Oktagon results: Franchi outpoints Moriya

Saturday, 12 March 2011 16:15

Written by Fraser Coffeen

In the 2nd Oktagon fight, Bruno Franchi and Takuro Moriya met in another Dragon Series tournament fight.  While neither man has a huge international reputation, both came to fight, turning in a very spirited, back and forth battle of wills.

Round 1 started even until Franchi started landing some nice knees, including some jump knees, to seemingly take the advantage.  However, as the round drew to a close, Moriya began landing more leg kicks (plus a few illegal heel kicks to the calf) that hurt Franchi.  He'll need to start defending those, or Moriya's going to punish him.

Round 2 is more of the same - from the outside, Bruno is able to work his game, but inside Moriya seems to take the edge in the clinch.  Not as much focus on the legs from Moriya as I would have anticipated given R1.  That was a close one.

The 3rd round comes down to conditioning, and to me it seems Franchi was able to push the pace more, keeping Moriya on the back foot and improving his clinck work inside.

Judges agree with me, as Franchi takes the decision in a very solid fight.

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