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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shuya Nanahara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Mayhem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nanahara comes to the ring accompanied by Sail. Mayhem has chosen Bullet With A Name by Nonpoint as his entrance music. John Mayhem has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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18 - 5 - 0 |
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195 lbs
31 - 14 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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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
18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shuya Nanahara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Mayhem!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nanahara scores with a decent looking hook.
Mayhem throws a hook but Nanahara avoids it easily.
Mayhem throws a low kick but Nanahara avoids it.
Good leg kick by Mayhem there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Some wild striking there from Nanahara.
Nanahara tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mayhem showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nanahara.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mayhem lands a leg kick that knocks Nanahara off balance momentarily.
Mayhem tries to score with a low kick but Nanahara moves his leg out of the way.
Some bone on bone action there as Nanahara checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayhem does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
It looked like Nanahara was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Mayhem.
Mayhem takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Mayhem fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nanahara looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nanahara moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Mayhem tries to work over Nanahara's front leg with a kick but Nanahara checks it.
Nanahara stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mayhem.
Nanahara ducks right into an uppercut from Mayhem.
Nanahara lands a jab to Mayhem's midsection.
Nanahara stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mayhem.
Nanahara tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nanahara takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A quick step to the side and Nanahara tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mayhem misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mayhem throws a push kick but Nanahara slaps the foot to one side.
Mayhem avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nanahara scores with a jab to the body.
Nanahara blocks a low kick nicely.
Nanahara lands a left and a right that send Mayhem crashing to the mat, dazed. Nanahara thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Mayhem lands a nice shot that snaps Nanahara's head back.
Mayhem lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nanahara throws a right hand that misses
enabling Mayhem to counter with a crisp jab.
Mayhem avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nanahara misses with a two punch combination.
Mayhem showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nanahara.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem tries to work over Nanahara's front leg with a kick but Nanahara checks it.
Nanahara throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mayhem counters with a nice body kick.
Mayhem thows a leg kick but Nanahara checks it
and Nanahara counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Mayhem throws a leg kick
and Nanahara counters with a left and a right that stings Mayhem.
John Mayhem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mayhem throws a head kick but Nanahara moves out of range.
Mayhem fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nanahara.
Nanahara misses with a few strikes there.
Mayhem steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nanahara.
Nanahara drops Mayhem with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Mayhem looks back up at him and smiles so Nanahara waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Mayhem.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nanahara scores with a jab to the body.
A head kick by Mayhem misses
and Nanahara counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Mayhem is looking to land body kicks.
Mayhem dodges the punch combination from Nanahara.
A low kick from Mayhem is predictable there
and Nanahara counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nanahara avoids the head kick by Mayhem.
Nanahara works the jab nicely.
Nanahara is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nanahara throws a head kick that misses
letting Mayhem counter with a right hand.
Nanahara rushes Mayhem and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Mayhem is up against the ropes and has nowhere to go. Nanahara Piles on the pressure and Mayhem crumples to the floor! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shuya Nanahara!
After winning the bout, Shuya Nanahara 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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hype
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pop
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