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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Synyster Gates (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and TAKA Michinoku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gates's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Nightmare. Michinoku has chosen Yamato Suite Pt. 4 as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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170 cm
23
154 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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178 cm
23
150 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Synyster Gates! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, TAKA Michinoku! The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Michinoku lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Gates takes a body punch but keeps moving. Gates uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Michinoku. Michinoku uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gates.
Gates throws a hook but Michinoku blocks it. Gates swings and misses with a shot to the body and Michinoku counters with a nice uppercut. Gates moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross. Michinoku connects with a nice looking jab.
Michinoku keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gates. Michinoku ducks under a wild hook from Gates. Nice defenses there by Michinoku. Michinoku throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Michinoku moves out of range of the strikes. Gates throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Michinoku sees it coming and avoids it easily. Michinoku takes a swing at Gates's ribcage but misses. Gates misses with an uppercut. Gates throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Gates throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Michinoku on the side of the head. Gates keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gates lands a glancing blow to the side of Michinoku's head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Michinoku swings for the body but Gates moves out of range.
Gates misses with a combination
and Michinoku counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Gates falls off balance throwing a combination
and Michinoku connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Gates fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. Gates misses with a looping right. Michinoku takes a swing at Gates's ribcage but misses. Michinoku ducks under a wild hook from Gates. Gates misses with a combination
and Michinoku counters with a leg kick. Michinoku defending well as Gates loads up on a big left hand. Michinoku misses the jab. Michinoku moves out of range of the strikes. Michinoku keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gates. Michinoku keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gates. Gates throws a combination that misses and Michinoku counters with a left to the body. A big left from Gates misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Michinoku slips a straight right by Gates. Gates throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Michinoku has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight. Michinoku swings for the body but Gates moves out of range.
Gates thows a left - swing and a miss! Gates throws a combination that misses enabling Michinoku to counter with a crisp jab. Gates throws a predictable looking body shot
and Michinoku counters with a nice uppercut. Michinoku scores with a spinning back kick! Gates avoids the body shot from Michinoku.
Gates throws an overhand right that lands on Michinoku's shoulder, as Michinoku tries to avoid the shot. Michinoku uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gates. Michinoku closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Gates takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Gates throws a looping overhand right but Michinoku ducks down to avoid it. Gates looks to throw the jab but Michinoku is out of range. Gates misses with an uppercut. Gates misses the body punch enabling Michinoku to counter with a crisp jab. Michinoku lands a head shot. Gates throws a shot from downtown. Michinoku moves away and avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round. The fighters circling - Gates throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Michinoku tests Gates's chin there with a solid looking shot. Michinoku throws a shot from downtown. Gates moves away and avoids it. Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Michinoku, as that shot connected.
Michinoku uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gates. Good shot there by Gates. Gates fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Michinoku on the side of the head.
Michinoku is rocked! A telegraphed right hand from Gates misses the target. Michinoku is still on wobbly legs! Can Gates finish him? Gates throws a jab but it's blocked by Michinoku. Michinoku is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Gates had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté. I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! Gates has cracked Michinoku with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! Gates lands another huge swinging hook and Michinoku tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Michinoku, before Gates can land any more shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Synyster Gates!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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