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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Steph Curry (ranked 1870 p4p, 227 weight class) and Shoju Bayushi (ranked 3206 p4p, 358 weight class). Curry's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Metallica - Enter Sandman. Bayushi has chosen Scorpions - Always Somewhere as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Steph Curry has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
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Excellent boxer
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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
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Steph Curry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shoju Bayushi!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Curry ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Curry looking to score a takedown here. Bayushi is defending well but Curry drives through and ends up in Bayushi's guard.
Bayushi throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bayushi can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bayushi keeping moving, preventing Curry from controlling successfully.
Bayushi has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Curry is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Bayushi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Curry swings wildly with an uppercut but Bayushi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bayushi manages to break the clinch.
Bayushi throws a hook but Curry avoids it easily.
Curry catches Bayushi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bayushi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Curry moves away.
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!
Curry's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bayushi under the eye.
Curry lands a body shot.
Curry clinches up with Bayushi and pushes him back against the cage.
We've been hearing reports that Curry has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curry drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Curry lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bayushi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bayushi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bayushi loads up on a big right hand but Curry slips the punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Curry misses the target.
Bayushi has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Curry looks for a takedown but Bayushi sprawls well.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Bayushi enables Curry to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Bayushi manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Bayushi pushes Curry off and scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bayushi lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bayushi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Curry moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curry tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Bayushi defends well and Curry ends up having to push Bayushi into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steph Curry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bayushi is looking to score with low kicks.
Curry throws a big shot that misses.
Curry takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A shot to the liver by Bayushi. Beautiful body shot.
Bayushi lands a really nice looking cross but Curry seems unphased.
Curry looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Bayushi kicks off Curry and gets to his feet.
Curry fails with a takedown attempt.
Curry swings widly with a right hand
and Bayushi counters with a straight right hand.
Curry shoots in looking for a takedown but Bayushi manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Curry's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Curry misses with an uppercut.
Bayushi lands a big uppercut and Curry crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Curry looks OK. Bayushi waves Curry back to his feet!
Curry is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Curry misses the target.
Curry misses with an uppercut.
Bayushi now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Bayushi cracks Curry with a hook to the temple - Curry is on wobbly legs here! Bayushi swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Curry falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Bayushi wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Shoju Bayushi!
Shoju Bayushi decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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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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