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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joel Kuokkanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ikuhisa Minowa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kuokkanen is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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170 cm
18
174 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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175 cm
22
196 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Good chin |
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Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Tends to cut |
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joel Kuokkanen! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ikuhisa Minowa! The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Sosuke Kotani and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Minowa gets a takedown into half guard. Kuokkanen is breathing heavily. Minowa works his way into side control. Minowa works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head. Minowa cracks Kuokkanen with a big right hand but Kuokkanen just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Minowa landing strikes. Minowa is putting a hurting on Kuokkanen here, landing some big shots from side control. Minowa has hold of Kuokkanen's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Kuokkanen tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Minowa cranks the arm and Kuokkanen screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Kuokkanen, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Ikuhisa Minowa!
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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
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71% |
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