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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kukulcan Ah Puch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takanori Gomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ah Puch comes to the ring accompanied by Sick Puppies-Youre going down. Kukulcan Ah Puch could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Takanori Gomi's chin.
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160 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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164 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Decent boxing
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kukulcan Ah Puch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takanori Gomi!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Shimada and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomi stuns Ah Puch with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
No joy there for Gomi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ah Puch falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gomi counters with a right hand to the body.
Gomi shoots in and drives through. Ah Puch sprawls well.
Nice body punch from Ah Puch.
Ah Puch drops Gomi with a right and a left! Ah Puch comes rushing in but Gomi regains his composure and manages to keep Ah Puch in guard.
Gomi is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ah Puch is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Gomi is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Gomi has escaped and now he's on top!
Gomi wants to control from the top but Ah Puch keeps moving.
Ah Puch is looking to sweep but instead, Gomi has passed into half guard.
Ah Puch actively working from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ah Puch has hold of Gomi's hands but Gomi slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Gomi not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ah Puch tries to get to full guard but Gomi has control of the leg.
Gomi frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Ah Puch can't escape the position.
Gomi landing punches.
Gomi tries to control but Ah Puch wriggling away.
Ah Puch is wriggling around trying to escape.
Gomi content just to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomi postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Ah Puch looks a forlorn figure.
Ah Puch manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Gomi wants to take a breather but Ah Puch is having none of it.
Ah Puch actively working from the bottom here.
Ah Puch is not content to let Gomi control the position.
Gomi is looking to advance position but Ah Puch won't allow it.
Gomi prevents Ah Puch from improving his position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Ah Puch manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomi is in close to Ah Puch's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ah Puch tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gomi with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gomi trying to control but Ah Puch is working from the bottom.
Gomi stopping the sweep attempt from Ah Puch.
Ah Puch is working hard here to advance position.
Ah Puch looking for a guillotine here but Gomi defends easily.
Ah Puch working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Gomi has passed into half guard!
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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ah Puch tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Gomi has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Gomi dominating with strikes here.
Ah Puch is working to get back to half guard.
Ah Puch is squirming around, avoiding Gomi's attempts to control the action.
Ah Puch is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gomi landing strikes from the mount and Ah Puch is in trouble!
Gomi looking to control and managing it successfully.
Gomi landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Kukulcan Ah Puch will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gomi tries to clinch but Ah Puch is having none of it.
Kukulcan Ah Puch is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ah Puch fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gomi misses with a low kick.
Ah Puch looks to throw the jab but Gomi is out of range.
Ah Puch fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ah Puch gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Gomi counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ah Puch scores with a sloppy right hand. Gomi should have avoided that one.
Ah Puch has his takedown stuffed
and Gomi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ah Puch gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Gomi counters with a two punch combo.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kukulcan Ah Puch. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ah Puch misses with a takedown attempt
and Gomi counters with a three punch combo that has Ah Puch backing up. Ah Puch nods at Gomi to acknowledge the strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ah Puch misses with a wild body shot.
Ah Puch slips a jab and a cross from Gomi.
Gomi thows a body shot but no joy.
Gomi darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Gomi looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ah Puch with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Gomi controlling the action here.
Gomi looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ah Puch looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Gomi performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Gomi wants to stand but Ah Puch has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Ah Puch blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gomi.
Ah Puch looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Gomi is looking for a kimura here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ah Puch is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ah Puch throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Ah Puch looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ah Puch will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gomi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ah Puch.
Gomi misses with a body punch
enabling Ah Puch to counter with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomi shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ah Puch sprawls well. Ah Puch wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gomi gets slowly back to his feet.
Gomi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gomi misses with a body punch
and Gomi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gomi misses with a double jab.
Ah Puch thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gomi swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ah Puch counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gomi misses with a takedown attempt
and Ah Puch counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Takanori Gomi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Ah Puch lands with a shot to the body.
Gomi misses with a double jab.
Ah Puch gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Gomi counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Ah Puch!
Ah Puch is squirming around, avoiding Gomi's attempts to control the action.
Ah Puch really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Gomi trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Gomi prevents Ah Puch from getting the reversal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomi wants to control the pace but Ah Puch is squirming around nicely.
Ah Puch working to try and regain half guard.
Gomi lands a heavy elbow.
Ah Puch can't escape the position.
Gomi postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Ah Puch looks a forlorn figure.
Ah Puch is looking to get to half guard.
Gomi with a couple of short strikes.
Gomi avoids the attempt from Ah Puch to control.
Gomi putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ah Puch regains half guard.
Gomi is taking a breather. Ah Puch says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Ah Puch is pressing down on Gomi's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Gomi's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Ah Puch wants to sweep here but Gomi controlling him for the moment.
Gomi tries to free his leg and advance position but Ah Puch is retaining full guard.
Gomi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gomi sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ah Puch bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gomi's guard.
Ah Puch slips nicely into half guard.
Ah Puch will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Gomi is defending against the submission attempts here by Ah Puch.
Gomi wants to get back to full guard.
Gomi is trying to stand.
Gomi is defending against the submission attempts here by Ah Puch.
Gomi is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Gomi makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Gomi misses with a takedown attempt - Ah Puch sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ah Puch moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Gomi closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ah Puch circles away.
Gomi gets caught flat footed, as Ah Puch shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Gomi keeping moving, preventing Ah Puch from controlling successfully.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kukulcan Ah Puch.
I think Ah Puch has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Kukulcan Ah Puch!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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