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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ibrahim Amrani (ranked 1476 p4p, 2206 weight class) and Ryuji Hatakenaka (ranked 134 p4p, 193 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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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 20 - 16 - 2, fighting out of London, Ibrahim Amrani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryuji Hatakenaka!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hatakenaka wants to slow Amrani down by chopping away at his legs.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hatakenaka ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A swing and a miss from Amrani.
Hatakenaka keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Amrani.
Amrani has been working on his boxing with his coaches at WillyQuay MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Hatakenaka blocks a jab.
Amrani is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hatakenaka throws a lazy right hand but Amrani sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hatakenaka.
Hatakenaka staying out of range there.
Hatakenaka with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Amrani misses with a straight left.
Hatakenaka looks to throw the jab but Amrani is out of range.
Good exchange - Hatakenaka coming out on top.
Hatakenaka listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hatakenaka lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Amrani moves in looking to clinch but Hatakenaka pushes him off.
A jab from Amrani misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice leg kick from Hatakenaka, right into the meat of the thigh.
Amrani connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hatakenaka momentarily.
Hatakenaka lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Hatakenaka.
Amrani fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Amrani ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Amrani is looking to clinch.
Hatakenaka connects with an inside leg kick.
Amrani checks a leg kick nicely.
Good leg kick by Hatakenaka.
Amrani gets a clinch.
A short left from Amrani.
Hatakenaka doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hatakenaka has a couple of punches blocked by Amrani.
Amrani lands with a left to the head.
Amrani digs a right hand into Hatakenaka's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hatakenaka's gas tank.
Hatakenaka misses with a punch on the inside.
Amrani blocks a body shot from Hatakenaka.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Amrani misses with a short punch on the inside.
Amrani lands an uppercut.
Hatakenaka lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hatakenaka misses with a punch on the inside.
Amrani throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hatakenaka lands with a short shot to the head.
Hatakenaka is leaning against Amrani and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Amrani blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hatakenaka lands a shoulder strike.
Hatakenaka misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hatakenaka tries to throw a body punch but Amrani avoids it by throwing Hatakenaka back against the cage.
Hatakenaka prevents a body shot from Amrani.
Hatakenaka swings wildly with an uppercut but Amrani uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hatakenaka lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hatakenaka lands a left hand that snaps the head of Amrani backwards.
Amrani lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hatakenaka or not.
Hatakenaka tries to work over Amrani's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Amrani misses with the head strike.
Amrani lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Still in the clinch, Amrani scores with a nice short uppercut.
Amrani lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Amrani tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Amrani fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Amrani works on Hatakenaka's body with a couple of short punches.
Amrani scores with a hook to the body.
Hatakenaka looks winded!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Hatakenaka.
Hatakenaka tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Amrani lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hatakenaka backwards.
Hatakenaka misses with a hook from the clinch.
Amrani swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Amrani fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Amrani scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hatakenaka.
Hatakenaka misses with some punches.
Hatakenaka misses with a body punch.
Amrani manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Amrani has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Hatakenaka doesn't defend quickly enough and Amrani has managed to lock this one up! Can Hatakenaka escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Amrani on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Ibrahim Amrani!
Ibrahim Amrani managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Bloodbath MMA Clothing, into his post fight interview.
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hype
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FIGHT
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