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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Sousa (ranked 2669 p4p, 5318 weight class) and Takashima Izanagi (ranked 281 p4p, 427 weight class). Jonathan Sousa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jonathan Sousa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takashima Izanagi!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, William Gold and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Izanagi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sousa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Izanagi.
Sousa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Izanagi lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Izanagi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Izanagi's coach down at Cozad MMA Tokyo was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Izanagi's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Sousa scores with a nice right hand.
Izanagi misses with a head kick.
Izanagi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sousa rushes Izanagi and presses him up against the cage.
Izanagi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sousa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Takashima Izanagi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sousa blocks a head kick by Izanagi.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Some wild striking there from Sousa.
Sousa throws a looping overhand right but Izanagi ducks down to avoid it.
Izanagi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Izanagi misses with a head kick.
Izanagi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sousa.
A punch combination from Sousa misses.
Izanagi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sousa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Izanagi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Izanagi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sousa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Izanagi with a nice cross.
Sousa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Izanagi.
Izanagi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Izanagi fakes the leg kick and cracks Sousa in the body.
Sousa throws out a powerful jab.
Izanagi is rocked!
Izanagi lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Sousa on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
No joy there for Sousa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Izanagi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sousa.
Izanagi misses with a head kick.
Sousa catches Izanagi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Izanagi looks to land a body kick but Sousa moved away.
Sousa takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Izanagi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Izanagi is still on wobbly legs! Can Sousa finish him?
Izanagi scores with a head kick. Sousa tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Sousa is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Sousa takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sousa cracks Izanagi with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Izanagi tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Sousa pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Izanagi is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jonathan Sousa!
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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