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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Takashi Asai (ranked 1504 p4p, 4040 weight class) and Makoa Love (ranked 177 p4p, 392 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Takashi Asai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Makoa Love!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnem�ki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love throws a jab when Asai was well out of range.
Asai misses with a hook
and Love counters with a nice uppercut.
Asai fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Love on the side of the head.
Asai throws an off balance right hand
enabling Love to counter with a crisp jab.
Love steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Asai.
Asai throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Asai tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Love was well out of range. Poor timing from Asai.
Love scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Asai smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Asai scores with a sloppy right hand. Love should have avoided that one.
We've been informed that Love has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A decent looking cross lands there for Asai.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Asai throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Love doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Love rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Asai counters with a crisp right hand that drops Love! Asai lets Love back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Love is rocked!
Love misses with a jab, cross combination.
Love is still on wobbly legs! Can Asai finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Asai ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Love moves away.
Love seems to have recovered his senses.
A big left from Asai misses.
Love steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Asai.
Asai slips a jab from Love.
Asai looks to land a right hand but Love moved out of range.
Love unleashes a big counter combination but Asai bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Love misses with an uppercut. Asai saw that one coming.
Love slips a jab from Asai.
Love takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Asai throws the left hand but Love avoids the punch easily.
Asai throws the left hand but Love avoids the punch easily.
Asai swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Love throws a body punch but Asai moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Asai.
Love walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Asai checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Asai with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love throws a hook but Asai avoids it easily.
Love just misses with a punch to the body.
Jab from Asai.
Asai ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Love moves away.
Love is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Asai with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Love tries to land a leg kick but Asai saw it coming and moves away.
Asai misses with a hook
and Love counters with a stiff right hand.
Love throws a hook to the side of Asai's head but Asai sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Love avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Asai misses.
Love bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Asai throws a jab but it's blocked by Love.
Asai fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Love thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asai throws a poor cross that misses
and Love counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Love attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Asai lands a slapping body shot.
Asai lands a big uppercut and Love crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Love looks OK. Asai waves Love back to his feet!
It looks like Makoa Love has been cut.
Asai sends Love crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Asai is motioning to the referee to let Love up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Love misses the jab.
A big right from Love misses.
Asai moves in close and cracks Love with a massive right hand! Love, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Asai!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Takashi Asai!
A relieved looking Takashi Asai thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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