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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Koji Kanegi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think West might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Dimitri Vegas & like Mike - Tremor. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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202 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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179 cm
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215 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, George West!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Koji Kanegi!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Roger Salmon and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kanegi thuds his shin into the meat of West's side.
Kanegi misses with a looping left.
West jabs Kanegi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kanegi throws a series of punches but West moves out of range.
Kanegi moves out of range of the strikes.
Kanegi has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
West punishes Kanegi's body with a nice straight punch.
Kanegi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but West moves away.
Kanegi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by West.
West ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kanegi moves away.
West avoids the body shot from Kanegi.
West throws out a powerful jab.
Kanegi fails to land the takedown.
Kanegi slips under a jab.
Kanegi manages to get an easy takedown there - catching West on his heels. He'll look to pass West's guard now, I'm sure.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kanegi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kanegi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. West swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kanegi is looking to work some ground and pound but West has wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanegi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. West is keeping the position for now.
Kanegi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kanegi throws a strike but West rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Kanegi wants to improve his position but instead West has moved into half guard.
Kanegi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kanegi trying to control but West postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kanegi moves into full guard.
Kanegi looking for a sweep. Not yet Kanegi, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kanegi looking to control.
West has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kanegi looking to hit a scissor sweep but West is one step ahead there.
Kanegi bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in West's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanegi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kanegi throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kanegi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
West utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kanegi trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kanegi tries to free his leg and advance position but West is retaining full guard.
Kanegi throwing strikes but missing.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
West lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice shot lands for Kanegi.
Kanegi ducks right into an uppercut from West.
West misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kanegi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
West scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kanegi on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kanegi looks to land a left hand but West moved out of range nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kanegi lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
West's corner calls for a 1-2. West obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
West lands a jab to the head.
Kanegi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kanegi lands with a shot to the body.
West swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kanegi scores with a jab to the body.
West jabs at Kanegi's body.
West takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
West misses with a hook. Kanegi ducked under it nicely.
No joy there for Kanegi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kanegi throws a body kick that misses.
West avoids the body shot from Kanegi.
West throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kanegi.
Kanegi scores with a hook to the body. West takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
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 George West will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
West lands a nice shot to the body.
West connects with a right hand. Kanegi shakes it off.
Kanegi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
West works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kanegi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kanegi ducks under a wild hook from West.
West misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kanegi.
Kanegi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
West misses with an uppercut.
West throws a hook to the side of Kanegi's head but Kanegi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
West misses with a hook. Kanegi ducked under it nicely.
West takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
West misses with an uppercut. Kanegi saw that one coming.
Kanegi swinging wildly here.
West lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
West swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from West misses the target.
West keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
George West seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanegi fails with the takedown.
West avoids a punch combination nicely.
West missing with a left hand there. Kanegi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kanegi stalks West and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into West's face. West staggers backwards, shaken.
Kanegi looks to land a combination. West sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
West lands an overhand right.
Kanegi falls off balance throwing a combination
and West counters with a straight right hand.
West swings for the body but Kanegi moves out of range.
West waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kanegi.
Kanegi takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
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!
West throws a body shot but no joy.
A big right from Kanegi misses.
Kanegi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by West.
West avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kanegi just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
West lands a slapping body shot.
West ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kanegi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
West looks to score with a jab to the body but Kanegi is just out of range.
West takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Danga de danga de dang - Kanegi scores with a four punch combination!
George West is winning the standup battle so far.
West throws a shot from downtown. Kanegi moves away and avoids it.
Kanegi shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. West manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Kanegi throws an elbow that misses. West uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kanegi's guard. Nice move by West!
West trying to stand up but can't free himself from Kanegi's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
West wants to stand and escape but instead Kanegi has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
West on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if West tries to get out of the position.
Kanegi throws an elbow that misses. West uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kanegi's guard. Nice move by West!
West knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kanegi on the ground.
West wants to stand but Kanegi is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kanegi looking to control.
Kanegi tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kanegi has a closed guard, preventing West from standing up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Koji Kanegi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Kanegi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but West was well out of range. Poor timing from Kanegi.
Kanegi slips under a jab.
Kanegi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from West.
Kanegi scores with a nice strike.
West swinging wildly here.
Kanegi cracks a nice hook into West's ribs.
Kanegi dives in and scores a takedown into West's guard.
West has momentary wrist control but Kanegi slips an elbow through the middle.
Kanegi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kanegi forces his way into half guard.
Kanegi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed West's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanegi throwing shots but West is blocking nicely.
Kanegi working West over with strikes.
Kanegi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed West's head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kanegi trying to mount his opponent but West defends it.
Kanegi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kanegi tries to pass to full mount but West defends it.
Kanegi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kanegi lands with a punch from half guard.
Kanegi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed West's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kanegi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed West's head.
Kanegi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kanegi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kanegi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
West won't allow Kanegi to pass to mount.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Kanegi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sloppy strikes from Kanegi. Those never looked like landing.
Kanegi shoots for a takedown but West saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kanegi moves out of range of the strikes.
Kanegi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kanegi tries a head kick but it misses.
Kanegi gets the takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
West avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Kanegi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanegi throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
West regains half guard, as Kanegi was trying to land strikes.
Kanegi moves nicely into side control.
Kanegi works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
West is trying to buck Kanegi off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
West is working to avoid the ground and pound but Kanegi connects with a decent elbow.
Kanegi landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
West avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Kanegi.
West managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Kanegi.
West taking punishment in the form of punches.
West is working to avoid the ground and pound but Kanegi connects with a decent elbow.
Kanegi creates some space and throws a big elbow, but West sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Kanegi throws an elbow but West slips to the side and avoids it well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Koji Kanegi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kanegi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Colin Fray scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 29:29
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 28:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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