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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Journey Sky (ranked 492 p4p, 857 weight class) and Akahoshi Hisashi (ranked 53 p4p, 95 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Hisashi's choice of entrance music: Feng Shui. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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14 - 6 - 0 |
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Journey Sky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Akahoshi Hisashi!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sky fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hisashi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sky misses with a left hand
and Hisashi counters with a leg kick.
Hisashi just misses with a punch to the body.
Hisashi throws a shot to the body.
Hisashi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sky is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hisashi.
Journey Sky seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick lands from Sky.
Sky keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hisashi.
Hisashi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sky throwing a counter right hand but Hisashi manages to avoid it.
Sky cracks Hisashi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hisashi defending well as Sky loads up on a big left hand.
Hisashi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sky throws a body punch but Hisashi moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hisashi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sky. Sky obviously looking to wear him down.
Hisashi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hisashi slips under a jab from Sky.
Hisashi moves out of range of the strikes.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sky.
Hisashi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sky.
A low kick lands for Sky.
Hisashi is looking to score with low kicks.
A quick step to the side and Sky tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sky rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hisashi counters with a nice uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Sky misses the target.
Sky throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hisashi.
Sky throws a solid leg kick but Hisashi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sky.
Hisashi throws out a counter right but Sky avoids it with no problem.
Sky lands a jab to Hisashi's midsection.
Hisashi throws a head kick but Sky moves out of range.
Hisashi throws a jab but it's blocked by Sky.
A shot to the liver by Sky. Beautiful body shot.
Sky misses with a hook to the body
letting Hisashi counter with a right hand.
Hisashi misses with an uppercut. Sky saw that one coming.
A jab from Sky does it's job there.
Sky fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hisashi takes a swing at Sky's ribcage but misses.
Sky misses with a jab to the body
and Sky takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hisashi misses with a body shot.
Hisashi throws the left hand but Sky avoids the punch easily.
Hisashi doesn't manage to clinch there - Sky circles away.
Sky is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hisashi.
Sky misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sky drives through and clinches with Hisashi against the cage.
Hisashi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sky has a couple of punches blocked by Hisashi.
Sky lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hisashi working aggressively here.
Sky misses with a punch on the inside.
Sky struggles to land a body shot inside as Hisashi controls his hands.
Hisashi swings wildly with an uppercut but Sky uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sky scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hisashi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sky's elbow.
Hisashi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sky misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hisashi misses with a knee strike.
Sky lands a hook that snaps the head of Hisashi backwards.
Sky with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sky scores with a shoulder strike.
Sky connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hisashi's face.
Hisashi blocking some punches.
Hisashi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Sky fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sky crunches a lovely knee into Hisashi's ribcage.
Sky struggles to land a body shot inside as Hisashi controls his hands.
Sky scores with a knee to the head.
Hisashi misses with a body punch.
Sky misses with a punch to the body.
Hisashi managing to block the knees to the body from Sky.
Hisashi avoiding damage as Sky throws knees to the body.
Hisashi takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hisashi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hisashi takes a shot to the head.
Sky goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hisashi lands a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hisashi.
Hisashi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hisashi lands an elbow that stopped Sky in his tracks for a moment.
Sky throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hisashis head.
Hisashi blocks an elbow strike.
Sky tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hisashi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hisashi managing to block the knees to the body from Sky.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Sky.
Sky tries a knee to the head but Hisashi blocks it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hisashi.
Hisashi tries to land knees in the clinch but Sky avoids the damage to the body.
Sky blocks a body shot from Hisashi.
Hisashi blocks an elbow strike from Sky.
Hisashi blocks an uppercut.
Sky with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from Hisashi.
Sky misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hisashi.
Hisashi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Sky fails to land.
A knee to the head by Sky.
Hisashi is rocked!
Sky drops Hisashi with a big knee straight up the middle! Hisashi is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Hisashi is still on wobbly legs! Can Sky finish him?
Sky throws a lazy right hand but Hisashi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hisashi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sky moves out of range of the strikes.
Sky throws a leg kick which misses Hisashi's front leg but catches the back leg as Hisashi tries to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Sky.
Sky steps in with a hook that catches Hisashi right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Sky follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Hisashi looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Journey Sky!
A very excited looking Journey Sky made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
72% |
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