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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cosmo Alexandre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthor Basilicus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cosmo Alexandre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anthor Basilicus!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Basilicus with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Alexandre wants to clinch
and Basilicus counters with a good low kick that Alexandre was not able to check.
Alexandre wants to clinch up but Basilicus keeps it at a distance.
Nice body kick from Basilicus.
Alexandre blocks a head kick by Basilicus.
Alexandre tries to clinch but Basilicus moves away
and Basilicus counters with an outside leg kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Alexandre as he connects with a hook.
Basilicus lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
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!
Alexandre misses with a leg kick
and Basilicus counters with a nice low kick that buckles Alexandre's knee momentarily.
Cosmo Alexandre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alexandre is breathing heavily.
Basilicus throws a nice outside leg kick.
Basilicus thumps Alexandre with a low kick.
Alexandre tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Basilicus throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexandre on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Basilicus. Basilicus obviously looking to wear him down.
Basilicus feints and then cracks Alexandre's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Alexandre down.
Basilicus explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Basilicus lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Basilicus scores with a spinning back kick!
Basilicus explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Basilicus thuds a left hand into Alexandre's body.
Basilicus explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Basilicus lands with a kick to the ribs.
Basilicus with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Good leg kick by Basilicus there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Alexandre stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Basilicus.
Basilicus lands a front kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Basilicus clinches.
Basilicus using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Alexandre takes a shot to the head.
Basilicus jumps into guard, dragging Alexandre to the mat.
Basilicus bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Alexandre's guard.
Basilicus slips nicely into half guard.
Basilicus performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Basilicus has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Alexandre defend it? Basilicus steps over the head and cranks it - Alexandre is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Basilicus!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Anthor Basilicus!
Anthor Basilicus tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sergio Linhares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mamaw Ako (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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145 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sergio Linhares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mamaw Ako!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ako scores with a nice right hand.
Linhares tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Ako paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Linhares looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Linhares will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Linhares misses with an uppercut.
Linhares misses the jab.
Ako uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Linhares.
Ako digs a good body shot into Linhares's ribs.
Ako keeps the fight on the outside.
Ako slaps away a takedown attempt from Linhares, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ako lands a nice shot that snaps Linhares's head back.
Linhares takes a swing at Ako's ribcage but misses.
Ako uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Linhares.
Linhares fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sergio Linhares. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ako drops Linhares with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Linhares! Ako dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mamaw Ako!
A very excited looking Mamaw Ako made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Seba Jun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manfred Richvoten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jun comes into the arena with Feather blaring out of the sound system. Richvoten has chosen Over The Rainbow as his entrance music. Manfred Richvoten is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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134 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Seba Jun!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Manfred Richvoten!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jun shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Richvoten shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Jun napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Jun is looking for a sweep.
A lull in the action here.
Richvoten lands a few punches from side control.
Richvoten landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Jun tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Richvoten wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Richvoten scores with a couple of short elbows.
Jun tries to improve position but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jun struggling a bit here.
Richvoten moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Jun stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Richvoten taking a breather here.
Richvoten working the head and body with strikes.
Richvoten controlling from side mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jun tries to bench press Richvoten off him but Richvoten keeps the position.
Richvoten scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Jun to see if he's OK.
Jun taking punishment in the form of punches.
Richvoten working the head with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Richvoten content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
You can see the frustration on Jun's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Richvoten works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jun manages to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richvoten performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Jun taking some punishment here, with Richvoten in his half guard.
Jun looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Richvoten is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Ground and pound from Richvoten.
Jun looking for submissions off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Richvoten seems content to control.
Jun is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Richvoten scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jun looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Richvoten slows the pace down in half guard.
Richvoten lands strikes from half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jun tries to kick Richvoten off but Richvoten keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Richvoten takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Richvoten seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Richvoten winds up and cracks Jun with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Richvoten working Jun over with strikes.
Jun has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Richvoten escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Richvoten!
Jun is looking to regain half guard here but Richvoten keeps moving and retains side control.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Richvoten working away.
The referee asks Richvoten politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Richvoten prefers to stall for the moment though.
Richvoten is working Jun over with some ground and pound from side control.
Jun is being controlled here.
Richvoten lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Jun down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jun is looking for a sweep.
Richvoten working the body and head with strikes.
Jun is trying to get back to half guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Richvoten moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
It looks like Richvoten might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Let's hope that Richvoten has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Richvoten in side control lands a decent elbow.
Richvoten content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Richvoten working the ground and pound.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jun tries to bench press Richvoten off him but Richvoten keeps the position.
Richvoten taking a breather here.
Jun tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Richvoten wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Richvoten scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Jun to see if he's OK.
Jun taking a bit of punishment here - Richvoten scoring with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jun takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Jun is trying to escape the position but Richvoten is controlling the position.
Richvoten really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jun. 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 nine minutes gone in the round.
Jun is looking to reverse the position.
Richvoten working the ground and pound.
Richvoten working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Jun is looking to reverse the position.
Jun is working hard here to advance position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manfred Richvoten dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Some wild striking there from Jun.
Richvoten shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Richvoten showed some decent athleticism there.
Richvoten stalling.
Richvoten stops Jun from getting back to his feet.
Jun looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Richvoten lands strikes from half guard.
Richvoten not doing much here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jun is looking for a sweep. Richvoten is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ground and pound from Richvoten.
Richvoten perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jun has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Richvoten is working away from the top position though.
Well, if Richvoten is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jun will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Richvoten fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jun, pushing him back against the ropes.
Jun goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Richvoten has hold of one of Jun's legs. Jun is fighting the takedown attempt but Richvoten gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Richvoten is stalling in the full guard.
Jun will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Richvoten cracks Jun with a solid left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richvoten prevents Jun from getting back to his feet.
Richvoten makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Richvoten must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Richvoten preventing the sweep.
Richvoten landing with the ground and pound.
Richvoten working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jun can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Richvoten controls the pace.
Jun is striking from the bottom but Richvoten uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richvoten is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Jun is looking for a sweep. Richvoten is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jun looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jun looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Richvoten has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jun tries to roll over but Richvoten keeps him under control.
Richvoten not doing much here.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Richvoten's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Richvoten wants to pass the guard but Jun is defending well.
Richvoten not doing much here.
Ground and pound from Richvoten.
Richvoten content to control rather than advance.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Richvoten stops Jun from getting back to his feet.
Richvoten keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Manfred Richvoten wasn't active enough on the ground.
Richvoten closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Jun quickly recovers to half guard.
Richvoten lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jun with the active half guard here but Richvoten passes nicely into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Richvoten works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Jun struggling a bit here.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jun is looking for a sweep.
Richvoten is working Jun over with some ground and pound from side control.
Richvoten working away.
A lull in the action here as Richvoten stalls from top position.
Richvoten is working Jun over with some ground and pound from side control.
Richvoten just content to control the position.
Jun taking a bit of punishment here - Richvoten scoring with strikes.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Richvoten controlling from side mount.
Jun wants to get back to his feet but Richvoten drags him back down.
Richvoten working the head and body with strikes.
Richvoten is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Jun will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Richvoten working the ground and pound from side control.
Jun can't do much from the bottom here.
Richvoten taking a breather here.
Seba Jun has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Richvoten working away.
Jun taking punishment in the form of punches.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Jun throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Richvoten working the ground and pound.
Jun is trying to improve his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jun throws a few strikes from the bottom but Richvoten takes advantage and mounts!
Manfred Richvoten is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Richvoten tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Manfred Richvoten comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Richvoten has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Manfred Richvoten!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Manfred Richvoten!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Manfred Richvoten!
Manfred Richvoten wins by unanimous decision!
Manfred Richvoten seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Kehoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kehoe comes into the arena with Angel Of Death blaring out of the sound system. Johnson has chosen In The Air Tonight as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
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165 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andrew Kehoe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Steve Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kehoe throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kehoe scores with a three punch combo!
Johnson is rocked!
Johnson walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Kehoe swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Andrew Kehoe!
Andrew Kehoe seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bustin Jiebers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Payne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jiebers's entrance music is Pony Swag. A fine choice. Bustin Jiebers has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bustin Jiebers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nathan Payne!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Payne clinches up against the ropes.
Jiebers is pressed up against the ropes. Payne has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jiebers down to the mat. Jiebers avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jiebers throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Payne's head.
It looks like Nathan Payne has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Payne closes the distance and clinches up with Jiebers, looking for a takedown. Payne pushes Jiebers against the ropes but Jiebers circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jiebers lands a big head kick that sends Payne tumbling to the mat! Jiebers takes a step backwards and waves Payne back to his feet - he wants the finish!
A looping hook to the body misses from Payne. Jiebers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jiebers cracks Payne with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Jiebers has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Payne to stand back up!
Payne is rocked!
That has opened up Nathan Payne's cut even more.
Payne takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nice sprawl there from Jiebers as Payne shoots in.
Bustin Jiebers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nathan Payne.
Jiebers connects with a combination that backs up Payne into the ropes. Jiebers lands a flurry of punches that gets past Payne's guard. Payne is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Jiebers bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bustin Jiebers!
Bustin Jiebers bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hunter Akbar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeannot Chong Starbowsky Ii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chong Starbowsky Ii has chosen "SCIENCE OF THE TRIFE" as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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199 lbs
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186 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hunter Akbar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jeannot Chong Starbowsky Ii!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chong Starbowsky Ii shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Chong Starbowsky Ii was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Akbar manages to get back to half guard.
Akbar slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Chong Starbowsky Ii throws a sloppy strike and Akbar has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Chong Starbowsky Ii is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Akbar!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hunter Akbar!
After winning the bout, Hunter Akbar thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Styles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johan Elia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Styles comes to the ring accompanied by Theme tune to muslamic ray guns. Xavier Styles is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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175 lbs
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28
170 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Xavier Styles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johan Elia!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A good leg kick by Styles.
Styles looks for a takedown but Elia sprawls well.
Elia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Styles dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Styles comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Elia swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Styles.
Styles takes a swing at Elia's ribcage but misses.
Styles doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Elia counters with a stiff right hand.
Styles throws a body punch but Elia moves out of range.
Styles tries to bum rush Elia with a series of wild strikes but Elia uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A combination from Styles does no damage.
Styles throws a nice looking combination but Elia bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Elia looks to land a combination but Styles avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Styles scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Styles.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Xavier Styles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Elia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Styles lands a right hook to the body.
Styles lands with a cross.
Styles misses with a body shot.
Styles digs a good body shot into Elia's ribs.
Elia loads up on a big right hand but Styles slips the punch.
Styles lands a really nice looking cross but Elia seems unphased.
It looks like Johan Elia has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Styles looks for a takedown but Elia sprawls well.
Styles misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Styles is trying hard to land a takedown here. Elia sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Styles avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Styles uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Styles throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Styles connects with a looping right hand.
Elia keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That kick from Elia tenderised Styles's leg. Styles is trying to keep his angry face on.
Styles fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Xavier Styles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Styles connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Elia's hands.
Styles throws the left hand but Elia avoids the punch easily.
Styles connects with a single shot there.
Elia staying out of range there.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Styles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elia stuffs the takedown.
Styles fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Elia manages to avoid it.
Styles scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A shot to the body from Styles misses
letting Elia counter with a right hand.
Styles misses with a wild body shot.
Styles thows a body shot but no joy.
Styles steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Elia.
Styles slips under a jab.
Styles jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Styles misses with a hook.
Styles lands a right hook to the body.
Elia connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Styles throws a shot to the body.
Elia throws an overhand right that lands on Styles's shoulder, as Styles tries to avoid the shot.
Styles throws out a loose jab but Elia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Styles lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Elia backs up against the ropes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Elia connects with a good right hand that stumbles Styles. Styles circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A left and a right from Styles both land. Nice combination.
Elia might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Elia keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Styles.
Johan Elia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Elia with a hook.
Styles swings widly with a right hand
and Elia counters with a thumping low kick.
Styles throws a series of punches but Elia moves out of range.
Elia moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Elia fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Styles has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Styles is trying hard to land a takedown here. Elia sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Styles throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Elia counters with a nice low kick that buckles Styles's knee momentarily.
Elia smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Styles tries for a takedown but Elia sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Styles is breathing heavily.
Styles throws a nice looking combination but Elia bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Elia throws a hook to the side of Styles's head but Styles sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Elia waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Styles.
Elia throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Elia slips a jab and a cross from Styles.
Styles throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Elia lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Styles swings away with a body shot that misses
and Elia counters with a nice uppercut.
Styles looks to land a right hand but Elia moved out of range.
Styles rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Elia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Elia misses.
A jab lands there for Elia.
Styles misses with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Elia throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Styles.
Styles lands a leg kick that knocks Elia off balance momentarily.
Elia moves out of range of the strikes.
Styles drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Elia throws a leg kick but Styles checks it.
Elia moves out of range as Styles strikes.
Styles lets loose with a powerful body kick. Elia will feel that in the morning.
Styles scores with a kick to the midsection.
Elia moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Styles throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Styles throws out a loose jab but Elia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Styles paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Styles thuds a left hand into Elia's body.
Styles ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Elia moves away.
Styles takes one on the button.
No joy there for Styles, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Styles fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Elia manages to avoid it.
Styles closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Elia to the mat! Elia manages to get full guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Styles trying to control but Elia is working from the bottom.
Elia had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Styles defends it easily.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Elia keeping full guard, as Styles tries to pass.
Styles throwing strikes from guard but Elia blocks nicely.
Styles stopping the sweep attempt from Elia.
Elia bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Styles's guard.
Styles manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Styles raining down hammerfists from mount.
Elia tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Styles putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Elia is working to get back to half guard.
Styles scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Elia?
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Elia is desperately trying to improve his position but Styles has a good base and remains in mount.
Elia is bucking up trying to escape but Styles cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
A nice elbow there by Styles.
Elia is rocked!
Elia is desperately trying to improve his position but Styles has a good base and remains in mount.
Elia is still in real trouble! Can Styles finish him?
Styles unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Elia wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Styles celebrates on the ropes and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Xavier Styles!
Post fight, Xavier Styles stared into the camera and said 'hating islam is racist??? really, its a fucking religion, if i hate Christianity which race am i hating exactly,,, fucking idiots'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kenjiro Tanaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ari Velazquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tanaka's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Seek and Destroy. Velazquez has chosen Since the Flood- "Valor and Vengeance as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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30
195 lbs
10 - 7 - 0 |
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26
200 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenjiro Tanaka!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ari Velazquez!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Velazquez.
Velazquez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Velazquez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tanaka defending well as Velazquez loads up on a big left hand.
Velazquez misses with a body punch
and Tanaka counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Velazquez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Tanaka is rocked!
It looks like Kenjiro Tanaka has been cut.
Velazquez throws an uppercut from hell that sends Tanaka clean off his feet! He's out cold! Velazquez stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ari Velazquez!
Ari Velazquez is the new middleweight champion!
A relieved looking Ari Velazquez thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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