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Pride 20: Remember the Past PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Cheung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucius Andronicus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lucius Andronicus will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Eddie Cheung!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lucius Andronicus!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andronicus punishes Cheung's body with a nice straight punch.
Andronicus misses with a jab, cross combination.
Andronicus connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Andronicus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Andronicus throws a low kick but Cheung avoids it.
Cheung misses with a wild combination.
Cheung listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Good leg kick by Andronicus there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A punch combination from Andronicus misses.
Andronicus misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheung wants to clinch up but Andronicus keeps it at a distance.
Cheung pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Andronicus back to the ropes. Cheung follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
It looks like Lucius Andronicus has been cut.
Cheung rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Andronicus counters with a good, hard body kick but Cheung shrugs it off.
Cheung throws a big shot that misses.
Andronicus tries a head kick but it misses.
Cheung throws a head kick that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Andronicus swats away the attempt to clinch by Cheung.
Cheung tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Andronicus paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andronicus blocks a head kick by Cheung.
Andronicus misses with a jab, cross combination.
Andronicus blocks a low kick nicely.
Andronicus throws a sloppy head kick
and Cheung counters with a nice body shot.
Cheung misses with the combination.
Cheung instigates a clinch.
Andronicus letting Cheung take a breather here.
Andronicus is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andronicus is looking to break free of the clinch but Cheung has double underhooks.
Cheung is looking to break free of the clinch but Andronicus has double underhooks.
Andronicus wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cheung has him pressed against the ropes.
Cheung wants to break free but Andronicus has control.
Andronicus breaks from the clinch.
A big left from Cheung misses.
Andronicus closes the distance and clinches.
Andronicus working hard to break the clinch.
Cheung breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Cheung.
Andronicus throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andronicus tries to clinch but Cheung is having none of it.
Andronicus motions for Cheung to come forward. Andronicus throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cheung moves out of range of the body kick.
Andronicus thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cheung throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cheung getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Andronicus fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cheung on the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Andronicus swats away the attempt to clinch by Cheung.
Cheung swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Cheung dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lucius Andronicus's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Andronicus throws a looping overhand right but Cheung ducks down to avoid it.
Cheung throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Andronicus.
Andronicus throws a nice inside leg kick.
Andronicus throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Eddie Cheung is winning the standup battle so far.
Andronicus scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Andronicus pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cheung avoids a kick to the body.
Andronicus takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Andronicus misses with the body kick
and Cheung counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Cheung misses.
Sloppy strikes from Andronicus. Those never looked like landing.
No joy there for Andronicus, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Andronicus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Andronicus throws a jab when Cheung was well out of range.
Cheung misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cheung throws a sloppy head kick and Andronicus moves out of range easily.
Cheung lands a nice hook to Andronicus's body. Andronicus takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Andronicus is breathing heavily.
Andronicus throws a wild body kick that Cheung sees coming a mile off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andronicus fails to land with a series of punches.
Cheung moves into range and clinches up with Andronicus.
Cheung tries to circle away but Andronicus has him pinned against the ropes.
Andronicus manages to break the clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Cheung there.
Andronicus tries to clinch but Cheung moves out of range.
Cheung dodges the punch combination from Andronicus.
Cheung swings away with a leg kick that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A bone on bone clash there as Andronicus blocks the leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Andronicus. That snapped Cheung's head back.
Andronicus falls off balance throwing a combination
and Andronicus takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A head kick misses from Cheung.
Andronicus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cheung.
Cheung slips a jab and a cross from Andronicus.
Eddie Cheung is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cheung tries to clinch up.
Cheung misses with a double jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheung misses with a two punch combination.
Cheung moves into range and clinches up with Andronicus.
Cheung'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.
Cheung wants to get back to striking at distance but Andronicus won't allow it.
Andronicus is trying to break the clinch but Cheung is controlling him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cheung wants to break the clinch but can't.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cheung breaks from the clinch.
Andronicus tries to bum rush Cheung with a series of wild strikes but Cheung uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Cheung dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lucius Andronicus's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Andronicus throws the kick towards the body but Cheung avoids it.
Cheung takes the fight into the clinch.
Cheung pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cheung throws a series of punches but Andronicus avoids them all with ease.
Andronicus displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Andronicus buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cheung misses with a double jab.
Nice defenses there by Andronicus.
A combination from Andronicus does no damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andronicus lands with a nice body kick.
Andronicus connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cheung tries to score with a low kick but Andronicus moves his leg out of the way.
Cheung misses with a head kick.
Cheung lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Andronicus circles away quickly and effectively.
Andronicus closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Andronicus keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cheung's efforts to push away.
Andronicus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andronicus throws a quick inside leg kick.
Andronicus misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Andronicus avoids the head kick by Cheung.
Andronicus scores with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Andronicus will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Andronicus misses with a few strikes there.
Andronicus has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Andronicus circles away from the clinch attempt
and Andronicus counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheung moves into the clinch.
Cheung is trying to break the clinch but Andronicus is controlling him.
Cheung is trying to break free.
Andronicus looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Andronicus is trying to force a seperation but Cheung has the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Cheung prevents Andronicus from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheung breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Andronicus throws a series of punches but Cheung avoids them all with ease.
Cheung throws a left and a right that both miss
and Andronicus counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
No joy there for Andronicus, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Andronicus misses with a body kick.
Cheung throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Andronicus on the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Andronicus tries to clinch up.
Cheung throws a left and a right that both miss
and Andronicus counters with a nice low kick that buckles Cheung's knee momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lucius Andronicus really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lucius Andronicus's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Cheung moves away from the strike by Andronicus.
Cheung misses with a double jab
and Andronicus counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Andronicus misses with a double jab.
Andronicus moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Andronicus scores with a jab. Cheung acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cheung misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cheung gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cheung stalling in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andronicus prevents Cheung from breaking the clinch.
Andronicus keeps control of Cheung as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Andronicus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Andronicus fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cheung looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Andronicus walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cheung checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cheung lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Andronicus backs up against the ropes.
Andronicus jabs Cheung to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Cheung lands a jab to the head.
Andronicus avoids the head kick by Cheung.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andronicus misses with a low kick.
Andronicus avoids the head kick by Cheung.
Cheung throws a lazy uppercut
and Andronicus counters with a straight right hand.
Andronicus moves out of range of the body kick from Cheung.
Andronicus tries a head kick but it misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Andronicus gets tackled into the ropes by Cheung. Cheung maintains the clinch.
Cheung working hard to break the clinch.
Cheung breaks from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheung throws a head kick that misses.
Cheung falls off balance throwing a combination
and Andronicus counters with a three punch combo that has Cheung backing up. Cheung nods at Andronicus to acknowledge the strikes.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Andronicus will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cheung looks to land a right hand but Andronicus moved out of range.
Andronicus checks the leg kick nicely there.
Andronicus throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cheung cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cheung slips a jab from Andronicus.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Cheung, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Andronicus misses with a jab, cross combination.
Andronicus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Andronicus needs to keep his hands up - Cheung had a free shot at his head there.
Cheung lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Andronicus circles away quickly and effectively.
Cheung pulls out of a head kick attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Andronicus throws a combination that misses
and Cheung holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cheung can't break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Eddie Cheung will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lucius Andronicus's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Andronicus looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cheung fails to land with a series of punches.
Cheung swinging wildly here.
Cheung throws a right and a left that Andronicus avoids nicely.
Andronicus scores with a kick to the midsection.
Cheung throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Andronicus is looking to clinch.
Andronicus tries to clinch there but Cheung circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andronicus throws a sloppy head kick and Cheung moves out of range easily.
A punch combination from Cheung misses.
Andronicus stuns Cheung with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Andronicus connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cheung's hands.
Cheung closes the distance and clinches up with Andronicus, looking for a takedown. Cheung pushes Andronicus against the ropes but Andronicus circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Andronicus swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cheung will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Andronicus throws a right and a left that Cheung avoids nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andronicus slips a jab and a cross from Cheung.
Andronicus throws a head kick that misses
letting Cheung counter with a right hand.
Andronicus avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cheung tries to score with a low kick but Andronicus moves his leg out of the way.
Andronicus scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Cheung.
Cheung looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andronicus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cheung.
Andronicus tries a low kick but Cheung avoids it.
Andronicus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cheung misses with a two punch combination.
Cheung looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Andronicus.
Cheung instigates a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheung breaks the clinch.
Andronicus throws a combination that misses
and Cheung counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Andronicus swinging wildly here.
Eddie Cheung is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A head kick misses from Andronicus.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cheung tries to close the distance and clinch but Andronicus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Andronicus takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
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 Eddie Cheung.
I think Cheung 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 49:46
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 49:46
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eddie Cheung!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between George St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Rourk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre comes to the ring accompanied by Make Smash Ya Tap!. Michael Rourk will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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185 lbs
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176 lbs
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, George St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michael Rourk!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rourk goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
It looks like George St Pierre has been cut.
St Pierre closes the distance and clinches up with Rourk, looking for a takedown. St Pierre pushes Rourk against the ropes but Rourk circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
St Pierre showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rourk.
St Pierre misses with a takedown attempt - Rourk sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
St Pierre pulls out of a head kick attempt.
St Pierre shoots in looking for a takedown but Rourk manages to keep the fight standing, pushing St Pierre's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rourk throws a right and a left that both miss.
St Pierre shoots in and bounces Rourk off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Rourk is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rourk bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in St Pierre's guard.
St Pierre is looking for a triangle but Rourk pushes his legs off easily.
St Pierre 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rourk trying to control the position from guard on top but St Pierre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
St Pierre working for submissions but it's allowed Rourk to get to half guard.
Rourk trying to pass the guard but St Pierre defending well.
St Pierre tries to get to full guard but Rourk has control of the leg.
St Pierre looking for submissions off his back.
St Pierre is looking to control Rourk's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can St Pierre avoid being mounted?
Rourk trying to control the action but St Pierre is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is trying to get back to full guard.
Rourk missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
St Pierre trying to control here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
St Pierre gets back to full guard.
St Pierre is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.
Rourk tries to free his leg and advance position but St Pierre is retaining full guard.
St Pierre working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rourk.
Rourk 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.
Rourk tries to free his leg and advance position but St Pierre is retaining full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rourk thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rourk slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
St Pierre manages to get back to half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Rourk connects with a nice short shot to St Pierre's temple.
St Pierre looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
St Pierre is looking for a sweep. Rourk is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rourk is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, St Pierre has managed to free his arm - good work.
St Pierre is refusing to be controlled, as Rourk sits in half guard.
Rourk is sneakily working for an arm triangle but St Pierre sees it coming and defends easily.
St Pierre is staying active underneath Rourk, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rourk wants to pass the guard but St Pierre is defending well.
St Pierre regains full guard. Nicely done.
St Pierre keeping moving, preventing Rourk from controlling successfully.
Rourk is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but St Pierre has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Rourk is looking to defend but St Pierre has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Rourk! St Pierre pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Rourk taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). George St Pierre!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tate Thai Guy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shim Changmin (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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tate Thai Guy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shim Changmin!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thai Guy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thai Guy tries to clinch up but Changmin circles away and keeps his distance.
Thai Guy is looking to score with low kicks.
A combination from Changmin does no damage.
Changmin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thai Guy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thai Guy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Changmin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thai Guy tries to clinch up but Changmin circles away and keeps his distance.
Thai Guy moves in looking to clinch but Changmin pushes him off.
Thai Guy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Changmin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Changmin fails to land with a series of punches.
Thai Guy slips a jab and a cross from Changmin.
Changmin throws a right hand that Thai Guy ducks under and follows up with a left that Thai Guy also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thai Guy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Changmin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thai Guy throws a body kick that misses.
Changmin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thai Guy moves in looking to clinch but Changmin pushes him off.
Changmin fails to land with a series of punches.
Changmin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Thai Guy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Thai Guy lands an elbow just above Changmin 's eye.
Changmin dodges an elbow strike from Thai Guy.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Thai Guy throws an elbow but misses.
Thai Guy effectively controlling the action here.
Thai Guy lands an elbow just above Changmin 's eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Thai Guy.
Thai Guy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A frustrated look appears on Changmin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Changmin tries to break free but Thai Guy pushes him back against the ropes.
Changmin is looking to break free of the clinch but Thai Guy has double underhooks.
Changmin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Thai Guy will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Changmin up against the ropes.
Changmin tries to pull guard but Thai Guy holds him up against the ropes and eventually Changmin drops back down to his feet.
Thai Guy leaning his opponent against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Changmin blocks the elbow strike.
Thai Guy taking a breather.
Thai Guy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Changmin can't break the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Thai Guy.
Thai Guy looking to slow down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tate Thai Guy.
Changmin looks to land a combination but Thai Guy avoids it well.
Changmin misses with the combination.
Changmin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thai Guy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thai Guy misses with a body kick.
Thai Guy slips a straight right by Changmin.
An inside leg kick from Thai Guy misses.
Thai Guy takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Thai Guy is looking to clinch but Changmin is avoiding it.
Changmin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thai Guy closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Changmin to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tate Thai Guy dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Changmin is trying to break free.
Thai Guy lands a damaging elbow.
Changmin takes an elbow to the temple.
Thai Guy stalling in the clinch but Changmin improves position.
Thai Guy dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Thai Guy wants to stall.
Thai Guy can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tate Thai Guy.
Thai Guy wants to clinch up but Changmin keeps it at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Changmin thuds his right hand into Thai Guy's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Changmin throws a series of punches but Thai Guy moves out of range.
Changmin avoids a kick to the body.
Changmin scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Changmin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thai Guy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Thai Guy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tate Thai Guy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Changmin blocks a head kick by Thai Guy.
Changmin throws a series of punches but Thai Guy avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Changmin avoids a wild elbow strike from Thai Guy.
Changmin blocks an elbow strike from Thai Guy.
Thai Guy lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Shim Changmin has been cut.
Thai Guy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Thai Guy is trying to stall.
Thai Guy is stalling here.
Changmin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Thai Guy.
Thai Guy is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Changmin is trying to break the clinch but Thai Guy is controlling him.
Changmin dodges an elbow strike from Thai Guy.
The referee is keeping an eye on Thai Guy - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Thai Guy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Thai Guy throws an elbow but it misses.
Thai Guy stalling against the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tate Thai Guy.
Thai Guy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Thai Guy slips a jab from Changmin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Thai Guy.
Changmin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Changmin scores with a one two! Thai Guy had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Changmin throws a series of punches but Thai Guy moves out of range.
Changmin throws a hook to the side of Thai Guy's head but Thai Guy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Changmin misses with a few strikes there.
Changmin moves out of range of the body kick from Thai Guy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Changmin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thai Guy closes the distance and pushes Changmin back into the ropes.
Thai Guy trying to control the position but instead, Changmin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Thai Guy into the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tate Thai Guy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Shim Changmin's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Changmin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Changmin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Thai Guy fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Changmin is out of range.
Thai Guy tries to clinch up.
Changmin misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Changmin throws a right and a left that Thai Guy avoids nicely.
Shim Changmin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Thai Guy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Changmin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Changmin. Those never looked like landing.
A punch combination from Changmin misses.
Changmin blocks a head kick by Thai Guy.
Changmin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Thai Guy misses with a low kick.
Changmin swats away the attempt to clinch by Thai Guy.
Thai Guy moves in looking to clinch but Changmin pushes him off.
Thai Guy doesn't manage to clinch there - Changmin circles away.
Thai Guy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Changmin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Changmin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thai Guy circles away quickly and effectively.
Changmin lands with an overhand left.
Changmin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thai Guy.
Some wild striking there from Changmin.
Thai Guy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Changmin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thai Guy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thai Guy tries to clinch up
and Changmin counters with a nice uppercut.
Thai Guy avoids the body shot from Changmin.
Thai Guy lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Thai Guy throws out a leg kick but Changmin moves out of range and Thai Guy only half commits.
Thai Guy tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Changmin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Changmin has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Changmin throws a nice looking combination but Thai Guy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Thai Guy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Changmin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thai Guy rushes Changmin and presses him up against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Changmin blocks an elbow strike from Thai Guy.
A hook to the body from Changmin.
Thai Guy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Thai Guy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Thai Guy seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Changmin is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Thai Guy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Thai Guy lands a nice elbow.
Thai Guy lands an elbow that stopped Changmin in his tracks for a moment.
Changmin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thai Guy misses with an elbow over the top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice elbow from Thai Guy.
Thai Guy pushes off an throws an elbow but Changmin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Changmin dodges an elbow strike from Thai Guy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tate Thai Guy clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Shim Changmin's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Thai Guy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Changmin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Changmin throws a series of punches but Thai Guy avoids them all with ease.
Changmin is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Changmin scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Thai Guy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Thai Guy slips a jab and a cross from Changmin.
Changmin fails to land with a series of punches.
Changmin lands a head shot.
Thai Guy tries to clinch but Changmin moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thai Guy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Changmin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A clash of legs there as Changmin blocks the low kick.
Changmin swats away the attempt to clinch by Thai Guy.
Changmin circles away from the clinch attempt
and Changmin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Changmin throws a right and a left that Thai Guy avoids nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thai Guy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Changmin tries to keep at a distance but Thai Guy has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Changmin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Thai Guy is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Thai Guy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Changmin's defenses.
Changmin blocks an elbow strike.
Thai Guy looking to slow down the pace here.
Changmin blocks an elbow strike.
Thai Guy leaning against his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thai Guy wants to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tate Thai Guy.
Thai Guy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thai Guy is looking to clinch but Changmin is avoiding it.
Thai Guy throws a push kick but Changmin slaps the foot to one side.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Thai Guy.
Changmin throws a right and a left that Thai Guy avoids nicely.
Changmin throws a series of punches but Thai Guy avoids them all with ease.
Changmin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thai Guy moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Changmin lands with a nice body punch.
Changmin misses with a double jab.
A thudding body kick lands there by Thai Guy!
Thai Guy lands a nice looking body kick.
No joy there for Changmin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thai Guy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Changmin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Thai Guy.
Changmin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thai Guy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Changmin tries to bum rush Thai Guy with a series of wild strikes but Thai Guy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tate Thai Guy had his way with Shim Changmin in that round.
The cut man is working on Shim Changmin's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Thai Guy has Changmin up against the ropes in a clinch.
Thai Guy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Thai Guy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Thai Guy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Thai Guy leaning against his opponent.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Thai Guy throws an elbow but misses.
Thai Guy lands an elbow that stopped Changmin in his tracks for a moment.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Changmin as Thai Guy tries to tie him up.
Changmin tries to pull guard but Thai Guy holds him up against the ropes and eventually Changmin drops back down to his feet.
Come on Thai Guy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Changmin as Thai Guy tries to tie him up.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tate Thai Guy.
Changmin throws a nice looking combination but Thai Guy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Changmin throws a nice looking combination but Thai Guy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Thai Guy tries to clinch up.
Changmin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thai Guy circles away quickly and effectively.
Changmin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thai Guy throws a low kick but Changmin moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Changmin tries to bum rush Thai Guy with a series of wild strikes but Thai Guy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Changmin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thai Guy circles away quickly and effectively.
Changmin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thai Guy tries to clinch up.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Thai Guy.
Changmin misses with a series of wild punches.
Changmin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thai Guy is looking to clinch but Changmin is avoiding it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Changmin throws a jab but it's blocked by Thai Guy.
Thai Guy throws a low kick but Changmin avoids it.
Changmin throws a series of punches but Thai Guy avoids them all with ease.
Thai Guy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Changmin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Changmin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Changmin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A combination from Changmin does no damage.
A right-left combo lands from Changmin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Changmin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thai Guy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Changmin.
Shim Changmin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tate Thai Guy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Changmin is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Thai Guy throws a solid leg kick but Changmin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Thai Guy.
Thai Guy pivots, looking for a leg kick but Changmin is out of range and Thai Guy settles back down.
Thai Guy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Changmin.
Thai Guy is looking to clinch.
Changmin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tate Thai Guy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Thai Guy, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 50:45
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 50:45
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tate Thai Guy!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonardo daVinci (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wa Sa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sa has chosen Fat Lip as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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20
204 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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21
205 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Leonardo daVinci!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wa Sa!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sa misses with a double jab
and daVinci counters with a flying knee that drops Sa!
Sa is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Sa working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. daVinci doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. daVinci manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Sa is still in real trouble! Can daVinci finish him?
daVinci loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sa seems to have recovered his senses.
Sa can't keep his opponent in guard - daVinci advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
daVinci is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Sa!
daVinci forces the positional change into back control.
daVinci looking for the choke from the back.
daVinci looking to break Sa's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Sa remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise daVinci will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Sa tries to escape but daVinci has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Sa covering up well under a barage of strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Sa's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Sa trying to control the action but daVinci just sinks the hooks in.
daVinci tightening his grip on Sa, looking for the choke.
daVinci just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
daVinci is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
daVinci is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
daVinci is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
daVinci looking for the RNC.
daVinci patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
daVinci trying to control.
daVinci working for the choke.
daVinci throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sa preventing the rear naked choke attempt from daVinci.
Sa avoids the strikes from daVinci.
daVinci has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Sa has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
daVinci is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Sa knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Sa for a finish.
Sa is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
daVinci is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Sa defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
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!
Sa preventing the rear naked choke attempt from daVinci.
daVinci trying to control momentarily.
daVinci working for a choke but Sa is defending well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
daVinci controlling well, preventing Sa from escaping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leonardo daVinci dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by daVinci.
daVinci misses with a body kick.
Sa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
daVinci scores with a jab to the head.
Sa blocks a head kick by daVinci.
daVinci tries to clinch up.
daVinci moves into the clinch.
Sa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and daVinci avoids it.
A short uppercut from daVinci.
daVinci pushes Sa back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
daVinci swings wildly with an uppercut but Sa uses good head movement to avoid it.
A hook to the body from daVinci.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sa tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. daVinci smiles and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sa avoids a kick to the body.
daVinci pushes Sa up against the ropes in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sa.
daVinci lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sa tries to pull guard but daVinci holds him up against the ropes and eventually Sa drops back down to his feet.
daVinci stalling the fight.
Sa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. daVinci is defending well for now.
daVinci lands with a short shot to the head.
daVinci misses with a punch to the body.
daVinci tries a body shot but Sa blocks it.
daVinci goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sa missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for daVinci.
Sa fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Leonardo daVinci has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wa Sa.
Sa has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. daVinci is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
daVinci tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sa's elbow.
daVinci can't find room to land a body shot as Sa controls the action.
daVinci lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
daVinci tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sa avoids it.
A nice right hand lands inside from daVinci.
Sa tries to pull guard but daVinci won't allow it.
A head punch on the inside from Sa fails to land.
daVinci lands with a left to the head.
daVinci tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
daVinci is looking to control Sa's arms but Sa gets an underhook and turns him. Now daVinci has his back to the ropes.
Sa fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Sa fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Sa tries to throw a body punch but daVinci avoids it by throwing Sa back against the ropes.
A bit of stalling here from daVinci.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with daVinci's elbow.
Sa throws an elbow but it misses.
Sa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
daVinci is looking to control Sa's arms but Sa gets an underhook and turns him. Now daVinci has his back to the ropes.
A short right from daVinci.
daVinci gets through Sa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
daVinci blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sa trying to land knees to the body.
daVinci gets through Sa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sa looking to stall.
Leonardo daVinci has scored more points in the clinch so far.
daVinci slows down the pace here.
daVinci lands a right hand.
Sa is trying to work for a single leg takedown but daVinci pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
daVinci blocks an elbow strike.
A short right from daVinci on the inside.
Sa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short body shot lands from daVinci as the two fighters clinch.
Sa is trying to push daVinci away but daVinci has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Sa is looking for a takedown.
Sa is breathing heavily.
Still in the clinch, daVinci scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
daVinci digs a right hand underneath Sa's ribcage. Sa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
daVinci cracks Sa with a nice body shot.
daVinci lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sa.
The referee calls for daVinci to work.
A nice left hand lands by daVinci.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
daVinci lands a body shot.
daVinci lands with a right to the head.
Sa stalling in the clinch but daVinci improves position.
A shot in the inside from daVinci.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leonardo daVinci dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Sa bobbing and weaving nicely... He's ducked under a jab and ducks again but ooooooh! daVinci comes at him with an uppercut from hell! Sa falls to the canvas, unconscious! This one is all over! Oh man, looking at the replay that was right on the button! Sa was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Leonardo daVinci!
Leonardo daVinci tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cameron Saber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Turk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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26
185 lbs
12 - 8 - 0 |
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28
173 lbs
14 - 7 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cameron Saber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, David Turk!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turk fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Turk.
Saber misses with a body shot.
Turk slips a jab and a cross from Saber.
Turk swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turk fails with an attempt to clinch.
Saber checks a leg kick.
Saber avoids the head kick by Turk.
Saber takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A big left from Saber misses.
Turk moves into the clinch.
Saber misses with a short punch on the inside.
Saber has Turk pressed against the ropes.
Turk misses with a hook from the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Saber scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saber working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Still in the clinch, Saber scores with a nice short uppercut.
Saber on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Saber breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Turk tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Saber manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Saber throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Saber jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Turk slips a jab and a cross from Saber.
David Turk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turk tries a head kick but it misses.
Saber throws a big shot that misses.
Turk throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Turk clinches up with Saber and pushes him back against the ropes.
Turk content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Saber breaks the clinch.
Turk staying out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turk gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Saber wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Turk breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Turk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turk drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Saber throws a body punch but Turk moves out of range.
Turk connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Turk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Saber paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Saber is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turk.
Turk has closed the distance and engaged Saber in a clinch.
Turk unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Turk tries to land knees in the clinch but Saber avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Saber lands a left hand that snaps the head of Turk backwards.
Saber turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Saber manages to end up in side control.
Turk is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Saber asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Saber with the ground and pound but Turk regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Turk wants to get back to his feet.
Saber will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Saber throwing shots but Turk is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turk pushes Saber off and gets back to his feet.
Saber misses with a straight left.
Saber throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Turk on the side of the head.
Saber fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Turk on the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saber throws a hook but Turk avoids it easily.
Saber swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Turk.
Saber misses with a few strikes there.
David Turk is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Saber connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Turk tries to clinch up.
A head kick misses from Turk.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Turk throws a head kick that misses.
Turk tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Saber manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Saber uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turk.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Cameron Saber will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Turk throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Saber doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Saber fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Turk misses with a series of wild punches.
Saber misses with a body shot.
Saber on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Turk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Saber misses with a right hand
enabling Turk to counter with a crisp jab.
Saber takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Saber connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Turk fails with an attempt to clinch.
Saber gets a takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saber wants to control but Turk is keeping him busy.
Turk is trying to stand.
Saber not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Saber performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Turk is refusing to be controlled, as Saber sits in half guard.
Turk tries to kick Saber off but Saber keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Still in half guard, Saber seems content to control.
Saber is trying to control the action in half guard but Turk is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Cameron Saber.
A nice combination there by Turk.
Turk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saber swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A big left from Saber misses.
Turk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saber.
David Turk is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Turk moves into the clinch successfully.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Saber is leaning against Turk and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turk's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Saber throws a jab when Turk was well out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turk lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Turk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saber.
Saber scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Saber is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Turk swinging wildly here.
Turk blocks a jab.
Saber tests Turk's chin there with a solid looking shot.
David Turk seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Turk thuds a left hand into Saber's body.
Saber throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Turk swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Turk pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A combination from Turk does no damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saber throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Turk avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Saber throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Turk's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Saber connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Turk scrambles back to his feet.
Turk lands with a slapping head kick.
A big left from Saber misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Left hook, right uppercut from Saber.
Saber swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Saber just misses with a punch to the body.
Turk slips under a jab from Saber.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Turk throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Saber takes a swing at Turk's ribcage but misses.
Turk connects with a leg kick. Saber looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Cameron Saber will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Turk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Turk scores with a nice head shot.
Turk throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Turk moves into the clinch successfully.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Turk takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Turk tries to throw a body punch but Saber avoids it by throwing Turk back against the ropes.
Saber'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.
Turk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Turk steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Saber.
Saber shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Turk but Turk pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Saber paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Turk throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Saber. Turk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Saber throws a body punch but Turk moves out of range.
Turk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Saber misses the target.
Turk throws a head kick but Saber moves out of range.
Turk takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Saber with a nice cross.
Turk displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Saber.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Saber works Turk's body with a nice hook.
A punch combination from Turk misses.
Turk is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Saber rather than just go for the knockout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saber throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Turk stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Saber misses with a body shot.
Saber misses with a hook to the body
and Turk counters by moving into the clinch.
Saber tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Turk's elbow.
Turk wants to break free but Saber has control.
Saber looking to slow down the pace here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Turk obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saber has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Turk is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cameron Saber. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Turk is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Turk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Turk ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Turk uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Saber.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turk moves away from the strike by Saber.
Saber avoids the head kick by Turk.
Turk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saber swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Turk tries to clinch but Saber moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Saber misses the target.
Turk misses with the combination.
Turk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Turk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saber swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Turk tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Saber counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Saber swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turk pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Saber paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turk scores with a three punch combo!
Turk shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Saber keeps the fight on the outside.
Saber throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Turk sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Turk works over Saber's head and body with a nice combination.
Turk ducks under a wild hook from Saber.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turk blocks a leg kick.
Saber throws a hook but Turk avoids it easily.
Saber looks to score with a jab to the body but Turk is just out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Turk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Turk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Saber. Turk does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but David Turk just about did enough to take it.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A jab from Saber finds it's way through Turk's defenses.
Saber avoids a punch combination nicely.
Turk misses with a jab, cross combination.
Saber thuds his right hand into Turk's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Saber throws a body kick that misses.
Saber tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Saber dodges the punch combination from Turk.
Saber tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Turk was well out of range. Poor timing from Saber.
Turk tries to clinch up.
Turk tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Turk takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Saber keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saber throws a right and a left that both miss.
Saber throws a big shot that misses.
Turk scores with a head kick. Saber tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Turk looks to land a body kick but Saber moved away.
Turk tries to clinch there but Saber circles away.
Turk has closed the distance and engaged Saber in a clinch.
Turk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Turk misses with a series of wild punches.
Turk scores with a nice body kick.
Turk works over Saber's head and body with a nice combination.
A left and a right from Turk both land. Nice combination.
Turk avoids the body shot from Saber.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turk misses with a wild body shot.
Saber ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turk moves away.
Saber has a takedown stuffed.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Saber circles away from the clinch attempt.
Saber uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saber fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A jab from Turk does it's job there.
Turk will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Turk feints a jab promting Saber to slip. Turk then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Saber slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Saber keeps the fight on the outside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Turk.
Saber is rocked!
Turk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Oh Saber is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Turk lands with a kick to the ribs.
Saber tries a low kick but Turk avoids it.
Saber seems to have got his legs back now.
Turk pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Turk tries to clinch up but Saber circles away and keeps his distance.
Saber takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Saber waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Turk.
Saber scores with a crisp jab that stopped Turk in his tracks.
Saber pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Turk moves out of range as Saber strikes.
Turk tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turk takes a swing at Saber's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circling - Saber throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Saber punishes Turk's body with a nice straight punch.
Saber takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Saber misses with a wild combination.
Turk closes the distance and pushes Saber back into the ropes.
David Turk seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Saber breaks the clinch.
Turk changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turk fails with an attempt to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Turk looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Turk clinches up against the ropes.
Saber is trying to maintain a safe position but Turk gets an underhook and turns Saber into the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Turk dominated that fourth round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Turk fails with an attempt to clinch.
Turk takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nice jab there from Saber.
Turk throws a wild body kick that Saber sees coming a mile off.
Saber lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Turk has closed the distance and engaged Saber in a clinch.
Saber managing to block the knees to the body from Turk.
The referee is keeping an eye on Turk - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Saber trying to control the position but instead, Turk has worked for underhooks and has pushed Saber into the ropes.
Turk lands a knee to the body.
Saber has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Turk after a bit of a struggle.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turk tries to circle away but Saber has him pinned against the ropes.
Saber tries to score a body lock takedown but Turk shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Turk wants to stall.
Saber taking a breather.
Turk lands a body shot in the clinch.
Turk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saber.
Saber breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A good leg kick by Turk.
Turk is looking to clinch.
Turk has taken the fight to the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Turk as Saber tries to tie him up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Turk breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Saber.
The ground and pound from Saber seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Turk avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Saber.
Turk tries to escape but Saber is in control.
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!
Saber is looking to take a break and control but Turk is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Saber 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turk managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Saber.
Saber trying to control the position but Turk is working away.
Turk wants to get back to his feet but Saber drags him back down.
Saber happy to just control the position for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saber wants to control but Turk is keeping him busy.
Turk dodges the ground and pound from Saber.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Saber tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Turk tries to escape but Saber is in control.
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 Cameron Saber.
I think Saber 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 47:48
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 48:47
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by split decision... David Turk!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Royal Tenenbaum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dionicio Pizarro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Pizarro's choice of entrance music: Globus - Europa (Instrumental Version) . Royal Tenenbaum could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dionicio Pizarro's chin.
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200 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Royal Tenenbaum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dionicio Pizarro!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tenenbaum takes a swing at Pizarro's ribcage but misses.
Tenenbaum misses the jab.
Pizarro gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Tenenbaum counters with a stiff right hand.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pizarro.
Dionicio Pizarro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pizarro misses with a wild body shot.
Pizarro slips a jab and a cross from Tenenbaum.
Tenenbaum lands a right hook to the body.
Tenenbaum gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Pizarro to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Tenenbaum seems keen to control Pizarro's posture.
Tenenbaum is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tenenbaum wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Tenenbaum is on top in guard.
Tenenbaum postures up in Pizarro's guard and throws a big left but Pizarro blocks it.
Tenenbaum chips away with some ground and pound.
Pizarro wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Tenenbaum is now in half guard.
Pizarro is looking for a sweep. Tenenbaum is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Pizarro manages to get to full guard.
Pizarro is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Tenenbaum is aware though and is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tenenbaum throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tenenbaum trying to control but Pizarro is working from the bottom.
Pizarro looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tenenbaum trying to control but Pizarro is working from the bottom.
Pizarro has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Tenenbaum can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Tenenbaum lands a couple of digs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pizarro controls Tenenbaum momentarily but Tenenbaum frees himself.
Pizarro had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Tenenbaum defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tenenbaum postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tenenbaum scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Tenenbaum wants to control from the top but Pizarro keeps moving.
Pizarro is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tenenbaum wants to control from the top but Pizarro keeps moving.
Tenenbaum postures up and lands a big shot to Pizarro's brow.
Pizarro keeping moving, preventing Tenenbaum from controlling successfully.
Tenenbaum looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pizarro looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Tenenbaum working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Pizarro's head.
Pizarro working a defensive guard but Tenenbaum passes into half guard.
Pizarro is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Tenenbaum pulls his head out easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tenenbaum is trying to control. Pizarro wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tenenbaum is really struggling to control Pizarro but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Pizarro looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Pizarro avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tenenbaum.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Royal Tenenbaum dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Tenenbaum throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice takedown defense from Tenenbaum. No joy for Pizarro on that attempt.
Tenenbaum misses the shot to the body.
Pizarro misses with a body shot.
Pizarro swings for the body but Tenenbaum moves out of range.
Pizarro misses with a wild body shot.
Pizarro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tenenbaum throws a shot from downtown. Pizarro moves away and avoids it.
Pizarro tries to clinch up
and Tenenbaum connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pizarro fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tenenbaum smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pizarro sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Pizarro is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tenenbaum comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tenenbaum's jab looks to have found its range, popping Pizarro under the eye.
Tenenbaum tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pizarro moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tenenbaum lands with a right hand.
Pizarro is rocked!
A solid leg kick lands there for Tenenbaum.
Pizarro is still on wobbly legs! Can Tenenbaum finish him?
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!
Tenenbaum looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tenenbaum lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Pizarro head around and knocks him out cold! Tenenbaum hops onto the ropes and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Royal Tenenbaum!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joey Engle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Salcedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Salcedo is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Muse - Muscle Museum. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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275 lbs
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280 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joey Engle!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Julio Salcedo!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Engle fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Salcedo, pushing him back against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Salcedo.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Salcedo.
Salcedo misses with a punch on the inside.
Salcedo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Salcedo fails to land.
Salcedo struggles to land a body shot inside as Engle controls his hands.
Salcedo blocks a body shot from Engle.
Engle fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Salcedo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Salcedo tries a body shot but Engle blocks it.
Salcedo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Salcedo throws a head punch that misses.
Engle misses with a body punch.
Salcedo swings wildly with an uppercut but Engle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Engle presses Salcedo against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Engle is looking to control Salcedo's arms but Salcedo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Engle has his back to the ropes.
Engle lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salcedo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Salcedo managing to block the knees to the body from Engle.
Engle blocks an uppercut.
Salcedo lands with a left to the head.
It looks like Joey Engle has been cut.
Salcedo working aggressively here.
Engle taking a breather.
Salcedo misses with some punches.
Salcedo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Engle's elbow.
Engle using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Engle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Salcedo blocks it with crossed arms.
Engle throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Salcedo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Engle tries to circle away but Salcedo has him pinned against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Engle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Salcedo misses with some punches.
Engle missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Engle misses with a punch to the body.
Salcedo misses with the head strike.
Salcedo misses with the head strike.
Engle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Salcedo tries to throw a body punch but Engle avoids it by throwing Salcedo back against the ropes.
Salcedo misses with some punches.
Salcedo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Engle breaks from the clinch.
Engle misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Salcedo.
Engle throws a quick inside leg kick.
Engle lands a head kick!
It looks like Julio Salcedo has been cut.
Joey Engle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salcedo misses with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Engle tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Salcedo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Salcedo stuns Engle with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Salcedo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Engle.
Salcedo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Engle.
Salcedo misses with an uppercut.
Engle throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Salcedo just misses with a punch to the body.
Salcedo throws the left hand but Engle avoids the punch easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Engle moves into the clinch successfully.
Salcedo misses with some punches.
Engle can't find room to land a body shot as Salcedo controls the action.
Salcedo lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salcedo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Engle lands with a short shot to the head.
Salcedo throws a punch but it's blocked by Engle.
Salcedo working aggressively here.
A hook to the body from Engle.
Engle is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Salcedo is defending well for now.
Salcedo working aggressively here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Engle stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short left from Salcedo.
Engle works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Engle dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Salcedo misses with a wild combination.
Engle really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Engle lands a right hook to the body.
A head kick misses from Engle.
Salcedo throws an off balance right hand
and Engle counters with a left to the body.
Salcedo steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Engle. That one must have hurt.
Engle dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Engle throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Engle throws a nice inside leg kick.
Salcedo is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salcedo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Engle dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Engle.
Engle lands with a kick to the temple. Salcedo shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Joey Engle is winning the standup battle so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Both fighters circling a little - Engle finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Engle turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Salcedo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Engle digs a good hook to Salcedo's body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Engle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Engle moves into the clinch.
Engle struggles to land a body shot inside as Salcedo controls his hands.
Engle digs a right hand into Salcedo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Salcedo's gas tank.
Engle tries a body shot but Salcedo blocks it.
Engle stalling the fight.
Engle is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Engle lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Salcedo backwards.
Engle is pushing Salcedo up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Engle landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Engle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Engle just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Engle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Salcedo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Engle moves away.
Salcedo misses the jab.
Salcedo throws a lazy uppercut
and Engle counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Engle.
Joey Engle has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Engle trying to stall but Salcedo improves his position.
Engle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Salcedo has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Engle.
Engle scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Salcedo doesn't seem bothered though.
Salcedo is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Engle fakes the leg kick and cracks Salcedo in the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Engle lands a big head kick that sends Salcedo tumbling to the mat! Engle takes a step backwards and waves Salcedo back to his feet - he wants the finish!
That has opened up Julio Salcedo's cut even more.
Salcedo takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Engle lands a big head kick that sends Salcedo to the canvas! Engle follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joey Engle!
Joey Engle retains his heavyweight title!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Christian Wesley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cristiano Nascimento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wesley comes into the arena with T.I Ft. Eminem - All She Wrote blaring out of the sound system. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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214 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Christian Wesley!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cristiano Nascimento!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wesley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nascimento.
Wesley misses with a hook.
Nascimento steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wesley.
Wesley missing with a left hand there. Nascimento was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nascimento stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Wesley shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Nascimento but Nascimento pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nascimento throws a right hand that Wesley ducks under and follows up with a left that Wesley also avoids with ease.
Nascimento with a nice cross.
Nascimento throws a looping overhand right but Wesley ducks down to avoid it.
Nascimento moves into the clinch.
Wesley tries to throw a body punch but Nascimento avoids it by throwing Wesley back against the ropes.
Nascimento struggles to land a body shot inside as Wesley controls his hands.
Nascimento softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Nascimento is trying to stall.
Wesley slows down the pace here.
Nascimento throws a punch but it's blocked by Wesley.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nascimento prevents a body shot from Wesley.
Wesley tries a body shot but Nascimento blocks it.
Wesley scores with a hook to the body.
Wesley slowing the pace effectively.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nascimento.
Wesley struggles to land a body shot inside as Nascimento controls his hands.
Nascimento tries to work over Wesley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wesley can't find room to land a body shot as Nascimento controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Nascimento fails to land.
Wesley blocking some punches.
Wesley lands a body punch.
Nascimento tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
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!
Wesley is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nascimento gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Wesley.
Wesley is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
It looks like Christian Wesley has been cut.
Nascimento lands with a light punch inside.
Wesley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nascimento lands a nice uppercut.
Nascimento tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wesley misses with some punches.
A short left from Wesley.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wesley.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nascimento is working Wesley over against the ropes.
Wesley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nascimento throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wesley.
Nascimento prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christian Wesley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wesley lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nascimento.
Nascimento lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wesley backwards.
Wesley has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Nascimento is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Nascimento misses with the head strike.
Nascimento works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nascimento trying to stall but Wesley improves his position.
A nice left hand lands by Nascimento.
Nascimento lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wesley backwards.
Wesley tries to throw a body punch but Nascimento avoids it by throwing Wesley back against the ropes.
Wesley looking to stall.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nascimento.
Wesley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nascimento looking to stall.
Nascimento lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nascimento gets through Wesley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nascimento misses with the head strike.
Wesley is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Nascimento.
Nascimento is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wesley struggles to land a body shot inside as Nascimento controls his hands.
Wesley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nascimento has a couple of punches blocked by Wesley.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wesley.
Nascimento lands a shot to the body.
Nascimento blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nascimento stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nascimento lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wesley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wesley has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Nascimento is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wesley trying to stall but Nascimento improves his position.
A right hook to the body lands for Nascimento.
Wesley is breathing heavily.
Nascimento lands with a light punch inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Nascimento.
Wesley misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cristiano Nascimento dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Christian Wesley's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nascimento fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wesley, pushing him back against the ropes.
Nascimento blocking some punches.
Wesley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nascimento lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wesley.
Nascimento lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wesley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nascimento blocks an uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wesley digs a right hand underneath Nascimento's ribcage. Nascimento let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wesley trying to control the position but instead, Nascimento has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wesley into the ropes.
Wesley tries to work over Nascimento's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nascimento misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Nascimento.
Nascimento lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nascimento lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nascimento tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nascimento misses with a punch on the inside.
Wesley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nascimento misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Nascimento.
Nascimento stalling against the ropes.
Wesley misses with a punch to the body.
Wesley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nascimento prevents a body shot from Wesley.
Nascimento throws a head punch that misses.
Nascimento misses with some punches.
Cristiano Nascimento seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nascimento lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nascimento goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wesley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wesley misses with a punch to the body.
Nascimento is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Wesley can't find room to land a body shot as Nascimento controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento swings wildly with an uppercut but Wesley uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Nascimento on the inside.
Nascimento blocks a body shot from Wesley.
Wesley is stalling here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wesley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nascimento's elbow.
Nascimento prevents a body shot from Wesley.
Wesley has a couple of punches blocked by Nascimento.
Wesley tries to stall but Nascimento uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Wesley blocks an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Wesley.
Wesley working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wesley.
A short right from Wesley on the inside.
Wesley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wesley struggles to land a body shot inside as Nascimento controls his hands.
Nascimento tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wesley's elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wesley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nascimento's elbow.
Wesley is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Nascimento is defending well.
Wesley lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wesley.
Nascimento throws a head punch that misses.
Wesley stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Wesley has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Nascimento after a bit of a struggle.
Nascimento lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nascimento is trying to maintain a safe position but Wesley gets an underhook and turns Nascimento into the ropes.
Wesley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nascimento misses with the head strike.
Wesley has hold of one of Nascimento's legs. Nascimento is fighting the takedown attempt but Wesley gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nascimento looking for a guillotine here but Wesley defends easily.
Nascimento working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wesley.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wesley postures up.
Nascimento is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Wesley has his hands clasped together but Nascimento extends an breaks Wesley's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Nascimento.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Cristiano Nascimento!
Cristiano Nascimento is the new light heavyweight champion!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Takashi Kadota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oji San (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kadota kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Better With The Lights Off - New Boyz. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takashi Kadota!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Oji San!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
San connects with a nice looking jab.
Kadota scores with a leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kadota.
San with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Oji San seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kadota looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
San throws a low kick, looking for Kadota's leg but Kadota calmly moves out of range.
San has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kadota just leaning against San, taking a breather.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Kadota creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kadota is working San over against the ropes.
San fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Come on Kadota - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
San missing with knees to the body.
San trying to land knees to the body.
Kadota digs a right hand into San's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on San's gas tank.
San tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kadota - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
San misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for San.
Good body shot from Kadota.
San goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
San using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kadota has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kadota works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
San tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kadota wants to pass the guard but San is keeping the position.
Kadota trying to control the position from guard on top but San is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
San utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kadota lands a couple of elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kadota slips nicely into half guard.
San manages to get to full guard.
Kadota preventing the sweep.
Kadota missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kadota postures up in San's guard and throws a big left but San blocks it.
San has control of Kadota's left arm, preventing Kadota from doing any damage.
Kadota working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
San trying to keep a closed guard but Kadota is proving a slippery customer.
Kadota trying to control but San is working from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kadota with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kadota throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as San works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
San keeping moving, preventing Kadota from controlling successfully.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
San misses with a jab, cross combination.
Oji San is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
San tries to close the distance and clinch but Kadota swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kadota throws a leg kick
and San counters with a leg kick.
Kadota shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has San pinned against the ropes. San gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Kadota is defended easily by San.
San throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
San misses with a kick to the body.
Kadota keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
San gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kadota.
San misses with a body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Kadota blocks the leg kick.
San throws out a loose jab but Kadota uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kadota lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kadota is looking to chop away at San's legs.
Kadota jabs at San's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kadota tries to clinch but San moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
San clinches with his opponent.
Kadota trying to stall but San improves his position.
San lands a knee to the body.
A short right from San on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Takashi Kadota dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kadota, right into the meat.
Kadota lands a lovely overhand right.
Kadota takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
An inside leg kick lands from San.
San lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kadota's sensitive parts.
San throws a jab when Kadota was well out of range.
Kadota misses with a low kick as San jumps back.
San tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kadota swats him away and circles back towards the center.
San scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kadota doesn't seem bothered though.
A jab from San misses.
Kadota takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
San buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kadota takes a body punch but keeps moving.
San throws a right hand that Kadota ducks under and follows up with a left that Kadota also avoids with ease.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
San thows a body shot but no joy.
San darts in and clinches Kadota up against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kadota misses with a punch to the body.
A knee to the head by San.
San pushes Kadota back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
San creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kadota misses with a punch to the body.
Kadota gets through San's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kadota misses with the head strike.
Kadota misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kadota stalling in the clinch but San improves position.
San throws an elbow that misses.
Kadota is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
San blocking some punches.
Kadota blocks an elbow strike from San.
Takashi Kadota has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kadota is trying to work for a single leg takedown but San pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Kadota scores with a nice short uppercut.
San misses with a hook from the clinch.
San misses with a body punch.
San stalling in the clinch but Kadota improves position.
Kadota doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kadota misses with a punch to the body.
Kadota lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of San backwards.
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!
A quick uppercut on the inside from San.
San stops a takedown attempt from Kadota.
San tries to work over Kadota's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
San works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
San stalls.
Kadota misses with a punch on the inside.
San tries to work over Kadota's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
San doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
San prevents a body shot from Kadota.
Nice body punch from Kadota - that landed with a thud.
Kadota lands with a short head shot on the inside.
San is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Kadota lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of San backwards.
San is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kadota misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kadota goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kadota misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kadota swings wildly with an uppercut but San uses good head movement to avoid it.
San pushes off an throws an elbow but Kadota leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Kadota is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Takashi Kadota. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for San.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kadota is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
San trying to stall but Kadota improves his position.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
San lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kadota backwards.
Kadota is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
San missing with knees to the body.
Kadota is trying to break free.
San scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the fighters up against the ropes, San throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kadota tried to land a shot to the body but connects with San's elbow.
Kadota tries a body shot but San blocks it.
San pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from San.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oji San showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
San misses with a looping right.
Kadota uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by San.
San throws a front kick aimed at Kadota's knee but Kadota avoids it well.
San misses with a hook. Kadota ducked under it nicely.
San fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kadota has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kadota circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kadota dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on San. That did some damage!
Kadota lands with an uppercut that bounces San off the ropes and back into range.
Kadota misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from San.
San lands a jab to the head.
Both fighters circling a little - Kadota finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
San is looking to slow Kadota down with leg kicks.
San pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kadota.
San avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
San drives through and clinches with Kadota against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
San blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
San throws a punch but it's blocked by Kadota.
Nice body punch from San.
Kadota trying to control the position but instead, San has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kadota into the ropes.
San with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kadota prevents a body shot from San.
Kadota is trying to maintain a safe position but San gets an underhook and turns Kadota into the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from San fails to land.
Kadota slowing the pace effectively.
A quick uppercut on the inside from San.
San lands a knee to the head.
San with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kadota tried to land a shot to the body but connects with San's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
San throws a head punch that misses.
Kadota tried to land a shot to the body but connects with San's elbow.
Kadota struggles to land a body shot inside as San controls his hands.
San trying to stall but Kadota improves his position.
Kadota is working San over against the ropes.
Kadota tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from San fails to land.
Kadota struggles to land a body shot inside as San controls his hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
San lands a left hand.
San stalling in the clinch but Kadota improves position.
Kadota is trying to stall.
San working aggressively here.
Kadota's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
San lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kadota lands a left hand that snaps the head of San backwards.
San pushes Kadota back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
San tries to land a knee to the head but Kadota blocks with his arms.
Kadota can't find room to land a body shot as San controls the action.
San misses with a punch on the inside.
Kadota misses with a body punch.
San throws a head punch that misses.
Kadota gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
San is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kadota's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kadota's back!
San not allowing Kadota to control his hands.
San is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
San trying to control momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
San slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kadota prevents San from getting a body triangle.
San has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Kadota's body.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Oji San hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Kadota shoots for a takedown but San saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
San connects with a solid leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for San.
San fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oji San really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Kadota avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kadota just misses with a punch to the body.
Kadota is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
San scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A jab from Kadota misses.
Kadota throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kadota moves out of range of the strikes.
San lands an overhand right.
Kadota forces San back against the ropes and clinches.
San working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kadota misses with a short punch on the inside.
San with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kadota tries to work over San's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kadota digs a right hand into San's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on San's gas tank.
San prevents a body shot from Kadota.
Kadota leaning his opponent against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
San makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
San swings wildly with an uppercut but Kadota uses good head movement to avoid it.
San working aggressively here.
San tries a body shot but Kadota blocks it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kadota tried to land a shot to the body but connects with San's elbow.
San is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kadota is keeping busy.
Kadota lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of San backwards.
Kadota presses San against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kadota is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but San is keeping busy.
San working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kadota tried to land a shot to the body but connects with San's elbow.
San misses with a body punch.
Kadota misses with a hook to the ribs.
San lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kadota backwards.
San lands with a short shot to the head.
Kadota misses with a short punch on the inside.
San stalling in the clinch but Kadota improves position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
San scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A head punch on the inside from Kadota fails to land.
Kadota struggles to land a body shot inside as San controls his hands.
San trying to land knees to the body.
San misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kadota is trying to stall.
Kadota struggles to land a body shot inside as San controls his hands.
San tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kadota's elbow.
Kadota tries a body shot but San blocks it.
Kadota can't find room to land a body shot as San controls the action.
San blocks a punch to the side of the head.
San doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kadota lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
San scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kadota looking to slow down the pace here.
San fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
San throws an elbow that misses.
San scores with an uppercut up the middle.
San tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kadota's elbow.
Kadota blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
San is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kadota is trying to drag San to the mat but San just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
San can't find room to land a body shot as Kadota controls the action.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kadota pressing his opponent against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
San missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Oji San will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
San looks to land a right hand but Kadota moved out of range.
Kadota scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. San doesn't seem bothered though.
Kadota scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
San swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kadota on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kadota misses with a wild body shot.
San wants to clinch up but Kadota keeps it at a distance.
A decent looking cross lands there for San.
No joy there for Kadota, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
San misses with a looping right.
San throws a right hand that misses
and Kadota counters with a solid body kick.
San punishes Kadota's body with a nice straight punch.
San tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts San, as that shot connected.
San slaps away a takedown attempt from Kadota, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
San wants to clinch up but Kadota keeps it at a distance.
San misses with a body shot.
Kadota looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? San is fending him off so far but Kadota persists. Nope, San circles away and we're back to standing.
San throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kadota throws out a powerful jab.
Kadota feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to San's calf.
Oji San seems to be getting the better of the standup.
San throws a looping overhand right but Kadota ducks down to avoid it.
Kadota shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has San pinned against the ropes. San gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Takashi Kadota. That's going to take a lot out of him.
San throws a head kick that misses.
San darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kadota shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Takashi Kadota overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
San looking for a sweep. Not yet San, not yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kadota 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.
San looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kadota cracks San with a solid left hand.
San tries to land a sweep but no joy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kadota makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
San looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kadota is one step ahead there.
Kadota trying to control the position from guard on top but San is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Takashi Kadota has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
San is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Still in half guard, San seems content to control.
Kadota is trying to get back to full guard.
San is keen to just control but Kadota is a slippery customer.
Kadota is controlling San's trapped leg to prevent San from advancing to side control.
San tries to pass to full mount but Kadota defends it.
Oji San is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Kadota manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Kadota keeping moving, preventing San from controlling successfully.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Oji San hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
San swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kadota scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
San's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kadota under the eye.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
San throws an overhand right that lands on Kadota's shoulder, as Kadota tries to avoid the shot.
San lands with a shot to the body.
San stuns Kadota with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
San misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kadota.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Oji San.
I think San 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 46:49
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 46:49
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oji San!
Oji San is the new middleweight champion!
An out of breath Oji San thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lance Uppercut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shinya Mishima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mishima is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Super Troopers German Techno. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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175 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lance Uppercut!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinya Mishima!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Uppercut throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice takedown defense from Uppercut. No joy for Mishima on that attempt.
Mishima fails with the takedown.
Mishima shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Uppercut but Uppercut pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Lance Uppercut has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shinya Mishima.
Mishima misses with the combination.
Uppercut throws an overhand right that lands on Mishima's shoulder, as Mishima tries to avoid the shot.
Nice cross by Uppercut.
Uppercut throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Uppercut thows a body shot but no joy.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mishima.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mishima steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Uppercut.
Mishima has his takedown stuffed
and Uppercut counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Uppercut throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Uppercut scores with a hook to the body. Mishima takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Uppercut looks to score with a jab to the body but Mishima is just out of range.
Mishima slips under a jab from Uppercut.
Uppercut fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mishima manages to avoid it.
Uppercut tries to score with a low kick but Mishima moves his leg out of the way.
Uppercut with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uppercut tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mishima was well out of range. Poor timing from Uppercut.
Uppercut throws a leg kick but Mishima sees it coming and moves out of range.
Mishima doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Uppercut counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mishima misses with the combination.
Uppercut defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mishima.
Mishima fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Uppercut cracks Mishima with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Mishima gets caught flat footed, as Uppercut shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Uppercut trying to control but Mishima is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mishima can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Uppercut controls the pace.
Uppercut lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mishima tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Uppercut working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Uppercut postures up in Mishima's guard and throws a big left but Mishima blocks it.
Mishima is pulling down on Uppercut's head. It's preventing any offense from Uppercut, at least for the moment.
Mishima keeping moving, preventing Uppercut from controlling successfully.
Uppercut loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Uppercut postures up in Mishima's guard and throws a big left but Mishima blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uppercut landing some decent shots from guard.
Uppercut scoring with punches to the head and body.
Uppercut wants to pass the guard but Mishima is keeping the position.
Uppercut 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.
Mishima preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Uppercut lands a couple of decent looking shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mishima is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Uppercut is looking to work some ground and pound but Mishima has wrist control.
Uppercut lands a couple of digs.
Mishima is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Uppercut defends well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Uppercut throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Uppercut trying to control but Mishima is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lance Uppercut dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Uppercut is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mishima.
Uppercut shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Mishima manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Uppercut stopping the sweep attempt from Mishima.
Mishima is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Uppercut is aware though and is defending well.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Mishima looking to control.
Mishima keeping full guard, as Uppercut tries to pass.
Uppercut wants to control from the top but Mishima keeps moving.
Mishima being controlled here, momentarily.
Mishima working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Uppercut doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Uppercut manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Uppercut passes Mishima's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Uppercut not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Uppercut sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mishima defending well though.
Uppercut is looking to take a break and control but Mishima is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Uppercut throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Uppercut looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Mishima is looking to improve his position.
Uppercut lands strikes from half guard.
Lance Uppercut overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uppercut throwing shots but Mishima is blocking nicely.
Uppercut seems to be working for a kimura but Mishima defends the submission attempt.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Uppercut lands a nice short elbow.
Mishima is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Uppercut pulls his head out easily.
Mishima wants to control but Uppercut is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Uppercut throws a strike but Mishima avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Uppercut trying to control the position from guard on top but Mishima is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mishima looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Uppercut postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mishima is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Uppercut defends well.
Uppercut being controlled here momentarily.
Uppercut trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Uppercut trying to control the position from guard on top but Mishima is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Uppercut stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mishima swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mishima preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Uppercut is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Uppercut chips away with some ground and pound.
Uppercut wants to control from the top but Mishima keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uppercut is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Mishima is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Uppercut works over Mishima with some ground and pound from guard.
Mishima keeping full guard, as Uppercut tries to pass.
Uppercut trying to control but Mishima is working from the bottom.
Uppercut looking to pass the guard.
Uppercut landing some decent shots from guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mishima is looking for a triangle but Uppercut pushes his legs off easily.
Uppercut wants to control from the top but Mishima keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lance Uppercut dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Uppercut lands a jab.
Uppercut throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Mishima to counter with a crisp jab.
Mishima misses with a takedown
and Uppercut connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mishima shoots and misses
and Uppercut counters with a stiff right hand.
Uppercut misses with a looping left.
Mishima just misses with a punch to the body.
Mishima comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mishima slips a straight right by Uppercut.
Uppercut ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Uppercut lands a body shot.
Lance Uppercut seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mishima has a takedown stuffed.
Lance Uppercut has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shinya Mishima.
Uppercut throws out a powerful jab.
Uppercut throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Mishima tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Uppercut is in Mishima's guard.
Mishima keeping moving, preventing Uppercut from controlling successfully.
Uppercut throwing strikes from guard but Mishima blocks nicely.
Uppercut trying to control but Mishima is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Mishima working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Uppercut has passed into half guard!
Still in half guard, Uppercut seems content to control.
Uppercut is looking to take a break and control but Mishima is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Uppercut is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mishima tries to get to full guard but Uppercut has control of the leg.
Mishima is trying to control but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mishima actively working from the bottom here.
Uppercut with the ground and pound but Mishima uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Mishima escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Uppercut gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Mishima takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Uppercut sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Mishima's guard.
Mishima tries to roll over but Uppercut keeps him under control.
Uppercut seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Mishima does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Uppercut drops an elbow to the side of Mishima's head.
Uppercut wants to control but Mishima is keeping him busy.
Uppercut wants to work for an arm triangle but Mishima is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Ground and pound from Uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uppercut seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Mishima does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Mishima tries to roll over but Uppercut keeps him under control.
Uppercut trying to control from half guard but Mishima is working away.
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!
Mishima is looking for a sweep. Uppercut is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Lance Uppercut wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Mishima with a poor takedown
and Uppercut counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Uppercut lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mishima circles away quickly and effectively.
Mishima throws a right and a left that Uppercut avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lance Uppercut clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Mishima fails with the takedown.
Mishima shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Uppercut sprawls well. Uppercut wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mishima gets slowly back to his feet.
Mishima gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Uppercut counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Lance Uppercut has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shinya Mishima.
Uppercut passes Mishima's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Uppercut lands a nice short elbow.
Mishima is defending against the submission attempts here by Uppercut.
Uppercut thows a huge punch but Mishima dodges it nicely.
Uppercut throwing shots but Mishima is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mishima works his way to full guard. Good work.
Mishima controls Uppercut momentarily but Uppercut frees himself.
Uppercut in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Uppercut stopping the sweep attempt from Mishima.
Mishima had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Uppercut defends it easily.
Mishima is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Mishima trying to control the position.
Mishima keeping moving, preventing Uppercut from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uppercut pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mishima is keeping the position for now.
Uppercutis looking to pass into half guard but Mishima pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Mishima is in guard.
Mishima trying to control but Uppercut is working from the bottom.
Mishima with a flurry of punches that miss.
Uppercut trying to control the position.
Uppercut is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Mishima is trying to control but can't.
Uppercut is looking to stall here but Mishima recovers full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Uppercut trying to control but Mishima is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mishima working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Uppercut doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Uppercut manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Uppercut wants to control from the top but Mishima keeps moving.
Uppercut is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Uppercut missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mishima trying to keep a closed guard but Uppercut is proving a slippery customer.
Mishima keeping moving, preventing Uppercut from controlling successfully.
Mishima has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Uppercut has passed into side control.
Mishima is trying to get back to half guard.
Uppercut cracks Mishima with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Uppercut lands some shots froms side control.
Uppercut working the head and body with strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mishima takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Uppercut landing a few strikes.
Uppercut lands a decent elbow from side control.
Mishima is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lance Uppercut had his way with Shinya Mishima in that round.
That's time! Uppercut's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Uppercut lands a jab.
Uppercut closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Uppercut wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mishima keeps working.
Uppercut not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mishima won't allow Uppercut to pass to mount.
Uppercut is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Uppercut is working for a submission of some sort.
Uppercut wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mishima keeps working.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mishima keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Uppercut is looking to stall here but Mishima recovers full guard.
Mishima trying to keep a closed guard but Uppercut is proving a slippery customer.
Uppercut content to stall in guard here.
Uppercut chips away with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uppercut trying to control the position from guard on top but Mishima is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Uppercut content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Uppercut throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Uppercut is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Uppercut trying to control but Mishima is working from the bottom.
Uppercut is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mishima keeping moving, preventing Uppercut from controlling successfully.
Uppercut lands a couple of digs.
Uppercut working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mishima's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uppercut is working Mishima over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Mishima working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Uppercut.
Uppercut scoring with punches to the head and body.
Mishima preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Uppercut looking to pass the guard.
Mishima working a defensive guard here.
Mishima might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Uppercut kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Uppercut is looking to work some ground and pound but Mishima has wrist control.
Shinya Mishima has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lance Uppercut is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Uppercut is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mishima can do to turn this around?
Uppercut trying to control the position from guard on top but Mishima is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mishima is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Mishima is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uppercut forces his way into half guard.
Mishima is trying to get back to full guard.
Uppercut is trying to control. Mishima wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Uppercut is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Mishima tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mishima looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Uppercut wants to control but Mishima is keeping him busy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lance Uppercut showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Uppercut 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 50:45
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 50:45
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lance Uppercut!
Lance Uppercut retains his welterweight title!
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