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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sota Endo (ranked 3399 p4p, 3343 weight class) and Yevgeny Prigozhin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sota Endo could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Yevgeny Prigozhin's chin.
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1 - 1 - 0 |
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2 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sota Endo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yevgeny Prigozhin!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shirou Masuda and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Endo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Endo shoots in and drives through. Prigozhin sprawls well.
Prigozhin gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Endo to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Prigozhin is looking to stand up but Endo isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Prigozhin looking for a sweep. Not yet Prigozhin, not yet.
Endo stands up over Prigozhin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Endo cracks Prigozhin with a solid left hand.
Endo postures up and lands a big shot to Prigozhin's brow.
Prigozhin controls Endo momentarily but Endo frees himself.
Prigozhin looking for a sweep. Not yet Prigozhin, not yet.
Prigozhin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Endo.
Prigozhin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Endo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Endo is working Prigozhin over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Endo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Endo sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Prigozhin's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Endo prevents Prigozhin from improving his position.
Prigozhin is trying to stand up here but Endo is controlling him well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Endo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Endo is pressing down on Prigozhin's thigh, looking to free his foot. Prigozhin is holding on for now.
Endo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Endo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nice strikes from Endo there.
Endo slips a nice elbow through Prigozhin's hands, connecting with Prigozhin's forehead.
Endo slips a nice elbow through Prigozhin's hands, connecting with Prigozhin's forehead.
Endo trying to advance position but Prigozhin counters by regaining guard.
Endo tries to free his leg and advance position but Prigozhin is retaining full guard.
Endo scoring with punches to the head and body.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Endo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Endo lands a couple of digs.
Prigozhin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Prigozhin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Endo.
Endo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prigozhin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Endo is in close to Prigozhin's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Prigozhin wants to sweep here but Endo controlling him for the moment.
Endo lands a couple of elbows.
Endo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Endo sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Prigozhin's guard.
Prigozhin felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Endo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Prigozhin is rocked!
Endo lands strikes from half guard.
Prigozhin is still in real trouble! Can Endo finish him?
Endo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Prigozhin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Endo lands a big elbow - Prigozhin is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Endo!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sota Endo!
After winning the bout, Sota Endo thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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