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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aku Zoku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Christmas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aku Zoku has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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220 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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222 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Aku Zoku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lee Christmas!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christmas takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Christmas looks to score with a jab to the body but Zoku is just out of range.
Christmas looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Christmas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Christmas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Christmas lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Christmas throws a right hand that Zoku ducks under and follows up with a left that Zoku also avoids with ease.
Zoku slips under a jab.
Christmas throws a lazy right hand but Zoku sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zoku looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Christmas is fending him off so far but Zoku persists. Nope, Christmas circles away and we're back to standing.
A swing and a miss from Christmas.
Christmas throws a head kick but Zoku moves out of range.
Christmas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zoku shoots in but no luck this time.
Christmas fails to land with a series of punches.
Christmas moves into range and clinches up with Zoku.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Christmas trying to stall but Zoku improves his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zoku blocks an uppercut.
Christmas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zoku's elbow.
Christmas lands a body shot.
Christmas misses with the head strike.
Christmas lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right hand to the body from Christmas.
A short left from Christmas.
Christmas has a couple of punches blocked by Zoku.
Christmas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Christmas works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Christmas stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Zoku can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aku Zoku. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zoku misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zoku blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Christmas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Christmas lands with a left to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zoku.
The referee calls for Zoku to work.
Christmas is pushing Zoku up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Christmas pushes Zoku back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Christmas.
Christmas prevents Zoku from breaking the clinch.
Zoku blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Christmas lands a body shot.
Christmas lands with a short shot to the head.
Zoku is trying to push Christmas away but Christmas has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Christmas tries to work over Zoku's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zoku takes a shot to the head.
Christmas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Christmas throws the left hand but Zoku avoids the punch easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zoku needs to keep his hands up - Christmas had a free shot at his head there.
Zoku shoots in looking for a takedown but Christmas manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Zoku's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Nice takedown defense from Christmas. No joy for Zoku on that attempt.
Zoku takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Zoku uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Christmas.
Zoku shoots for a takedown but Christmas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Zoku has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Christmas finds it's way round the side to connect with Zoku's head.
Christmas lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Christmas lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Christmas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Zoku tries for a takedown but Christmas sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Christmas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zoku fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Christmas avoids it really well and circles away.
Zoku is breathing heavily.
Zoku shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Zoku was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zoku throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Christmas is squirming around, avoiding Zoku's attempts to control the action.
Zoku throws some wild stikes that Christmas manages to avoid easily.
Zoku avoids the attempt from Christmas to control.
Zoku lands a heavy elbow.
Zoku fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Christmas is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Zoku.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Christmas is looking to get to half guard.
Zoku looking to finish with strikes here!
Zoku throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Zoku cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Zoku punching from mount but Christmas doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Christmas wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Zoku.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zoku misses with a head shot.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Zoku misses with a head shot.
Zoku lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Zoku throwing strikes here but Christmas is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The referee warns Christmas that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zoku looking to control and managing it successfully.
Zoku tries to control but Christmas wriggling away.
Christmas is trying to escape the mount.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Zoku can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Christmas is looking to escape.
Zoku looking to finish Christmas with some ground and pound. This is bad for Christmas!
Zoku raining down shots from the mount!
Zoku throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Zoku working Christmas over with strikes here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zoku thowing shots but they're missing.
Zoku throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Zoku throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Zoku throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Zoku looking to control and managing it successfully.
Zoku throwing strikes here but Christmas is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zoku dominating with strikes here.
Zoku tries to control but Christmas wriggling away.
Zoku landing shots from mount.
Christmas is rocked!
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Zoku throwing strikes here but Christmas is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Zoku takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Zoku looking to control but Christmas is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Zoku lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Christmas is still in real trouble! Can Zoku finish him?
Poor strikes thrown by Zoku there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Christmas seems to have recovered his senses.
Christmas in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zoku punching from mount but Christmas doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Christmas is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Zoku lands a big shot to the head and Christmas winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Aku Zoku!
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energy
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hype
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