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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yuuji Hoshino (ranked 1877 p4p, 1687 weight class) and Heismann Haa (ranked 137 p4p, 129 weight class). Haa has chosen Her kommer Heismann Hå as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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25 - 20 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Yuuji Hoshino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Heismann Haa!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good exchange - Haa coming out on top.
Haa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Haa throws a shot from downtown. Hoshino moves away and avoids it.
Hoshino on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hoshino scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Haa doesn't seem bothered though.
Haa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Heismann Haa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haa misses with a straight left.
Hoshino throwing a counter right hand but Haa manages to avoid it.
Haa tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Hoshino misses the target.
Haa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Haa scores with a nice right hand.
Haa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hoshino was well out of range. Poor timing from Haa.
An attempted straight right counter from Hoshino misses the target.
Haa misses with a looping right.
Hoshino appears to be looking for a big counter.
Hoshino scores with a jab to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hoshino gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Haa.
Good work by Hoshino as he checks the leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haa throws a poor cross that misses
and Hoshino counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hoshino.
Haa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Haa misses with a punch on the inside.
Haa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hoshino's elbow.
Hoshino lands a right hand.
Haa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Haa lands with a left to the head.
Hoshino avoiding damage.
Haa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Haa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Haa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hoshino fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Hoshino's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hoshino lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Haa tries to throw a body punch but Hoshino avoids it by throwing Haa back against the cage.
Haa tries to work over Hoshino's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Haa has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hoshino seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Haa can turn it around.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haa tries to break free but Hoshino pushes him back against the cage.
Haa misses with a punch on the inside.
Haa is trying to push Hoshino away but Hoshino has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Haa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hoshino blocks an uppercut.
Hoshino fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hoshino manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hoshino lands with a left to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hoshino tries a body shot but Haa blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Haa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Haa misses with a body punch.
Haa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Hoshino.
Haa scores with a shot to the side of Hoshino's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoshino scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A body shot lands from Haa.
Haa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Haa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Haa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Haa lands a shoulder strike.
Haa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Haa tries to work over Hoshino's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right handed body shot lands from Haa.
Haa misses with a body punch.
Haa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hoshino backwards.
Hoshino tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Haa lands a left hand.
A short left from Haa.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haa blocking some punches.
Hoshino prevents a body shot from Haa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hoshino lands a right hand.
Haa throws a punch but it's blocked by Hoshino.
Hoshino trying to stall but Haa improves his position.
Haa is pushing Hoshino up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Haa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Haa taking a breather.
Haa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hoshino managing to block the knees to the body from Haa.
Hoshino blocks a body shot from Haa.
Haa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Haa tries to work over Hoshino's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hoshino blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Heismann Haa dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hoshino throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hoshino misses with an uppercut.
Haa misses with a kick to the body
and Haa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hoshino takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Haa misses with an uppercut.
Hoshino swings for the body but Haa moves out of range.
Hoshino throws an overhand right that lands on Haa's shoulder, as Haa tries to avoid the shot.
Haa just misses with a punch to the body.
Haa on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Haa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hoshino.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haa attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
It appears Hoshino was looking to counter with a kick there.
Haa lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hoshino at a distance.
Hoshino slips under a jab from Haa.
Haa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little feinted left hand from Hoshino on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haa throws a looping overhand right but Hoshino ducks down to avoid it.
Hoshino throws an overhand right that lands on Haa's shoulder, as Haa tries to avoid the shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Hoshino blocks the leg kick.
Haa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Haa will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hoshino misses with a body shot.
Haa misses the jab.
Haa scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hoshino in his tracks.
Jab by Haa.
Haa cracks Hoshino with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Haa tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hoshino is able to avoid easily.
Haa connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hoshino momentarily.
Haa throws a low kick but Hoshino moves out of range easily.
A little feinted left hand from Hoshino on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haa lands with a right hand.
Haa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Haa does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Hoshino checks a leg kick nicely.
Hoshino fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Haa manages to avoid it.
Hoshino ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haa moves away.
Haa takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Haa misses with a body shot
and Hoshino counters with a stiff right hand.
Haa lands a nice shot to the body.
Haa takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Haa cracks Hoshino with a good jab.
Haa throws the left hand but Hoshino avoids the punch easily.
Haa misses with a looping left.
Haa misses with an uppercut
and Hoshino cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Haa is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haa swings widly with a right hand
and Hoshino counters with a big right hand! Oh Haa is in trouble here! Hoshino follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yuuji Hoshino!
Yuuji Hoshino 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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pop
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