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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kaspar Kallaste (ranked 6649 p4p, 4639 weight class) and Akio Kurosaki (ranked 283 p4p, 222 weight class). Kaspar Kallaste has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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173 cm 19 135 2 - 2 - 0 |
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150 cm 19 135 3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt Excellent boxer KO power |
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Good wrestler Basic striking Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kaspar Kallaste! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Akio Kurosaki! The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, John Roberts and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Kurosaki scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice. Kurosaki wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Kallaste, who protects the arm well. Kurosaki controlling the position. Kallaste knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kurosaki on the ground. Kurosaki is trying to get an arm triangle but Kallaste is defending well. Kurosaki content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Kurosaki tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kurosaki has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's one minute gone in the round. Kurosaki moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now. Kurosaki working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it. Kurosaki is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Kallaste has escaped the position, nice work there. Kurosaki has hold of Kallaste's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Kallaste seems comfortable defending it but Kurosaki has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Kallaste is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Kallaste is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Kurosaki couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Akio Kurosaki! During a confident post fight interview, Akio Kurosaki thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
38% |
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