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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Zafir Farman (ranked 241 p4p, 261 weight class) and Tadahiro Nomura (ranked 13 p4p, 16 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Nomura's choice of entrance music: Nomura. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 cm 26 139 15 - 4 - 0 |
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165 cm 25 135 14 - 5 - 0 |
Great wrestler World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler World class boxer Good gas tank |
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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 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zafir Farman! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tadahiro Nomura! The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Nomura lands with a cross. Farman thumps Nomura with a low kick. Nomura throws a looping overhand right but Farman ducks down to avoid it. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Farman lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Nomura has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Nomura and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Farman gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nomura. Farman throws a body punch but Nomura moves out of range. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Nomura tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Farman defends well and Nomura ends up having to push Farman into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch. Farman throws out a token jab with nothing on it. It seemed like Nomura was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Farman throws a leg kick and Nomura counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Farman fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. Farman has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Outlaw MMA in the buildup to the fight. Farman loads up on a big right hand but Nomura slips the punch. Farman looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nomura gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Farman gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Nomura is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zafir Farman! A very excited looking Zafir Farman made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction. In defeat, Tadahiro Nomura stepped up to the mic, saying 'Mizu ni nagasu/the water flows.'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
45% |
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