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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Nagasaki (ranked 998 p4p, 2346 weight class) and Great Tiger (ranked 63 p4p, 147 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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29 - 22 - 0 |
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172 cm
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146
25 - 21 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
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 29 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yuri Nagasaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 21 - 0, fighting out of London, Great Tiger!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Darius Henderson and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tiger uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nagasaki.
Yuri Nagasaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nagasaki fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tiger has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nagasaki throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nagasaki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tiger was well out of range. Poor timing from Nagasaki.
Tiger darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Nagasaki wants to get back to full guard.
Tiger thows a huge punch but Nagasaki dodges it nicely.
Tiger is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Nagasaki sees it coming and defends easily.
Tiger is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Nagasaki has managed to free his arm - good work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagasaki is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Tiger wants to work for an arm triangle but Nagasaki is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagasaki wants to improve his position but Tiger is controlling well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nagasaki moves into full guard.
Nagasaki throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Nagasaki keeping moving, preventing Tiger from controlling successfully.
My spies in London MMA Club inform me that Tiger has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Nagasaki trying to control the position.
Nagasaki pulls Tiger in to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Tiger stopping the sweep attempt from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki working a defensive guard here.
Tiger preventing the sweep.
Tiger postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nagasaki keeping moving, preventing Tiger from controlling successfully.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Tiger lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Nagasaki is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Tiger is aware though and is defending well.
Nagasaki tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tiger trying to control but Nagasaki is working from the bottom.
Nagasaki looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tiger with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Tiger has gone for a leg lock! Nagasaki slips out almost immediately though and dives into Tiger's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nagasaki's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Nagasaki working some strikes from top position.
Nagasaki wants to control from the top but Tiger keeps moving.
Tiger is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Tiger is still trying to improve position.
Tiger controlling Nagasaki's posture.
Nagasaki throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tiger works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
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.
Tiger trying to keep a closed guard but Nagasaki is proving a slippery customer.
Nagasaki trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nagasaki slips nicely into half guard.
Nagasaki sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tiger defending well though.
Tiger has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Nagasaki is working away from the top position though.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nagasaki seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Tiger avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nagasaki.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yuri Nagasaki dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nagasaki throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Tiger was covering up waiting for the punch and Nagasaki finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Nagasaki postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Nagasaki loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tiger has momentary wrist control but Nagasaki slips an elbow through the middle.
Tiger looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nagasaki is one step ahead there.
Nagasaki lands a couple of elbows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagasaki content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Nagasaki trying to control but Tiger is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagasaki with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Nagasaki loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Yuri Nagasaki overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tiger working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tiger can do to turn this around?
Nagasaki passes Tiger's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Nagasaki tries to pass the half guard into mount. Tiger knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Nagasaki has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Tiger is trying is best to control the position here.
Nagasaki lands strikes from half guard.
Nagasaki is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Tiger won't allow Nagasaki to pass to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nagasaki lands strikes from half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Nagasaki connects with a nice short shot to Tiger's temple.
Nagasaki missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tiger avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nagasaki.
Tiger keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tiger tries to get to full guard but Nagasaki has control of the leg.
Nagasaki working Tiger over with strikes.
Nagasaki winds up and cracks Tiger with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Tiger is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiger keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tiger wants to control but Nagasaki is keeping busy.
Tiger taking some punishment here, with Nagasaki in his half guard.
Nagasaki thows a huge punch but Tiger dodges it nicely.
Nagasaki scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Tiger is rocked!
Nagasaki lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Tiger is still in real trouble! Can Nagasaki finish him?
Nagasaki is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Nagasaki winds up and cracks Tiger with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nagasaki lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Tiger! More strikes land and this one is all over! Nagasaki jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yuri Nagasaki!
A relieved looking Yuri Nagasaki thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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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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