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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryu Hyabusa (ranked 4385 p4p, 442 weight class) and Norman Young (ranked 6700 p4p, 506 weight class). Norman Young will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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163 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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158 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryu Hyabusa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Norman Young!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Micheangelo Fripello and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young tries for a takedown but Hyabusa sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Young has a takedown stuffed.
Young fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hyabusa has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Panda Sprawl n Brawl in the buildup to the fight.
Ryu Hyabusa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Norman Young.
Young throws a series of punches but Hyabusa moves out of range.
It looked like Hyabusa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Young with a poor takedown
so Hyabusa counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Hyabusa working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hyabusa advances position into side control!
Hyabusa tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hyabusa has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Young is looking for a sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyabusa thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hyabusa postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Hyabusa looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hyabusa connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Young some visible discomfort.
Young is looking for a sweep.
Hyabusa trying to control the position but Young is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hyabusa is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Young has escaped the position, nice work there.
Hyabusa tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hyabusa has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hyabusa postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Young is looking for a sweep.
Young defending against the ground and pound.
Hyabusa misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Hyabusa wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Young, who protects the arm well.
Hyabusa happy to just control the position for now.
Hyabusa tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hyabusa has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Hyabusa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Young keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Hyabusa asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Young takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Hyabusa really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
An elbow from Hyabusa crashes against the mat.
Hyabusa misses with the ground and pound.
Hyabusa tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hyabusa has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Young manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Hyabusa is pressing down on Young's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Hyabusa will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young stopping the sweep attempt from Hyabusa.
Hyabusa is working hard here to advance position.
Young wants to control from the top but Hyabusa keeps moving.
Hyabusa looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Young postures up.
Hyabusa has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Young won't allow Hyabusa to sweep him here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hyabusa can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Young controls the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryu Hyabusa dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Young tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hyabusa checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hyabusa slips a jab and a cross from Young.
Hyabusa is looking to counter punch.
Young dives in and grabs Hyabusa's left leg, looking for a takedown. Hyabusa pushes down on Young's head and hops out.
It looked like Hyabusa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Young goes for a double leg but Hyabusa avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Hyabusa continues to drive forward.
Hyabusa throws a body punch but Young moves out of range.
Young is trying to counter with his kicks.
Young has closed the distance and engaged Hyabusa in a clinch.
Hyabusa lands a left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hyabusa lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Hyabusa scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hyabusa content to control rather than advance.
Young is looking for a sweep. Hyabusa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hyabusa.
Young is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hyabusa has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Young keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hyabusa is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Hyabusa not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Young tries to get to full guard but Hyabusa has control of the leg.
Young avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hyabusa.
Young wants to get back to his feet.
Ryu Hyabusa overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Young has hold of Hyabusa's hands but Hyabusa slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hyabusa is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hyabusa is working for a kimura but Young is defending it quite comfortably.
Hyabusa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Young can do to turn this around?
Hyabusa is trying to control the action in half guard but Young is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Young keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Hyabusa thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hyabusa passes to side control.
Young avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hyabusa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyabusa trying to control the action but Young is working from the bottom.
Hyabusa is trying to get an arm triangle but Young is defending well.
Young tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hyabusa taking a breather here.
Young managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Hyabusa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Hyabusa looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Young is avoiding damage well.
Hyabusa is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Young has escaped the position, nice work there.
Hyabusa tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Hyabusa working away.
Hyabusa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Young keeps working.
Hyabusa lands a few punches from side control.
Young tries to improve position but can't.
Hyabusa tries for a kimura but Young is defending well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hyabusa throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryu Hyabusa dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Young moves into the clinch.
Hyabusa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hyabusa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hyabusa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Still in the clinch, Hyabusa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hyabusa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hyabusa misses with a punch on the inside.
Hyabusa is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Young is looking to control Hyabusa's arms but Hyabusa gets an underhook and turns him. Now Young has his back to the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hyabusa scores with a shoulder strike.
Hyabusa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hyabusa throws a punch but it's blocked by Young.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hyabusa.
Hyabusa has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Young is trying to keep an underhook but Hyabusa manages to get the takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyabusa is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Hyabusa wants to control but Young is keeping him busy.
Young trying to control but Hyabusa postures up.
Young wants to improve his position but Hyabusa is controlling well.
Hyabusa blocks the strikes from Young.
Hyabusa not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hyabusa is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Young sees it coming and defends easily.
Hyabusa sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Young defending well though.
Hyabusa not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hyabusa is pressing down on Young's thigh, looking to free his foot. Young is holding on for now.
Young keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hyabusa is thwarting Young's attempts to control the position.
Hyabusa thows a huge punch but Young dodges it nicely.
Young blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hyabusa.
Hyabusa is trying to control the action in half guard but Young is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Young avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hyabusa.
Hyabusa is trying to control the action in half guard but Young is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hyabusa passes to side control.
Hyabusa wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Young, who protects the arm well.
Hyabusa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Young keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyabusa scores with a couple of short elbows.
Young struggling a bit here.
Young is not content to let Hyabusa control the position.
Hyabusa is really struggling to control Young but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Young is looking for a sweep.
Hyabusa is trying to get an arm triangle but Young is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hyabusa trying to control the action but Young is working from the bottom.
Young can't do much from the bottom here.
Hyabusa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Young keeps working.
Hyabusa creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Young sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Hyabusa thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Young taking a bit of punishment here - Hyabusa scoring with strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ryu Hyabusa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hyabusa has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryu Hyabusa!
After the big win, Ryu Hyabusa made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Arcticus University: London and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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