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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Daniel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gichin Funakoshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas Daniel has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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212 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
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189 cm
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215 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Powerful takedowns
World class MT
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
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thomas Daniel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gichin Funakoshi!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Jonathan Paton and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Funakoshi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Daniel looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Daniel ducks under a wild hook from Funakoshi.
A looping hook to the body misses from Daniel. Funakoshi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Daniel scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Funakoshi has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Daniel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Daniel works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Daniel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Funakoshi is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Funakoshi closes the distance and clinches.
Daniel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Funakoshi trying to land knees to the body.
Daniel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Funakoshi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Daniel avoiding damage as Funakoshi throws knees to the body.
Funakoshi misses with a knee strike.
Funakoshi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Funakoshi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Funakoshi misses with a knee to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Funakoshi - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Funakoshi tries to land knees in the clinch but Daniel avoids the damage to the body.
Daniel is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Daniel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The referee calls for Daniel to work.
Funakoshi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Daniel prevents a body shot from Funakoshi.
Funakoshi misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Funakoshi pushes off an throws an elbow but Daniel leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Funakoshi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Funakoshi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Daniel is defending well for now.
Funakoshi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Daniel manages to break the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Daniel. Funakoshi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Funakoshi moves in looking to clinch but Daniel pushes him off.
Daniel is looking to counter punch.
Funakoshi takes a kick to the side of the head.
Funakoshi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Funakoshi throws a low kick but it's checked well by Daniel.
Funakoshi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Daniel.
Daniel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniel scores with a nice strike.
Funakoshi ducks under a wild hook from Daniel.
Daniel missing with a left hand there. Funakoshi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Funakoshi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Funakoshi throws a sloppy head kick and Daniel moves out of range easily.
Funakoshi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Daniel misses with a looping right.
Funakoshi blocks a head kick by Daniel.
Daniel stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Funakoshi.
Daniel throws a series of punches but Funakoshi moves out of range.
Daniel walks forward, straight into a front kick from Funakoshi.
Funakoshi ducks under a wild hook from Daniel.
Daniel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Funakoshi jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Funakoshi slips a jab from Daniel.
Daniel will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Funakoshi!
Daniel is breathing heavily.
Funakoshi throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Funakoshi gets a clinch.
Funakoshi is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Funakoshi leaning his opponent against the cage.
Funakoshi looking to throw knees to the head but Daniel is blocking nicely.
Funakoshi is struggling to control the position.
Daniel misses with a body punch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gichin Funakoshi dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Funakoshi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Funakoshi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Daniel.
Daniel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Daniel throws a low kick but Funakoshi avoids it.
Daniel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Daniel misses with a looping left.
Funakoshi blocks a jab.
Funakoshi with the counter takedown but Daniel avoids it easily.
A big right from Daniel misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daniel just misses with a punch to the body.
Funakoshi throws a fast counter high kick but Daniel manages to duck under it in time.
Funakoshi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A head kick misses from Daniel.
Daniel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Funakoshi tries to counter by closing the distance.
Funakoshi clinches up with Daniel and pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Funakoshi avoiding damage.
A knee to the head by Funakoshi.
Funakoshi lands an elbow inside.
Daniel slows down the pace here.
Daniel being controlled against the cage.
Funakoshi holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Funakoshi receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Daniel avoids a wild elbow strike from Funakoshi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Funakoshi working Daniel over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Funakoshi missing with knees to the body.
Funakoshi lands a damaging elbow.
Daniel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Funakoshi crunches a lovely knee into Daniel's ribcage.
Funakoshi tries for a takedown. No joy.
Funakoshi with a knee to the head.
Funakoshi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Funakoshi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right handed body shot lands from Funakoshi.
Funakoshi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Funakoshi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Daniel blocks it with crossed arms.
Daniel is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funakoshi cracks Daniel with a nice body shot.
Funakoshi landing knees to the body.
Funakoshi tries to land a knee to the head but Daniel blocks with his arms.
Funakoshi struggles to land a body shot inside as Daniel controls his hands.
Funakoshi scores a nice knee to the body.
Funakoshi pressing his opponent against the cage.
Daniel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Funakoshi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Daniel avoids the head kick by Funakoshi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniel gets a takedown into half guard.
Funakoshi pushes Daniel off and gets back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Funakoshi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Daniel.
Funakoshi has Daniel up against the cage in a clinch.
Daniel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Funakoshi missing with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Daniel fails to land.
Funakoshi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Funakoshi trying to land knees to the body.
Funakoshi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Daniel lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gichin Funakoshi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Funakoshi cracks Daniel with a right hand to the side of the head.
Daniel closes the distance and clinches up with Funakoshi, looking for a takedown. Daniel pushes Funakoshi against the cage but Funakoshi circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Funakoshi lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Daniel is rocked!
Funakoshi moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Oh Daniel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Funakoshi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Daniel looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Funakoshi has closed the distance and engaged Daniel in a clinch.
Funakoshi stalls.
Funakoshi lands an elbow inside.
Funakoshi has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Daniel - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Funakoshi, and another! Daniel is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Gichin Funakoshi!
A very excited looking Gichin Funakoshi made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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