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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Asano Arai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johan Velasquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arai comes to the cage accompanied by Fantastic Baby - BIG BANG. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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200 cm
24
225 lbs
0 - 2 - 0 |
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199 cm
25
270 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Dangerous GnP
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Asano Arai! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johan Velasquez! The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Leandro Rodrigues and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Arai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Velasquez.
Arai cracks Velasquez with an open hand slap.
It looks like Johan Velasquez has been cut. Velasquez pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Arai cracks the inside of Velasquez's front leg. Velasquez misses with a jab to the body
and Arai counters with a straight punch to the midsection. Velasquez swings widly with a right hand
and Arai counters with a lovely straight right hand! Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Velasquez misses with a looping right. Arai with a jab. Arai lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Arai catches Velasquez with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Velasquez is rocked! Velasquez wants to stay close but Arai steps back to make room for something. Velasquez seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Arai and Velasquez drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Asano Arai! During a confident post fight interview, Asano Arai thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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
100% |
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