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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Akio Kurosaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicanor Veloso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Akio Kurosaki has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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214 lbs
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220 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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Good wrestler
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Akio Kurosaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nicanor Veloso!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Damien Edna and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kurosaki moves into range and clinches up with Veloso.
Kurosaki drops down looking for an ankle pick but Veloso pulls his leg out and moves away.
Kurosaki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Veloso clinches with his opponent.
Kurosaki looking to throw knees to the head but Veloso is blocking nicely.
Kurosaki tries a knee to the head but Veloso blocks it.
A body shot lands from Veloso.
Veloso lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kurosaki or not.
Veloso is pushing Kurosaki up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kurosaki tries to land knees in the clinch but Veloso avoids the damage to the body.
Kurosaki lands an elbow inside.
Veloso lands a body shot.
Veloso throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kurosakis head.
Kurosaki drops down looking for an ankle pick but Veloso pulls his leg out and moves away.
Veloso tries a head kick but it misses.
Kurosaki is looking to slow Veloso down with leg kicks.
Kurosaki tries to clinch
and Veloso moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Veloso takes an elbow to the temple.
Veloso dodges an elbow strike from Kurosaki.
Kurosaki scores with a knee to the head.
Kurosaki misses with an elbow strike.
Veloso lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kurosaki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kurosaki tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Akio Kurosaki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kurosaki lands a left hand that snaps the head of Veloso backwards.
Veloso avoiding damage as Kurosaki throws knees to the body.
Kurosaki is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Veloso pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Kurosaki scores with a nice short uppercut.
Veloso takes a knee to the side of the body.
Veloso blocks an elbow strike.
Kurosaki landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Veloso gets through Kurosaki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kurosaki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Veloso blocks it with crossed arms.
Veloso takes a knee to the side of the body.
Veloso managing to block the knees to the body from Kurosaki.
Kurosaki is breathing heavily.
Veloso presses Kurosaki against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kurosaki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kurosaki looking to throw knees to the head but Veloso is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veloso stalling.
Kurosaki with a knee to the head.
Veloso lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kurosaki creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kurosaki lands an elbow that stopped Veloso in his tracks for a moment.
Kurosaki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Veloso has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Veloso blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kurosaki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Veloso has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Veloso is leaning against Kurosaki and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Veloso.
Kurosaki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Veloso blocks it with crossed arms.
Veloso is leaning against Kurosaki and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Veloso lands a hook to the side of the head.
Veloso cracks Kurosaki with a nice body shot.
Kurosaki takes a shot to the head.
Veloso lands with a short shot to the head.
Kurosaki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Veloso avoids it.
Kurosaki takes a shot to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kurosaki tries to land a knee to the head but Veloso blocks with his arms.
Veloso lands a hook that snaps the head of Kurosaki backwards.
Veloso cracks Kurosaki with a nice body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veloso working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kurosaki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Veloso controlling the action here for a moment.
Kurosaki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Veloso has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kurosaki tries a knee to the head but Veloso blocks it.
Veloso lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kurosaki backwards.
Veloso is struggling to control the position.
Kurosaki looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Veloso working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kurosaki lands a left hand.
Kurosaki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Veloso has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kurosaki comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Veloso dodges an elbow strike from Kurosaki.
Come on Veloso - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Veloso lands with a light punch inside.
Kurosaki lands a knee to the head.
Kurosaki misses with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kurosaki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Veloso blocks it with crossed arms.
Kurosaki trying to land knees to the body.
Kurosaki misses with a knee to the head.
Veloso stalling.
Kurosaki misses with the head strike.
Veloso lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kurosaki backwards.
Kurosaki takes a shot to the head.
Veloso lands a body shot in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kurosaki.
Kurosaki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Veloso blocks it with crossed arms.
Veloso lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kurosaki missing with knees to the body.
Kurosaki looking to throw knees to the head but Veloso is blocking nicely.
Kurosaki throws an elbow but it misses.
A shot in the inside from Veloso.
A hook to the body from Veloso.
Veloso lands with a short punch from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nice elbow from Kurosaki.
Kurosaki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nicanor Veloso dominated that round.
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.
Veloso clinches up against the cage.
Kurosaki misses with a knee strike.
Veloso lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kurosaki looking to throw knees to the head but Veloso is blocking nicely.
Kurosaki unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kurosaki lands an elbow just above Veloso 's eye.
Veloso avoids a wild elbow strike from Kurosaki.
Kurosaki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kurosaki misses with a knee strike.
Veloso working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Veloso blocks an elbow strike.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kurosaki missing with knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Veloso.
Kurosaki misses with an elbow strike.
Kurosaki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Veloso slowing the pace effectively.
A left hand lands to the body for Veloso.
Kurosaki looking to throw knees to the head but Veloso is blocking nicely.
Kurosaki drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Veloso gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Veloso controlling the action here for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurosaki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Veloso blocks it with crossed arms.
Kurosaki misses with a knee strike.
Kurosaki tries to land knees in the clinch but Veloso avoids the damage to the body.
Veloso avoids a wild elbow strike from Kurosaki.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kurosaki.
Kurosaki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kurosaki creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Veloso.
Veloso lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Veloso.
A right hook to the body lands for Veloso.
Veloso works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Veloso lands a body shot.
Nice body punch from Veloso - that landed with a thud.
A right hook to the body lands for Veloso.
The referee is keeping an eye on Veloso - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Kurosaki pushes off an throws an elbow but Veloso leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurosaki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Veloso digs a right hand underneath Kurosaki's ribcage. Kurosaki let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kurosaki creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Veloso's defenses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Veloso takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Veloso blocks an elbow strike from Kurosaki.
A short body shot lands from Veloso as the two fighters clinch.
Kurosaki missing with knees to the body.
Veloso stalling against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kurosaki just misses with a elbow thrown towards Veloso's brow.
Veloso displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kurosaki up against the cage.
Kurosaki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kurosaki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Veloso throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kurosaki looking to throw knees to the head but Veloso is blocking nicely.
Kurosaki misses with an elbow over the top.
Kurosaki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Veloso blocks it with crossed arms.
Veloso lands a body punch.
Veloso scores with a shot to the side of Kurosaki's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veloso digs a right hand underneath Kurosaki's ribcage. Kurosaki let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Veloso presses Kurosaki against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Veloso lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kurosaki or not.
Veloso is working Kurosaki over against the cage.
Veloso stalling in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Veloso.
It looks like Akio Kurosaki has been cut.
Veloso lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kurosaki is working Veloso over against the cage.
Veloso throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Veloso presses Kurosaki against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The referee calls for Veloso to work.
Kurosaki misses with a knee to the head.
Veloso lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Veloso.
Veloso lands with a right to the head.
Kurosaki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Veloso scores with a hook to the body.
A short right from Veloso on the inside.
A short right from Veloso.
Kurosaki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Veloso blocks it with crossed arms.
Veloso working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Veloso working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nicanor Veloso seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short right from Veloso on the inside.
Kurosaki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Veloso.
Veloso lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Veloso.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Veloso leaning his opponent against the cage.
Veloso lands with a light punch inside.
Veloso working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kurosaki looking to throw knees to the head but Veloso is blocking nicely.
Kurosaki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kurosaki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Veloso lands a body punch.
A bit of stalling here from Veloso.
Kurosaki throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Veloso slowing the pace effectively.
Kurosaki misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nicanor Veloso showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Akio Kurosaki's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Veloso misses with a head kick.
Kurosaki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kurosaki circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kurosaki counters with a thumping low kick.
Kurosaki looks to clinch
and Veloso moves into the clinch.
Kurosaki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kurosaki changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Veloso fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Kurosaki throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kurosaki throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kurosaki closes the distance but Veloso moves to the side
and Veloso counters by moving into the clinch.
Veloso managing to block the knees to the body from Kurosaki.
Veloso stops a takedown attempt from Kurosaki.
Veloso cracks Kurosaki with a nice body shot.
Kurosaki lands a shoulder strike.
Kurosaki lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Veloso blocking some punches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kurosaki obliges.
Kurosaki changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Veloso fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Akio Kurosaki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kurosaki misses with a body kick.
Kurosaki closes the distance looking to clinch
and Veloso holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kurosaki lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Veloso's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Kurosaki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Veloso.
Veloso lands a shot to the body.
Kurosaki throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Veloso stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Veloso managing to block the knees to the body from Kurosaki.
Kurosaki lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veloso looking to slow down the pace here.
Kurosaki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Veloso takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kurosaki looking to throw knees to the head but Veloso is blocking nicely.
Veloso takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kurosaki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice body punch from Veloso.
Kurosaki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Veloso lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kurosaki trying to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Kurosaki.
Kurosaki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kurosaki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kurosaki tries to score a body lock takedown but Veloso shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Kurosaki wants a takedown but no success here.
Veloso blocks an elbow strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Veloso.
Kurosaki misses with an elbow strike.
Kurosaki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Veloso makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Veloso.
Veloso is leaning against Kurosaki and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Veloso lands with a light punch inside.
Kurosaki tries for a takedown but Veloso manages to get underhooks.
Veloso lands with a right to the head.
Veloso lands a body punch.
Veloso has Kurosaki pushed against the cage.
Kurosaki wants a takedown.
Veloso lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Veloso dodges an elbow strike from Kurosaki.
Veloso's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Kurosaki looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Veloso lands a nice uppercut.
Kurosaki misses with a knee strike.
Kurosaki misses with a knee strike.
Kurosaki being controlled against the cage.
Kurosaki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Veloso blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kurosaki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Veloso has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Veloso - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Veloso takes a knee right on the jaw!
Veloso throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kurosakis head.
A left hand lands to the body for Veloso.
Kurosaki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kurosaki tries a knee to the head but Veloso blocks it.
Veloso lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Veloso digs a right hand into Kurosaki's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kurosaki's gas tank.
Veloso lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kurosaki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Veloso lands an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kurosaki just misses with a elbow thrown towards Veloso's brow.
Veloso lands with a right to the head.
Akio Kurosaki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A right hook to the body lands for Veloso.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short body shot lands from Veloso as the two fighters clinch.
Come on Veloso - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nicanor Veloso is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kurosaki has a couple of punches blocked by Veloso.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nicanor Veloso comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Veloso winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nicanor Veloso!
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hype
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