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Valhalla 67: Tokyo PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bryant Whitaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erick Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Erick Murphy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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20
170 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bryant Whitaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Erick Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy wants to clinch
and Whitaker counters with a nice double leg into guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Whitaker loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Whitaker throws a big right hand that misses.
Whitaker throws a big elbow that misses.
Whitaker throws an elbow that misses. Murphy uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Whitaker's guard. Nice move by Murphy!
Whitaker 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.
Murphy wanted to stand there but Whitaker had control of the position.
Whitaker is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Murphy being controlled here momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitaker has a closed guard, preventing Murphy from standing up.
Whitaker working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Murphy doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Murphy manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Murphy trying to stand up but can't free himself from Whitaker's guard.
Whitaker has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Murphy is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Whitaker.
Whitaker is trying to improve his position.
Whitaker tries to escape but Murphy is in control.
Whitaker on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Whitaker tries to get out of the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker is trying to get back to half guard.
Murphy wants to stand but Whitaker is controlling his arm.
Whitaker tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Murphy tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Whitaker is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Whitaker 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.
Murphy prevents Whitaker from escaping the position.
Whitaker struggling a bit here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy decides to stand back up. Murphy steps back and let's Whitaker get back to his feet.
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Whitaker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Whitaker shoots in for a double leg but Murphy sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Whitaker is breathing heavily.
Murphy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Whitaker tries for a takedown but Murphy sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Murphy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Murphy working hard to break the clinch.
Murphy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Whitaker is trying to pull guard but Murphy turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bryant Whitaker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A shot in the inside from Murphy.
It looks like Bryant Whitaker has been cut.
Whitaker has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Murphy avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Murphy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy lands a nice shot to the body.
Whitaker keeps control of Murphy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Whitakers head.
Murphy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Whitaker's elbow.
Murphy tries to throw a body punch but Whitaker avoids it by throwing Murphy back against the cage.
Murphy digs a right hand into Whitaker's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Whitaker's gas tank.
Murphy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murphy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Whitaker backwards.
A short left from Murphy.
Whitaker wants to break free but Murphy has control.
Murphy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murphy presses Whitaker against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Whitaker jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Murphy walks away with a smile on his face. Whitaker gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch but Whitaker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch but Whitaker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murphy cracks Whitaker with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Erick Murphy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bryant Whitaker's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Murphy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murphy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Whitaker counters with a nice double leg into side control. Murphy won't be happy with that.
Whitaker creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Murphy sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Whitaker throws an elbow but Murphy slips to the side and avoids it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The ground and pound from Whitaker seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Whitaker tries to move into full mount but can't pass Murphy's legs.
Murphy parries the strikes from Whitaker easily there. Whitaker is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Murphy to escape.
Bryant Whitaker overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Whitaker working the head and body with strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Whitaker looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Murphy is avoiding damage well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitaker is trying to ground and pound but Murphy uses the momentary lack of control by Whitaker to regain half guard.
Whitaker missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Murphy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Whitaker.
Whitaker trying to advance position but Murphy counters by regaining guard.
Whitaker stops Murphy from standing up.
Murphy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Murphy manages to escape and get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Murphy avoids it really well and circles away.
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch but Whitaker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murphy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Murphy stuffs the takedown attempt from Whitaker. Whitaker gets slowly back to his feet.
Murphy moves in looking to clinch but Whitaker pushes him off.
Murphy is looking to clinch but Whitaker is avoiding it.
Whitaker is trying hard to land a takedown here. Murphy sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bryant Whitaker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murphy is looking to clinch but Whitaker is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Murphy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy tries to clinch but Whitaker is having none of it.
Murphy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Murphy tries to clinch up but Whitaker circles away and keeps his distance.
Murphy tries to clinch but Whitaker is having none of it.
Murphy is looking to clinch.
Murphy moves in looking to clinch but Whitaker pushes him off.
Erick Murphy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Whitaker circles away from the clinch attempt
and Whitaker counters with a takedown into side control.
Whitaker with the ground and pound but Murphy regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Whitaker sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Murphy defending well though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whitaker wants to free his trapped foot but Murphy is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Murphy is trying to stand back up but Whitaker is controlling him
Murphy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Whitaker.
Murphy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Whitaker.
Whitaker thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Murphy's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Whitaker lands strikes from half guard.
Whitaker is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bryant Whitaker dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bryant Whitaker's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Murphy keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Murphy tries to clinch up but Whitaker circles away and keeps his distance.
Whitaker keeps the fight on the outside.
Whitaker fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Murphy wants to clinch up but Whitaker keeps it at a distance.
Murphy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd cheers as Murphy lands an impressive looking overhand right. Whitaker doesn't seem phased though.
Murphy is looking to clinch but Whitaker is avoiding it.
Murphy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Whitaker, pushing him back against the cage.
Murphy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Whitaker backwards.
A hook to the body from Murphy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice body punch from Murphy - that landed with a thud.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Whitaker backwards.
Murphy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Whitaker's elbow.
Murphy digs a right hand underneath Whitaker's ribcage. Whitaker let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Erick Murphy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Murphy lands a hook that snaps the head of Whitaker backwards.
Whitaker tries to break the clinch but Murphy is controlling the position.
Murphy wants to break free but Whitaker has control.
Murphy scores with a shot to the side of Whitaker's head.
Whitaker is trying to maintain a safe position but Murphy gets an underhook and turns Whitaker into the cage.
Murphy lands a body shot in the clinch.
Whitaker wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Murphy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Murphy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Whitaker or not.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Murphy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Whitaker backwards.
Murphy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Murphy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murphy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Murphy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Murphy.
Whitaker prevents Murphy from breaking the clinch.
Whitaker jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Murphy walks away with a smile on his face. Whitaker gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bryant Whitaker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murphy tries to clinch up.
Whitaker on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Murphy clinches with his opponent.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Murphy.
Murphy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Murphy lands a nice shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Whitaker's efforts to push away.
Murphy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Whitaker or not.
Murphy lands a nice shot to the body.
Murphy struggles to land a body shot inside as Whitaker controls his hands.
Murphy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Whitaker is trying to maintain a safe position but Murphy gets an underhook and turns Whitaker into the cage.
Murphy is looking to break free of the clinch but Whitaker has double underhooks.
Murphy gets through Whitaker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Murphy wants to get back to striking at distance but Whitaker won't allow it.
Murphy prevents a takedown attempt there.
Murphy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Whitaker fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Murphy tries to break free but Whitaker pushes him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker prevents a body shot from Murphy.
Whitaker fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Murphy struggles to land a body shot inside as Whitaker controls his hands.
A body shot lands from Murphy.
Murphy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Whitaker.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy trying to land knees to the body.
Murphy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Whitaker tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Murphy just stands there and leans against the cage.
Murphy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murphy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Whitaker wants to break the clinch but can't.
A shot in the inside from Murphy.
Murphy can't find room to land a body shot as Whitaker controls the action.
Murphy lands a left hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Erick Murphy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Murphy 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Erick Murphy!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miles Harunodo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonardo daVinci (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Leonardo daVinci was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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209 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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204 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Miles Harunodo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Leonardo daVinci!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Hirohito Nitta and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harunodo misses with a hook. daVinci ducked under it nicely.
daVinci gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Harunodo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
daVinci steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harunodo.
daVinci misses with a head kick.
Good work by daVinci as he checks the leg kick.
Harunodo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Harunodo avoids the head kick by daVinci.
Nice defenses there by daVinci.
A punch lands to the side of daVinci 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Harunodo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
daVinci avoids the head kick by Harunodo.
daVinci is looking to score with low kicks.
Harunodo throws a shot to the body.
Miles Harunodo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
daVinci uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harunodo.
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!
Harunodo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from daVinci.
A good leg kick by daVinci.
daVinci buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
daVinci fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
daVinci throws a head kick that misses.
Harunodo on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Harunodo misses with a leg kick.
Harunodo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A big right from Harunodo misses.
daVinci sizes up Harunodo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
It looks like Miles Harunodo has been cut.
daVinci tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
daVinci avoids the head kick by Harunodo.
Harunodo misses with a body kick.
daVinci thuds his shin into the meat of Harunodo's side.
daVinci moves out of range as Harunodo strikes.
Harunodo misses with a combination
and daVinci counters with a nice body shot.
daVinci throws a big shot that misses.
daVinci pushes Harunodo away with a front kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
daVinci throws the kick towards the body but Harunodo avoids it.
Harunodo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
daVinci misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
daVinci checks the leg kick nicely there.
Harunodo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and daVinci connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Harunodo scrambles back to his feet.
Harunodo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from daVinci.
Harunodo throws a body kick that misses.
daVinci scores with a spinning back kick!
Harunodo is breathing heavily.
daVinci takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Both fighters circling a little - daVinci finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Harunodo avoids the head kick by daVinci.
Harunodo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Harunodo moves out of range as daVinci throws a body kick.
daVinci lands a front kick.
daVinci throws a head kick that half lands.
Harunodo throws a hook to the side of daVinci's head but daVinci sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
daVinci tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harunodo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Decent striking displayed by daVinci there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
daVinci is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harunodo.
Harunodo throws a sloppy head kick and daVinci moves out of range easily.
Harunodo moves out of range of the body kick.
daVinci misses with an attempted mid kick.
Harunodo jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Harunodo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches daVinci on the side of the head.
daVinci tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Harunodo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harunodo throws a hook but daVinci blocks it.
Harunodo swats away the attempt to clinch by daVinci.
daVinci throws a nice outside leg kick.
Harunodo looks to throw the jab but daVinci is out of range.
Harunodo pivots, looking for a leg kick but daVinci is out of range and Harunodo settles back down.
daVinci tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
daVinci pulls out of a head kick attempt.
daVinci throws a nice head kick!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
daVinci scores with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice defenses there by Harunodo.
daVinci avoids a kick to the body.
daVinci is looking to clinch but Harunodo is avoiding it.
A head kick misses from daVinci.
Harunodo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Harunodo misses with a looping right.
Harunodo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
daVinci looks to land a body kick but Harunodo moved away.
daVinci throws a push kick but Harunodo slaps the foot to one side.
daVinci blocks the body kick.
Harunodo throws a jab but it's blocked by daVinci.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
daVinci throws a leg kick but Harunodo sees it coming and moves out of range.
Harunodo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract daVinci.
daVinci tries to clinch but Harunodo is having none of it.
daVinci throws a head kick but Harunodo moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leonardo daVinci dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Miles Harunodo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A head kick misses from daVinci.
Harunodo misses with a low kick.
Harunodo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
daVinci tries to clinch there but Harunodo circles away.
daVinci closes the distance and clinches.
Harunodo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harunodo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Harunodo is looking to break free of the clinch but daVinci has double underhooks.
Harunodo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harunodo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harunodo is trying to break free.
daVinci doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
daVinci stalling in the clinch but Harunodo improves position.
Harunodo misses with the head strike.
Harunodo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
daVinci tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harunodo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harunodo throws a chopping leg kick but daVinci manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
daVinci darts in and clinches Harunodo up against the cage.
Harunodo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harunodo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Harunodo misses with a hook.
Harunodo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
daVinci goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
daVinci misses with a head kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from daVinci, right into the meat.
Harunodo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
An inside leg kick from Harunodo misses.
Harunodo connects with an inside leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Harunodo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Harunodo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harunodo throws a jab when daVinci was well out of range.
daVinci moves into range and clinches up with Harunodo.
daVinci will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Harunodo up against the cage.
daVinci lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Harunodo backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
daVinci lands a nice shot to the body.
Harunodo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
daVinci looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
daVinci tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harunodo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract daVinci.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
daVinci looks to throw the jab but Harunodo is out of range.
daVinci lands a high kick!
daVinci clinches up against the cage.
daVinci prevents Harunodo from breaking the clinch.
Harunodo is trying to break the clinch but daVinci is controlling him.
daVinci has Harunodo pressed against the cage, preventing Harunodo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Harunodo misses with a hook to the ribs.
daVinci digs a right hand underneath Harunodo's ribcage. Harunodo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Harunodo is trying to break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harunodo breaks the clinch.
daVinci throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Harunodo.
daVinci waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harunodo.
daVinci fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Harunodo checks it well.
Harunodo misses with a kick to the body.
A shot to the liver by Harunodo. Beautiful body shot.
Harunodo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Harunodo throws a half hearted mid kick.
daVinci avoids the head kick by Harunodo.
Harunodo tries a head kick but it misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harunodo tests daVinci's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A low kick from Harunodo is predictable there
and daVinci counters with a thumping low kick.
Leonardo daVinci seems to be getting the better of the standup.
daVinci moves out of range as Harunodo throws a body kick.
daVinci pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Harunodo avoids the head kick by daVinci.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harunodo is looking to score with low kicks.
Harunodo misses with a low kick as daVinci jumps back.
Harunodo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from daVinci.
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!
daVinci goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
daVinci takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Harunodo gets tackled into the cage by daVinci. daVinci maintains the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Harunodo is looking to break free of the clinch but daVinci has double underhooks.
Harunodo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Harunodo is looking to break free of the clinch but daVinci has double underhooks.
Harunodo trying to land knees to the body.
Harunodo missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
daVinci lands a shoulder strike.
daVinci missing with knees to the body.
Harunodo is trying to force a seperation but daVinci has the dominant position.
Harunodo is trying to force a seperation but daVinci has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Leonardo daVinci will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Miles Harunodo's cut.
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!
daVinci lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
daVinci wants to clinch.
daVinci defending well as Harunodo loads up on a big left hand.
daVinci throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harunodo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
daVinci misses with a head kick.
Harunodo pivots, looking for a leg kick but daVinci is out of range and Harunodo settles back down.
daVinci walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Harunodo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A clash of legs there as daVinci blocks the low kick.
Harunodo is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Harunodo does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
daVinci throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
daVinci misses with a head kick.
Harunodo is looking to land body kicks.
daVinci throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harunodo lands a really nice looking cross but daVinci seems unphased.
Harunodo throws a poor cross that misses
and Harunodo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
daVinci throws a front kick aimed at Harunodo's knee but Harunodo avoids it well.
Harunodo blocks a head kick by daVinci.
daVinci bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
daVinci looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Harunodo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Harunodo is looking to score with low kicks.
Harunodo tries a head kick but it misses.
daVinci throws a head kick but Harunodo moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for daVinci.
Harunodo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
daVinci checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
daVinci throws a head kick that misses.
daVinci uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harunodo.
Leonardo daVinci is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
daVinci looks to clinch
and Harunodo counters with a leg kick.
Harunodo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Harunodo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but daVinci checks it well.
daVinci thows a body kick. Harunodo tries to catch it but that hurt 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!
Harunodo misses with a looping left.
No joy there for Harunodo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Harunodo tries a head kick but it misses.
daVinci blocks a head kick by Harunodo.
daVinci lands with a kick to the ribs.
Harunodo will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
daVinci tries a head kick but it misses.
daVinci chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Harunodo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
daVinci rushes Harunodo and presses him up against the cage.
Harunodo tries to circle away but daVinci has him pinned against the cage.
Harunodo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harunodo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harunodo is trying to push daVinci away but daVinci has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
daVinci misses with a knee to the head.
Harunodo misses with a short punch on the inside.
daVinci tries a body shot but Harunodo blocks it.
Harunodo tries to break free but daVinci pushes him back against the cage.
Harunodo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but daVinci has him pressed against the cage.
daVinci is trying to stall.
Harunodo is trying to force a seperation but daVinci has the dominant position.
Harunodo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
daVinci has a couple of punches blocked by Harunodo.
daVinci misses with a hook from the clinch.
daVinci prevents Harunodo from breaking the clinch.
Harunodo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
daVinci with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Harunodo to score with a decent uppercut.
daVinci tries a head kick but it misses.
Harunodo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
daVinci lands a nice leg kick that just misses Harunodo's sensitive parts.
Harunodo swinging wildly here.
Harunodo throws a looping overhand right but daVinci ducks down to avoid it.
Miles Harunodo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harunodo throws a push kick but daVinci slaps the foot to one side.
A head kick misses from Harunodo.
And that's the end of the fight!
Miles Harunodo showed his dominance in that final round.
I think daVinci 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leonardo daVinci!
In his post fight interview, Leonardo daVinci started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Fernando Egardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Machivado The Butcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Butcher is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by lamb of god-one gun. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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154 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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165 lbs
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Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fernando Egardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Machivado The Butcher!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Egardo stuns The Butcher with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Egardo misses the shot to the body.
Egardo cracks a nice hook into The Butcher's ribs.
Egardo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The Butcher on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The Butcher scores with the left hand. Egardo knows he should have avoided that one.
Egardo lands a glancing blow to the side of The Butcher's head.
The Butcher uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Egardo.
Egardo misses with a hook
and The Butcher counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The Butcher ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Egardo moves away.
Egardo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Egardo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Egardo throws a body punch but The Butcher moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by The Butcher as he connects with a hook.
Egardo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck The Butcher on the side of the head.
Egardo takes a swing at The Butcher's ribcage but misses.
Egardo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by The Butcher.
Egardo closes the distance and pushes The Butcher back into the cage.
Egardo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Egardo tries to work over The Butcher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Egardo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A frustrated look appears on The Butcher's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Egardo lands a right hand that snaps the head of The Butcher backwards.
A short left from Egardo.
A body shot lands from Egardo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Butcher stalling in the clinch.
Egardo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of The Butcher backwards.
Egardo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with The Butcher's elbow.
Egardo misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Egardo pushes The Butcher back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The Butcher scores with a shoulder strike.
Egardo misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Egardo.
Egardo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite The Butcher's efforts to push away.
Egardo can't find room to land a body shot as The Butcher controls the action.
The Butcher is looking to break free of the clinch but Egardo has double underhooks.
Egardo lands a hook that snaps the head of The Butcher backwards.
Egardo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Egardo throws a punch but it's blocked by The Butcher.
Egardo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with The Butcher's elbow.
Egardo keeps control of The Butcher as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Egardo tries to work over The Butcher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Egardo lands a shot to the body.
The Butcher misses with a hook to the ribs.
Egardo lands with a right to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egardo lands a nice uppercut.
Egardo gets through The Butcher's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The Butcher blocks a body shot from Egardo.
Egardo can't find room to land a body shot as The Butcher controls the action.
Nice body punch from Egardo.
Egardo digs a right hand underneath The Butcher's ribcage. The Butcher let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Egardo lands an uppercut.
The Butcher misses with the head strike.
Egardo tries a body shot but The Butcher blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Egardo.
Egardo scores with a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Egardo lands a body shot.
The Butcher has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Egardo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Egardo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Egardo lands a shoulder strike.
Egardo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of The Butcher backwards.
A hook to the body from Egardo.
The Butcher looks gassed!
The Butcher looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Egardo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The Butcher looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Egardo.
Egardo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Egardo presses The Butcher against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Egardo scores with a hook to the body.
A hook to the body from Egardo.
The Butcher blocks a body shot from Egardo.
Egardo pushes The Butcher back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Egardo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Egardo digs a right hand into The Butcher's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on The Butcher's gas tank.
The Butcher's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Egardo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Egardo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Egardo pushes The Butcher back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Egardo lands a left hand.
Egardo misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Egardo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of The Butchers head.
Egardo presses The Butcher against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Egardo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Egardo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of The Butchers head.
The Butcher takes a shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fernando Egardo dominated that 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.
Egardo cracks The Butcher with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Egardo misses with a wild body shot.
Fernando Egardo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Butcher throws a poor cross that misses
and Egardo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The Butcher looks to land a combination. Egardo sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jab by Egardo.
The Butcher misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Egardo.
Egardo thows a body shot but no joy.
Egardo tries to clinch up but The Butcher circles away and keeps his distance.
Egardo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with The Butcher, pushing him back against the cage.
The Butcher wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Egardo has The Butcher pressed against the cage, preventing The Butcher from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short right from Egardo.
Egardo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Egardo prevents The Butcher from breaking the clinch.
Egardo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Egardo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fernando Egardo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Egardo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Butcher is looking to break free of the clinch but Egardo has double underhooks.
Egardo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Egardo tries to work over The Butcher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Egardo prevents The Butcher from breaking the clinch.
The Butcher takes a shot to the head.
Egardo is leaning against The Butcher and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Egardo lands with a right to the head.
Egardo scores with a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Egardo works on The Butcher's body with a couple of short punches.
Egardo lands an uppercut.
Egardo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The Butcher wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Egardo misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, Egardo scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egardo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of The Butcher backwards.
Egardo lands with a short shot to the head.
Egardo misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Butcher is trying to break the clinch but Egardo has him pressed against the cage.
Egardo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Butcher tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Egardo lands a right hand that snaps the head of The Butcher backwards.
Egardo can't find room to land a body shot as The Butcher controls the action.
The Butcher takes a shot to the head.
Egardo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Egardo digs a right hand into The Butcher's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on The Butcher's gas tank.
The Butcher is trying to break the clinch but Egardo is controlling him.
Egardo lands a right hand.
Egardo scores with a nice hook to the head.
The Butcher lands a body shot in the clinch.
Egardo tries a body shot but The Butcher blocks it.
The Butcher doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Butcher wants to get back to striking at distance but Egardo won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on The Butcher's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The Butcher blocks a body shot from Egardo.
Egardo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Butcher breaks from the clinch.
The Butcher misses the jab.
The Butcher uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Egardo.
The Butcher takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The Butcher steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Egardo.
Egardo misses the shot to the body.
Egardo moves into the clinch.
The Butcher prevents a body shot from Egardo.
Egardo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Egardo tries to work over The Butcher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The Butcher tries to break the clinch but Egardo is controlling the position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Egardo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egardo tries a body shot but The Butcher blocks it.
Egardo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Egardo lands a left hand that snaps the head of The Butcher backwards.
The Butcher tries to break free but Egardo pushes him back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Egardo.
The Butcher is breathing heavily.
The Butcher prevents a body shot from Egardo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Egardo.
Egardo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Butcher can do to turn this around?
The Butcher wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Egardo has him pressed against the cage.
Egardo lands a left hand.
A hook to the body from Egardo.
Egardo lands with a short shot to the head.
Egardo lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from The Butcher on the inside.
Egardo lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Egardo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Egardo prevents The Butcher from breaking the clinch.
The Butcher tries to break free but Egardo pushes him back against the cage.
Egardo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Egardo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Egardo pushes The Butcher back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fernando Egardo dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Egardo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Egardo throws a jab when The Butcher was well out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Egardo. The Butcher does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Butcher shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The Butcher throws a jab when Egardo was well out of range.
Egardo throws a body punch but The Butcher moves out of range.
The Butcher uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Egardo.
Nice uppercut lands for Egardo. That snapped The Butcher's head back.
The Butcher takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Egardo tries to close the distance and clinch but The Butcher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Egardo just misses with a punch to the body.
Egardo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Egardo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Egardo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Butcher takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The Butcher uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Egardo.
The Butcher avoids the body shot from Egardo.
Egardo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fernando Egardo is winning the standup battle so far.
Egardo lands a jab to the head.
Egardo is looking to wear down The Butcher with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Butcher throws a one two combo.
Egardo looks to score with a jab to the body but The Butcher is just out of range.
Egardo just misses with a punch to the body.
Egardo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. The Butcher looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The Butcher tries to keep at a distance but Egardo has taken the fight into the clinch.
The Butcher wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Egardo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The Butcher swings wildly with an uppercut but Egardo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Egardo lands a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Butcher tries to circle away but Egardo has him pinned against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egardo prevents The Butcher from breaking the clinch.
The Butcher takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Egardo misses with a punch to the body.
A right hand to the body from Egardo.
A head punch on the inside from Egardo fails to land.
A right hand to the body from Egardo.
A hook to the body from Egardo.
Egardo lands with a light punch inside.
Egardo presses The Butcher against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A hook to the body from Egardo.
Egardo can't find room to land a body shot as The Butcher controls the action.
Egardo lands with a right to the head.
Egardo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Egardo lands a hook that snaps the head of The Butcher backwards.
Egardo lands a hook to the side of the head.
The Butcher doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Egardo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Machivado The Butcher has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Egardo.
The Butcher's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Egardo on the inside.
Egardo lands a hook that snaps the head of The Butcher backwards.
The Butcher is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egardo lands a right hand that snaps the head of The Butcher backwards.
The Butcher is still on wobbly legs! Can Egardo finish him?
A quick uppercut on the inside from Egardo.
Egardo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Egardo digs a right hand into The Butcher's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on The Butcher's gas tank.
Egardo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Egardo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt The Butcher or not.
Egardo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of The Butcher backwards.
Still in the clinch, Egardo scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Egardo.
Egardo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Egardo lands a body shot.
Egardo lands a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Egardo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Egardo dips a shoulder and cracks The Butcher with a mighty uppercut! The Butcher falls back against the cage and Egardo unloads with a barrage of strikes! The Butcher is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Egardo screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fernando Egardo!
After winning the bout, Fernando Egardo thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Trapp Deathgrip (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazushi Sakuraba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Kazushi Sakuraba was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Trapp Deathgrip!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazushi Sakuraba!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakuraba scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Deathgrip shoots in for a takedown but Sakuraba shows good takedown defense.
Deathgrip has his takedown stuffed
and Sakuraba counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Deathgrip's guard now.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Sakuraba passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Sakuraba tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sakuraba has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sakuraba working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Sakuraba wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Deathgrip, who protects the arm well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakuraba wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Deathgrip, who protects the arm well.
Deathgrip tries to buck Sakuraba off but Sakuraba is having none of it.
Deathgrip is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Sakuraba's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Sakuraba is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Deathgrip still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Deathgrip has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Sakuraba manages to work his way to half guard, despite Deathgrip's best efforts.
Deathgrip prevents Sakuraba from improving his position.
Deathgrip wants to control but Sakuraba is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba looking for submissions off his back.
Deathgrip is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Sakuraba tries to roll over but Deathgrip keeps him under control.
Deathgrip looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Sakuraba manages to get to full guard.
Deathgrip preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deathgrip sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sakuraba's guard.
Sakuraba is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Deathgrip looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Sakuraba gets back to full guard.
Deathgrip looking to pass the guard.
Deathgrip distracts Sakuraba with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sakuraba is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sakuraba wants to work for an arm triangle but Deathgrip is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Deathgrip manages to get to full guard.
Sakuraba stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Deathgrip swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Deathgrip is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sakuraba is pressing down on Deathgrip's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Deathgrip 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kazushi Sakuraba 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.
Sakuraba misses with a double jab.
Deathgrip fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sakuraba on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Deathgrip closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sakuraba circles away.
Sakuraba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Deathgrip with a lazy takedown attempt
and Sakuraba counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakuraba throws a nice looking combination but Deathgrip bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sakuraba drives through with a takedown into Deathgrip's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Kazushi Sakuraba has got the better of the ground game so far.
Deathgrip is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sakuraba tries to free his leg and advance position but Deathgrip is retaining full guard.
Sakuraba is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba forces his way into half guard.
Sakuraba prevents Deathgrip from standing back up.
Deathgrip won't allow Sakuraba to pass to mount.
Sakuraba is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Deathgrip sees it coming and defends easily.
Sakuraba seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Deathgrip is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Kazushi Sakuraba!
Kazushi Sakuraba made sure to mention his sponsor, Valhalla Q160 Nutrition in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nihlus The Random (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blaze's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, John Blaze - Fat Joe Ft. Nas, Big Pun, Raekwon. 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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140 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Blaze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nihlus The Random!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Random has managed to clinch.
The Random pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The Random swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Random tries to clinch but Blaze is having none of it.
The Random slips under a jab.
The Random throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blaze throws a nice outside leg kick.
The Random is looking to clinch.
Blaze misses with a straight right.
Blaze will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Random is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The Random will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Blaze pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The Random wants to clinch up but Blaze keeps it at a distance.
The Random fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Blaze, pushing him back against the cage.
Blaze wants to break free but The Random has control.
Blaze has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Blaze wants to break free but The Random has control.
Blaze is trying to break the clinch but The Random is controlling him.
Blaze tries to circle away but The Random has him pinned against the cage.
Blaze has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The Random has Blaze pressed against the cage, preventing Blaze from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The Random prevents Blaze from breaking the clinch.
The Random breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Random fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The Random throws a good cross that connects.
A decent looking cross lands there for Blaze.
The Random listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The fight stays on the outside here - The Random looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Blaze lands a body shot.
Johnny Blaze seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blaze throws a shot to the body.
The Random keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blaze throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Random sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The Random uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Blaze.
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!
Left hook, right uppercut from Blaze.
Johnny Blaze is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blaze throws a leg kick but The Random checks it.
The Random scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The Random gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Blaze wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Blaze wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but The Random has him pressed against the cage.
The Random pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Random tries to clinch up but Blaze circles away and keeps his distance.
Blaze keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Random misses with a hook. Blaze ducked under it nicely.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Blaze lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and The Random has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from The Random and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A shot to the body from Blaze misses
and The Random counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Blaze is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The Random's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blaze misses with a hook. The Random ducked under it nicely.
Blaze is really struggling to find his range with his punches. The Random's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Blaze connects with a single shot there.
The Random is rocked!
Blaze connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks The Random out cold! This one is over in a flash!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Johnny Blaze!
Johnny Blaze decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Saku Katsumoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky The Hitman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Hitman comes into a darkened arena with his song building. All within My Hands kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rocky The Hitman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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190 lbs
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218 lbs
10 - 3 - 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
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Saku Katsumoto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rocky The Hitman!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Katsumoto defends well against a solid takedown attempt from The Hitman.
Katsumoto closes this distance looking for a takedown but The Hitman circles away.
The Hitman stuffs the takedown.
The Hitman shoots in for a takedown but Katsumoto shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
The Hitman with a poor takedown
and Katsumoto counters with a three punch combo that has The Hitman backing up. The Hitman nods at Katsumoto to acknowledge the strikes.
Saku Katsumoto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocky The Hitman.
The Hitman looking to score a takedown here. Katsumoto is defending well but The Hitman drives through and ends up in Katsumoto's guard.
Katsumoto is looking for a triangle but The Hitman pushes his legs off easily.
Katsumoto controls The Hitman momentarily but The Hitman frees himself.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Hitman stands and throws Katsumoto's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The Hitman scoring with punches and elbows.
Katsumoto takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Katsumoto is looking to reverse the position.
The Hitman landing strikes.
Katsumoto is rocked!
The Hitman cracks Katsumoto with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! The Hitman immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Katsumoto is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by The Hitman!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rocky The Hitman!
Rocky The Hitman is the new light heavyweight champion!
A less than humble Rocky The Hitman misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nate Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuki Nakai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yuki Nakai told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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154 lbs
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nate Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yuki Nakai!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakai cracks the inside of Cruz's front leg.
Yuki Nakai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nakai closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Cruz manages to get to full guard.
Cruz looking for a sweep. Not yet Cruz, not yet.
Cruz looking for subs off his back but Nakai has passed one foot through into half guard.
Nakai is looking to advance position but Cruz won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cruz wants to get back to full guard.
Cruz is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Nakai pulls his head out easily.
Nakai wants to control but Cruz is keeping him busy.
Cruz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Nakai is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Cruz is just riding it out for now. Nakai eventually gives up the hold.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Nakai seems content to control.
Cruz is refusing to be controlled, as Nakai sits in half guard.
Nakai wants to pass to mount but Cruz is defending the position.
Nakai is looking for a kimura here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cruz looking for submissions off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz is refusing to be controlled, as Nakai sits in half guard.
Nakai is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Cruz reverses the position - he's now on top in Nakai's guard.
Nakai looking to control.
Nakai escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Cruz gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Cruz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cruz postures up.
Nakai looking for a sweep. Not yet Nakai, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Nakai's head.
Cruz chips away with some ground and pound.
Nakai looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cruz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nakai works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Nakai is on top in guard.
Cruz keeping moving, preventing Nakai from controlling successfully.
Cruz looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cruz looking for a guillotine here but Nakai defends easily.
Nakai wants to control from the top but Cruz keeps moving.
Cruz being controlled here, momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Nakai is aware though and is defending well.
Cruz keeping moving, preventing Nakai from controlling successfully.
Nakai pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cruz is keeping the position for now.
Cruz throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nakai trying to control but Cruz is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nakai 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.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Nakai avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yuki Nakai dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nakai goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cruz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Nakai but Nakai pushes him off and we're back to square one.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Cruz.
Nakai swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nakai gets a double leg takedown into Cruz's guard.
Nakai passes Cruz's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Cruz tries to get to full guard but Nakai has control of the leg.
Nakai is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Cruz defends it well.
Nakai is trying to control. Cruz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakai in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Cruz tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Nakai!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Yuki Nakai!
A pretty intense looking Yuki Nakai took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gektor Lombard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Torres has chosen Old Way's as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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22
148 lbs
12 - 1 - 1 |
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28
135 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gektor Lombard!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Miguel Torres!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lombard swings for the body but Torres moves out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Lombard. No joy for Torres on that attempt.
A big right from Lombard misses.
Lombard lands a nice looking body shot.
Torres shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lombard but Lombard pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Lombard lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Torres circles away quickly and effectively.
Lombard lunges at Torres with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Torres's hand.
Lombard throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lombard lands a head shot.
Lombard fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lombard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lombard tries to bum rush Torres with a series of wild strikes but Torres uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lombard digs a good body shot into Torres's ribs.
Lombard scores with a head kick. Torres tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Torres shoots in and bounces Lombard off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Lombard 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.
Torres looking to sit in guard and control but Lombard gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Lombard wants to control from the top but Torres keeps moving.
Lombard stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Torres swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres is trying to keep Lombard in close.
Torres wants to sweep here but Lombard controlling him for the moment.
Gektor Lombard has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Torres takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Torres walks into a left hand.
Lombard defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Torres.
Gektor Lombard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Miguel Torres.
Lombard misses with a straight left.
Lombard throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lombard lands a right hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres tries for a takedown but Lombard circles away easily
and Lombard counters with a leg kick.
Torres walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Torres shoots and misses
and Lombard counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Torres moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Torres doesn't succeed with the takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Lombard buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Torres takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Torres dives in and grabs Lombard's left leg, looking for a takedown. Lombard pushes down on Torres's head and hops out.
Lombard really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Torres on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lombard tried to score with a low kick but Torres checks it.
Lombard misses with a double jab
so Torres counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lombard keeping moving, preventing Torres from controlling successfully.
Lombard is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Torres got a little sloppy there for a moment and Lombard has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Torres has managed to get both his arms back between Lombard's legs - danger averted.
Lombard has momentary wrist control but Torres slips an elbow through the middle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lombard escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Torres gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Lombard will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Lombard wants to sweep here but Torres controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gektor Lombard dominated that 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.
Lombard tries a head kick but it misses.
Lombard moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Torres uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lombard.
Lombard throws an off balance right hand
letting Torres counter with a right hand.
Lombard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lombard looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lombard lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lombard throws a big shot that misses.
Gektor Lombard is winning the standup battle so far.
Lombard throws out a leg kick but Torres moves out of range and Lombard only half commits.
Torres tries for a takedown but Lombard sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Lombard. Torres shrugs it off though.
Lombard is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lombard.
Gektor Lombard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lombard pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lombard lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Torres at a distance.
Nice defenses there by Torres.
A jab from Lombard misses.
Lombard displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Torres.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nice takedown defense from Lombard. No joy for Torres on that attempt.
Gektor Lombard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Miguel Torres.
A shot to the body from Lombard misses
and Torres counters with a nice double leg into side control. Lombard won't be happy with that.
Lombard is not content to let Torres control the position.
Lombard gets back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torres working Lombard over with strikes.
Lombard trying to control here.
Lombard blocking the ground and pound attempt from Torres.
Lombard is trying to get back to full guard.
Torres tries to pass to full mount but Lombard defends it.
Lombard gets full guard.
Lombard wants to sweep here but Torres controlling him for the moment.
Torres connects with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres trying to control the position from guard on top but Lombard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lombard lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Torres!
Torres has given up his back.
Lombard is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Torres is defending well though. Lombard let's go of the attempt for now.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Lombard's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres is trying to stand back up.
Torres is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Lombard trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Torres wants to escape the position.
Lombard trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gektor Lombard dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Torres fails with a takedown attempt.
Lombard throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Torres stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lombard misses with a wild body shot.
Lombard slaps away a takedown attempt from Torres, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Torres scores with a takedown into Lombard's guard.
Torres throws a big right hand that misses.
Torres tries to free his leg and advance position but Lombard is retaining full guard.
Torres postures up in Lombard's guard and throws a big left but Lombard blocks it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Lombard looking to hit a scissor sweep but Torres is one step ahead there.
Torres works over Lombard with some ground and pound from guard.
Torres loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Torres trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lombard avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Torres postures up in Lombard's guard and throws a big left but Lombard blocks it.
Lombard looking to hit a scissor sweep but Torres is one step ahead there.
Lombard has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Torres is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Lombard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lombard gets back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Torres is thwarting Lombard's attempts to control the position.
Torres missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Torres thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Lombard tries to get to full guard but Torres has control of the leg.
Lombard taking some punishment here, with Torres in his half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torres throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lombard is trying to get back to full guard.
Lombard is looking to control Torres's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Lombard avoid being mounted?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres is trying to control the action in half guard but Lombard is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Lombard keeping hold of Torres's head, controlling as best he can.
Lombard is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Torres is thwarting Lombard's attempts to control the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Gektor Lombard.
Torres gets the takedown into side control.
Lombard gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Lombard wants to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The fighters are battling for position here. Lombard manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Lombard wants to sweep here but Torres controlling him for the moment.
Lombard is working hard here to advance position.
Torres postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Torres is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Torres postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lombard working a defensive guard here.
Lombard wants to sweep here but Torres controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Torres really 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.
Lombard slips a jab from Torres.
Lombard misses with a looping left.
Lombard throws a hook but Torres blocks it.
Lombard loads up on a big right hand but Torres slips the punch.
Lombard lands a jab.
Torres has a takedown stuffed.
Lombard misses with an uppercut.
Torres fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres shoots in but no luck this time.
Torres doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Lombard to counter with a crisp jab.
Gektor Lombard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Miguel Torres.
Torres avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lombard connects with a jab.
Lombard looks to score with a jab to the body but Torres is just out of range.
Torres shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lombard as he avoids it easily.
Lombard connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Torres is rocked!
Torres with a poor takedown
and Lombard counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Torres keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lombard misses with a two punch combination.
Torres blocks a leg kick.
Lombard lands a slapping body shot.
Lombard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lombard throws a shot to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Torres.
Nice takedown defense from Lombard. No joy for Torres on that attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lombard will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Lombard misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Lombard.
The crowd cheers as Lombard lands an impressive looking overhand right. Torres doesn't seem phased though.
Lombard wants to land a leg kick but Torres is out of range.
Gektor Lombard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lombard, as that shot connected.
Torres steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Lombard. That one must have hurt.
Lombard tests Torres's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Torres closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lombard circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lombard's waist but Lombard gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Torres off to one side.
Lombard lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Torres is still on wobbly legs! Can Lombard finish him?
Torres misses with a takedown attempt - Lombard sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lombard throws out a powerful jab.
Lombard scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Torres doesn't seem bothered though.
Torres seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Torres feints and as Lombard raises his hands in defense, Torres changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lombard not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Torres preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gektor Lombard had his way with Miguel Torres in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Lombard misses with a low kick.
Torres shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Lombard manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Torres throwing strikes from guard but Lombard blocks nicely.
Lombard had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Torres defends it easily.
Lombard utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Torres works over Lombard with some ground and pound from guard.
Lombard looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Torres puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Torres landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Miguel Torres has got the better of the ground game so far.
Torres with the ground and pound but Lombard uses the opportunity to regain guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lombard working a defensive guard here.
Torres is looking to work some ground and pound but Lombard has wrist control.
Lombard not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Torres is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Torres must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Torres distracts Lombard with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Torres is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Lombard preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Torres preventing the sweep.
Torres landing some decent shots from guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lombard is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Torres content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Torres is in close to Lombard's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Torres is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Torres throwing strikes from guard but Lombard blocks nicely.
Lombard keeping moving, preventing Torres from controlling successfully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Torres is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Torres connects with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lombard keeping moving, preventing Torres from controlling successfully.
Torres postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Torres tries to free his leg and advance position but Lombard is retaining full guard.
Lombard is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lombard avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lombard wants to sweep but no luck.
Torres trying to control the position from guard on top but Lombard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lombard is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Miguel Torres has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lombard has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Torres defend it? Lombard steps over the head and cranks it - Torres is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Lombard!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Gektor Lombard!
Gektor Lombard is the new bantamweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Gektor Lombard thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dutch Delight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafa Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Delight comes to the cage accompanied by Bad Reputation . Silva is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: UFC Theme Song. Dutch Delight is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dutch Delight!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafa Silva!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Delight misses with a head kick.
Delight tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Silva is able to avoid easily.
Nice straight punches there by Delight. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Delight.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Delight tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A cross from Silva lands.
The fighters circling - Delight throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Delight looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Delight on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Delight throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dutch Delight seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Delight throws a leg kick but Silva checks it.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Delight throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Silva counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Delight doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Delight tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Silva counters with a leg kick.
Silva lands a head shot.
Delight moves into the clinch successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Delight's head.
Delight wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Delight tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Delight scores with a knee to the head.
Silva is leaning against Delight and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Delight tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Delight working hard to break the clinch.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Delight backwards.
A hook to the body from Silva.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silva lands a right hand.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Delight tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva is leaning against Delight and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Delight.
Delight can't break the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
A hook to the body from Silva.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Delight misses with a knee strike.
Delight is breathing heavily.
Silva is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Delight blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Delight wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Delight is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva digs a right hand underneath Delight's ribcage. Delight let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Delight tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva gets through Delight's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Delight landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Delight wants to break free but Silva has control.
Delight with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Delight throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is leaning against Delight and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Silva.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Delights head.
Delight has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Come on Silva - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Delight's head.
Delight being controlled against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Delight wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva gets through Delight's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Delight looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Delight throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Delight backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Delight misses with a knee to the head.
A body shot lands from Silva.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Delight with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva stalling.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Delight working hard to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafa Silva dominated that 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.
Delight chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.
Silva dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Delight fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Delight connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Silva scrambles back to his feet.
Silva throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Silva does it's job there.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Delight misses with a low kick.
Delight tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Silva counters with a head kick that crumples his opponent - he's in a world of trouble! Silva looks at the referee who does nothing so Silva lands a crushing right that sends Delight to the floor! This time the ref steps in to end the fight.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rafa Silva! Rafa Silva retains his featherweight title!
A very excited looking Rafa Silva made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Hernando (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bigfoot Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hernando comes to the cage accompanied by HaunTed . Silva has chosen Lil Wayne Feat. Mike Tyson - American Dream as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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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
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Roberto Hernando!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bigfoot Silva!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hernando takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
It looks like Roberto Hernando has been cut.
Hernando takes one to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hernando looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hernando.
Hernando tries to clinch up.
A jab from Silva finds it's way through Hernando's defenses.
Hernando lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hernando on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Silva connects with a body shot that sends Hernando's belly button to the back.
Silva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hernando looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hernando has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Silva finds it's way round the side to connect with Hernando's head.
Hernando throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hernando with a jab.
Silva slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Silva connects with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernando tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Hernando.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Horrible takedown by Silva or perhaps it was just good defense by Hernando which made him look bad.
Hernando takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hernando waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
Nice shot by Silva.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Roberto Hernando is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hernando tries to clinch up.
Nice body punch from Hernando.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Silva is defended easily by Hernando.
Hernando tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hernando. Hernando circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Roberto Hernando seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva throws a hook but Hernando blocks it.
Silva swings for the body but Hernando moves out of range.
Silva blocks a leg kick.
Silva might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Silva swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hernando counters with a nice body shot.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Roberto Hernando's cut is getting worse.
Hernando lands with a cross.
Silva fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Roberto Hernando has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bigfoot Silva.
Hernando shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Silva eats them both and turns towards Hernando to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Bigfoot Silva has been cut.
Hernando fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Silva blocks a head kick by Hernando.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernando throws a lazy uppercut
and Silva counters with a three punch combo that has Hernando backing up. Hernando nods at Silva to acknowledge the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Hernando.
Hernando fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hernando moves forwards but Silva connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Silva misses with a hook.
Hernando pushes Silva away with a front kick.
Hernando throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva lands a lovely overhand right.
Hernando tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva throws a hook but Hernando avoids it easily.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Hernando ducks down to avoid it.
A jab lands there for Silva.
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!
Hernando with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Hernando.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernando throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hernando ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Hernando fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hernando looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Whack! Hernando lands a heavy head kick that drops Silva. The ref tackles Hernando to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Silva was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Roberto Hernando!
Roberto Hernando is the new heavyweight champion!
Roberto Hernando made sure to mention his sponsor, Valhalla Fight Wear in his post fight interview.
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