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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rohith Sharma (ranked 1231 p4p, 188 weight class) and Hotaru Doji (ranked 1756 p4p, 254 weight class). Sharma's entrance music is Do Your Thing. A fine choice. Doji has chosen Crane ft. Beauregard & The Down Right - Meet Me In The Garden as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Rohith Sharma has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Rohith Sharma seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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212 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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Olympic wrestler
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Rohith Sharma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hotaru Doji!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Winston Howard and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sharma lands with a nice body punch.
Some wild striking there from Sharma.
A solid body kick from Sharma.
Sharma throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Doji counter with a right hand.
Sharma avoids the body shot from Doji.
We've been informed that Doji 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.
Sharma is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
It looks like Hotaru Doji has been cut.
Doji cracks a nice hook into Sharma's ribs.
Sharma will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Doji misses with a wild body shot.
Doji lands with a straight right. Sharma didn't see that one coming.
Sharma's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Doji connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sharma scrambles back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sharma gets tackled into the cage by Doji. Doji maintains the clinch.
Sharma blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sharma lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharma fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Doji blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Sharma fails to land.
Doji taking a breather.
Sharma misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Sharma - that landed with a thud.
A hook to the body from Sharma.
Doji looks winded!
Sharma misses with a body punch.
Sharma controlling the action here for a moment.
Doji scores with a shot to the side of Sharma's head.
Doji tries to throw a body punch but Sharma avoids it by throwing Doji back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Sharma.
Sharma tries a body shot but Doji blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sharma.
Doji swings wildly with an uppercut but Sharma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Doji misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharma misses with a body punch.
Sharma scores with a shoulder strike.
Doji pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sharma lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Some bone on bone action there as Doji checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sharma throws a body punch but Doji moves out of range.
Doji punishes Sharma's body with a nice straight punch.
Sharma has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Dr Hatsumi's Clinic in the buildup to the fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sharma scores with a nice body kick.
Doji tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sharma was well out of range. Poor timing from Doji.
Sharma throws a half hearted mid kick.
Doji throws the left hand but Sharma avoids the punch easily.
Doji throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sharma throws the kick towards the body but Doji avoids it.
Doji looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sharma looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doji swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sharma counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Doji thinking.
Doji smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Doji is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Sharma rather than just go for the knockout.
Sharma slips under a jab from Doji.
Sharma feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Doji's calf.
Sharma keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Doji.
Doji throws a body punch but Sharma moves out of range.
Sharma takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sharma swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Doji closes the distance and clinches.
A short right from Sharma.
Sharma lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Doji backwards.
Doji tries a body shot but Sharma blocks it.
Sharma misses with a punch to the body.
Sharma works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sharma blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Doji blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sharma pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Doji getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sharma misses with a body punch
and Doji counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sharma throws a hook but Doji avoids it easily.
Doji throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sharma.
Doji appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sharma works the jab nicely.
Sharma misses with a right hand
and Doji counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sharma thinking.
Sharma bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hotaru Doji seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Doji throws a sloppy body shot
and Sharma connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sharma looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sharma takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Rohith Sharma will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hotaru Doji's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Doji moves out of range of the body kick from Sharma.
Doji misses with a lunging right hand
and Sharma counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Doji misses with a hook. Sharma ducked under it nicely.
Sharma walks into a stiff left hand from Doji.
Sharma tries to land a front kick but Doji steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sharma scores with a shot to the body.
Doji falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sharma counters with a nice body kick.
Doji misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sharma avoids the body shot from Doji.
The fighters circling - Doji throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sharma slips a jab from Doji.
Sloppy strikes from Sharma. Those never looked like landing.
Doji is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sharma with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doji loads up on a big right hand but Sharma slips the punch.
Doji sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nice defenses there by Sharma.
A telegraphed right hand from Doji misses the target.
Sharma avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
It looked like Sharma wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sharma throws out a powerful jab.
Rohith Sharma is winning the standup battle so far.
Doji lands a nice shot to the body.
Doji throws a body shot but no joy.
Sharma moves out of range as Doji strikes.
Doji throws a poor cross that misses
and Sharma makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Doji misses with a straight left.
Doji closes the distance but Sharma moves to the side
and Sharma counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharma throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Doji is breathing heavily.
Sharma moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sharma lands a jab.
Doji scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Doji throws a big shot that misses.
Sharma misses with a kick to the body.
Sharma sends Doji crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Sharma is motioning to the referee to let Doji up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Doji is rocked!
That has opened up Hotaru Doji's cut even more.
Sharma uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Doji.
Doji is still on wobbly legs! Can Sharma finish him?
Doji misses with a left hand
and Sharma finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Sharma lands a leg kick that knocks Doji off balance momentarily.
Doji swings widly with a right hand
and Sharma cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Doji throws a poor cross that misses
and Sharma counters with a big right hand! Oh Doji is in trouble here! Sharma follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rohith Sharma!
Our winner, Rohith Sharma, 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.
In defeat, Hotaru Doji stepped up to the mic, saying 'We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.'.
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hype
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