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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Buhawi Jack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Snatches O Coolahand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack's entrance music is enter sandman. A fine choice. Buhawi Jack has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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176 cm
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155 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
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162 cm
22
152 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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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
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Buhawi Jack! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Snatches O Coolahand! The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! O Coolahand swings and misses with a hook to the body.
O Coolahand throws out a powerful jab. O Coolahand connects with the punch. O Coolahand jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
O Coolahand throws a right and a left that both miss. O Coolahand scores with the left hand. Jack knows he should have avoided that one. Jack throws a wild combination but nothing lands. O Coolahand bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jack's head backwards. Jack misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from O Coolahand.
Jack slips under a jab. O Coolahand connects with a right hand. Jack shakes it off. O Coolahand misses with a straight left. O Coolahand looks to score with a jab to the body but Jack is just out of range. O Coolahand throws a shot from downtown. Jack moves away and avoids it. Jack is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in O Coolahand's half guard. Jack missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. Jack looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jack wants to stand up but O Coolahand is controlling the position.
O Coolahand is trying to stand back up but Jack is controlling him
Jack is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and O Coolahand defends it well. Jack missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless. O Coolahand wants to control but Jack is keeping busy and won't allow it. O Coolahand tries to roll over but Jack keeps him under control.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up. Danga de danga de dang - O Coolahand scores with a four punch combination! Jack is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in O Coolahand's half guard. O Coolahand moves into full guard.
O Coolahand is looking to stand up but Jack isn't so interested in that idea. O Coolahand is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Jack trying to control the position from guard on top but O Coolahand is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. O Coolahand keeping full guard, as Jack tries to pass. Jack is working hard here to advance position. O Coolahand looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Jack wants to stand but O Coolahand is controlling his posture from full guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up. Jack takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless. Jack fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but O Coolahand avoids it really well and circles away. Jack is breathing heavily. O Coolahand misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jack.
Jack drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard. Jack throws a strike but O Coolahand rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. O Coolahand is looking to stand up but Jack won't let him. O Coolahand decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Jack, up you get! Jack shoots in but O Coolahand avoids the takedown attempt easily. O Coolahand throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Jack tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but O Coolahand swivels and escapes. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buhawi Jack. That's going to take a lot out of him. O Coolahand throws a right and a left that both miss. Jack drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Snatches O Coolahand dominated that round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
O Coolahand lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. O Coolahand throws the left hand but Jack avoids the punch easily. O Coolahand loads up on a big right hand but Jack slips the punch. O Coolahand lands a right hook to the body.
O Coolahand misses with a body punch
and Jack counters with a nice double leg into side control. O Coolahand won't be happy with that. O Coolahand manages to get one leg in to regain half guard. O Coolahand is trying to maintain the position but Jack is very close to passing his half guard. Jack looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Jack is looking to stand up but he'll have to free his leg first. Instead, O Coolahand manages to get to full guard. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jack throws a strike but O Coolahand rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. O Coolahand gets to his feet - Jack follows without any prompting. Jack uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Coolahand. Jack shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as O Coolahand sprawls well. O Coolahand wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jack gets slowly back to his feet. O Coolahand throws a series of punches but Jack moves out of range. Snatches O Coolahand is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Jack changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. O Coolahand tries to avoid it but Jack manages to keep hold of a leg and drag O Coolahand to the ground. O Coolahand escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless. O Coolahand fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. O Coolahand stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush. O Coolahand jabbing away but nothing is landing. O Coolahand misses with a straight right. O Coolahand lands a jab. Jack walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. A left lands for O Coolahand. O Coolahand throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
O Coolahand lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jack circles away quickly and effectively. Jab, jab by O Coolahand - just one landing. O Coolahand missing with a left hand there. Jack was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Jack shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jack is rocked! Jack slips under a jab. Oh Jack is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! A left lands for O Coolahand.
That's three minutes gone in the round. A telegraphed right hand from O Coolahand misses the target. O Coolahand lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Jack falls backwards - clearly groggy! O Coolahand dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Snatches O Coolahand!
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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
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