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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Futoshi Matsunaga (ranked 625 p4p, 80 weight class) and Nuri Jafar (ranked 612 p4p, 79 weight class). Futoshi Matsunaga has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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145 lbs
16 - 9 - 1 |
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145 lbs
22 - 12 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Futoshi Matsunaga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nuri Jafar!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jafar scores with a nice strike.
Jafar defending well as Matsunaga loads up on a big left hand.
Matsunaga looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Matsunaga doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jafar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Matsunaga.
Futoshi Matsunaga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jafar just misses with a punch to the body.
Jafar closes the distance and clinches.
Matsunaga blocks an uppercut.
Matsunaga's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Matsunaga misses with an uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Matsunaga.
Jafar moves forwards but Matsunaga connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jafar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jafar fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jafar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jafar scores with a crisp jab that stopped Matsunaga in his tracks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matsunaga has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Matsunaga there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jafar lands a nice looking body shot.
Jafar fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jafar moves away from the strike by Matsunaga.
Jafar cracks Matsunaga with an open hand slap.
Matsunaga pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jafar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jafar throws a hook to the side of Matsunaga's head but Matsunaga sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Matsunaga wants to clinch up but Jafar keeps it at a distance.
Matsunaga swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jafar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Matsunaga misses with a kick to the body.
Jafar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Matsunaga was well out of range. Poor timing from Jafar.
A looping hook to the body misses from Matsunaga. Jafar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Matsunaga misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jafar.
Matsunaga closes the distance and clinches.
Matsunaga breaks the clinch.
Matsunaga walks into a straight right hand from Jafar.
Matsunaga circles away from the clinch attempt
and Matsunaga cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Matsunaga scores with a punch to the head.
Matsunaga throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jafar on the side of the head.
Matsunaga fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jafar chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Matsunaga can pounce on him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matsunaga misses with a head kick.
Matsunaga slips under a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jafar blocks a head kick by Matsunaga.
Matsunaga throws an off balance right hand
and Jafar counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jafar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jafar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Matsunaga.
Matsunaga avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Matsunaga connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Matsunaga misses with a lunging right hand
and Jafar counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jafar throws a body shot but no joy.
Matsunaga lands a slapping body shot.
Jafar looks to score with a jab to the body but Matsunaga is just out of range.
The fighters circling - Matsunaga throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Matsunaga misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jafar.
Jafar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Matsunaga manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jafar throws a jab but it's blocked by Matsunaga.
Matsunaga gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jafar.
Matsunaga lands a front kick.
Jafar misses the jab.
Jafar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Matsunaga jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Matsunaga misses the jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matsunaga throws a jab but it's blocked by Jafar.
Matsunaga slips under a jab.
Matsunaga misses with a hook. Jafar ducked under it nicely.
A jab from Matsunaga misses.
Jafar slips under a jab from Matsunaga.
A looping hook to the body misses from Matsunaga. Jafar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Matsunaga attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Jab from Matsunaga.
Jafar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Matsunaga tries a head kick but it misses.
Jafar works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Matsunaga on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jafar moves out of range of the strikes.
Matsunaga uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jafar.
Jafar looks to land a right hand but Matsunaga moved out of range.
Jafar throws a hook but Matsunaga blocks it.
Matsunaga misses with a leg kick
enabling Jafar to counter with a crisp jab.
Matsunaga tries to score with a low kick but Jafar moves his leg out of the way.
Jafar looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jafar staying out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jafar misses with a looping left.
Sloppy strikes from Matsunaga. Those never looked like landing.
Nice defenses there by Matsunaga.
Matsunaga has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jafar finds it's way round the side to connect with Matsunaga's head.
Jafar throws a hook but Matsunaga avoids it easily.
Jafar throws an overhand right that lands on Matsunaga's shoulder, as Matsunaga tries to avoid the shot.
Matsunaga lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jafar circles away quickly and effectively.
Matsunaga connects with a body shot that sends Jafar's belly button to the back.
Jafar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Matsunaga tries a head kick but it misses.
Jafar tries to clinch there but Matsunaga circles away.
Matsunaga connects with a nice looking jab.
Jafar wants to clinch up but Matsunaga keeps it at a distance.
Matsunaga ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A slapping leg kick lands for Matsunaga.
Matsunaga listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jafar scores with a hook.
Matsunaga throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Jafar counter with a right hand.
Matsunaga throws a lazy right hand but Jafar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
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 Futoshi Matsunaga will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Jafar on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Matsunaga. Matsunaga obviously looking to wear him down.
Matsunaga displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jafar throws out the jab.
Jafar gets a clinch.
Jafar tries a body shot but Matsunaga blocks it.
Matsunaga lands a body shot.
Matsunaga lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jafar.
Jafar misses with a punch to the body.
Jafar misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jafar.
Jafar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Matsunaga's elbow.
Matsunaga lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Matsunaga tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Matsunaga lands a hook to the side of the head.
Matsunaga tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jafar just stands there and leans against the cage.
Matsunaga successfully pulls guard.
Matsunaga has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jafar can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Matsunaga is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Jafar frees his head nicely. Oh but Matsunaga has switched to an armbar! Jafar is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Futoshi Matsunaga!
Our winner, Futoshi Matsunaga, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Nuri Jafar spoke after the fight, saying 'He did not follow the script'.
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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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