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Rivals LIX: Blaze vs. Do PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ken Chang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sekirei Musubi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sekirei Musubi has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ken Chang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sekirei Musubi!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chang steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Musubi.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chang looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chang misses with an uppercut.
Musubi scores with a decent looking hook.
Musubi moves away from the strike by Chang.
Chang tries to move into range but Musubi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Chang tries to clinch there but Musubi circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Chang misses the target.
A slow jab from Musubi misses its intended target.
Chang throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Musubi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Musubi misses with a hook.
Chang looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Musubi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Musubi thuds his right hand into Chang's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Chang fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chang takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Chang.
Musubi lands a head shot.
Chang feints and then cracks Musubi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Musubi down.
Musubi misses with a combination
and Chang counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Musubi throws a hook to the side of Chang's head but Chang sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Musubi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Chang fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chang slips a straight right by Musubi.
An inside leg kick lands from Chang.
Musubi misses with an uppercut. Chang saw that one coming.
Chang is looking to chop away at Musubi's legs.
Chang throws a series of punches but Musubi moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chang throws a leg kick but Musubi moved away.
Chang attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chang tried to score with a low kick but Musubi checks it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Chang 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 Musubi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Musubi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Chang looks to score with a jab to the body but Musubi is just out of range.
Musubi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Musubi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chang.
Chang tries to clinch up but Musubi circles away and keeps his distance.
Chang moves out of range as Musubi strikes.
Chang uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Musubi.
Musubi avoids the head kick by Chang.
Musubi misses with a wild body shot.
Chang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Musubi.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Musubi.
Musubi lands with an uppercut that bounces Chang off the cage and back into range.
Chang fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Chang cracks the inside of Musubi's front leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chang slips under a jab from Musubi.
Chang throws a body punch but Musubi moves out of range.
Chang tries a head kick but it misses.
Chang walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Chang displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Musubi throws out the jab.
Chang throws a leg kick but Musubi checks it.
A telegraphed right hand from Musubi misses the target.
Chang cracks the inside of Musubi's front leg.
Chang throws a low kick but it's checked well by Musubi.
Chang throws a solid leg kick but Musubi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Chang.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chang looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Musubi lands a jab to Chang's midsection.
Chang with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Musubi to score with a decent uppercut.
Chang fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Musubi throws a hook but Chang avoids it easily.
Musubi lands a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chang is looking to score with low kicks.
A left lands for Chang.
Musubi throws a good cross that connects.
Musubi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chang.
Musubi throws a hook to the side of Chang's head but Chang sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Musubi just misses with a punch to the body.
Chang wants to slow Musubi down by chopping away at his legs.
Nice defenses there by Musubi.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chang closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Musubi throws a jab but it's blocked by Chang.
Musubi ducks under a wild hook from Chang.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Sekirei Musubi 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.
Musubi lunges at Chang with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Chang's hand.
Musubi lands a nice shot to the body.
Musubi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Chang thows a leg kick but Musubi checks it
and Musubi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Chang thinking.
The fighters circle momentarily. Musubi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Chang throws a low kick, looking for Musubi's leg but Musubi calmly moves out of range.
Musubi takes a swing at Chang's ribcage but misses.
Nice defenses there by Chang.
Chang misses with a head kick.
Sekirei Musubi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chang on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Chang steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Musubi.
Chang throws a leg kick but Musubi checks it.
The fighters circling - Chang throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chang gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Musubi.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Musubi throws a big shot that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Musubi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chang.
Chang tried to score with a low kick but Musubi checks it.
Chang uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Musubi.
Musubi sizes up Chang with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Chang needs to keep his hands up - Musubi had a free shot at his head there.
Chang waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Musubi.
Musubi connects with a good right hand that stumbles Chang. Chang circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Chang has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Musubi finds it's way round the side to connect with Chang's head.
Musubi lands with a nice combination. Chang backs away looking to recover.
Musubi connects with a good right hand that stumbles Chang. Chang circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Musubi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Musubi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chang.
Musubi throws a shot to the body.
Musubi slips under a jab from Chang.
Chang lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Musubi avoids the head kick by Chang.
Chang slips under a jab from Musubi.
Nice jab there from Musubi.
Chang swings for the body but Musubi moves out of range.
Musubi looks to land a left hand but Chang moved out of range nicely.
Musubi takes a swing at Chang's ribcage but misses.
Chang needs to keep his hands up - Musubi had a free shot at his head there.
Chang throws a series of punches but Musubi avoids them all with ease.
Chang fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chang tries to move into range but Musubi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Chang doesn't manage to clinch there - Musubi circles away.
Chang throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Musubi missing with a left hand there. Chang was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Musubi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Chang on the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Musubi.
Nice defenses there by Chang.
Chang gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Musubi lands a shot to the body.
Musubi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chang working aggressively here.
Musubi avoiding damage.
Musubi continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Chang misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chang using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Musubi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Musubi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Chang just misses with a elbow thrown towards Musubi's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chang wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chang tries to land knees in the clinch but Musubi avoids the damage to the body.
Musubi prevents a body shot from Chang.
The referee calls for Musubi to work.
Chang throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Musubi is stalling here.
Chang tries to work over Musubi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Musubi dodges an elbow strike from Chang.
A head punch on the inside from Chang fails to land.
Chang looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chang throws a series of punches but Musubi avoids them all with ease.
Chang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Musubi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sekirei Musubi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Chang's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Chang misses with a hook. Musubi ducked under it nicely.
Chang displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Musubi throws out the jab.
A shot to the liver by Musubi. Beautiful body shot.
Musubi looks to land a right hand but Chang moved out of range.
A swing and a miss from Musubi.
No joy there for Musubi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Chang takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Chang throws a chopping leg kick but Musubi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Musubi lands a right hook to the body.
Musubi throws a hook but Chang avoids it easily.
Musubi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chang.
Musubi misses with a looping left.
Musubi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Chang stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Musubi throws a lazy right hand but Chang sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Musubi throws the left hand but Chang avoids the punch easily.
Musubi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Musubi keeps the fight on the outside.
Chang tries to clinch up.
Musubi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Chang momentarily.
Chang wants to land a leg kick but Musubi is out of range.
Chang tries to close the distance and clinch but Musubi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Musubi misses with a body shot.
Musubi stuns Chang with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Musubi lands a jab to Chang's midsection.
Musubi connects with a body shot.
Musubi swings for the body but Chang moves out of range.
Chang darts in and clinches Musubi up against the cage.
Musubi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Chang backwards.
That's two 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!
Chang with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Musubi is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Musubi avoiding damage as Chang throws knees to the body.
Chang tries to land knees in the clinch but Musubi avoids the damage to the body.
Musubi lands with a left to the head.
Musubi breaks the clinch.
Musubi swings for the body but Chang moves out of range.
Chang avoids the body shot from Musubi.
Some bone on bone action there as Musubi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Chang rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Musubi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Musubi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chang sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Musubi as he connects with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chang tries to land a leg kick but Musubi saw it coming and moves away.
Chang takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Musubi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chang manages to avoid it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Musubi.
Chang takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Chang throws a jab when Musubi was well out of range.
Musubi throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Ken Chang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Musubi.
Musubi tests Chang's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Musubi throws the left hand but Chang avoids the punch easily.
Chang takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Musubi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chang tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Musubi misses with an uppercut.
Musubi throws a shot from downtown. Chang moves away and avoids it.
Musubi lands a nice looking body shot.
Musubi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Chang gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Musubi misses with a straight right.
Musubi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chang moves away.
Chang throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Chang tries to clinch but Musubi moves out of range.
A big left from Musubi misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chang doesn't manage to clinch there - Musubi circles away.
Musubi slips under a jab.
Sekirei Musubi is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Musubi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Musubi checks a low kick from Chang.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sekirei Musubi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Musubi winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sekirei Musubi!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Zhou Fei Chi Song (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Simler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Dan Simler enters the cage!
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160 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zhou Fei Chi Song!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dan Simler!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simler bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fei Chi Song throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Simler counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Zhou Fei Chi Song has been cut.
Simler misses with a takedown attempt
and Fei Chi Song counters with a left to the body.
Fei Chi Song swinging wildly here.
Simler is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Simler avoids a punch combination nicely.
Simler lands a nice hook to Fei Chi Song's body. Fei Chi Song takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fei Chi Song swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The fighters circling - Simler throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fei Chi Song tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Simler was well out of range. Poor timing from Fei Chi Song.
Simler thows a body shot but no joy.
Simler fails with a takedown attempt.
Simler takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Fei Chi Song misses the target.
Fei Chi Song shoots in for a takedown but Simler shows good takedown defense.
Simler takes a swing at Fei Chi Song's ribcage but misses.
Fei Chi Song is trying hard to land a takedown here. Simler sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Fei Chi Song shoots for a takedown but Simler saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zhou Fei Chi Song. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fei Chi Song rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Simler moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fei Chi Song dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fei Chi Song misses with a two punch combination.
Simler lands the left hand.
Simler staying out of range there.
Simler cracks Fei Chi Song with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Simler takes a swing at Fei Chi Song's ribcage but misses.
No joy there for Fei Chi Song, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fei Chi Song throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Simler sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fei Chi Song slips under a jab.
Simler misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fei Chi Song throws a hook to the side of Simler's head but Simler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fei Chi Song throws a big shot that misses.
Simler walks into a left hand.
Fei Chi Song misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fei Chi Song tests Simler's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Simler misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fei Chi Song.
Fei Chi Song throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Simler's waist but Simler gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Fei Chi Song off to one side.
Fei Chi Song uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Simler.
Fei Chi Song throws a body punch but Simler moves out of range.
Fei Chi Song throws an off balance right hand
and Simler cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Simler throws a hook but Fei Chi Song avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fei Chi Song swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A big right from Simler misses.
Fei Chi Song takes a swing at Simler's ribcage but misses.
Fei Chi Song shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Fei Chi Song is breathing heavily.
Fei Chi Song thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Fei Chi Song is working for a kimura but Simler is defending it quite comfortably.
Fei Chi Song not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fei Chi Song content to control rather than advance.
Simler blocking the ground and pound attempt from Fei Chi Song.
Fei Chi Song is keen to just control but Simler is a slippery customer.
Fei Chi Song thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Fei Chi Song missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fei Chi Song passes to full mount!
Fei Chi Song lands a nice shot to the head.
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 Zhou Fei Chi Song will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Zhou Fei Chi Song's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Fei Chi Song dives in and grabs Simler's left leg, looking for a takedown. Simler pushes down on Fei Chi Song's head and hops out.
Fei Chi Song throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Simler was covering up waiting for the punch and Fei Chi Song finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Fei Chi Song works over Simler with some ground and pound from guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Simler can do anything to dispel that myth.
Simler looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Fei Chi Song with a flurry of punches that miss.
Simler preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Fei Chi Song trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Fei Chi Song loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Fei Chi Song has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fei Chi Song stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Simler swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fei Chi Song trying to control but Simler is working from the bottom.
Fei Chi Song throwing strikes from guard but Simler blocks nicely.
Fei Chi Song works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Fei Chi Song throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fei Chi Song trying to control from half guard but Simler is working away.
Fei Chi Song stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Simler to get to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Fei Chi Song does no damage.
Fei Chi Song looks to land a right hand but Simler moved out of range.
Fei Chi Song just misses with a punch to the body.
Simler throws a hook to the side of Fei Chi Song's head but Fei Chi Song sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fei Chi Song pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Simler back to the cage. Fei Chi Song follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Simler throws a nice looking combination but Fei Chi Song bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fei Chi Song has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Dan Simler seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fei Chi Song throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Simler enables Fei Chi Song to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Simler manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fei Chi Song stays in close to Simler's body and controls the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fei Chi Song stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Simler swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fei Chi Song pushes down on Simler's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Zhou Fei Chi Song overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Simler is in trouble now - Fei Chi Song has advanced to mount!
Fei Chi Song misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Poor strikes thrown by Fei Chi Song there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fei Chi Song scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Simler?
Fei Chi Song misses with a head shot.
Fei Chi Song fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Simler is in a horrible position here. Fei Chi Song smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Simler blocking the ground and pound.
Fei Chi Song lands a heavy elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fei Chi Song with shots to the head and body - Simler looks very uncomfortable down there.
Simler takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Simler is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zhou Fei Chi Song dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Zhou Fei Chi Song's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Fei Chi Song shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fei Chi Song closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Fei Chi Song throws a strike aimed at the side of Simler's head but Simler avoids it well.
Fei Chi Song throws an elbow but Simler slips to the side and avoids it well.
Simler really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fei Chi Song. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Simler prevents Fei Chi Song from moving into mount.
Fei Chi Song looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Simler is avoiding damage well.
Fei Chi Song working the ground and pound but Simler is defending the strikes.
Fei Chi Song works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Simler is not content to let Fei Chi Song control the position.
Fei Chi Song tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Simler is looking for a sweep.
Fei Chi Song throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Fei Chi Song has an Americana. Simler didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Fei Chi Song is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Fei Chi Song hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Zhou Fei Chi Song!
After winning the bout, Zhou Fei Chi Song thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Daigo Asai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yancy Norse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Daigo Asai has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Daigo Asai seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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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
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daigo Asai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yancy Norse!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Asai with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Asai throws a nice head kick!
Norse lands with a good body shot.
Asai tries to clinch but Norse moves out of range.
Norse throws out a loose jab but Asai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Norse avoids the head kick by Asai.
Norse throws a shot from downtown. Asai moves away and avoids it.
Asai defending well as Norse loads up on a big left hand.
Norse lands a jab to Asai's midsection.
Asai explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Asai walks into a stiff left hand from Norse.
Asai moves in looking to clinch but Norse pushes him off.
Asai takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Asai takes a swing at Norse's ribcage but misses.
Norse pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Asai back to the cage. Norse follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Asai misses with a body kick.
Norse scores with a one two! Asai had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Asai ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Norse throws a low kick but it's checked well by Asai.
Norse misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Asai keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Norse.
Nice defenses there by Asai.
Norse misses with a wild combination.
Asai goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Asai is looking to clinch.
A punch combination from Norse misses.
Norse connects with the punch.
Asai feints and then cracks Norse's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Norse down.
Norse jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Norse throws a nice outside leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Norse.
Asai moves into range and clinches up with Norse.
Norse wants to break the clinch but can't.
Norse is trying to push Asai away but Asai has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Asai keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Norse's efforts to push away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norse escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Asai fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Norse rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Asai counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Norse thows a body shot but no joy.
Norse looks to land a left hand but Asai moved out of range nicely.
Asai rushes Norse and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Asai lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Asai lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Asai with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Norse's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Asai breaks the clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Asai.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norse throws a right hand that misses
and Asai holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Asai breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Asai takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Norse fails to land with a series of punches.
Asai lands a front kick.
Norse throws a series of punches but Asai moves out of range.
Norse has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Norse there as he acknowledges the shot.
Norse on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Asai pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Asai. That's going to slow Norse down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
No joy there for Norse, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Norse lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Asai goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Asai uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Norse.
Asai lands with a kick to the temple. Norse shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Asai tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Norse pivots, looking for a leg kick but Asai is out of range and Norse settles back down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asai throws a front kick that sends Norse stumbling back into the cage.
A solid leg kick lands there for Asai.
Norse throws a series of punches but Asai avoids them all with ease.
Nice shot lands for Asai.
Asai swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Asai feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Norses jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Norse takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Asai throws a jab but it's blocked by Norse.
Norse avoids the head kick by Asai.
Asai throws a push kick but Norse slaps the foot to one side.
A chopping leg kick lands by Asai.
Asai darts in and clinches Norse up against the cage.
Asai pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Asai tries to clinch but Norse is having none of it.
Asai throws a sloppy head kick and Norse moves out of range easily.
Norse digs a good body shot into Asai's ribs.
Norse fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daigo Asai dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Norse staying out of range there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Asai. That's going to slow Norse down.
Asai misses with an attempted mid kick.
Norse throws an overhand right that lands on Asai's shoulder, as Asai tries to avoid the shot.
Norse throws a hook but Asai avoids it easily.
Norse takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A nice combination there by Asai.
Norse throws a jab but it's blocked by Asai.
Norse throws a right and a left that both miss.
Asai moves into the clinch successfully.
Asai missing with knees to the body.
Asai's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Asai will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Asai jabs Norse right on the nose. Norse blinks but takes it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Norse comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Asai uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Norse.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Asai throws a series of punches but Norse avoids them all with ease.
Asai with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Asai misses the jab.
Norse misses the jab.
Asai chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Good leg kick by Asai there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Norse throws a right hand that Asai ducks under and follows up with a left that Asai also avoids with ease.
Asai closes the distance and pushes Norse back into the cage.
Norse tries to break free but Asai pushes him back against the cage.
Asai's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Norse gets tackled into the cage by Asai. Asai maintains the clinch.
Norse looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Asai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Norse's brow.
Asai lands with a left to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asai is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Asai pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Asai looks to land a combination but Norse avoids it well.
Asai connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Norse momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Asai clinches.
Norse is trying to push Asai away but Asai has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Asai is working Norse over against the cage.
Asai manages to break the clinch.
Norse throws a jab but it's blocked by Asai.
Norse throws a jab when Asai was well out of range.
Norse misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Asai.
Asai ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Norse misses with a body shot.
Asai with a nice cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asai misses with a wild combination.
Asai misses with a head kick.
Norse keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Norse keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Asai.
Norse rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Asai makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Norse pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Asai slips under a jab.
Norse throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Asai throws an overhand right that lands on Norse's shoulder, as Norse tries to avoid the shot.
Asai gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Norse wants to get back to striking at distance but Asai won't allow it.
Norse tries to circle away but Asai has him pinned against the cage.
Asai's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Norse dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Asai. That did some damage!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Norse swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Asai. Norse shrugs it off though.
Asai misses with a looping left.
Norse throws a nice looking combination but Asai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Norse swings widly with a right hand
and Asai counters with a slapping leg kick.
Asai misses with a left hand
and Norse cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Norse avoids a kick to the body.
Norse takes a jab right on the kisser.
A head kick from Asai lands but Norse takes it in his stride.
Norse swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Asai ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Norse fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big left from Asai misses.
Asai blocks a jab.
Asai chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Norse can pounce on him.
Daigo Asai is winning the standup battle so far.
Asai throws a head kick but Norse moves out of range.
Norse missing with a left hand there. Asai was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daigo Asai dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Norse avoids the head kick by Asai.
Asai misses with a wild body shot.
Asai clinches up against the cage.
Asai breaks from the clinch.
Asai pivots, looking for a leg kick but Norse is out of range and Asai settles back down.
Norse lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Norse thuds a left hand into Asai's body.
Asai takes one on the button.
Asai moves out of range as Norse strikes.
A big left from Asai misses.
A big right from Norse misses.
Asai connects with a leg kick. Norse looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Asai is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Norse.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Asai slips a jab and a cross from Norse.
Asai drives through and clinches with Norse against the cage.
Asai lands a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Asai breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Norse is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Asai.
Norse's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Norse throws a left and a right that both miss
and Asai counters with a nice body kick.
Norse works the jab nicely.
Asai lands with a thumping leg kick.
Asai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Norse displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Asai throws out the jab.
A big left from Norse misses.
Norse throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Asai.
Norse throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Asai.
Norse takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Asai looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Asai lands a nice leg kick that just misses Norse's sensitive parts.
Asai tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Norse fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Asai bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Norse misses its intended target.
Asai swings for the body but Norse moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Norse.
Norse connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Asai moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Asai goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Norse misses with an uppercut.
Norse throws a shot from downtown. Asai moves away and avoids it.
Norse misses with a two punch combination.
Norse pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Norse misses the jab.
Norse chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Asai can pounce on him.
Asai fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Norse, pushing him back against the cage.
Asai's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Asai finds it's way through Norse's defenses.
Norse thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Asai if he has to take too many more of those.
Asai takes a swing at Norse's ribcage but misses.
Asai slips a straight right by Norse.
Norse misses with a looping left.
Yancy Norse is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Asai lands a leg kick that knocks Norse off balance momentarily.
Asai feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Norses jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Asai misses with a double jab.
Yancy Norse has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Asai uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Norse.
Norse dips to his left and cracks Asai with an uppercut!
Asai connects with a right hand. Norse shakes it off.
Asai scores with a kick to the midsection.
Norse throws an off balance right hand
and Asai counters with an outside leg kick.
Asai listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Asai is looking to score with low kicks.
Asai throws a series of strikes that have Norse backpedaling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asai displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Norse throws out the jab.
Asai looks to land a combination. Norse sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Norse takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Asai uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Norse.
Asai connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Asai throws the left hand but Norse avoids the punch easily.
Norse lands the left hand.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Asai, right into the meat.
Norse lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Norse changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Norse looks to land a left hand but Asai moved out of range nicely.
A swing and a miss from Norse.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jab, jab by Asai - just one landing.
Norse tests Asai's chin there with a solid looking shot.
No joy there for Norse, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
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 Daigo Asai.
Well Asai has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daigo Asai!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Grant Vanguard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rasva Jorma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Grant Vanguard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rasva Jorma!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Jorma misses.
Vanguard misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jorma does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Vanguard avoids the body shot from Jorma.
Vanguard tries to clinch but Jorma moves out of range.
Vanguard lands the left hand.
Vanguard throws a body punch but Jorma moves out of range.
Vanguard wants to land a leg kick but Jorma is out of range.
Vanguard avoids the body shot from Jorma.
Rasva Jorma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Jorma misses.
Jorma takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Vanguard throws a leg kick but Jorma sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jorma throws a leg kick but Vanguard sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jorma, as that shot connected.
Vanguard tests Jorma's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jorma tries to close the distance and clinch but Vanguard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jorma scores with a nice strike.
Vanguard takes one on the button.
Vanguard swats away the attempt to clinch by Jorma.
Jorma blocks a head kick by Vanguard.
Nice body punch from Jorma.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vanguard scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Vanguard has closed the distance and engaged Jorma in a clinch.
Jorma stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jorma keeps control of Vanguard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vanguard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jorma working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vanguard.
Jorma scores with a nice hook to the head.
Vanguard tries to land knees in the clinch but Jorma avoids the damage to the body.
Vanguard can't find room to land a body shot as Jorma controls the action.
Jorma tries to land a knee to the head but Vanguard blocks with his arms.
Vanguard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vanguard misses with a wild combination.
Jorma scores with a punch to the head.
A combination from Vanguard does no damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanguard is looking to score with low kicks.
Jorma waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vanguard.
Jorma does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Vanguard just misses with a punch to the body.
Jorma throws the kick towards the body but Vanguard avoids it.
Jorma throws a lazy body kick
and Vanguard counters with a nice leg kick.
Vanguard with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Vanguard feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jorma's calf.
A head kick misses from Vanguard.
Jorma moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jorma scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jorma ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vanguard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jorma manages to avoid it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jorma.
Jorma lets loose with a powerful body kick. Vanguard will feel that in the morning.
Jorma keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jorma misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters circling - Jorma throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jorma tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vanguard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jorma gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rasva Jorma dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Jorma loads up on a big right hand but Vanguard slips the punch.
Jorma looks to throw the jab but Vanguard is out of range.
Vanguard misses with a body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jorma. Vanguard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rasva Jorma seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vanguard avoids a kick to the body.
Jorma rushes Vanguard and presses him up against the cage.
Jorma working aggressively here.
Jorma fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Vanguard tries to work over Jorma's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stalling in the clinch from Vanguard.
Vanguard blocking some punches.
Vanguard keeps control of Jorma as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short body shot lands from Vanguard as the two fighters clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Jorma's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Jorma's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jorma doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short body shot lands from Jorma as the two fighters clinch.
Vanguard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jormas head.
Vanguard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vanguard scores with a hook to the body.
Vanguard pushes Jorma back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Vanguard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jorma backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vanguard.
Vanguard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vanguard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jorma swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A good leg kick by Vanguard.
Vanguard thows a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jorma looks to throw the jab but Vanguard is out of range.
Jorma thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vanguard throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Jorma misses with a body kick.
Grant Vanguard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vanguard lands a head kick!
Vanguard throws a sloppy head kick and Jorma moves out of range easily.
Jorma misses with a body shot
and Vanguard counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jorma thinking.
Vanguard throws a nice outside leg kick.
Vanguard circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanguard with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jorma misses with a body shot.
Vanguard looks to land a combination but Jorma avoids it well.
Vanguard is looking to wear down Jorma with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Vanguard throws a series of punches but Jorma avoids them all with ease.
Jorma looks to land a left hand but Vanguard moved out of range nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jorma looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vanguard swats away the attempt to clinch by Jorma.
Vanguard takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jorma is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vanguard.
Vanguard wants to clinch up but Jorma keeps it at a distance.
Jorma throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jorma tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vanguard was well out of range. Poor timing from Jorma.
Sloppy strikes from Vanguard. Those never looked like landing.
The fighters circling - Jorma throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vanguard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vanguard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vanguard lands a head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grant Vanguard dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. 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.
Jorma throws an overhand right that lands on Vanguard's shoulder, as Vanguard tries to avoid the shot.
Jorma throws a poor cross that misses
and Vanguard counters with a leg kick.
Jorma moves into the clinch.
Jorma's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jorma's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vanguard misses with a leg kick
and Jorma counters with a leg kick.
Jorma takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Vanguard gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jorma throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vanguard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vanguard lands a head kick!
Vanguard lands with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jorma throws out a loose jab but Vanguard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vanguard takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jorma scores with a body shot.
Jorma tests Vanguard's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Vanguard crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Jorma - the referee stops the clock and Vanguard gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Jorma. Vanguard manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Jorma throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jorma ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vanguard moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vanguard throws a front kick aimed at Jorma's knee but Jorma avoids it well.
Vanguard takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jorma throws a looping overhand right but Vanguard ducks down to avoid it.
Jorma doesn't manage to clinch there - Vanguard circles away.
Jorma fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jorma cracks a nice hook into Vanguard's ribs.
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!
Jorma misses with a kick to the body
and Vanguard counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Vanguard throws the kick towards the body but Jorma avoids it.
Vanguard ducks under a wild hook from Jorma.
Vanguard pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jorma is out of range and Vanguard settles back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jorma avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jorma slips under a jab.
Jorma throws a head kick that misses.
That kick from Vanguard tenderised Jorma's leg. Jorma is trying to keep his angry face on.
A clash of legs there as Jorma blocks the low kick.
Jorma tries to close the distance and clinch but Vanguard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vanguard goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jorma throws a body punch but Vanguard moves out of range.
Jorma fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vanguard, pushing him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vanguard tries to throw a body punch but Jorma avoids it by throwing Vanguard back against the cage.
Vanguard trying to stall but Jorma improves his position.
A left hand lands to the body for Jorma.
Vanguard scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vanguard.
Vanguard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vanguard has Jorma pressed against the cage, preventing Jorma from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vanguard misses with a body punch.
Jorma is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jorma doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jorma prevents a body shot from Vanguard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vanguard is leaning against Jorma and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vanguard.
A short uppercut from Vanguard.
Jorma manages to pull guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Jorma looking to hit a scissor sweep but Vanguard is one step ahead there.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rasva Jorma.
I think Jorma has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rasva Jorma!
As Rasva Jorma got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Finally I got what I deserved. I want to thank the organization for this chance but mostly myself because Im just that awesomely awesome!'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Abbott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Russel Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abbott kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is War Ensemble - Slayer. Richards is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Meytal Cohen - Toxicity. Mark Abbott could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Russel Richards's chin.
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29
286 lbs
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276 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 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 Tokyo, Mark Abbott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Russel Richards!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Richards misses.
Abbott throws an off balance right hand
and Richards counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A big left from Abbott misses.
Abbott swings for the body but Richards moves out of range.
Richards ducks right into an uppercut from Abbott.
Abbott throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Richards sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Abbott looks to score with a jab to the body but Richards is just out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Richards misses the target.
Richards takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Richards slips a jab from Abbott.
Richards rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Abbott counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Richards doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Mark Abbott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Richards dips to his left and cracks Abbott with an uppercut!
Richards throws a body punch but Abbott moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Richards. Those never looked like landing.
Abbott misses with an uppercut
and Richards counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Abbott misses with an uppercut
and Richards counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Richards smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Richards misses the jab.
Russel Richards is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Abbott shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Richards wants to get back to his feet but Abbott is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Abbott wants to control from the top but Richards keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Abbott connects with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abbott controlling from the top position.
Abbott postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Richards keeping moving, preventing Abbott from controlling successfully.
Abbott is really struggling to control Richards but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Abbott won't allow Richards to sweep him here.
Richards really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Abbott. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abbott throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Richards works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Abbott might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Abbott working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Abbott passes into half guard.
Abbott throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Abbott missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Richards is looking to escape.
Abbott working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Richards's thigh. Richards counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Richards keeping moving, preventing Abbott from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richards preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Abbott in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Abbott lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Abbott accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Abbott in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Richards being controlled here, momentarily.
Abbott missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Abbott dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Abbott keeps the fight on the outside.
Richards has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Richards there as he acknowledges the shot.
Abbott throws a body punch but Richards moves out of range.
Abbott lands with a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Abbott. Richards does a little dance to reset his feet.
Abbott misses with a body shot
and Richards counters with a stiff right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Abbott misses with a hook to the body
and Richards counters with a straight right hand.
Richards has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Richards drives through and clinches with Abbott against the cage.
Abbott is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Richards gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Abbott is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Abbott blocks an uppercut.
Richards misses with a hook from the clinch.
Abbott is looking to control Richards's arms but Richards gets an underhook and turns him. Now Abbott has his back to the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A left hand lands to the body for Abbott.
Richards misses with a short punch on the inside.
Abbott wants a takedown but no success here.
Richards misses with some punches.
Richards lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Abbott backwards.
Richards dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Abbott tries to stall but Richards uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Richards swings wildly with an uppercut but Abbott uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abbott goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Abbott blocks an uppercut.
Richards misses with some punches.
Abbott prevents a body shot from Richards.
Richards misses with the head strike.
Abbott content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Abbott is looking to control Richards's arms but Richards gets an underhook and turns him. Now Abbott has his back to the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abbott seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Richards is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Richards misses with a hook from the clinch.
Abbott tries to score a body lock takedown but Richards shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Abbott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Richards fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Abbott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Richards has a couple of punches blocked by Abbott.
Richards misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Abbott blocking some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Richards as Abbott tries to tie him up.
Abbott blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Richards misses with a punch to the body.
Abbott blocks an uppercut.
Abbott misses with a punch to the body.
Abbott misses with a hook to the ribs.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Abbott.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Richards.
A body shot lands from Abbott.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Richards.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Abbott looking to stall.
Richards tries to throw a body punch but Abbott avoids it by throwing Richards back against the cage.
Russel Richards seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Richards can't find room to land a body shot as Abbott controls the action.
Richards misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Abbott.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abbott can't find room to land a body shot as Richards controls the action.
Abbott goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Abbott trying to stall but Richards improves his position.
Richards throws a head punch that misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Abbott.
A short right from Abbott on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abbott is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Richards is defending well.
Abbott blocks an uppercut.
Richards gets underhooks to prevent Abbott's takedown attempt.
Richards lands a left hand that snaps the head of Abbott backwards.
Abbott blocks a body shot from Richards.
Richards lands a right hand that snaps the head of Abbott backwards.
Richards misses with the head strike.
Richards prevents a takedown attempt there.
Richards tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The referee is keeping an eye on Abbott - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Abbott.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Abbott throws a punch but it's blocked by Richards.
Richards lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Richards's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Abbott scores with a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Russel Richards will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Abbott connects with a jab.
Abbott changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Richards tries to avoid it but Abbott manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Richards to the ground. Richards escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Richards looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Richards displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Abbott throws out the jab.
Richards uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Abbott.
Abbott throws a shot from downtown. Richards moves away and avoids it.
A right-left combo lands from Richards.
Richards ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Abbott shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Richards defends it nicely.
Abbott closes this distance looking for a takedown but Richards circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Abbott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Richards.
Abbott keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Abbott throws out a loose jab but Richards uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abbott throws a looping overhand right but Richards ducks down to avoid it.
Abbott throws an overhand right that lands on Richards's shoulder, as Richards tries to avoid the shot.
Abbott misses with a left hand
and Richards counters with a stiff right hand.
Abbott takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Richards fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Abbott on the side of the head.
Richards connects with a looping right hand.
Abbott takes one to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abbott fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Richards manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richards lands a lovely overhand right.
Russel Richards seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Abbott moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Richards uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Abbott.
Richards swinging wildly here.
Abbott misses with a hook. Richards ducked under it nicely.
Abbott tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Richards was well out of range. Poor timing from Abbott.
Richards misses with an uppercut. Abbott saw that one coming.
No joy there for Richards, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Abbott moves out of range as Richards strikes.
Abbott avoids the body shot from Richards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards instigates a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Richards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Richards.
Abbott blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Abbott blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Abbott gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Abbott working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Richards is looking to stand up but Abbott isn't so interested in that idea.
Richards keeping moving, preventing Abbott from controlling successfully.
Abbott in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Richards can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abbott working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Abbott 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.
Abbott trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Abbott throws a big elbow that misses.
Abbott throws an elbow that misses. Richards uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Abbott's guard. Nice move by Richards!
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!
Richards pushing down on Abbott's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Abbott trying to control here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Russel Richards comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Richards has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Russel Richards!
A victorious Russel Richards thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Agung Kang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Berrao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Berrao has chosen Common Knowledge - by Asher Roth as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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205 lbs
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220 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Agung Kang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Miguel Berrao!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berrao cracks a nice hook into Kang's ribs.
Berrao swings for the body but Kang moves out of range.
Berrao lands with a straight right. Kang didn't see that one coming.
Berrao connects with an inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Berrao throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A telegraphed right hand from Berrao misses the target.
Berrao misses with a straight left.
Berrao throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Berrao looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Berrao lands a jab.
Berrao tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kang is able to avoid easily.
Kang moves away from the strike by Berrao.
Berrao throws a series of punches but Kang avoids them all with ease.
Berrao tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kang was well out of range. Poor timing from Berrao.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berrao misses with a jab, cross combination.
Berrao throws a poor cross that misses
and Kang counters with a takedown into side control.
Kang tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Berrao tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Berrao manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Berrao wants to work for an arm triangle but Kang is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Berrao is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Kang doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Berrao.
Berrao is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Kang is just riding it out for now. Berrao eventually gives up the hold.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kang won't allow Berrao to pass to mount.
Berrao drops an elbow to the side of Kang's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Berrao not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Berrao is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Kang reverses the position - he's now on top in Berrao's guard.
Berrao is looking for a triangle but Kang pushes his legs off easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kang gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Berrao misses with a looping left.
Berrao clinches.
Berrao scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the fighters up against the cage, Berrao throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Berrao fails to land.
Berrao swings wildly with an uppercut but Kang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Berrao breaks from the clinch.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Berrao.
Berrao does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The crowd cheers as Berrao lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kang doesn't seem phased though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Berrao.
Kang's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Berrao connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kang scrambles back to his feet.
Berrao throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kang decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Berrao's guard.
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!
Kang wanted to stand there but Berrao had control of the position.
Kang got a little sloppy there for a moment and Berrao has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Kang has managed to get both his arms back between Berrao's legs - danger averted.
Berrao has a closed guard, preventing Kang from standing up.
Berrao looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kang is one step ahead there.
Kang wanted to stand there but Berrao had control of the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Berrao is trying to control the position but Kang postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Berrao dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Berrao fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kang takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Berrao throws a right and a left that Kang avoids nicely.
Miguel Berrao is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Berrao swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Berrao throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kang sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Berrao swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kang swings for the body but Berrao moves out of range.
Berrao throws a push kick but Kang slaps the foot to one side.
Berrao feints and then cracks Kang's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kang down.
Berrao throws a series of punches but Kang avoids them all with ease.
No joy there for Berrao, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Berrao turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kang drops his hands momentarily and Berrao takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Berrao scores with the left hand. Kang knows he should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Berrao, right into the meat.
Kang ducks under a wild hook from Berrao.
Kang takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A big right from Berrao misses.
Nice defenses there by Kang.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Berrao.
Berrao misses the jab.
Kang bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Berrao connects with an inside leg kick.
Miguel Berrao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kang fails to land the takedown.
Berrao pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kang is out of range and Berrao settles back down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berrao looks to throw the jab but Kang is out of range.
Kang moves out of range of the strikes.
Berrao misses with an uppercut
and Kang decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Berrao's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kang tries to stand but Berrao is controlling from the bottom.
Kang postures up.
Kang stands up and waves to Berrao to follow him.
Berrao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kang moves away.
Some wild striking there from Berrao.
Berrao bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berrao misses with a straight right.
Berrao throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kang counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Berrao thinking.
Kang checks a leg kick.
Berrao throws an overhand right that lands on Kang's shoulder, as Kang tries to avoid the shot.
Kang 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.
A slow jab from Berrao misses its intended target.
Kang slips under a jab from Berrao.
Kang keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Berrao. That snapped Kang's head back.
No joy there for Berrao, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Berrao misses with a low kick.
Berrao connects with a right hand. Kang shakes it off.
Kang dodges the punch combination from Berrao.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berrao throws a chopping leg kick but Kang manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Berrao connects with a body shot that sends Kang's belly button to the back.
Miguel Berrao seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Berrao throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Berrao works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Berrao missing with a left hand there. Kang was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A bone on bone clash there as Berrao blocks the leg kick.
Berrao connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Berrao tries a low kick but Kang avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Berrao!
Berrao throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Berrao misses with an uppercut. Kang saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Berrao showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Berrao misses with a low kick.
Berrao throws a head kick but Kang moves out of range.
Berrao looks to land a combination but Kang avoids it well.
Berrao misses with a few strikes there.
Berrao shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Decent striking displayed by Berrao there.
Berrao throws a series of punches but Kang moves out of range.
Kang drives through with a takedown into Berrao's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Kang tries to stand but Berrao is controlling from the bottom.
Kang stands up from Berrao's guard - Kang perhaps looking for a knockout.
Berrao throws a lazy right hand but Kang sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Berrao.
Berrao attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Berrao throws a leg kick which misses Kang's front leg but catches the back leg as Kang tries to avoid it.
Berrao misses with an uppercut. Kang saw that one coming.
Berrao cracks Kang with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Berrao scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sloppy strikes from Berrao. Those never looked like landing.
Berrao misses with an uppercut. Kang saw that one coming.
Berrao throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berrao throws a shot from downtown. Kang moves away and avoids it.
Berrao throws a head kick that misses.
Berrao rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kang moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kang moves in looking to clinch but Berrao pushes him off.
Kang steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Berrao.
Berrao rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kang moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kang checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kang closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Berrao to the mat! Berrao manages to get full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Berrao has a closed guard, preventing Kang from standing up.
Kang stands and steps away. Berrao gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Berrao throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kang moves away from the strike by Berrao.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berrao throws a nice inside leg kick.
Berrao rushes Kang and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kang avoids a wild elbow strike from Berrao.
A nice left hand lands by Berrao.
Berrao misses with a punch on the inside.
Berrao misses with a hook from the clinch.
Berrao swings wildly with an uppercut but Kang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kang is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Berrao gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Berrao misses with a punch on the inside.
Berrao misses with a short punch on the inside.
Berrao tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kang takes a shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berrao swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kang tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Berrao smiles and moves away.
Sloppy strikes from Berrao. Those never looked like landing.
Kang is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Berrao's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kang under the eye.
Berrao walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kang checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Berrao looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Berrao motions for Kang to come forward. Berrao throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kang tries to move into range but Berrao moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Berrao with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Agung Kang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Miguel Berrao comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Berrao winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miguel Berrao!
In his post fight interview, Miguel Berrao started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ramon Manlucas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raul Sanchaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manlucas comes to the cage accompanied by Killer Mike - Big Beast (Feat. Bun B, T.I. & Trouble). Ramon Manlucas has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ramon Manlucas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Raul Sanchaz!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchaz throws a body punch but Manlucas moves out of range.
Manlucas lands a head shot.
Manlucas avoids the body shot from Sanchaz.
Manlucas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanchaz moves away.
Sanchaz is looking to land body kicks.
Manlucas lands with a good body shot.
Manlucas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanchaz.
Sanchaz throws a wild body kick that Manlucas sees coming a mile off.
Manlucas swings for the body but Sanchaz moves out of range.
Sanchaz wants to clinch up but Manlucas keeps it at a distance.
Manlucas scores with a nice strike.
Sanchaz wants to clinch
and Manlucas counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sanchaz thinking.
Manlucas throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sanchaz on the side of the head.
Sanchaz is looking to clinch but Manlucas is avoiding it.
Manlucas stuns Sanchaz with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Manlucas's corner calls for a 1-2. Manlucas obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Manlucas is looking to wear down Sanchaz with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Manlucas scores with a nice head shot.
Manlucas scoring well with a low kick there.
Sanchaz throws a leg kick that is checked
and Manlucas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchaz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Manlucas manages to avoid it.
Sanchaz drives through with a takedown into Manlucas's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sanchaz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sanchaz looking to sit in guard and control but Manlucas gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Manlucas drops back looking for a leg! Sanchaz is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Sanchaz manages to kick Manlucas off! Manlucas jumps back into Sanchaz's guard.
Sanchaz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Manlucas is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sanchaz throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Manlucas trying to stand up but can't free himself from Sanchaz's guard.
Manlucas showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchaz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Manlucas is stalling in the full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
We're going to have a standup here because Ramon Manlucas wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Manlucas blocks the body kick.
Sanchaz moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Manlucas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanchaz.
Sanchaz throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sanchaz paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sanchaz is looking to clinch but Manlucas is avoiding it.
Manlucas lands with an uppercut that bounces Sanchaz off the cage and back into range.
Manlucas is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Sanchaz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Manlucas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sanchaz.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manlucas lands a nice hook to Sanchaz's body. Sanchaz takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Manlucas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanchaz.
Sanchaz on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Manlucas cracks Sanchaz with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sanchaz misses with a hook. Manlucas ducked under it nicely.
Sanchaz loads up on a big right hand but Manlucas slips the punch.
Manlucas throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Sanchaz walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Manlucas keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sanchaz takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Manlucas cracks Sanchaz with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nice uppercut there from Manlucas.
Sanchaz is rocked!
It looks like Raul Sanchaz has been cut.
Manlucas connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sanchaz is still on wobbly legs! Can Manlucas finish him?
Manlucas is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Manlucas buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sanchaz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Manlucas.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Manlucas.
Manlucas throws a monster overhand right that drops Sanchaz! Manlucas follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ramon Manlucas!
An out of breath Ramon Manlucas thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brian Sackett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chang Sun Son (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Son has chosen Deftones- Be quiet and drive as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brian Sackett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chang Sun Son!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Son throws a leg kick which misses Sackett's front leg but catches the back leg as Sackett tries to avoid it.
Sackett connects with a solid leg kick.
Son tries to close the distance and clinch but Sackett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Son moves out of range of the body kick.
Son tries to clinch there but Sackett circles away.
Son is looking to clinch but Sackett is avoiding it.
Sackett lands a nice looking body kick.
Son tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sackett counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sackett.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sackett shoots in looking for a takedown. Son tries to sprawl out of it but Sackett keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Son manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Son avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Son scores with a jab to the jaw.
Son throws a head kick but Sackett moves out of range.
Sackett swats away the attempt to clinch by Son.
Son checks a leg kick nicely.
Son tries to close the distance and clinch but Sackett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackett lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sackett misses with a head kick.
Sackett is looking to land body kicks.
Son tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sackett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sackett throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Son on the side of the head.
Sackett dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Son. That did some damage!
Son fails in his attempt to clinch.
Son wants to clinch
and Sackett counters with an outside leg kick.
Son tries to close the distance and clinch but Sackett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sackett lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Sackett.
Son misses with a hook.
Sackett throws a sloppy head kick and Son moves out of range easily.
Sackett looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Sackett trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Son manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Son is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Son stopping the sweep attempt from Sackett.
Sackett is looking for a triangle but Son pushes his legs off easily.
Son trying to control the position from guard on top but Sackett is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Son preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sackett working a defensive guard here.
Sackett is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Sackett looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Son stopping the sweep attempt from Sackett.
Sackett not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Son wants to pass the guard but Sackett is keeping the position.
Son throws a big right hand that misses.
Son must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sackett is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Son with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sackett pulls Son in to control the position.
We're going to have a standup here because Brian Sackett wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Son is looking to score with low kicks.
Son tries to close the distance and clinch but Sackett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Son throws a body punch but Sackett moves out of range.
Sackett misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sackett moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sackett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Son is looking to clinch.
Sackett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Son.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sackett has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Sackett. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sackett lands with a kick to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Sackett dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A leg kick checked by Son.
Sackett rushes Son and presses him up against the cage.
Sackett lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Chang Sun Son has been cut.
Sackett lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Son just leaning against Sackett, taking a breather.
Sackett lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Son scores with a shot to the side of Sackett's head.
Son pushes Sackett back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Son blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sackett is trying to stall.
Son is leaning against Sackett and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sackett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Son is trying to maintain a safe position but Sackett gets an underhook and turns Son into the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Son fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackett can't find room to land a body shot as Son controls the action.
Son takes an elbow to the forehead.
Son looking to slow down the pace here.
Sackett lands a left hand that snaps the head of Son backwards.
Sackett has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Son uses from the top position.
Sackett working a defensive guard here.
Sackett looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Son stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Sackett misses with a low kick as Son jumps back.
Son fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Son shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Son has closed the distance and engaged Sackett in a clinch.
Son tries a body shot but Sackett blocks it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Sackett blocks an uppercut.
Sackett changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Son fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Sackett is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Son doesn't manage to clinch there - Sackett circles away.
Son with a hook.
Sackett thows a leg kick but Son checks it
and Son counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Son tries to work over Sackett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sackett can't find room to land a body shot as Son controls the action.
Son is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Son misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sackett throws an elbow that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sackett as Son tries to tie him up.
Son gets through Sackett's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Son lands with a right to the head.
Son lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sackett can't find room to land a body shot as Son controls the action.
Sackett lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Good body shot from Sackett.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Son lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sackett jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Son walks away with a smile on his face. Sackett gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Sackett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Son scores with a head kick.
Son tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sackett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Son moves out of range of the body kick.
Son clinches up with Sackett and pushes him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Sackett.
Sackett is stalling here.
Son fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sackett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sackett lands a good knee to the midsection. Son won't want to take too many of those.
Son is breathing heavily.
Sackett lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sackett is trying to drag Son to the mat but Son just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Sackett. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sackett lands an elbow inside.
Sackett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sackett misses with a knee to the head.
Sackett lands a nice elbow.
Son lands a nice uppercut.
Sackett fails to pull guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Chang Sun Son will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Chang Sun Son's cut.
That's time! Sackett's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Sackett closes the distance and pushes Son back into the cage.
Son trying to control the position but instead, Sackett has worked for underhooks and has pushed Son into the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Son.
Sackett lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Son throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sacketts head.
Son misses with some punches.
Son struggles to land a body shot inside as Sackett controls his hands.
Son swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sackett putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Son in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sackett unloads a knee to the mid-section. Son lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
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!
Nice elbow from Sackett.
Sackett unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A shot in the inside from Sackett.
Sackett lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That has opened up Chang Sun Son's cut even more.
Sackett landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackett tries to work over Son's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Son takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice body punch from Sackett - that landed with a thud.
Son being controlled against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sackett.
Sackett lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sackett misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Son.
Sackett tries to land knees in the clinch but Son avoids the damage to the body.
Son lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sackett backwards.
Son managing to block the knees to the body from Sackett.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sackett just misses with a elbow thrown towards Son's brow.
Sackett lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Son backwards.
Son makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sackett tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Son just stands there and leans against the cage.
Sackett tries to work over Son's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sackett throws an elbow but misses.
Sackett is pushing Son up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Son digs a right hand into Sackett's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sackett's gas tank.
Son lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Son is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sackett is keeping busy.
Sackett is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Son to keep the fight standing.
Son tries to stall but Sackett uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Son lands with a left to the head.
Son managing to block the knees to the body from Sackett.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sackett.
Sackett misses with a punch on the inside.
Son is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sackett lands a left hand.
Sackett lands with a light punch inside.
Sackett with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sackett trying to land knees to the body.
Sackett blocks a body shot from Son.
Sackett misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Son.
Son throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sacketts head.
Sackett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sackett lands a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sackett.
Brian Sackett has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sackett pushes Son back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sackett scores with a hook to the body.
Sackett lands a nice knee to the body.
Son dodges an elbow strike from Sackett.
Sackett is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Sackett. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Son fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sackett changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Son fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Son tries a head kick but it misses.
Son tries to clinch but Sackett is having none of it.
Son darts in and clinches Sackett up against the cage.
Sackett lands with a left to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Son creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sackett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sackett.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sackett misses with some punches.
Sackett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sackett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Son.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brian Sackett showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sackett has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brian Sackett!
Brian Sackett decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Ironheart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ironheart is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jag - Phone Numbers. Ricardo Ramirez is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ricardo Ramirez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jim Ironheart!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ironheart blocks the body kick.
Ramirez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ironheart looks to land a left hand but Ramirez moved out of range nicely.
Ramirez tests Ironheart's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ramirez throws a hook but Ironheart blocks it.
Oooh a lovely combination from Ramirez sends Ironheart down but not out. Ramirez dives into side control looking to finish.
Ironheart is rocked!
It looks like Jim Ironheart has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Ironheart is looking to regain half guard here but Ramirez keeps moving and retains side control.
Ironheart is still in real trouble! Can Ramirez finish him?
Ironheart is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Ramirez is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Ramirez lands with some strikes.
Ironheart tries to lock up and control but Ramirez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
A big strike lands for Ramirez! That's really hurt Ironheart and he's turned his back - Ramirez keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Ramirez jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricardo Ramirez!
Ricardo Ramirez very nearly forgot to thank Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp (159.49 $75) 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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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Soon Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soon Do has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Tyson Blaze's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tyson Blaze!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Soon Do!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Do throws an overhand right that lands on Blaze's shoulder, as Blaze tries to avoid the shot.
Blaze tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Do was well out of range. Poor timing from Blaze.
Do pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Blaze scoring well with a low kick there.
A jab from Do misses.
A big right from Do misses.
Do fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Do scoring well with a low kick there.
Blaze takes a swing at Do's ribcage but misses.
Blaze closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Blaze throws an elbow but misses.
Do tries to throw a body punch but Blaze avoids it by throwing Do back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Do throws a punch but it's blocked by Blaze.
Blaze pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Blaze throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Do stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Blaze checks a leg kick.
Do fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Blaze attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Blaze scores with a nice head shot.
Blaze misses with a body shot
and Do counters with a left to the body.
Do thuds a left hand into Blaze's body.
Blaze misses with a combination
and Do counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blaze.
Blaze moves out of range as Do strikes.
Blaze throws a sloppy head kick and Do moves out of range easily.
Do uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blaze.
Tyson Blaze is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Do lands with an uppercut that bounces Blaze off the cage and back into range.
A low kick from Do misses
and Blaze counters with a three punch combo that has Do backing up. Do nods at Blaze to acknowledge the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Do throws a hook but Blaze avoids it easily.
Do throws a hook but Blaze avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blaze tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Do manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Blaze throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blaze throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blaze moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Do throws a low kick but Blaze moves out of range easily.
Blaze uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Do.
Blaze just misses with a punch to the body.
A combination from Blaze does no damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Do catches Blaze right on the button with a cross.
That kick from Blaze tenderised Do's leg. Do is trying to keep his angry face on.
Blaze tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Do throws a hook but Blaze avoids it easily.
Blaze looks to score with a jab to the body but Do is just out of range.
Blaze misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Do misses the target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blaze throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Do throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyson Blaze dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Do throws a jab but it's blocked by Blaze.
Tyson Blaze is winning the standup battle so far.
Blaze lands a nice leg kick that just misses Do's sensitive parts.
Do throws a looping overhand right but Blaze ducks down to avoid it.
Blaze looks to throw the jab but Do is out of range.
Do throws a lazy uppercut
and Blaze cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Do throws a hook but Blaze blocks it.
Do misses with a hook.
Do takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Tyson Blaze is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blaze throws a low kick but it's checked well by Do.
Do takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Blaze tries to work over Do's front leg with a kick but Do checks it.
Blaze throws a leg kick which misses Do's front leg but catches the back leg as Do tries to avoid it.
Do thuds his right hand into Blaze's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Blaze throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Do tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Blaze is able to avoid easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Blaze.
Do moves in looking to clinch but Blaze pushes him off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do misses with an uppercut.
Do misses with an uppercut.
Blaze misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Blaze has managed to clinch.
Blaze goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Blaze's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Blaze tries a body shot but Do blocks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Do letting Blaze take a breather here.
Blaze looking to slow down the pace here.
Blaze breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Blaze throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze misses with a low kick.
Do misses with an uppercut.
Do takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Blaze throws a looping overhand right but Do ducks down to avoid it.
Blaze swinging wildly here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blaze. Do does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blaze misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Blaze tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Do paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaze connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Blaze throws a low kick but Do avoids it.
Do cracks a nice hook into Blaze's ribs.
Do throws an overhand right that lands on Blaze's shoulder, as Blaze tries to avoid the shot.
Do lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Blaze throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Do swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Do lands with a straight right. Blaze didn't see that one coming.
Blaze avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyson Blaze dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Do looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Do postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Do throws a big right hand that misses.
Do trying to control the position from guard on top but Blaze is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Do might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Blaze kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Do wants to pass the guard but Blaze is keeping the position.
Do postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Blaze keeping full guard, as Do tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze pushes Do off and scrambles back to his feet.
Do avoids the body shot from Blaze.
Do throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Blaze looks to land a body kick but Do moved away.
Blaze is looking to wear down Do with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A big right from Do misses.
Blaze wants to slow Do down by chopping away at his legs.
Blaze misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Do.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Blaze drives through and clinches with Do against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Blaze as Do tries to tie him up.
Blaze misses with an elbow strike.
Blaze makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Blaze lands with a right to the head.
Do tries to work over Blaze's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Do lands with a short shot to the head.
Blaze tries a body shot but Do blocks it.
Blaze breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Blaze moves out of range as Do strikes.
Do slips a jab from Blaze.
Do scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do misses with the combination.
Do blocks a low kick nicely.
Do thows a left - swing and a miss!
Blaze swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Do tries a low kick but Blaze avoids it.
A good leg kick by Blaze.
Blaze throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaze throws a leg kick but Do checks it.
Blaze tries to score with a low kick but Do moves his leg out of the way.
Blaze takes one to the chin there.
Blaze pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Do misses with a body shot.
Do throws a jab but it's blocked by Blaze.
Do takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Do scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Blaze doesn't seem bothered though.
Do tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blaze was well out of range. Poor timing from Do.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Soon Do just about did enough to take it.
That's time! Blaze's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Blaze swings for the body but Do moves out of range.
Blaze scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Blaze throws a right and a left that both miss.
Blaze throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Do thows a left - swing and a miss!
Blaze swats away the attempt to clinch by Do.
Do dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Do checks the leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Blaze.
Do's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Do rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Blaze moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Blaze throws a leg kick but Do moved away.
Do cracks a nice hook into Blaze's ribs.
Blaze fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Do manages to avoid it.
Blaze tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Do manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Do closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Blaze to the mat! Blaze manages to get full guard.
Do has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Do is looking to work some ground and pound but Blaze has wrist control.
Do postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Blaze is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Do, into his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do controls Blaze momentarily but Blaze frees himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Soon Do hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Blaze checks a low kick from Do.
Blaze pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Do tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blaze was well out of range. Poor timing from Do.
Blaze wants to clinch.
Do is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Blaze.
Blaze punishes Do's body with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaze uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Do.
Blaze throws a looping overhand right but Do ducks down to avoid it.
Blaze throws a low kick, looking for Do's leg but Do calmly moves out of range.
A combination from Blaze does no damage.
Do misses with a looping left.
Blaze misses with a shot to the body
and Do connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Blaze slips a jab from Do.
Blaze looks to land a combination but Do avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Soon Do will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Blaze with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Do rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Blaze counters with a thumping low kick.
Blaze throws a series of punches but Do moves out of range.
Do blocks a low kick nicely.
A slapping body kick lands there for Do.
Do thows a left - swing and a miss!
Blaze scores with a jab to the body.
Blaze misses with a wild body shot.
Do throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Do uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Blaze.
Blaze lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Do avoids a punch combination nicely.
Blaze avoids the body shot from Do.
Blaze throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Blaze misses with a few strikes there.
Blaze swings for the body but Do moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze wants to land a leg kick but Do is out of range.
Blaze takes one to the chin there.
Blaze's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Do connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Blaze scrambles back to his feet.
Blaze misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Do does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A jab from Do misses.
Blaze ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Do moves away.
Blaze circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze checks a leg kick.
Blaze connects with a body shot.
Do throws out a loose jab but Blaze uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blaze connects with a body shot that sends Do's belly button to the back.
Blaze blocks a low kick nicely.
Blaze wants to clinch up but Do keeps it at a distance.
Blaze throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Blaze looks to score with a jab to the body but Do is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaze looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Do misses with an uppercut.
Blaze just misses with a punch to the body.
Blaze takes a jab right on the kisser.
Do swinging wildly here.
Do fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Blaze, pushing him back against the cage.
Blaze unloads a knee to the mid-section. Do lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice body punch from Blaze - that landed with a thud.
Do is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blaze lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tyson Blaze showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Blaze has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 49:46
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 48:47
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyson Blaze!
Tyson Blaze retains his lightweight title!
After winning the bout, Tyson Blaze thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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