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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jina Park (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hajime Kawaguchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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295 lbs
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300 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jina Park!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hajime Kawaguchi!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kawaguchi scores with a takedown into Park's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kawaguchi looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Park avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kawaguchi controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Kawaguchi with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kawaguchi gets to his feet. Park looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
No luck for Kawaguchi with that takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Park scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Park lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kawaguchi's sensitive parts.
Kawaguchi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Park lands a high kick!
It looks like Hajime Kawaguchi has been cut.
Kawaguchi tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Park swivels and escapes.
A solid leg kick lands there for Park.
Kawaguchi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Park. Park obviously looking to wear him down.
Kawaguchi misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jina Park has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hajime Kawaguchi.
Kawaguchi looks gassed!
Kawaguchi shoots in but no luck this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawaguchi tries to close the distance and clinch but Park swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kawaguchi fails to land the takedown.
An inside leg kick lands from Park.
Park throws a nice inside leg kick.
Park throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kawaguchi shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Park as he jumps to the side.
Kawaguchi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kawaguchi scores with a takedown into Park's guard.
Kawaguchi stands up and waves to Park to follow him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kawaguchi shoots in but Park avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Park misses with a low kick.
Kawaguchi looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Park!
Park is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Park really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kawaguchi punishing his opponent with strikes.
Kawaguchi controlling the position easily from mount.
Kawaguchi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kawaguchi cracks Park with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kawaguchi lands a nice shot to the head.
Park is desperately trying to improve his position but Kawaguchi has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Hajime Kawaguchi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hajime Kawaguchi's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Kawaguchi checks a low kick from Park.
Park avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crunch! Park slams his shin into Kawaguchi's torso.
Kawaguchi looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Kawaguchi wants to clinch up but Park keeps it at a distance.
Kawaguchi shoots for a double leg takedown but Park sprawls well. He's pushed Kawaguchi's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kawaguchi fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jina Park has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hajime Kawaguchi.
Park throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jina Park is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kawaguchi is breathing heavily.
Park throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawaguchi takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Park feints and then cracks Kawaguchi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kawaguchi down.
Park throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Hajime Kawaguchi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kawaguchi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kawaguchi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jina Park is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Park throws a right hand that Kawaguchi ducks under and follows up with a left that Kawaguchi also avoids with ease.
Park swats away the attempt to clinch by Kawaguchi.
Kawaguchi shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Park but Park pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Kawaguchi shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawaguchi drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Kawaguchi jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Kawaguchi trying to control but Park is working from the bottom.
Kawaguchi slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Kawaguchi looking to pass the guard.
Kawaguchi advances position into side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kawaguchi trying to control the action but Park is working from the bottom.
Kawaguchi is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Park has escaped the position, nice work there.
Kawaguchi wants to control for a moment but Park uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Kawaguchi wants to get back to his feet.
Park is looking to take a break and control but Kawaguchi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kawaguchi tries to roll over but Park keeps him under control.
Kawaguchi missing with punches from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jina Park dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hajime Kawaguchi's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Park scoring well with a low kick there.
Kawaguchi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kawaguchi gets the takedown into side control.
Kawaguchi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Park keeps working.
Park struggling a bit here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawaguchi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Park keeps working.
Park wants to control but Kawaguchi postures up.
Kawaguchi trying to control the action but Park is working from the bottom.
Kawaguchi tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kawaguchi works to advance to full mount. Park defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Kawaguchi lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Park hang on?
It looks like Jina Park has been cut.
Kawaguchi cracks Park with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Park is rocked!
Park tries to hold on but Kawaguchi postures up.
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Kawaguchi! Park is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Hajime Kawaguchi!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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