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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Salvatore Coppola (ranked 2779 p4p, 3430 weight class) and Yuujiro Hanma (ranked 288 p4p, 337 weight class). Coppola comes to the cage accompanied by Duality. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Powerful takedowns
Lethal high kicks
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 40 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Salvatore Coppola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yuujiro Hanma!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, David Schapiro and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coppola keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hanma feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Coppola working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hanma.
Coppola is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Hanma presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Coppola scores a nice knee to the body.
Coppola tries to land knees in the clinch but Hanma avoids the damage to the body.
Coppola tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hanma smiles and moves away.
Coppola misses with a takedown attempt - Hanma sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Coppola chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Coppola ducks under a wild hook from Hanma.
Coppola lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Coppola throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Coppola is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Coppola misses with a takedown attempt - Hanma sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hanma looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Salvatore Coppola. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Coppola looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coppola fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hanma clinches up with Coppola and pushes him back against the cage.
Coppola misses with a hook from the clinch.
Coppola letting Hanma take a breather here.
Coppola tries to pull guard but Hanma holds him up against the cage and eventually Coppola drops back down to his feet.
Hanma misses with a body punch.
Coppola with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Coppola manages to break the clinch.
Coppola uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hanma.
Hanma takes a swing at Coppola's ribcage but misses.
Coppola fails with an attempt to clinch.
Coppola tries to close the distance and clinch but Hanma swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Coppola throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Coppola ducks right into an uppercut from Hanma.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Hanma.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Coppola.
Despite the aggression on Hanma's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hanma misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hanma stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hanma lands a body punch.
Hanma just leaning against Coppola, taking a breather.
Coppola misses with a punch on the inside.
Coppola pushes off an throws an elbow but Hanma leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hanma misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Coppola escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Coppola.
Hanma doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Hanma lands with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coppola looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hanma is fending him off so far but Coppola persists. Nope, Hanma circles away and we're back to standing.
Coppola forces Hanma back against the cage and clinches.
Hanma lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Coppola or not.
Hanma tightens his grip and picks Coppola up, before dumping him to the ground. Coppola manages to land in guard.
Coppola is breathing heavily.
Coppola can't keep his opponent in guard - Hanma advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Hanma lands with a punch from half guard.
Hanma seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Coppola does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Coppola wants to improve his position but Hanma is controlling well.
Hanma looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hanma drops an elbow to the side of Coppola's head.
Hanma wants to take a breather but Coppola is having none of it.
Hanma is thwarting Coppola's attempts to control the position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hanma connects with a nice short shot to Coppola's temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanma looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hanma lands with a punch from half guard.
Hanma landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hanma trying to control the action but Coppola is working from the bottom.
Coppola is trying to stand up here but Hanma is controlling him well.
Hanma winds up and cracks Coppola with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Coppola is not content to let Hanma control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hanma looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Coppola with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Coppola is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hanma is looking to take a break and control but Coppola is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Coppola regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hanma makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hanma trying to control the position from guard on top but Coppola is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yuujiro Hanma dominated that round.
That's time! Coppola's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Coppola is looking to chop away at Hanma's legs.
Coppola shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hanma defends it nicely.
Nice body punch from Hanma.
Salvatore Coppola seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Coppola closes the distance and clinches up with Hanma, looking for a takedown. Coppola pushes Hanma against the cage but Hanma circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Hanma now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Hanma connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Coppola throws a nice head kick!
Hanma throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Coppola tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Hanma is in Coppola's guard.
Hanma must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Hanma postures up and lands a big shot to Coppola's brow.
Coppola throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hanma is stalling in the full guard.
Hanma lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanma sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Coppola's guard.
Coppola is trying to get back to full guard.
Hanma content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Hanma working Coppola over with strikes.
Coppola wants to get back to full guard.
Coppola is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hanma scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hanma lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Coppola is rocked!
Hanma lands a big elbow - Coppola 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 Hanma!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yuujiro Hanma!
Yuujiro Hanma very nearly forgot to thank Sakura Style amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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hype
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