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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mursk Apuro (ranked 1228 p4p, 1818 weight class) and Piston Honda Jr (ranked 149 p4p, 210 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Honda Jr's choice of entrance music: Punch Out Theme. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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9 - 1 - 0 |
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190 cm
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6 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mursk Apuro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Piston Honda Jr!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Andrew Berry and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honda Jr takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Honda Jr throws a leg kick but Apuro moved away.
Honda Jr looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Apuro bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Honda Jr's head.
Honda Jr throws a right hand that misses
and Apuro counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Apuro avoids the body shot from Honda Jr.
Honda Jr misses with a right hand
and Apuro counters with a shoot takedown. Honda Jr fights it but they end up in guard.
Apuro throws a big elbow that misses.
Apuro content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Apuro throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Apuro throws a big right hand that misses.
Apuro wants to control from the top but Honda Jr keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Apuro accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Honda Jr can do anything to dispel that myth.
Apuro throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda Jr is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Honda Jr keeping moving, preventing Apuro from controlling successfully.
Apuro is in close to Honda Jr's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Apuro throwing strikes but missing.
Apuro with a flurry of punches that miss.
Apuro lands a couple of digs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Apuro scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Apuro throws a big elbow that misses.
Apuro is working Honda Jr over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Apuro keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Honda Jr's head.
Apuro throwing strikes from guard but Honda Jr blocks nicely.
Apuro postures up and lands a big shot to Honda Jr's brow.
Apuro in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Apuro wants to control from the top but Honda Jr keeps moving.
Apuro is in close to Honda Jr's body, working some short punches and elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Apuro accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Apuro stands up over Honda Jr, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Apuro is looking to work some ground and pound but Honda Jr has wrist control.
Apuro might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Honda Jr avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Apuro slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Apuro working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Apuro is looking to pass into half guard but Honda Jr pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Honda Jr is in guard.
Honda Jr must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Apuro pulls Honda Jr in close to his closed guard and prevents Honda Jr from doing any damage or advancing position.
Apuro wants to sweep but no luck.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Apuro is working hard here to advance position.
Apuro is controlling Honda Jr's posture.
Honda Jr content to stall in guard here.
Honda Jr is fighting to break Apuro's control of his arms but Apuro is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mursk Apuro dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Honda Jr on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Honda Jr scores with a punch to the head.
A big left from Apuro misses.
A jab from Honda Jr misses.
It looked like Apuro wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Apuro is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Honda Jr is looking to slow Apuro down with leg kicks.
Honda Jr misses with a shot to the body
and Apuro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Honda Jr misses with a two punch combination.
Honda Jr lands the left hand.
Apuro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Honda Jr.
Apuro just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda Jr defending well as Apuro loads up on a big left hand.
Apuro looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mursk Apuro is winning the standup battle so far.
Honda Jr drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Honda Jr jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Apuro lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Some wild striking there from Honda Jr.
Apuro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Honda Jr is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Apuro with a body shot.
Honda Jr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Apuro.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Honda Jr!
Apuro blocks a jab.
Honda Jr with a nice cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Honda Jr. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Apuro tries for a takedown but Honda Jr circles away easily
and Apuro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Honda Jr misses with a lunging right hand
and Honda Jr takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Apuro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Honda Jr can do to turn this around?
Honda Jr slips a jab and a cross from Apuro.
Honda Jr throws out a counter right but Apuro avoids it with no problem.
Apuro gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Honda Jr.
Apuro misses the body punch
and Honda Jr counters with a stiff right hand.
Apuro misses with a hook
and Honda Jr counters with a nice uppercut.
Honda Jr moves out of range of the strikes.
Honda Jr throws a sloppy head kick and Apuro moves out of range easily.
Apuro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Honda Jr looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Honda Jr coming out on top.
A decent looking cross lands there for Honda Jr.
Apuro is rocked!
Honda Jr moves in close and cracks Apuro with a massive right hand! Apuro, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Honda Jr!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Piston Honda Jr!
A relieved looking Piston Honda Jr thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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B |
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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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FIGHT
RATING
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