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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diamond Hand (ranked 893 p4p, 2112 weight class) and Doraku Niten (ranked 128 p4p, 292 weight class). Doraku Niten has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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190 cm 26 210 4 - 2 - 0 |
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190 cm 25 205 2 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling Solid boxing Very quick |
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Good wrestler Counter fighter Experienced |
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Diamond Hand! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Doraku Niten! The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Michael Johnstone and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight. Hand lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
It looks like Doraku Niten has been cut. Hand's corner calls for a 1-2. Hand obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. Hand throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Niten sees it coming and avoids it easily. Hand jabbing away but nothing is landing. Hand looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Hand lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Niten circles away quickly and effectively. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Hand scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Hand keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hand misses with a hook
and Niten counters with a single leg into guard. Hand didn't expect that. Niten with a flurry of punches that miss. Niten loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Niten throwing strikes from guard but Hand blocks nicely. Hand is adopting a defensive guard. Hand's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground. Niten lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard. Niten throwing strikes but missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Niten landing some decent shots from guard. Niten pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hand is keeping the position for now. Niten pushes down on Hand's leg and manages to get into half guard. Niten throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Hand knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Niten on the ground. Hand is looking to improve his position.
Niten working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. Niten thows a huge punch but Hand dodges it nicely.
Hand blocking the ground and pound attempt from Niten. Niten seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. This has been an exciting period of action! Hand tries to get to full guard but Niten has control of the leg. Niten working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Hand trying to hold on to Niten's head to control him but Niten postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Hand wants to improve his position but Niten is controlling well.
Niten winds up and cracks Hand with a swinging punch to the side of the head. Hand is looking for a sweep. Niten is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position. Niten lands with a punch from half guard. Niten winds up and cracks Hand with a swinging punch to the side of the head. Niten seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. Niten seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. Niten not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. Hand blocking the ground and pound attempt from Niten. Niten scoring with strikes to the body and head. Hand won't allow Niten to pass to mount. Hand on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hand tries to get out of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Niten throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Niten is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Nice strikes from Niten there. Ground and pound from Niten. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Hand is looking for a sweep. Niten is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position. Niten lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears. Niten looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hand with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. Hand is controlling Niten's trapped leg to prevent Niten from advancing to side control. Hand taking some punishment here, with Niten in his half guard.
Hand is rocked! Niten lands with a punch from half guard. Oh Hand is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Niten scores with a couple of good hammerfists. Niten scores with a big shot! Hand's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Hand! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Doraku Niten!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
44% |
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