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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Akira Kurosawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and King Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kurosawa comes to the cage accompanied by War drums. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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173 cm
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183 lbs
7 - 3 - 1 |
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177 cm
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174 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined |
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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
7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Akira Kurosawa! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, King Johnson! The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Kurosawa scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Johnson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Kurosawa to score an easy takedown into full guard. Johnson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Kurosawa defends well. Johnson is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched. Kurosawa lands a shot to the body. Kurosawa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Kurosawa throws a leg kick but Johnson sees it coming and checks it nicely. Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kurosawa - that will leave a mark!
That's one minute gone in the round. Johnson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Johnson looks gassed! Kurosawa throws and low kick but Johnson moves out of range easily. Kurosawa gets a takedown into half guard. Kurosawa landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent. Kurosawa not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. Kurosawa is looking for a kimura here.
Kurosawa is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Kurosawa lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Kurosawa is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Kurosawa thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Johnson's head. Kurosawa is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Kurosawa prevents Johnson from improving his position. Johnson trying to get back to full guard but Kurosawa takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount! Kurosawa breaks from Johnson's wrist control and lands an elbow. This has been an exciting period of action! Kurosawa with good strikes from the mount here!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Kurosawa landing strikes, looking to finish! The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Kurosawa punishing his opponent with strikes.
Johnson is rocked! Kurosawa prevents Johnson from getting the reversal. Kurosawa working for a submission but Johnson is keeping him at bay. Johnson tries to hold on but Kurosawa postures up. Johnson taking shots to the head. Kurosawa unloading with bombs! Johnson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. Johnson is still in real trouble! Can Kurosawa finish him? Kurosawa pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage. Kurosawa looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Johnson covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Akira Kurosawa!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
76% |
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