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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John West (ranked 4560 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samuel Fatu (ranked 8160 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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200 cm
25
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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183 cm
19
265 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John West! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Samuel Fatu! The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Fatu avoids the head kick by West.
Fatu lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected. Fatu misses with an uppercut. West saw that one coming. West slips under a jab. West throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
West scores with a hook. Fatu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Fatu rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but West moves out of range and avoids them all easily. West appears to be looking for a counter takedown. Fatu has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight. Fatu moves out of range as West strikes. Fatu misses with a shot to the body and West counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. West takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
West with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Fatu to score with a decent uppercut. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Fatu scores with a crisp jab that stopped West in his tracks. A jab from Fatu misses. A shot to the liver by Fatu. Beautiful body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round. A combination from West does no damage. Fatu misses with a jab, cross combination.
West misses with a straight right. West keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fatu. A big right from West misses. Fatu looks to land a left hand but West moved out of range nicely. Fatu displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination. Fatu misses with an uppercut
and West counters with a one-two to the body. West wants to clinch up but Fatu keeps it at a distance. Fatu throws a poor cross that misses
and West counters with a straight right hand. Fatu looks to score with a jab to the body but West is just out of range. West on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Samuel Fatu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. West ducks right into an uppercut from Fatu. West uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fatu. West misses with a straight left. West moves away from the strike by Fatu. Fatu connects with a single shot there. Fatu misses with a straight left. West is looking to counter punch. Samuel Fatu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Fatu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract West. A telegraphed right hand from Fatu misses the target. West get stunned by a cross and takes another one on the button. West stumbles backwards and tries to bounce back off the cage but Fatu runs in and jumps on him with a leaping lead hook that puts him out! Wow, that was highlight reel stuff! Awesome finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Samuel Fatu!
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G |
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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
56% |
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