jin has his foot on Louis's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Louis works his way back into a safe position though.
Louis landing with the ground and pound.
Louis working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jin's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jin working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Louis doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Louis manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Louis works over Jin with some ground and pound from guard.
Jin trying to control the position.
Jin trying to control the position here.
Louis scoring with punches to the head and body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jin is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Louis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Louis makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Louis lands a couple of elbows.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Leon Louis dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Nice body punch from Louis.
Louis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Louis shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Jin manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Jin is trying to keep Louis in close.
Louis stands up over Jin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Louis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Louis is looking to work some ground and pound but Jin has wrist control.
Jin throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Louis scoring with some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Louis connects with a couple of short punches.
Jin throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Louis throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Louis lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Louis cracks Jin with a solid left hand.
Louis postures up and lands a big shot to Jin's brow.
Jin working for a triangle but Louis defends it easily.
Jin controls Louis momentarily but Louis frees himself.
Louis throws a big elbow that misses.
Jin escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Louis gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Jin has momentary wrist control but Louis slips an elbow through the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis stands up over Jin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Louis works over Jin with some ground and pound from guard.
Jin trying to keep a closed guard but Louis is proving a slippery customer.
Louis lands a couple of elbows.
Jin is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Louis works over Jin with some ground and pound from guard.
Louis working some strikes from top position.
Jin looking for a guillotine here but Louis defends easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Louis is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jin is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Jin controls Louis momentarily but Louis frees himself.
Jin has his foot on Louis's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Louis works his way back into a safe position though.
Jin is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Louis is aware though and is defending well.
Louis with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jin trying to control the position.
Jin working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Louis doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Louis manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Louis landing with the ground and pound.
Louis makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Louis advances position into side control!
Louis working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louis working the head with strikes.
Jin is trying to control Louis's posture but Louis avoids it.
Louis scores with punches from side control.
Louis working the head with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Louis scores with a couple of short elbows.
Louis lands a strong strike to the head of Jin. That's dazed him! Louis looking to finish here. Jin is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Louis lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leon Louis!
After the fight, Leon Louis 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.
Kobayashi Jin was interviewed post fight and said 'Thank you for the support. I will did my best and hope you all support next time Congratulations to my opposition'.
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hype
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