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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Greg Dansworth (ranked 1986 p4p, 2173 weight class) and Kenichi Misahawa (ranked 289 p4p, 313 weight class). Kenichi Misahawa acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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191 cm 26 218 12 - 7 - 0 |
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183 cm 37 210 18 - 22 - 1 |
Good wrestling World class boxer Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler World class MT Powerful |
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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 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Greg Dansworth! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 18 - 22 - 1, fighting out of London, Kenichi Misahawa! The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Francis DeMontford and Ben Watson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Misahawa ducks under a wild hook from Dansworth. Misahawa is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
It looks like Kenichi Misahawa has been cut. Dansworth is trying hard to land a takedown here. Misahawa sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. Dansworth throws a lazy head kick and Misahawa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Misahawa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Misahawa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dansworth.
Misahawa feints a counter leg kick. A head kick misses from Dansworth. Dansworth scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. Dansworth is looking to slow Misahawa down with leg kicks. Dansworth throws a head kick that misses. A head kick misses from Misahawa. Dansworth avoids the body shot from Misahawa.
Misahawa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dansworth manages to avoid it. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Dansworth throws a head kick that misses. Dansworth swings for the body but Misahawa moves out of range.
Misahawa avoids the head kick by Dansworth.
Misahawa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dansworth. A nice side step and Misahawa releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home. Dansworth connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Misahawa momentarily.
Misahawa throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Dansworth connects with a body shot that sends Misahawa's belly button to the back. Dansworth throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Misahawa sees it coming and avoids it easily. Dansworth misses with a hook. Good standup being displayed there by Misahawa as he connects with a hook.
It looks like Greg Dansworth has been cut. Dansworth connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. Dansworth throws the left hand but Misahawa avoids the punch easily. Misahawa looks like he wants to counter punch here. A lazy body kick from Misahawa and Dansworth counters with a right hand to the body. Misahawa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dansworth was well out of range. Poor timing from Misahawa. Misahawa lands with a shot to the body. Greg Dansworth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Misahawa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dansworth was well out of range. Poor timing from Misahawa. Misahawa throws a big shot that misses. Dansworth fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. A leg kick checked by Misahawa. Nice cross by Misahawa. Misahawa is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Dansworth rather than just go for the knockout. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Misahawa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. It looked like Dansworth wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. Misahawa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Dansworth. Dansworth throws a sloppy head kick and Misahawa moves out of range easily. Misahawa throws out a counter right but Dansworth avoids it with no problem. Misahawa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dansworth moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Dansworth throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. The fighters circle, before Dansworth throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Misahawa's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Dansworth lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Greg Dansworth! During a confident post fight interview, Greg Dansworth thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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