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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ed Rosenthal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerald Kiriaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rosenthal comes into the arena with 2 Hits blaring out of the sound system. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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212 lbs
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214 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ed Rosenthal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gerald Kiriaki!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kiriaki misses with a lunging right hand
and Rosenthal counters with a right hand to the body.
Kiriaki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rosenthal throws a good cross that connects.
Rosenthal scores with a decent looking hook.
Kiriaki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rosenthal.
Rosenthal works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kiriaki shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rosenthal but Rosenthal pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A head kick misses from Kiriaki.
Kiriaki moves away from the strike by Rosenthal.
Rosenthal looks to land a right hand but Kiriaki moved out of range.
Kiriaki throws a hook to the side of Rosenthal's head but Rosenthal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rosenthal pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kiriaki ducks under a wild hook from Rosenthal.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kiriaki looks to throw a body kick
and Rosenthal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kiriaki misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosenthal wants to clinch up but Kiriaki keeps it at a distance.
Rosenthal fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kiriaki scores with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rosenthal. Kiriaki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kiriaki ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kiriaki connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kiriaki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Some wild striking there from Kiriaki.
Rosenthal tries to bum rush Kiriaki with a series of wild strikes but Kiriaki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kiriaki tries to bum rush Rosenthal with a series of wild strikes but Rosenthal uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ed Rosenthal is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rosenthal misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rosenthal misses with a wild body shot.
Kiriaki misses with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Rosenthal misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rosenthal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kiriaki was well out of range. Poor timing from Rosenthal.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rosenthal looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rosenthal misses with a looping right.
Kiriaki takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rosenthal scores with a sloppy right hand. Kiriaki should have avoided that one.
Kiriaki looks for the body kick but Rosenthal saw that one coming.
Kiriaki fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kiriaki gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kiriaki landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rosenthal makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kiriaki is leaning against Rosenthal and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rosenthal works on Kiriaki's body with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rosenthal.
Kiriaki fails to pull guard.
Rosenthal fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rosenthal lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kiriaki creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rosenthal's defenses.
Stalling in the clinch from Kiriaki.
Kiriaki wants a takedown but no success here.
Ed Rosenthal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gerald Kiriaki.
Kiriaki jumps guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kiriaki looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Rosenthal engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Kiriaki working for a triangle but Rosenthal defends it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rosenthal wanted to stand there but Kiriaki had control of the position.
Rosenthal stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kiriaki swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rosenthal wants to stand but Kiriaki has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Kiriaki has momentary wrist control but Rosenthal slips an elbow through the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kiriaki not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Rosenthal trying to control the position from guard on top but Kiriaki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kiriaki controls Rosenthal momentarily but Rosenthal frees himself.
Rosenthal wants to control from the top but Kiriaki keeps moving.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Kiriaki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rosenthal moves away.
Rosenthal swings for the body but Kiriaki moves out of range.
Rosenthal misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rosenthal digs a good hook to Kiriaki's body.
Rosenthal connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kiriaki throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kiriaki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kiriaki throws a sloppy head kick and Rosenthal moves out of range easily.
Rosenthal tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kiriaki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rosenthal throws a body punch but Kiriaki moves out of range.
Kiriaki slips under a jab from Rosenthal.
Kiriaki gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kiriaki misses with a body punch
and Rosenthal counters with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kiriaki takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rosenthal is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Nice defenses there by Kiriaki.
Rosenthal misses with a wild body shot.
Rosenthal falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kiriaki counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kiriaki.
Rosenthal taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Rosenthal breaks the clinch.
Rosenthal tries to work over Kiriaki's front leg with a kick but Kiriaki checks it.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kiriaki throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Rosenthal's waist but Rosenthal gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kiriaki off to one side.
Kiriaki throws a sloppy head kick and Rosenthal moves out of range easily.
Kiriaki lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Kiriaki. Those never looked like landing.
Kiriaki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kiriaki wants to clinch.
Rosenthal avoids the head kick by Kiriaki.
Rosenthal tries to clinch up.
Kiriaki misses with a wild combination.
Kiriaki misses with a kick to the body.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Rosenthal throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kiriaki takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rosenthal has taken the fight to the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rosenthal managing to block the knees to the body from Kiriaki.
Kiriaki blocks an uppercut.
Kiriaki lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rosenthal struggles to land a body shot inside as Kiriaki controls his hands.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rosenthal as Kiriaki tries to tie him up.
Kiriaki misses with an elbow strike.
Kiriaki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kiriaki looking to stall.
Kiriaki is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Rosenthal has denied him.
Rosenthal lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kiriaki backwards.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kiriaki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rosenthal misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rosenthal throws a head punch that misses.
Rosenthal lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kiriaki backwards.
Kiriaki is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rosenthal working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rosenthal throws a head punch that misses.
Rosenthal is working Kiriaki over against the cage.
Kiriaki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rosenthal working aggressively here.
Rosenthal lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kiriaki misses with a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rosenthal misses with a punch on the inside.
Kiriaki goes for a takedown in the clinch but Rosenthal prevents it.
Rosenthal tries to work over Kiriaki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rosenthal tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ed Rosenthal dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Kiriaki misses with a body kick.
Gerald Kiriaki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kiriaki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kiriaki tries to move into range but Rosenthal moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
You can follow us on Twitter at...Ooooooh Kiriaki got wobbled bad by a big combination! Rosenthal presses forward with punches and knees until Kiriaki stumbles to the ground! The ref watches Kiriaki closely before deciding to step in and end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ed Rosenthal!
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