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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boba Fett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryo Narushima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Ryo Narushima was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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197 lbs
20 - 4 - 0 |
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205 lbs
19 - 3 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Boba Fett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryo Narushima!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fett swings for the body but Narushima moves out of range.
Narushima throws a low kick but Fett moves out of range easily.
Fett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Narushima was well out of range. Poor timing from Fett.
Fett scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Narushima doesn't seem bothered though.
Narushima buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fett slips under a jab.
Narushima throws a hook but Fett blocks it.
Narushima blocks a jab.
Narushima checks a leg kick.
Fett scores with a jab to the body.
Narushima lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fett's sensitive parts.
Fett is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
It looks like Boba Fett has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fett swings away with a body shot that misses
and Narushima counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fett wants to clinch.
Fett instigates a clinch.
Narushima's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narushima can't find room to land a body shot as Fett controls the action.
Fett stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Fett is trying to trip Narushima. He has hold of a leg but Narushima is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Fett persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Fett throws an elbow that misses. Narushima uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Fett's guard. Nice move by Narushima!
Fett is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Narushima postures up.
Fett wants to sweep but no luck.
Fett has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Fett manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Narushima manages to get himself to full guard.
Fett content to stall in guard here.
Fett postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narushima trying to control the position here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fett throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Narushima works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Narushima has momentary wrist control but Fett slips an elbow through the middle.
Narushima trying to keep a closed guard but Fett is proving a slippery customer.
Fett connects with a couple of short punches.
Fett tries to free his leg and advance position but Narushima is retaining full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fett throwing strikes but missing.
Fett throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Narushima works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fett wants to control from the top but Narushima keeps moving.
Fett chips away with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fett is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Fett throwing strikes but missing.
Fett loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Fett is in close to Narushima's body, working some short punches and elbows.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Narushima is on top in guard.
Fett is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Fett holds on and takes a little breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Boba Fett dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Boba Fett's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Fett tries to work over Narushima's front leg with a kick but Narushima checks it.
Fett connects with an inside leg kick.
Fett is looking to score with low kicks.
Narushima on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Good work by Fett as he checks the leg kick.
Fett shoots for a takedown but Narushima saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Fett throws a leg kick that misses.
Fett tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Narushima moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nice body punch from Fett.
Narushima throws a hook but Fett blocks it.
Jab by Narushima.
Boba Fett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fett throws a jab but it's blocked by Narushima.
Narushima pivots, looking for a leg kick but Fett is out of range and Narushima settles back down.
Ryo Narushima seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narushima throws a leg kick
letting Fett counter with a right hand.
Fett moves out of range of the body kick from Narushima.
Fett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Narushima.
Fett loads up on a big right hand but Narushima slips the punch.
Narushima lands with a hook. Fett tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fett throws a jab but it's blocked by Narushima.
Narushima takes one on the button.
Fett jabs Narushima right on the nose. Narushima blinks but takes it well.
Narushima tried to score with a low kick but Fett checks it.
Fett scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Fett trying to control the position but Narushima is working away.
Boba Fett overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fett is working Narushima over with some ground and pound from side control.
Narushima avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Fett.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fett wants to lay and pray for a moment but Narushima keeps working.
Fett is really struggling to control Narushima but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Fett misses with the ground and pound.
Narushima is looking for a sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fett sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Narushima is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Fett throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Narushima works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Fett sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Narushima defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fett sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Narushima defending well though.
Fett content to control rather than advance.
Narushima is looking for a sweep. Fett is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Narushima keeping control of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fett missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Fett trying to control the action but Narushima is working from the bottom.
Fett stalling away here and it's allowed Narushima to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Fett trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Narushima manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fett is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Boba Fett dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Boba Fett's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Fett scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Fett takes a kick to the side of the head.
Fett closes this distance looking for a takedown but Narushima circles away.
Fett shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Narushima sprawls well. Narushima wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Fett gets slowly back to his feet.
Narushima ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fett moves away.
Narushima tries to land a body kick
and Fett counters with a left to the body.
Fett finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A leg kick checked by Narushima.
Good leg kick by Narushima there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Narushima on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Fett. Fett obviously looking to wear him down.
Fett tries a head kick but it misses.
Fett with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narushima clobbers Fett with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Narushima checks a low kick from Fett.
Fett scores with a kick to the midsection.
Narushima wants to slow Fett down by chopping away at his legs.
Narushima swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Narushima takes a swing at Fett's ribcage but misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Fett.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Boba Fett. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fett swings for the body but Narushima moves out of range.
Narushima throws a hook but Fett avoids it easily.
Fett takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Fett catches Narushima with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Narushima takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fett is trying hard to land a takedown here. Narushima sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Narushima throws a solid leg kick but Fett takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Narushima.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narushima connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
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!
Narushima throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nice body kick from Fett.
Fett is looking to wear down Narushima with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Narushima misses with a low kick.
Fett scores with a nice right hand.
Fett blocks a jab.
A head kick misses from Fett.
Narushima connects with the punch.
Fett lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fett keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Narushima.
Narushima misses with a body kick.
Fett swings for the body but Narushima moves out of range.
Fett swings for the body but Narushima moves out of range.
Narushima waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fett.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narushima throws a hook but Fett blocks it.
Fett misses with a body punch
and Narushima counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fett shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fett throws a lazy right hand but Narushima sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fett swings for the body but Narushima moves out of range.
Narushima lunges at Fett with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Fett's hand.
Ryo Narushima is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Narushima buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fett looks to land a body kick but Narushima moved away.
Narushima motions for Fett to come forward. Narushima throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fett is looking to slow Narushima down with leg kicks.
Fett shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Narushima defends it nicely.
Narushima misses with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Narushima throws a low kick but Fett avoids it.
Fett walks forward, straight into a front kick from Narushima.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Narushima displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fett throws out the jab.
Narushima throws a head kick but Fett moves out of range.
Fett avoids a kick to the body.
Narushima ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fett lands a leg kick that knocks Narushima off balance momentarily.
Narushima wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fett misses with a straight left.
Fett throws a chopping leg kick but Narushima manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Narushima ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fett motions for Narushima to come forward. Fett throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ryo Narushima has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Narushima needs to keep his hands up - Fett had a free shot at his head there.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ryo Narushima.
I think Fett has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:28
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boba Fett!
In his post fight interview, Boba Fett started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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