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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Erkki Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryu Hyabusa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Black comes to the cage accompanied by forever. 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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182 cm
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200 lbs
9 - 8 - 0 |
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193 cm
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192 lbs
10 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Erkki Black! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryu Hyabusa! The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Hyabusa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Black circles away quickly and effectively. Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hyabusa!
Black darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard. Black thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hyabusa's head. Black prevents Hyabusa from standing back up.
Black slips a nice elbow through Hyabusa's hands, connecting with Hyabusa's forehead. Hyabusa has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Black is working away from the top position though. Black winds up and cracks Hyabusa with a swinging punch to the side of the head. Black missing with the ground and pound from half guard. Hyabusa wants to control but Black is keeping busy.
Black missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Black is thwarting Hyabusa's attempts to control the position. Hyabusa tries to get to full guard but Black has control of the leg. Black tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hyabusa knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt. Hyabusa blocking the ground and pound attempt from Black. Hyabusa wants to control but Black is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up. Hyabusa slips under a jab. Hyabusa throws a series of punches but Black avoids them all with ease. A punch combination from Hyabusa misses. Hyabusa misses with a wild combination.
Black throws a big shot that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight. Black swats away the attempt to clinch by Hyabusa. Hyabusa throws and low kick but Black moves out of range easily. Black throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hyabusa sees it coming and avoids it easily. Hyabusa avoids the body shot from Black.
Hyabusa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Black circles away quickly and effectively. Hyabusa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hyabusa avoids the body shot from Black.
Black throws a hook but Hyabusa avoids it easily. Hyabusa lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hyabusa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Black moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Black punishes Hyabusa's body with a nice straight punch. Hyabusa looks gassed! Black ducks under a wild hook from Hyabusa. Black throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hyabusa sees it coming and avoids it easily. Black showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hyabusa.
Hyabusa is looking to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Hyabusa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Black thows a left - swing and a miss! Hyabusa misses with a few strikes there.
Hyabusa throws the kick towards the body but Black avoids it. Black throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Black slips a jab and a cross from Hyabusa.
A swing and a miss from Black. Hyabusa ducks under a wild hook from Black. Hyabusa is looking to clinch. Black showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hyabusa.
Hyabusa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Black circles away quickly and effectively. Hyabusa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Ryu Hyabusa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Black throws a hook to the side of Hyabusa's head but Hyabusa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Hyabusa throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Black looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Black working over Hyabusa with some ground and pound. Hyabusa looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hyabusa is rocked! Black scores with a big shot! Hyabusa's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Hyabusa! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Erkki Black!
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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
56% |
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