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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Shiro Nara (ranked 3866 p4p, 3931 weight class) and Wang Yu (ranked 260 p4p, 261 weight class). Wang Yu will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shiro Nara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wang Yu!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Hirohito Nitta and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nara throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Yu's waist but Yu gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nara off to one side.
Yu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nara circles away quickly and effectively.
Nara shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Yu pinned against the ropes. Yu gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nara showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yu.
Nara shoots for a double leg takedown but Yu sprawls well. He's pushed Nara's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shiro Nara. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Horrible takedown attempt by Nara or perhaps it was just good defense by Yu, which made it look bad.
Yu tries a head kick but it misses.
Yu misses with a two punch combination.
Nara closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Yu quickly recovers to half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Nara prevents Yu from standing back up.
Nice strikes from Nara there.
Nara is looking to take a break and control but Yu is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Nara has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nara drops an elbow to the side of Yu's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yu is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Nara lands a nice short elbow.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Yu can do anything to dispel that myth.
Nara throwing shots but Yu is blocking nicely.
Nara is looking to take a break and control but Yu is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Nara is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nara working Yu over with strikes.
Nara scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nara lands strikes from half guard.
Nara wants to control but Yu is keeping him busy.
Nara looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yu trying to hold on to Nara's head to control him but Nara postures up.
Yu wants to sweep but Nara has passed to side control!
Nara scoring with punches and elbows.
Nara connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Yu some visible discomfort.
Nara working the head with strikes.
Yu is looking for a sweep.
Nara trying to control the action but Yu is working from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nara grinds an elbow into Yu's temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nara working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Yu is trying to control Nara's posture but Nara avoids it.
Nara cracks Yu with a big elbow.
Nara landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Nara controls the position from side control.
Nara creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nara creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Nara has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Nara with good strikes from the mount here!
Nara takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Nara putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Yu taking shots to the head.
Yu really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nara. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nara unloading with bombs!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nara working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Nara dominating with strikes here.
Nara working the ground and pound effectively.
Yu is bucking up trying to escape but Nara cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yu trying desperately to get to his feet.
Nara lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Yu hang on?
Nara lands a heavy elbow.
Nara lands with some strikes.
Yu is rocked!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Nara putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Yu is still in real trouble! Can Nara finish him?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Nara cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Yu takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Nara's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shiro Nara!
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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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