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AJFC 68: Belanger vs Bueno II PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Martijn Walvoord (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and ashton bulges (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walvoord comes to the cage accompanied by Eternity. The crowd seem to be enjoying bulges's choice of entrance music: Guns gon blow. Martijn Walvoord has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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222 lbs
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250 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Martijn Walvoord!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, ashton bulges!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walvoord with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Walvoord uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from bulges.
Nice takedown defense from Walvoord. No joy for bulges on that attempt.
bulges darts in trying to clinch
and Walvoord counters with a good low kick that bulges was not able to check.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Walvoord.
bulges tries to clinch up
and Walvoord counters with a good low kick that bulges was not able to check.
bulges sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
bulges looks gassed!
Walvoord lands with a hook. bulges tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walvoord pushes bulges up against the cage in a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Walvoord.
Walvoord prevents the takedown attempt.
Walvoord using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Walvoord.
Walvoord scores with a knee to the head.
Walvoord lands a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
bulges takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like ashton bulges has been cut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Walvoord takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Walvoord scores a nice knee to the body.
Walvoord putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has bulges in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Walvoord lands an elbow just above bulges 's eye.
Walvoord will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning bulges up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Walvoord.
Walvoord manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Walvoord working bulges over with knees to the body.
Walvoord connects with a knee to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Martijn Walvoord.
Walvoord closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Walvoord landing knees to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walvoord taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Walvoord lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Walvoord.
Walvoord working bulges over with knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Walvoord.
Walvoord lands a damaging elbow.
Walvoord lands an uppercut.
Walvoord leaning against his opponent.
Walvoord landing knees to the body.
Walvoord lands a nice knee to the body.
Walvoord has bulges pushed against the cage.
Walvoord lands an elbow inside that bulges shrugs off.
A hook to the body from Walvoord.
Walvoord landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walvoord scores a nice knee to the body.
Walvoord avoiding damage.
Walvoord utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Walvoord takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Walvoord landing knees to the body.
bulges takes an elbow to the temple.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Walvoord lands a good knee to the midsection. bulges won't want to take too many of those.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Knees to the body from Walvoord.
Walvoord lands a body shot in the clinch.
Walvoord holding his opponent close, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Martijn Walvoord.
bulges takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Walvoord fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
bulges on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Walvoord thumps bulges with a low kick.
Walvoord dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on bulges. That did some damage!
Walvoord throws a leg kick which misses bulges's front leg but catches the back leg as bulges tries to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
bulges chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Walvoord can pounce on him.
A chopping leg kick lands by Walvoord.
Walvoord lands a nice leg kick that just misses bulges's sensitive parts.
Walvoord connects with a leg kick. bulges looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Walvoord connects with a leg kick. bulges looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Walvoord.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Walvoord.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Walvoord.
Walvoord has taken the fight to the clinch.
Walvoord lands a good knee to the midsection. bulges won't want to take too many of those.
Walvoord using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
bulges takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Walvoord.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Walvoord lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt bulges or not.
Walvoord working bulges over with knees to the body.
Walvoord lands a knee to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Walvoord using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Walvoord landing knees to the head.
Walvoord lands a good knee to the midsection. bulges won't want to take too many of those.
Walvoord using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Walvoord with a knee to the head.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
bulges misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walvoord working bulges over with knees to the body.
bulges has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Walvoord avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Martijn Walvoord has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of ashton bulges.
Walvoord is stalling here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Walvoord.
Walvoord crunches a lovely knee into bulges's ribcage.
Walvoord landing knees to the body.
Walvoord leaning against his opponent.
Walvoord lands an elbow just above bulges 's eye.
bulges takes a knee to the side of the body.
Walvoord lands an elbow inside.
Walvoord's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Walvoord connects with a nasty looking knee right to bulges's face.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Walvoord putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has bulges in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Walvoord lands a good knee to the midsection. bulges won't want to take too many of those.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Walvoord creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through bulges's defenses.
Good body shot from Walvoord.
bulges has a couple of punches blocked by Walvoord.
Walvoord unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Walvoord landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Walvoord.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
bulges is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
bulges tries to score a body lock takedown but Walvoord shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Walvoord.
Walvoord gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
bulges's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Martijn Walvoord.
bulges takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Walvoord moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Walvoord gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Walvoord utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Come on Walvoord - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Walvoord lands an elbow inside.
Walvoord pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Walvoord obliges.
Walvoord will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning bulges up against the cage.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Martijn Walvoord.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Walvoord.
Martijn Walvoord is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Walvoord lands with a nice body kick.
Walvoord with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
bulges gets tackled into the cage by Walvoord. Walvoord maintains the clinch.
Walvoord using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Walvoord.
Walvoord lands a body punch in the clinch.
Walvoord unloads a knee to the mid-section. bulges lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Walvoord is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Walvoord is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Walvoord.
Walvoord taking a breather.
Walvoord seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martijn Walvoord dominated that round.
The cut man is working on ashton bulges's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Walvoord scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Walvoord lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Walvoord feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to bulges's calf.
Nice body kick from Walvoord.
ashton bulges is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Walvoord scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Walvoord moves into the clinch successfully.
Walvoord leaning against his opponent.
Walvoord is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that bulges can do to turn this around?
Walvoord crunches a lovely knee into bulges's ribcage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Walvoord is pushing bulges up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Martijn Walvoord.
Walvoord chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walvoord throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent bulges stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Walvoord scores with a leg kick.
Walvoord pushes bulges away with a front kick.
Martijn Walvoord is winning the standup battle so far.
Walvoord cracks bulges with a good jab.
Walvoord has closed the distance and engaged bulges in a clinch.
Walvoord with a knee to the head.
Come on Walvoord - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Martijn Walvoord has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Walvoord crunches a lovely knee into bulges's ribcage.
Walvoord lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Walvoord slowing the pace effectively.
Walvoord putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has bulges in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
bulges drops down looking for an ankle pick but Walvoord pulls his leg out and moves away.
Walvoord lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walvoord delivers a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walvoord scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Walvoord buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Walvoord lands a nice looking kick to the body. bulges takes a step back to recover.
Walvoord moves into range and clinches up with bulges.
Walvoord dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
bulges takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stalling in the clinch from Walvoord.
bulges has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Walvoord.
Walvoord landing knees to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walvoord using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The referee calls for Walvoord to work.
Walvoord utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Walvoord lands an elbow just above bulges 's eye.
Walvoord lands a good knee to the midsection. bulges won't want to take too many of those.
Walvoord lands a nice knee to the body.
Walvoord connects with a nasty looking knee right to bulges's face.
Knees in the clinch landing for Walvoord.
Walvoord lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Walvoord taking a breather.
bulges takes a knee right on the jaw!
Walvoord lands a body shot.
Walvoord landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Walvoord digs a right hand underneath bulges's ribcage. bulges let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Walvoord will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning bulges up against the cage.
Walvoord unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walvoord lands a good knee to the midsection. bulges won't want to take too many of those.
Walvoord lands an elbow just above bulges 's eye.
Walvoord unloads a knee to the mid-section. bulges lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Walvoord lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Walvoord throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Walvoord lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Walvoord putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has bulges in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
bulges wants a takedown but no success here.
Walvoord lands a nice elbow.
Walvoord lands an elbow just above bulges 's eye.
Walvoord content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Walvoord lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Walvoord.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Walvoord.
Walvoord is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Walvoord using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Walvoord using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Walvoord stalling against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Walvoord as the two fighters clinch.
Knees to the body from Walvoord.
Walvoord landing some nice looking knees to the body.
bulges drops down looking for an ankle pick but Walvoord pulls his leg out and moves away.
Martijn Walvoord has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of ashton bulges.
Good leg kick by Walvoord there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Walvoord throws a leg kick which misses bulges's front leg but catches the back leg as bulges tries to avoid it.
Walvoord throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Walvoord throws a leg kick which misses bulges's front leg but catches the back leg as bulges tries to avoid it.
Walvoord lands a nice leg kick that just misses bulges's sensitive parts.
Walvoord darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Walvoord lands a body shot.
bulges gets tackled into the cage by Walvoord. Walvoord maintains the clinch.
Walvoord lands with a short shot to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Walvoord.
Walvoord slows down the pace here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Walvoord obliges.
bulges takes a knee to the side of the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walvoord content to slow the pace in the clinch.
bulges takes an elbow to the forehead.
A knee to the head by Walvoord.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Walvoord unloads a knee to the mid-section. bulges lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Walvoord throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Walvoord utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Walvoord is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Walvoord lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Walvoord obliges.
bulges takes a knee to the side of the body.
ashton bulges has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Walvoord holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Walvoord landing knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Walvoord takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Walvoord digs a right hand underneath bulges's ribcage. bulges let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Walvoord landing some nice looking knees to the body.
bulges misses with a body punch.
Walvoord dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
bulges has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Walvoord avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Walvoord with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
bulges takes an elbow to the forehead.
Walvoord scores a nice knee to the body.
bulges takes a knee to the side of the body.
Walvoord lands a nice elbow.
Walvoord landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Walvoord landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Walvoord content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Walvoord landing knees to the body.
Walvoord stalling against the cage.
Walvoord utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Walvoord will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning bulges up against the cage.
bulges tries to work over Walvoord's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Walvoord manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Martijn Walvoord.
Walvoord closes the distance and clinches.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Walvoord pushes bulges back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Walvoord is struggling to control the position.
Walvoord working bulges over with knees to the body.
Walvoord lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Walvoord obliges.
bulges takes an elbow to the forehead.
Walvoord working bulges over with knees to the body.
Walvoord leaning his opponent against the cage.
Walvoord blocks a body shot from bulges.
Walvoord lands a body shot in the clinch.
Walvoord comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Walvoord leaning against his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walvoord unloads a knee to the mid-section. bulges lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Martijn Walvoord is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Walvoord scores a nice knee to the body.
Walvoord with a knee to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Martijn Walvoord showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Walvoord has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Martijn Walvoord!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Martijn Walvoord!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Martijn Walvoord!
Martijn Walvoord wins by unanimous decision!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gar Diu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Forza Gr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Diu might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Pulse. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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190 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Gar Diu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Forza Gr!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Sosuke Kotani and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Gr does no damage.
Gr takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Gr throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Diu's waist but Diu gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gr off to one side.
Gr shoots in but no luck this time.
Gr rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Gr crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Diu - the referee stops the clock and Gr gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Diu. Gr manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Diu fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Diu cracks a nice hook into Gr's ribs.
Gr fails with the takedown
and Diu counters with an outside leg kick.
Gar Diu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Forza Gr.
Gr falls off balance throwing a combination
and Diu counters with a head kick. That will keep Gr thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Diu fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gr looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Diu goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diu fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gr on the side of the head.
Gr misses with a left hand
and Diu counters with a slapping leg kick.
Diu throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Diu lands a head shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Diu. That's going to slow Gr down.
Gr takes a kick to the side of the head.
Good exchange - Diu coming out on top.
Gr throws a right hand that misses
and Diu counters with a body kick that stops Gr in his tracks momentarily.
Gr throws a leg kick
and Diu counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gr rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Diu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gr throws a poor cross that misses
and Diu counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gr takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gr doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Diu makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gr looks gassed!
Diu lands a nice looking body shot.
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!
Diu throws a nice inside leg kick.
Diu scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gr doesn't seem bothered though.
Diu thows a body kick. Gr tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Gr shoots in for a takedown but Diu shows good takedown defense.
Diu sizes up Gr with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gr takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Diu scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gr doesn't seem bothered though.
Diu connects with the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gr takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Diu with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Diu uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gr has time to react.
Diu lands with a thumping leg kick.
Diu lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gr is trying desperately to land a takedown but Diu is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Gr.
Jab by Diu.
Diu throws a head kick that Gr semi-blocks.
Gr misses with an uppercut
and Diu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gr on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gr shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Diu counters with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diu throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Gr's head.
Diu cracks the inside of Gr's front leg.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gr has his takedown stuffed
and Diu counters with a nice uppercut.
Diu jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A nice inside leg kick there by Diu. That's going to slow Gr down.
Diu lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Diu lands a head kick!
Diu thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Gr if he has to take too many more of those.
Donk. Diu catches Gr right on the button with a cross.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Diu.
Diu is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Diu scores with a body shot.
Diu plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Diu punishes Gr's body with a nice straight punch.
Diu throws a leg kick which misses Gr's front leg but catches the back leg as Gr tries to avoid it.
Gr takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Diu cracks Gr with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Diu lands a nice looking body shot.
Gr has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Diu.
Diu connects with an inside leg kick.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Diu lunges at Gr with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gr's hand.
Diu lands with a hook. Gr tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Diu's corner calls for a 1-2. Diu obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gr takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Gr throws a leg kick
and Diu counters with a body kick that stops Gr in his tracks momentarily.
A lazy left from Diu finds it's target.
A lazy left from Diu finds it's target.
Diu thuds his shin into the meat of Gr's side.
Diu cracks Gr with a good jab.
Diu lands a body shot.
Gr has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Diu.
Gr fails with the takedown
and Diu counters with a body kick that stops Gr in his tracks momentarily.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Diu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gar Diu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Diu scores with a jab to the body.
Diu throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gr.
Diu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Diu lands a front kick.
Gr's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Diu lands a front kick.
Diu lands a body shot.
Diu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Diu digs a good body shot into Gr's ribs.
Diu throws a nice head kick!
Gr has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Diu punishes Gr's body with a nice straight punch.
Diu slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diu lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gr will feel that in the morning.
Diu scores with a push kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Diu finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Diu scoring well with a low kick there.
Diu is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Diu's corner calls for a 1-2. Diu obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Diu lunges at Gr with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gr's hand.
Diu plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Diu connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Diu fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A shot to the body from Gr misses
and Diu counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Gr is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Diu scores with a jab to the body.
Diu's corner calls for a 1-2. Diu obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Diu cracks the inside of Gr's front leg.
Diu throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gr stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Diu.
Gr misses with a left hand
and Diu counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diu lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Diu jabs Gr right on the nose. Gr blinks but takes it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gar Diu dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Diu connects with a single shot there.
Gr closes the distance and clinches up with Diu, looking for a takedown. Gr pushes Diu against the cage but Diu circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Gr takes a kick to the side of the head.
Diu lands with a shot to the body.
Gr with a poor takedown
and Diu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gr throws a right hand that misses
and Diu counters with a solid body kick.
Gar Diu is winning the standup battle so far.
Diu lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice shot lands for Diu.
Gr is breathing heavily.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Diu - that will leave a mark!
Diu with a hook.
Diu feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Grs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Diu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gr can do to turn this around?
Gr ducks right into an uppercut from Diu.
A head kick from Diu lands but Gr takes it in his stride.
Gr with a poor takedown
and Diu counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gr thinking.
Gar Diu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Forza Gr.
Diu ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Diu scores with a leg kick.
Diu feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Grs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Diu fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gr looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Diu connects with a body shot that sends Gr's belly button to the back.
Diu lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gr takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Diu connects with a high kick.
Diu moves into range and connects with a jab.
Diu with a nice cross.
Diu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Diu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gr gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Diu feints and then cracks Gr's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gr down.
Gr throws a sloppy body shot
and Diu counters with a nice body kick.
Gr misses with a right hand
and Diu counters with a thumping low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gr takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gr takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gr takes one to the chin there.
Diu throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Diu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gr's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Diu connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gr scrambles back to his feet.
Gr shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Diu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Diu lands with a good body shot.
A good leg kick by Diu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diu scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gr takes a jab right on the kisser.
Diu scores with a shot to the body.
Gr gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Diu.
Diu lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Diu bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gr's head backwards.
Gr throws a sloppy head kick
and Diu counters with a head kick.
Gr chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Diu can pounce on him.
Gr with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Diu to score with a decent uppercut.
Gr misses with a leg kick
and Diu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Diu scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Diu lands with a kick to the temple. Gr shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Diu paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Diu throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Diu is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Diu swats away the attempt to clinch by Gr.
Diu lands a high kick!
A jab from Diu does it's job there.
Gr shoots in for a takedown but Diu shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Diu lands an overhand right.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Gr has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Diu.
Diu keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gr on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gr on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Diu. Diu obviously looking to wear him down.
Gr walks into a jab.
Diu tries to sprawl but Gr drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Gr prevents Diu from standing back up.
Diu is defending against the submission attempts here by Gr.
Gr is looking to advance position but Diu won't allow it.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Diu is trying to stand back up but Gr is controlling him
Diu manages to get to full guard.
Diu wants to stand up but Gr is controlling him.
Diu has his foot on Gr's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Gr works his way back into a safe position though.
Gr wants to pass the guard but Diu is keeping the position.
Diu is looking to stand up but Gr isn't so interested in that idea.
Gr tries to free his leg and advance position but Diu is retaining full guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Diu wants to stand up but Gr is controlling him.
Gr sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Gr is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Diu keeping moving, preventing Gr from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Gr stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Diu swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Diu wants to stand and escape but Gr is having none of it.
Gar Diu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gr is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Gr trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Gr stopping the sweep attempt from Diu.
Gr thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gr trying to control the position from guard on top but Diu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gr throws and elbow that misses. Diu uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gr's guard. Nice move by Diu!
Forza Gr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gr wants to sweep here but Diu controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gr has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Diu is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Gr.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gar Diu showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Diu has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Gar Diu!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Gar Diu!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Gar Diu!
Gar Diu wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fit McFit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoshihiro Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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190 lbs
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192 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fit McFit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoshihiro Nakamura!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakamura looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? McFit is fending him off so far but Nakamura persists. Nope, McFit circles away and we're back to standing.
Nakamura has a takedown stuffed.
McFit displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nakamura.
Fit McFit has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yoshihiro Nakamura.
McFit lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
It looks like Yoshihiro Nakamura has been cut.
Nakamura fails to land the takedown.
McFit instigates a clinch.
A bit of stalling here from McFit.
McFit breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McFit tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Nakamura swivels and escapes.
McFit shoots in but no luck this time.
McFit forces Nakamura back against the cage and clinches.
Nakamura is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
McFit is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nakamura wants a takedown but no success here.
McFit pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McFit throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A momentary lapse in concentration from McFit enables Nakamura to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. McFit manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
McFit has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Nakamura off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Nakamura shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and McFit counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nakamura looks gassed!
McFit throws a series of strikes that have Nakamura backpedaling.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McFit drops Nakamura with a beautiful combination! Nakamura stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - McFit is looking for the KO!
Nakamura is rocked!
That has opened up Yoshihiro Nakamura's cut even more.
Both fighters circle each other, looking for something big. McFit moves in and throws an overhand right. That hurt Nakamura! McFit continues to tee off on Nakamura, landing with a left and a right! McFit connects with a right hand that leaves Nakamura sleeping against the cage! What a finish by McFit!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Fit McFit!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryosuke Takahashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiago Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie has chosen THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS as his entrance music. Tiago Gracie struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 186.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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200 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryosuke Takahashi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tiago Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Hirohito Nitta and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takahashi closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Takahashi looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Gracie is not content to let Takahashi control the position.
Takahashi is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Gracie has escaped the position, nice work there.
Gracie wants to control but Takahashi postures up.
Takahashi trying to control the action but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gracie struggling a bit here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is not content to let Takahashi control the position.
Gracie struggling a bit here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Tiago Gracie wasn't active enough on the ground.
Gracie shoots in and bounces Takahashi off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gracie is looking to stand up but Takahashi won't let him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Takahashi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gracie tries to free his leg and advance position but Takahashi is retaining full guard.
Gracie trying to control but Takahashi is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throwing strikes but missing.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Tiago Gracie was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Gracie misses with a body punch
and Takahashi counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Gracie looks gassed!
Gracie not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Takahashi from controlling successfully.
Takahashi is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Gracie is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Gracie is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Takahashi trying to control but Gracie postures up.
Gracie wants to control but Takahashi is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takahashi looking for submissions off his back.
Takahashi actively working from the bottom here.
Gracie is looking for a kimura but Takahashi is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gracie to get the leverage.
Takahashi actively working from the bottom here.
Gracie perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Ground and pound from Gracie.
Gracie works his foot free and advances to mount.
Gracie controlling the position easily from mount.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Takahashi is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Takahashi tries to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.
Gracie working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Gracie sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The referee warns Takahashi that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Gracie moves to the back position.
Gracie controls the position.
Gracie cracks Takahashi with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Takahashi from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Gracie has good solid back control here.
Gracie trying to control.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gracie controlling from the back.
Gracie not allowing Takahashi to control his hands.
Gracie is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Takahashi looking very determined here, making life difficult for Gracie.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Tiago Gracie.
Takahashi with a lazy takedown attempt
and Gracie counters with a shoot takedown. Takahashi fights it but they end up in guard.
Gracie is pushing down on Takahashi's leg trying to pass to half guard. Takahashi is fighting to maintain full guard but Gracie has managed to sneak the leg through.
Gracie is taking a breather. Takahashi says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is working for a kimura but Takahashi is defending it quite comfortably.
Still in half guard, Gracie seems content to control.
Takahashi won't allow Gracie to pass to mount.
Gracie wants to stand up but Takahashi has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Gracie is trying to control. Takahashi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gracie is trying to work for a kimura but Takahashi is defending well.
Takahashi looking for submissions off his back.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Takahashi wants to control but Gracie is keeping busy.
Gracie uses his free foot to push down on Takahashi's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Takahashi.
Gracie wants to control the pace but Takahashi is squirming around nicely.
Gracie working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Takahashi looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Gracie! Submission of the night perhaps?
Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Tiago Gracie!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Kishigawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Haywood Jablowme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haywood Jablowme is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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160 lbs
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167 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andrew Kishigawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Haywood Jablowme!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jablowme shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Kishigawa counters with a shoot takedown. Jablowme fights it but they end up in guard.
Kishigawa drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Jablowme dives on top into guard.
Jablowme preventing the sweep.
Kishigawa bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jablowme's guard.
Kishigawa stays in close to Jablowme's body and controls the position.
Kishigawa avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Kishigawa slips nicely into half guard.
Kishigawa looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Jablowme looking for submissions off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jablowme is trying to maintain the position but Kishigawa is very close to passing his half guard.
Kishigawa is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Jablowme is just riding it out for now. Kishigawa eventually gives up the hold.
Kishigawa is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Jablowme looking for submissions off his back.
Jablowme is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kishigawa passes to full mount!
Jablowme slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Kishigawa looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Jablowme is looking to improve his position.
Jablowme trying to control from the bottom.
Jablowme slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Kishigawa has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kishigawa thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jablowme is on top in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jablowme is looking to work some ground and pound but Kishigawa has wrist control.
Kishigawa tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jablowme throws a big right hand that misses.
Jablowme drops back looking for a leg! Kishigawa is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Kishigawa manages to kick Jablowme off! Jablowme jumps back into Kishigawa's guard.
Jablowme trying to control but Kishigawa is working from the bottom.
Jablowme preventing the sweep.
Kishigawa bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jablowme's guard.
Jablowme throws his legs up looking for a submission but Kishigawa uses it to pass to side control.
Jablowme looks gassed!
Kishigawa working the head and body with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jablowme is looking to regain half guard here but Kishigawa keeps moving and retains side control.
Kishigawa trying to control the action but Jablowme is working from the bottom.
Jablowme is trying to improve his position.
Kishigawa looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Kishigawa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jablowme keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kishigawa is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Jablowme is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jablowme is looking to reverse the position.
Kishigawa works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Kishigawa working away.
Kishigawa tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Jablowme is looking to reverse the position.
Kishigawa trying to control the action but Jablowme is working from the bottom.
Kishigawa looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Kishigawa wants to control but Jablowme is keeping him busy.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jablowme stops Kishigawa from passing to mount.
Jablowme gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Kishigawa takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Kishigawa with good strikes from the mount here!
Jablowme wants to hold on but Kishigawa pushes him away.
Kishigawa landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jablowme wants to control but Kishigawa is having none of it.
Kishigawa looking to control but Jablowme is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Kishigawa landing punches.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kishigawa trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jablowme tries to reverse the position but Kishigawa maintains control.
Kishigawa has control of Jablowme's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Jablowme regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Jablowme tries to reverse the position but Kishigawa maintains control.
Kishigawa wants to finish this one by submission but Jablowme is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Kishigawa.
Kishigawa swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Jablowme is now in Kishigawa's guard. A big mistake from Kishigawa there, giving up the dominant position!
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kishigawa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kishigawa seems keen to control Jablowme's posture.
Jablowme thows a big elbow that misses.
Jablowme throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kishigawa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kishigawa tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jablowme drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Jablowme jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Jablowme stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kishigawa swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kishigawa wants to sweep but no luck.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jablowme throwing strikes from guard but Kishigawa blocks nicely.
Kishigawa keeping moving, preventing Jablowme from controlling successfully.
Kishigawa bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jablowme's guard.
Jablowme lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kishigawa!
Kishigawa is desperately trying to improve his position but Jablowme has a good base and remains in mount.
Jablowme with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andrew Kishigawa dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Jablowme throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kishigawa's waist but Kishigawa gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jablowme off to one side.
Jablowme uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kishigawa.
Kishigawa walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jablowme checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kishigawa shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jablowme sprawls well. Jablowme wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kishigawa gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice sprawl there from Kishigawa as Jablowme shoots in.
Kishigawa lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jablowme fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kishigawa avoids it really well and circles away.
Andrew Kishigawa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Haywood Jablowme.
Jablowme shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Kishigawa is trying desperately to improve position.
Jablowme is breathing heavily.
Kishigawa regains half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kishigawa tries to roll over but Jablowme keeps him under control.
Jablowme thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kishigawa's head.
Jablowme is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jablowme not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kishigawa is looking to control Jablowme's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kishigawa avoid being mounted?
Jablowme is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Kishigawa sees it coming and defends easily.
Jablowme throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kishigawa moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Jablowme preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jablowme looking to pass the guard.
Kishigawa not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jablowme preventing the sweep.
Jablowme advances position into side control!
Kishigawa tries to bench press Jablowme off him but Jablowme keeps the position.
Kishigawa is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Jablowme off and has taken his back!
Jablowme wants to control his opponent's hands but Kishigawa gets his hands free.
Andrew Kishigawa overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kishigawa is hanging on to Jablowme's back as he tries to escape.
Kishigawa keeps control of the position easily here as Jablowme tries to buck him off.
Kishigawa seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Jablowme for as long as he can get away with.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jablowme rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Jablowme is refusing to be controlled, as Kishigawa sits in half guard.
Kishigawa is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Jablowme is just riding it out for now. Kishigawa eventually gives up the hold.
Jablowme is refusing to be controlled, as Kishigawa sits in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kishigawa is thwarting Jablowme's attempts to control the position.
Kishigawa is trying to work for a kimura but Jablowme is defending well.
Jablowme has his hands clasped together around Kishigawa's back. He's all about the action.
Kishigawa passes to full mount!
Kishigawa swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Jablowme is now in Kishigawa's guard. A big mistake from Kishigawa there, giving up the dominant position!
Jablowme trying to control the position from guard on top but Kishigawa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kishigawa not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kishigawa wants to sweep but no luck.
Jablowme throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jablowme passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Kishigawa struggling a bit here.
Jablowme looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Kishigawa is avoiding damage well.
Kishigawa wants to control but Jablowme postures up.
Jablowme misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Jablowme is trying to get an arm triangle but Kishigawa is defending well.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Kishigawa is looking for a sweep.
Jablowme trying to control the action but Kishigawa is working from the bottom.
Kishigawa is trying to improve his position.
Jablowme works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
An elbow from Jablowme crashes against the mat.
Kishigawa tries to bench press Jablowme off him but Jablowme keeps the position.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kishigawa gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Kishigawa can't escape the position.
Jablowme with shots to the head and body - Kishigawa looks very uncomfortable down there.
Jablowme tries to push Kishigawa's head away but Kishigawa is holding on tight.
Kishigawa is trying desperately to improve position.
A nice elbow there by Jablowme.
Jablowme has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kishigawa's face.
Jablowme working the ground and pound effectively.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jablowme scoring with strikes but Kishigawa is staying in there.
Kishigawa wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Jablowme.
Kishigawa really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Jablowme lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Kishigawa is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jablowme landing shots from mount.
Jablowme lands a heavy elbow.
Kishigawa is bucking up trying to escape but Jablowme cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Kishigawa working to try and regain half guard.
Jablowme lands a nice shot to the head.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jablowme is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jablowme throws some wild stikes that Kishigawa manages to avoid easily.
Jablowme is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Kishigawa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jablowme lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jablowme tries to control but Kishigawa wriggling away.
Kishigawa sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Kishigawa is looking for a sweep. Jablowme is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jablowme is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Kishigawa is just riding it out for now. Jablowme eventually gives up the hold.
Kishigawa slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
And that's the end of the fight!
Haywood Jablowme comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Haywood Jablowme!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Haywood Jablowme!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Haywood Jablowme!
Haywood Jablowme wins by unanimous decision!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Caloy Iblasin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shane Watson will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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170 lbs
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175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart |
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Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Caloy Iblasin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shane Watson!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watson throws an off balance right hand
so Iblasin counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Watson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Watson managing to control the position.
Iblasin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Iblasin drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Iblasin jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Iblasin throws a strike but Watson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Watson is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Iblasin is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Iblasin has escaped and now he's on top!
Iblasin throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Iblasin thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Iblasin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Iblasin throwing strikes but missing.
Watson is controlling Iblasin's posture.
Iblasin throws a strike but Watson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Iblasin pushes Watson off and gets back to his feet.
Watson throws a right hand that misses
and Iblasin counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Iblasin scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson managing to control the position.
Iblasin stopping the sweep attempt from Watson.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Watson is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Watson is trying to control the position but Iblasin postures up.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Iblasin is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Watson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Iblasin postures up in Watson's guard and throws a big left but Watson blocks it.
Watson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Iblasin postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Iblasin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iblasin pushing down on Watson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Iblasin seems to be looking for submissions.
Iblasin has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The fighters are battling for position here. Watson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Watson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Watson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Iblasin!
Watson goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Iblasin turns into him and now he's in Watson's guard.
Iblasin is looking to work some ground and pound but Watson has wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Iblasin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Watson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Watson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Iblasin drops back, looking for a kneebar! Watson looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Watson looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Watson!
Watson working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Watson is looking to take a break and control but Iblasin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Watson goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Iblasin has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Watson but great work by Iblasin.
Watson is trying to buck Iblasin off.
Iblasin stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Watson misses with a hook to the body
and Iblasin counters with a single leg into guard. Watson didn't expect that.
Iblasin preventing the sweep.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Watson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Watson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Iblasin is looking to improve his position but Watson isn't that keen on the idea.
Watson wants to control the pace but Iblasin is squirming around nicely.
Iblasin might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Watson throws a wild left hand from mount and Iblasin manages to wriggle his way back to half guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Iblasin is not content to let Watson control the position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Watson is looking to advance position but Iblasin won't allow it.
Watson trying to control from half guard but Iblasin is working away.
Iblasin is trying to stand back up but Watson is controlling him
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Watson passes the guard and advances to mount!
Watson tries to take Iblasin's back but instead Iblasin uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Watson wants to control but Iblasin is keeping him busy.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Watson is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Iblasin doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Watson.
Iblasin tries to get to full guard but Watson has control of the leg.
Watson wants to take a breather but Iblasin is having none of it.
Watson might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Iblasin kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Caloy Iblasin dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Watson throws a series of punches but Iblasin moves out of range.
Watson misses with an uppercut
and Iblasin counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Iblasin is working for a submission of some sort.
Watson is looking for a sweep. Iblasin is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Watson trying to control from the bottom.
Iblasin is looking for a kimura here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Iblasin misses with a head shot. Watson uses the momentum to regain guard.
Watson pulls Iblasin in close to his closed guard and prevents Iblasin from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Iblasin got a little sloppy there for a moment and Watson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Iblasin has managed to get both his arms back between Watson's legs - danger averted.
Iblasin is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Watson wants to sweep here but Iblasin controlling him for the moment.
Watson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Watson holds on and takes a little breather.
Iblasin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Iblasin postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Watson is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Iblasin, into his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Watson trying to control but Iblasin is working from the bottom.
Watson looking to sit in guard and control but Iblasin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Iblasin has gone for a leg lock! Watson slips out almost immediately though and dives into Iblasin's guard.
Watson preventing the sweep.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iblasin keeping moving, preventing Watson from controlling successfully.
Watson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Iblasin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Watson trying to control but Iblasin is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Shane Watson was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Iblasin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Watson swings widly with a right hand
and Iblasin counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Watson!
Iblasin looking to ground and pound but Watson is blocking nicely.
Iblasin prevents Watson from getting the reversal.
Iblasin avoids the attempt from Watson to control.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Iblasin jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Watson is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Watson and Iblasin has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Iblasin working away.
The ground and pound from Iblasin seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Iblasin working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Watson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Iblasin connects with a decent elbow.
Watson struggling a bit here.
Iblasin is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Watson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Watson managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Iblasin.
Watson manages to get back to half guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Iblasin tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Watson.
Watson manages to get to full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Watson is on top in guard.
Watson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Iblasin is keeping the position for now.
Iblasin keeping moving, preventing Watson from controlling successfully.
Iblasin keeping full guard, as Watson tries to pass.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Watson wants to control from the top but Iblasin keeps moving.
Watson drops back, looking for a kneebar! Iblasin looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Iblasin looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Iblasin!
Watson tries to buck Iblasin off but Iblasin is having none of it.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The strikes coming from Iblasin are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Watson is looking to reverse the position.
Watson avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Iblasin.
Watson is trying to control Iblasin's posture but Iblasin avoids it.
Iblasin thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Watson is looking for a sweep.
Iblasin misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Watson can't do much from the bottom here.
Watson regains half guard, as Iblasin was trying to land strikes.
Iblasin landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Iblasin lands with a punch from half guard.
Watson tries to get to full guard but Iblasin has control of the leg.
Watson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Watson is looking to control Iblasin's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Watson avoid being mounted?
Iblasin is looking for a kimura but Watson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Iblasin to get the leverage.
Caloy Iblasin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Watson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Iblasin.
Iblasin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Watson defending well though.
Watson is trying to get back to full guard.
Watson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Iblasin.
And that's the end of the fight!
Caloy Iblasin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Iblasin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Caloy Iblasin!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Caloy Iblasin!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Caloy Iblasin!
Caloy Iblasin wins by unanimous decision!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Diego Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miyamoto Musashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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19
190 lbs
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25
190 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good in bed |
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Good kicks
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Diego Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Miyamoto Musashi!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Musashi throws a leg kick
and Dos Santos counters with a single leg into guard. Musashi didn't expect that.
Dos Santos has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Musashi is proving hard to escape from.
Musashi pulls Dos Santos in close to prevent any damage.
Musashi has a closed guard, preventing Dos Santos from standing up.
Musashi is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dos Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Musashi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Dos Santos fails with the takedown.
Musashi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Musashi throws a head kick that misses
and Dos Santos counters by moving into the clinch.
Musashi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Musashi is stalling here.
Musashi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dos Santos on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Miyamoto Musashi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Musashi throws a right hand that misses
and Dos Santos counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Some wild striking there from Musashi.
Musashi misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Musashi throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dos Santos counters with a big head kick but Musashi shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Musashi falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dos Santos counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Musashi is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Musashi misses with a double jab
and Dos Santos counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Miyamoto Musashi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Musashi lands a lovely overhand right.
Musashi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dos Santos counters with a head kick. That will keep Musashi thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right-left combo lands from Musashi.
Dos Santos shoots in looking for a takedown. Musashi tries to sprawl out of it but Dos Santos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Musashi manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Musashi falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dos Santos counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Musashi!
Musashi tries to reverse the position but Dos Santos maintains control.
Dos Santos trying to control but Musashi is having none of it.
Dos Santos throwing strikes here but Musashi is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Musashi because Dos Santos loaded up on that one.
Dos Santos throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Dos Santos misses with a head shot.
Musashi really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dos Santos dominating with strikes here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Dos Santos misses with a head shot.
Dos Santos misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Musashi blocking the ground and pound.
Dos Santos misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Dos Santos throwing strikes here but Musashi is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Dos Santos trying to control but Musashi is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Musashi holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Dos Santos tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos can't control as he wanted to and Musashi manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Musashi keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Dos Santos is pressing down on Musashi's thigh, looking to free his foot. Musashi is holding on for now.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dos Santos wants to stand up but Musashi manages to regain full guard.
Dos Santos trying to stand up but can't free himself from Musashi's guard.
Dos Santos throws and elbow that misses. Musashi uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dos Santos's guard. Nice move by Musashi!
Musashi gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos closes the distance but Musashi moves to the side
and Musashi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Musashi misses with a combination
and Dos Santos counters with a head kick. That will keep Musashi thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Musashi misses with a combination
and Dos Santos counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Musashi is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Musashi lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Musashi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dos Santos counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Musashi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dos Santos at a distance.
Musashi throws an off balance right hand
and Dos Santos counters with a big head kick but Musashi shrugs it off.
Dos Santos is breathing heavily.
Musashi keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Diego Dos Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos moves out of range of the strikes.
Dos Santos has a takedown stuffed.
Dos Santos is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Musashi.
Dos Santos on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Musashi scores with the left hand. Dos Santos knows he should have avoided that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick by Musashi misses
and Dos Santos counters with a takedown into side control.
Dos Santos tries to stand but Musashi controls the position and pulls Dos Santos into his guard.
Dos Santos tries to free his leg and advance position but Musashi is retaining full guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Musashi pulls Dos Santos in close to his closed guard and prevents Dos Santos from doing any damage or advancing position.
Dos Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Musashi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Dos Santos dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Dos Santos takes a kick to the side of the head.
Musashi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dos Santos.
Musashi scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Diego Dos Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Musashi looks to score with a jab to the body but Dos Santos is just out of range.
A head kick misses from Dos Santos.
No luck for Dos Santos with that takedown attempt.
Musashi misses with a series of wild punches.
Dos Santos changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Musashi tries to avoid it but Dos Santos manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Musashi to the ground. Musashi escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Musashi throws a sloppy head kick
and Dos Santos counters with a big head kick but Musashi shrugs it off.
Musashi throws a looping overhand right but Dos Santos ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos throws a head kick but Musashi moves out of range.
A lazy left from Musashi finds it's target.
Musashi throws a lazy head kick
and Dos Santos counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dos Santos stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Sloppy strikes from Musashi. Those never looked like landing.
Musashi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Musashi leaves Dos Santos with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Diego Dos Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Musashi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dos Santos's hands.
Dos Santos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Musashi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Musashi misses with a double jab
and Dos Santos counters with a head kick.
Musashi lands a right hook to the body.
Miyamoto Musashi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Musashi looks to land a combination but Dos Santos avoids it well.
Musashi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Musashi shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Dos Santos eats them both and turns towards Musashi to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Musashi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dos Santos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Musashi's waist but Musashi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dos Santos off to one side.
Dos Santos takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Musashi but Musashi pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos blocks a head kick by Musashi.
Musashi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dos Santos shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Musashi defends it nicely.
Musashi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Musashi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Musashi throws a lazy right hand but Dos Santos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dos Santos.
Musashi tries a head kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Musashi misses with a combination
and Dos Santos decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Musashi's guard.
Musashi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Musashi has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Dos Santos wants to control from the top but Musashi keeps moving.
Dos Santos has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Musashi is proving hard to escape from.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Musashi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Dos Santos wants to stand and escape but instead Musashi has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Musashi stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Jab by Musashi.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Musashi misses with a low kick.
Musashi throws a sloppy head kick
and Dos Santos counters with a nice double leg into side control. Musashi won't be happy with that.
Musashi sneaks back into half guard.
Dos Santos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Musashi won't allow Dos Santos to pass to mount.
Dos Santos is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Musashi is just riding it out for now. Dos Santos eventually gives up the hold.
Musashi regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos wants to stand and escape but instead Musashi has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Musashi decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Dos Santos, up you get!
Musashi looks to score with a jab to the body but Dos Santos is just out of range.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Musashi pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Dos Santos back to the cage. Musashi follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Musashi tries to bum rush Dos Santos with a series of wild strikes but Dos Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Musashi misses with an uppercut
and Dos Santos counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Musashi looks to score with a jab to the body but Dos Santos is just out of range.
Dos Santos shoots in looking for a takedown. Musashi tries to sprawl out of it but Dos Santos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Musashi manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Musashi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dos Santos counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Musashi has a closed guard, preventing Dos Santos from standing up.
Dos Santos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dos Santos will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos thows a big elbow that misses.
Dos Santos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dos Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Musashi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Musashi working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos wants to stand and escape but instead Musashi has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Diego Dos Santos.
I think Dos Santos has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Diego Dos Santos!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Diego Dos Santos!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Diego Dos Santos!
Diego Dos Santos wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Igor Peinetti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and yakin yakin sanjamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Igor Peinetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, yakin yakin sanjamoto!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Sosuke Kotani and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peinetti throws an overhand right that lands on yakin sanjamoto's shoulder, as yakin sanjamoto tries to avoid the shot.
yakin sanjamoto misses with a shot to the body
and Peinetti counters with a combination of strikes to the head and body that crumple yakin sanjamoto!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
yakin sanjamoto looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Peinetti looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
yakin sanjamoto actively working from the bottom here.
yakin sanjamoto gets full guard.
yakin sanjamoto is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Peinetti is sitting in close to yakin sanjamoto's body. yakin sanjamoto has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Peinetti is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Peinetti is tapping! That was a very nice submission by yakin sanjamoto.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). yakin yakin sanjamoto!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Bueno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Belanger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pedro Bueno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joe Belanger!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belanger connects with an inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Belanger.
Bueno scores with a three punch combo!
Bueno fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Belanger manages to avoid it.
Belanger throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bueno sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Belanger on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bueno throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Belanger.
That kick from Belanger tenderised Bueno's leg. Bueno is trying to keep his angry face on.
Belanger's corner calls for a 1-2. Belanger obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bueno works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Belanger needs to keep his hands up - Bueno had a free shot at his head there.
Bueno lands a body shot.
Bueno 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.
Bueno takes a swing at Belanger's ribcage but misses.
Belanger showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bueno.
Belanger scores with a head kick. Bueno tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Belanger feints and then cracks Bueno's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bueno down.
Belanger lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bueno tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Belanger was well out of range. Poor timing from Bueno.
A head kick by Belanger misses
and Bueno counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Belanger takes a swing at Bueno's ribcage but misses.
Bueno scores with a jab.
Bueno works Belanger's body with a nice hook.
An inside leg kick from Bueno misses.
Bueno on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belanger slips a jab from Bueno.
Belanger looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bueno tries to clinch there but Belanger circles away.
Belanger connects with a solid leg kick.
Bueno instigates a clinch.
Belanger escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Belanger looks for the body kick but Bueno saw that one coming.
Belanger scoring well with a low kick there.
Belanger looks to throw the jab but Bueno is out of range.
Belanger throws a head kick but Bueno moves out of range.
Bueno takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Belanger tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bueno throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Belanger avoids a kick to the body.
Belanger dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bueno. That did some damage!
Belanger thuds his shin into the meat of Bueno's side.
A nice leg kick lands there from Belanger.
Bueno throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Belanger stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bueno moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bueno takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Belanger throws a nice head kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Belanger thows a body kick. Bueno tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Bueno is breathing heavily.
Bueno misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belanger turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Belanger avoids the body shot from Bueno.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Belanger.
Belanger throws a quick inside leg kick.
Belanger throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Belanger throws a shot to the body.
A nice combination there by Belanger.
Bueno is looking to wear down Belanger with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Belanger misses with a hook. Bueno ducked under it nicely.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Belanger - that will leave a mark!
Belanger lands with a kick to the ribs.
Bueno has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Belanger.
Belanger scores with a nice body kick.
Bueno takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A thudding body kick lands there by Belanger!
Belanger lands a nice looking kick to the body. Bueno takes a step back to recover.
Belanger moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Belanger throws a nice inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Belanger.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bueno looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A nice leg kick lands there from Belanger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belanger connects with a solid leg kick.
Belanger thumps Bueno with a low kick.
Crunch! Belanger slams his shin into Bueno's torso.
Bueno takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Belanger moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Bueno on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Belanger. Belanger obviously looking to wear him down.
Bueno moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Belanger scores with a nice strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Belanger throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A good leg kick by Belanger.
Bueno blocks a head kick by Belanger.
Belanger moves away from the strike by Bueno.
Nice shot by Belanger.
Belanger throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bueno.
Joe Belanger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bueno tries to clinch but Belanger is having none of it.
Belanger throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Belanger lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bueno's sensitive parts.
Belanger lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Good leg kick by Belanger there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nice body kick there by Belanger.
Belanger scores with a leg kick.
A good leg kick by Belanger.
Belanger lands a head kick. Bueno smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belanger misses with a looping right.
Bueno takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A good leg kick by Belanger.
Bueno stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Belanger.
Belanger delivers a nice body kick.
Bueno takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Belanger looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A good leg kick by Belanger.
Bueno on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Belanger.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Belanger.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Belanger.
Belanger turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Belanger throws a body punch but Bueno moves out of range.
Bueno moves out of range of the strikes.
Bueno thows a body shot but no joy.
Belanger delivers a nice body kick.
Nice body kick from Belanger.
Belanger throws a nice head kick!
Nice body kick there by Belanger.
Belanger lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bueno tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bueno on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Belanger fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bueno.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Belanger.
A nice inside leg kick there by Belanger. That's going to slow Bueno down.
Belanger throws a quick inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Belanger. That's going to slow Bueno down.
Belanger fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bueno.
Bueno has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Belanger finds it's way round the side to connect with Bueno's head.
Bueno chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Belanger can pounce on him.
Belanger throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Belanger looks to land a combination. Bueno sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Bueno walks into a straight right hand from Belanger.
Bueno swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bueno takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bueno takes a kick to the side of the head.
Bueno takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A thudding body kick lands there by Belanger!
Belanger connects with a solid leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Belanger!
Belanger fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Belanger fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bueno has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bueno needs to keep his hands up - Belanger had a free shot at his head there.
Bueno will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A head kick from Belanger lands but Bueno takes it in his stride.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Bueno takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Belanger scores with a kick to the body.
Belanger fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bueno looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Belanger is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bueno had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Belanger throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bueno's head.
Bueno on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Belanger. Belanger obviously looking to wear him down.
Belanger throws a head kick that misses.
Belanger throws a head kick that half lands.
Bueno stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Belanger.
Belanger lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Belanger fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Belanger throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Belanger lands with a slapping head kick.
Bueno misses with an uppercut. Belanger saw that one coming.
Belanger feints and then cracks Bueno's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bueno down.
Belanger throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bueno's head.
Bueno stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Belanger.
Belanger scoring well with a low kick there.
Belanger swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bueno crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Belanger - the referee stops the clock and Bueno gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Belanger. Bueno manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Belanger getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Belanger throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bueno's head.
Belanger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bueno.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bueno walks into a left hand.
Belanger lands a front kick.
Bueno missing with a left hand there. Belanger was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bueno is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Belanger throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Belanger lands a nice hook to Bueno's body. Bueno takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Belanger smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Belanger scores with a kick to the body.
Belanger throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bueno's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Belanger scores with a nice body kick.
Bueno ducks under a wild hook from Belanger.
A thudding body kick lands there by Belanger!
A nice combination there by Belanger.
Belanger scores with a spinning back kick!
Bueno blocks a head kick by Belanger.
Belanger moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bueno has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Belanger.
Belanger lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Belanger swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bueno.
Belanger throws a head kick that half lands.
Bueno throws a right and a left that Belanger avoids nicely.
Good leg kick by Belanger there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bueno stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Belanger.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Belanger. That's going to slow Bueno down.
Bueno chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Belanger can pounce on him.
Bueno walks into a straight right hand from Belanger.
Belanger turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Belanger.
A solid body kick from Belanger.
Belanger lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bueno will feel that in the morning.
Belanger throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bueno.
Bueno tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nice jab there from Belanger.
Belanger scoring well with a low kick there.
Belanger thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bueno if he has to take too many more of those.
Nice body kick there by Belanger.
The crowd cheers as Belanger lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bueno doesn't seem phased though.
Belanger lands with a kick to the temple. Bueno shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Belanger connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bueno momentarily.
Belanger looks to throw the jab but Bueno is out of range.
Belanger throws a leg kick which misses Bueno's front leg but catches the back leg as Bueno tries to avoid it.
Bueno swings for the body but Belanger moves out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Belanger.
Belanger goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Belanger fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bueno.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Belanger's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bueno under the eye.
Belanger lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bueno takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Belanger throws a front kick that sends Bueno stumbling back into the cage.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Belanger - that will leave a mark!
Belanger connects with a solid leg kick.
Belanger cracks Bueno with a good jab.
Belanger lands the left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bueno ducks under a wild hook from Belanger.
Bueno swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Belanger counters with an outside leg kick.
Belanger feints a jab promting Bueno to slip. Belanger then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Bueno slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Belanger cracks the inside of Bueno's front leg.
Belanger with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Belanger moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Belanger lands with a slapping head kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Belanger misses with a wild body shot.
Belanger lands a nice looking kick to the body. Bueno takes a step back to recover.
Belanger lands a head kick. Bueno smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Belanger throws a series of strikes that have Bueno backpedaling.
Belanger lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Belanger dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Belanger throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Belanger ducks under a wild hook from Bueno.
Bueno throws a lazy uppercut
and Belanger counters with an outside leg kick.
Bueno's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Bueno duly obliges.
Belanger misses with an attempted mid kick.
Belanger turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A slow jab from Belanger misses its intended target.
Belanger throws a head kick that Bueno semi-blocks.
Belanger scores with a nice body kick.
Bueno lands with an uppercut that bounces Belanger off the cage and back into rage.
Belanger pushes Bueno away with a front kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Belanger.
Belanger with a jab.
Bueno misses with a hook.
Belanger scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bueno doesn't seem bothered though.
Nice body kick from Belanger.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Belanger keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bueno blocks a head kick by Belanger.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Belanger delivers a nice body kick.
Belanger buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Belanger lands a leg kick that knocks Bueno off balance momentarily.
Belanger scores with a kick to the midsection.
Belanger scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bueno sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Belanger lands with a kick to the temple. Bueno shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Joe Belanger seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Belanger.
Bueno sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Belanger fakes the leg kick and cracks Bueno in the body.
Belanger works Bueno's body with a nice hook.
Bueno takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crunch! Belanger slams his shin into Bueno's torso.
A solid body kick from Belanger.
Bueno ducks right into an uppercut from Belanger.
Belanger lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bueno will feel that in the morning.
Belanger throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Belanger moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bueno crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Belanger - the referee stops the clock and Bueno gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Belanger. Bueno manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Belanger lands with a hook. Bueno tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Belanger fakes the leg kick and cracks Bueno in the body.
Bueno looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Belanger scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bueno in his tracks.
Belanger lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bueno at a distance.
Belanger throws a nice outside leg kick.
That kick from Belanger tenderised Bueno's leg. Bueno is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nice body kick from Belanger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bueno takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Belanger wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bueno moves out of range of the strikes.
Belanger misses with a head kick.
Belanger scores with a push kick.
Belanger lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bueno's sensitive parts.
Belanger thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bueno if he has to take too many more of those.
Belanger bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Bueno walks forward, straight into a front kick from Belanger.
Belanger connects with a leg kick. Bueno looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Belanger misses with a head kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Belanger.
Bueno takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Belanger throws a nice outside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Belanger.
Belanger lands with a right hand.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Belanger - that will leave a mark!
Belanger swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Bueno to counter with a crisp jab.
Belanger connects with an inside leg kick.
Belanger thows a body kick. Bueno tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Bueno blocks a head kick by Belanger.
Bueno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belanger lands a nice hook to Bueno's body. Bueno takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Belanger feints and then cracks Bueno's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bueno down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Belanger. That's going to slow Bueno down.
Belanger lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bueno will feel that in the morning.
Belanger misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Belanger uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Belanger is looking to slow Bueno down with leg kicks.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Belanger.
Belanger ducks under a wild hook from Bueno.
Belanger has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Belanger, right into the meat.
Belanger lands a head kick!
Belanger scores with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bueno takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Belanger scores with a spinning back kick!
Belanger throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bueno dodges the punch combination from Belanger.
Belanger lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Belanger thuds his shin into the meat of Bueno's side.
Bueno takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Belanger slams his shin into Bueno's torso.
A slapping body kick lands there for Belanger.
Crunch! Belanger slams his shin into Bueno's torso.
Bueno takes one on the button.
Belanger lands with a kick to the temple. Bueno shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Belanger plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bueno slips a jab and a cross from Belanger.
Bueno is looking to clinch.
Belanger with a nice cross.
Belanger comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bueno blocks a jab.
Belanger drops his hands momentarily and Bueno takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Belanger takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Belanger connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bueno wants to clinch up but Belanger keeps it at a distance.
Belanger throws a head kick but Bueno moves out of range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bueno crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Belanger - the referee stops the clock and Bueno gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Belanger. Bueno manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Belanger pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Belanger throws a head kick that half lands.
Belanger connects with a body shot.
Nice jab there from Belanger.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Belanger scoring well with a low kick there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Belanger.
Belanger misses with an uppercut. Bueno saw that one coming.
Belanger buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Belanger lands a nice looking kick to the body. Bueno takes a step back to recover.
Belanger lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Belanger misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A solid leg kick lands there for Belanger.
Belanger avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A head kick from Belanger lands but Bueno takes it in his stride.
Nice body kick there by Belanger.
A nice inside leg kick there by Belanger. That's going to slow Bueno down.
Bueno walks into a stiff left hand from Belanger.
Bueno tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Belanger was well out of range. Poor timing from Bueno.
Belanger lands a nice hook to Bueno's body. Bueno takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Belanger avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Belanger scores with a push kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bueno walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Belanger looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bueno walks forward, straight into a front kick from Belanger.
Belanger turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Belanger tenderised Bueno's leg. Bueno is trying to keep his angry face on.
Belanger tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Belanger thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bueno if he has to take too many more of those.
Belanger feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bueno's calf.
Bueno throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Belanger delivers a nice body kick.
Belanger throws a leg kick which misses Bueno's front leg but catches the back leg as Bueno tries to avoid it.
Belanger fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bueno.
Belanger goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Bueno on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Belanger. Belanger obviously looking to wear him down.
Bueno needs to keep his hands up - Belanger had a free shot at his head there.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bueno crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Belanger - the referee stops the clock and Bueno gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Belanger. Bueno manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Belanger throws a series of punches but Bueno avoids them all with ease.
Belanger sizes up Bueno with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bueno sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Belanger lands the left hand.
Belanger throws a head kick that Bueno semi-blocks.
Belanger chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice cross by Belanger.
Bueno takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bueno misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Belanger.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Belanger plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Belanger throws a front kick that sends Bueno stumbling back into the cage.
Belanger misses with an uppercut.
Belanger scores with a leg kick.
Belanger lands a nice looking body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Belanger.
Belanger lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Belanger lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bueno has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Belanger finds it's way round the side to connect with Bueno's head.
Belanger jabs Bueno to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Belanger connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Belanger with a nice cross.
Bueno on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bueno takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Belanger scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bueno takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bueno has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Belanger feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bueno's calf.
Belanger lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Bueno avoids the body shot from Belanger.
Bueno takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Belanger fakes the leg kick and cracks Bueno in the body.
Nice body kick from Belanger.
Bueno on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Belanger. Belanger obviously looking to wear him down.
Belanger takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A swing and a miss from Belanger.
Belanger dodges the punch combination from Bueno.
Bueno needs to keep his hands up - Belanger had a free shot at his head there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Belanger, right into the meat.
Bueno takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Belanger lands with a nice body kick.
Belanger connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A cross from Belanger lands.
Belanger dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bueno. That did some damage!
Belanger explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Belanger with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bueno takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Good leg kick by Belanger there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Belanger connects with an inside leg kick.
A head kick from Belanger lands but Bueno takes it in his stride.
Belanger throws out a loose jab but Bueno uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Belanger lands with a kick to the ribs.
Belanger throws a quick inside leg kick.
Belanger lands a high kick!
Belanger lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Belanger lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bueno takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Belanger throws a nice head kick!
An inside leg kick lands from Belanger.
Pedro Bueno has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Belanger scores with a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Belanger.
Joe Belanger is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bueno gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
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!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Belanger, right into the meat.
The crowd cheers as Belanger lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bueno doesn't seem phased though.
Bueno has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bueno there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Belanger on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Belanger.
Bueno throws out a leg kick but Belanger moves out of range and Bueno only half commits.
Crunch! Belanger slams his shin into Bueno's torso.
Belanger fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Belanger comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Belanger has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Joe Belanger!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Joe Belanger!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Joe Belanger!
Joe Belanger wins by unanimous decision!
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