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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Wilson (ranked 3255 p4p, 3516 weight class) and Sugawara Ichirou (ranked 415 p4p, 437 weight class). Ichirou is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Milky Way. Sugawara Ichirou is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Wilson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sugawara Ichirou!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ichirou throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wilson is looking for a counter combo.
Ichirou closes the distance and clinches.
Wilson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wilson looking to throw knees to the head but Ichirou is blocking nicely.
Ichirou misses with a punch on the inside.
Ichirou swings wildly with an uppercut but Wilson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ichirou can't find room to land a body shot as Wilson controls the action.
Wilson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Wilson.
Ichirou misses with a punch on the inside.
Ichirou escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wilson loads up on a big right hand but Ichirou slips the punch.
Wilson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ichirou 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.
Wilson misses with an uppercut.
Wilson throws a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ichirou jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ichirou dips to his left and cracks Wilson with an uppercut!
Ichirou has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Ichirou tries to clinch up but Wilson circles away and keeps his distance.
Wilson throws the left hand but Ichirou avoids the punch easily.
Ichirou lands a jab to the head.
A slow jab from Wilson misses its intended target.
Ichirou is looking to clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Wilson misses the target.
Wilson lands a nice shot to the body.
Wilson just misses with a punch to the body.
Wilson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ichirou momentarily.
It looks like Sugawara Ichirou has been cut.
Ichirou takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ichirou tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wilson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ichirou darts in and clinches Wilson up against the cage.
Wilson tries a knee to the head but Ichirou blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ichirou has a couple of punches blocked by Wilson.
Wilson wants to break free but Ichirou has control.
Ichirou breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ichirou takes the fight into the clinch.
Wilson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wilson is stalling here.
Ichirou misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ichirou breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ichirou misses with the combination.
Wilson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wilson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ichirou moves into range and clinches up with Wilson.
Nice body punch from Wilson - that landed with a thud.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson scores a nice knee to the body.
Wilson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ichirou's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wilson blocks an uppercut.
Wilson is stalling here.
Wilson tries to land knees in the clinch but Ichirou avoids the damage to the body.
Ichirou breaks from the clinch.
Wilson misses with a straight right.
Ichirou misses with a looping right.
Wilson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ichirou.
Ichirou closes the distance and clinches.
Ichirou misses with the head strike.
Wilson tries to throw a body punch but Ichirou avoids it by throwing Wilson back against the cage.
Ichirou is struggling to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ichirou breaks the clinch.
Ichirou throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Wilson counter with a right hand.
Ichirou tries to clinch there but Wilson circles away.
Ichirou misses with a left hand
and Wilson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wilson walks into a stiff left hand from Ichirou.
Ichirou uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wilson.
Ichirou swinging wildly here.
An attempted straight right counter from Wilson misses the target.
Wilson throws a hook to the side of Ichirou's head but Ichirou sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wilson scores with a hook to the body. Ichirou takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wilson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ichirou's head backwards.
Ichirou tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ichirou looks to land a left hand but Wilson moved out of range nicely.
A big right from Wilson misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that James Wilson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sugawara Ichirou's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Ichirou gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ichirou escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wilson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ichirou jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ichirou throws a body kick that misses.
Wilson throws a lazy uppercut
and Ichirou counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Wilson.
Donk. Ichirou catches Wilson right on the button with a cross.
A jab from Wilson misses.
Ichirou tries to clinch up but Wilson circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ichirou rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wilson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wilson misses with a hook. Ichirou ducked under it nicely.
Ichirou tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wilson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wilson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wilson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Wilson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ichirou closes the distance and pushes Wilson back into the cage.
Wilson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wilson misses with a left hand
and Ichirou counters with a nice uppercut.
James Wilson is winning the standup battle so far.
A big left from Ichirou misses.
Wilson misses with a hook
and Ichirou counters with a straight right hand.
Ichirou clinches with his opponent.
Ichirou tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ichirou breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ichirou stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Wilson is rocked!
Ichirou connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks Wilson out cold! This one is over in a flash!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sugawara Ichirou!
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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
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