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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomomi Tsuruta (ranked 245 p4p, 237 weight class) and Blake Phoenix (ranked 36 p4p, 35 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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 34 - 20 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tomomi Tsuruta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blake Phoenix!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phoenix staying out of range there.
It seemed like Phoenix was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Phoenix takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tsuruta looks to throw the jab but Phoenix is out of range.
Nice defenses there by Phoenix.
A big right from Phoenix misses.
Tsuruta is looking to counter punch.
Tsuruta connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Tsuruta lands a lovely overhand right.
Tsuruta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Phoenix was well out of range. Poor timing from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta misses with a hook to the body
enabling Phoenix to counter with a crisp jab.
Phoenix moves away from the strike by Tsuruta.
Tsuruta misses with an uppercut
and Phoenix connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tsuruta fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Phoenix throws a body shot but no joy.
Tsuruta throws a shot from downtown. Phoenix moves away and avoids it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Phoenix! But no joy.
Tsuruta throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Phoenix counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsuruta misses with an uppercut
and Phoenix counters with a stiff right hand.
Phoenix lands with a nice body punch.
Tsuruta throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Phoenix stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice defenses there by Phoenix.
Tsuruta lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tsuruta displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Phoenix throws out the jab.
Tsuruta throws a hook to the side of Phoenix's head but Phoenix sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tsuruta throws a shot to the body.
Tsuruta swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tsuruta misses with a hook. Phoenix ducked under it nicely.
A nice side step and Phoenix releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Phoenix bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab from Tsuruta does it's job there.
Nice jab there from Tsuruta.
It looks like Blake Phoenix has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tsuruta lunges at Phoenix with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Phoenix's hand.
Phoenix connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Phoenix misses with a body punch
and Tsuruta counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Phoenix misses with a hook
and Tsuruta counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Phoenix throws a hook but Tsuruta blocks it.
Tsuruta looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tsuruta scores with a shot to the body.
A jab from Phoenix finds it's way through Tsuruta's defenses.
Phoenix scores with a sloppy right hand. Tsuruta should have avoided that one.
Tsuruta cracks a nice hook into Phoenix's ribs.
Tsuruta on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tsuruta slips under a jab from Phoenix.
Tsuruta tests Phoenix's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tsuruta smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta misses with a right hand
enabling Phoenix to counter with a crisp jab.
Tsuruta misses with a shot to the body
and Phoenix counters with a straight right hand.
Tsuruta dips to his left and cracks Phoenix with an uppercut!
Tsuruta throws a jab but it's blocked by Phoenix.
A swing and a miss from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta misses with a left hand
and Phoenix counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tsuruta fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Phoenix walks into a jab.
Phoenix throws a shot to the body.
Phoenix moves out of range as Tsuruta strikes.
Phoenix's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tsuruta connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Phoenix scrambles back to his feet.
Tomomi Tsuruta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Some wild striking there from Phoenix.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Phoenix.
Phoenix looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Phoenix misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tsuruta.
Phoenix moves out of range of the strikes.
Phoenix looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tsuruta throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Phoenix misses with an uppercut.
Tsuruta is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Tsuruta lands with a shot to the body.
Tsuruta misses with a body shot.
Phoenix ducks under a wild hook from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta misses with a looping right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters circling - Tsuruta throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Phoenix throws out a counter right but Tsuruta avoids it with no problem.
Tsuruta scores with a shot to the body.
Phoenix misses with an uppercut
letting Tsuruta counter with a right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tomomi Tsuruta dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Blake Phoenix's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Phoenix steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tsuruta.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Phoenix! But no joy.
Tsuruta swings for the body but Phoenix moves out of range.
Phoenix throws out a counter right but Tsuruta avoids it with no problem.
Nice shot lands for Tsuruta.
Tsuruta is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Phoenix can do to turn this around?
Tsuruta takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Tsuruta misses with a right hand
and Phoenix connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Phoenix uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta lands a body shot.
Tsuruta misses with a shot to the body
and Phoenix counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tsuruta connects with a jab.
Tsuruta with a jab.
Nice defenses there by Phoenix.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phoenix avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tsuruta misses with a straight left.
Tsuruta lands with a shot to the body.
Tomomi Tsuruta is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsuruta throws a lazy right hand but Phoenix sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Phoenix takes one to the side of the head.
Phoenix misses with a straight right.
Phoenix ducks right into an uppercut from Tsuruta.
Phoenix throws a body punch but Tsuruta moves out of range.
Phoenix just misses with a punch to the body.
Tsuruta swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Phoenix takes one to the chin there.
Tsuruta slips a jab from Phoenix.
Tsuruta scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Phoenix throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Phoenix uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tsuruta.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta throws a lazy uppercut
and Phoenix counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Phoenix misses with a looping right.
Phoenix slips a jab from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That has opened up Blake Phoenix's cut even more.
Tsuruta connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Phoenix has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Tsuruta throws a shot from downtown. Phoenix moves away and avoids it.
Phoenix throws a looping overhand right but Tsuruta ducks down to avoid it.
Tsuruta lands with a hook. Phoenix tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Phoenix might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Tsuruta has got the better of the exchanges.
Tsuruta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tsuruta misses with a wild body shot.
Phoenix misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tsuruta throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Phoenix to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta drops his hands momentarily and Phoenix takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Phoenix ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tsuruta lands with an overhand left.
Tsuruta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Phoenix swings away with a body shot that misses
and Tsuruta connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tsuruta catches Phoenix with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Phoenix takes one on the button.
The cut above Blake Phoenix's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Phoenix has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Phoenix there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tsuruta jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tsuruta. Phoenix does a little dance to reset his feet.
Phoenix looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tsuruta throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Phoenix to counter with a crisp jab.
Phoenix ducks under a wild hook from Tsuruta.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Phoenix comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix moves away from the strike by Tsuruta.
Phoenix throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Phoenix displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tsuruta throws out the jab.
Tsuruta swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Phoenix unleashes a big counter combination but Tsuruta bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Tsuruta slips a jab from Phoenix.
A left lands for Tsuruta.
Tsuruta rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Phoenix counters with a nice uppercut.
Phoenix uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tsuruta.
Phoenix appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Tsuruta is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tsuruta swings for the body but Phoenix moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tsuruta throws out a loose jab but Phoenix uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good standup being displayed there by Tsuruta as he connects with a hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tomomi Tsuruta dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Blake Phoenix's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Tsuruta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Phoenix was well out of range. Poor timing from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tsuruta connects with a single shot there.
Tsuruta throws a series of punches but Phoenix avoids them all with ease.
Tsuruta throws a lazy uppercut
and Phoenix counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tsuruta throws a hook but Phoenix blocks it.
A countering left hand to the body from Phoenix misses.
Phoenix walks into a jab.
Tsuruta misses with a left hand
and Phoenix counters with a nice body shot.
Phoenix ducks under a wild hook from Tsuruta.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsuruta moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Phoenix lands a slapping body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tsuruta throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Phoenix connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Phoenix scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tsuruta in his tracks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsuruta showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Phoenix.
Phoenix uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tsuruta.
Phoenix swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tsuruta misses with a hook
and Phoenix counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tsuruta is rocked!
Tsuruta misses with a right hand
and Phoenix counters with a huge left! Tsuruta is in big trouble! He's backing up but Phoenix isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Tsuruta from any more damage. A dominating finish by Phoenix!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Blake Phoenix!
Blake Phoenix thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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