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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brock Hardman (ranked 1951 p4p, 2135 weight class) and Ki Ruyjini (ranked 307 p4p, 330 weight class). Ruyjini is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: 修羅の花 Shura no hana by Meiko Kaji. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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13 - 15 - 0 |
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12 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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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 13 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Brock Hardman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ki Ruyjini!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Ruyjini.
Ruyjini ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hardman moves away.
Ruyjini throws a nice looking combination but Hardman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ruyjini throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ruyjini looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ruyjini wants to land a leg kick but Hardman is out of range.
Ruyjini throws a leg kick
and Ruyjini takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ruyjini throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ruyjini tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruyjini throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Hardman to counter with a crisp jab.
Hardman blocks a leg kick.
Ruyjini swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ruyjini's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hardman under the eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruyjini is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hardman.
Hardman was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hardman moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ruyjini scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hardman doesn't seem bothered though.
Hardman's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ruyjini connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hardman scrambles back to his feet.
Hardman is rocked!
Ruyjini misses with a left hand
and Hardman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ruyjini 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.
Ruyjini thows a leg kick but Hardman checks it
and Hardman counters with a stiff right hand.
Ruyjini throws a head kick that misses
and Ruyjini takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hardman has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ruyjini.
Ruyjini throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Hardman to counter with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ruyjini tries to score with a low kick but Hardman moves his leg out of the way.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Ruyjini misses.
Hardman swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ruyjini lands with an uppercut that bounces Hardman off the cage and back into range.
Ruyjini lands a jab.
Ruyjini gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ruyjini feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Hardman sprawling to the canvas! Hardman rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Ruyjini finish him?!
Oh Hardman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hardman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ruyjini.
Ruyjini throws a lazy uppercut
and Hardman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hardman seems to have got his legs back now.
Ki Ruyjini seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hardman checks a leg kick.
Hardman takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ruyjini misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruyjini slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ruyjini does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
An attempted straight right counter from Hardman misses the target.
Ruyjini feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Hardman sprawling to the canvas! Hardman rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Ruyjini finish him?!
Hardman ducks under a wild hook from Ruyjini.
Ruyjini connects with a solid leg kick.
Hardman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ruyjini misses with a low kick as Hardman jumps back.
A slow jab from Ruyjini misses its intended target.
An attempted straight right counter from Hardman misses the target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ruyjini is looking to score with low kicks.
Ruyjini clobbers Hardman with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hardman doesn't manage to clinch there - Ruyjini circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruyjini misses with an uppercut
and Hardman counters with a nice uppercut.
Hardman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ruyjini.
Ruyjini throws the left hand but Hardman avoids the punch easily.
Hardman takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ruyjini lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hardman slips under a jab.
Ruyjini throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hardman with a nice cross.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hardman connects with the punch.
Hardman is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A telegraphed right hand from Ruyjini misses the target.
Ruyjini misses with an uppercut
letting Hardman counter with a right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ki Ruyjini dominated that round.
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.
Ruyjini throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hardman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ruyjini throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Hardman to counter with a crisp jab.
Ruyjini misses with a lunging right hand
and Hardman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ruyjini is rocked!
Crack! Hardman connects with the perfect overhand right and Ruyjini falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Hardman!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Brock Hardman!
Brock Hardman seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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