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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryo Tanaka (ranked 494 p4p, 58 weight class) and Ralphie Harrell (ranked 1271 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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155 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
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162 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ryo Tanaka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ralphie Harrell!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Michael Johnstone and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrell avoids the body shot from Tanaka.
Tanaka connects with a single shot there.
It looks like Ralphie Harrell has been cut.
Harrell tries to move into range but Tanaka moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tanaka closes the distance and pushes Harrell back into the cage.
Harrell tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Tanaka just stands there and leans against the cage.
Harrell drops down looking for an ankle pick but Tanaka pulls his leg out and moves away.
Tanaka is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harrell.
Tanaka stuffs the takedown attempt from Harrell. Harrell gets slowly back to his feet.
Ryo Tanaka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ralphie Harrell.
Tanaka fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Harrell on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Harrell tries to move into range but Tanaka moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tanaka scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tanaka has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tanaka gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Harrell.
Tanaka escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrell fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tanaka stuns Harrell with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tanaka scores with a nice body kick.
Tanaka with a nice cross.
Ryo Tanaka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tanaka lunges at Harrell with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Harrell's hand.
Harrell is rocked!
Harrell looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Harrell walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Tanaka swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ryo Tanaka!
A victorious Ryo Tanaka thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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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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