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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sinji Kagawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vince Chen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chen has chosen Build me up Buttercup as his entrance music. Sinji Kagawa has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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160 cm
21
142 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sinji Kagawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vince Chen!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kagawa with a poor takedown
and Chen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kagawa with a lazy takedown attempt
and Chen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kagawa with a poor takedown
and Chen counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sinji Kagawa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kagawa misses with a takedown attempt
and Chen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kagawa is breathing heavily.
Chen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kagawa has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Chen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Chen closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Kagawa quickly recovers to half guard.
Kagawa is defending against the submission attempts here by Chen.
Chen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Chen seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
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. Chen connects with a nice short shot to Kagawa's temple.
Chen slips a nice elbow through Kagawa's hands, connecting with Kagawa's forehead.
Chen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Chen.
Chen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chen passes to side control.
Kagawa taking punishment in the form of punches.
Chen lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Chen working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Chen scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Kagawa to see if he's OK.
Kagawa is rocked!
Kagawa taking a bit of punishment here - Chen scoring with strikes.
Oh Kagawa is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Chen working the head with strikes.
Chen lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kagawa down.
Chen scoring with punches and elbows.
Chen is putting a hurting on Kagawa here, landing some big shots from side control.
Chen lands an elbow.
Chen cracks Kagawa with a big elbow.
A lull in the action here as Chen stalls from top position.
Chen looks up at the clock and then as Kagawa takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Chen smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chen scoring with punches and elbows.
Chen lands a few punches from side control.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kagawa is looking for a sweep.
Kagawa gets back to half guard.
Kagawa is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Chen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Chen lands strikes from half guard.
Chen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Chen is working for a submission of some sort.
Chen is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Kagawa!
Kagawa seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kagawa is in a horrible position here. Chen smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Chen raining down hammerfists from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chen with a couple of short strikes.
Chen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Kagawa is working to get back to half guard.
Chen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Chen unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Kagawa wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Chen celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vince Chen!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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