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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hiromitsu Tanaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Koh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hiromitsu Tanaka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daniel Koh!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koh lands with a good body shot.
Tanaka on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Tanaka fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Koh is out of range.
Tanaka throws a body kick that misses.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Koh.
Koh feints a jab promting Tanaka to slip. Koh then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Tanaka slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koh fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tanaka looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Koh throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tanaka counters with an outside leg kick.
Tanaka throws a head kick that misses.
Koh falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tanaka counters with a nice double leg into side control. Koh won't be happy with that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Tanaka works to advance to full mount. Koh defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Tanaka lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Koh hang on?
You get the feeling that Koh really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Tanaka controlling his opponent.
Tanaka cracks Koh with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koh is wriggling around trying to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tanaka looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Koh tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Tanaka will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
BOOM! Tanaka connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Tanaka scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Koh?
Koh is desperately trying to improve his position but Tanaka has a good base and remains in mount.
Tanaka fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Koh is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tanaka working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Tanaka prevents Koh from getting the reversal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka content just to control the position here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Koh really wants to buck Tanaka off and get back to his feet.
Koh is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Tanaka looking to control and managing it successfully.
Tanaka landing strikes from the mount.
Tanaka raining down hammerfists from mount.
Tanaka landing strikes from the mount and Koh is in trouble!
Tanaka lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Tanaka is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tanaka controlling from mount.
Koh working to try and regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka lands a heavy elbow.
A nice elbow there by Tanaka.
Koh is rocked!
Tanaka drops a big elbow. That's hurt Koh! More shots from Tanaka and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hiromitsu Tanaka!
Hiromitsu Tanaka made sure to mention his sponsor, Global Empire MMA Gear in his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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