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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Skelator (ranked 24321 p4p, 319 weight class) and Shintaro Mifune (ranked 8891 p4p, 312 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Mifune's choice of entrance music: MIYAVI vs. KenKen - Flashback. Ryan Skelator has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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135 lbs
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140 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryan Skelator !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Shintaro Mifune!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skelator gets tackled into the cage by Mifune. Mifune maintains the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Skelator .
Skelator blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mifune turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Mifune manages to end up in side control.
Mifune misses with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mifune in side control lands a decent elbow.
Mifune working the ground and pound.
Check out the look on Mifune's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Mifune working the ground and pound from side control.
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!
Mifune wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Skelator , who protects the arm well.
Mifune lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Mifune is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Skelator will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Skelator really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Mifune is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Skelator knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Mifune working the body and head with strikes.
Skelator on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Skelator tries to get out of the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skelator wants to get back to his feet but Mifune drags him back down.
Mifune is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Skelator knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Mifune working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Mifune working the ground and pound.
Mifune works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Mifune trying to control the action but Skelator is working from the bottom.
Skelator knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mifune on the ground.
Sloppy strikes there by Mifune.
Mifune working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mifune works to advance to full mount. Skelator defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Mifune with the ground and pound from mount.
Mifune has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mifune lands a heavy elbow.
Mifune working away from the top, dropping strikes.
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!
Mifune has control of Skelator 's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Skelator regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Mifune landing strikes from the mount.
Mifune with good strikes from the mount here!
Mifune is working for a guillotine from mount but Skelator frees his head quite easily.
Mifune looking to secure an arm triangle but Skelator defends it well.
Mifune is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Skelator has managed to escape the submission attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mifune looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Mifune looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Mifune landing strikes, looking to finish!
Skelator is bucking up trying to escape but Mifune cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Mifune raining down hammerfists from mount.
Skelator is rocked!
Skelator really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Oh Skelator is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mifune looking to control but Skelator is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Skelator seems to have got his legs back now.
Mifune working for a submission but Skelator is keeping him at bay.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mifune looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Mifune looking to control but Skelator is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Mifune raining down hammerfists from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mifune with good strikes from the mount here!
Mifune looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Skelator covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shintaro Mifune!
In his post fight interview, Shintaro Mifune started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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