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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jim Beckett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rajesh Koothrappali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koothrappali has chosen Punjab as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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146 lbs
15 - 5 - 0 |
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148 lbs
14 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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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
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jim Beckett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rajesh Koothrappali!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koothrappali ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beckett moves away.
Koothrappali getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Koothrappali lands an overhand right.
The fighters circling - Beckett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Koothrappali avoids the head kick by Beckett.
Beckett scores with a leg kick.
Beckett takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Beckett feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Koothrappali's calf.
Koothrappali scoring well with a low kick there.
Koothrappali tries to land a front kick but Beckett steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Koothrappali uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Beckett.
Beckett connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A low kick from Beckett is predictable there
and Koothrappali counters with a nice low kick that buckles Beckett's knee momentarily.
Beckett avoids the body shot from Koothrappali.
Beckett misses with a hook. Koothrappali ducked under it nicely.
Koothrappali chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beckett avoids a kick to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Koothrappali throws a shot from downtown. Beckett moves away and avoids it.
Beckett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Koothrappali scores with a sloppy right hand. Beckett should have avoided that one.
Koothrappali misses with a leg kick
and Beckett counters with a good low kick that Koothrappali was not able to check.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beckett throws a low kick but it's checked well by Koothrappali.
Koothrappali throws a looping overhand right but Beckett ducks down to avoid it.
Beckett swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Koothrappali.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Koothrappali.
Koothrappali is looking to score with low kicks.
Koothrappali throws a leg kick
and Beckett counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A solid leg kick lands there for Koothrappali.
Beckett takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Beckett lands with a cross.
Beckett feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Koothrappali's calf.
Good leg kick by Beckett there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A decent looking cross lands there for Beckett.
Beckett checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Beckett swinging wildly here.
Beckett is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Koothrappali throws a leg kick but Beckett sees it coming and moves out of range.
Koothrappali moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Beckett turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koothrappali tests Beckett's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Beckett throws a wild body kick that Koothrappali sees coming a mile off.
Koothrappali throws a wild body kick that Beckett sees coming a mile off.
Beckett cracks Koothrappali with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Beckett misses with a hook. Koothrappali ducked under it nicely.
Koothrappali moves away from the strike by Beckett.
Koothrappali pushes Beckett away with a front kick.
Rajesh Koothrappali is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Koothrappali looks to land a body kick but Beckett moved away.
Beckett throws a leg kick which misses Koothrappali's front leg but catches the back leg as Koothrappali tries to avoid it.
Koothrappali is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Beckett takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Koothrappali throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Koothrappali throws a hook but Beckett blocks it.
Koothrappali fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Beckett checks it well.
Beckett avoids a kick to the body.
Koothrappali takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Beckett keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koothrappali connects with a good right hand that stumbles Beckett. Beckett circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Koothrappali fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Beckett checks it well.
Koothrappali lands a glancing blow to the side of Beckett's head.
Koothrappali on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Beckett fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Beckett throws a leg kick which misses Koothrappali's front leg but catches the back leg as Koothrappali tries to avoid it.
Koothrappali connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Koothrappali throws a half hearted mid kick.
Beckett with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Koothrappali throws a solid leg kick but Beckett takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Koothrappali.
Beckett throws a leg kick but Koothrappali sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The fighters circling - Koothrappali throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Koothrappali misses with an attempted mid kick.
Koothrappali slips a jab and a cross from Beckett.
Beckett throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Koothrappali on the side of the head.
Beckett is looking to chop away at Koothrappali's legs.
Beckett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Beckett throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beckett takes a swing at Koothrappali's ribcage but misses.
Koothrappali fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beckett manages to avoid it.
Beckett pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A clash of legs there as Beckett blocks the low kick.
Koothrappali's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A swing and a miss from Beckett.
Beckett misses with an attempted mid kick.
Koothrappali misses with a kick to the body.
Beckett throws out a loose jab but Koothrappali uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beckett throws a hook but Koothrappali avoids it easily.
Koothrappali bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Beckett's head.
Koothrappali looks for the body kick but Beckett saw that one coming.
Koothrappali has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Koothrappali moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Koothrappali slips under a jab from Beckett.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Koothrappali staying out of range there.
Beckett is looking to slow Koothrappali down with leg kicks.
Koothrappali slips under a jab from Beckett.
Koothrappali lands with a straight right. Beckett didn't see that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jim Beckett will probably get the nod.
That's time! Beckett's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Koothrappali waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Beckett.
Beckett misses with a wild body shot.
Koothrappali misses with a body kick.
Beckett closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Koothrappali actively working from the bottom here.
Koothrappali wants to control but Beckett is keeping busy.
Koothrappali actively working from the bottom here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Koothrappali has hold of Beckett's hands but Beckett slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koothrappali is refusing to be controlled, as Beckett sits in half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Beckett connects with a nice short shot to Koothrappali's temple.
Koothrappali trying to control here.
Beckett is looking to stall here but Koothrappali recovers full guard.
Koothrappali throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beckett passes into half guard.
Koothrappali avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Beckett.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koothrappali is trying to stand up here but Beckett is controlling him well.
Beckett trying to control the action but Koothrappali is working from the bottom.
Beckett is really struggling to control Koothrappali but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Koothrappali is looking to control Beckett's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Koothrappali avoid being mounted?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Rajesh Koothrappali hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Beckett lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Some wild striking there from Beckett.
Some bone on bone action there as Beckett checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Koothrappali throws a body punch but Beckett moves out of range.
Koothrappali attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Koothrappali throws a jab but it's blocked by Beckett.
A jab from Koothrappali misses.
Beckett lands with a slapping head kick.
Beckett misses with a body kick.
Koothrappali scores with a hook.
Beckett throws a leg kick but Koothrappali sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Koothrappali throws a leg kick but Beckett moved away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beckett takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Koothrappali keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koothrappali tried to score with a low kick but Beckett checks it.
Koothrappali just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jim Beckett dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Koothrappali looks to land a body kick but Beckett moved away.
Beckett drives through and clinches with Koothrappali against the ropes.
Beckett is struggling to control the position.
Koothrappali takes a shot to the head.
Koothrappali blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Koothrappali blocks an uppercut.
Koothrappali controlling the action here for a moment.
Koothrappali misses with some punches.
Koothrappali misses with a punch on the inside.
Beckett slowing the pace effectively.
Koothrappali takes a shot to the head.
Beckett lands a body shot in the clinch.
Koothrappali tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beckett's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Beckett.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koothrappali tries a body shot but Beckett blocks it.
Koothrappali breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A good leg kick by Koothrappali.
Koothrappali catches Beckett with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Beckett throws a head kick that misses.
Beckett wants to land a leg kick but Koothrappali is out of range.
Beckett feints and then cracks Koothrappali's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Koothrappali down.
Beckett throws the kick towards the body but Koothrappali avoids it.
Beckett moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A slow jab from Beckett misses its intended target.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Beckett is defended easily by Koothrappali.
Beckett paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Beckett will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Beckett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Beckett checks a leg kick.
Beckett checks the leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beckett slips under a jab.
Beckett moves out of range of the leg kick from Koothrappali.
Koothrappali checks a leg kick.
Koothrappali uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Beckett.
Beckett avoids a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beckett checks a leg kick.
Koothrappali throws a solid leg kick but Beckett takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Koothrappali.
Beckett throws a nice inside leg kick.
Koothrappali tries to move into range but Beckett moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Koothrappali throws a wild body kick that Beckett sees coming a mile off.
Beckett fails to land with a series of punches.
Beckett fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Koothrappali has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Beckett tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Koothrappali is able to avoid easily.
Good work by Koothrappali as he checks the leg kick.
Jim Beckett is winning the standup battle so far.
A solid leg kick lands there for Koothrappali.
A bone on bone clash there as Koothrappali blocks the leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Beckett.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koothrappali throws a low kick but it's checked well by Beckett.
Beckett looks for the body kick but Koothrappali saw that one coming.
Beckett fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Koothrappali.
A combination from Beckett does no damage.
Beckett chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Koothrappali blocks a low kick nicely.
Jim Beckett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A solid leg kick lands there for Beckett.
Koothrappali pivots, looking for a leg kick but Beckett is out of range and Koothrappali settles back down.
Koothrappali lands a slapping body shot.
Koothrappali looks to score with a jab to the body but Beckett is just out of range.
Koothrappali throws a leg kick but Beckett moved away.
Rajesh Koothrappali has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Beckett throws a leg kick that misses.
A swing and a miss from Koothrappali.
Beckett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Koothrappali sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Beckett takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Beckett scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beckett lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Beckett checks a leg kick nicely.
Beckett misses with a low kick.
That kick from Beckett tenderised Koothrappali's leg. Koothrappali is trying to keep his angry face on.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beckett looks to land a body kick but Koothrappali moved away.
Koothrappali has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Beckett.
Koothrappali throws a leg kick but Beckett moved away.
Koothrappali lands with a nice body punch.
Koothrappali scores with a jab to the head.
Koothrappali connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Koothrappali goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Beckett - that will leave a mark!
Beckett tries to work over Koothrappali's front leg with a kick but Koothrappali checks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beckett lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Koothrappali feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Becketts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Koothrappali steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Beckett. That one must have hurt.
Beckett steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Koothrappali.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jim Beckett showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Beckett has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jim Beckett!
After winning the bout, Jim Beckett thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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