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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nicanor Veloso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akio Kurosaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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214 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nicanor Veloso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Akio Kurosaki!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Damien Edna and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kurosaki circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kurosaki tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Veloso holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kurosaki lands an elbow that stopped Veloso in his tracks for a moment.
Kurosaki lands an elbow that stopped Veloso in his tracks for a moment.
Veloso digs a right hand underneath Kurosaki's ribcage. Kurosaki let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Veloso tries to stall but Kurosaki uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kurosaki is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kurosaki lands a body shot in the clinch.
Veloso wants to stall.
Veloso takes a knee to the side of the body.
Veloso is breathing heavily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Veloso avoids a wild elbow strike from Kurosaki.
Veloso tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kurosaki lands an elbow inside.
Veloso takes an elbow to the temple.
Veloso goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kurosaki lands a knee to the head.
Kurosaki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kurosaki creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Veloso's defenses.
Kurosaki lands an elbow inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kurosaki lands a nice knee to the body.
Kurosaki creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Veloso's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Veloso takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kurosaki lands an elbow inside that Veloso shrugs off.
Kurosaki utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kurosaki lands with a light punch inside.
Kurosaki scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kurosaki.
Kurosaki lands an uppercut.
Kurosaki lands an elbow inside.
Good body shot from Kurosaki.
Veloso takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kurosaki using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kurosaki throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kurosaki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kurosaki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Veloso takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kurosaki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kurosaki lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kurosaki missing with knees to the body.
Kurosaki lands an elbow inside.
Kurosaki lands an elbow inside.
Kurosaki lands an elbow inside that Veloso shrugs off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurosaki misses with a knee strike.
Kurosaki is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kurosaki is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kurosaki crunches a lovely knee into Veloso's ribcage.
Still in the clinch, Kurosaki scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kurosaki lands a left hand.
Kurosaki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kurosaki tries to land knees in the clinch but Veloso avoids the damage to the body.
Kurosaki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kurosaki lands an elbow inside that Veloso shrugs off.
Kurosaki creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Veloso's defenses.
Kurosaki missing with knees to the body.
Kurosaki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Veloso is defending well for now.
A short right from Veloso.
Kurosaki works on Veloso's body with a couple of short punches.
Kurosaki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Veloso avoids it.
Veloso avoids a wild elbow strike from Kurosaki.
Veloso avoiding damage as Kurosaki throws knees to the body.
Kurosaki works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Veloso takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kurosaki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Veloso.
Veloso dodges an elbow strike from Kurosaki.
Veloso lands a shoulder strike.
Kurosaki creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kurosaki throws an elbow but misses.
Kurosaki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kurosaki throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kurosaki tries a knee to the head but Veloso blocks it.
Kurosaki throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kurosaki can't find room to land a body shot as Veloso controls the action.
Kurosaki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Veloso.
Veloso effectively controlling the action here.
Still in the clinch, Veloso scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kurosaki throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Veloso dodges an elbow strike from Kurosaki.
Veloso blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Veloso.
Come on Veloso - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Veloso avoiding damage as Kurosaki throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Veloso lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kurosaki backwards.
Kurosaki landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Veloso working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kurosaki misses with a body punch.
Kurosaki scores a nice knee to the body.
Kurosaki comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kurosaki throws an elbow but it misses.
Kurosaki misses with an elbow strike.
Veloso on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Veloso.
Veloso avoids the elbow strike from Kurosaki, against the cage.
Veloso on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Veloso blocks the elbow strike.
Veloso blocks an elbow strike from Kurosaki.
Veloso lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kurosaki backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kurosaki misses with a knee strike.
Kurosaki misses with the head strike.
Kurosaki crunches a lovely knee into Veloso's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Kurosaki.
Veloso taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Akio Kurosaki dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Veloso closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kurosaki counters with a head kick.
Veloso throws a combination. Kurosaki tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It looks like Akio Kurosaki has been cut.
Veloso tries to clinch but Kurosaki is having none of it.
Kurosaki connects with a single shot there.
Kurosaki closes the distance looking to clinch
and Veloso counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Veloso.
A right hook to the body lands for Veloso.
Kurosaki working Veloso over with knees to the body.
Veloso will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kurosaki up against the cage.
Akio Kurosaki seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kurosaki just misses with a elbow thrown towards Veloso's brow.
Kurosaki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Veloso is defending well for now.
Kurosaki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Veloso is stalling here.
Kurosaki throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kurosaki.
Veloso misses with some punches.
Veloso blocks an elbow strike from Kurosaki.
Veloso lands with a short shot to the head.
Kurosaki creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kurosaki misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kurosaki throws an elbow but misses.
Kurosaki trying to land knees to the body.
Kurosaki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Veloso blocks it with crossed arms.
Kurosaki is breathing heavily.
Kurosaki lands an elbow that stopped Veloso in his tracks for a moment.
Kurosaki throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Veloso stalling the fight.
Veloso seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Kurosaki tries to land knees in the clinch but Veloso avoids the damage to the body.
Kurosaki creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Veloso's defenses.
Kurosaki creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Veloso's defenses.
Kurosaki missing with knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kurosaki as Veloso tries to tie him up.
Veloso lands with a left to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veloso leaning against his opponent.
Kurosaki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Veloso is defending well for now.
A right handed body shot lands from Kurosaki.
A short right from Kurosaki.
Kurosaki looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kurosaki lands an elbow that stopped Veloso in his tracks for a moment.
Veloso managing to block the knees to the body from Kurosaki.
Kurosaki misses with some punches.
Veloso has Kurosaki pressed against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Kurosaki.
Kurosaki landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A right hook to the body lands for Veloso.
Veloso wants to stall.
A left hand lands to the body for Kurosaki.
Veloso prevents a body shot from Kurosaki.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kurosaki.
Veloso tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kurosaki's elbow.
Kurosaki lands a good knee to the midsection. Veloso won't want to take too many of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kurosaki tries a knee to the head but Veloso blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Kurosaki.
Kurosaki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kurosaki lands a damaging elbow.
Kurosaki lands a knee to the head.
Veloso is struggling to control the position.
Veloso is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kurosaki putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Veloso in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kurosaki utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kurosaki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kurosaki swings wildly with an uppercut but Veloso uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kurosaki misses with a body punch.
Kurosaki makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice elbow from Kurosaki.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kurosaki throws an elbow but misses.
Veloso blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kurosaki misses with an elbow over the top.
Kurosaki struggles to land a body shot inside as Veloso controls his hands.
Kurosaki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Veloso.
Kurosaki swings wildly with an uppercut but Veloso uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kurosaki missing with knees to the body.
Good body shot from Veloso.
Veloso throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Veloso is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Kurosaki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Veloso avoids it.
Veloso has Kurosaki pressed against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kurosaki.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Veloso avoiding damage as Kurosaki throws knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Veloso.
Kurosaki throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kurosaki being controlled against the cage.
Kurosaki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Veloso blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Akio Kurosaki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Akio Kurosaki's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Veloso clinches up with Kurosaki and pushes him back against the cage.
Veloso stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Veloso swings wildly with an uppercut but Kurosaki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kurosaki scores a nice knee to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kurosaki just misses with a elbow thrown towards Veloso's brow.
Kurosaki misses with a body punch.
Veloso takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nice elbow from Kurosaki.
Kurosaki misses with a knee to the head.
Kurosaki with a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from Veloso.
Veloso is leaning against Kurosaki and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Veloso takes a knee right on the jaw!
Veloso blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Veloso lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kurosaki backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Veloso.
Veloso digs a right hand underneath Kurosaki's ribcage. Kurosaki let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kurosaki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kurosaki misses with a knee to the head.
Veloso lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kurosaki backwards.
Veloso lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kurosaki connects with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kurosaki.
Veloso holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kurosaki digs a right hand underneath Veloso's ribcage. Veloso let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kurosaki struggles to land a body shot inside as Veloso controls his hands.
Kurosaki tries to throw a body punch but Veloso avoids it by throwing Kurosaki back against the cage.
Veloso gets through Kurosaki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kurosaki misses with a knee strike.
Veloso is struggling to control the position.
Good body shot from Veloso.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veloso is leaning against Kurosaki and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kurosaki throws an elbow but misses.
Veloso will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kurosaki up against the cage.
A body shot lands from Veloso.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Veloso.
A hook to the body from Veloso.
Veloso lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kurosaki or not.
Veloso slowing the pace effectively.
Veloso softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Veloso lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kurosaki backwards.
Kurosaki landing knees to the body.
Veloso lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Veloso stalling in the clinch.
Veloso lands a nice uppercut.
Kurosaki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Veloso blocks it with crossed arms.
Veloso scores with a shot to the side of Kurosaki's head.
Veloso throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Stalling in the clinch from Veloso.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veloso lands a hook to the side of the head.
Veloso lands with a right to the head.
Kurosaki is leaning against Veloso and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kurosaki just misses with a elbow thrown towards Veloso's brow.
Veloso lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kurosaki backwards.
Kurosaki struggles to land a body shot inside as Veloso controls his hands.
Stalling in the clinch from Veloso.
Kurosaki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Veloso is defending well for now.
Kurosaki missing with knees to the body.
Veloso dodges an elbow strike from Kurosaki.
A nice right hand lands inside from Veloso.
A nice left hand lands by Veloso.
A right hook to the body lands for Veloso.
Kurosaki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Veloso blocks it with crossed arms.
Veloso lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Veloso dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kurosaki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Veloso avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kurosaki tries to land knees in the clinch but Veloso avoids the damage to the body.
Veloso lands with a short shot to the head.
Veloso stalling.
Veloso scores with a hook to the body.
Veloso works on Kurosaki's body with a couple of short punches.
Veloso will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kurosaki up against the cage.
Veloso pushes Kurosaki back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Veloso works on Kurosaki's body with a couple of short punches.
Kurosaki throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kurosaki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A right hook to the body lands for Veloso.
Kurosaki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice left hand lands by Veloso.
Still in the clinch, Veloso scores with a nice short uppercut.
Veloso is working Kurosaki over against the cage.
Nicanor Veloso has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Veloso scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kurosaki throws an elbow that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nicanor Veloso showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kurosaki has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Akio Kurosaki!
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hype
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