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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chris Poirier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kong Su han (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Su han has chosen Enter Sandman as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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159 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
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168 cm
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151 lbs
6 - 4 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chris Poirier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Kong Su han!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Su han moves into the clinch.
Poirier tries a knee to the head but Su han blocks it.
Su han misses with a knee to the head.
Su han lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Chris Poirier has been cut.
Su han comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Su han is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Poirier is defending well for now.
Su han has Poirier pressed against the cage, preventing Poirier from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Su han creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Poirier's defenses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Su han just misses with a elbow thrown towards Poirier's brow.
Poirier is trying to break the clinch but Su han is controlling him.
Poirier is trying to break the clinch but Su han is controlling him.
Poirier managing to block the knees to the body from Su han.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Poirier is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Su han is keeping busy.
Poirier tries to circle away but Su han has him pinned against the cage.
Su han gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Poirier blocks an elbow strike.
Su han lands a nice elbow.
Chris Poirier's cut is getting worse.
Poirier using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Su han has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Poirier breaks from the clinch.
Poirier scores with a jab. Su han acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Poirier scores with a three punch combo!
Su han throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poirier swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Poirier takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Su han tries to land a front kick but Poirier steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Poirier misses the jab.
Su han ducks under a wild hook from Poirier.
Su han scores with a nice body kick.
Poirier swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Su han counters with a head kick. That will keep Poirier thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Poirier throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Su han.
Su han keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Poirier.
Poirier misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Poirier misses.
Su han slips a jab and a cross from Poirier.
Su han throws a head kick but Poirier moves out of range.
Poirier tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Su han was well out of range. Poor timing from Poirier.
Poirier keeps the fight on the outside.
Su han tries to clinch but Poirier moves away
and Poirier counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Poirier misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Poirier misses with an uppercut
and Su han counters by clinching up.
Su han lands an elbow inside that Poirier shrugs off.
Su han blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Su han is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Poirier is defending well for now.
Poirier is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Su han throws a knee to the head but misses.
Su han pushes off an throws an elbow but Poirier leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Su han.
Su han misses with an elbow over the top.
Poirier is trying to break free.
Poirier is trying to push Su han away but Su han has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Poirier is trying to push Su han away but Su han has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Su han is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Su han.
Poirier working hard to break the clinch.
Su han lands an elbow just above Poirier 's eye.
Chris Poirier's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Su han pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Su han.
Poirier is breathing heavily.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Su han looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Poirier is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Su han throws an elbow but it misses.
Poirier blocks an elbow strike from Su han.
Poirier wants to break free but Su han has control.
Su han on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Poirier looking to slow down the pace here.
Su han keeps control of Poirier as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Su han comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Poirier avoids the elbow strike from Su han, against the cage.
Su han lands a nice elbow.
Jeez, Chris Poirier's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Su han throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Poirier blocks an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Su han lands a damaging elbow.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Chris Poirier's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kong Su han!
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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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