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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dong Uk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ed Fazio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Uk's entrance music is KOAN Sound & Asa - This Time Around (feat. Koo). A fine choice. Fazio comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Mob Rules kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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183 cm
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207 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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186 cm
20
212 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dong Uk! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ed Fazio! The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Sosuke Kotani and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Uk has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Uk there as he acknowledges the shot. Fazio scores with a nice right hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fazio. Fazio turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Uk uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Fazio has time to react. Fazio moves out of range of the strikes. Fazio throws a combination. Uk tries to block but a couple of punches get through. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Uk misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fazio.
A looping hook to the body misses from Uk. Fazio does a little dance to reset his feet. Fazio throws a left and a right that both miss
and Uk counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Uk tries to bum rush Fazio with a series of wild strikes but Fazio uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Uk swings and misses with a shot to the body and Fazio counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Uk! Fazio is putting a hurting on Uk here, landing some big shots from side control. Uk is trying to get back to half guard. Fazio throws an elbow but Uk slips to the side and avoids it well. Uk is looking for a sweep. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round. Fazio throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Uk works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure. Fazio content to sit in half guard and control for a moment. Uk keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. Fazio thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Uk's head. Uk keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. Fazio missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Fazio is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen. Fazio throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Fazio thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. Fazio wants to lay and pray for a moment but Uk keeps working. Fazio takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists. Fazio is trying to control the action in half guard but Uk is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Uk has hold of Fazio's hands but Fazio slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. Fazio controlling the action here. Uk is trying to maintain the position but Fazio is very close to passing his half guard. Fazio lands strikes from half guard. Uk keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. Fazio throwing shots but Uk is blocking nicely. Uk avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fazio.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Uk keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. Fazio sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Uk defending well though. Fazio thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. Fazio throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Fazio perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there. Fazio takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Fazio thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. Uk is breathing heavily. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Uk keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. Fazio seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Uk does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. Well, if Fazio is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ed Fazio dominated that round. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Fazio stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush. The fighters circle momentarily. Fazio darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch. Fazio moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross. Fazio feints a jab promting Uk to slip. Fazio then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Uk slips again and ducks right into an uppercut. This has been an exciting period of action! A jab lands there for Fazio.
Uk is rocked! Fazio has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight. Uk is starting to get sloppy and is letting his hands down. Fazio just took advantage and landed a stinging jab. Oh! Now a right hook, right on the button! Uk has gone limp and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ed Fazio! A relieved looking Ed Fazio 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
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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