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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Erick Rootmans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yaga Shura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rootmans comes into the arena with Busta Rhymes - Put your hands where my eyes can see blaring out of the sound system. Shura comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Angel kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Yaga Shura is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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202 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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193 cm
28
196 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid 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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Erick Rootmans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yaga Shura!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Rootmans tries to clinch up.
Shura is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Rootmans.
It looks like Yaga Shura has been cut.
Rootmans tries to close the distance and clinch but Shura swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shura tries to keep at a distance but Rootmans has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rootmans misses with a knee strike.
Rootmans landing knees to the head.
Rootmans misses with a knee to the head.
Rootmans tries to land a knee to the head but Shura blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Rootmans.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rootmans misses with a knee strike.
Rootmans throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rootmans misses with a knee to the head.
Rootmans scores with a knee to the head.
Rootmans scores with a knee to the head.
Rootmans tries a knee to the head but Shura blocks it.
Shura is trying to push Rootmans away but Rootmans has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rootmans throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shura blocks it with crossed arms.
Rootmans tries to land knees in the clinch but Shura avoids the damage to the body.
A knee to the head by Rootmans.
Rootmans tries to land a knee to the head but Shura blocks with his arms.
Rootmans throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rootmans leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rootmans looking to throw knees to the head but Shura is blocking nicely.
Shura wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rootmans tries a knee to the head but Shura blocks it.
A knee to the head by Rootmans.
Rootmans tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shura is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Rootmans is defending well.
Rootmans connects with a knee to the head.
Shura is rocked!
Rootmans tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rootmans has Shura pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Shura is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Rootmans - that's hurt Shura badly! Oh, another knee lands and Shura is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Shura doesn't seem to be complaining.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Erick Rootmans!
Erick Rootmans decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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