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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Willem Kriel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ikuhisa Matsumoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kriel comes to the cage accompanied by Jack Parow & Freshlyground - Army Of One. Ikuhisa Matsumoto has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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178 cm
24
183 lbs
6 - 7 - 0 |
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180 cm
23
181 lbs
8 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful |
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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
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Willem Kriel! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ikuhisa Matsumoto! The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A chopping leg kick lands by Kriel. Matsumoto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Matsumoto misses with a right hand and Kriel counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. Kriel moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross. Matsumoto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kriel paws at him with a jab and circles away. Kriel appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick. Matsumoto misses the shot to the body. As Matsumoto looks to move away, Kriel throws a big counter combo but Matsumoto just gets out of the way. A jab lands there for Kriel. Matsumoto looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Kriel is looking to score with low kicks. Matsumoto misses with a left hand and Kriel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Ikuhisa Matsumoto has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round. Kriel drops Matsumoto with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Matsumoto looks back up at him and smiles so Kriel waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Matsumoto is rocked! Kriel lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Matsumoto head around and knocks him out cold! Kriel hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Willem Kriel! A very excited looking Willem Kriel rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
69% |
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