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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryuu Matsumoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raig Si Zhiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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159 lbs
7 - 0 - 0 |
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152 lbs
4 - 6 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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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
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryuu Matsumoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Raig Si Zhiro!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matsumoto looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Si Zhiro looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Matsumoto sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Si Zhiro's guard.
Matsumoto frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Matsumoto with shots to the head and body - Si Zhiro looks very uncomfortable down there.
Matsumoto lands with some strikes.
Matsumoto controlling his opponent.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Matsumoto seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Si Zhiro for as long as he can get away with.
Matsumoto looking to secure an arm triangle but Si Zhiro defends it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matsumoto jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Si Zhiro is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Si Zhiro and Matsumoto has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Matsumoto wants to lay and pray for a moment but Si Zhiro keeps working.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matsumoto has knee on belly and moves into mount.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Matsumoto controlling his opponent.
Matsumoto lands a nice shot to the head.
It looks like Raig Si Zhiro has been cut.
Matsumoto controlling the pace for now.
Matsumoto working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Si Zhiro looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Matsumoto! Submission of the night perhaps?
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Ryuu Matsumoto!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
76% |
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