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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hatsu Ishikawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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182 lbs
12 - 2 - 0 |
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185 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Counter striker
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hatsu Ishikawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rafael Rua!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ishikawa connects with a crisp jab.
Hatsu Ishikawa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rua rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ishikawa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ishikawa takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
It looks like Rafael Rua has been cut.
Ishikawa takes the fight into the clinch.
Ishikawa lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Rua actively working from the bottom here.
Rua actively working from the bottom here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rua is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Ishikawa pulls his head out easily.
Ishikawa is working for a kimura but Rua is defending it quite comfortably.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rua is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ishikawa scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ground and pound from Ishikawa.
Rua looking for submissions off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishikawa wants to take a breather but Rua is having none of it.
Ishikawa working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Rua looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Ishikawa not doing much here.
Ishikawa trying to control the action but Rua is working from the bottom.
Ishikawa lands strikes from half guard.
Ishikawa working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ishikawa looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rua with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rua actively working from the bottom here.
Ishikawa is trying to work for a kimura but Rua is defending well.
Rua looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ishikawa trying to control the pace.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rua actively working from the bottom here.
Ishikawa uses his free foot to push down on Rua's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Rua.
Rua is wriggling around trying to escape.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ishikawa putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Ishikawa working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Ishikawa lands with some strikes.
Rua takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ishikawa tries to control but Rua wriggling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ishikawa scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Ishikawa connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Ishikawa is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Rua is rocked!
Ishikawa lands a big shot to the head and Rua winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Hatsu Ishikawa!
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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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