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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Satoru Matsue (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herald Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taylor comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Smoke the Fire!! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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168 cm
20
144 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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198 cm
35
129 lbs
11 - 13 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Satoru Matsue! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Herald Taylor! The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Micheangelo Fripello and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Matsue walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Taylor checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side. Taylor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Taylor misses with a wild body shot. Taylor tries to close the distance and clinch but Matsue swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Taylor looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Matsue swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Taylor to counter with a crisp jab. Matsue throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Taylor counters with a one-two to the body. Matsue misses with a double jab
and Taylor counters with a straight right hand. Matsue throws a shot from downtown. Taylor moves away and avoids it. Matsue showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Taylor.
Matsue swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Matsue feints a jab promting Taylor to slip. Matsue then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Taylor slips again and ducks right into an uppercut. Taylor throws a body punch but Matsue moves out of range. Matsue slaps away a takedown attempt from Taylor, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round. Matsue missing with a left hand there. Taylor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Matsue. Matsue misses with the combination.
Satoru Matsue seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Matsue throws a hook but Taylor avoids it easily. Taylor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Matsue.
A left and a right from Matsue both land. Nice combination.
Taylor is rocked! Matsue misses with a wild combination.
Taylor is still on wobbly legs! Can Matsue finish him? A lazy left from Matsue finds it's target. Matsue definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Taylor ducks under a wild hook from Matsue. Matsue throws a poor cross that misses
and Taylor counters with a nice kick to the body. Taylor moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body. Matsue misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Matsue jabbing away but nothing is landing. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Taylor is sent reeling backwards by a solid uppercut. He barely regains his balance and Matsue moves in for the kill throwing a continuous barrage of punches that force the ref to step in.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Satoru Matsue!
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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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