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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Victor Szczęsny (ranked 2725 p4p, 316 weight class) and Kantaro Hoshino (ranked 3421 p4p, 370 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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135 lbs
47 - 29 - 2 |
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145 lbs
45 - 21 - 3 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
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Excellent MT
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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
47 - 29 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Victor Szczęsny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
45 - 21 - 3, fighting out of New York, Kantaro Hoshino!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Bruno Lombardi and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Szczęsny's corner calls for a 1-2. Szczęsny obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Szczęsny tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hoshino misses with a two punch combination.
Hoshino misses with a lunging right hand
and Szczęsny counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hoshino misses with an uppercut
and Szczęsny counters with a nice body shot.
Hoshino throws a nice looking combination but Szczęsny bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Good exchange - Szczęsny coming out on top.
A shot to the body from Hoshino misses
letting Szczęsny counter with a right hand.
A head kick misses from Szczęsny.
Hoshino takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Szczęsny really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Hoshino swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fight stays on the outside here - Szczęsny looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Szczęsny uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hoshino has time to react.
Hoshino swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Szczęsny slips a straight right by Hoshino.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Szczęsny slips under a jab from Hoshino.
Hoshino just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromSzczęsny.
Hoshino will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hoshino misses with a wild combination.
A cross from Szczęsny lands.
Hoshino swinging wildly here.
Szczęsny moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Szczęsny uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hoshino.
Hoshino throws a combination that misses
and Szczęsny counters with a nice uppercut.
Hoshino looks to throw the jab but Szczęsny is out of range.
Hoshino throws a hook but Szczęsny blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Szczęsny throws a head kick but Hoshino moves out of range.
Hoshino throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Szczęsny.
Szczęsny thows a body kick. Hoshino tries to catch it but that hurt him.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Szczęsny.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Szczęsny moves into the clinch.
Hoshino throws a head punch that misses.
Szczęsny breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hoshino misses with a double jab.
Szczęsny paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hoshino takes a swing at Szczęsny's ribcage but misses.
A shot to the body from Hoshino misses
and Szczęsny counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hoshino is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Szczęsny lands with a right hand.
Hoshino swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Szczęsny staying out of range there.
Hoshino misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoshino avoids the body shot from Szczęsny.
Hoshino takes a swing at Szczęsny's ribcage but misses.
Szczęsny showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hoshino.
Szczęsny has managed to clinch.
Hoshino misses with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Szczęsny throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Szczęsny.
Hoshino can't find room to land a body shot as Szczęsny controls the action.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hoshino on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Szczęsny taking a breather.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoshino swings wildly with an uppercut but Szczęsny uses good head movement to avoid it.
Szczęsny stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hoshino misses with a punch on the inside.
Szczęsny is looking to control Hoshino's arms but Hoshino gets an underhook and turns him. Now Szczęsny has his back to the cage.
Szczęsny crunches a lovely knee into Hoshino's ribcage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hoshino.
Szczęsny blocking some punches.
Hoshino misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hoshino lands a nice uppercut.
Szczęsny is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A short right from Hoshino on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hoshino lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hoshino working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Szczęsny blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hoshino cracks Szczęsny with a nice body shot.
Hoshino on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hoshino has a couple of punches blocked by Szczęsny.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Victor Szczęsny will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Szczęsny is looking to slow Hoshino down with leg kicks.
Szczęsny is looking to slow Hoshino down with leg kicks.
Hoshino swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Szczęsny slips a jab from Hoshino.
Szczęsny avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Szczęsny is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Hoshino takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hoshino has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Szczęsny.
Hoshino throws a jab but it's blocked by Szczęsny.
Szczęsny feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Hoshino blocks a low kick nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Szczęsny.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hoshino misses with a lunging right hand
and Szczęsny counters with a right hand to the body.
Hoshino throws a combination that misses
and Szczęsny counters with a good low kick that Hoshino was not able to check.
Hoshino misses with a hook
and Szczęsny connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Szczęsny tries a head kick but it misses.
Hoshino takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoshino ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Szczęsny moves away.
Szczęsny was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Szczęsny showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hoshino.
Szczęsny ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hoshino moves away.
Hoshino throws a jab but it's blocked by Szczęsny.
Hoshino tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Szczęsny was well out of range. Poor timing from Hoshino.
Kantaro Hoshino is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hoshino lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Szczęsny circles away quickly and effectively.
Hoshino throws a combination that misses
and Szczęsny counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Szczęsny doesn't manage to clinch there - Hoshino circles away.
Victor Szczęsny is winning the standup battle so far.
Hoshino misses with a double jab
and Szczęsny counters with a thumping low kick.
Hoshino goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Szczęsny connects with a single shot there.
Hoshino pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Szczęsny displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hoshino throws out the jab.
Hoshino's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Szczęsny misses with a series of wild punches.
Szczęsny thumps Hoshino with a low kick.
Szczęsny moves away from the strike by Hoshino.
Hoshino tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Szczęsny, right into the meat.
Hoshino is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Hoshino ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kantaro Hoshino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hoshino is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Szczęsny dives in and grabs Hoshino's left leg, looking for a takedown. Hoshino pushes down on Szczęsny's head and hops out.
Szczęsny misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hoshino.
Szczęsny scores with a hook to the body. Hoshino takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Szczęsny misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoshino throws a lazy right hand but Szczęsny sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice jab there from Szczęsny.
A slow jab from Hoshino misses its intended target.
Szczęsny moves away from the strike by Hoshino.
Szczęsny appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Szczęsny throws a solid leg kick but Hoshino takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Szczęsny.
Szczęsny forces Hoshino back against the cage and clinches.
Hoshino doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hoshino misses with a hook to the ribs.
Szczęsny manages to break the clinch.
Szczęsny scores with a jab to the head.
Szczęsny tries to close the distance and clinch but Hoshino swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hoshino on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Szczęsny connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hoshino misses with a hook
and Szczęsny counters with a nice body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Szczęsny avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Szczęsny was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Szczęsny.
Hoshino bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Szczęsny is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hoshino can do to turn this around?
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!
Hoshino takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hoshino misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kantaro Hoshino is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hoshino misses with a hook.
Szczęsny throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Szczęsny uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hoshino.
Szczęsny seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
A big right from Hoshino misses.
Hoshino swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hoshino misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Szczęsny dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Good standup being displayed there by Szczęsny as he connects with a hook.
Hoshino leaves Szczęsny with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hoshino appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A big right from Szczęsny misses.
Hoshino throws a jab but it's blocked by Szczęsny.
Szczęsny wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Szczęsny slips under a jab.
Hoshino throws a series of punches but Szczęsny avoids them all with ease.
A right-left combo lands from Szczęsny.
Hoshino falls off balance throwing a combination
and Szczęsny counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Szczęsny moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hoshino with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Szczęsny to score with a decent uppercut.
Szczęsny takes a swing at Hoshino's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Hoshino does no damage.
Szczęsny jabs Hoshino to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Szczęsny slips a jab from Hoshino.
Szczęsny tried to counter with a leg kick but Hoshino avoided it.
Hoshino throws a series of punches but Szczęsny moves out of range.
Hoshino throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It looked like Szczęsny was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hoshino.
Szczęsny fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hoshino manages to avoid it.
Hoshino swinging wildly here.
Szczęsny thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hoshino if he has to take too many more of those.
Szczęsny tries to clinch but Hoshino is having none of it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Szczęsny, right into the meat.
Hoshino throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Some wild striking there from Hoshino.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Szczęsny misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hoshino throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hoshino will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hoshino stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny blocks a jab.
Szczęsny is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Hoshino.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Szczęsny displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hoshino throws out the jab.
Szczęsny darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Szczęsny fails with an attempt to clinch.
Szczęsny goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Szczęsny closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Hoshino quickly recovers to half guard.
Szczęsny content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kantaro Hoshino has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hoshino wants to control the action here but instead Szczęsny manages to pass to full mount!
Hoshino bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Hoshino trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hoshino trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hoshino drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hoshino jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Szczęsny is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hoshino defends well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoshino thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Hoshino postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hoshino landing some decent shots from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Szczęsny is trying to keep Hoshino in close.
Victor Szczęsny is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hoshino drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Szczęsny manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Hoshino has Szczęsny in his guard.
Szczęsny will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Szczęsny with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
And that's the end of the fight!
Victor Szczęsny showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Szczęsny, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor Szczęsny!
Victor Szczęsny took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.
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