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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Danny Osei Tutu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Awa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricardo Awa struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.5lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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175 cm
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155 lbs
13 - 12 - 1 |
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198 cm
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168 lbs
16 - 15 - 1 |
World class MT
Very quick
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Dangerous knees
Powerful
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
13 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Danny Osei Tutu! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
16 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Ricardo Awa! The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Awa takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt. Danny Osei Tutu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Awa tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Osei Tutu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Osei Tutu misses with a hook
and Awa counters with a nice leg kick. Osei Tutu darts in and clinches Awa up against the ropes. Osei Tutu has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance. Awa pushes off an throws an elbow but Osei Tutu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes. Osei Tutu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Awa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Osei Tutu stalling the fight.
Osei Tutu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Good anti-grappling being displayed by Awa as Osei Tutu tries to tie him up. Awa looking to throw knees to the head but Osei Tutu is blocking nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Osei Tutu. With the fighters up against the ropes, Awa throws an elbow but misses. Osei Tutu lands a body shot. Awa throws an elbow but it misses.
Osei Tutu scores with a shoulder strike. A nice glancing elbow lands by Osei Tutu. A short body shot lands from Osei Tutu as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Osei Tutu landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Awa looks winded!
That's one minute gone in the round. Osei Tutu gets through Awa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Awa is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Osei Tutu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Awa backwards.
Awa is rocked! Osei Tutu is struggling to control the position. Awa is still on wobbly legs! Can Osei Tutu finish him? Awa throws a punch but it's blocked by Osei Tutu. Osei Tutu scores with a nice hook to the head. Awa takes an elbow to the forehead. Stalling in the clinch from Osei Tutu.
Osei Tutu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Osei Tutu unloads a knee to the mid-section. Awa misses with a body punch.
Osei Tutu lands an elbow just above Awa 's eye. Osei Tutu working some nice short punches in the clinch. Osei Tutu lands a shoulder strike. Osei Tutu creates a bit of distance and cracks Awa with a big uppercut! Awa goes down! The referee pushes Osei Tutu away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Awa make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Osei Tutu takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Danny Osei Tutu!
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
78% |
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