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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Soares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Koyomuki Yashigawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soares comes to the cage accompanied by TUF Brasil. Ricardo Soares is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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165 lbs
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161 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Soares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Koyomuki Yashigawa!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Edson Gomes and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soares misses with an uppercut
and Yashigawa counters with a shoot takedown. Soares fights it but they end up in guard.
Yashigawa trying to control the position from guard on top but Soares is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yashigawa is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Yashigawa postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Soares controlling Yashigawa's posture.
Soares on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Soares tries to get out of the position.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Koyomuki Yashigawa hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Soares looks to throw the jab but Yashigawa is out of range.
Yashigawa moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soares displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yashigawa throws out the jab.
Ricardo Soares seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yashigawa lands with a cross.
Soares slaps away a takedown attempt from Yashigawa, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Yashigawa looks for a takedown but Soares sprawls well.
Yashigawa scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Yashigawa avoids the body shot from Soares.
Soares throws a jab but it's blocked by Yashigawa.
Yashigawa fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ricardo Soares has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Koyomuki Yashigawa.
Soares misses with an uppercut. Yashigawa saw that one coming.
Yashigawa scores with a jab.
Soares connects with a good right hand that stumbles Yashigawa. Yashigawa circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yashigawa shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Soares feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Yashigawa sprawling to the canvas! Yashigawa rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Soares finish him?!
Yashigawa is rocked!
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!
Soares thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yashigawa is still on wobbly legs! Can Soares finish him?
Soares throws a nice looking combination but Yashigawa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Soares throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yashigawa walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Soares! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ricardo Soares!
Ricardo Soares was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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