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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Akira Kurosawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nate Shelby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kurosawa comes into the arena with War drums blaring out of the sound system. Shelby has chosen Amazing as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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183 lbs
20 - 11 - 1 |
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28
185 lbs
17 - 8 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Akira Kurosawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nate Shelby!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kurosawa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shelby.
Shelby tries to land a leg kick but Kurosawa saw it coming and moves away.
Kurosawa throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Shelby moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kurosawa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shelby.
Kurosawa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kurosawa misses with a straight right.
A lazy left from Kurosawa finds it's target.
Kurosawa drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Kurosawa taking a break here but Shelby is having none of it and regains half guard.
Shelby is looking to improve his position.
Kurosawa throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Shelby trying to control but Kurosawa postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurosawa seems to be looking for submissions.
Kurosawa tries to pass to full mount but Shelby defends it.
Shelby works his way to full guard. Good work.
Kurosawa tries to free his leg and advance position but Shelby is retaining full guard.
Shelby manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Shelby looking to control but Kurosawa is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Shelby controlling the position easily from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shelby trying to control but Kurosawa is having none of it.
Kurosawa might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Kurosawa has given up his back here.
Kurosawa turns into Shelby and is now in his guard.
Shelby keeping moving, preventing Kurosawa from controlling successfully.
Shelby bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kurosawa's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shelby avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Shelby pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kurosawa is keeping the position for now.
Kurosawa looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Shelby must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shelby wants to stand but Kurosawa is controlling his posture from full guard.
Kurosawa is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Shelby is aware though and is defending well.
Kurosawa looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Shelby avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Shelby trying to control but Kurosawa is working from the bottom.
Kurosawa had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Shelby defends it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kurosawa is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Shelby defends well.
Kurosawa looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Kurosawa looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Shelby trying to stand up but can't free himself from Kurosawa's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shelby slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Kurosawa has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Shelby doesn't defend quickly enough and Kurosawa has managed to lock this one up! Can Shelby escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Kurosawa on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Akira Kurosawa!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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