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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryo Narushima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Batista Da Silva's entrance music is Pride Theme. A fine choice. Narushima has chosen Deepforces - Heartbeat as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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186 cm
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208 lbs
21 - 7 - 0 |
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190 cm
30
210 lbs
29 - 7 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
29 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryo Narushima! The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Narushima gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Batista Da Silva. Narushima uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Batista Da Silva. Narushima thows a body shot but no joy. Batista Da Silva connects with a right hand. Narushima shakes it off.
It looks like Ryo Narushima has been cut. Narushima lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. Narushima slips under a jab from Batista Da Silva. Batista Da Silva walks into a straight right hand from Narushima. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Batista Da Silva lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Narushima drops Batista Da Silva with a beautiful combination! Batista Da Silva stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Narushima is looking for the KO!
Batista Da Silva is rocked!
It looks like Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva has been cut. Decent striking displayed by Batista Da Silva there. Batista Da Silva tries to clinch but Narushima is having none of it. Batista Da Silva scores with a nice body kick.
Narushima misses with a series of wild punches.
Good work by Batista Da Silva as he checks the leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Narushima is looking to slow Batista Da Silva down with leg kicks. Narushima misses with a hook. Batista Da Silva scores with a head kick. Narushima tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time. Batista Da Silva throws out a loose jab but Narushima uses good head movement to avoid it. Narushima blocks a jab. Narushima is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Narushima staying out of range there. Narushima tries to close the distance and clinch up but Batista Da Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center. Batista Da Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing. Batista Da Silva slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Batista Da Silva throws a push kick but Narushima slaps the foot to one side. A nice inside leg kick there by Batista Da Silva. That's going to slow Narushima down. Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Nice cross by Batista Da Silva. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Batista Da Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. Batista Da Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Narushima counters with a thumping low kick. Batista Da Silva throws a head kick but Narushima moves out of range.
Good shot there by Batista Da Silva. Batista Da Silva scores with the left hand. Narushima knows he should have avoided that one. Batista Da Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Narushima sees it coming and avoids it easily. Narushima moves out of range of the body kick from Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva looks to throw the jab but Narushima is out of range. Batista Da Silva throws a lazy uppercut
and Narushima counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Narushima walks into a jab. Batista Da Silva looks to throw the jab but Narushima is out of range. Good shot there by Batista Da Silva. Batista Da Silva scores with a leg kick.
Batista Da Silva misses with a hook. Narushima ducked under it nicely. Narushima moves out of range as Batista Da Silva throws a body kick.
Narushima blocks the body kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Batista Da Silva as he connects with a hook. Narushima throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Batista Da Silva lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Some bone on bone action there as Batista Da Silva checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Batista Da Silva tries to bum rush Narushima with a series of wild strikes but Narushima uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Batista Da Silva throws a leg kick but Narushima checks it. Batista Da Silva misses with a wild body shot. Narushima throws a shot from downtown. Batista Da Silva moves away and avoids it. Batista Da Silva connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Narushima scores with a hook. Narushima ducks under a wild hook from Batista Da Silva. Batista Da Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Narushima checks a leg kick. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Batista Da Silva missing with a left hand there. Narushima was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Batista Da Silva scores with a punch to the head. A low kick from Narushima is predictable there and Batista Da Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva will probably get the nod. Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval. That's time! Batista Da Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Batista Da Silva throws a body kick despite being completely out of range and Narushima counters with a nice uppercut. A low kick from Batista Da Silva is predictable there and Narushima counters with a good low kick that Batista Da Silva was not able to check. Narushima loads up on a big right hand but Batista Da Silva slips the punch. Narushima takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Batista Da Silva looks to throw the jab but Narushima is out of range. Batista Da Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Narushima. Batista Da Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. Batista Da Silva throws a head kick that misses and Narushima counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Batista Da Silva throws out a loose jab but Narushima uses good head movement to avoid it. Narushima checks a leg kick nicely. Narushima throws a nice inside leg kick. This has been an exciting period of action! Narushima lands a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round. Narushima looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. A solid leg kick lands there for Narushima.
Batista Da Silva blocks a jab. Narushima misses with a two punch combination.
Narushima throws a lazy right hand but Batista Da Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Batista Da Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Batista Da Silva thows a body shot but no joy. Narushima thumps Batista Da Silva with a low kick. Batista Da Silva misses with an uppercut. Narushima digs a good hook to Batista Da Silva's body.
Narushima fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Batista Da Silva has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Narushima cracks a nice hook into Batista Da Silva's ribs. Ryo Narushima seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Batista Da Silva misses with a body shot
and Narushima counters with a lovely straight right hand! Narushima stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush. Narushima wants to slow Batista Da Silva down by chopping away at his legs. Narushima connects with a leg kick. Batista Da Silva looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. Narushima scores with a jab to the body. Narushima works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance. Narushima swings away with a leg kick that misses. Narushima digs a good body shot into Batista Da Silva's ribs. Narushima lands with a shot to the body. Narushima bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick. Narushima moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Narushima lands a big uppercut and Batista Da Silva crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Batista Da Silva looks OK. Narushima waves Batista Da Silva back to his feet! Oh Batista Da Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Batista Da Silva bobbing and weaving nicely... He's ducked under a jab and ducks again but ooooooh! Narushima comes at him with an uppercut from hell! Batista Da Silva falls to the canvas, unconscious! This one is all over! Oh man, looking at the replay that was right on the button! Batista Da Silva was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ryo Narushima! A relieved looking Ryo Narushima thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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