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MLF - VII PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Saburo Batou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Meyer Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Batou comes to the cage accompanied by 96 Quite Bitter Beings-CKY. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
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210 lbs
4 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Saburo Batou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Meyer Jordan!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch lands to the side of Batou 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Batou goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Batou will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Batou looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jordan lands a really nice looking cross but Batou seems unphased.
Jordan wants to clinch.
Batou takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Batou throws a push kick but Jordan slaps the foot to one side.
Batou takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Batou swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jordan counters with a left to the body.
Batou waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jordan.
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!
Jordan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Batou swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jordan scores with a body shot.
Batou takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jordan works Batou's body with a nice hook.
Jordan doesn't manage to clinch there - Batou circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan cracks Batou with an open hand slap.
The fight stays on the outside here - Batou looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jordan cracks Batou with a good jab.
Batou throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jordan counters with a nice body shot.
Batou circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice uppercut there from Jordan.
Jordan works Batou's body with a nice hook.
Batou is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A punch lands to the side of Batou 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice uppercut there from Jordan.
Jordan lands a big head kick that sends Batou tumbling to the mat! Jordan takes a step backwards and waves Batou back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Batou is rocked!
Jordan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jordan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jordan connects with a body shot.
Jordan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Batou tries to move into range but Jordan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Batou gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jordan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jordan lands an elbow just above Batou 's eye.
It looks like Saburo Batou has been cut.
Jordan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Batou's defenses.
Jordan is stalling here.
Jordan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jordan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Batou tries to close the distance and clinch but Jordan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jordan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jordan.
Batou keeps the fight on the outside.
Jordan punishes Batou's body with a nice straight punch.
Jordan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Batou. That did some damage!
Batou ducks right into an uppercut from Jordan.
Jordan is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Batou had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Jordan tries to clinch but Batou moves out of range.
Jordan lands with a good body shot.
Jordan lands a jab to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batou thows a leg kick but Jordan checks it
and Jordan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jordan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jordan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Batou under the eye.
Batou is looking to score with low kicks.
Jordan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jordan scores with a jab to the head.
Jordan lands the left hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jordan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jordan thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Batou if he has to take too many more of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Batou takes one on the button.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jordan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Batou keeps control of Jordan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Batou looking to throw knees to the head but Jordan is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jordan lands an elbow inside that Batou shrugs off.
Batou creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A hook to the body from Jordan.
Batou misses with a knee strike.
Jordan dodges an elbow strike from Batou.
Batou using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jordan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Batou throws an elbow but it misses.
Batou with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jordan looking to stall.
Jordan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jordan breaks from the clinch.
Batou throws a chopping leg kick but Jordan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Jordan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Batou takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jordan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jordan.
Jordan throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Meyer Jordan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Saburo Batou's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Jordan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jordan has closed the distance and engaged Batou in a clinch.
Batou is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jordan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Batou trying to land knees to the body.
Batou throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Batou with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jordan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A right handed body shot lands from Jordan.
Batou looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Batou as Jordan tries to tie him up.
Batou tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jordan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Batou backwards.
Batou has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jordan lands with a right to the head.
Jordan lands a hook that snaps the head of Batou backwards.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jordan breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Batou looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Batou.
Jordan keeps the fight on the outside.
Meyer Jordan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jordan blocks the body kick.
Jordan works Batou's body with a nice hook.
Jordan connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Batou's hands.
Jordan scores with a decent looking hook.
Jordan lands a big head kick that sends Batou tumbling to the mat! Jordan takes a step backwards and waves Batou back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Oh Batou is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jordan throws an uppercut from hell that sends Batou clean off his feet! He's out cold! Jordan 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 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Meyer Jordan!
A victorious Meyer Jordan 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 John Hendricks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mizo Samxona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Hendricks has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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207 lbs
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212 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Hendricks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mizo Samxona!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hendricks looks to land a right hand but Samxona moved out of range.
Hendricks displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Samxona.
Samxona takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hendricks gets caught napping as Samxona dives in and scores a takedown. Hendricks manages to retain guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Hendricks is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Samxona postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hendricks thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Hendricks is trying to control the position from the bottom.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Hendricks holds on and takes a little breather.
Hendricks on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hendricks tries to get out of the position.
Hendricks working a defensive guard here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of John Hendricks.
Samxona shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Hendricks manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hendricks looking to control.
Samxona throwing strikes from guard but Hendricks blocks nicely.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Samxona is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hendricks has momentary wrist control but Samxona slips an elbow through the middle.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Samxona accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendricks controls Samxona momentarily but Samxona frees himself.
Samxona stopping the sweep attempt from Hendricks.
Samxona is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hendricks is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Samxona with a flurry of punches that miss.
Samxona working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hendricks is trying to keep Samxona in close.
Samxona postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hendricks looking to hit a scissor sweep but Samxona is one step ahead there.
Samxona with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hendricks looking for a sweep. Not yet Hendricks, not yet.
Hendricks has momentary wrist control but Samxona slips an elbow through the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hendricks wants to get back to his feet but Samxona is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Samxona gets to his feet. Hendricks looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samxona closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Samxona is putting a hurting on Hendricks here, landing some big shots from side control.
Samxona working the ground and pound.
Hendricks is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Samxona grinds an elbow into Hendricks's temple.
Oh Hendricks is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
You can see the frustration on Hendricks's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hendricks is breathing heavily.
Samxona landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Samxona cracks Hendricks with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Samxona immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Hendricks is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Samxona!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mizo Samxona!
A very excited looking Mizo Samxona 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Wally Balangay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sho Hayashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wally Balangay had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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150 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wally Balangay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sho Hayashi!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balangay displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hayashi.
Hayashi misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hayashi tries for a takedown but Balangay sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Wally Balangay has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sho Hayashi.
Balangay fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hayashi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Balangay fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hayashi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hayashi fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Balangay lands a right hook to the body.
Balangay scores with a decent looking hook.
Balangay lands with a good body shot.
Hayashi fails with the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayashi wants to clinch but Balangay slips to the side
and Balangay counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hayashi's coach down at Tōshi was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Hayashi's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Wally Balangay is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Balangay uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Balangay tests Hayashi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hayashi wants to clinch but Balangay slips to the side
and Balangay counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hayashi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hayashi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hayashi shoots in but Balangay avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hayashi shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Balangay sprawls well. Balangay wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hayashi gets slowly back to his feet.
Hayashi looks winded!
Hayashi needs to keep his hands up - Balangay had a free shot at his head there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balangay pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hayashi back to the cage. Balangay follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Hayashi misses with a takedown attempt - Balangay sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hayashi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
We've been told by Balangay's head coaches at Body Pain_12elite_599$+VM that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Balangay slaps away a takedown attempt from Hayashi, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nice takedown defense from Balangay. No joy for Hayashi on that attempt.
Hayashi wants to clinch but Balangay slips to the side
and Balangay counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balangay lands a lovely overhand right.
Hayashi shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Balangay defends it nicely.
A cross from Balangay lands.
Hayashi shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Balangay defends it nicely.
Balangay rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hayashi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hayashi dives in for a single leg takedown but Balangay sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Balangay'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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayashi drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Balangay gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Balangay works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Balangay gets underhooks to prevent Hayashi's takedown attempt.
Hayashi is trying desperately to land a takedown but Balangay is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Hayashi.
Balangay breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hayashi shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Balangay to counter with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hayashi throws a sloppy body shot
and Balangay counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Balangay.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wally Balangay dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Balangay lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Balangay lands a left and a right that send Hayashi crashing to the mat, dazed. Balangay thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Hayashi is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hayashi shoots in for a takedown but Balangay shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Hayashi is still on wobbly legs! Can Balangay finish him?
Balangay with a jab.
Hayashi throws a head kick that misses.
Hayashi seems to have recovered his senses.
Wally Balangay is winning the standup battle so far.
Hayashi fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Balangay avoids it really well and circles away.
Hayashi will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Wally Balangay has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sho Hayashi.
Hayashi is breathing heavily.
Hayashi fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balangay connects with a body shot that sends Hayashi's belly button to the back.
Hayashi closes the distance looking to clinch
and Balangay counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Balangay is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hayashi can do to turn this around?
Hayashi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Balangay lands with a right hand.
A lazy left from Balangay finds it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balangay throws a series of punches but Hayashi moves out of range.
Hayashi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Balangay manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hayashi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balangay stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Balangay lands a big uppercut and Hayashi crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Hayashi looks OK. Balangay waves Hayashi back to his feet!
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Balangay here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Balangay drops Hayashi with a huge uppercut! Hayashi drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Balangay is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wally Balangay!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Twofoura Bud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bolt Pistorius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bud comes to the cage accompanied by Hate it or Love it. On his way into the cage it seems that Twofoura Bud has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Twofoura Bud seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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195 lbs
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208 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Twofoura Bud!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bolt Pistorius!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pistorius throws a right and a left that Bud avoids nicely.
Pistorius throws a body punch but Bud moves out of range.
Bud closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Pistorius's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bud obliges.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Pistorius has eaten all the pies!
Pistorius looks winded!
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!
Bud pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pistorius misses with a double jab.
Bud looks to score with a jab to the body but Pistorius is just out of range.
Bud throws a right and a left that Pistorius avoids nicely.
Pistorius takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bud delivers a nice body kick.
Nice jab there from Bud.
Pistorius gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Bud to score an easy takedown into full guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Bud seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Pistorius has momentary wrist control but Bud slips an elbow through the middle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bud is pushing down on Pistorius's leg trying to pass to half guard. Pistorius is fighting to maintain full guard but Bud has managed to sneak the leg through.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Bud is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pistorius has hold of Bud's hands but Bud slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bud seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pistorius wants to get back to his feet.
Bud content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
We're going to have a standup here because Twofoura Bud wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
A jab from Pistorius misses.
No joy there for Bud, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pistorius misses with a straight right.
Bud connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sloppy strikes from Pistorius. Those never looked like landing.
Pistorius throws a right and a left that Bud avoids nicely.
Bud pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Pistorius back to the cage. Bud follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Bud buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bud bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Pistorius looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
No joy there for Bud, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bud feints a jab promting Pistorius to slip. Bud then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Pistorius slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Bud seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Pistorius misses with a looping left.
Bud instigates a clinch.
Bud with a knee to the head.
Bud lands a body punch.
Bud utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
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!
Bud ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Bud no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Bud is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Pistorius has his hands clasped together but Bud extends and breaks Pistorius's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Bud.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Twofoura Bud!
Twofoura Bud 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Zachary Mendoza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Steamboat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mendoza comes into the arena with Back For More blaring out of the sound system. Zachary Mendoza has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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145 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zachary Mendoza!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ricky Steamboat!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendoza has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Steamboat.
A head kick misses from Steamboat.
Good exchange - Mendoza coming out on top.
Steamboat lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Steamboat feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mendozas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Steamboat misses with a head kick.
A big left from Mendoza misses.
Mendoza tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steamboat was well out of range. Poor timing from Mendoza.
Mendoza avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mendoza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Steamboat shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Steamboat lands a nice looking kick to the body. Mendoza takes a step back to recover.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mendoza dodges the punch combination from Steamboat.
Steamboat slips a jab and a cross from Mendoza.
Steamboat misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendoza fails to land with a series of punches.
Mendoza misses with a hook.
Steamboat lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mendoza's sensitive parts.
Steamboat takes a swing at Mendoza's ribcage but misses.
A head kick from Steamboat lands but Mendoza takes it in his stride.
Steamboat is looking to slow Mendoza down with leg kicks.
Steamboat takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Steamboat with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mendoza to score with a decent uppercut.
Mendoza takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mendoza dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice jab there from Steamboat.
Zachary Mendoza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mendoza misses with a wild combination.
A jab from Mendoza misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Steamboat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza throws the left hand but Steamboat avoids the punch easily.
Mendoza throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Steamboat.
Steamboat moves out of range as Mendoza strikes.
Steamboat feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mendoza's calf.
Mendoza scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Mendoza bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Steamboat's head backwards.
Mendoza rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Steamboat moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Steamboat moves away from the strike by Mendoza.
Mendoza misses with a two punch combination.
Mendoza avoids the head kick by Steamboat.
Steamboat moves out of range of the strikes.
Mendoza misses with a hook
and Steamboat makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A swing and a miss from Mendoza.
Mendoza closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Mendoza is rocked!
Steamboat thuds a left hand into Mendoza's body.
Oh Mendoza is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steamboat connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mendoza is breathing heavily.
Steamboat lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Mendoza is looking to close the distance but Steamboat sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Mendoza crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Mendoza is OK because that was naaaaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Ricky Steamboat! Ricky Steamboat retains his featherweight title!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cub Galloway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hulohot Yokohama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Galloway's entrance music is Jump Around by House of Pain. A fine choice. Yokohama has chosen Metallica - All Nightmare Long as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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175 lbs
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177 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Cub Galloway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hulohot Yokohama!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yokohama tries to score with a low kick but Galloway moves his leg out of the way.
Galloway throws a low kick, looking for Yokohama's leg but Yokohama calmly moves out of range.
A low kick from Yokohama is predictable there
and Galloway counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Yokohama is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Yokohama misses with a leg kick.
Galloway is looking to clinch but Yokohama is avoiding it.
Yokohama tries to score with a low kick but Galloway moves his leg out of the way.
Galloway takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A leg kick checked by Galloway.
Yokohama with a hook.
Galloway tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yokohama swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Galloway looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A slapping leg kick lands for Yokohama.
Galloway throws a head kick but Yokohama moves out of range.
Yokohama throws a jab but it's blocked by Galloway.
Galloway 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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yokohama misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Galloway tries to close the distance and clinch but Yokohama swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Galloway takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Galloway gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Yokohama struggles to land a body shot inside as Galloway controls his hands.
Yokohama misses with the head strike.
Yokohama cracks Galloway with a nice body shot.
Galloway wants to stall.
Yokohama looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Yokohama misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yokohama scores with a nice hook to the head.
Galloway blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Galloway misses with an elbow over the top.
Galloway is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Yokohama misses with a body punch.
Yokohama putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Galloway in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Galloway blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yokohama as Galloway tries to tie him up.
Galloway leaning his opponent against the cage.
Yokohama stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Still in the clinch, Yokohama scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short uppercut from Yokohama.
A short uppercut from Yokohama.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Yokohama is trying to trip Galloway. He has hold of a leg but Galloway is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Yokohama persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Yokohama throws a big right hand that misses.
Yokohama content to stall in guard here.
Galloway keeping moving, preventing Yokohama from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yokohama throws a big right hand that misses.
Galloway utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Galloway is looking to stand up but Yokohama isn't so interested in that idea.
Yokohama throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Yokohama with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yokohama working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Yokohama trying to control but Galloway is working from the bottom.
Galloway 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.
Yokohama throws a big elbow that misses.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Yokohama's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Galloway keeping moving, preventing Yokohama from controlling successfully.
Yokohama is pushing down on Galloway's leg trying to pass to half guard. Galloway is fighting to maintain full guard but Yokohama has managed to sneak the leg through.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hulohot Yokohama dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Yokohama lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Galloway tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Galloway takes a swing at Yokohama's ribcage but misses.
Yokohama misses with a kick to the body.
A leg kick checked by Yokohama.
Galloway tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Galloway lands with a hook. Yokohama tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Yokohama.
Galloway misses with a head kick.
Galloway wants to clinch up but Yokohama keeps it at a distance.
Cub Galloway is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yokohama avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Galloway throws a predictable looking body shot
and Yokohama finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Galloway wants to clinch but Yokohama slips to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Yokohama tries a head kick but it misses.
Galloway tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Yokohama manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Galloway darts in trying to clinch
enabling Yokohama to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Cub Galloway has been cut.
Yokohama connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Good shot there by Yokohama.
Galloway looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Galloway 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.
Yokohama misses with a head kick.
Galloway throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Galloway.
Galloway swings and misses with a hook to the body.
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!
Galloway defending well as Yokohama loads up on a big left hand.
Galloway is looking to score with low kicks.
Yokohama 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.
Some bone on bone action there as Galloway checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galloway gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Galloway lands a damaging elbow.
Galloway takes a shot to the head.
Yokohama with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yokohama lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Galloway is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yokohama is defending well for now.
Yokohama lands with a short shot to the head.
Yokohama tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yokohama with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Galloway is rocked!
Yokohama has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Galloway - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Yokohama, and another! Galloway is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Hulohot Yokohama!
Cub Galloway was interviewed post fight and said 'I absolutley suck'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between The Stig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Meighen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Stig has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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32
201 lbs
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184 lbs
39 - 18 - 0 |
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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
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, The Stig!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
39 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Arthur Meighen!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meighen lands a big head kick that sends Stig tumbling to the mat! Meighen takes a step backwards and waves Stig back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meighen swings for the body but Stig moves out of range.
A big right from Meighen misses.
Stig misses with a leg kick.
Stig scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Stig cracks Meighen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Stig blocks a head kick by Meighen.
A telegraphed right hand from Stig misses the target.
Stig bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stig swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Meighen connects with a solid leg kick.
Stig lands a jab to Meighen's midsection.
Meighen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Meighen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Stig darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Stig missing with a left hand there. Meighen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stig looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Meighen's corner calls for a 1-2. Meighen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Meighen staying out of range there.
Meighen thows a body kick. Stig tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Meighen moves out of range of the leg kick from Stig.
Stig throws a jab but it's blocked by Meighen.
Stig goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Meighen looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Meighen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stig was well out of range. Poor timing from Meighen.
Stig pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Meighen feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Stigs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meighen throws a combination that misses
and Stig counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Stig throws a chopping leg kick but Meighen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Stig bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Meighen's head backwards.
Meighen is rocked!
Stig misses with a low kick.
Meighen is still on wobbly legs! Can Stig finish him?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meighen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Meighen moves away from the strike by Stig.
Stig lands a big right hand that sends Meighen crashing to the mat! Stig stays standing though and waves Meighen back to his feet!
Meighen walks straight into a right hand from Stig - that's dropped him! Stig jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Meighen from any more punishment! Meighen complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). The Stig!
The Stig decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sang Min The Flash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Cook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sang Min The Flash has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sang Min The Flash!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, David Cook!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Flash throws a series of punches but Cook avoids them all with ease.
Nice cross by The Flash.
It looks like David Cook has been cut.
The Flash has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Cook shoots in looking for a takedown. The Flash tries to sprawl out of it but Cook keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. The Flash manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Cook fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cook tries to clinch
and The Flash counters with a low kick, right behind Cook 's knee.
Horrible takedown by Cook or perhaps it was just good defense by The Flash which made him look bad.
Sang Min The Flash seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Flash connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cook looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? The Flash is fending him off so far but Cook persists. Nope, The Flash circles away and we're back to standing.
Sang Min The Flash has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Cook.
The Flash misses with a two punch combination.
Cook has a takedown stuffed.
Cook drops his hands momentarily and The Flash takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cook takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The Flash throws a low kick but Cook moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cook is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Cook.
Good leg kick by The Flash there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cook is trying desperately to land a takedown but The Flash is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Cook.
The Flash looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jab by The Flash.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Flash pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The Flash throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cook sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cook tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The Flash paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Some wild striking there from The Flash.
Cook rushes The Flash and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cook tries to pull guard but The Flash won't allow it.
Cook wants a takedown but no success here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Flash tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cook avoids it.
The Flash has a couple of punches blocked by Cook.
Cook blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, The Flash creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The Flash manages to break the clinch.
The Flash avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cook changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. The Flash tries to avoid it but Cook manages to keep hold of a leg and drag The Flash to the ground. The Flash escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
The Flash throws out a loose jab but Cook uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Flash throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cook.
The Flash throws out a powerful jab.
The Flash thows a body shot but no joy.
The Flash throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cook on the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cook throws a head kick that misses.
The Flash lands with a cross.
The Flash is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The Flash blocks a low kick nicely.
The Flash loads up on a big right hand but Cook slips the punch.
A lazy left from The Flash finds it's target.
The Flash throws a looping overhand right but Cook ducks down to avoid it.
Cook has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from The Flash finds it's way round the side to connect with Cook's head.
The Flash is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Cook misses with a takedown attempt - The Flash sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Cook steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Flash.
The Flash feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cooks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cook takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The Flash dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The Flash throws a body punch but Cook moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cook is looking to clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Cook.
Cook tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but The Flash swivels and escapes.
The Flash stuffs the takedown.
Cook slips a jab from The Flash.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cook checks a leg kick.
The Flash connects with a high kick.
The Flash rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cook moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cook goes for a double leg but The Flash avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as The Flash continues to drive forward.
Cook is working for takedown but The Flash is calmly controlling the position for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cook jumps guard but The Flash stands there with Cook around his waist. Cook gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Cook dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sang Min The Flash dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David Cook's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
The Flash scores with a leg kick.
Sang Min The Flash is winning the standup battle so far.
Cook throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Flash scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Cook shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as The Flash sprawls well. The Flash wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cook gets slowly back to his feet.
The Flash throws a body punch but Cook moves out of range.
Cook fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
The Flash tries a low kick but Cook avoids it.
The Flash buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The Flash dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cook. That did some damage!
The Flash attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Cook tries to score a power double leg takedown but The Flash sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Cook somewhat.
Sang Min The Flash has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Cook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cook shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts The Flash as he jumps to the side.
The Flash is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Cook is breathing heavily.
The Flash throws a front kick aimed at Cook's knee but Cook avoids it well.
Cook closes this distance looking for a takedown but The Flash circles away.
The Flash defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cook.
David Cook is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cook wants to clinch.
A low kick from The Flash is predictable there
and Cook counters with a nice double leg into side control. The Flash won't be happy with that.
Cook trying to control the action but The Flash is working from the bottom.
The Flash is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cook can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Flash sneaks back into half guard.
The Flash preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are battling for position here. The Flash manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Flash pushes Cook off and scrambles back to his feet.
A big left from The Flash misses.
Cook tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Flash swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cook avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The Flash with a nice cross.
Cook shoots in for a takedown but The Flash shows good takedown defense.
A head kick from The Flash lands but Cook takes it in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Flash throws out a loose jab but Cook uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Flash misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cook moves out of range of the body kick.
The Flash scores with a punch to the head.
Good leg kick by The Flash there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Flash swinging wildly here.
The Flash swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The Flash stuffs the takedown attempt from Cook. Cook gets slowly back to his feet.
Cook uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Flash.
The Flash misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cook.
The Flash just misses with a punch to the body.
Cook moves away from the strike by The Flash.
Cook tries to close the distance and clinch but The Flash swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cook tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. The Flash manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The Flash shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Cook eats them both and turns towards The Flash to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The Flash throws a nice inside leg kick.
The Flash takes a swing at Cook's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sang Min The Flash dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on David Cook's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
The Flash scores with a nice head shot.
The Flash uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cook.
The Flash looks to throw the jab but Cook is out of range.
The Flash scores with a hook to the body. Cook takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cook ducks under a wild hook from The Flash.
Cook keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The Flash stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and The Flash wants it to stay on the feet.
Cook's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cook will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
The Flash will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cook throws a nice looking combination but The Flash bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The Flash scores with a punch to the head.
The Flash throws a nice outside leg kick.
Some wild striking there from The Flash.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cook will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cook takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cook shoots in looking for a takedown but The Flash manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cook's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sang Min The Flash has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Cook.
A chopping leg kick lands by The Flash.
The Flash lands a really nice looking cross but Cook seems unphased.
Cook with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling The Flash to score with a decent uppercut.
A jab lands there for The Flash.
Cook takes one on the button.
That has opened up David Cook's cut even more.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Flash throws a series of punches but Cook moves out of range.
The Flash will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Flash keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cook avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Flash cracks Cook with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The Flash clobbers Cook with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The Flash bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cook keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The Flash drops Cook with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Cook looks back up at him and smiles so The Flash waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Cook is rocked!
Cook is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cook is still on wobbly legs! Can The Flash finish him?
The Flash throws a leg kick that is checked
and Cook counters with a solid body kick.
The Flash listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The Flash swats away the attempt to clinch by Cook.
Cook seems to have recovered his senses.
Cook fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Cook changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. The Flash tries to avoid it but Cook manages to keep hold of a leg and drag The Flash to the ground. The Flash escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cook takes one on the button.
Cook showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from The Flash.
The Flash swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cook.
Cook misses with a series of wild punches.
The Flash misses with a wild combination.
Good leg kick by Cook there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The Flash stuffs the takedown.
The Flash throws a body punch but Cook moves out of range.
Sang Min The Flash is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cook pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cook throws a head kick but The Flash moves out of range.
Cook has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Cook checks a low kick from The Flash.
Cook has a takedown stuffed.
Cook takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nice defenses there by Cook.
Cook tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Flash throws a nice outside leg kick.
The Flash avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cook doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cook slips a straight right by The Flash.
Cook keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Flash.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sang Min The Flash clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on David Cook's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A telegraphed right hand from The Flash misses the target.
Cook on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The Flash ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cook moves away.
The Flash misses with a hook. Cook ducked under it nicely.
The Flash swinging wildly here.
The Flash cracks Cook with a good jab.
The Flash throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Flash missing with a left hand there. Cook was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cook pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cook moves out of range as The Flash strikes.
The Flash takes a kick to the side of the head.
It looks like Sang Min The Flash has been cut.
The Flash digs a good hook to Cook's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Flash uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cook has time to react.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cook fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with The Flash, pushing him back against the cage.
Cook tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The Flash avoids it.
Cook jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as The Flash walks away with a smile on his face. Cook gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The Flash misses with a wild combination.
Nice uppercut there from The Flash.
The Flash connects with a crisp jab.
The Flash throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A combination from The Flash does no damage.
The Flash throws a hook but Cook blocks it.
The Flash waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cook.
Cook tries to clinch up but The Flash circles away and keeps his distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cook fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The Flash throws a combination. Cook tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Flash misses with a hook.
Nice sprawl there from The Flash as Cook shoots in.
Sang Min The Flash has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Cook.
Cook takes one to the side of the head.
The Flash misses with a hook.
The Flash scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Cook tries to close the distance and clinch but The Flash swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cook tries for a takedown but The Flash sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Cook is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Cook misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Cook walks into a straight right hand from The Flash.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cook avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cook shoots in but The Flash avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The Flash thumps Cook with a low kick.
Cook takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cook walks into a left hand.
The Flash misses with a few strikes there.
The Flash thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cook throws a leg kick but The Flash sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nice body punch from The Flash.
Cook fails to land the takedown.
The Flash looks to land a combination but Cook avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from The Flash does it's job there.
Cook fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cook is looking to clinch.
The Flash throws a right and a left that Cook avoids nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Flash misses with a low kick.
Cook shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. The Flash defends it nicely.
Cook fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A decent looking cross lands there for The Flash.
The Flash throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sang Min The Flash had his way with David Cook in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Cook takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The Flash throws a jab when Cook was well out of range.
Cook throws a right hand that The Flash ducks under and follows up with a left that The Flash also avoids with ease.
The Flash keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The Flash misses the shot to the body.
Cook misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Cook shoots in for a double leg but The Flash sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Cook rushes The Flash and presses him up against the cage.
Cook tries to score a body lock takedown but The Flash shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Sang Min The Flash has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Cook.
The Flash scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cook is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables The Flash to keep the fight standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Flash tries to break the clinch but Cook is controlling the position.
Cook can't get the takedown.
Cook is trying to stall.
Cook jumps guard but The Flash turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
The Flash breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Flash keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Flash scores with a nice head shot.
Cook checks a leg kick.
The Flash scores with a nice right hand.
The Flash scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - The Flash throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The Flash misses with a wild combination.
The Flash throws a low kick but Cook avoids it.
Cook throws a leg kick that is checked
and The Flash counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cook takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cook shoots for a double leg takedown but The Flash sprawls well. He's pushed Cook's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The Flash lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cook's sensitive parts.
The Flash throws a good cross that connects.
The Flash throws a hook to the side of Cook's head but Cook sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cook has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from The Flash.
Cook is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
The Flash misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Flash drops Cook with a beautiful combination! Cook stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - The Flash is looking for the KO!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cook tries to close the distance and clinch but The Flash swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The Flash misses with a double jab.
The Flash throws a shot from downtown. Cook moves away and avoids it.
Cook clinches with his opponent.
Cook will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning The Flash up against the cage.
David Cook has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice right hand lands inside from The Flash.
The Flash drops Cook onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Cook is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
The Flash has Cook pressed against the cage, preventing Cook from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Flash breaks the clinch.
A jab from The Flash misses.
Cook displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Flash throws out the jab.
The Flash misses with a wild body shot.
The Flash scores with a jab to the head.
No luck for Cook with that takedown attempt.
The Flash throws out a powerful jab.
The Flash lands a big head kick that sends Cook tumbling to the mat! The Flash takes a step backwards and waves Cook back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Sang Min The Flash is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Flash lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cook at a distance.
The Flash feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cooks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cook has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from The Flash finds it's way round the side to connect with Cook's head.
Cook's corner calls for a 1-2. Cook obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sang Min The Flash showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for The Flash, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 50:45
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 50:45
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sang Min The Flash!
Sang Min The Flash is the new heavyweight champion!
Sang Min The Flash decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jaddie Sedfenor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takeya Sanada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sedfenor comes to the cage accompanied by graveyard symphony. Sanada has chosen zetsubou billy by maximum the hormone as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Takeya Sanada has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jaddie Sedfenor's chin.
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155 lbs
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156 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Jaddie Sedfenor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takeya Sanada!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Ren Mimura and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanada throws a leg kick but Sedfenor checks it.
Sanada connects with a body shot that sends Sedfenor's belly button to the back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanada. Sedfenor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sedfenor dives in for a single leg takedown but Sanada sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Sanada escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sanada misses with a few strikes there.
Sedfenor slips under a jab from Sanada.
Sanada misses with a wild body shot.
Sanada scores with a jab. Sedfenor acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Good exchange - Sanada coming out on top.
Sanada throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sedfenor shoots in looking for a takedown. Sanada tries to sprawl out of it but Sedfenor keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sanada manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sanada feints a jab promting Sedfenor to slip. Sanada then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Sedfenor slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
It looks like Jaddie Sedfenor has been cut.
Sanada has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Sedfenor is landing a low percentage of strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sedfenor is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sanada sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jaddie Sedfenor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanada misses the shot to the body.
Sedfenor takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Oooooh!!! Sanada has knocked Sedfenor down with a huge combo! Sanada steps away and waves a wobbly Sedfenor back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Sedfenor is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanada throws a body kick that misses.
Oh Sedfenor is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sedfenor bobbing and weaving nicely... He's ducked under a jab and ducks again but ooooooh! Sanada comes at him with an uppercut from hell! Sedfenor falls to the canvas, unconscious! This one is all over! Oh man, looking at the replay that was right on the button! Sedfenor was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Takeya Sanada!
Takeya Sanada thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sim Salabim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chibi Tsushima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Sim Salabim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chibi Tsushima!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salabim takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tsushima fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Salabim is out of range.
Salabim checks a leg kick.
Salabim checks a leg kick.
Salabim misses the shot to the body.
Salabim's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Salabim duly obliges.
Salabim swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tsushima gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Salabim to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Tsushima is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Salabim defends well.
Salabim loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Salabim content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Salabim stopping the sweep attempt from Tsushima.
Tsushima working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Salabim doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Salabim manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salabim throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Salabim sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Tsushima's guard.
Salabim prevents Tsushima from improving his position.
Tsushima has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Tōshi. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Salabim is looking to advance position but Tsushima won't allow it.
Salabim winds up and cracks Tsushima with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Salabim 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.
Tsushima moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Tsushima working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Salabim.
Salabim works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Salabim will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Salabim is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Tsushima is pressing down on Salabim's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Salabim wants to control from the top but Tsushima keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salabim got a little sloppy there for a moment and Tsushima has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Salabim has managed to get both his arms back between Tsushima's legs - danger averted.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tsushima pulls Salabim in close to prevent any damage.
Tsushima had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Salabim defends it easily.
Tsushima is trying to keep Salabim in close.
Tsushima wants to sweep but no luck.
Tsushima keeping full guard, as Salabim tries to pass.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Salabim accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tsushima working a defensive guard here.
Tsushima manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salabim sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Tsushima trying to control the action but Salabim is working from the bottom.
Salabim regains full guard. Nicely done.
Tsushima is looking to advance position but Salabim has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tsushima keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Salabim lands a big elbow.
Tsushima tries to reverse the position but Salabim maintains control.
Tsushima keeps trying to improve his position.
Tsushima is squirming around, avoiding Salabim's attempts to control the action.
Tsushima really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsushima is squirming around, avoiding Salabim's attempts to control the action.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tsushima slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Tsushima works his way to full guard. Good work.
Tsushima looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Tsushima had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Salabim defends it easily.
Tsushima looking for a sweep. Not yet Tsushima, not yet.
Salabim throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Salabim is in close to Tsushima's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Salabim slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Salabim works over Tsushima with some ground and pound from guard.
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 Sim Salabim will probably get the nod.
That's time! Salabim's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Tsushima displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Salabim throws out the jab.
Salabim misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tsushima.
Salabim has a takedown stuffed.
Salabim shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Salabim showed some decent athleticism there.
Tsushima is looking to improve his position.
Tsushima makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Tsushima.
Tsushima is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tsushima wants to sweep here but Salabim controlling him for the moment.
Salabim tries to free his leg and advance position but Tsushima is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsushima is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Salabim trying to control but Tsushima is working from the bottom.
Tsushima is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Tsushima is on top in guard.
Salabim keeping full guard, as Tsushima tries to pass.
Salabim throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Tsushima is looking to advance position but Salabim has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salabim looking to control but Tsushima is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Tsushima tries to hold on but Salabim pushes him away.
Salabim postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tsushima looks a forlorn figure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Salabim lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tsushima hang on?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tsushima is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tsushima working to try and regain half guard.
Tsushima is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Salabim looking to control but Tsushima is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Tsushima sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsushima is refusing to be controlled, as Salabim sits in half guard.
Tsushima is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Salabim's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Salabim's back!
Tsushima doesn't have the hooks in and Salabim manages to turn into his guard.
Salabim avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Salabim wants to control from the top but Tsushima keeps moving.
Salabim stopping the sweep attempt from Tsushima.
Tsushima keeping moving, preventing Salabim from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsushima looking to hit a scissor sweep but Salabim is one step ahead there.
Tsushima working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Salabim doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Salabim manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Salabim trying to control but Tsushima is working from the bottom.
Salabim stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tsushima swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Salabim throwing strikes from guard but Tsushima blocks nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tsushima looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Salabim scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Sim Salabim will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Tsushima pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tsushima gets a clinch.
Tsushima softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tsushima tries a body shot but Salabim blocks it.
Tsushima lands a left hand that snaps the head of Salabim backwards.
Tsushima looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Salabim throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tsushimas head.
Tsushima has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Salabim is trying to keep an underhook but Tsushima manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Tsushima prevents Salabim from improving his position.
Salabim trying to control here.
Tsushima passes the guard and advances to mount!
Tsushima lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsushima misses with a head shot.
Tsushima avoids the attempt from Salabim to control.
Tsushima looking to control and managing it successfully.
Tsushima tries to control but Salabim wriggling away.
Tsushima moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Salabim has worked his arm free - good work by Salabim!
Tsushima creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Salabim sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsushima swings around for an armbar but Salabim sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Tsushima's guard.
Tsushima keeping moving, preventing Salabim from controlling successfully.
Tsushima trying to keep a closed guard but Salabim is proving a slippery customer.
Salabim controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Tsushima working for a triangle but Salabim defends it easily.
Salabim won't allow Tsushima to sweep him here.
Salabim trying to control but Tsushima is working from the bottom.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Tsushima looking to hit a scissor sweep but Salabim is one step ahead there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salabim in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Chibi Tsushima has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tsushima wants to sweep but no luck.
Salabim trying to control but Tsushima is working from the bottom.
Tsushima is trying to control the position but Salabim postures up.
Tsushima is looking for a triangle but Salabim pushes his legs off easily.
Salabim passes Tsushima's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Tsushima has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Salabim is working away from the top position though.
Salabim drops an elbow to the side of Tsushima's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsushima is trying to get back to full guard.
Salabim lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tsushima is not content to let Salabim control the position.
Salabim is really struggling to control Tsushima but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Salabim is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Tsushima is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tsushima is trying to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Salabim takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Salabim trying to mount his opponent but Tsushima defends it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Chibi Tsushima just about did enough to take it.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Tsushima lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Horrible takedown by Salabim or perhaps it was just good defense by Tsushima which made him look bad.
Salabim missing with a left hand there. Tsushima was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Salabim looks for a takedown but Tsushima sprawls well.
Sim Salabim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tsushima misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Salabim tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tsushima was well out of range. Poor timing from Salabim.
Salabim throws a lazy right hand but Tsushima sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Salabim bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Salabim swinging wildly here.
Salabim takes a swing at Tsushima's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsushima tries to clinch up.
Salabim misses with a hook.
Salabim misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Salabim misses the jab.
Tsushima throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Salabim checks a leg kick nicely.
Tsushima tries to land a front kick but Salabim steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Salabim blocks a head kick by Tsushima.
Salabim rushes Tsushima and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tsushima goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Salabim prevents Tsushima from breaking the clinch.
Tsushima is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Salabim gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Tsushima breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tsushima gets caught flat footed, as Salabim shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salabim preventing the sweep.
Tsushima escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Salabim gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Tsushima is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Salabim working some strikes from top position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Salabim slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Salabim landing a few strikes.
Tsushima is looking for a sweep.
Salabim is looking to take a break and control but Tsushima is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tsushima is trying to improve his position.
Salabim working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Salabim's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Salabim is working Tsushima over with some ground and pound from side control.
Tsushima is looking to regain half guard here but Salabim keeps moving and retains side control.
Tsushima seems a little lost for a moment, as Salabim dominates the positioning.
Tsushima tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Salabim wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Salabim works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Tsushima is rocked!
A big shot lands for Salabim! That's hurt Tsushima! Will he recover? Salabim fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sim Salabim!
A relieved looking Sim Salabim 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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