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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ritsuko Asuke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazushi Rakusaba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rakusaba has chosen David Bowie - Suffragette City as his entrance music. Kazushi Rakusaba will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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170 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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183 cm
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181 lbs
15 - 10 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ritsuko Asuke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazushi Rakusaba!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Asuke thows a body shot but no joy.
Asuke looks to land a combination. Rakusaba sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Asuke throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rakusaba counters with a takedown into side control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Asuke is trying to improve his position.
Asuke manages to get back to half guard.
Rakusaba is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Rakusaba throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Asuke wants to get back to his feet.
Asuke trying to control from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rakusaba maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Asuke could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Rakusaba has cracked it and Asuke is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Rakusaba!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kazushi Rakusaba!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
48% |
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