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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Santosh Nagasaki (ranked 504 p4p, 25 weight class) and Derek Vinyard (ranked 482 p4p, 24 weight class). Nagasaki's entrance music is Execute Plan: Nuclear Tortoise. A fine choice. Santosh Nagasaki could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Derek Vinyard's chin.
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144 lbs
18 - 11 - 0 |
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167 cm
28
145 lbs
18 - 9 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Santosh Nagasaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Derek Vinyard!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nagasaki shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Vinyard napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Nagasaki working the strikes but Vinyard uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Nagasaki sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Vinyard defending well though.
Vinyard blocking the ground and pound attempt from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Vinyard keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Vinyard keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Vinyard has his hands clasped together around Nagasaki's back. He's all about the action.
Vinyard is trying to maintain the position but Nagasaki is very close to passing his half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vinyard on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vinyard wants to improve his position but Nagasaki is controlling well.
Vinyard felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Nagasaki throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nice strikes from Nagasaki there.
Nagasaki not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nagasaki throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Vinyard is refusing to be controlled, as Nagasaki sits in half guard.
Nagasaki looks to land a strike but Vinyard avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nagasaki accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Vinyard pulls Nagasaki in close to his closed guard and prevents Nagasaki from doing any damage or advancing position.
Nagasaki makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vinyard preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nagasaki accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nagasaki trying to control but Vinyard is working from the bottom.
Nagasaki postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nagasaki landing with the ground and pound.
Vinyard has Nagasaki pulled in close to control his posture.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nagasaki accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki trying to control but Vinyard is working from the bottom.
Nagasaki is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Nagasaki throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vinyard works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nagasaki throws a strike but Vinyard rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Vinyard is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Vinyard would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Nagasaki pulls Vinyard in close to prevent any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vinyard wants to pass the guard but Nagasaki is keeping the position.
Nagasaki is trying to control the position but Vinyard postures up.
Vinyard sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Vinyard trying to control the position from guard on top but Nagasaki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Santosh Nagasaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Vinyard walks into a left hand.
Vinyard takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Santosh Nagasaki dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Vinyard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nagasaki ducks under a wild hook from Vinyard.
Vinyard throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Vinyard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nagasaki scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Vinyard ducks right into an uppercut from Nagasaki.
Decent striking displayed by Nagasaki there.
Vinyard scores with a hook to the body. Nagasaki takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nagasaki clobbers Vinyard with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nagasaki misses with a body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Vinyard! But no joy.
Nagasaki scores with a nice head shot.
Vinyard throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nagasaki.
Nagasaki tries to counter with a takedown but Vinyard is quick to defend against it.
Vinyard smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nagasaki fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Vinyard to the ground. Nagasaki is now in Vinyard's guard.
Vinyard pushes Nagasaki off and scrambles back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagasaki's corner calls for a 1-2. Nagasaki obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Vinyard throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nagasaki counters with a nice uppercut.
Vinyard is rocked!
Vinyard throws a body kick that misses.
Vinyard is still on wobbly legs! Can Nagasaki finish him?
Nagasaki shoots in but Vinyard avoids the takedown attempt easily.
It seemed like Vinyard was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nagasaki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nagasaki clobbers Vinyard with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nagasaki scoring well with a low kick there.
Nagasaki steps in with a hook that catches Vinyard right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Nagasaki follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Vinyard looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Santosh Nagasaki!
A very excited looking Santosh Nagasaki made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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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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