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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Andreh Francisco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kanbu Uechi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Francisco might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to No Mercy. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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170 cm
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134 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andreh Francisco!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kanbu Uechi!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Uechi scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Uechi looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Uechi is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Francisco as he works his way to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Uechi postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Francisco is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Uechi, into his guard.
Uechi looking for a guillotine here but Francisco defends easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Francisco throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Francisco trying to control the position from guard on top but Uechi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Francisco not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Francisco's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Francisco passes Uechi's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Francisco working over Uechi with some ground and pound. Uechi looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fighters are battling for position here. Uechi manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Francisco passes Uechi's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Francisco thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Uechi's head.
Uechi looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Francisco sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Uechi defending well though.
Francisco has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Francisco not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Francisco scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Francisco working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Francisco not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Uechi looking for submissions off his back.
Uechi looks winded!
Francisco wants to take a breather but Uechi is having none of it.
Uechi looking for submissions off his back.
Francisco content to control rather than advance.
Uechi keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Francisco wants to take a breather but Uechi is having none of it.
Nice strikes from Francisco there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francisco thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Francisco lands a nice short elbow.
Uechi trying to control here.
Francisco seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Uechi does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Francisco stalling.
Francisco will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Francisco is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Uechi actively working from the bottom here.
Francisco wants to take a breather but Uechi is having none of it.
Uechi looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Francisco lands a nice short elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Francisco is trying to control the action in half guard but Uechi is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Francisco is really struggling to control Uechi but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Francisco is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Uechi is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Andreh Francisco!
Andreh Francisco is the new bantamweight champion!
Andreh Francisco seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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