Tuesday, May 20, 2008

CONDOR FC.2 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall

THE FIRST MATCH ~ RED CORNER - NATSUO NOZAKI
[70 kg / 170 cm / FREE STYLE / JAPAN] ~VERSUS~ BLUE CORNER - JACOB
LOEVAAS [70 kg / 185 cm / KICKBOXING / NETHERLANDS]




Both fights came in cautiously, but it was Loevaas who scored the first
two blows with a hook and a low kick combination. However, Nozaki fired
back with an overhand right that cracked Loevaas. However, despite
trying his best to avoid it, Nozaki was able to take Loevaas down to
the ground, where the fight remained for the rest of round one. Nozaki
nearly had a submission with a neck crank, but Loevaas survived. Round
two saw much of the same, as Loevaas kept loading up his shots, but was
unable to connect with them. Nozaki eventually got Loevaas to the
ground, and tried several submissions but Loevaas escaped them all. In
the closing seconds of round two, Loevaas sweeped Nozaki but was unable
to do anything with it. Round three saw Loevaas try for a desperate
flying knee, but Nozaki avoided it and took Loevaas to the ground,
where the fight remained without activity for the rest of the round.
Due to controlling the entire fight, Nozaki won by unanimous decision.



THE SECOND MATCH ~ RED CORNER - GABRIEL MORAIS [70 kg / 183 cm / JIU
JITSU / BRAZIL] ~VERSUS~ BLUE CORNER - TAKESHI YAMADA [70 kg / 173 cm /
KICKBOXING / JAPAN]




Takeshi Yamada came out aggressive, trying to use Morais's head for
batting practice, however, after a minute of this he left himself open
and Gabriel Morais shot in for the takedown. After another minute of
working for position, Morais grabbed a keylock in the closing seconds
of round one, and secured it, forcing Yamada to submit giving Morais
the submission victory!



THE THIRD MATCH ~ RED CORNER - JAMES SCOTT [70 kg / 185 cm /
FREESTYLE WRESTLING / USA] ~VERSUS~ BLUE CORNER - NAOYUKI FUCHIDA [70
kg / 178 cm / FREE STYLE / JAPAN]




James Scott immediately came out firing off takedowns, but Fuchida
managed to avoid them all until finally being taken down to the ground.
Scott spent the rest of round one firing off weak ground and pound as
Fuchida desperately attempted to escape from Scott, but was unable to
do so as round one ended. Round two saw them end up in the clinch where
Scott landed several strong short uppercuts until Fuchida turned his
back on Scott to escape...Scott then threw Fuchida to the mat from
behind and finished the round off dropping strong ground and pound as
Fuchida survived the beating to round three. Round three went exactly
as rounds one and two had went. Scott landed some shots before taking
Fuchida down, and used his wrestling to land some punches and hold
Fuchida there. The fight expired with Fuchida never coming up with the
answer for Scott's wrestling. All three judges gave it to Scott easily,
earning the unanimous decision.



THE SEMI FINAL ~ RED CORNER - LEE JUNG HYUN [68 kg / 170 cm / TAE
KWON DO / KOREA] ~VERSUS~ BLUE CORNER - HIDEO GOMI [70 kg / 173 cm /
PANKRATION / JAPAN]




Both fighters threw shots to open up round one, but it was Gomi who
landed the hardest shot. A one two jab into a cross sent Hyun stumbling
across the room, until suddenly the Tae Kwon Do fighter pulled guard,
sucking Gomi to the ground! The tactic proved to be more of a way to
regain his mental facilities as he held Gomi as much as he could until
round one expired. Round two was hardly a barnburner, as Gomi took Hyun
down early and then used his superior ground skills to slowly grind on
the Tae Kwon Do fighter until the round expired. Round three was unlike
round one or two, as the two suddenly decided to stand and trade. Hyun
worked the clinch while throwing strong kicks to Gomi, who instead
stayed in a dirty boxing style. In the closing seconds of the round,
Hyun got Gomi to the ground and tried for a toe hold, but Gomi sweeped,
only to have Hyun scramble but give up his back, yet still climb to the
feet as the round expired. Hideo Gomi was awarded the unanimous
decision for doing more damage and controlling the pace of the fight.



THE MAIN EVENT ~ RED CORNER - HACHIROU FUJII [70 kg / 170 cm /
BOXING / JAPAN] ~VERSUS~ BLUE CORNER - RILEY JACOBS [70 kg / 178 cm /
BOXING / USA]




Unlike every other fight on the card, this fight was not going to the
ground. Jacobs and Fujii came in aggressively, and worked angles in
what was almost a pure boxing fight with smaller globes. Riley
attempted to stay out of Fujii's reach, but Fujii would dash inside and
work the body of Jacobs. Eventually, his constant barrage of body
punches began to pay off as Jacobs was visibly flinching from each blow.
Fujii poured on the body shots, until he was landing absolutely
crushing blows to Jacobs' body, one after the other. Jacobs tried to
create distance for himself, but backed up right into a barrage of
punches from Fujii in the corner, until the referee leaped in between
them to get the stoppage!



CONDOR FC.2 ~ SOAR THE CHALLENGE

5/19/08

Tokyo Korakuen Hall

900 fans




1. Natsuo Nozaki defeated Jacob Loevaas by unanimous decision

2. Gabriel Morais defeated Takeshi Yamada at 2:25 in Round 1 by submission with a Keylock

3. James Scott defeated Naoyuki Fuchida by unanimous decision

4. Hideo Gomi defeated Lee Jung Hyun by unanimous decision

5. Hachirou Fujii defeated Riley Jacobs at 2:45 in Round 1 by TKO from punches



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