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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jean Luc Jalbert (ranked 424 p4p, 536 weight class) and Kotaro Kikuta (ranked 60 p4p, 76 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jean Luc Jalbert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kotaro Kikuta!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Mauricio Rocha and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Kikuta.
Jalbert slips a jab from Kikuta.
Jalbert throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice defenses there by Kikuta.
Jalbert misses with an uppercut.
Kikuta swings for the body but Jalbert moves out of range.
Kikuta misses the jab.
Kotaro Kikuta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jalbert throws a right hand that misses
and Kikuta counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice defenses there by Jalbert.
Jalbert misses the shot to the body.
Jalbert 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.
Jalbert tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kikuta was well out of range. Poor timing from Jalbert.
Kikuta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jalbert.
Jalbert takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kikuta throws the left hand but Jalbert avoids the punch easily.
Jalbert lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kikuta looks to land a right hand but Jalbert moved out of range.
It looked like Jalbert was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kikuta.
Kikuta scores with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jalbert takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jalbert avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kikuta misses with an uppercut. Jalbert saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jalbert scores with a jab. Kikuta acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kikuta cracks Jalbert with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jalbert is rocked!
Kikuta ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Jalbert out cold! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kotaro Kikuta!
Kotaro Kikuta opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.
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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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