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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Abdul Jcool (ranked 23618 p4p, 2472 weight class) and Aki Kulku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jcool might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Eye of the tiger. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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195 cm 26 195 17 - 48 - 1 |
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191 cm 27 195 8 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt Counter fighter Experienced |
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Good wrestler World class MT Heavy handed |
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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 17 - 48 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Abdul Jcool! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aki Kulku! The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Jcool misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kulku fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Jcool sprawls well initially but Kulku persists and gets the takedown into half guard. Jcool is trying to control but can't.
Kulku thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jcool's head. Kulku moves into full mount! Jcool won't be happy about that! Kulku has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Kulku throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Kulku landing punches.
It looks like Abdul Jcool has been cut. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Kulku throws some wild stikes that Jcool manages to avoid easily.
Jcool wants to hold on but Kulku pushes him away.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jcool is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jcool is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Jcool wants to control but Kulku is having none of it. Kulku looking to ground and pound but Jcool is blocking nicely. Poor strikes thrown by Kulku there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jcool tries to lock up and control but Kulku gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away. Kulku misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Kulku lands a big shot there that rocks Jcool but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Jcool is rocked! Kulku postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Jcool out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Kulku goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Aki Kulku! Aki Kulku seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website. The defeated Abdul Jcool had this to say: '"Everybody out there know I beat him, I controlled the fight, he was missing, I hit him plenty more times. I beat him.Let me talk something... I want to thank the whole hood who came out here. I love y'all. I did this for the hood, you know I beat that boy.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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46% |
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