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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sean Ripgut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yedo Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ripgut kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Abominable Putridity - Throat Fisting Abortion. Kim has chosen "We Be Clubbin (Eye of the Tiger Remix)" by Ice Cube as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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225 lbs
14 - 2 - 1 |
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288 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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Good low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Sean Ripgut!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yedo Kim!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ripgut.
Sean Ripgut seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ripgut fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kim.
Kim pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ripgut is out of range and Kim settles back down.
Ripgut fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kim checks it well.
Kim throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ripgut tries to score with a low kick but Kim moves his leg out of the way.
A low kick from Ripgut misses
and Kim cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
A low kick from Ripgut is predictable there
and Kim counters with an outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim moves out of range of the leg kick from Ripgut.
Kim lands with an overhand left.
Ripgut wants to clinch up but Kim keeps it at a distance.
Kim connects with a right hand. Ripgut shakes it off.
Ripgut blocks a low kick nicely.
Ripgut will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ripgut wants to clinch up but Kim keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A low kick from Ripgut misses
enabling Kim to counter with a crisp jab.
Ripgut fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kim checks it well.
Kim checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ripgut misses with a low kick.
Ripgut is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ripgut throws a leg kick
and Kim counters with a nice body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim avoids the body shot from Ripgut.
Ripgut connects with a leg kick. Kim looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ripgut misses with a shot to the body
and Kim cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Sean Ripgut has been cut.
Kim is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Kim thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kim throws an off balance right hand
and Ripgut moves into the clinch.
Kim misses with the head strike.
Ripgut trying to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim working aggressively here.
Kim is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Come on Ripgut - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kim tries to throw a body punch but Ripgut avoids it by throwing Kim back against the cage.
Ripgut missing with knees to the body.
Kim looking to throw knees to the head but Ripgut is blocking nicely.
Kim avoiding damage as Ripgut throws knees to the body.
Ripgut lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ripgut lands a knee to the body.
Ripgut trying to land knees to the body.
Kim is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ripgut looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kim has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kim goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ripgut lands an elbow just above Kim 's eye.
Kim letting Ripgut take a breather here.
Kim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kim swings wildly with an uppercut but Ripgut uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kim avoids it.
Kim tries to work over Ripgut's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kim scores with a knee to the head.
Kim takes an elbow to the temple.
Ripgut lands an elbow inside.
Kim managing to block the knees to the body from Ripgut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yedo Kim dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sean Ripgut's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Kim tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ripgut looks to clinch
and Kim counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ripgut wants to clinch up but Kim keeps it at a distance.
Kim avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ripgut misses with a jab to the body
and Ripgut takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ripgut throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ripgut misses with a right hand
letting Kim counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ripgut takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kim takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ripgut tries to clinch there but Kim circles away.
Kim on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kim lands a nice looking kick to the body. Ripgut takes a step back to recover.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim thows a leg kick but Ripgut checks it
and Ripgut counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ripgut shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ripgut throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Kim counters with a head kick that drops Ripgut to the mat! Ripgut scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Ripgut is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ripgut misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kim.
Kim throws a leg kick but Ripgut sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ripgut throws a low kick but Kim avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut throws a sloppy body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kim swats away the attempt to clinch by Ripgut.
Ripgut wants to clinch
and Kim cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ripgut looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ripgut. Kim does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim throws a sloppy head kick and Ripgut moves out of range easily.
Yedo Kim seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ripgut throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kim keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ripgut wants to land a leg kick but Kim is out of range.
Kim throws a hook but Ripgut blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ripgut tries to land a leg kick but Kim saw it coming and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yedo Kim showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sean Ripgut's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Kim misses with an uppercut.
Ripgut doesn't manage to clinch there - Kim circles away.
Ripgut connects with a leg kick. Kim looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ripgut lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kim has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kim and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kim shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ripgut tried to score with a low kick but Kim checks it.
Ripgut fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ripgut tries to land a leg kick but Kim saw it coming and moves away.
Kim throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ripgut wants to clinch.
Kim throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ripgut counters with a good low kick that Kim was not able to check.
Ripgut looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kim throws a body punch but Ripgut moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kim throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ripgut is looking to wear down Kim with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ripgut closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ripgut takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ripgut throws a leg kick but Kim checks it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ripgut looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kim on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ripgut. Ripgut obviously looking to wear him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kim counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ripgut thows a leg kick but Kim checks it
and Kim counters with a nice body shot.
Ripgut throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Kim counters with a thumping low kick.
Kim fails to land with a series of punches.
Ripgut misses with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim misses with a looping left.
Ripgut tries to clinch
and Kim counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ripgut lands a nice looking body kick.
Ripgut is looking to slow Kim down with leg kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ripgut misses with a hook
and Ripgut takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ripgut finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Yedo Kim just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Sean Ripgut's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Kim takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kim chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ripgut can pounce on him.
Ripgut thumps Kim with a low kick.
Ripgut tries to land a leg kick but Kim saw it coming and moves away.
Ripgut thuds a left hand into Kim's body.
Ripgut tries to close the distance and clinch but Kim swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ripgut tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kim paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kim's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ripgut is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ripgut lands a jab to the head.
Ripgut throws a solid leg kick but Kim takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ripgut.
Ripgut attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ripgut throws a looping overhand right but Kim ducks down to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ripgut looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ripgut blocks the body kick.
Kim on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A shot to the liver by Ripgut. Beautiful body shot.
Kim is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Ripgut changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That kick from Ripgut tenderised Kim's leg. Kim is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ripgut.
An inside leg kick lands from Ripgut.
Ripgut throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ripgut throws a leg kick which misses Kim's front leg but catches the back leg as Kim tries to avoid it.
Kim keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ripgut tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut misses the shot to the body.
Ripgut looks to score with a jab to the body but Kim is just out of range.
Ripgut connects with a solid leg kick.
Ripgut scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ripgut lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ripgut misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sean Ripgut had his way with Yedo Kim in that round.
The cut man is working on Sean Ripgut's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Ripgut is looking to clinch but Kim is avoiding it.
Ripgut tries to land a leg kick but Kim saw it coming and moves away.
Ripgut buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kim throws a push kick but Ripgut slaps the foot to one side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kim takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kim on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kim is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Some bone on bone action there as Kim checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ripgut misses with a kick to the body.
Ripgut moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ripgut lands a leg kick that knocks Kim off balance momentarily.
Ripgut walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kim checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut misses with a low kick as Kim jumps back.
Ripgut thuds his shin into the meat of Kim's side.
Kim takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ripgut tries to clinch but Kim is having none of it.
Kim has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ripgut.
Kim avoids the head kick by Ripgut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ripgut. That's going to slow Kim down.
Ripgut is looking to slow Kim down with leg kicks.
Ripgut is looking to slow Kim down with leg kicks.
Ripgut tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Kim manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kim swats away the attempt to clinch by Ripgut.
Sean Ripgut has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kim chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ripgut can pounce on him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ripgut tries to clinch but Kim is having none of it.
Ripgut swings for the body but Kim moves out of range.
Kim throws a nice looking combination but Ripgut bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ripgut wants to land a leg kick but Kim is out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sean Ripgut showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kim has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 47:46
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 47:46
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 47:47
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Sean Ripgut!
Sean Ripgut retains his heavyweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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