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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Balagot Liu (ranked 51 p4p, 74 weight class) and Yuro Nagasaki (ranked 9 p4p, 12 weight class). Nagasaki has chosen Dead Souls - Joy Division as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Balagot Liu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yuro Nagasaki!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liu just misses with a punch to the body.
Liu paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Liu gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Nagasaki to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Liu keeping moving, preventing Nagasaki from controlling successfully.
Liu preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nagasaki is pushing down on Liu's leg trying to pass to half guard. Liu is fighting to maintain full guard but Nagasaki has managed to sneak the leg through.
Liu keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagasaki throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nagasaki sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Liu defending well though.
Nagasaki is looking to take a break and control but Liu is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Liu looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagasaki is looking to take a break and control but Liu is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Nagasaki looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Liu keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Liu avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Nagasaki is trying to control the action in half guard but Liu is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Nagasaki looks to land a strike but Liu avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Nagasaki postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Liu is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Nagasaki, into his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki is trying to control the position but Liu postures up.
Nagasaki has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Liu can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Nagasaki has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Liu has passed into side control.
Liu gets to mount! Nagasaki was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Nagasaki sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki looking for submissions off his back.
Liu tries to stand and escape but Nagasaki is controlling the position.
Liu prevents Nagasaki from improving his position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Nagasaki manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Nagasaki wants to sweep here but Liu controlling him for the moment.
Liu tries to stand but Nagasaki is controlling from the bottom.
Nagasaki manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Liu manages to get himself to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki wants to control from the top but Liu keeps moving.
Nagasaki showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Nagasaki content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nagasaki distracts Liu with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Nagasaki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nagasaki won't allow Liu to get back to his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yuro Nagasaki dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Liu tries to work over Nagasaki's front leg with a kick but Nagasaki checks it.
Nagasaki lands with a shot to the body.
Nagasaki misses with a looping left.
Liu looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Liu misses with a looping left.
Liu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Liu loads up on a big right hand but Nagasaki slips the punch.
Liu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nagasaki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A left lands for Liu.
The fighters circling - Nagasaki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Liu punishes Nagasaki's body with a nice straight punch.
Liu lands a head shot.
Liu misses with an uppercut. Nagasaki saw that one coming.
A slow jab from Nagasaki misses its intended target.
Liu takes a swing at Nagasaki's ribcage but misses.
Liu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice shot lands for Liu.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Liu ducks under a wild hook from Nagasaki.
Liu cracks Nagasaki with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Liu throws a shot from downtown. Nagasaki moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu moves away from the strike by Nagasaki.
Liu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nagasaki.
Balagot Liu is winning the standup battle so far.
Nagasaki cracks Liu with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nagasaki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nagasaki with the counter takedown but Liu avoids it easily.
Nagasaki scores with a sloppy right hand. Liu should have avoided that one.
Nagasaki thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nagasaki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Liu misses with a few strikes there.
Liu throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nagasaki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nagasaki fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Liu is out of range.
Liu lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Liu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nagasaki might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Nagasaki darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nagasaki is looking to take a break and control but Liu is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Nagasaki is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Nagasaki throwing shots but Liu is blocking nicely.
Liu manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Liu misses with a looping right.
Liu misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nagasaki misses with a wild body shot.
Nagasaki connects with a looping right hand.
Liu connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nagasaki momentarily.
Liu's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Liu duly obliges.
Liu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nagasaki.
Liu throws a leg kick which misses Nagasaki's front leg but catches the back leg as Nagasaki tries to avoid it.
Liu moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Liu misses the jab.
Liu throws a lazy right hand but Nagasaki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nagasaki ducks under a wild hook from Liu.
Liu walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A telegraphed right hand from Nagasaki misses the target.
Liu throws a right hand that Nagasaki ducks under and follows up with a left that Nagasaki also avoids with ease.
Liu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nagasaki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nagasaki shoots in looking for a takedown. Liu tries to sprawl out of it but Nagasaki keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Liu manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A big right from Liu misses.
A nice leg kick from Nagasaki, right into the meat of the thigh.
Liu slips under a jab.
Nagasaki ducks under a wild hook from Liu.
Liu misses with a two punch combination.
Liu lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Liu scores with a nice strike.
Liu motions for Nagasaki to come forward. Liu throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Good leg kick by Nagasaki.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nagasaki lunges at Liu with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Liu's hand.
Liu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Liu throws an off balance right hand
enabling Nagasaki to counter with a crisp jab.
Nagasaki connects with the punch.
Nagasaki ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nagasaki changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nagasaki throws an overhand right that lands on Liu's shoulder, as Liu tries to avoid the shot.
Liu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nagasaki drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Liu defends it well.
Liu slips a jab from Nagasaki.
Liu ducks under a wild hook from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki throws a poor cross that misses
and Liu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nagasaki slips a jab from Liu.
Liu slips under a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nagasaki throws a hook but Liu blocks it.
Liu throws a lazy right hand but Nagasaki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nagasaki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Liu manages to avoid it.
Nagasaki cracks Liu with a right hand to the side of the head.
Balagot Liu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Liu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Balagot Liu will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Nagasaki lands with a right hand.
Nagasaki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nagasaki throws a series of punches but Liu moves out of range.
Nagasaki throws a hook to the side of Liu's head but Liu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Liu throws a hook but Nagasaki blocks it.
Nagasaki lands a jab to the head.
Nagasaki tries to bum rush Liu with a series of wild strikes but Liu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nagasaki throws a low kick but Liu avoids it.
Liu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nagasaki shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Liu looks to land a right hand but Nagasaki moved out of range.
Nagasaki throws a big shot that misses.
Liu is looking to counter with head kicks.
Liu lands with an uppercut that bounces Nagasaki off the cage and back into range.
Nagasaki lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Liu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nagasaki.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nagasaki throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Liu was covering up waiting for the punch and Nagasaki finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Nagasaki throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagasaki drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Liu manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Nagasaki has Liu in his guard.
Nagasaki escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Liu gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Nagasaki working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Liu doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Liu manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Nagasaki bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Liu's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liu keeping moving, preventing Nagasaki from controlling successfully.
Liu wants to stand and escape but Nagasaki is having none of it.
Nagasaki throws a big right hand that misses.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nagasaki's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Liu wants to get back to his feet but Nagasaki is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Nagasaki trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Nagasaki trying to control the position from guard on top but Liu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nagasaki throws a big right hand that misses.
Nagasaki is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Nagasaki is pushing down on Liu's leg trying to pass to half guard. Liu is fighting to maintain full guard but Nagasaki has managed to sneak the leg through.
Liu keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nagasaki missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nice strikes from Nagasaki there.
Nagasaki thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Liu's head.
Nagasaki not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Yuro Nagasaki has got the better of the ground game so far.
Liu is refusing to be controlled, as Nagasaki sits in half guard.
Liu taking some punishment here, with Nagasaki in his half guard.
Nagasaki lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nagasaki not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ground and pound from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki wants to take a breather but Liu is having none of it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yuro Nagasaki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Nagasaki has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yuro Nagasaki!
A victorious Yuro Nagasaki thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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