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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nyrkilla Tapettava (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takeshi Watanabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watanabe has chosen The Handsome Family - Far From Any Road as his entrance music. Takeshi Watanabe has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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161 lbs
16 - 13 - 0 |
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175 cm
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135 lbs
15 - 20 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nyrkilla Tapettava!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Takeshi Watanabe!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watanabe misses with a few strikes there.
Watanabe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Watanabe swinging wildly here.
Tapettava showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Watanabe.
As Watanabe tries to get set, Tapettava tries to push him back and clinch up but Watanabe manages to avoid the attempt.
Takeshi Watanabe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tapettava lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Watanabe circles away quickly and effectively.
Watanabe throws a series of punches but Tapettava avoids them all with ease.
Tapettava closes the distance and pushes Watanabe back into the cage.
Watanabe is trying to break free.
Watanabe has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Watanabe is trying to break the clinch but Tapettava has him pressed against the cage.
Watanabe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Watanabe throws a right and a left that Tapettava avoids nicely.
Watanabe throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tapettava counters by moving into the clinch.
Tapettava lands with a short punch from the clinch.
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!
Tapettava lands a body shot in the clinch.
Watanabe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Tapettava.
Watanabe looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Watanabe tries to break the clinch but Tapettava is controlling the position.
Watanabe wants to break the clinch but can't.
Watanabe is trying to break free.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watanabe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Watanabe wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tapettava lands a left hand that snaps the head of Watanabe backwards.
Watanabe can't break the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tapettava creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Watanabe.
Tapettava lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Watanabe backwards.
Tapettava lands a shoulder strike.
Tapettava lands a right hand that snaps the head of Watanabe backwards.
Watanabe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Watanabe gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Watanabe scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watanabe looks to land a combination but Tapettava avoids it well.
Watanabe avoids a punch combination nicely.
Watanabe fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Watanabe rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tapettava moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tapettava avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tapettava really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Watanabe walks into a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe avoids a punch combination nicely.
Watanabe feints the counter takedown.
Watanabe throws a series of strikes that have Tapettava backpedaling.
Watanabe throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Watanabe throws a series of punches but Tapettava moves out of range.
Watanabe throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tapettava.
Tapettava looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Watanabe tries to keep at a distance but Tapettava has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tapettava doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Watanabe tries to break the clinch but Tapettava is controlling the position.
Watanabe has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tapettava lands with a right to the head.
Tapettava pushes Watanabe back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Watanabe can't break the clinch.
Watanabe wants to get back to striking at distance but Tapettava won't allow it.
Tapettava prevents Watanabe from breaking the clinch.
Watanabe's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tapettava scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A shot in the inside from Tapettava.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tapettava gets through Watanabe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Tapettava.
Watanabe looks winded!
Tapettava presses Watanabe against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tapettava keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Watanabe's efforts to push away.
Tapettava keeps control of Watanabe as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tapettava throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Watanabes head.
Watanabe is trying to break the clinch but Tapettava is controlling him.
Watanabe's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short left from Tapettava.
A body shot lands from Tapettava.
Tapettava lands a hook that snaps the head of Watanabe backwards.
Watanabe is trying to break free.
Tapettava lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Tapettava.
Watanabe is rocked!
Good body shot from Tapettava.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot in the inside from Tapettava.
Tapettava lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Watanabe is still on wobbly legs! Can Tapettava finish him?
Tapettava lands a nice shot to the body.
Tapettava presses Watanabe against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Watanabe seems to have recovered his senses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tapettava.
Tapettava throws a big uppercut that drops Watanabe! More strikes from Tapettava and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Watanabe lies dazed against the cage as Tapettava celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nyrkilla Tapettava!
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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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