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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kira Yamato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hiapo Okina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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152 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
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170 cm
30
154 lbs
7 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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World class boxer
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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
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kira Yamato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hiapo Okina!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamato wants to clinch
and Okina connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Yamato looks to clinch
and Okina counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yamato closes the distance looking to clinch
and Okina counters with a nice double leg into side control. Yamato won't be happy with that.
Okina thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Okina in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Okina lands some shots froms side control.
Okina working the ground and pound but Yamato is defending the strikes.
Okina tries to score with some ground and pound. Yamato controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Yamato is pushing Okina's head away, looking to escape. Okina manages to hold on to the position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Okina lands an elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Okina looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamato dodges the ground and pound from Okina.
Okina is chipping away with strikes.
Okina tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Okina has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Okina working the ground and pound but Yamato is defending the strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Okina in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Okina tries for a kimura but Yamato is defending well.
Yamato knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Okina on the ground.
Okina in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Yamato is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okina tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Okina tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Check out the look on Okina's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okina thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Okina working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Okina tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Okina has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Yamato takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okina fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Okina looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Check out the look on Okina's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Okina is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Yamato has escaped the position, nice work there.
Okina in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Yamato is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Hiapo Okina!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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