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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Cross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akio Kurosaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cross comes to the cage accompanied by American Badass (Undertaker Theme) by Kid Rock. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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260 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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193 cm
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272 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Aaron Cross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akio Kurosaki!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cross walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kurosaki checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cross is looking to chop away at Kurosaki's legs.
Cross connects with an inside leg kick.
Kurosaki avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kurosaki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cross cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kurosaki throws a leg kick but Cross sees it coming and moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cross.
Cross misses with a low kick as Kurosaki jumps back.
Kurosaki misses with a low kick as Cross jumps back.
Kurosaki throws a leg kick but Cross moved away.
An inside leg kick from Cross misses.
Akio Kurosaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kurosaki tries to clinch but Cross moves out of range.
Cross blocks the body kick.
Cross cracks the inside of Kurosaki's front leg.
Kurosaki drives through and clinches with Cross against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cross pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kurosaki is looking to clinch.
Kurosaki fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kurosaki clobbers Cross with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cross dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kurosaki. That did some damage!
Kurosaki takes a swing at Cross's ribcage but misses.
Kurosaki is looking to clinch but Cross is avoiding it.
A solid body kick from Cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kurosaki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cross pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kurosaki is out of range and Cross settles back down.
Cross dips to his left and cracks Kurosaki with an uppercut!
It looks like Akio Kurosaki has been cut.
Kurosaki checks a low kick from Cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Kurosaki blocks the low kick.
Kurosaki tries to work over Cross's front leg with a kick but Cross checks it.
Cross connects with a solid leg kick.
Kurosaki looks to clinch
and Cross counters with a nice uppercut.
Kurosaki misses with a low kick.
Kurosaki on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cross. Cross obviously looking to wear him down.
Kurosaki throws out a loose jab but Cross uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kurosaki avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cross looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cross scores with a hook.
Cross checks a low kick from Kurosaki.
Kurosaki swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kurosaki connects with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kurosaki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kurosaki swings for the body but Cross moves out of range.
Cross could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Kurosaki tries to close the distance and clinch but Cross swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cross lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kurosaki has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kurosaki and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kurosaki doesn't manage to clinch there - Cross circles away.
Cross throws a low kick, looking for Kurosaki's leg but Kurosaki calmly moves out of range.
Kurosaki throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cross counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kurosaki tries to clinch there but Cross circles away.
Cross lands with a hook. Kurosaki tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kurosaki is looking to clinch.
Kurosaki tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cross throws a low kick, looking for Kurosaki's leg but Kurosaki calmly moves out of range.
Kurosaki throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kurosaki misses with a left hand
and Cross counters with a good low kick that Kurosaki was not able to check.
Kurosaki on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cross. Cross obviously looking to wear him down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A leg kick checked by Kurosaki.
Cross scores with a decent looking hook.
Cross uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kurosaki.
Kurosaki drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kurosaki throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kurosaki misses with a double jab
and Cross counters with an inside leg kick.
Cross connects with an inside leg kick.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kurosaki keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Cross is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A big left from Cross misses.
Kurosaki misses with an uppercut
and Cross counters with a nice leg kick.
Cross tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cross.
Cross checks a leg kick nicely.
Cross tries to score with a low kick but Kurosaki moves his leg out of the way.
Kurosaki throws a right hand that Cross ducks under and follows up with a left that Cross also avoids with ease.
Cross slips under a jab.
Cross scores with a decent looking hook.
Cross bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kurosaki throws an off balance right hand
and Cross counters with a good low kick that Kurosaki was not able to check.
Cross is looking to chop away at Kurosaki's legs.
Cross throws a low kick but Kurosaki avoids it.
Kurosaki thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kurosaki throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Cross finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kurosaki moves forwards but Cross connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cross will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kurosaki throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kurosaki misses with a left hand
and Cross counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kurosaki's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cross avoids the head kick by Kurosaki.
Kurosaki is looking to clinch but Cross is avoiding it.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kurosaki throws a leg kick
and Cross counters with a thumping low kick.
Kurosaki misses with a low kick.
Cross lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cross pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Some bone on bone action there as Cross checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kurosaki throws an off balance right hand
enabling Cross to counter with a crisp jab.
Cross lands a leg kick that knocks Kurosaki off balance momentarily.
Kurosaki tries to clinch but Cross is having none of it.
Kurosaki stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kurosaki shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kurosaki chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kurosaki tries to clinch but Cross is having none of it.
Kurosaki throws a chopping leg kick but Cross manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kurosaki closes the distance and pushes Cross back into the cage.
Kurosaki lands a knee to the body.
Cross is breathing heavily.
Kurosaki misses with a knee to the head.
Kurosaki lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kurosaki tries to land knees in the clinch but Cross avoids the damage to the body.
Kurosaki comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Aaron Cross has been cut.
Kurosaki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cross takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kurosaki lands a damaging elbow.
Kurosaki crunches a lovely knee into Cross's ribcage.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kurosaki lands an elbow inside that Cross shrugs off.
Kurosaki comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kurosaki connects with a knee to the head.
Kurosaki lands an elbow inside that Cross shrugs off.
Cross blocks an elbow strike.
Kurosaki lands an elbow inside that Cross shrugs off.
Kurosaki is pushing Cross up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kurosaki throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Aaron Cross.
I think Cross has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Aaron Cross!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Aaron Cross!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight as a draw!
Aaron Cross wins by majority decision!
After the fight, Aaron Cross was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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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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