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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Takashi Asai (ranked 4573 p4p, 4207 weight class) and Janne Sillanpaa (ranked 429 p4p, 412 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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183 cm 19 187 1 - 0 - 0 |
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178 cm 19 201 1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Excellent MT Very quick |
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BJJ White Belt Excellent boxer Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Takashi Asai! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Janne Sillanpaa! The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurstr�m.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Asai staying out of range there. A little feinted left hand from Asai on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. Asai uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sillanpaa. Asai throwing a counter right hand but Sillanpaa manages to avoid it. Sillanpaa digs a good hook to Asai's body.
Sillanpaa swings widly with a right hand
enabling Asai to counter with a crisp jab. Sillanpaa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Asai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Sillanpaa misses with an uppercut. Asai saw that one coming. A swing and a miss from Sillanpaa. A big right from Sillanpaa misses. Asai throwing a counter right hand but Sillanpaa manages to avoid it. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Sillanpaa misses with a straight right. A counter left hand to the body from Asai misses its target. Sillanpaa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A counter left hand to the body from Asai misses its target. Sillanpaa misses the jab. Asai swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. A shot to the liver by Sillanpaa. Beautiful body shot.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Sillanpaa misses with a low kick. Sillanpaa looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Nice uppercut there from Sillanpaa. Sillanpaa misses with a right hand and Asai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Sillanpaa might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable. Sillanpaa scores with a nice head shot. Asai uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sillanpaa. Asai defending well as Sillanpaa loads up on a big left hand. Sillanpaa misses with a head kick.
Asai moves away from the strike by Sillanpaa. It looked like Asai wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. Sillanpaa misses with a few strikes there.
Sillanpaa throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Asai counter with a right hand.
 It looks like Janne Sillanpaa has been cut.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. A jab from Sillanpaa misses. The fighters circling - Sillanpaa throws out the jab but it was never going to land. It looked like Asai wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. A bone on bone clash there as Asai blocks the leg kick.
Sillanpaa misses with a hook
and Asai counters with a crisp right that sends Sillanpaa to the canvas! Asai follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Takashi Asai! A relieved looking Takashi Asai 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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