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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Arcturus Balfour (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryo Fukuyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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166 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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176 cm
29
163 lbs
18 - 7 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arcturus Balfour!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryo Fukuyama!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Seu Braga and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fukuyama throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Balfour counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Balfour connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fukuyama momentarily.
Balfour uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fukuyama.
Balfour looks to land a left hand but Fukuyama moved out of range nicely.
Balfour has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Fukuyama finds it's way round the side to connect with Balfour's head.
Good work by Fukuyama as he checks the leg kick.
Balfour uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fukuyama.
Fukuyama lands with a cross.
Fukuyama looks to score with a jab to the body but Balfour is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fukuyama throws a low kick but Balfour avoids it.
Fukuyama throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Balfour misses with an uppercut. Fukuyama saw that one coming.
Balfour is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Balfour avoids the body shot from Fukuyama.
Balfour misses with a right hand
and Fukuyama counters with a stiff right hand.
Balfour bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Balfour staying out of range there.
Balfour misses with a looping left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fukuyama tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Balfour was well out of range. Poor timing from Fukuyama.
Balfour looks to land a right hand but Fukuyama moved out of range.
Nice body punch from Fukuyama.
A jab from Fukuyama misses.
Fukuyama misses with a wild body shot.
Balfour misses the shot to the body.
Fukuyama misses with a wild body shot.
Fukuyama bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Fukuyama misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balfour scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fukuyama misses the shot to the body.
Fukuyama scores with a shot to the body.
Fukuyama gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A big right from Fukuyama misses.
Fukuyama looks to score with a jab to the body but Balfour is just out of range.
Balfour uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fukuyama.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balfour lands with a straight right. Fukuyama didn't see that one coming.
Fukuyama ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Balfour moves away.
Fukuyama just misses with a punch to the body.
Balfour tries to land a front kick but Fukuyama steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Fukuyama tries to score with a low kick but Balfour moves his leg out of the way.
Balfour looks to land a left hand but Fukuyama moved out of range nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fukuyama takes a swing at Balfour's ribcage but misses.
Fukuyama wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryo Fukuyama dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Fukuyama keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Balfour moves out of range of the strikes.
Fukuyama throws a head kick that misses.
Fukuyama's jab looks to have found its range, popping Balfour under the eye.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Fukuyama in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Fukuyama has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fukuyama there as he acknowledges the shot.
Balfour misses with a lunging right hand
and Fukuyama counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Balfour throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fukuyama sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fukuyama throws a head kick that Balfour semi-blocks.
Fukuyama scores with a punch to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balfour keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fukuyama lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ryo Fukuyama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fukuyama thuds a left hand into Balfour's body.
Nice defenses there by Balfour.
Fukuyama scores with a nice strike.
Ryo Fukuyama seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fukuyama misses with a wild body shot.
Balfour uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fukuyama.
Fukuyama thows a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balfour tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fukuyama was well out of range. Poor timing from Balfour.
Balfour avoids the body shot from Fukuyama.
Fukuyama jabs at Balfour's body.
Balfour pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fukuyama blocks a jab.
Fukuyama misses with a low kick.
Fukuyama misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Balfour.
Fukuyama takes a swing at Balfour's ribcage but misses.
Balfour lands a really nice looking cross but Fukuyama seems unphased.
It looks like Ryo Fukuyama has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Fukuyama lands an impressive looking overhand right. Balfour doesn't seem phased though.
Fukuyama throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fukuyama tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Balfour was well out of range. Poor timing from Fukuyama.
Nice uppercut lands for Balfour. That snapped Fukuyama's head back.
Balfour scores with a decent looking hook.
Balfour ducks under a wild hook from Fukuyama.
Fukuyama slips under a jab from Balfour.
Fukuyama misses with a hook. Balfour ducked under it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Balfour.
Fukuyama with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Balfour to score with a decent uppercut.
Fukuyama throws a jab but it's blocked by Balfour.
Fukuyama blocks a jab.
Fukuyama pivots, looking for a leg kick but Balfour is out of range and Fukuyama settles back down.
Fukuyama scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A telegraphed right hand from Balfour misses the target.
Fukuyama tried to score with a low kick but Balfour checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ryo Fukuyama will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Ryo Fukuyama's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Fukuyama bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Balfour lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Balfour lands a glancing blow to the side of Fukuyama's head.
Fukuyama with a hook.
Balfour waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fukuyama.
Fukuyama throws out a leg kick but Balfour moves out of range and Fukuyama only half commits.
Balfour jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Balfour swings widly with a right hand
and Fukuyama counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Balfour is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Fukuyama pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balfour takes a swing at Fukuyama's ribcage but misses.
Fukuyama is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Balfour rather than just go for the knockout.
Fukuyama connects with an inside leg kick.
Balfour just misses with a punch to the body.
Balfour misses with a wild body shot.
Balfour fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fukuyama throws a head kick but Balfour moves out of range.
Fukuyama misses with an uppercut. Balfour saw that one coming.
Fukuyama misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balfour misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fukuyama.
Balfour misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A slow jab from Balfour misses its intended target.
Fukuyama ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Balfour waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fukuyama.
Balfour ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Balfour misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fukuyama just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fukuyama fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fukuyama looks to score with a jab to the body but Balfour is just out of range.
Balfour takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fukuyama misses with a body shot
and Balfour counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fukuyama fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Balfour is out of range.
Fukuyama uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Arcturus Balfour has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fukuyama lands with a shot to the body.
Fukuyama throws a looping overhand right but Balfour ducks down to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balfour fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Fukuyama is out of range.
Balfour throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fukuyama keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Balfour throws out a leg kick but Fukuyama moves out of range and Balfour only half commits.
Fukuyama swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fukuyama showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Balfour.
Ryo Fukuyama is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fukuyama throws a jab but it's blocked by Balfour.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ryo Fukuyama.
Well Fukuyama has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryo Fukuyama!
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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
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