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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nicky Manu (ranked 4788 p4p, 4623 weight class) and Haru Moteki (ranked 234 p4p, 231 weight class). Manu's entrance music is Welcome to the Opera - Anyma & Grimes. A fine choice. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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145
3 - 1 - 0 |
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134
1 - 4 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good chin |
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nicky Manu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Haru Moteki!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Dirk Anderson and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moteki shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nice shot by Manu.
Moteki is rocked!
It looks like Haru Moteki has been cut.
Moteki throws a body punch but Manu moves out of range.
Moteki is still on wobbly legs! Can Manu finish him?
Manu gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Manu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Manu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Manu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Moteki tries a body shot but Manu blocks it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Manu throws a punch but it's blocked by Moteki.
Manu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Manu as Moteki tries to tie him up.
Manu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Manu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Manu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Manu misses with the head strike.
Manu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Manu working aggressively here.
Manu has a couple of punches blocked by Moteki.
Manu misses with a punch on the inside.
Moteki misses with the head strike.
Manu misses with a punch on the inside.
Moteki seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Manu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Moteki has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Manu after a bit of a struggle.
Manu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Moteki backwards.
Manu lands a shoulder strike.
Manu lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Moteki to his knees! Manu keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nicky Manu!
After the fight, Nicky Manu 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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