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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ai Yurchon (ranked 2435 p4p, 24124 weight class) and Joao Vitor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vitor has chosen Till I Collapse as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ai Yurchon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joao Vitor!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yurchon misses with a hook.
Yurchon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vitor.
Yurchon really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Vitor takes a swing at Yurchon's ribcage but misses.
Vitor tries a head kick but it misses.
Yurchon swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Vitor moves out of range of the strikes.
Decent striking displayed by Yurchon there.
Nice uppercut lands for Yurchon. That snapped Vitor's head back.
Yurchon scores with a punch to the head.
Some bone on bone action there as Yurchon checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Yurchon definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Yurchon throws a jab when Vitor was well out of range.
Vitor tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Yurchon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yurchon stuffs the takedown.
Vitor moves in looking to clinch but Yurchon pushes him off.
Yurchon comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Yurchon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vitor moves away.
Yurchon throws a hook but Vitor blocks it.
Yurchon avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab from Yurchon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yurchon throws an overhand right that lands on Vitor's shoulder, as Vitor tries to avoid the shot.
Vitor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice side step and Vitor releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Yurchon is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Vitor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vitor feints and then cracks Yurchon's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yurchon down.
Vitor throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vitor slips under a jab from Yurchon.
Yurchon connects with a nice looking jab.
Nice defenses there by Vitor.
Vitor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yurchon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vitor looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ai Yurchon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vitor looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Yurchon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ai Yurchon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vitor dives in and grabs Yurchon's left leg, looking for a takedown. Yurchon pushes down on Vitor's head and hops out.
Yurchon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vitor manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vitor will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ai Yurchon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joao Vitor.
Vitor looks winded!
Vitor fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yurchon works the jab nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yurchon cracks a nice hook into Vitor's ribs.
Vitor fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vitor throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Yurchon's waist but Yurchon gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Vitor off to one side.
Yurchon scores with a crisp jab that stopped Vitor in his tracks.
Vitor takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Vitor moves away from the strike by Yurchon.
Yurchon swings for the body but Vitor moves out of range.
Vitor looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Yurchon is fending him off so far but Vitor persists. Nope, Yurchon circles away and we're back to standing.
Yurchon cracks Vitor with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
It looks like Joao Vitor has been cut.
Vitor closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Vitor is rocked!
Yurchon lands a head shot.
Vitor is still on wobbly legs! Can Yurchon finish him?
Vitor gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Yurchon.
Yurchon is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yurchon scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Yurchon cracks Vitor with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Yurchon lands a nice looking body shot.
Vitor takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Yurchon stuns Vitor with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Yurchon bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Vitor's head.
Yurchon scores with a jab to the body.
Yurchon darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Vitor gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Yurchon bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Vitor's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yurchon throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Vitor stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Yurchon scores with a shot to the body.
Yurchon uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Vitor has time to react.
Vitor drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Vitor takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yurchon moves into range and connects with a jab.
Yurchon steps in with a hook that catches Vitor right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Yurchon follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Vitor looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ai Yurchon!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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