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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frane Vinkovic (ranked 661 p4p, 144 weight class) and Kaito Tanaka (ranked 87 p4p, 21 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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11 - 6 - 1 |
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190 cm
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17 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frane Vinkovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Kaito Tanaka!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanaka throws a jab but it's blocked by Vinkovic.
Tanaka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Both fighters circling a little - Tanaka finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Tanaka is looking to slow Vinkovic down with leg kicks.
Vinkovic definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tanaka throws a nice outside leg kick.
Vinkovic throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The fighters circling - Tanaka throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fighters circle momentarily. Vinkovic darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Tanaka buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Vinkovic tests Tanaka's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tanaka throws out a loose jab but Vinkovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Frane Vinkovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tanaka throws a nice inside leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Vinkovic throws an off balance right hand
and Tanaka counters with a good, hard body kick but Vinkovic shrugs it off.
Vinkovic tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tanaka counters with a nice low kick that buckles Vinkovic's knee momentarily.
Tanaka throws a leg kick which misses Vinkovic's front leg but catches the back leg as Vinkovic tries to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanaka throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vinkovic slips under a jab from Tanaka.
Some bone on bone action there as Tanaka checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Tanaka takes one to the chin there.
Vinkovic takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Vinkovic throws a lazy body kick
and Tanaka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A swing and a miss from Vinkovic.
Vinkovic misses with a double jab
and Tanaka counters with a good, hard body kick but Vinkovic shrugs it off.
Vinkovic is breathing heavily.
Tanaka defending well as Vinkovic loads up on a big left hand.
Vinkovic on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Good leg kick by Tanaka.
A big left from Vinkovic misses.
Vinkovic ducks under a wild hook from Tanaka.
Tanaka gets in close and instigates a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tanaka misses with some punches.
Vinkovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vinkovic scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tanaka leaning against his opponent.
Vinkovic misses with some punches.
Tanaka struggles to land a body shot inside as Vinkovic controls his hands.
Vinkovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Tanaka.
Tanaka lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vinkovic.
Vinkovic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vinkovic's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Vinkovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tanaka looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Vinkovic working hard to break the clinch.
Tanaka lands a right hand.
Vinkovic is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tanaka lands a right hand.
Tanaka's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tanaka throws the kick towards the body but Vinkovic avoids it.
Vinkovic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vinkovic misses with a right hand
and Tanaka counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Decent striking displayed by Tanaka there.
Vinkovic takes one to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vinkovic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tanaka.
Tanaka staying out of range there.
Tanaka scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vinkovic doesn't seem bothered though.
Tanaka just misses with a punch to the body.
Tanaka clinches.
Vinkovic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tanaka.
A nice left hand lands by Tanaka.
Tanaka softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Vinkovic misses with a punch on the inside.
Vinkovic misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from Tanaka.
Vinkovic takes a shot to the head.
Tanaka softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vinkovic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tanaka takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tanaka breaks from the clinch.
Vinkovic throws a series of punches but Tanaka avoids them all with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Tanaka avoids the head kick by Vinkovic.
Tanaka counters with a body kick.
Tanaka drops Vinkovic with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Vinkovic looks back up at him and smiles so Tanaka waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Vinkovic is rocked!
Vinkovic switches off momentarily and Tanaka cracks him with a monster right hand! Vinkovic topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Tanaka dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Tanaka!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kaito Tanaka!
A relieved looking Kaito Tanaka 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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RATING
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