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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andy La Plegua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tatsuya Kawajiri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). La Plegua comes to the cage accompanied by "Blut Royale" by Combichrist. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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167 lbs
31 - 11 - 0 |
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155 lbs
15 - 8 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Andy La Plegua!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tatsuya Kawajiri!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Steven Brown and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kawajiri showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from La Plegua.
Kawajiri now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
La Plegua throws a body shot but no joy.
La Plegua tries to clinch up.
La Plegua scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
La Plegua turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kawajiri stuns La Plegua with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
La Plegua swings for the body but Kawajiri moves out of range.
Kawajiri looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice defenses there by Kawajiri.
La Plegua tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kawajiri manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Plegua lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
La Plegua connects with a body shot.
Kawajiri looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kawajiri takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for La Plegua.
A combination from Kawajiri does no damage.
La Plegua tries to clinch but Kawajiri moves away
letting Kawajiri counter with a right hand.
La Plegua tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Kawajiri counter with a right hand.
La Plegua fails in his attempt to clinch.
La Plegua tries to clinch
and La Plegua takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kawajiri misses with a looping left.
La Plegua digs a good hook to Kawajiri's body.
La Plegua connects with a nice looking jab.
La Plegua dips to his left and cracks Kawajiri with an uppercut!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kawajiri showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from La Plegua.
La Plegua moves in looking to clinch but Kawajiri pushes him off.
Kawajiri is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Plegua wants to clinch but Kawajiri slips to the side
letting Kawajiri counter with a right hand.
La Plegua thows a leg kick but Kawajiri checks it
and Kawajiri connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
An inside leg kick from La Plegua misses.
Kawajiri looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
La Plegua darts in trying to clinch
letting Kawajiri counter with a right hand.
La Plegua is rocked!
La Plegua misses the jab.
La Plegua fails with an attempt to clinch.
La Plegua swings for the body but Kawajiri moves out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Kawajiri.
Kawajiri takes one to the side of the head.
Kawajiri circles away from the clinch attempt.
La Plegua fails in his attempt to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Kawajiri.
Andy La Plegua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Plegua does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
La Plegua scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kawajiri changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice jab there from La Plegua.
La Plegua keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
La Plegua throws a wild body kick that Kawajiri sees coming a mile off.
Kawajiri has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from La Plegua finds it's way round the side to connect with Kawajiri's head.
Kawajiri swats away the attempt to clinch by La Plegua.
La Plegua just misses with a punch to the body.
La Plegua throws a lazy body kick
enabling Kawajiri to counter with a crisp jab.
La Plegua lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
La Plegua darts in and clinches Kawajiri up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kawajiri is trying to break free.
Kawajiri looking to slow down the pace here.
La Plegua swings wildly with an uppercut but Kawajiri uses good head movement to avoid it.
La Plegua lands a nice uppercut.
Kawajiri is struggling to control the position.
Kawajiri breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
La Plegua scores with a sloppy right hand. Kawajiri should have avoided that one.
Kawajiri is rocked!
La Plegua thumps Kawajiri with a low kick.
Kawajiri is still on wobbly legs! Can La Plegua finish him?
La Plegua connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kawajiri's hands.
Kawajiri misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andy La Plegua dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
La Plegua jabs at Kawajiri's body.
La Plegua cracks a nice hook into Kawajiri's ribs.
La Plegua with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kawajiri seems to have recovered his senses.
Kawajiri takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
La Plegua tries to clinch up but Kawajiri circles away and keeps his distance.
Kawajiri has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Kawajiri swats away the attempt to clinch by La Plegua.
Kawajiri swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
La Plegua ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kawajiri moves away.
Kawajiri throws a counter combo.
Kawajiri takes one to the side of the head.
Kawajiri slips a jab and a cross from La Plegua.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Plegua moves out of range as Kawajiri strikes.
A swing and a miss from La Plegua.
La Plegua fails to land with a series of punches.
Kawajiri throws out a counter right but La Plegua avoids it with no problem.
La Plegua scores with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawajiri misses with a straight right.
Kawajiri checks the leg kick.
La Plegua misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Kawajiri to counter with a crisp jab.
Kawajiri lands a straight punch to the body, keeping La Plegua at a distance.
Kawajiri swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kawajiri clobbers La Plegua with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kawajiri throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent La Plegua stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
La Plegua clinches with his opponent.
La Plegua doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La Plegua doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La Plegua misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kawajiri just leaning against La Plegua, taking a breather.
La Plegua is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kawajiri can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Plegua tries to work over Kawajiri's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
La Plegua misses with a punch to the body.
La Plegua can't find room to land a body shot as Kawajiri controls the action.
La Plegua lands with a right to the head.
La Plegua misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kawajiri breaks from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La Plegua misses with a left hand
and Kawajiri makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
La Plegua takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
La Plegua throws a push kick but Kawajiri slaps the foot to one side.
And Kawajiri responds with a good body kick, but La Plegua manages to step out the way in time.
La Plegua throws a body punch but Kawajiri moves out of range.
Kawajiri looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kawajiri keeps the fight on the outside.
Kawajiri pulls out of a head kick attempt.
La Plegua connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Plegua avoids a kick to the body.
A punch combination from La Plegua misses.
As La Plegua backs off Kawajiri throws a huge counter combo but La Plegua manages to avoid it all.
Kawajiri gets caught by a brutal right hook which buckles his knees! Kawajiri tries to backpedal with his spaghettilegs but La Plegua is headhunting and goes for the kill. A jab and a right hook connect and Kawajiri buckles badly as his eyes roll back. The referee steps in and saves Kawajiri!! Kawajiri is complaining but he was clearly out on his feet. La Plegua throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Mmmm spit-tastic.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andy La Plegua!
Andy La Plegua retains his lightweight title!
Our winner, Andy La Plegua, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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