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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Deandre Little (ranked 3337 p4p, 2465 weight class) and Mikuru Asakura (ranked 257 p4p, 209 weight class). Mikuru Asakura has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Deandre Little!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mikuru Asakura!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Gregory Folan and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Asakura slips under a jab.
Asakura throws an off balance right hand
enabling Little to counter with a crisp jab.
The fighters circling - Asakura throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Asakura tries to land a body kick
and Asakura takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Little definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Asakura throws a lazy body kick
and Little counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Asakura misses with a jab, cross combination.
Asakura on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Little just misses with a punch to the body.
And Asakura responds with a good body kick, but Little manages to step out the way in time.
Asakura throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Asakura takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Little throws a lazy right hand but Asakura sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Little throws a big shot that misses.
Asakura throws a lazy uppercut
and Little counters with a nice body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Little bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Asakura's head.
Asakura throws a lazy right hand but Little sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Asakura misses with a hook
and Asakura takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Donk. Asakura catches Little right on the button with a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Asakura uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Little.
Asakura lands with a nice body kick.
Little misses with an uppercut. Asakura saw that one coming.
Little misses with a wild body shot.
Asakura goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Little is looking for a counter combo.
Asakura takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A shot to the body from Asakura misses
and Asakura takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Little scores with a shot to the body.
Asakura misses with a few strikes there.
Little misses with a wild body shot.
Little defending well as Asakura loads up on a big left hand.
Asakura scores with a crisp jab that stopped Little in his tracks.
Little dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Asakura misses with a lunging right hand
and Little counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Little throws a lazy right hand but Asakura sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asakura connects with a single shot there.
Little swings for the body but Asakura moves out of range.
Little missing with a left hand there. Asakura was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Little throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Asakura throws a wild body kick that Little sees coming a mile off.
Little smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Little is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Asakura just misses with a punch to the body.
Little throwing a counter right hand but Asakura manages to avoid it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Little.
Asakura throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Little scores with a jab to the head.
Asakura doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Asakura throws the kick towards the body but Little avoids it.
Asakura tries a head kick but it misses.
Little lands with a shot to the body.
A lazy body kick from Asakura
and Little counters with a straight right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asakura throws the kick towards the body but Little avoids it.
A counter left hand to the body from Little misses its target.
Little throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Little walks forward, straight into a front kick from Asakura.
Little lands with an overhand left.
Asakura throws a push kick but Little slaps the foot to one side.
Little lunges at Asakura with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Asakura's hand.
Asakura is rocked!
Little throws a body shot but no joy.
Little throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Little throws a body punch but Asakura moves out of range.
Little throws a sloppy body shot
and Asakura counters with a body kick that stops Little in his tracks momentarily.
Asakura throws a body punch but Little moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Little on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
We've been informed that Asakura has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Asakura throws a right hand that misses
and Little connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Little forces Asakura back against the cage and clinches.
Little lands with a light punch inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Little lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Little on the inside.
Little prevents Asakura from breaking the clinch.
Little scores with a shoulder strike.
Little lands a hook to the side of the head.
Asakura is still on wobbly legs! Can Little finish him?
Little is trying to pull guard but Asakura turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Asakura has had enough of the clinch but Little keeps him there for the moment.
Asakura seems to have recovered his senses.
Little lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Asakura backwards.
Little lands a left hand.
Asakura tries a knee to the head but Little blocks it.
Little lands a nice shot to the body.
Asakura is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Little pushes Asakura back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Asakura wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Little throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Asakura looks winded!
Asakura tries to break free but Little pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Little.
Little softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Little makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Deandre Little dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Little lands with an uppercut that bounces Asakura off the cage and back into range.
Asakura's corner calls for a 1-2. Asakura obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Little just misses with a punch to the body.
Asakura misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Little.
Little lands with an uppercut that bounces Asakura off the cage and back into range.
Little drops Asakura with a big left hand! Asakura is injured, injured bad! Little jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Deandre Little!
A victorious Deandre Little thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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