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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shinji Tainaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kurisu Ikora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tainaka comes to the cage accompanied by Ugly Pray. Shinji Tainaka has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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170 cm
19
162 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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174 cm
22
167 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
Intelligent |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinji Tainaka! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kurisu Ikora! The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Ikora fails miserably with a takedown attempt. Danga de danga de dang - Tainaka scores with a four punch combination! Tainaka swings for the body but Ikora moves out of range.
Tainaka misses with a hook. Ikora ducked under it nicely. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Ikora will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Tainaka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. Ikora shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tainaka as he jumps to the side. Shinji Tainaka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kurisu Ikora. Tainaka looks to land a left hand but Ikora moved out of range nicely. Tainaka scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. Nice sprawl there from Tainaka as Ikora shoots in.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/2.gif) That's two minutes gone in the round. Ikora steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tainaka. Tainaka misses with a body shot.
A combination from Tainaka does no damage. Tainaka cracks Ikora with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Shinji Tainaka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Tainaka drops Ikora with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Ikora! Tainaka dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (strikes). Shinji Tainaka!
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
20% |
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