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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Moses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marvin De Leon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moses comes to the cage accompanied by Black Label Society - too tough to die. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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176 cm
26
166 lbs
16 - 7 - 0 |
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182 cm
22
165 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ricky Moses! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marvin De Leon! The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Moses uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Leon.
Moses throws a leg kick but De Leon sees it coming and moves out of range. De Leon punishes Moses's body with a nice straight punch. De Leon throws a series of strikes that have Moses backpedaling.
It looks like Ricky Moses has been cut. De Leon throws a body punch but Moses moves out of range. Moses takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
De Leon looks to land a left hand but Moses moved out of range nicely. De Leon jabs Moses to the body, keeping him at a distance. De Leon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Moses throws out a token jab with nothing on it. De Leon scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. De Leon thows a left - swing and a miss! The crowd are loving this. Great action here. De Leon is looking to land body kicks. De Leon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round. De Leon misses with a wild body shot. Moses 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. Moses misses with a wild combination.
De Leon scores with a hook to the body. Moses takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. De Leon misses with an uppercut. Moses saw that one coming. De Leon throws a looping overhand right but Moses ducks down to avoid it. De Leon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Moses.
De Leon is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Moses rather than just go for the knockout. De Leon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Moses thows a body shot but no joy. De Leon connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Moses momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round. De Leon clinches up with Moses and pushes him back against the cage. De Leon lands a hook that snaps the head of Moses backwards. De Leon tries to work over Moses's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. De Leon tries to pull guard but Moses holds him up against the cage and eventually De Leon drops back down to his feet.
De Leon misses with some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from De Leon. De Leon fails to pull the fight into his guard.
De Leon pulls guard effortlessly. De Leon looking to hit a scissor sweep but Moses is one step ahead there. Moses stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. De Leon swivels though and keeps the full guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. 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! De Leon has his foot on Moses's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Moses works his way back into a safe position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round. De Leon wants to sweep but no luck. Moses postures up.
De Leon wants to sweep but no luck. Moses trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Moses passes easily into side control. Nice work. De Leon sneaks back into half guard. De Leon avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Moses. Moses is trying for a kimura here. De Leon looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Moses wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ricky Moses! Ricky Moses decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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