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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kob Nitaya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piero Panzanaro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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221 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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188 cm
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205 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
World class MT
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kob Nitaya!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Piero Panzanaro!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Panzanaro lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Panzanaro misses with a double jab.
Panzanaro misses with a few strikes there.
Nitaya misses with an attempted mid kick.
Panzanaro moves out of range of the body kick from Nitaya.
Nitaya lands a nice leg kick that just misses Panzanaro's sensitive parts.
Panzanaro misses with a few strikes there.
Nice straight punches there by Panzanaro. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Panzanaro.
Nitaya slips a jab and a cross from Panzanaro.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Panzanaro's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Panzanaro duly obliges.
Panzanaro lands a glancing blow to the side of Nitaya's head.
Panzanaro jabs at Nitaya's body.
Nitaya scores with a spinning back kick!
Panzanaro misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Panzanaro defending well as Nitaya loads up on a big left hand.
Nitaya lands a head shot.
Panzanaro stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nitaya.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nitaya moves into range and clinches up with Panzanaro.
Panzanaro is trying to break the clinch but Nitaya has him pressed against the cage.
Nitaya has Panzanaro pressed against the cage.
Nitaya lands an elbow just above Panzanaro 's eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nitaya prevents Panzanaro from breaking the clinch.
Nitaya lands a good knee to the midsection. Panzanaro won't want to take too many of those.
Panzanaro looks gassed!
Nitaya connects with a nasty looking knee right to Panzanaro's face.
Panzanaro wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nitaya landing knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Nitaya.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nitaya obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nitaya lands an elbow inside that Panzanaro shrugs off.
Panzanaro wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nitaya has him pressed against the cage.
Nitaya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nitaya scores a nice knee to the body.
Nitaya crunches a lovely knee into Panzanaro's ribcage.
Nitaya pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nitaya connects with a nasty looking knee right to Panzanaro's face.
Nitaya working Panzanaro over with knees to the body.
Nitaya scores a nice knee to the body.
Nitaya pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Nitaya.
Panzanaro takes a knee right on the jaw!
Panzanaro takes a knee to the side of the body.
Panzanaro wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nitaya comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Panzanaro takes an elbow to the temple.
Nitaya landing knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nitaya.
Nitaya lands an elbow inside that Panzanaro shrugs off.
Nitaya lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Nitaya.
Nitaya lands an elbow inside.
Nitaya crunches a lovely knee into Panzanaro's ribcage.
Nitaya lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nitaya taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nitaya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nitaya landing knees to the head.
Panzanaro is rocked!
Nitaya creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Panzanaro's defenses.
Panzanaro is still on wobbly legs! Can Nitaya finish him?
Nitaya jerks Panzanaro's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Panzanaro drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Nitaya goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Nitaya because Panzanaro was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Kob Nitaya!
Kob Nitaya retains his light heavyweight title!
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