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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jay Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hajime Saito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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187 cm
23
190 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
23
193 lbs
6 - 1 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin |
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Good takedowns
Brawler
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jay Lopez! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Hajime Saito! The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Saito looks to score with a jab to the body but Lopez is just out of range. Lopez blocks a jab. Lopez staying out of range there. Saito thows a body shot but no joy. A big left from Saito misses. Saito throws a looping overhand right but Lopez ducks down to avoid it. Lopez looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Saito! The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Lopez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Lopez sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it! Lopez throwing shots from mount but they're not landing. Lopez raining down shots from the mount!
It looks like Hajime Saito has been cut. Lopez throwing strikes here but Saito is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Saito avoids a series of strikes thrown by Lopez.
Saito tries to get back to half guard but can't. Lopez with the ground and pound from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lopez with the ground and pound from mount. Lopez working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Saito is rocked!
That has opened up Hajime Saito's cut even more. Saito wants to control but Lopez is having none of it. Lopez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Saito is still in real trouble! Can Lopez finish him?
The cut above Hajime Saito's eye is starting to cause him problems now. Lopez loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Saito scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Lopez land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Lopez stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jay Lopez! Jay Lopez retains his middleweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
89% |
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