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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nelson Corrales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oliver Korhonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Corrales comes to the cage accompanied by Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop. Korhonen has chosen Imagine Dragons - Believer as his entrance music. Nelson Corrales has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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188 cm
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170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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178 cm
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161 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Very confident |
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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 Tokyo, Nelson Corrales! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Oliver Korhonen! The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Corrales misses with a straight left. Corrales has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Club Savage MMA Tokyo in the buildup to the fight. Korhonen swats away the attempt to clinch by Corrales. Corrales misses with an uppercut. Korhonen saw that one coming. Korhonen fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Corrales to the ground. Korhonen is now in Corrales's guard. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Korhonen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Corrales is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched. Corrales's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Korhonen takes one to the chin there.
It looks like Oliver Korhonen has been cut. Corrales is looking to clinch. Corrales misses with a hook. Korhonen ducked under it nicely. Corrales throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. 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! Korhonen closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Corrales's guard. Corrales is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far. Korhonen chips away with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round. Korhonen won't allow Corrales to get back to his feet. Korhonen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Korhonen stops Corrales from standing up. Corrales is working an open guard so Korhonen takes the opportunity to get back to his feet. Korhonen ducks under a wild hook from Corrales. Corrales pounces like a tiger and cracks Korhonen with a vicious hook! Korhonen is down but not out! Corrales follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Nelson Corrales! A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Nelson Corrales made sure he mentioned SHINTO, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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