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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Emir Bosnic (ranked 3316 p4p, 3497 weight class) and Kazuchika Okada (ranked 391 p4p, 408 weight class). The key to victory for Emir Bosnic has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Emir Bosnic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kazuchika Okada!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Chris Edwards and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Okada misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bosnic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Okada takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Bosnic lets loose with a powerful body kick. Okada will feel that in the morning.
Bosnic moves to clinch but Okada breaks away
and Okada counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Okada controlling from the top position.
Okada preventing the sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Okada passes Bosnic's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Bosnic tries to roll over but Okada keeps him under control.
Okada content to control rather than advance.
Bosnic taking some punishment here, with Okada in his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Okada is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Okada is nestled in close to Bosnic, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Okada lands a nice short elbow.
Okada drops an elbow to the side of Bosnic's head.
Bosnic actively working from the bottom here.
Okada is figuring out what he wants to do next.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Okada working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Okada takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Okada is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Okada controlling the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bosnic is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Okada scores with a couple of nice shots.
Okada is trying to work for a kimura but Bosnic is defending well.
Still in half guard, Okada seems content to control.
Let's hope that Okada has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Okada winds up and cracks Bosnic with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Okada trying to mount his opponent but Bosnic defends it.
Bosnic looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Okada working Bosnic over with strikes.
Okada has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Okada scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Okada tries to pass to full mount but Bosnic defends it.
Nice strikes from Okada there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okada landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Okada controlling the action here.
Okada working over Bosnic with some ground and pound. Bosnic looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Okada looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bosnic with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Okada moves nicely into side control.
Okada has an Americana. Bosnic didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Okada is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Okada hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Kazuchika Okada!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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