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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nakachi Tadageru (ranked 485 p4p, 957 weight class) and Kotaro Asakura (ranked 35 p4p, 71 weight class). Asakura is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Venom by $ B. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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12 - 7 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nakachi Tadageru!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kotaro Asakura!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jorge Garcia and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tadageru instigates a clinch.
Tadageru lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tadageru looking for a takedown.
Asakura stops a takedown attempt from Tadageru.
Tadageru tries to score a body lock takedown but Asakura shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nakachi Tadageru. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tadageru is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Asakura can't fight it off and eventually Tadageru manages to take the fight to the floor. Asakura looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Tadageru wants to control from the top but Asakura keeps moving.
Tadageru throws a big right hand that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tadageru is stalling in the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Asakura avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Asakura wants to stand up but Tadageru is controlling him.
Tadageru landing some decent shots from guard.
Asakura preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Asakura avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tadageru advances position into side control!
Asakura really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tadageru. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tadageru wants to control but Asakura is keeping him busy.
Asakura parries the strikes from Tadageru easily there. Tadageru is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Asakura to escape.
Tadageru laying and praying for a moment but Asakura takes advantage and regains half guard.
Tadageru sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Asakura defending well though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tadageru working the head and body with strikes.
Tadageru looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Asakura with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Tadageru throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Tadageru missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tadageru throwing shots but Asakura is blocking nicely.
Tadageru seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Tadageru working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Asakura is trying to stand.
Tadageru takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Asakura felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Tadageru stalling.
Tadageru landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Asakura keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tadageru lands with a punch from half guard.
Tadageru lands with a punch from half guard.
Tadageru working over Asakura with some ground and pound. Asakura looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Tadageru looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Asakura has hold of Tadageru's hands but Tadageru slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Asakura blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tadageru.
Tadageru slips a nice elbow through Asakura's hands, connecting with Asakura's forehead.
Tadageru looks to land a strike but Asakura avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Tadageru with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Tadageru is looking to work some ground and pound but Asakura has wrist control.
Tadageru postures up and lands a big shot to Asakura's brow.
Tadageru seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Tadageru postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tadageru throws a big elbow that misses.
Tadageru working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tadageru connects with a couple of short punches.
Tadageru passes into half guard.
Tadageru is nestled in close to Asakura, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Asakura can do anything to dispel that myth.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Asakura is looking to escape.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Tadageru lands a nice short elbow.
Tadageru missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tadageru is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tadageru drops an elbow to the side of Asakura's head.
Tadageru passes to side control.
Asakura taking a bit of punishment here - Tadageru scoring with strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nakachi Tadageru dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Tadageru cracks Asakura with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tadageru swings away with a body shot that misses
and Asakura counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tadageru gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tadageru drops down looking for an ankle pick but Asakura pulls his leg out and moves away.
Tadageru shoots and misses
and Asakura counters with an outside leg kick.
Tadageru tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Asakura paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Asakura looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tadageru scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tadageru rushes Asakura and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tadageru is working for takedown but Asakura is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nakachi Tadageru. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Asakura gets underhooks to prevent Tadageru's takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Asakura is pressed up against the cage. Tadageru has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Asakura down to the mat. Asakura avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Tadageru moves in looking to clinch but Asakura pushes him off.
Tadageru looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tadageru with a poor takedown
and Asakura counters with a left and a right that stings Tadageru.
Asakura darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tadageru feints and as Asakura raises his hands in defense, Tadageru changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Asakura wants to stand and escape but Tadageru is having none of it.
Asakura is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Asakura working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tadageru.
Asakura preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tadageru lands a couple of digs.
Asakura utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tadageru wants to control from the top but Asakura keeps moving.
Tadageru cracks Asakura with a solid left hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tadageru sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Asakura's guard.
Tadageru lands with a punch from half guard.
Tadageru throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Tadageru throwing shots but Asakura is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tadageru looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Tadageru slips a nice elbow through Asakura's hands, connecting with Asakura's forehead.
Tadageru working over Asakura with some ground and pound. Asakura looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Asakura is refusing to be controlled, as Tadageru sits in half guard.
Tadageru missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Tadageru looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Asakura with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kotaro Asakura has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tadageru frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Tadageru is in the full mount, landing strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tadageru working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Asakura is rocked!
Tadageru postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Asakura bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Tadageru and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nakachi Tadageru!
After winning the bout, Nakachi Tadageru 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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RATING
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