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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Akio Masaru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabe Manuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Manuel's choice of entrance music: Irations- Falling. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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142 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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168 cm
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145 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut |
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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 Tokyo, Akio Masaru!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gabe Manuel!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Masaru throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Manuel on the side of the head.
Masaru misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Manuel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Masaru.
Masaru fails with a takedown attempt.
Masaru throws a series of strikes that have Manuel backpedaling.
Masaru throws a hook to the side of Manuel's head but Manuel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Manuel looks to land a body kick but Masaru moved away.
Manuel misses with a leg kick.
Manuel has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Manuel there as he acknowledges the shot.
Manuel decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Masaru wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Manuel is looking to take a break and control but Masaru is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Manuel working over Masaru with some ground and pound. Masaru looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Manuel scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Masaru blocking the ground and pound attempt from Manuel.
Manuel trying to mount his opponent but Masaru defends it.
Masaru looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manuel wants to lay and pray for a moment but Masaru keeps working.
Manuel might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Masaru kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Manuel moves nicely into side control.
Manuel wants to control for a moment but Masaru uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Masaru seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Manuel does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Manuel is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Masaru wants to control but Manuel is keeping him busy.
Manuel throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Manuel actively working from the bottom here.
Manuel wants to get back to full guard.
Manuel looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Manuel landing rabbit punches to the side of Masaru's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Manuel shoots in and drives through. Masaru sprawls well.
Gabe Manuel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Left hook, right uppercut from Masaru.
Masaru is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Manuel closes the distance and clinches up with Masaru, looking for a takedown. Manuel pushes Masaru against the cage but Masaru circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Manuel closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Masaru throws a good cross that connects.
Masaru stuns Manuel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Manuel fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Akio Masaru has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gabe Manuel.
Manuel shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Masaru connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Manuel changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Masaru tries to avoid it but Manuel manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Masaru to the ground. Masaru escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Manuel tries to clinch but Masaru moves out of range.
Manuel tries to clinch up.
Masaru loads up on a big right hand but Manuel slips the punch.
Masaru fails to land with a series of punches.
Manuel scores with a leg kick.
Masaru uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Manuel.
Manuel throws a leg kick that misses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Masaru crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Manuel - the referee stops the clock and Masaru gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Manuel. Masaru manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Manuel.
Manuel lands a big head kick that sends Masaru to the canvas! Manuel follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gabe Manuel!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
68% |
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