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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yang Xinhai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Xinhai's choice of entrance music: Loco. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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168 cm
30
146 lbs
9 - 9 - 0 |
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169 cm
20
143 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ricky Lee! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yang Xinhai! The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Lee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Xinhai. Oooooh!!! Xinhai has knocked Lee down with a huge combo! Xinhai steps away and waves a wobbly Lee back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Lee is rocked!
It looks like Ricky Lee has been cut. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Xinhai avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Oh Lee is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Lee wants to clinch. Lee seems to have got his legs back now. Xinhai with a jab. Yang Xinhai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Xinhai avoids a kick to the body.
Xinhai shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lee as he jumps to the side. Lee defending well as Xinhai loads up on a big left hand. Xinhai scores with a body shot.
Lee throws a quick inside leg kick. Xinhai misses the shot to the body. Lee throws a leg kick and Xinhai makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Xinhai scores with a leg kick.
Xinhai tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Xinhai misses with a hook. Lee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lee gets in close and instigates a clinch. Lee lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Xinhai avoids a wild elbow strike from Lee. Xinhai struggles to land a body shot inside as Lee controls his hands.
Lee working Xinhai over with knees to the body. Xinhai tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Xinhai misses with some punches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lee takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life. Xinhai misses with a short punch on the inside. With the fighters up against the cage, Lee throws an elbow but misses. Lee looking to throw knees to the head but Xinhai is blocking nicely.
Xinhai looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Lee lands a shoulder strike. Lee trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A nice left hand lands by Xinhai.
A head punch on the inside from Lee fails to land. Xinhai swings wildly with an uppercut but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it. Xinhai wants to stall.
Xinhai has Lee pressed against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Xinhai as Lee tries to tie him up. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Xinhai takes an elbow to the temple. Lee missing with knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch. Lee creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Lee blocks an uppercut.
Xinhai dodges an elbow strike from Lee.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Lee blocks an uppercut.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows. Lee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lee. Xinhai looking to slow down the pace here. Lee misses with a punch to the body.
Lee looking to stall.
Xinhai taking a breather. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Xinhai creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Xinhai manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Xinhai tries to work over Lee's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Lee tries to land knees in the clinch but Xinhai avoids the damage to the body. Xinhai misses with a short punch on the inside. Xinhai avoids the elbow strike from Lee, against the cage.
Lee creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Xinhai's defenses. Xinhai misses with some punches.
Xinhai throws a head punch that misses. Xinhai is trying to stall.
Lee can't find room to land a body shot as Xinhai controls the action.
Xinhai has a couple of punches blocked by Lee.
Xinhai has a couple of punches blocked by Lee.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Lee pushes off an throws an elbow but Xinhai leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Lee pushes off an throws an elbow but Xinhai leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Xinhai dodges an elbow strike from Lee.
Xinhai doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yang Xinhai dominated that round. The cut man is working on Ricky Lee's cut. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A low kick from Xinhai is predictable there and Lee counters with an outside leg kick.
Yang Xinhai seems to be getting the better of the standup. Lee staying out of range there. Lee throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Xinhai. Lee throws a leg kick but Xinhai moved away. Xinhai lands a really nice looking cross but Lee seems unphased.
Xinhai throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. Xinhai lands with an uppercut that bounces Lee off the cage and back into range. Xinhai throws a hook but Lee blocks it. Xinhai jabs Lee right on the nose. Lee blinks but takes it well. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lee. Lee avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Lee misses with a hook
and Xinhai counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. Lee misses with an uppercut. Lee throws a low kick but it's checked well by Xinhai. A jab lands there for Xinhai. A good leg kick by Xinhai. The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Lee misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round. Xinhai seems to be stalking Lee here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastatic head kick! Lee drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Yang Xinhai! Yang Xinhai thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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