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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Hideki Matsuyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Grozni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matsuyama comes to the ring accompanied by Eminem feat. Nate Dogg - Till I Collapse. Grozni has chosen Life's Hard as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be fireworks!
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209 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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212 lbs
17 - 16 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hideki Matsuyama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ivan Grozni!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matsuyama moves out of range as Grozni strikes.
Matsuyama was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Grozni looks to land a right hand but Matsuyama moved out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Matsuyama misses its target.
Matsuyama will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Matsuyama looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Matsuyama clobbers Grozni with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Grozni looks to land a right hand but Matsuyama moved out of range.
Matsuyama is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Grozni.
Grozni throws a leg kick
and Matsuyama counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ivan Grozni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grozni misses with a head kick.
Grozni throws a push kick but Matsuyama slaps the foot to one side.
Grozni displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Matsuyama throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grozni tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Matsuyama paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Grozni fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Matsuyama misses with a hook. Grozni ducked under it nicely.
Matsuyama uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Grozni.
Matsuyama punishes Grozni's body with a nice straight punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grozni closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Matsuyama counter with a right hand.
Grozni throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fighters circling - Grozni throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A lazy left from Matsuyama finds it's target.
It looks like Ivan Grozni has been cut.
Nice defenses there by Matsuyama.
A jab from Grozni does it's job there.
Grozni throws a big shot that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Matsuyama on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Grozni misses with a looping left.
Matsuyama throwing a counter right hand but Grozni manages to avoid it.
Grozni moves into the clinch.
Grozni is looking to break free of the clinch but Matsuyama has double underhooks.
Matsuyama is trying to maintain a safe position but Grozni gets an underhook and turns Matsuyama into the ropes.
Grozni wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grozni.
Matsuyama swings wildly with an uppercut but Grozni uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matsuyama throws a head punch that misses.
Grozni tries a knee to the head but Matsuyama blocks it.
Matsuyama lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grozni has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Grozni has a couple of punches blocked by Matsuyama.
Matsuyama prevents Grozni from breaking the clinch.
Matsuyama scores with a shoulder strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Grozni.
Grozni wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Matsuyama has him pressed against the ropes.
Matsuyama struggles to land a body shot inside as Grozni controls his hands.
Grozni lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Grozni manages to break the clinch.
Matsuyama scores with a jab to the head.
Grozni is rocked!
Matsuyama circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Grozni tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Matsuyama wins by KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hideki Matsuyama!
A very excited looking Hideki Matsuyama made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
The defeated Ivan Grozni had this to say: 'No excuses, I had a great camp and was 100%.... Jake was just better tonight. Hope everyone enjoyed the show'.
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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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