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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kenshi Kimura (ranked 1114 p4p, 121 weight class) and Juan Luna (ranked 433 p4p, 54 weight class). Luna has chosen Noypi by Bamboo as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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162 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
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162 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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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
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kenshi Kimura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Juan Luna!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Dirk Anderson and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luna lands with a right hand.
Kimura shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Luna as he jumps to the side.
Luna misses with a body shot.
Kimura throws a poor cross that misses
and Luna counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The fighters circling - Kimura throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Luna now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Kimura shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Luna as he avoids it easily.
Luna doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Luna moves into the clinch.
Kimura is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Luna lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kimura backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kimura's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kimura looking to stall.
Luna pushes Kimura back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Luna lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luna lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kimura trying to stall but Luna improves his position.
Kimura is trying to break free.
Kimura looking to slow down the pace here.
Kimura taking a breather.
Kimura can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Luna lands a left hand.
Luna scores with a nice hook to the head.
A shot in the inside from Luna.
Kimura stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Luna scores with a nice hook to the head.
Luna lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Luna scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luna working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Luna lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kimura backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Luna creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Luna lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Luna.
A short body shot lands from Luna as the two fighters clinch.
Luna lands a shot to the body.
Luna lands with a right to the head.
Luna lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Luna lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Good body shot from Luna.
Good body shot from Luna.
Kimura stalling against the cage.
Luna lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kimura will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Luna up against the cage.
Luna softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Luna's coach down at Cozad The Island was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Luna's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Luna creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Luna scores with a hook to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kimura holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kimura seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kenshi Kimura.
Luna is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Luna dips to his left and cracks Kimura with an uppercut!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kimura fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenshi Kimura. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kimura misses with a takedown attempt
and Luna counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kimura keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kimura tries to move into range but Luna moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kimura keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Luna's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kimura under the eye.
Kimura takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Luna avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kimura swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luna looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Luna staying out of range there.
Luna cracks Kimura with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Kimura looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Luna finish him?
Kimura is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luna drops a shoulder and throws a monster hook that connects perfectly to the side of Kimura's head, knocking him out cold! Luna is extatic as he celebrates with his cornermen.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Juan Luna!
During a confident post fight interview, Juan Luna thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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