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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yoshiry Torikama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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184 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yoshiry Torikama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrew Henry !
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Henry is looking for the big counter here.
Henry ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Torikama is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Henry .
Henry has managed to clinch.
Torikama misses with a punch on the inside.
Henry blocking some punches.
Henry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Torikama avoids it.
Nice elbow from Henry .
Henry throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Torikama on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Henry missing with knees to the body.
Torikama is trying to trip Henry . He has hold of a leg but Henry is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Torikama persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
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.
Torikama throws a big right hand that misses.
Torikama throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Henry keeping full guard, as Torikama tries to pass.
Torikama prevents Henry from getting back to his feet.
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.
Torikama postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Henry is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Torikama, into his guard.
Henry won't allow Torikama to sweep him here.
Henry wants to get up but he can't break Torikama's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Henry working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Torikama thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Torikama is trying to control the position but Henry postures up.
Torikama has a closed guard, preventing Henry from standing up.
Torikama striking off his back but it's not causing Henry any problems.
Henry wants to get up but he can't break Torikama's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Torikama on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Torikama tries to get out of the position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Henry wants to stand and escape but instead Torikama has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry wants to get back to his feet but Torikama is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Torikama postures up in Henry 's guard and throws a big left but Henry blocks it.
Torikama works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Torikama throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Torikama throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Torikama working the head and body with strikes.
Torikama lands with a punch from half guard.
Torikama thows a huge punch but Henry dodges it nicely.
Henry avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Torikama.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry is defending against the submission attempts here by Torikama.
Henry wants to get back to his feet.
Torikama scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Torikama thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Henry 's head.
Henry keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Torikama slips a nice elbow through Henry 's hands, connecting with Henry 's forehead.
Torikama has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Henry taking shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torikama throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Henry because Torikama loaded up on that one.
Torikama won't let Henry get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Torikama lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Torikama working Henry over with strikes here.
Torikama in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
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!
Torikama throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Henry takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Henry is rocked!
Torikama has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Torikama unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Henry wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Torikama celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yoshiry Torikama!
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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
42% |
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