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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Obi Wan King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gamer Kuroky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King comes to the cage accompanied by Police On My Back. Obi Wan King could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Gamer Kuroky's chin.
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140 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Obi Wan King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gamer Kuroky!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, John Kavanagh and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
King throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kuroky darts in trying to clinch
letting King counter with a right hand.
King fails to land with a series of punches.
King shoots in for a takedown but Kuroky shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
King looks to land a right hand but Kuroky moved out of range.
King throws a body punch but Kuroky moves out of range.
King lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
King throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kuroky stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kuroky is looking to clinch.
Kuroky tries to close the distance and clinch but King swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King drives through and clinches with Kuroky against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kuroky obliges.
Kuroky landing knees to the body.
Kuroky lands a damaging elbow.
King is looking to break free of the clinch but Kuroky has double underhooks.
King tries to break free but Kuroky pushes him back against the cage.
Kuroky with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kuroky gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
King takes a knee right on the jaw!
King blocks an elbow strike.
King has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kuroky tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and King avoids it.
King breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Obi Wan King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kuroky tries to clinch but fails miserably
and King counters with a lovely shot to the body.
King swats away the attempt to clinch by Kuroky.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuroky moves to clinch but King breaks away
and King counters with a three punch combo that has Kuroky backing up. Kuroky nods at King to acknowledge the strikes.
King really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
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!
Kuroky moves in looking to clinch but King pushes him off.
Kuroky showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from King.
King shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kuroky pinned against the cage. Kuroky gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
King lands a really nice looking cross but Kuroky seems unphased.
King fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Kuroky sprawls well initially but King persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
King stands up out of the half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
King swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kuroky counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kuroky lands an elbow that stopped King in his tracks for a moment.
King breaks the clinch.
Kuroky tries to clinch but King moves out of range.
King fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kuroky, pushing him back against the cage.
Kuroky pushes off an throws an elbow but King leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kuroky with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kuroky utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
King takes a knee right on the jaw!
King's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
King connects with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King dips to his left and cracks Kuroky with an uppercut!
King ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
King fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Obi Wan King. That's going to take a lot out of him.
King lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kuroky closes the distance looking to clinch
and King cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kuroky gets tackled into the cage by King. King maintains the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
King's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kuroky fails in his attempt to clinch.
King throws a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Obi Wan King dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
King keeps the fight on the outside.
King will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
King throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kuroky's waist but Kuroky gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing King off to one side.
King fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kuroky on the side of the head.
King throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kuroky connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
King misses with a wild combination.
King looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
King fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
King scores with a nice right hand.
Obi Wan King is winning the standup battle so far.
King misses with a double jab
and Kuroky counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
King misses with a double jab
and Kuroky counters with an outside leg kick.
King avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
King closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kuroky circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Obi Wan King. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kuroky goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
King fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Kuroky tries to close the distance and clinch up but King swats him away and circles back towards the center.
King is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by King!
King lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
King clinches with his opponent.
King blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kuroky with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kuroky lands an elbow just above King 's eye.
Kuroky keeps control of King as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
King wants to get back to striking at distance but Kuroky won't allow it.
King on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kuroky trying to land knees to the body.
Kuroky tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and King avoids it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King avoids a wild elbow strike from Kuroky.
King breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gamer Kuroky is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuroky moves in looking to clinch but King pushes him off.
King misses with a double jab
and Kuroky counters with an outside leg kick.
Kuroky wants to clinch up but King keeps it at a distance.
Kuroky showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from King.
King connects with a body shot that sends Kuroky's belly button to the back.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by King.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kuroky looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
King connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuroky slaps away a takedown attempt from King, before circling back to the center of the mat.
King closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Kuroky's guard.
King stays in close to Kuroky's body and controls the position.
King stops Kuroky from standing up.
Kuroky has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes King off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kuroky dodges the punch combination from King.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by King!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Obi Wan King dominated that second round.
That's time! King's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
King circles away from the clinch attempt.
King takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
King closes the distance and pushes Kuroky back into the cage.
Kuroky misses with an elbow over the top.
Kuroky tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
King takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kuroky misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from King.
King wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kuroky tries to land knees in the clinch but King avoids the damage to the body.
King blocks an elbow strike from Kuroky.
King working hard to break the clinch.
King is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kuroky misses with an elbow over the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuroky tries a knee to the head but King blocks it.
Kuroky looking to throw knees to the head but King is blocking nicely.
Kuroky crunches a lovely knee into King's ribcage.
Kuroky lands a knee to the head.
Kuroky tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and King avoids it.
King tries to break the clinch but Kuroky is controlling the position.
King on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
King blocks an elbow strike from Kuroky.
Kuroky lands an elbow just above King 's eye.
Kuroky utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kuroky tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and King avoids it.
Kuroky takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
King has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kuroky using the Thai plumb to throw knees but King has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King blocks an elbow strike.
Kuroky tries a knee to the head but King blocks it.
King avoids a wild elbow strike from Kuroky.
Kuroky tries to land knees in the clinch but King avoids the damage to the body.
King managing to block the knees to the body from Kuroky.
King is looking to break free of the clinch but Kuroky has double underhooks.
Kuroky using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kuroky using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuroky looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kuroky misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from King.
Kuroky throws a knee to the head but misses.
King is trying to force a seperation but Kuroky has the dominant position.
King can't break the clinch.
Kuroky tries to land a knee to the head but King blocks with his arms.
King dodges an elbow strike from Kuroky.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
King escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kuroky avoids a punch combination nicely.
King misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Obi Wan King is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
King lands a jab-cross combination.
King scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
King throws a combination that misses
and Kuroky counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
King tries to clinch up.
King throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kuroky.
King throws a wild body kick that Kuroky sees coming a mile off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King connects with a body shot.
King clinches with his opponent.
Kuroky tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
King avoids the elbow strike from Kuroky, against the cage.
Kuroky missing with knees to the body.
Obi Wan King is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kuroky unloads a knee to the mid-section.
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!
Kuroky missing with knees to the body.
King can't break the clinch.
King wants to get back to striking at distance but Kuroky won't allow it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
King tries to circle away but Kuroky has him pinned against the cage.
King blocks the elbow strike.
Gamer Kuroky has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
King avoiding damage as Kuroky throws knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gamer Kuroky comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think King 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Obi Wan King!
A pretty intense looking Obi Wan King took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.
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