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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hajime Saito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rza Reckta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Reckta's choice of entrance music: Bring The Pain. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Rza Reckta enters the cage!
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190 cm
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190 lbs
6 - 7 - 0 |
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195 cm
28
194 lbs
14 - 8 - 1 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hajime Saito! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
14 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rza Reckta! The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Reckta connects with a nice looking jab.
A jab from Reckta misses. Saito blocks a low kick nicely. Reckta moves out of range as Saito throws a body kick.
Reckta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Saito throws a big shot that misses. Reckta throws a hook but Saito blocks it. Saito needs to keep his hands up - Reckta had a free shot at his head there. Reckta blocks a jab. Saito pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Reckta tests Saito's chin there with a solid looking shot. Saito misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Saito throws a jab but it's blocked by Reckta. Reckta connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. Reckta avoids the head kick by Saito.
Saito misses with an uppercut. Saito missing with a left hand there. Reckta was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Reckta blocks a jab. Saito walks into a stiff left hand from Reckta. Reckta connects with a right hand. Saito shakes it off.
That's one minute gone in the round. Reckta lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Reckta clobbers Saito with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. Reckta lands with an uppercut that bounces Saito off the cage and back into rage. Reckta blocks a jab. A lazy left from Reckta finds it's target. Saito drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. Saito throws a sloppy head kick and Reckta moves out of range easily. Saito misses with a looping right. Saito missing with a left hand there. Reckta was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Saito waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Reckta. Saito throws a big shot that misses. Saito misses with a looping right. Saito throws a head kick but Reckta moves out of range.
Reckta drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard. Reckta postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. Reckta distracts Saito with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. Reckta has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Reckta scoring with punches to the head and body. Saito preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Saito working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Reckta. Reckta passes Saito's left leg - he's now in half guard. Reckta not landing any meaningful shots this time. Reckta is nestled in close to Saito, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure. Saito taking some punishment here, with Reckta in his half guard. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Reckta not landing any meaningful shots this time. Reckta looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Saito with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Reckta connects with a nice short shot to Saito's temple. Reckta scoring with strikes to the body and head. Reckta throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Saito is in trouble now - Reckta has advanced to mount! Reckta with a couple of short strikes. Saito tries to hold on but Reckta pushes him away. Reckta throwing shots from mount but they're not landing. Reckta with the ground and pound from mount.
It looks like Hajime Saito has been cut. Saito holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Reckta tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Reckta misses with a head shot. Reckta lands with some strikes.
Hajime Saito's cut is getting worse.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Reckta misses with a head shot. Reckta landing punches. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Reckta landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jeez, Hajime Saito's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Hajime Saito's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rza Reckta!
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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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