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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Emong Salvacion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shinya Aoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Salvacion comes to the cage accompanied by I'm bringing it. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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156 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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180 cm
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155 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Emong Salvacion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinya Aoki!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aoki misses with a two punch combination.
Aoki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Aoki misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Aoki misses the target.
Aoki throws a solid leg kick but Salvacion takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Aoki.
Salvacion shoots for a takedown but Aoki saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Aoki checks the leg kick.
Aoki lands a front kick.
Salvacion moves away from the strike by Aoki.
Salvacion will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Salvacion fails with the takedown
and Aoki counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Emong Salvacion. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A swing and a miss from Salvacion.
Salvacion staying out of range there.
Salvacion fails with the takedown
and Aoki counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Aoki keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Aoki thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salvacion looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Aoki is looking to slow Salvacion down with leg kicks.
Salvacion looks to land a combination but Aoki avoids it well.
Salvacion attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Aoki defending well as Salvacion loads up on a big left hand.
Aoki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Salvacion.
Aoki feints and then cracks Salvacion's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Salvacion down.
Nice body kick from Aoki.
Aoki turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Aoki tests Salvacion's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Aoki throws a hook but Salvacion blocks it.
Salvacion fails with the takedown
and Aoki counters with an inside leg kick.
Salvacion shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Aoki defends it nicely.
Aoki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salvacion tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nice defenses there by Salvacion.
Nice takedown defense from Aoki. No joy for Salvacion on that attempt.
Aoki buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Salvacion misses with a takedown attempt
and Aoki counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Aoki has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Salvacion defend it? Aoki steps over the head and cranks it - Salvacion is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Aoki!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Shinya Aoki!
Shinya Aoki really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Hopkins Athletics ($6 shirts!) logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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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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