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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Mercer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Katsuro Kazuhiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alex Mercer has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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182 lbs
14 - 4 - 0 |
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178 lbs
10 - 2 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alex Mercer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Katsuro Kazuhiro!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Igor Prikhodko and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kazuhiro takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kazuhiro scores with a nice strike.
Kazuhiro wants to slow Mercer down by chopping away at his legs.
Kazuhiro looks to land a right hand but Mercer moved out of range.
Kazuhiro cracks the inside of Mercer's front leg.
Mercer misses with a double jab.
Mercer looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kazuhiro's corner calls for a 1-2. Kazuhiro obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kazuhiro misses with a body punch
and Mercer counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Mercer misses with a kick to the body
and Kazuhiro counters by moving into the clinch.
Mercer manages to break the clinch.
Kazuhiro swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mercer counters with a body kick that stops Kazuhiro in his tracks momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mercer throws a hook but Kazuhiro blocks it.
Mercer tries a low kick but Kazuhiro avoids it.
Kazuhiro takes a head kick and keeps coming.
It looks like Katsuro Kazuhiro has been cut.
Mercer works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kazuhiro will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kazuhiro gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kazuhiro lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mercer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kazuhiro working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kazuhiro pushes Mercer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kazuhiro landing knees to the body.
Mercer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kazuhiro punishes Mercer's body with a nice straight punch.
Kazuhiro dips to his left and cracks Mercer with an uppercut!
Kazuhiro connects with a jab.
Mercer misses with a wild combination.
Mercer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mercer.
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!
Kazuhiro connects with a body shot.
Kazuhiro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mercer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mercer smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kazuhiro connects with a right hand. Mercer shakes it off.
Kazuhiro looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kazuhiro misses with a wild body shot.
Kazuhiro lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kazuhiro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mercer.
A lazy left from Kazuhiro finds it's target.
Mercer misses with a lunging right hand
and Kazuhiro counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Mercer.
A leg kick checked by Kazuhiro.
Kazuhiro is looking to clinch but Mercer is avoiding it.
Mercer walks forward, straight into a front kick from Kazuhiro.
Kazuhiro takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Kazuhiro throws a leg kick but Mercer moved away.
Mercer has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kazuhiro.
A good leg kick by Kazuhiro.
Kazuhiro lands with a nice body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kazuhiro attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kazuhiro throws a sloppy head kick and Mercer moves out of range easily.
Kazuhiro slips under a jab.
Mercer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mercer misses with a wild combination.
Kazuhiro throws a sloppy head kick and Mercer moves out of range easily.
Kazuhiro tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kazuhiro misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from Kazuhiro.
Mercer looks to land a body kick but Kazuhiro moved away.
Kazuhiro misses with a low kick.
Mercer tries a head kick but it misses.
Kazuhiro lands a jab to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kazuhiro is looking to clinch.
A jab from Kazuhiro misses.
Mercer takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mercer uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kazuhiro has time to react.
Mercer throws a body punch but Kazuhiro moves out of range.
A jab from Kazuhiro misses.
Kazuhiro takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mercer connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kazuhiro momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kazuhiro misses with a hook. Mercer ducked under it nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kazuhiro. Mercer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kazuhiro scores with a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mercer attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kazuhiro throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mercer makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kazuhiro works Mercer's body with a nice hook.
Mercer throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kazuhiro on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Katsuro Kazuhiro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Katsuro Kazuhiro's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Kazuhiro moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kazuhiro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mercer moves away.
A low kick from Mercer is predictable there
and Kazuhiro counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Mercer dips to his left and cracks Kazuhiro with an uppercut!
Kazuhiro throws a body punch but Mercer moves out of range.
Kazuhiro throws a low kick, looking for Mercer's leg but Mercer calmly moves out of range.
Kazuhiro blocks the body kick.
Kazuhiro tries to clinch but Mercer is having none of it.
Kazuhiro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kazuhiro thumps Mercer with a low kick.
Kazuhiro throws a solid leg kick but Mercer takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kazuhiro.
Kazuhiro has Mercer up against the cage in a clinch.
Kazuhiro lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Mercer has had enough of the clinch but Kazuhiro keeps him there for the moment.
Kazuhiro stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Kazuhiro on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kazuhiro.
Kazuhiro lands a good knee to the midsection. Mercer won't want to take too many of those.
Mercer is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kazuhiro crunches a lovely knee into Mercer's ribcage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kazuhiro tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mercer avoids it.
Kazuhiro lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mercer breaks the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Kazuhiro misses the target.
Kazuhiro connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mercer takes a head kick and keeps coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kazuhiro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kazuhiro avoids the head kick by Mercer.
Mercer keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mercer walks into a left hand.
Mercer is rocked!
Kazuhiro throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Mercer crumples to the floor and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Katsuro Kazuhiro!
Katsuro Kazuhiro decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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