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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yaga Shura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Vu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yaga Shura has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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190 lbs
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185 lbs
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yaga Shura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Vu!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shura tries to keep at a distance but Vu has taken the fight into the clinch.
Vu misses with a knee to the head.
Shura tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vu's elbow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Vu misses with a knee strike.
Shura looking to stall.
Shura wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Shura wants to break free but Vu has control.
Vu connects with a nasty looking knee right to Shura's face.
Vu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shura blocks it with crossed arms.
Shura is trying to stall.
Vu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shura blocks it with crossed arms.
Vu tries a knee to the head but Shura blocks it.
Vu with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vu tries to land a knee to the head but Shura blocks with his arms.
Vu keeps control of Shura as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Shura trying to control the position but instead, Vu has worked for underhooks and has pushed Shura into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vu misses with a knee strike.
Vu tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shura has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vu misses with a knee to the head.
Vu looks gassed!
Shura tries to pull guard but Vu forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Shura is trying to stall.
Vu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shura has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shura misses with an elbow strike.
Shura is trying to force a seperation but Vu has the dominant position.
Shura has had enough of the clinch but Vu keeps him there for the moment.
Vu tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shura blocks it with crossed arms.
Vu tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vu misses with a knee strike.
Shura stalling in the clinch but Vu improves position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maybe Shura would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Shura wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vu tries a knee to the head but Shura blocks it.
Shura tries a knee to the head but Vu blocks it.
Shura looking to stall.
Vu keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Shura's efforts to push away.
Shura is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Shura can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Yaga Shura.
Vu tries to sprawl but Shura drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shura controlling the action here.
Shura wants to pass the guard but Vu is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shura sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Shura wants to work for an arm triangle but Vu is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shura is looking for a kimura but Vu is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Shura to get the leverage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vu won't allow Shura to pass to mount.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Shura looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Vu is trying to stand back up but Shura is controlling him
Shura is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shura is trying to work for a kimura but Vu is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yaga Shura dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Vu.
Shura looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Vu!
Shura is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Vu is surviving well by controlling Shura's body position as best he can.
Shura controlling from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vu is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Shura has taken his back.
Shura controlling from the back.
Vu really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Shura. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Shura looking for the RNC.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vu preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Shura.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shura controls the position.
Shura has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Vu! Can he survive? No! He's out! Shura gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Yaga Shura!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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