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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Itagaki Fukuzawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Suren Nazarethyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fukuzawa comes to the cage accompanied by In Flames - Colony. Nazarethyan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Brennan Heart & Wildstylez - Lose My Mind kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Itagaki Fukuzawa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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150 lbs
25 - 6 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
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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
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Itagaki Fukuzawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Suren Nazarethyan!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, William Gold and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nazarethyan lands with a nice body punch.
Nice body punch from Nazarethyan.
Fukuzawa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
We've been hearing reports that Fukuzawa has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Nazarethyan throws a lazy right hand but Fukuzawa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fukuzawa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Good work by Fukuzawa as he checks the leg kick.
Nazarethyan tries to clinch there but Fukuzawa circles away.
Nazarethyan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fukuzawa moves out of range of the leg kick from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan lands a jab to Fukuzawa's midsection.
Fukuzawa throws a head kick but Nazarethyan moves out of range.
Nazarethyan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Suren Nazarethyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nazarethyan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nazarethyan sizes up Fukuzawa with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nazarethyan scores with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fukuzawa thumps Nazarethyan with a low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nazarethyan. That's going to slow Fukuzawa down.
Fukuzawa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fukuzawa connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nazarethyan. Nazarethyan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fukuzawa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fukuzawa.
Fukuzawa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Fukuzawa!
Nazarethyan postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Fukuzawa is looking for a sweep.
Fukuzawa is working to avoid the ground and pound but Nazarethyan connects with a decent elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nazarethyan trying to control the position but Fukuzawa is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fukuzawa struggling a bit here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fukuzawa is looking to reverse the position.
Nazarethyan lands a nice forearm strike.
You can see the frustration on Fukuzawa's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Nazarethyan is working Fukuzawa over with some ground and pound from side control.
A control attempt from Fukuzawa but he's now mounted!
Fukuzawa is squirming around, avoiding Nazarethyan's attempts to control the action.
Fukuzawa is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fukuzawa is bucking up trying to escape but Nazarethyan cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Nazarethyan scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Fukuzawa?
Nazarethyan trying to control but Fukuzawa is having none of it.
Nazarethyan cracks Fukuzawa with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
It looks like Itagaki Fukuzawa has been cut.
Fukuzawa tries to hold on but Nazarethyan postures up.
Nazarethyan looking to control and managing it successfully.
Fukuzawa is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nazarethyan landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nazarethyan looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Nazarethyan landing shots from mount.
Fukuzawa tries to lock up and control but Nazarethyan gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Nazarethyan trying to control but Fukuzawa is having none of it.
Nazarethyan punishing his opponent with strikes.
Fukuzawa is bucking up trying to escape but Nazarethyan cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Fukuzawa is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nazarethyan unloading with bombs!
Nazarethyan raining down hammerfists from mount.
Fukuzawa is rocked!
Nazarethyan avoids the attempt from Fukuzawa to control.
Oh Fukuzawa is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nazarethyan looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Nazarethyan postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Fukuzawa bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Nazarethyan and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Suren Nazarethyan!
A relieved looking Suren Nazarethyan 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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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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