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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wes Chapman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young has chosen Shut 'Em Down as his entrance music. Charles Young will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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183 cm
32
209 lbs
8 - 7 - 0 |
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198 cm
25
205 lbs
9 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wes Chapman! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Charles Young! The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Chapman takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Young fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chapman manages to avoid it. Young jabs at Chapman's body. Chapman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Young swats him away and circles back towards the center. Chapman is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Young.
It looks like Wes Chapman has been cut. Young dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Chapman tries to clinch up. Young throws a right and a left that Chapman avoids nicely. Chapman closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Young's guard. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Young keeping full guard, as Chapman tries to pass. Young is trying to keep Chapman in close.
Chapman pushes down on Young's leg and manages to get into half guard. Young tries to kick Chapman off but Chapman keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Chapman trying to mount his opponent but Young defends it. Chapman thows a huge punch but Young dodges it nicely.
Chapman throws a strike but Young avoids it easily and moves to full guard. Young wants to stand up but Chapman is controlling him. Chapman lands a couple of decent looking shots. Chapman passes Young's right leg, so he's now in half guard. Chapman thows a huge punch but Young dodges it nicely.
Chapman is trying to work for a kimura but Young is defending well.
Chapman is breathing heavily. Chapman throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Young is looking for a sweep. Chapman is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position. Chapman 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. Young pushes Chapman off looking to stand but Chapman dives back in and keeps control.
Young kicks Chapman off and gets back to his feet. Young lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Chapman backs up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action! Chapman drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Chapman throwing shots but missing, from side control. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Young is trying to buck Chapman off.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Chapman tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Chapman has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! Chapman in side control, throwing shots but Young defends. Young is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Chapman has just dragged him back down to the mat. Chapman working the body and head with strikes. Chapman scores with punches from side control. Chapman is putting a hurting on Young here, landing some big shots from side control. Young is trying to control Chapman's posture but Chapman avoids it. Chapman is chipping away with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round. 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! Chapman in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Young is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Wes Chapman!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
53% |
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