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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenichi Misahawa (ranked 1490 p4p, 982 weight class) and Liam James (ranked 204 p4p, 134 weight class). James has chosen Come To Daddy by Aphex Twin as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Good wrestling
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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 15 - 16 - 1, fighting out of London, Kenichi Misahawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Liam James!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James works the jab nicely.
James 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.
A solid leg kick lands there for James.
Misahawa has James up against the cage in a clinch.
James blocking some punches.
Misahawa lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Liam James has been cut.
James misses with a body punch.
James works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Misahawa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but James blocks it with crossed arms.
A right handed body shot lands from James.
James on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
James digs a right hand underneath Misahawa's ribcage. Misahawa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Misahawa swings wildly with an uppercut but James uses good head movement to avoid it.
Misahawa digs a right hand underneath James's ribcage. James let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Misahawa throws a punch but it's blocked by James.
James works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
James working aggressively here.
Misahawa stalling in the clinch but James improves position.
James throws an elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Misahawa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from James - that landed with a thud.
Misahawa is breathing heavily.
James has a couple of punches blocked by Misahawa.
Misahawa avoids a wild elbow strike from James.
James is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, James just misses with a elbow thrown towards Misahawa's brow.
Misahawa working aggressively here.
James blocks an uppercut.
James lands a body shot in the clinch.
Misahawa landing knees to the head.
James has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Our sources have told us that Misahawa has been working on his elbows in the gym.
A head punch on the inside from Misahawa fails to land.
James swings wildly with an uppercut but Misahawa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice elbow from James.
Misahawa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Misahawa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
James misses with an elbow over the top.
Nice body punch from James.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James lands a body punch in the clinch.
A body shot lands from James.
Misahawa tries a knee to the head but James blocks it.
A short right from James.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
James lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
James misses with an elbow over the top.
A quick uppercut on the inside from James.
Misahawa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and James avoids it.
James lands an elbow that stopped Misahawa in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Kenichi Misahawa has been cut.
Misahawa can't find room to land a body shot as James controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Misahawa fails to land.
A short right from James.
James softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
James lands a body shot.
James breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
James swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Misahawa.
James connects with a body shot that sends Misahawa's belly button to the back.
James lands the left hand.
Misahawa is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from James misses.
Kenichi Misahawa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by James! Misahawa is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Liam James!
After winning the bout, Liam James thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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