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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luke Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rip James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young's entrance music is Nelly - Grillz. A fine choice. James comes into a darkened arena with his song building. What's the difference kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rip James has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Luke Young's chin.
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25
222 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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194 cm
28
266 lbs
23 - 14 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luke Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rip James!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young wants to clinch.
Young wants to clinch.
Young is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Young tries to clinch but James moves out of range.
James circles away from the clinch attempt.
Young is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Young tries to clinch but James moves out of range.
Luke Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young tries to clinch but James is having none of it.
James swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but James paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up but James swats him away and circles back towards the center.
James swats away the attempt to clinch by Young.
Young is looking to clinch but James is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Young was covering up waiting for the punch and James finishes the takedown easily into guard.
James postures up in Young's guard and throws a big left but Young blocks it.
James trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Young wants to stand but James is controlling the position.
James passes Young's left leg - he's now in half guard.
James content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Young knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for James on the ground.
Young is staying active underneath James, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Young's head.
Young blocking the ground and pound attempt from James.
James thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Young's head.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
James not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
James lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
James uses his free foot to push down on Young's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Young.
James looking to control but Young is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Young is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
James has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
James tries to control but Young wriggling away.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
James scores with a couple of good head shots there.
James pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Young is breathing heavily.
James is landing with some decent strikes but Young is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
James landing strikes from the mount and Young is in trouble!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James is landing with some decent strikes but Young is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Young is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
James postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Young in real trouble here! The ref calls for Young to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rip James!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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