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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yar Bol (ranked 38 p4p, 236 weight class) and Haruki Johnson (ranked 7 p4p, 30 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Johnson's choice of entrance music: Shooting Stars ft. Toro y moi (Flume Cover). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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188 cm 33 205 26 - 11 - 0 |
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190 cm 28 211 17 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler World class MT Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yar Bol! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Haruki Johnson! The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Patrick Alders and Paul Aken.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Johnson lunges at Bol with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bol's hand.
 It looks like Yar Bol has been cut. Johnson slips under a jab from Bol. Johnson scores with the left hand. Bol knows he should have avoided that one. Bol thows a leg kick but Johnson checks it and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Bol missing with a left hand there. Johnson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Bol motions for Johnson to come forward. Bol throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. Bol circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johnson drops Bol with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Bol looks back up at him and smiles so Johnson waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Johnson misses with a body shot.
Bol tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it. Bol moves out of range as Johnson strikes. Bol swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. Johnson cracks Bol with a hook to the temple - Bol is on wobbly legs here! Johnson swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Bol falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Johnson wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Haruki Johnson! Haruki Johnson is the new light heavyweight champion! During a confident post fight interview, Haruki Johnson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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