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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Takeshi Kurosawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kostas Papadakis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kurosawa comes to the cage accompanied by One Mic. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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192 cm
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195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
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190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Inexperienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Takeshi Kurosawa! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kostas Papadakis! The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Dirk Anderson and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Kurosawa scores with a kick to the midsection. A swing and a miss from Kurosawa. Papadakis looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. An inside leg kick lands from Kurosawa. Kurosawa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Kurosawa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Kurosawa looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Kurosawa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Kurosawa lands a nice leg kick that just misses Papadakis's sensitive parts. Kurosawa cracks the inside of Papadakis's front leg. Kurosawa throws a sloppy head kick and Papadakis moves out of range easily. Kurosawa throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Papadakis's head. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Kurosawa lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt. Papadakis avoids the head kick by Kurosawa.
Nice body kick from Kurosawa.
That's one minute gone in the round. Kurosawa lands a nice looking kick to the body. Papadakis takes a step back to recover. Kurosawa throws a nice head kick!
Kurosawa is looking to slow Papadakis down with leg kicks. Kurosawa definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Kurosawa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. A momentary lapse in concentration from Kurosawa enables Papadakis to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Kurosawa manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat. The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work. Kurosawa looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Papadakis lands a couple of digs. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Papadakis drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Papadakis jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position. Papadakis advances position into side control! Papadakis landing strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Papadakis taking a breather here. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Papadakis is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Kurosawa is trying to escape and Papadakis transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Kurosawa is forced to tap! Nice work there by Papadakis! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kostas Papadakis! Jumping up and down and very excited, Kostas Papadakis waved his t-shirt featuring Atlantis's logo in front of the cameras.
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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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RATING
57% |
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