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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Medley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Norihisa Isono (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for John Medley has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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285 lbs
12 - 7 - 0 |
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25
280 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin |
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Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Medley !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Norihisa Isono!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Medley lands a nice shot to the body.
Isono throws a body kick that misses
and Medley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Medley misses with a head kick.
Medley keeps the fight on the outside.
Isono wants to land a leg kick but Medley is out of range.
Isono goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Norihisa Isono seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Medley checks the leg kick.
Isono throws a low kick but Medley avoids it.
Isono fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Medley checks it well.
Isono goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Medley checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Medley uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Isono walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Medley checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Medley lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Medley checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Isono blocks a low kick nicely.
Isono is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Isono throws a low kick but Medley avoids it.
Isono throws a half hearted mid kick.
Medley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Isono.
Isono misses with a low kick.
Medley checks a leg kick nicely.
Isono throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Medley shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Medley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Isono was well out of range. Poor timing from Medley .
Isono on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Medley fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Medley .
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Isono.
Medley scores with a spinning back kick!
Isono looks winded!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Isono moves into the clinch.
Isono is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Medley is defending well for now.
Isono misses with a knee strike.
Medley avoids a wild elbow strike from Isono.
Isono throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Isono blocks a body shot from Medley .
Isono misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Medley .
Medley blocks the elbow strike.
Medley blocks an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Isono throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Medley blocks it with crossed arms.
Medley blocks an elbow strike.
Medley lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Medley avoiding damage.
Isono missing with knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Isono - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Medley breaks the clinch.
Medley looks to score with a jab to the body but Isono is just out of range.
Medley throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Isono takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Medley scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Medley misses with a head kick.
Medley lands with a kick to the temple. Isono shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The crowd cheers as Medley lands an impressive looking overhand right. Isono doesn't seem phased though.
Medley throws a solid leg kick but Isono takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Medley .
Isono swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Medley throws a nice inside leg kick.
Isono moves out of range of the leg kick from Medley .
Isono thows a leg kick but Medley checks it
and Medley counters with a thumping low kick.
Isono takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A decent looking cross lands there for Medley .
Medley lands a really nice looking cross but Isono seems unphased.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Medley misses with a wild body shot.
Isono gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Medley gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Isono is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Medley !
John Medley decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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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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