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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alphonse Fuguego (ranked 418 p4p, 485 weight class) and Liwa Kursiwa (ranked 38 p4p, 46 weight class). Liwa Kursiwa has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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22 - 14 - 1 |
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14 - 12 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
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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 22 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Alphonse Fuguego!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Liwa Kursiwa!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fuguego scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Kursiwa fails with the takedown.
Fuguego connects with a leg kick.
Fuguego cracks a nice hook into Kursiwa's ribs.
Fuguego looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fuguego lands a right hook to the body.
Kursiwa takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Donk. Fuguego catches Kursiwa right on the button with a cross.
Fuguego connects with a body shot that sends Kursiwa's belly button to the back.
Kursiwa closes the distance and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fuguego tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fuguego makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kursiwa lands a takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Kursiwa content to stall in guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuguego is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Kursiwa is aware though and is defending well.
Fuguego is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Fuguego wants to control position but Kursiwa is using a can opener to pass guard... He's turned it into a full on guillotine from mount now! Big trouble for Fuguego here! He's turning a lovely shade of purple and yep! He's tapping out! I would say world class Jiu Jitsu but is it really? It was nice but let's not get silly about it.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Liwa Kursiwa!
Liwa Kursiwa decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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