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AJFC 144: Bueno vs Lopez II PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Wilshere (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Casey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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180 lbs
3 - 5 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Wilshere!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Billy Casey!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Casey misses with a takedown
and Wilshere counters with a nice uppercut.
Casey takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Casey gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Wilshere counter with a right hand.
Casey shoots and misses
and Wilshere counters with a huge overhand right that connects right on the temple, sending him crumpling, face first to the floor! This one is all over! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jack Wilshere!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julian Donnell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georgeous George (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). George has chosen If Looks Could Kill By Dying Fetus as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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280 lbs
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265 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Julian Donnell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Georgeous George!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
George throws a right and a left that both miss.
Donnell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Donnell shoots in for a takedown but George shows good takedown defense.
George scores with a sloppy right hand. Donnell should have avoided that one.
Donnell avoids the body shot from George.
Donnell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
George paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Donnell misses the jab.
George fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Donnell manages to avoid it.
Donnell looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? George is fending him off so far but Donnell persists. Nope, George circles away and we're back to standing.
George closes the distance and pushes Donnell back into the cage.
Donnell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Donnell doesn't manage to clinch there - George circles away.
George jabbing away but nothing is landing.
George swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
George keeps the fight on the outside.
Donnell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnell misses with an uppercut. George saw that one coming.
Donnell on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Donnell just misses with a punch to the body.
George avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Donnell takes a jab right on the kisser.
Donnell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Donnell takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Donnell moves out of range of the strikes.
Donnell wants to clinch
and George counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Donnell thinking.
Donnell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. George manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Donnell on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Donnell throws a series of punches but George moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Donnell.
George looks to land a right hand but Donnell moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donnell shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as George sprawls well. George wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Donnell gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julian Donnell. That's going to take a lot out of him.
George lands an overhand right.
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!
Donnell drives through with a takedown into George's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
George is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Donnell stands up from George's guard - Donnell perhaps looking for a knockout.
George misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donnell.
Donnell looks to score with a jab to the body but George is just out of range.
George dips to his left and cracks Donnell with an uppercut!
Donnell doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Donnell misses with a takedown attempt - George sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Donnell throws a head kick but George moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
George bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Donnell's head backwards.
George scores with a hook to the body. Donnell takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
George cracks Donnell with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
George lunges at Donnell with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Donnell's hand.
George tests Donnell's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Donnell throws a nice looking combination but George bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
George is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Donnell had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
George avoids a punch combination nicely.
Donnell dodges the punch combination from George.
Donnell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. George manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Donnell shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says George as he avoids it easily.
George missing with a left hand there. Donnell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
George throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
George connects with a looping right hand.
Donnell fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A big left from George misses.
George throws a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donnell tries to move into range but George moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
George fails with an attempt to clinch.
Donnell ducks under a wild hook from George.
George wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
George has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
George throws a lazy right hand but Donnell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Donnell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from George.
George displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Donnell.
Donnell fails in his attempt to clinch.
George pushes Donnell up against the cage in a clinch.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
George tries to break the clinch but Donnell is controlling the position.
George is trying to break free.
George misses with a hook to the ribs.
Donnell breaks the clinch.
Donnell misses with a kick to the body.
George throws a hook but Donnell avoids it easily.
George connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
George closes the distance and pushes Donnell back into the cage.
George is trying to break the clinch but Donnell is controlling him.
George misses with a hook from the clinch.
George pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
George swats away the attempt to clinch by Donnell.
George connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
George looks to land a left hand but Donnell moved out of range nicely.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
George throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
George misses with a hook. Donnell ducked under it nicely.
Donnell moves away from the strike by George.
George defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Donnell.
George missing with a left hand there. Donnell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Donnell gets tackled into the cage by George. George maintains the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
George wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
George blocks an elbow strike from Donnell.
George has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Donnell lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Georgeous George has been cut.
Donnell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
George looking to stall.
George looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
George is trying to push Donnell away but Donnell has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
George is trying to push Donnell away but Donnell has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by George as Donnell tries to tie him up.
George wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Donnell is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but George is defending well.
George is trying to break the clinch but Donnell has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on George's face as he tries to break the clinch.
George blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Donnell keeps control of George as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
George tries to circle away but Donnell has him pinned against the cage.
Donnell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Donnell needs to keep his hands up - George had a free shot at his head there.
George lands a head shot.
George is looking to clinch but Donnell is avoiding it.
Donnell comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
George throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Donnell darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
George is not content to let Donnell control the position.
George wants to stand back up but Donnell manages to pass into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donnell lands some shots froms side control.
Donnell stands up and beckons George to his feet.
George misses with a combination
and Donnell counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Donnell.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
George is looking to stand up but Donnell isn't so interested in that idea.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
George is looking to stand back up but Donnell counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by George.
George looks gassed!
George tries to kick Donnell off but Donnell keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Donnell with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
George tries to get to full guard but Donnell has control of the leg.
Donnell slips a nice elbow through George's hands, connecting with George's forehead.
Well, if Donnell is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Donnell escapes and gets back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big right from George misses.
George slaps away a takedown attempt from Donnell, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Donnell clinches up with George and pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Georgeous George dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Georgeous George's cut.
That's time! Donnell's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
George cracks Donnell with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Georgeous George seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Donnell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Donnell throws a series of punches but George avoids them all with ease.
George throws a looping overhand right but Donnell ducks down to avoid it.
George thows a left - swing and a miss!
George takes a swing at Donnell's ribcage but misses.
George thows a left - swing and a miss!
George walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
George swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Donnell looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
George misses with a jab, cross combination.
Donnell takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
George stuns Donnell with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Donnell shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. George defends it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left and a right from George both land. Nice combination.
George lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Julian Donnell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Donnell fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julian Donnell. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Donnell moves forwards but George connects with a nice, crisp jab.
George throws a jab but it's blocked by Donnell.
Donnell tries to close the distance and clinch but George swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
George misses with a wild body shot.
Donnell slips under a jab from George.
Donnell shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has George pinned against the cage. George gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
George tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Donnell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as George lands an impressive looking overhand right. Donnell doesn't seem phased though.
A left and a right from Donnell both land. Nice combination.
George connects with a crisp jab.
Donnell looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
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!
George lands with a straight right. Donnell didn't see that one coming.
Donnell tries to clinch but George moves out of range.
George tries to close the distance and clinch up but Donnell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Donnell shoots in looking for a takedown. George tries to sprawl out of it but Donnell keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. George manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Donnell misses with the combination.
Georgeous George is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
George throws a nice looking combination but Donnell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
George goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donnell takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Donnell moves forwards but George connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - George looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
George's corner calls for a 1-2. George obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
George ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Donnell moves away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Donnell is defended easily by George.
George misses with a looping left.
George looks to score with a jab to the body but Donnell is just out of range.
George swings for the body but Donnell moves out of range.
Donnell takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
George lands a nice shot that snaps Donnell's head back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donnell slips under a jab.
George swinging wildly here.
Donnell gets in close and instigates a clinch.
George doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
George is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
George wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Donnell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
George with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donnell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from George.
George tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Donnell was well out of range. Poor timing from George.
Donnell closes the distance and pushes George back into the cage.
Donnell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Donnell rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but George moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
George misses with a wild body shot.
George tries to clinch but Donnell moves out of range.
Donnell closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. George quickly recovers to half guard.
George looks like he's trying to stand up.
Donnell prevents George from improving his position.
Donnell decides to return to a standing position.
George tries to clinch up.
Some wild striking there from Donnell.
George swats away the attempt to clinch by Donnell.
George scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
George lands a jab to Donnell's midsection.
George throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
George throws a series of punches but Donnell moves out of range.
George throws a jab when Donnell was well out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Donnell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Donnell shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has George pinned against the cage. George gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donnell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from George.
George connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
George lunges at Donnell with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Donnell's hand.
George cracks a nice hook into Donnell's ribs.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
George misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donnell.
Donnell looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nice shot by George.
George tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Donnell was well out of range. Poor timing from George.
George cracks Donnell with an open hand slap.
Donnell throws a right and a left that George avoids nicely.
Donnell takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Donnell dodges the punch combination from George.
No joy there for Donnell, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
George comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
George jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
George throws a jab when Donnell was well out of range.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Donnell lands with a nice combination. George backs away looking to recover.
George swings for the body but Donnell moves out of range.
Donnell throws a jab but it's blocked by George.
Donnell takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Donnell tries to clinch there but George circles away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
George misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donnell.
George misses the shot to the body.
Donnell is looking to clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Donnell 's head but he takes it in his stride.
George swings and misses with a hook to the body.
George throws an overhand right that lands on Donnell's shoulder, as Donnell tries to avoid the shot.
Donnell dives in and grabs George's left leg, looking for a takedown. George pushes down on Donnell's head and hops out.
George tries to close the distance and clinch up but Donnell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
George ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Donnell moves away.
George jabs Donnell right on the nose. Donnell blinks but takes it well.
Sloppy strikes from Donnell. Those never looked like landing.
George throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
George stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and George wants it to stay on the feet.
Donnell throws a series of punches but George moves out of range.
Donnell shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nice body punch from George.
George throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
George connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Julian Donnell 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.
George misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Donnell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Donnell tries to move into range but George moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
George leaves Donnell with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Georgeous George comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think George has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Georgeous George!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Georgeous George!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Georgeous George!
Georgeous George wins by unanimous decision!
Our winner, Georgeous George, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Random Collective (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kanbei Shimada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Collective's entrance music is Barricade. A fine choice. Shimada has chosen Party and Bullshit as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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183 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Random Collective!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kanbei Shimada!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shimada circles away from the clinch attempt.
Collective tries to clinch but Shimada is having none of it.
A combination from Collective does no damage.
Collective misses with a combination
and Shimada cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Collective will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Collective gets a clinch.
Shimada fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Collective with a knee to the head.
It looks like Kanbei Shimada has been cut.
Collective gets underhooks to prevent Shimada's takedown attempt.
Collective breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Collective moves into range and connects with a jab.
Some wild striking there from Collective.
Collective misses the body punch
and Shimada counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Collective gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Collective manages to break the clinch.
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!
Collective takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Collective keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shimada.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shimada lands with a nice body punch.
Shimada just misses with a punch to the body.
Collective throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Shimada.
Shimada closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Shimada looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Collective tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Shimada manages to move to mount!
Collective is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Shimada lands a heavy elbow.
Collective is in a horrible position here. Shimada smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Collective is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shimada jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Collective is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Collective and Shimada has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shimada staying calm.
Shimada landing a few strikes.
Shimada tries to advance to mount but Collective denies him.
Collective is trying to buck Shimada off.
Shimada trying to control the position but Collective is working away.
Shimada has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Shimada working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shimada tries for a kimura but Collective is defending well.
Collective wants to get back to his feet but Shimada drags him back down.
Shimada tries to advance to mount but Collective denies him.
Collective is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Collective on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Collective tries to get out of the position.
Shimada working the ground and pound.
Collective knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Shimada on the ground.
Shimada lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Collective is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Shimada asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Shimada postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shimada cracks Collective with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Collective is not content to let Shimada control the position.
Shimada looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Collective is avoiding damage well.
Collective wants to get back to his feet.
Shimada throws an elbow but Collective slips to the side and avoids it well.
Collective takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shimada cracks Collective with a big elbow.
Shimada working away.
Collective is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Shimada has just dragged him back down to the mat.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Shimada lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Collective down.
Collective taking a bit of punishment here - Shimada scoring with strikes.
Collective is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Shimada is controlling him well.
Shimada scoring with punches from side control.
Shimada is trying to get an arm triangle but Collective is defending well.
Collective wants to get back to his feet.
Shimada wants to control but Collective is keeping him busy.
Collective is pushing Shimada's head away, looking to escape. Shimada manages to hold on to the position though.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Shimada are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Collective taking a bit of punishment here - Shimada scoring with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shimada wants to control but Collective is keeping him busy.
Shimada tries to advance to mount but Collective denies him.
Collective dodges the ground and pound from Shimada.
Shimada in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Shimada wants to lay and pray for a moment but Collective keeps working.
Collective wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Shimada wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Collective, who protects the arm well.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Shimada lands a nice forearm strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shimada prevents Collective from escaping the position.
Collective is looking to regain half guard here but Shimada keeps moving and retains side control.
Collective is breathing heavily.
Shimada lands a nice forearm strike.
Shimada wants to control but Collective is keeping him busy.
Collective taking a bit of punishment here - Shimada scoring with strikes.
Shimada trying to control the position but Collective is working away.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Collective struggling a bit here.
The referee asks Shimada politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Shimada prefers to stall for the moment though.
Shimada creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Collective sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Collective is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Shimada asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Shimada wants to control but Collective is keeping him busy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Collective regains half guard there - taking advantage of Shimada's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Shimada lands with a punch from half guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Shimada looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Shimada winds up and cracks Collective with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Collective pushes Shimada off and gets back to his feet.
Collective slips under a jab from Shimada.
Collective throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shimada avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Collective throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shimada connects with a crisp jab.
Shimada takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Collective takes a swing at Shimada's ribcage but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shimada swats away the attempt to clinch by Collective.
Shimada misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Collective.
Collective doesn't manage to clinch there - Shimada circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kanbei Shimada dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kanbei Shimada's cut.
That's time! Collective's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Shimada showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Collective.
Shimada ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Collective moves away.
Shimada misses with a body shot.
Collective slips under a jab.
Collective has managed to clinch.
Collective creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Shimada's defenses.
Collective tries to land knees in the clinch but Shimada avoids the damage to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Collective.
Collective breaks the clinch.
Shimada lands a front kick.
Collective misses with a double jab.
Shimada closes the distance and clinches.
Shimada jumps guard but Collective turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Collective breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Collective just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Collective is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Shimada dives in and grabs Collective's left leg, looking for a takedown. Collective pushes down on Shimada's head and hops out.
Shimada avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Collective keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Collective moves into range and clinches up with Shimada.
Collective breaks from the clinch.
Shimada tries to bum rush Collective with a series of wild strikes but Collective uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Collective misses with a straight left.
Shimada thows a left - swing and a miss!
Random Collective is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shimada wants to clinch.
Shimada thows a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collective has Shimada up against the cage in a clinch.
A short uppercut from Collective.
A nice left hand lands by Collective.
Shimada jumps guard but Collective turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Random Collective has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kanbei Shimada.
Collective lands a nice knee to the body.
Shimada is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Collective scores with a shoulder strike.
Collective breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Collective lands with a nice body punch.
Shimada just misses with a punch to the body.
Collective misses with a series of wild punches.
Collective tries to clinch but Shimada is having none of it.
Random Collective is winning the standup battle so far.
Shimada fails in his attempt to clinch.
Collective tries to bum rush Shimada with a series of wild strikes but Shimada uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Shimada slips under a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shimada throws a head kick but Collective moves out of range.
Collective throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Collective throws a jab but it's blocked by Shimada.
Collective swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shimada fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Collective staying out of range there.
Collective is looking to wear down Shimada with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Left hook, right uppercut from Collective.
Collective clinches with his opponent.
Collective pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Collective takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Collective blocks a jab.
Collective tries to clinch up but Shimada circles away and keeps his distance.
Shimada throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Collective misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collective scores with a hook to the body. Shimada takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The fighters circling - Shimada throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shimada uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Collective.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shimada. Collective does a little dance to reset his feet.
Collective tries to clinch but Shimada is having none of it.
Collective fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Shimada looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shimada changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Shimada swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Collective avoids the body shot from Shimada.
Shimada throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shimada tries to clinch there but Collective circles away.
Shimada swats away the attempt to clinch by Collective.
Collective tries to clinch up but Shimada circles away and keeps his distance.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Collective ducks right into an uppercut from Shimada.
Collective ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shimada moves away.
Shimada throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Collective is looking to clinch.
Collective clinches.
Shimada jumps guard but Collective stands there with Shimada around his waist. Shimada gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Shimada jumps into guard, dragging Collective to the mat.
Collective gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Collective misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Collective is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Collective thuds a left hand into Shimada's body.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Collective, as that shot connected.
Shimada slips a jab and a cross from Collective.
Collective tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shimada swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shimada throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Collective tries to close the distance and clinch but Shimada swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Collective drives through and clinches with Shimada against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shimada jumps guard but Collective turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Collective breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Collective has closed the distance and engaged Shimada in a clinch.
Shimada takes an elbow to the forehead.
Collective breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Collective works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Collective throws a right and a left that both miss.
Collective misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Collective moves in looking to clinch but Shimada pushes him off.
Collective looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Collective misses with a left hand
and Shimada makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Shimada avoids the body shot from Collective.
Shimada is trying hard to land a takedown here. Collective sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Shimada fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Collective is out of range.
Collective moves out of range as Shimada throws a body kick.
Collective throws a right and a left that Shimada avoids nicely.
Shimada scores with a shot to the body.
Collective fails with an attempt to clinch.
Collective throws a combination. Shimada tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Shimada is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Shimada buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Shimada circles away from the clinch attempt.
Collective misses with a hook
and Shimada counters with a left to the body.
Collective moves to clinch but Shimada breaks away
and Shimada makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Shimada tries for a takedown but Collective sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Collective throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Collective misses with a two punch combination.
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!
Collective gets a clinch.
Collective breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Collective tries to clinch there but Shimada circles away.
Collective throws a looping overhand right but Shimada ducks down to avoid it.
Collective wants to clinch up but Shimada keeps it at a distance.
Shimada keeps the fight on the outside.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Collective throws a jab but it's blocked by Shimada.
The fight stays on the outside here - Collective looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Shimada throws a leg kick that misses.
Collective throws a series of punches but Shimada moves out of range.
Shimada tries to keep at a distance but Collective has taken the fight into the clinch.
Collective's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Collective misses with a straight left.
Shimada changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Some wild striking there from Collective.
Collective clinches up against the cage.
Shimada is trying to pull guard but Collective has him pressed against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Random Collective showed his dominance in that final round.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Random Collective!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Kanbei Shimada!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Kanbei Shimada!
Kanbei Shimada wins by split decision!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brock Viking (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Bova (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anthony Bova is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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32
300 lbs
6 - 8 - 1 |
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32
300 lbs
13 - 15 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Brock Viking!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Bova!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Viking tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bova swivels and escapes.
Viking gets caught napping as Bova dives in and scores a takedown. Viking manages to retain guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Bova throwing strikes but missing.
Viking has a closed guard, preventing Bova from standing up.
Viking is looking for a triangle but Bova pushes his legs off easily.
Viking utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bova is pushing down on Viking's leg trying to pass to half guard. Viking is fighting to maintain full guard but Bova has managed to sneak the leg through.
Bova wants to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bova throwing shots but Viking is blocking nicely.
Bova is trying to control. Viking wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bova is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Viking has managed to free his arm - good work.
Bova is trying to control. Viking wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bova not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bova is looking to take a break and control but Viking is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bova trying to pass the guard but Viking defending well.
Bova passes to side control.
Bova goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Viking rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Bova's guard! Nice work there by Viking!
Bova keeping moving, preventing Viking from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bova is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bova wants to sweep here but Viking controlling him for the moment.
Viking is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Viking postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Viking sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Viking is looking to work some ground and pound but Bova has wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bova looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Viking trying to control the position from guard on top but Bova is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Viking is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Bova is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Viking postures up.
Viking throws a big elbow that misses.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Viking working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Viking trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Viking looking to score a takedown here. Bova is defending well but Viking drives through and ends up in Bova's guard.
Bova manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Bova jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Viking is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Viking and Bova has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Bova tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Bova in side control, throwing shots but Viking defends.
Viking is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bova throws a strike aimed at the side of Viking's head but Viking avoids it well.
Viking on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Viking tries to get out of the position.
Bova postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Bova is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Viking knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bova thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Viking is looking for a sweep.
Bova decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Bova shoots for a takedown but Viking saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Bova shoots in and bounces Viking off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Viking lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bova!
Viking is breathing heavily.
Viking unloading with bombs!
Viking in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Viking won't let Bova get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Viking looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Viking unloads with some shots from mount but Bova bucks and avoids them well.
Viking throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Bova because Viking loaded up on that one.
Viking avoids the attempt from Bova to control.
Bova is bucking up trying to escape but Viking cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bova squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Bova is trying to escape the mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Viking postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Bova looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Viking sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Brock Viking will probably get the nod.
That's time! Viking's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Viking shoots in but no luck this time.
Viking is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bova sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Viking shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bova sprawls well. Bova wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Viking gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brock Viking. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bova doesn't manage to clinch there - Viking circles away.
Bova tries to bum rush Viking with a series of wild strikes but Viking uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Viking dives in and grabs Bova's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bova pushes down on Viking's head and hops out.
Bova rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Viking moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Viking dives in and scores a takedown into Bova's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bova wants to get back to his feet but Viking is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Bova working a defensive guard here.
Bova keeping moving, preventing Viking from controlling successfully.
Viking stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bova swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Viking shoots in looking for a takedown but Bova manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Viking's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Bova gets the takedown into side control.
Bova in side control, throwing shots but Viking defends.
Bova looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Bova tries for a kimura but Viking is defending well.
Viking avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Bova.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bova stands up.
Bova moves into the clinch.
Bova lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Viking is defending against the submission attempts here by Bova.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Viking manages to get to full guard.
Bova with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bova in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Anthony Bova has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bova cracks Viking with a solid left hand.
Bova wanted to stand there but Viking had control of the position.
Bova with a nice head shot there.
Bova drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Viking dives on top into guard.
Viking trying to control the position from guard on top but Bova is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Viking working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Bova controls Viking momentarily but Viking frees himself.
Bova wants to stand up but Viking is controlling him.
Viking with a flurry of punches that miss.
Viking wants to control from the top but Bova keeps moving.
Bova is trying to keep Viking in close.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Viking with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bova being controlled here, momentarily.
Viking trying to control the position from guard on top but Bova is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brock Viking has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Bova throws a right hand that Viking ducks under and follows up with a left that Viking also avoids with ease.
Bova moves into the clinch.
Bova pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bova stuffs the takedown attempt from Viking. Viking gets slowly back to his feet.
Bova will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Bova throws a leg kick which misses Viking's front leg but catches the back leg as Viking tries to avoid it.
Viking doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Bova counters with a left and a right that stings Viking.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bova displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Bova closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Viking quickly recovers to half guard.
Bova missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bova trying to control the pace.
Bova is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Bova thows a huge punch but Viking dodges it nicely.
Bova with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Viking blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bova.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bova trying to control the action but Viking is working from the bottom.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Anthony Bova has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Viking has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bova.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony Bova comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Anthony Bova!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Anthony Bova!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Anthony Bova!
Anthony Bova wins by unanimous decision!
Anthony Bova very nearly forgot to thank Das Labor amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yakin Sanjimoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank The Crippler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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31
194 lbs
9 - 8 - 1 |
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31
198 lbs
19 - 8 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Yakin Sanjimoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frank The Crippler!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Crippler avoids the body shot from Sanjimoto.
Sanjimoto misses with a two punch combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sanjimoto lands a nice shot that snaps The Crippler's head back.
Sanjimoto misses with a body shot.
Sanjimoto closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. The Crippler quickly recovers to half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Sanjimoto sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. The Crippler defending well though.
The Crippler is defending against the submission attempts here by Sanjimoto.
Nice strikes from Sanjimoto there.
Sanjimoto is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. The Crippler doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Sanjimoto.
Sanjimoto seems to be looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Crippler keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sanjimoto stands up out of the half guard.
Sanjimoto scores with a body shot.
The Crippler cracks the inside of Sanjimoto's front leg.
Sanjimoto shoots in looking for a takedown. The Crippler tries to sprawl out of it but Sanjimoto keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. The Crippler manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sanjimoto on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
No joy there for Sanjimoto, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sanjimoto throws a shot from downtown. The Crippler moves away and avoids it.
The Crippler wants to clinch.
Sanjimoto fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The Crippler tries to clinch but Sanjimoto moves out of range.
The Crippler moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Crippler showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sanjimoto.
The Crippler looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The Crippler has Sanjimoto up against the cage in a clinch.
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!
Sanjimoto is trying to break free.
The Crippler misses with an elbow strike.
Sanjimoto misses with a body punch.
The Crippler tries to throw a body punch but Sanjimoto avoids it by throwing The Crippler back against the cage.
The Crippler can't find room to land a body shot as Sanjimoto controls the action.
The Crippler blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Crippler.
Sanjimoto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The Crippler misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Crippler.
Sanjimoto misses with a punch to the body.
The Crippler lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The Crippler misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from The Crippler.
Sanjimoto tries to work over The Crippler's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, The Crippler just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sanjimoto's brow.
Sanjimoto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sanjimoto lands a left hand.
The Crippler presses Sanjimoto against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The Crippler lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sanjimoto backwards.
Sanjimoto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sanjimoto lands an uppercut.
The Crippler keeps control of Sanjimoto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The Crippler misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sanjimoto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of The Cripplers head.
Sanjimoto tries a body shot but The Crippler blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good body shot from The Crippler.
Sanjimoto manages to break the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Sanjimoto.
Sanjimoto throws a jab but it's blocked by The Crippler.
The Crippler lands a jab-cross combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanjimoto fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A punch combination from Sanjimoto misses.
Sanjimoto misses with a combination
and The Crippler counters with a thumping low kick.
The Crippler ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Sanjimoto misses its intended target.
The Crippler tries a head kick but it misses.
The Crippler swinging wildly here.
No joy there for Sanjimoto, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sanjimoto takes a swing at The Crippler's ribcage but misses.
The Crippler thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sanjimoto lands a right hook to the body.
The Crippler doesn't manage to clinch there - Sanjimoto circles away.
Sanjimoto swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The Crippler throws a jab when Sanjimoto was well out of range.
The Crippler takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The Crippler moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
The Crippler throws a jab but it's blocked by Sanjimoto.
Sanjimoto takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A nice inside leg kick there by The Crippler. That's going to slow Sanjimoto down.
The Crippler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sanjimoto throws a left and a right that both miss
and The Crippler counters with a good, hard body kick but Sanjimoto shrugs it off.
Sanjimoto shoots in for a takedown but The Crippler shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yakin Sanjimoto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanjimoto is breathing heavily.
The Crippler throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The Crippler avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sanjimoto lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The Crippler avoids the body shot from Sanjimoto.
The Crippler with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The Crippler ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sanjimoto looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for The Crippler!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Crippler is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The Crippler avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sanjimoto.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Crippler wants to control but Sanjimoto is having none of it.
The Crippler trying desperately to get to his feet.
Sanjimoto scoring with strikes but The Crippler is staying in there.
Sanjimoto looking to ground and pound but The Crippler is blocking nicely.
The Crippler is trying to stand up.
Sanjimoto lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sanjimoto landing strikes from the mount and The Crippler is in trouble!
Sanjimoto 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.
Sanjimoto landing shots from mount.
Sanjimoto fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sanjimoto lands a nice shot to the head.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sanjimoto throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Sanjimoto in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sanjimoto is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But The Crippler has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from The Crippler!
Sanjimoto wants to sweep but no luck.
The Crippler decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Sanjimoto, up you get!
Sanjimoto misses with an uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Crippler. Sanjimoto does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Crippler digs a good body shot into Sanjimoto's ribs.
The Crippler connects with a leg kick. Sanjimoto looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nice cross by The Crippler.
The Crippler swings for the body but Sanjimoto moves out of range.
The Crippler is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Sanjimoto rather than just go for the knockout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Crippler takes a swing at Sanjimoto's ribcage but misses.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sanjimoto shoots in but no luck this time.
The Crippler walks into a stiff left hand from Sanjimoto.
Sanjimoto misses with a takedown attempt - The Crippler sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A jab from Sanjimoto does it's job there.
The Crippler doesn't manage to clinch there - Sanjimoto circles away.
Sanjimoto lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Crippler circles away quickly and effectively.
The Crippler turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sanjimoto shoots in for a takedown but The Crippler shows good takedown defense.
The Crippler dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sanjimoto. That did some damage!
Sanjimoto throws a looping overhand right but The Crippler ducks down to avoid it.
The Crippler scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sanjimoto doesn't seem bothered though.
The Crippler defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sanjimoto.
Sanjimoto circles away from the clinch attempt.
The Crippler misses with a body kick.
The Crippler throws an overhand right that lands on Sanjimoto's shoulder, as Sanjimoto tries to avoid the shot.
The Crippler gets caught napping as Sanjimoto dives in and scores a takedown. The Crippler manages to retain guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sanjimoto postures up in The Crippler's guard and throws a big left but The Crippler blocks it.
Sanjimoto throws an elbow that misses. The Crippler uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sanjimoto's guard. Nice move by The Crippler!
Sanjimoto has a closed guard, preventing The Crippler from standing up.
Sanjimoto is looking for a triangle here but The Crippler uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
The Crippler decides to stand back up. The Crippler steps back and let's Sanjimoto get back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Crippler is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sanjimoto.
Sanjimoto looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sanjimoto misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Yakin Sanjimoto will probably get the nod.
That's time! Sanjimoto's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
The Crippler tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanjimoto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yakin Sanjimoto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanjimoto connects with the punch.
Sanjimoto scores a takedown into full mount!
Sanjimoto jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… The Crippler is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by The Crippler and Sanjimoto has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Sanjimoto is working The Crippler over with some ground and pound from side control.
Sanjimoto working the strikes but The Crippler uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Sanjimoto not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sanjimoto is looking for a kimura here.
Sanjimoto trying to mount his opponent but The Crippler defends it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Sanjimoto there.
Sanjimoto wants to work for an arm triangle but The Crippler is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Sanjimoto is trying to work for a kimura but The Crippler is defending well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Crippler manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Sanjimoto misses with a straight left.
Sanjimoto lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Crippler circles away quickly and effectively.
Sanjimoto swinging wildly here.
Sanjimoto with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling The Crippler to score with a decent uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanjimoto fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Frank The Crippler seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sanjimoto tries for a takedown but The Crippler sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
The Crippler moves out of range of the strikes.
The Crippler throws a body kick that misses.
The Crippler wants to clinch.
The Crippler throws a combination. Sanjimoto tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Sanjimoto takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
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!
The Crippler throws a jab when Sanjimoto was well out of range.
Sanjimoto fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sanjimoto throws a hook but The Crippler avoids it easily.
Nice uppercut there from Sanjimoto.
The Crippler lands the left hand.
Sanjimoto misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanjimoto has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sanjimoto there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sanjimoto misses with a body shot
and The Crippler counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The Crippler tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sanjimoto manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The Crippler takes the fight into the clinch.
Sanjimoto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sanjimoto misses with some punches.
The Crippler missing with knees to the body.
Sanjimoto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sanjimoto lands a left hand that snaps the head of The Crippler backwards.
The Crippler prevents a body shot from Sanjimoto.
Sanjimoto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A hook to the body from Sanjimoto.
Sanjimoto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The Crippler lands a slapping body shot.
The Crippler cracks Sanjimoto with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Crippler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanjimoto was well out of range. Poor timing from The Crippler.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Crippler bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Crippler motions for Sanjimoto to come forward. The Crippler throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The Crippler stuns Sanjimoto with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sanjimoto doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sanjimoto closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming The Crippler to the mat! The Crippler manages to get full guard.
The Crippler is working an open guard so Sanjimoto takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
The Crippler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanjimoto was well out of range. Poor timing from The Crippler.
Frank The Crippler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The Crippler throws a sloppy head kick and Sanjimoto moves out of range easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from The Crippler.
Sanjimoto lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sanjimoto is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The Crippler displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Sanjimoto.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yakin Sanjimoto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanjimoto avoids the body shot from The Crippler.
Sanjimoto fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The Crippler tries to clinch but Sanjimoto moves out of range.
Sanjimoto staying out of range there.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sanjimoto swings for the body but The Crippler moves out of range.
The Crippler connects with a body shot that sends Sanjimoto's belly button to the back.
The Crippler throws a leg kick but Sanjimoto sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sanjimoto keeps the fight on the outside.
Sanjimoto swinging wildly here.
Sanjimoto ducks under a wild hook from The Crippler.
Sanjimoto looks to score with a jab to the body but The Crippler is just out of range.
The Crippler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sanjimoto swings for the body but The Crippler moves out of range.
Sanjimoto scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The Crippler ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanjimoto moves away.
Sanjimoto scores with a takedown into The Crippler's guard.
Sanjimoto in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sanjimoto in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sanjimoto stands up over The Crippler, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sanjimoto loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sanjimoto throwing strikes but missing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Crippler utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The Crippler working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sanjimoto.
The Crippler wants to stand up but Sanjimoto is controlling him.
Sanjimoto lands a couple of elbows.
Sanjimoto working some strikes from top position.
The Crippler working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sanjimoto.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sanjimoto trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Yakin Sanjimoto overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sanjimoto has gone for a leg lock! The Crippler slips out almost immediately though and dives into Sanjimoto's guard.
Sanjimoto has an active guard here but The Crippler has managed to pass into half guard.
Sanjimoto looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Sanjimoto looking for subs from the bottom but The Crippler mounts him!
Sanjimoto is looking to improve his position but The Crippler isn't that keen on the idea.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sanjimoto's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Sanjimoto working to try and regain half guard.
The Crippler stands up from mount. Strange move.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanjimoto. The Crippler does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Crippler defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sanjimoto.
Sanjimoto looks to score with a jab to the body but The Crippler is just out of range.
The Crippler throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sanjimoto feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits The Cripplers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The Crippler digs a good body shot into Sanjimoto's ribs.
Sanjimoto swings for the body but The Crippler moves out of range.
Sanjimoto misses with a takedown attempt - The Crippler sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sanjimoto walks into a jab.
The Crippler shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sanjimoto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Crippler.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
That kick from The Crippler tenderised Sanjimoto's leg. Sanjimoto is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sanjimoto shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The Crippler moves in looking to clinch but Sanjimoto pushes him off.
Sanjimoto scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yakin Sanjimoto showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sanjimoto has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Yakin Sanjimoto!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Yakin Sanjimoto!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Yakin Sanjimoto!
Yakin Sanjimoto wins by unanimous decision!
A relieved looking Yakin Sanjimoto thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dean Corcoran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Folsom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Corcoran's entrance music is Lonely Boy. A fine choice. Folsom has chosen Hightower Is Mad as his entrance music. Xavier Folsom will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dean Corcoran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Xavier Folsom!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Corcoran shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Folsom as he avoids it easily.
Folsom swings for the body but Corcoran moves out of range.
Folsom keeps the fight on the outside.
Folsom throws a sloppy head kick and Corcoran moves out of range easily.
Corcoran scores with a three punch combo!
Folsom misses with a wild combination.
Dean Corcoran seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Corcoran closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Corcoran is staying tight to Folsom's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Corcoran tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Corcoran has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Corcoran is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Folsom has escaped the position, nice work there.
Folsom is trying to control Corcoran's posture but Corcoran avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Folsom gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Corcoran wants to lay and pray for a moment but Folsom keeps working.
Corcoran wants to stand up but Folsom is controlling the position.
Folsom wants to get back to full guard.
Corcoran seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Corcoran is thwarting Folsom's attempts to control the position.
Corcoran prevents Folsom from improving his position.
Corcoran is trying to control. Folsom wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Folsom is looking to improve his position.
Folsom slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Corcoran looking to sit in guard and control but Folsom gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Folsom trying to control the position from guard on top but Corcoran is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Corcoran manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Corcoran sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Corcoran raining down shots from the mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corcoran sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Folsom tries to hold on but Corcoran pushes him away.
Corcoran tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Corcoran tries to control but Folsom wriggling away.
Folsom sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Corcoran is looking to advance position but Folsom won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corcoran prevents Folsom from improving his position.
Corcoran wants to get back to his feet.
Corcoran wants to control but Folsom is keeping him busy.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Dean Corcoran.
Corcoran is looking to clinch but Folsom is avoiding it.
Folsom throws a head kick but Corcoran moves out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Folsom as Corcoran shoots in.
Folsom stuffs the takedown attempt from Corcoran. Corcoran gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dean Corcoran. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Folsom throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Folsom throws a combination. Corcoran tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Corcoran looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Corcoran closes the distance and clinches up with Folsom, looking for a takedown. Corcoran pushes Folsom against the cage but Folsom circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Corcoran fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Corcoran is breathing heavily.
Folsom scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Folsom thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Folsom trying to control the position but Corcoran is working away.
Corcoran wants to get back to his feet but Folsom drags him back down.
Corcoran tries to improve position but can't.
Folsom trying to control the action but Corcoran is working from the bottom.
Folsom is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Folsom cracks Corcoran with a big elbow.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Corcoran defending against the ground and pound.
Corcoran pushes Folsom away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Folsom gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Folsom trying to control the action but Corcoran is working from the bottom.
Folsom scoring with punches and elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Corcoran is trying to buck Folsom off.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Folsom sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Corcoran is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Folsom is looking to take a break and control but Corcoran is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Corcoran parries the strikes from Folsom easily there. Folsom is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Corcoran to escape.
Corcoran is trying to buck Folsom off.
Corcoran manages to work his way to half guard, despite Folsom's best efforts.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Folsom is looking to take a break and control but Corcoran is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Folsom stops Corcoran from getting back to his feet.
Folsom looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Folsom throwing shots but Corcoran is blocking nicely.
Corcoran is not content to let Folsom control the position.
Corcoran wants to get back to full guard.
Folsom is trying to control. Corcoran wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Folsom is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Xavier Folsom was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Corcoran fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Folsom avoids it really well and circles away.
Folsom lands a jab to the head.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Folsom misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Folsom.
Folsom lands a head shot.
Corcoran has managed to clinch.
Folsom takes an elbow to the forehead.
Corcoran tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Corcoran lands a damaging elbow.
Corcoran throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Folsom blocks an elbow strike from Corcoran.
Corcoran using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Corcoran lands a good knee to the midsection. Folsom won't want to take too many of those.
Folsom misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Corcoran looking to throw knees to the head but Folsom is blocking nicely.
Corcoran lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Folsom tries to break free but Corcoran pushes him back against the cage.
Folsom tries a body shot but Corcoran blocks it.
Folsom on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Folsom goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Corcoran stalls.
Folsom avoiding damage as Corcoran throws knees to the body.
Folsom has Corcoran pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Folsom pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Corcoran tumbling to the mat - Folsom dives into Corcoran's guard.
Folsom trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Corcoran keeping moving, preventing Folsom from controlling successfully.
Folsom loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Dean Corcoran will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Corcoran scores with a leg kick.
Dean Corcoran is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Corcoran tries to close the distance and clinch up but Folsom swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Corcoran has his takedown stuffed
and Folsom counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Folsom lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Folsom throws a nice looking combination but Corcoran bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Corcoran misses with a takedown attempt - Folsom sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Corcoran fails in his attempt to clinch.
Folsom misses with a body shot.
Folsom misses with a wild combination.
Corcoran tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Folsom paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Corcoran is defended easily by Folsom.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dean Corcoran. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Horrible takedown by Corcoran or perhaps it was just good defense by Folsom which made him look bad.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Folsom connects with a body shot.
Folsom throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Corcoran shoots in but Folsom avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Corcoran shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Folsom misses with a head kick.
Folsom misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Folsom connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Corcoran fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Folsom misses with a head kick.
Folsom throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Corcoran looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Folsom is fending him off so far but Corcoran persists. Nope, Folsom circles away and we're back to standing.
Folsom throws a sloppy head kick and Corcoran moves out of range easily.
Folsom jabs Corcoran right on the nose. Corcoran blinks but takes it well.
Corcoran walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Folsom lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nice body kick there by Folsom.
Corcoran tries to close the distance and clinch but Folsom swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Corcoran has managed to clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Corcoran putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Folsom in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Corcoran throws an elbow but it misses.
Folsom has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Corcoran breaks the clinch.
Corcoran closes the distance and clinches.
Folsom on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Folsom is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Corcoran is keeping busy.
Corcoran blocking some punches.
Folsom misses with some punches.
Corcoran creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Folsom's defenses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Corcoran obliges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corcoran misses with a knee strike.
Corcoran throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Folsom blocks it with crossed arms.
Corcoran putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Folsom in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Folsom.
Corcoran prevents a body shot from Folsom.
Folsom pulls Corcoran into guard.
Folsom looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Corcoran postures up.
Corcoran wants to control from the top but Folsom keeps moving.
Folsom is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Folsom trying to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corcoran wants to get up but he can't break Folsom's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Folsom throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Corcoran sitting in guard here, content to control.
Corcoran stands and throws Folsom's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Folsom is looking for a sweep.
Folsom can't do much from the bottom here.
Corcoran tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Folsom is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Corcoran off and has taken his back!
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Corcoran trying to get back to his feet but Folsom is in full control for now.
Folsom scores with punches from the back.
Corcoran biding his time here by controlling the hands, looking to escape.
Corcoran is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Corcoran holding both Folsom 's hands and preventing any damage.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Corcoran is keeping busy.
Corcoran manages to reverse the position and now he's in Folsom's guard. Nice work there by Corcoran.
Folsom keeping moving, preventing Corcoran from controlling successfully.
Corcoran drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Folsom manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Corcoran has Folsom in his guard.
Folsom throws a big right hand that misses.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Folsom trying to control but Corcoran is working from the bottom.
Folsom must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Corcoran wriggles free and stands up.
Nice straight punches there by Folsom. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Folsom.
Folsom fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Folsom keeps the fight on the outside.
A jab from Folsom finds it's way through Corcoran's defenses.
Nice takedown defense from Folsom. No joy for Corcoran on that attempt.
Corcoran is trying hard to land a takedown here. Folsom sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Folsom rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Corcoran moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Folsom is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Folsom scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Folsom misses with the combination.
Folsom scores with a body shot.
Corcoran shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Folsom's guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Folsom wants to sweep here but Corcoran controlling him for the moment.
Corcoran is looking to stand up but Folsom won't let him.
Corcoran looking to pass the guard.
Corcoran is working hard here to advance position.
Folsom looking to control.
Corcoran wants to control from the top but Folsom keeps moving.
Folsom is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Folsom is keen to just control but Corcoran is a slippery customer.
Corcoran might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Corcoran is looking to escape.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Folsom in particular looking to stall.
Corcoran is trying is best to control the position here.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Xavier Folsom was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Folsom scores with a jab to the jaw.
Corcoran rushes Folsom and presses him up against the cage.
Corcoran scores with a knee to the head.
Corcoran lands an elbow just above Folsom 's eye.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Corcoran looking to throw knees to the head but Folsom is blocking nicely.
Corcoran is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Folsom is defending well for now.
Corcoran using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Folsom throws a punch but it's blocked by Corcoran.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Xavier Folsom.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight as a draw!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight as a draw!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight as a draw!
The fight ends as a draw!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Laz Icarus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takeru Mark Kyle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Icarus kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Flying dutchman. Laz Icarus is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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285 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Laz Icarus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takeru Mark Kyle!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kyle looks to land a left hand but Icarus moved out of range nicely.
Kyle scores with a decent looking hook.
It looks like Laz Icarus has been cut.
Kyle throws a hook but Icarus avoids it easily.
Icarus tries to close the distance and clinch but Kyle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kyle looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kyle avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Icarus throws a sloppy head kick and Kyle moves out of range easily.
Icarus dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kyle. That did some damage!
Kyle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Icarus moves away.
Kyle swats away the attempt to clinch by Icarus.
Kyle throws a combination that misses
and Icarus counters with a head kick.
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!
Kyle throws a body punch but Icarus moves out of range.
Icarus throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Icarus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Icarus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kyle.
Kyle misses with an uppercut. Icarus saw that one coming.
Kyle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Icarus slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Icarus tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Kyle manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Icarus lands with a shot to the body.
Laz Icarus is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Icarus with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kyle to score with a decent uppercut.
Icarus throws a head kick but Kyle moves out of range.
Icarus tries to clinch up.
Icarus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jab, jab by Kyle - just one landing.
Kyle swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Icarus misses the jab.
Icarus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kyle throws a right hand that Icarus ducks under and follows up with a left that Icarus also avoids with ease.
Kyle looks to land a left hand but Icarus moved out of range nicely.
Icarus throws a head kick that misses.
Icarus throws a head kick but Kyle moves out of range.
Kyle blocks a head kick by Icarus.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kyle throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Icarus takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Icarus tries a head kick but it misses.
Icarus throws a leg kick but Kyle sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kyle misses with a wild body shot.
Kyle swings for the body but Icarus moves out of range.
Kyle lands with a good body shot.
Icarus tries to work over Kyle's front leg with a kick but Kyle checks it.
Icarus tries to land a front kick but Kyle steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kyle has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Icarus.
Icarus throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Kyle.
Kyle checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kyle lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Icarus circles away quickly and effectively.
Icarus walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kyle checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kyle misses with a few strikes there.
Icarus throws a head kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Icarus there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kyle throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kyle misses the shot to the body.
Kyle misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Icarus.
Icarus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A head kick misses from Icarus.
Icarus throws a sloppy head kick and Kyle moves out of range easily.
Icarus throws a head kick that misses
and Kyle counters with a left to the body.
Icarus looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Icarus looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Icarus pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kyle is out of range and Icarus settles back down.
A shot to the liver by Kyle. Beautiful body shot.
Icarus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kyle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Icarus.
Kyle throws out a loose jab but Icarus uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Icarus thumps Kyle with a low kick.
Kyle shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Icarus takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kyle throws a body punch but Icarus moves out of range.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Kyle is defended easily by Icarus.
Kyle checks a leg kick nicely.
Icarus avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Icarus defending well as Kyle loads up on a big left hand.
Icarus scores with a leg kick.
Icarus is looking to clinch.
Kyle connects with a body shot that sends Icarus's belly button to the back.
Icarus tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kyle is able to avoid easily.
Icarus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kyle chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Icarus can pounce on him.
Icarus lands with a kick to the ribs.
Kyle shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Icarus defends it nicely.
Laz Icarus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Takeru Mark Kyle.
A head kick misses from Icarus.
Kyle has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Icarus finds it's way round the side to connect with Kyle's head.
Icarus lands a nice looking body kick.
Icarus throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Kyle.
Kyle fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Icarus on the side of the head.
Kyle misses with a straight left.
Kyle misses with a wild body shot.
Kyle throws a jab but it's blocked by Icarus.
Kyle throws the left hand but Icarus avoids the punch easily.
Icarus looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Icarus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kyle scores with a sloppy right hand. Icarus should have avoided that one.
Kyle misses with a right hand
and Icarus counters with a slapping leg kick.
Icarus chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Icarus slips under a jab from Kyle.
Kyle tries to move into range but Icarus moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Icarus throws a leg kick but Kyle checks it.
Icarus lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Icarus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Icarus throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Icarus takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Icarus throws out a leg kick but Kyle moves out of range and Icarus only half commits.
Kyle throws the left hand but Icarus avoids the punch easily.
Kyle throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Icarus.
Icarus tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Icarus looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kyle looks to score with a jab to the body but Icarus is just out of range.
Kyle cracks Icarus with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Icarus takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A good leg kick by Icarus.
Kyle throws a body punch but Icarus moves out of range.
Kyle misses with a wild body shot.
Icarus delivers a nice body kick.
Icarus tries to clinch there but Kyle circles away.
Kyle looks to throw the jab but Icarus is out of range.
Kyle misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Icarus.
Kyle lands a slapping body shot.
Icarus defending well as Kyle loads up on a big left hand.
Kyle misses with a double jab.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Icarus throws a leg kick which misses Kyle's front leg but catches the back leg as Kyle tries to avoid it.
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!
Kyle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Icarus throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Icarus dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kyle. That did some damage!
Kyle missing with a left hand there. Icarus was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice cross by Icarus.
Kyle fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Icarus manages to avoid it.
Icarus moves into range and clinches up with Kyle.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kyle just misses with a elbow thrown towards Icarus's brow.
Icarus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kyle swings wildly with an uppercut but Icarus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kyle lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kyle misses with an elbow strike.
Kyle on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Icarus trying to land knees to the body.
Kyle takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Icarus is looking to control Kyle's arms but Kyle gets an underhook and turns him. Now Icarus has his back to the cage.
Kyle drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Icarus gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Kyle looks gassed!
Kyle avoiding damage as Icarus throws knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kyle.
Kyle has a couple of punches blocked by Icarus.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kyle just misses with a elbow thrown towards Icarus's brow.
Icarus prevents Kyle from breaking the clinch.
Kyle goes for a takedown in the clinch but Icarus prevents it.
Icarus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kyle throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Icarus gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Kyle.
Icarus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kyle blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Takeru Mark Kyle will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Laz Icarus's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Kyle misses with a straight left.
Kyle misses with a body shot
and Icarus counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kyle misses with a straight left.
Kyle shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Icarus as he avoids it easily.
Kyle chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Icarus can pounce on him.
Nice defenses there by Icarus.
Kyle shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Icarus counters with an outside leg kick.
A head kick from Icarus lands but Kyle takes it in his stride.
Kyle swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kyle throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Icarus counters with a nice body kick.
Takeru Mark Kyle seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Icarus plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Kyle rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Icarus counters with a flying knee. Nice.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice cross by Kyle.
Kyle is breathing heavily.
Kyle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kyle comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Icarus.
Icarus moves in looking to clinch but Kyle pushes him off.
Icarus tries to clinch but Kyle moves out of range.
Icarus lands a leg kick that knocks Kyle off balance momentarily.
A head kick misses from Icarus.
Icarus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kyle misses with a straight right.
Kyle 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.
Icarus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kyle.
Icarus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Icarus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Icarus loads up on a big right hand but Kyle slips the punch.
Kyle fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Icarus manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kyle staying out of range there.
Kyle throws a looping overhand right but Icarus ducks down to avoid it.
Kyle stuns Icarus with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A clash of legs there as Kyle blocks the low kick.
Icarus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Icarus moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kyle tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kyle tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Icarus steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kyle.
Icarus dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kyle. That did some damage!
Icarus tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Kyle manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Icarus throws a leg kick which misses Kyle's front leg but catches the back leg as Kyle tries to avoid it.
Kyle takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kyle fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Icarus looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kyle sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Icarus pushes Kyle up against the cage in a clinch.
Kyle misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kyle.
Icarus tries to land knees in the clinch but Kyle avoids the damage to the body.
Kyle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Icarus working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Icarus looking to throw knees to the head but Kyle is blocking nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Icarus.
Kyle swings wildly with an uppercut but Icarus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Icarus misses with a body punch.
Icarus missing with knees to the body.
Icarus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kyle is defending well for now.
Kyle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kyle takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Icarus landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Icarus lands a knee to the body.
Icarus tries to land knees in the clinch but Kyle avoids the damage to the body.
Icarus scores a nice knee to the body.
Icarus is looking to control Kyle's arms but Kyle gets an underhook and turns him. Now Icarus has his back to the cage.
Icarus dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kyle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Icarus with a knee to the head.
Icarus goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kyle manages to break the clinch.
Icarus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Some bone on bone action there as Kyle checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Icarus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A telegraphed right hand from Kyle misses the target.
Kyle throws a series of punches but Icarus avoids them all with ease.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kyle misses with a looping right.
Icarus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kyle.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Icarus here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Kyle misses with a looping left.
Kyle misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice defenses there by Kyle.
Icarus throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kyle has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Icarus.
Kyle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Icarus misses.
Icarus throws a leg kick but Kyle sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Icarus fails to land with a series of punches.
Icarus attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Icarus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kyle throws a jab but it's blocked by Icarus.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kyle keeps the fight on the outside.
Kyle fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Icarus takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Icarus connects with a leg kick. Kyle looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kyle misses with a looping left.
Icarus ducks under a wild hook from Kyle.
Kyle missing with a left hand there. Icarus was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kyle scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Icarus blocks a jab.
Kyle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kyle tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kyle's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Icarus throws a head kick but Kyle moves out of range.
Icarus lands with a slapping head kick.
Icarus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kyle lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kyle with a nice cross.
Icarus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kyle.
Icarus tries a head kick but it misses.
Icarus is looking to clinch but Kyle is avoiding it.
Kyle swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Icarus counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Icarus lands a jab.
Icarus misses with a head kick.
Icarus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kyle paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Icarus tries to clinch there but Kyle circles away.
Kyle misses with a body shot.
Kyle throws a hook but Icarus avoids it easily.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Icarus tries a head kick but it misses.
Kyle thuds his right hand into Icarus's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Icarus throws a head kick that Kyle semi-blocks.
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!
Icarus fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kyle keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kyle lands with a shot to the body.
Kyle looks to throw the jab but Icarus is out of range.
Kyle throws a poor cross that misses
and Icarus counters with a head kick.
Icarus turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Icarus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kyle.
Kyle uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Icarus.
Icarus moves in looking to clinch but Kyle pushes him off.
Kyle smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nice jab there from Icarus.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kyle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Icarus.
Kyle misses with a body shot.
Icarus throws a push kick but Kyle slaps the foot to one side.
Kyle drives through with a takedown into Icarus's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Kyle wants to pass the guard but Icarus is keeping the position.
Icarus working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kyle.
Icarus is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kyle postures up and lands a big shot to Icarus's brow.
Kyle postures up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Laz Icarus showed his dominance in that final round.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Laz Icarus!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Laz Icarus!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Laz Icarus!
Laz Icarus wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Huey Newton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Napoleon Bonaparte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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170 lbs
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145 lbs
23 - 14 - 0 |
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Dangerous knees
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Excellent MT
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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
15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Huey Newton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Napoleon Bonaparte!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonaparte scores with a nice head shot.
Newton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Newton moves out of range of the body kick from Bonaparte.
Bonaparte shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bonaparte showed some decent athleticism there.
Newton blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bonaparte.
Newton is trying to maintain the position but Bonaparte is very close to passing his half guard.
Bonaparte is working for a kimura but Newton is defending it quite comfortably.
Bonaparte has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bonaparte throws a strike but Newton avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonaparte in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bonaparte trying to control but Newton is working from the bottom.
Newton seems keen to control Bonaparte's posture.
Newton manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Newton shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bonaparte defends it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonaparte blocks a leg kick.
Bonaparte keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Newton leaves Bonaparte with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bonaparte tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bonaparte has a takedown stuffed.
Newton feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bonaparte's calf.
Newton doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bonaparte throws a chopping leg kick but Newton manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Newton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bonaparte.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonaparte misses the shot to the body.
Bonaparte blocks a head kick by Newton.
Newton clinches.
Newton has a couple of punches blocked by Bonaparte.
Newton trying to land knees to the body.
Bonaparte looking to slow down the pace here.
Newton looking to throw knees to the head but Bonaparte is blocking nicely.
Newton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Newton tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bonaparte blocks a body shot from Newton.
Newton looking to throw knees to the head but Bonaparte is blocking nicely.
Newton throws a head punch that misses.
Bonaparte's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonaparte catches Newton with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bonaparte walks into a jab.
Newton attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Newton lands a jab to the nose.
A swing and a miss from Newton.
Bonaparte ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Newton moves away.
Bonaparte ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Newton moves away.
Newton darts in and clinches Bonaparte up against the cage.
Bonaparte avoiding damage as Newton throws knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bonaparte wants to take the fight to the mat but Newton manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Huey Newton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Napoleon Bonaparte.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bonaparte has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Newton misses with a hook to the ribs.
Newton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Huey Newton will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Bonaparte ducks under a wild hook from Newton.
Newton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Newton moves out of range of the leg kick from Bonaparte.
Newton throws a lazy right hand but Bonaparte sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bonaparte.
Newton throws a looping overhand right but Bonaparte ducks down to avoid it.
Bonaparte misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bonaparte staying out of range there.
Bonaparte throws a leg kick but Newton checks it.
Newton throws a poor cross that misses
and Bonaparte counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Huey Newton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Newton thows a leg kick but Bonaparte checks it
and Bonaparte counters with a good low kick that Newton was not able to check.
Newton misses with a series of wild punches.
Bonaparte tries to keep at a distance but Newton has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Newton lands with a right to the head.
Newton stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bonaparte.
Newton is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bonaparte is defending well for now.
Bonaparte is trying to maintain a safe position but Newton gets an underhook and turns Bonaparte into the cage.
Bonaparte blocking some punches.
Bonaparte on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Newton stalling in the clinch but Bonaparte improves position.
Newton with a knee to the head.
Bonaparte trying to control the position but instead, Newton has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bonaparte into the cage.
Bonaparte wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonaparte changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Newton fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Newton fails with a takedown attempt.
Bonaparte throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bonaparte checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Newton misses with a body shot.
Bonaparte steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Newton.
Newton tries to land a front kick but Bonaparte steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bonaparte scores with a jab.
Newton scores with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonaparte looks to score with a jab to the body but Newton is just out of range.
Some wild striking there from Newton.
Newton misses with a double jab.
Bonaparte blocks a low kick nicely.
Bonaparte with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bonaparte is looking to score with low kicks.
Newton misses with a series of wild punches.
Bonaparte swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bonaparte throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Newton has managed to clinch.
Newton looking to throw knees to the head but Bonaparte is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Newton tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bonaparte tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Newton smiles and moves away.
Bonaparte is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Newton rather than just go for the knockout.
Newton throws a head kick that half lands.
It looks like Napoleon Bonaparte has been cut.
Newton tries to work over Bonaparte's front leg with a kick but Bonaparte checks it.
Bonaparte lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bonaparte tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Newton instigates a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Newton scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Newton lands with a short shot to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Bonaparte's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Newton struggles to land a body shot inside as Bonaparte controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Huey Newton dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Napoleon Bonaparte'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. This is the final round!
Bonaparte slips under a jab from Newton.
Newton gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bonaparte looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Newton tries to land a knee to the head but Bonaparte blocks with his arms.
Newton is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Newton swings wildly with an uppercut but Bonaparte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Newton tries a body shot but Bonaparte blocks it.
Bonaparte is trying to stall.
Newton tries to land knees in the clinch but Bonaparte avoids the damage to the body.
Newton using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bonaparte has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Newton tries a knee to the head but Bonaparte blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Newton tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Newton lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bonaparte blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Newton lands with a short shot to the head.
Newton using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bonaparte has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Newton throws a punch but it's blocked by Bonaparte.
Newton keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bonaparte's efforts to push away.
Newton tries to score a body lock takedown but Bonaparte shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Huey Newton has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bonaparte wants to get back to striking at distance but Newton won't allow it.
Newton lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Newton lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Newton misses with a body punch.
Newton cracks Bonaparte with a nice body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Newton lands a nice uppercut.
Bonaparte is struggling to control the position.
Newton looking to throw knees to the head but Bonaparte is blocking nicely.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bonaparte.
Newton lands an elbow inside.
Nice body punch from Newton - that landed with a thud.
Stalling in the clinch from Newton.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonaparte managing to block the knees to the body from Newton.
Newton gets through Bonaparte's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Newton lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Newton connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bonaparte's face.
Newton keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bonaparte's efforts to push away.
Newton misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bonaparte.
Stalling in the clinch from Bonaparte.
Newton tries to land knees in the clinch but Bonaparte avoids the damage to the body.
Newton using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Newton can't find room to land a body shot as Bonaparte controls the action.
Newton with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bonaparte has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Newton uses from the top position.
Newton will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonaparte wants to sweep but no luck.
Bonaparte controlling Newton's posture.
Bonaparte is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Newton defends well.
Bonaparte is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Newton wants to get up but he can't break Bonaparte's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Huey Newton showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Newton, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Huey Newton!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Huey Newton!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Huey Newton!
Huey Newton wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Huey Newton 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Hyun Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthor Basilicus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kim comes into the arena with To the Top blaring out of the sound system. Anthor Basilicus is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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160 lbs
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165 lbs
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Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hyun Kim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anthor Basilicus!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kim throws a sloppy head kick and Basilicus moves out of range easily.
Kim motions for Basilicus to come forward. Kim throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Basilicus throws a sloppy head kick and Kim moves out of range easily.
Kim tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kim shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Basilicus turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Basilicus tries a head kick but it misses.
Kim tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Basilicus misses with a low kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Basilicus - that will leave a mark!
Basilicus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kim paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Basilicus misses with a leg kick.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Basilicus enables Kim to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Basilicus manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kim won't allow Basilicus to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim is looking to advance position but Basilicus has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Kim tries to reverse the position but Basilicus maintains control.
Basilicus takes his opponent's back. Perhaps a chance to lock up a rear naked choke here.
Kim is in bad spot here.
Kim is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Basilicus.
Basilicus is trying to control but Kim is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim can't escape the position.
Basilicus stands up from mount. Strange move.
Basilicus fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kim is out of range.
Basilicus lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kim will feel that in the morning.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Basilicus takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Basilicus misses with the body kick
and Kim counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Basilicus misses with a low kick.
Basilicus shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Anthor Basilicus is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick from Kim lands but Basilicus takes it in his stride.
Basilicus throws a solid leg kick but Kim takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Basilicus.
Basilicus will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Basilicus avoids it really well and circles away.
Basilicus walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kim checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kim drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Basilicus lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kim!
Kim is wriggling around trying to escape.
Kim wants to hold on but Basilicus pushes him away.
Basilicus gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Basilicus lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kim throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kim shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Basilicus as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hyun Kim. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A solid body kick from Basilicus.
Basilicus looking to land some kicks to the body here.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Kim.
Basilicus looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kim darts in and clinches Basilicus up against the cage.
Kim lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Basilicus lands an elbow just above Kim 's eye.
Kim tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Basilicus's elbow.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kim tries a body shot but Basilicus blocks it.
Kim being controlled against the cage.
Basilicus wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kim landing knees to the body.
Kim misses with a punch to the body.
Basilicus blocks a body shot from Kim.
Basilicus lands an elbow just above Kim 's eye.
Basilicus is looking to control Kim's arms but Kim gets an underhook and turns him. Now Basilicus has his back to the cage.
Kim tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Basilicus's elbow.
Kim softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kim tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Basilicus's elbow.
Kim tries to work over Basilicus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kim tries to throw a body punch but Basilicus avoids it by throwing Kim back against the cage.
Basilicus working Kim over with knees to the body.
Basilicus takes a shot to the head.
Basilicus stalling.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kim blocks the elbow strike.
Kim misses with a body punch.
Basilicus blocks a body shot from Kim.
A right handed body shot lands from Kim.
Basilicus taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kim as Basilicus tries to tie him up.
Kim misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kim works on Basilicus's body with a couple of short punches.
Basilicus is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kim tries a body shot but Basilicus blocks it.
Kim with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Basilicus throws a head punch that misses.
Basilicus is looking to control Kim's arms but Kim gets an underhook and turns him. Now Basilicus has his back to the cage.
Kim avoiding damage as Basilicus throws knees to the body.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Basilicus looking to stall.
Kim tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Basilicus creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kim goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Basilicus pushes off an throws an elbow but Kim leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Basilicus avoids it.
Basilicus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Basilicus.
Kim lands a right hand.
Basilicus tries to land knees in the clinch but Kim avoids the damage to the body.
Basilicus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kim tries to throw a body punch but Basilicus avoids it by throwing Kim back against the cage.
Basilicus taking a breather.
Kim misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Basilicus.
Kim goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kim tries to throw a body punch but Basilicus avoids it by throwing Kim back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Kim.
Basilicus content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Basilicus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kim avoids it.
Kim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kim can't find room to land a body shot as Basilicus controls the action.
Basilicus blocks a body shot from Kim.
Kim misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Still in the clinch, Kim scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kim tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Basilicus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kim throws a punch but it's blocked by Basilicus.
Kim tries to work over Basilicus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Basilicus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kim avoids it.
Kim blocks the elbow strike.
Basilicus is trying to break the clinch but Kim has him pressed against the cage.
Basilicus tries to stall but Kim uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kim digs a right hand into Basilicus's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Basilicus's gas tank.
Kim on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Basilicus throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kims head.
Kim lands a left hand.
Basilicus is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kim is keeping busy.
Basilicus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kim is defending well for now.
A short right from Kim.
Basilicus scores a nice knee to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kim avoiding damage as Basilicus throws knees to the body.
Basilicus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kim is defending well for now.
Basilicus throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Basilicus dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Anthor Basilicus will probably get the nod.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Basilicus is looking to slow Kim down with leg kicks.
Kim fails with the takedown.
Basilicus misses with a kick to the body.
Basilicus throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kim counters with a two punch combo.
Kim pivots, looking for a leg kick but Basilicus is out of range and Kim settles back down.
Basilicus fails with an attempt to clinch.
Basilicus defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kim.
Kim fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Basilicus, pushing him back against the cage.
Kim lands a hook to the side of the head.
Basilicus is trying to maintain a safe position but Kim gets an underhook and turns Basilicus into the cage.
Kim struggles to land a body shot inside as Basilicus controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Basilicus looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short body shot lands from Kim as the two fighters clinch.
Kim misses with a punch to the body.
Kim goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Basilicus just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kim's brow.
Basilicus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Basilicus blocking some punches.
Kim missing with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Kim scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Kim.
Kim managing to block the knees to the body from Basilicus.
Kim dodges an elbow strike from Basilicus.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Basilicus seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Kim lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Basilicus is trying to maintain a safe position but Kim gets an underhook and turns Basilicus into the cage.
Basilicus tries a knee to the head but Kim blocks it.
Basilicus connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kim's face.
Hyun Kim has scored more points in the clinch so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A bit of stalling here from Basilicus.
Kim misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kim lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Basilicus is breathing heavily.
Basilicus is trying to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Anthor Basilicus.
Basilicus tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kim throws a right and a left that both miss.
Basilicus takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kim lands a glancing blow to the side of Basilicus's head.
Basilicus goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim closes this distance looking for a takedown but Basilicus circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hyun Kim. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kim shoots in for a takedown but Basilicus shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Hyun Kim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kim shoots in but no luck this time.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Basilicus enables Kim to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Basilicus manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Kim throwing strikes from guard but Basilicus blocks nicely.
Kim is looking to work some ground and pound but Basilicus has wrist control.
Kim won't allow Basilicus to sweep him here.
Kim working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim throws a strike but Basilicus rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Basilicus trying to stand up but can't free himself from Kim's guard.
Kim throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Basilicus escapes and throws Kim's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Kim struggling a bit here.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Basilicus stands up and beckons Kim to his feet.
Basilicus avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kim tries for a takedown but Basilicus sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Kim shoots in for a takedown but Basilicus shows good takedown defense.
Kim throws a low kick but it's checked well by Basilicus.
Basilicus is looking to land body kicks.
Kim is trying hard to land a takedown here. Basilicus sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Kim dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Basilicus takes a head kick and keeps coming.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Basilicus. That's going to slow Kim down.
Kim shoots for a double leg takedown but Basilicus sprawls well. He's pushed Kim's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Basilicus thumps Kim with a low kick.
Basilicus keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Basilicus.
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!
Basilicus throws a low kick, looking for Kim's leg but Kim calmly moves out of range.
Anthor Basilicus seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kim throws a sloppy head kick and Basilicus moves out of range easily.
Kim shoots for a double leg takedown but Basilicus sprawls well. He's pushed Kim's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Basilicus throws a body punch but Kim moves out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kim.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kim misses with a wild combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Kim scores with a four punch combination!
Kim swats away the attempt to clinch by Basilicus.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Basilicus 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 Kim has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kim and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Basilicus throws a low kick but Kim avoids it.
Basilicus lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Basilicus tries to clinch up.
Basilicus lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kim stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Basilicus.
Hyun Kim is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Basilicus tries to clinch up.
Basilicus has managed to clinch.
Kim tries to throw a body punch but Basilicus avoids it by throwing Kim back against the cage.
Kim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Basilicus avoids it.
Basilicus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kim blocks it with crossed arms.
Kim tries a body shot but Basilicus blocks it.
Basilicus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Basilicus tries to land a front kick but Kim steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A solid leg kick lands there for Basilicus.
Kim with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kim motions for Basilicus to come forward. Kim throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kim is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Basilicus.
Kim on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Basilicus. Basilicus obviously looking to wear him down.
Kim blocks a low kick nicely.
Basilicus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kim drives through with a takedown into Basilicus's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Kim is looking to work some ground and pound but Basilicus has wrist control.
Kim is looking to work some ground and pound but Basilicus has wrist control.
Kim throwing strikes from guard but Basilicus blocks nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Basilicus keeping moving, preventing Kim from controlling successfully.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Hyun Kim.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Anthor Basilicus!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Anthor Basilicus!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight as a draw!
Anthor Basilicus wins by majority decision!
Anthor Basilicus bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Bueno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lopez has chosen Can't be touched as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pedro Bueno!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Jay Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopez shoots in but no luck this time.
Bueno's corner calls for a 1-2. Bueno obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lopez lands with a nice combination. Bueno backs away looking to recover.
Bueno swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lopez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lopez avoids the body shot from Bueno.
Lopez shoots in for a double leg but Bueno sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Pedro Bueno has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Lopez.
Bueno scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lopez misses with a double jab.
Bueno jabs Lopez to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Lopez shoots in and drives through. Bueno sprawls well.
Bueno misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lopez misses with a takedown attempt
and Bueno counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Lopez is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bueno sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Lopez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bueno.
Bueno moves into the clinch.
Bueno prevents the takedown attempt.
Bueno lands with a right to the head.
Bueno scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bueno lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lopez or not.
Lopez looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bueno lands an uppercut.
Bueno gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Lopez.
Bueno softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bueno digs a right hand underneath Lopez's ribcage. Lopez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bueno misses with a body punch.
Bueno working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bueno goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bueno tries to throw a body punch but Lopez avoids it by throwing Bueno back against the cage.
Bueno lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lopez wants to take the fight to the mat but Bueno manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Bueno lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lopez or not.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bueno tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lopez's elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Bueno.
Lopez is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bueno pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A body shot lands from Bueno.
Bueno lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lopez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bueno lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lopez backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bueno lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bueno gets through Lopez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bueno scores with a shoulder strike.
Lopez is rocked!
Bueno can't find room to land a body shot as Lopez controls the action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bueno.
Lopez is still on wobbly legs! Can Bueno finish him?
Bueno pushes Lopez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Lopez seems to have recovered his senses.
Lopez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A right handed body shot lands from Bueno.
Bueno lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lopez tries to score a body lock takedown but Bueno shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Lopez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short left from Bueno.
Bueno working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bueno lands a nice uppercut.
Bueno tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lopez's elbow.
Bueno lands a shot to the body.
Bueno working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bueno lands with a right to the head.
Bueno digs a right hand into Lopez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lopez's gas tank.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Bueno on the inside.
Bueno goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Bueno.
Bueno softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Bueno on the inside.
Bueno misses with a punch to the body.
A short left from Bueno.
Bueno lands an uppercut.
Bueno drops Lopez onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Lopez is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lopez is looking for a takedown.
Bueno throws a big uppercut that drops Lopez! More strikes from Bueno and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Lopez lies dazed against the cage as Bueno celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pedro Bueno!
Pedro Bueno retains his middleweight title!
In his post fight interview, Pedro Bueno started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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