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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ikik Ufac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenji Watanabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ikik Ufac has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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144 lbs
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145 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Ikik Ufac!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kenji Watanabe!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ufac throws a sloppy head kick and Watanabe moves out of range easily.
Ufac throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ufac throws a body kick that misses.
Ufac scores with a nice body kick.
Watanabe throws a nice head kick!
Ufac slips a jab from Watanabe.
Ufac tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ufac throws a leg kick but Watanabe moved away.
Ufac looks to land a body kick but Watanabe moved away.
Watanabe throws out a leg kick but Ufac moves out of range and Watanabe only half commits.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ufac.
Ufac throws a leg kick
enabling Watanabe to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ufac misses with a head kick.
Watanabe scores with a hook.
Watanabe walks forward, straight into a front kick from Ufac.
A low kick from Ufac is predictable there
and Watanabe counters with a body kick.
Watanabe misses with the body kick
and Ufac counters with a nice body kick.
Ufac is looking to score with low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Ufac.
Watanabe keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ufac uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Watanabe.
Ufac lands with a kick to the temple. Watanabe shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Ufac misses with a body kick.
Ufac walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A good leg kick by Ufac.
Watanabe connects with the punch.
Watanabe misses the jab.
Watanabe pushes Ufac away with a front kick.
Ufac throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Watanabe scores with a jab to the jaw.
Watanabe throws a head kick that misses.
Watanabe takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ufac displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Watanabe throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ufac turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Watanabe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ufac looks to land a body kick but Watanabe moved away.
An inside leg kick lands from Ufac.
Watanabe throws the left hand but Ufac avoids the punch easily.
Watanabe avoids a kick to the body.
A good leg kick by Ufac.
A lazy body kick from Ufac
and Watanabe counters with a straight right hand.
Ufac connects with a high kick.
Ufac throws a head kick that misses.
Watanabe blocks a leg kick.
Watanabe blocks a head kick by Ufac.
Ufac throws a leg kick that misses.
Ufac takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ufac pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ufac chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Watanabe scores with a shot to the body.
Ufac gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Watanabe counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ufac throws a sloppy head kick and Watanabe moves out of range easily.
Ufac moves out of range of the body kick from Watanabe.
Ufac swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Watanabe takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ufac throws a lazy body kick
and Watanabe counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ufac's knee momentarily.
Watanabe takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Ufac slips under a jab from Watanabe.
Ufac moves out of range of the body kick.
Watanabe lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ufac moves out of range of the body kick.
Ufac gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Watanabe counters with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe misses with an uppercut.
A clash of legs there as Ufac blocks the low kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Watanabe darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ufac throws a head kick that misses
and Watanabe counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Watanabe goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Ufac misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Watanabe scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ufac looks for the body kick but Watanabe saw that one coming.
Watanabe avoids a kick to the body.
Ufac with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ufac throws a head kick but Watanabe moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Watanabe lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ufac's sensitive parts.
Watanabe attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Watanabe scores with a punch to the head.
Ufac fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Watanabe is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ikik Ufac dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A chopping leg kick lands by Watanabe.
Watanabe throws a head kick but Ufac moves out of range.
Ufac throws a leg kick that is checked
and Watanabe counters with a head kick.
Ufac throws a front kick that sends Watanabe stumbling back into the cage.
Watanabe moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Watanabe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ufac sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ufac.
Ufac thows a leg kick but Watanabe checks it
and Watanabe counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ufac lands a head kick. Watanabe smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Watanabe thuds a left hand into Ufac's body.
Ufac throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Watanabe finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Watanabe throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ikik Ufac is winning the standup battle so far.
Watanabe wants to land a leg kick but Ufac is out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Watanabe. That snapped Ufac's head back.
Ufac misses with a leg kick
and Watanabe counters with a slapping leg kick.
Watanabe throws a body kick the misses
and Ufac counters with a nice low kick that buckles Watanabe's knee momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watanabe throws a body kick that misses.
Watanabe fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ufac checks it well.
Some bone on bone action there as Ufac checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ufac throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Good leg kick by Ufac there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Watanabe dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ufac. That did some damage!
A low kick from Ufac is predictable there
and Watanabe counters with a straight right hand.
Ufac gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Watanabe counters with a nice body shot.
A head kick by Ufac misses
and Watanabe counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ufac's knee momentarily.
Watanabe scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Watanabe scoring well with a low kick there.
Ufac misses with a leg kick
and Watanabe connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ufac takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Decent striking displayed by Watanabe there.
Watanabe scores with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ufac throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Watanabe misses with an uppercut.
Ufac pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Watanabe checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ufac throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ufac gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Watanabe connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Watanabe throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ufac takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Ufac gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Watanabe counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Watanabe connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ufac. Ufac circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ufac checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ufac is looking to chop away at Watanabe's legs.
Ufac misses with an attempted mid kick.
Watanabe connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ufac momentarily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Watanabe, right into the meat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ufac throws a leg kick which misses Watanabe's front leg but catches the back leg as Watanabe tries to avoid it.
Ufac takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Watanabe scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ufac fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Watanabe.
Watanabe goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Watanabe dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ufac. That did some damage!
Watanabe misses with a low kick.
Ufac explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ufac.
Ufac fakes the leg kick and cracks Watanabe in the body.
Ufac is looking to land body kicks.
A low kick from Ufac is predictable there
and Watanabe counters with a nice body shot.
Watanabe scores with a kick to the body.
Watanabe throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe lands a jab to the nose.
Watanabe blocks a head kick by Ufac.
Watanabe throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Watanabe blocks a head kick by Ufac.
Watanabe misses with a straight left.
Watanabe throws a series of punches but Ufac moves out of range.
Watanabe throws a sloppy head kick
and Ufac counters with a leg kick.
Ufac throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ufac throws a lazy head kick
and Watanabe counters with a thumping low kick.
Watanabe moves out of range of the body kick from Ufac.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Watanabe throws a jab when Ufac was well out of range.
Watanabe blocks a head kick by Ufac.
Ufac is looking to chop away at Watanabe's legs.
Ufac looks to land a body kick but Watanabe moved away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Kenji Watanabe will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Ufac misses with a low kick.
Watanabe has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Ufac.
Watanabe misses with a body shot.
Watanabe blocks a low kick nicely.
Watanabe's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Watanabe lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ufac throws a head kick but Watanabe moves out of range.
Ufac moves out of range of the leg kick from Watanabe.
Ufac tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ufac looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Watanabe misses with a body kick.
Watanabe throws a head kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ufac pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A slapping body kick lands there for Ufac.
Ufac throws a leg kick that is checked
and Watanabe counters with a right hand to the body.
A low kick from Watanabe misses
and Ufac counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ufac throws the kick towards the body but Watanabe avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ufac looks to land a body kick but Watanabe moved away.
Ufac misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A good leg kick by Watanabe.
Ufac looks for the body kick but Watanabe saw that one coming.
Ufac takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ufac looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Watanabe avoids the head kick by Ufac.
Ufac throws a leg kick that is checked
and Watanabe makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ufac gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Watanabe counters with a stiff right hand.
Watanabe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Watanabe takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Watanabe dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ufac. That did some damage!
Ufac throws a leg kick but Watanabe sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Watanabe misses with the body kick
and Ufac counters with a solid body kick.
Ufac tries a head kick but it misses.
A low kick from Ufac is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ufac swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Watanabe throws a sloppy head kick and Ufac moves out of range easily.
Watanabe lands with a straight right. Ufac didn't see that one coming.
Ufac pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ufac walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ufac throws a push kick but Watanabe slaps the foot to one side.
Ufac looks to throw a body kick
and Watanabe counters with a good, hard body kick but Ufac shrugs it off.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Watanabe.
Watanabe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ufac sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Watanabe fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Watanabe throws a lazy body kick
and Ufac counters with a nice body kick.
Watanabe swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Watanabe throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Watanabe throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ufac connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe missing with a left hand there. Ufac was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ufac swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Watanabe scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Watanabe connects with a crisp jab.
Watanabe lands with a kick to the ribs.
Watanabe looks to throw a body kick
and Ufac counters with a nice low kick that buckles Watanabe's knee momentarily.
Ufac throws a sloppy head kick and Watanabe moves out of range easily.
Watanabe misses with a leg kick
and Ufac counters with a body kick.
Watanabe thows a leg kick but Ufac checks it
and Ufac counters with a nice low kick that buckles Watanabe's knee momentarily.
Ufac connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ufac on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Watanabe blocks a head kick by Ufac.
Ufac thows a leg kick but Watanabe checks it
and Watanabe counters with a nice uppercut.
Ufac looks to throw a body kick
and Watanabe counters with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Watanabe takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Watanabe checks a leg kick.
A low kick from Watanabe misses
and Ufac counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Ufac throws a lazy head kick
and Watanabe counters with a stiff right hand.
Watanabe misses with a double jab.
Ufac throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ufac buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A lazy body kick from Watanabe
and Ufac counters with a good low kick that Watanabe was not able to check.
Watanabe takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watanabe throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ufac lands a nice looking body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ufac lands a head kick!
Ufac throws a head kick that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ikik Ufac showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ufac has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ikik Ufac!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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