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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kyro Tecahchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Hester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kyro Tecahchi has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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189 cm
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185 lbs
0 - 2 - 0 |
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176 cm
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177 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kyro Tecahchi! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Patrick Hester! The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Hirohito Nitta and Ren Mimura.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Hester swats away the attempt to clinch by Tecahchi.
Tecahchi gets the takedown into side control. Tecahchi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hester on the ground. Hester tries to get back to half guard but can't. Hester prevents Tecahchi from improving position.
Tecahchi decides to take the fight back to the feet. Kyro Tecahchi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tecahchi drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard. Tecahchi sitting in guard here, content to control. Hester wants to stand but Tecahchi is controlling the position. Tecahchi has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player. Tecahchi loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tecahchi stands up from Hester's guard - Tecahchi perhaps looking for a knockout.
Tecahchi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Hester using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tecahchi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Hester misses with a knee strike.
Hester looks gassed! Hester with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hester throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tecahchi blocks it with crossed arms. Tecahchi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hester lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Knees to the body from Tecahchi.
Tecahchi trying to land knees to the body.
Tecahchi tries a knee to the head but Hester blocks it.
Hester wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tecahchi breaks the clinch.
Tecahchi clinches up against the cage. Hester tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hester looking to throw knees to the head but Tecahchi is blocking nicely.
Hester working aggressively here.
Hester scores with a shoulder strike. Tecahchi tries to land knees in the clinch but Hester avoids the damage to the body. Tecahchi trying to stall but Hester improves his position.
Tecahchi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hester misses with a short punch on the inside. Hester with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hester landing knees to the head.
Tecahchi controlling the action here for a moment.
Hester throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tecahchi blocks it with crossed arms. Hester prevents the takedown attempt.
Hester with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hester swings wildly with an uppercut but Tecahchi uses good head movement to avoid it. A nice glancing elbow lands by Hester. Hester using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tecahchi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hester breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tecahchi tries to land a front kick but Hester steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed. Tecahchi is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Hester plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Tecahchi looks to land a body kick but Hester moved away. Tecahchi keeps the fight on the outside. The fight stays on the outside here - Tecahchi looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Tecahchi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hester clinches. Hester throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hester breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hester avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hester with a lazy takedown attempt
and Tecahchi counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Hester! Hester is trying to escape the mount.
Hester is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tecahchi has control of Hester's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Hester regains control of the situation pretty easily.
A nice elbow there by Tecahchi.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Tecahchi with the ground and pound from mount.

Hester is rocked! The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Hester regains half guard. Tecahchi thows a huge punch but Hester dodges it nicely.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Tecahchi lands a nice short elbow.
Tecahchi decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Hester gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Tecahchi gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent. Tecahchi closes the distance but Hester moves to the side and Hester counters with a solid body kick. Hester fails in his attempt to clinch. Hester fails with a takedown attempt from distance. Tecahchi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Hester throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tecahchi's waist but Tecahchi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hester off to one side. Kyro Tecahchi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patrick Hester. Tecahchi tries to clinch up but Hester circles away and keeps his distance.
Hester scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hester decides to take the fight back to the feet.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Hester fails to land the takedown. Tecahchi wants to clinch up but Hester keeps it at a distance. Tecahchi tries to grapple but his opponent circles and Hester counters with a nice uppercut. Hester misses with a takedown attempt
and Tecahchi holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch. Hester throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hester tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hester scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Kyro Tecahchi has been cut. Hester on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hester lands with a left to the head. Hester misses with a knee to the head. Tecahchi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Knees to the body from Tecahchi.
Tecahchi gets a trip takedown into half guard. Tecahchi winds up and cracks Hester with a swinging punch to the side of the head. Hester is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tecahchi scores with a couple of nice shots. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tecahchi stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Hester to get to his feet. Tecahchi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hester is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Hester moves out of range of the body kick. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kyro Tecahchi dominated that round. The cut man is working on Kyro Tecahchi's cut. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Tecahchi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hester swats him away and circles back towards the center. Tecahchi gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Hester moves into the clinch. Tecahchi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hester misses with a knee to the head. Hester tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tecahchi missing with knees to the body.
Hester throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tecahchi blocks it with crossed arms. Hester is trying to break free. Tecahchi trying to land knees to the body.
Tecahchi stalls. Hester with a knee to the head.
Tecahchi pulls Hester into guard.
Tecahchi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hester manages to get himself to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tecahchi decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow. Hester gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Tecahchi counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground. Hester bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tecahchi's guard. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hester gets to his feet. Tecahchi looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son! Hester lands with a kick to the temple. Tecahchi shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Tecahchi drives through and clinches with Hester against the cage.
Tecahchi crunches a lovely knee into Hester's ribcage. Tecahchi blocks the elbow strike.
Tecahchi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Tecahchi blocks an elbow strike from Hester.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Tecahchi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hester is breathing heavily. Hester tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice body punch from Tecahchi - that landed with a thud.
Tecahchi is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Hester can't fight it off and eventually Tecahchi manages to take the fight to the floor. Hester looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hester throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Tecahchi escapes and throws Hester's legs to the side, diving into side control! Hester takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head. Tecahchi in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows. Tecahchi lands a nice forearm strike. Tecahchi working the ground and pound. Hester is still in real trouble! Can Tecahchi finish him? Hester is not in a great position here, taking some shots. Kyro Tecahchi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Hester is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Tecahchi off and has taken his back! Hester seems to have recovered his senses.
Hester working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Tecahchi is doing well to defend. Hester seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Tecahchi is forced to tap and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Patrick Hester!
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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
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