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PFC 43 Breaking Point* PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Noah Jaccard (ranked 2161 p4p, 255 weight class) and Charles Hawtry (ranked 2951 p4p, 322 weight class). Hawtry has chosen The Rain as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Noah Jaccard has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Noah Jaccard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Charles Hawtry!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawtry lands a nice hook to Jaccard's body. Jaccard takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jaccard bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hawtry misses with a looping right.
Jaccard throwing a counter right hand but Hawtry manages to avoid it.
Jaccard scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jaccard misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hawtry with the counter takedown but Jaccard avoids it easily.
Hawtry throws a nice looking combination but Jaccard bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hawtry throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jaccard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice body punch from Hawtry.
Hawtry throws a series of punches but Jaccard avoids them all with ease.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jaccard lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hawtry has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hawtry and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hawtry with the counter takedown but Jaccard avoids it easily.
Jaccard misses with an uppercut. Hawtry saw that one coming.
Jaccard misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hawtry's coach down at Navy Street MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Hawtry's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Hawtry misses with a hook.
Jaccard attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A swing and a miss from Hawtry.
Jaccard tries to counter by clinching up but Hawtry breaks away and moves out of range.
Jaccard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hawtry misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawtry missing with a left hand there. Jaccard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jaccard lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Hawtry tries for a takedown but Jaccard sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jaccard gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hawtry.
It looks like Noah Jaccard has been cut.
Jaccard sizes up Hawtry with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jaccard closes the distance and clinches.
Jaccard misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hawtry.
Hawtry works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Hawtry throwing strikes from guard but Jaccard blocks nicely.
Jaccard is adopting a defensive guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hawtry throws a big right hand that misses.
Hawtry postures up in Jaccard's guard and throws a big left but Jaccard blocks it.
Jaccard keeping full guard, as Hawtry tries to pass.
Hawtry lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jaccard managing to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jaccard working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hawtry.
Jaccard wants to stand up but Hawtry is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry chips away with some ground and pound.
Hawtry postures up.
Hawtry chips away with some ground and pound.
Jaccard is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Jaccard avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jaccard has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Hawtry postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jaccard wants to stand up but Hawtry is controlling him.
Jaccard wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Hawtry looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaccard utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jaccard trying to keep a closed guard but Hawtry is proving a slippery customer.
Hawtry postures up in Jaccard's guard and throws a big left but Jaccard blocks it.
Hawtry looking to pass the guard.
Hawtry throws a big right hand that misses.
Hawtry throwing strikes but missing.
Jaccard has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Jaccard is trying to control the position but Hawtry postures up.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Hawtry works the jab nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Hawtry dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Noah Jaccard's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Jaccard looks to land a left hand but Hawtry moved out of range nicely.
Hawtry moves out of range as Jaccard throws a body kick.
Hawtry takes a swing at Jaccard's ribcage but misses.
Jaccard throws the kick towards the body but Hawtry avoids it.
Jaccard misses with a looping right.
Jaccard tries to land a front kick but Hawtry steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hawtry is looking to chop away at Jaccard's legs.
Jaccard looks for the body kick but Hawtry saw that one coming.
Nice shot lands for Jaccard.
Hawtry connects with a looping right hand.
Hawtry moves out of range of the body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jaccard lands a jab to the nose.
Jaccard fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hawtry, pushing him back against the cage.
Jaccard tries to work over Hawtry's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jaccard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hawtry closes the distance and clinches up with Jaccard, looking for a takedown. Hawtry pushes Jaccard against the cage but Jaccard circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawtry throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hawtry moves out of range of the body kick.
Hawtry is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Jaccard throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A jab from Hawtry misses.
Hawtry avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hawtry walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hawtry closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jaccard circles away.
Hawtry misses the jab.
Hawtry looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Hawtry is looking to pass Jaccard's guard but actually Jaccard recovers to full guard.
Jaccard preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jaccard working a defensive guard here.
Hawtry has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hawtry is looking to work some ground and pound but Jaccard has wrist control.
Hawtry tries to free his leg and advance position but Jaccard is retaining full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hawtry working some strikes from top position.
Jaccard wants to sweep here but Hawtry controlling him for the moment.
Hawtry postures up in Jaccard's guard and throws a big left but Jaccard blocks it.
Hawtry throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hawtry postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hawtry throwing strikes from guard but Jaccard blocks nicely.
Hawtry stands up over Jaccard, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hawtry throws a big elbow that misses.
Hawtry throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaccard is trying to control the position but Hawtry postures up.
Jaccard is looking to stand up but Hawtry isn't so interested in that idea.
Jaccard is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hawtry with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jaccard seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jaccard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hawtry.
Noah Jaccard is winning the standup battle so far.
Hawtry throws a chopping leg kick but Jaccard manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Crunch! Jaccard slams his shin into Hawtry's torso.
Hawtry fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jaccard avoids it really well and circles away.
Noah Jaccard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Hawtry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jaccard tried to score with a low kick but Hawtry checks it.
Jaccard walks into a jab.
Hawtry drives through with a takedown into Jaccard's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Jaccard manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jaccard gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hawtry.
Hawtry tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jaccard smiles and moves away.
Hawtry takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Noah Jaccard dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Noah Jaccard's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Hawtry moves out of range of the body kick from Jaccard.
Hawtry moves out of range of the body kick from Jaccard.
Hawtry throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jaccard looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jaccard pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hawtry has his takedown stuffed
and Jaccard counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hawtry is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jaccard is leaning against Hawtry and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jaccard has a couple of punches blocked by Hawtry.
Hawtry drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hawtry tries to pull guard but Jaccard holds him up against the cage and eventually Hawtry drops back down to his feet.
Noah Jaccard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Hawtry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaccard is fighting off a takedown attempt but Hawtry is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Jaccard to the mat. Jaccard regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Jaccard is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Hawtry in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jaccard seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Hawtry pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jaccard is keeping the position for now.
Hawtry throws a big right hand that misses.
Hawtry preventing the sweep.
Jaccard working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hawtry.
Hawtry with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hawtry passes Jaccard's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Hawtry thows a huge punch but Jaccard dodges it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hawtry thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jaccard's head.
Hawtry working over Jaccard with some ground and pound. Jaccard looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jaccard taking some punishment here, with Hawtry in his half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Jaccard manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Hawtry loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hawtry forces his way into half guard.
Hawtry is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Jaccard sees it coming and defends easily.
Hawtry missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jaccard keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawtry looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Hawtry takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hawtry missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry throws a strike but Jaccard avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Jaccard bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hawtry's guard.
Hawtry keeping moving, preventing Jaccard from controlling successfully.
Jaccard keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hawtry's head.
Jaccard trying to control the position from guard on top but Hawtry is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hawtry is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Jaccard defends well.
Jaccard controlling from the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry working for a triangle but Jaccard defends it easily.
Hawtry 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.
Jaccard controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hawtry wants to sweep but no luck.
And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Hawtry comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hawtry has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Hawtry!
A victorious Charles Hawtry thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Glenn Williamson (ranked 1752 p4p, 214 weight class) and Winslow Berhardt (ranked 1568 p4p, 191 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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167 lbs
15 - 12 - 3 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Glenn Williamson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 12 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Winslow Berhardt!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berhardt throws a hook but Williamson blocks it.
Williamson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Berhardt attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A little feinted left hand from Williamson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Williamson throws a looping overhand right but Berhardt ducks down to avoid it.
Williamson scores with a jab.
Williamson lands a lovely overhand right.
A head kick misses from Berhardt.
Williamson wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Williamson throws a lazy uppercut
and Berhardt counters with a straight right hand.
Berhardt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Berhardt throws a counter combo.
Berhardt lands a jab to the head.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Williamson enables Berhardt to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Williamson manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williamson wants to stand up but Berhardt is controlling him.
Berhardt content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Williamson has locked up a guillotine! Williamson's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Berhardt is holding on here and Williamson must be using up a lot of energy. Berhardt has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Williamson gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Glenn Williamson!
Glenn Williamson was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
The defeated Winslow Berhardt had this to say: 'Next time I'll break him!'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Ortega (ranked 1231 p4p, 145 weight class) and Joe Gatsby (ranked 1474 p4p, 180 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Ortega!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Gatsby!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Left hook, right uppercut from Gatsby.
Ortega clinches with his opponent.
Ortega lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gatsby backwards.
Ortega prevents a takedown attempt there.
A short right from Ortega on the inside.
Gatsby is looking for a takedown.
Ortega tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ortega gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gatsby.
I was talking to Ortega's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Carlos Ortega has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Gatsby.
Ortega fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ortega misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ortega makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ortega has a couple of punches blocked by Gatsby.
Ortega tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ortega working aggressively here.
Gatsby drops down looking for an ankle pick but Ortega pulls his leg out and moves away.
Ortega throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gatsby misses with a body shot.
Gatsby throws a left and a right that both miss
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatsby changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Ortega tries to avoid it but Gatsby manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Ortega to the ground. Ortega escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ortega lands a slapping body shot.
Gatsby gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ortega ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ortega takes the fight into the clinch.
Ortega misses with some punches.
Ortega prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ortega gets underhooks to prevent Gatsby's takedown attempt.
Gatsby wants to take the fight to the mat but Ortega manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Ortega misses with some punches.
Gatsby has clasped his hands together around Ortega's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ortega is looking for a sweep.
Gatsby looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Ortega is looking to regain half guard here but Gatsby keeps moving and retains side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatsby tries to score with some ground and pound. Ortega controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Ortega wants to get back to his feet.
Ortega manages to get back to half guard.
Gatsby has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gatsby trying to control the action but Ortega is working from the bottom.
Gatsby thows a huge punch but Ortega dodges it nicely.
Gatsby throwing shots but Ortega is blocking nicely.
Ortega manages to get to full guard.
Ortega working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gatsby.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gatsby working some strikes from top position.
Gatsby trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gatsby with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ortega looking for a sweep. Not yet Ortega, not yet.
Gatsby throws a big elbow that misses.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ortega is on top in guard.
Gatsby looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ortega is one step ahead there.
Ortega would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gatsby working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Ortega doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Ortega manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Ortega has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ortega is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Ortega dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Gatsby clinches up with Ortega and pushes him back against the cage.
Gatsby has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Ortega after a bit of a struggle.
A short right from Ortega on the inside.
Ortega working aggressively here.
Gatsby can't get the takedown.
Ortega digs a right hand into Gatsby's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gatsby's gas tank.
Gatsby takes a shot to the head.
Ortega lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gatsby backwards.
Ortega scores with a shot to the side of Gatsby's head.
Gatsby has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ortega avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Carlos Ortega has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Gatsby.
Gatsby drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ortega gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ortega lands a nice uppercut.
Ortega tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gatsby's elbow.
Gatsby drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ortega prevents the takedown attempt.
Gatsby tries for a takedown but Ortega manages to get underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortega gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gatsby.
Gatsby has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ortega avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Ortega lands a right hand.
Ortega scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ortega doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ortega goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ortega is pressed up against the cage. Gatsby has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ortega down to the mat. Ortega avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ortega throws a chopping leg kick but Gatsby manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ortega scores with a jab to the head.
Gatsby avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ortega ducks under a wild hook from Gatsby.
Carlos Ortega is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gatsby fails with the takedown.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ortega, as that shot connected.
Gatsby misses with a low kick as Ortega jumps back.
Gatsby avoids the body shot from Ortega.
Gatsby throws a head kick but Ortega moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatsby jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A lazy left from Ortega finds it's target.
Ortega lands an overhand right.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ortega misses with a hook. Gatsby ducked under it nicely.
Ortega takes the fight into the clinch.
Ortega is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gatsby can do to turn this around?
Gatsby is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ortega pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Gatsby changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ortega fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Gatsby on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gatsby missing with a left hand there. Ortega was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gatsby fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ortega jabs at Gatsby's body.
Ortega ducks under a wild hook from Gatsby.
Ortega has closed the distance and engaged Gatsby in a clinch.
Ortega lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortega lands a right hand.
Gatsby has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Ortega after a bit of a struggle.
Ortega misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ortega softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ortega is pressed up against the cage. Gatsby has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ortega down to the mat. Ortega avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ortega cracks a nice hook into Gatsby's ribs.
Gatsby closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ortega circles away.
Gatsby is breathing heavily.
Ortega slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ortega cracks Gatsby with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ortega has closed the distance and engaged Gatsby in a clinch.
Gatsby is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ortega pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Gatsby has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ortega avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Gatsby goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ortega prevents it.
Ortega softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gatsby blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ortega working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ortega works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ortega lands with a light punch inside.
Ortega works on Gatsby's body with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortega lands a shoulder strike.
Ortega stops a takedown attempt from Gatsby.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ortega.
Ortega misses with the head strike.
Ortega prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ortega lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ortega lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ortega fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gatsby drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ortega gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ortega stops a takedown attempt from Gatsby.
Ortega throws a head punch that misses.
Gatsby blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ortega can't find room to land a body shot as Gatsby controls the action.
Ortega tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ortega lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ortega lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gatsby backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Ortega dominated that second round.
That's time! Ortega's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Ortega chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gatsby clinches up against the cage.
Gatsby changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ortega fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ortega throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab lands there for Ortega.
Gatsby tries to score a power double leg takedown but Ortega sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Gatsby somewhat.
Ortega thuds his shin into the meat of Gatsby's side.
Ortega lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gatsby at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ortega looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gatsby tries to close the distance and clinch but Ortega swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ortega doesn't manage to clinch there - Gatsby circles away.
A left lands for Ortega.
Ortega instigates a clinch.
Gatsby is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Carlos Ortega has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Gatsby.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortega swings wildly with an uppercut but Gatsby uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gatsby blocks an uppercut.
Ortega lands a shoulder strike.
Gatsby is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Ortega is defending well.
Gatsby takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ortega lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ortega.
A shot in the inside from Ortega.
A shot in the inside from Ortega.
Ortega doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ortega softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ortega creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gatsby goes for a takedown attempt but Ortega pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ortega tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ortega rushes Gatsby and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ortega.
Gatsby drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gatsby tries for a takedown but Ortega manages to get underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortega working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gatsby has Ortega pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ortega manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ortega is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Gatsby's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gatsby's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ortega tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short body shot lands from Ortega as the two fighters clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ortega.
Ortega throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gatsbys head.
Ortega is working Gatsby over against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Ortega.
Joe Gatsby has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ortega.
Gatsby is rocked!
Ortega lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gatsby is still on wobbly legs! Can Ortega finish him?
Good body shot from Ortega.
Ortega lands a big right hand that drops Gatsby! The killer instinct kicks in and Ortega finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Ortega!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carlos Ortega!
Carlos Ortega decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lars Romanow (ranked 654 p4p, 81 weight class) and Pinchi Puto (ranked 1917 p4p, 232 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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168 lbs
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170 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lars Romanow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pinchi Puto!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romanow avoids the body shot from Puto.
Puto moves into the clinch successfully.
Romanow lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've been informed that Puto has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A left hand lands to the body for Puto.
Romanow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romanow struggles to land a body shot inside as Puto controls his hands.
Romanow swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Puto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Romanow blocks an elbow strike.
Puto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Romanow 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.
Puto misses with a punch on the inside.
Puto misses with a knee strike.
Puto is working Romanow over against the cage.
Puto lands with a short shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puto misses with a knee strike.
Romanow lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Puto.
A right hook to the body lands for Puto.
Romanow throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Romanow stalling the fight.
Puto misses with an elbow over the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puto misses with an elbow over the top.
Puto misses with a knee strike.
Knees to the body from Puto.
Romanow goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Puto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Romanow lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Puto blocking some punches.
Puto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Romanow blocks an elbow strike.
Romanow struggles to land a body shot inside as Puto controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Romanow.
Puto unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Puto looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Puto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Romanow.
Romanow can't find room to land a body shot as Puto controls the action.
Puto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Romanow prevents a body shot from Puto.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Puto.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romanow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Puto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Romanow scores with a nice hook to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Puto tries a knee to the head but Romanow blocks it.
Romanow blocks an elbow strike.
Romanow lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Puto.
Romanow throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romanow.
Romanow tries to work over Puto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Puto putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Romanow in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Romanow as the two fighters clinch.
Puto unloads a knee to the mid-section. Romanow lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Romanow misses with a body punch.
Puto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Puto avoids the elbow strike from Romanow, against the cage.
Puto takes a shot to the head.
Puto tries to throw a body punch but Romanow avoids it by throwing Puto back against the cage.
Romanow tries a body shot but Puto blocks it.
Puto prevents a body shot from Romanow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanow blocking some punches.
Puto misses with some punches.
Romanow blocking some punches.
Romanow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romanow blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Romanow on the inside.
Puto with a knee to the head.
Romanow lands a nice uppercut.
Puto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Romanow lands a left hand.
Romanow misses with a body punch.
Romanow blocks the elbow strike.
Romanow lands a nice shot to the body.
A short left from Romanow.
Puto lands an elbow inside that Romanow shrugs off.
Romanow blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Puto blocks a body shot from Romanow.
Puto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Romanow tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Puto's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romanow misses with a body punch.
Romanow avoids the elbow strike from Puto, against the cage.
Romanow cracks Puto with a nice body shot.
Romanow dodges an elbow strike from Puto.
Romanow misses with an elbow strike.
Romanow goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Puto tries a body shot but Romanow blocks it.
Romanow pushes Puto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Puto obliges.
Romanow misses with a punch to the body.
Romanow blocks the elbow strike.
Puto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Puto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Puto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Puto struggles to land a body shot inside as Romanow controls his hands.
Romanow misses with some punches.
Puto struggles to land a body shot inside as Romanow controls his hands.
Puto working Romanow over with knees to the body.
Puto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Romanow is defending well for now.
Romanow tries a body shot but Puto blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pinchi Puto dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Romanow connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Romanow ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Romanow slips under a jab from Puto.
Puto tries to clinch up.
Romanow displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Puto throws out the jab.
Romanow lands a body shot.
Romanow tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Romanow uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Puto.
Romanow's corner calls for a 1-2. Romanow obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Romanow with a nice cross.
Romanow cracks Puto with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Puto avoids a punch combination nicely.
Puto throws out a counter right but Romanow avoids it with no problem.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Romanow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Puto throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Romanow counters with a stiff right hand.
Puto tries to clinch there but Romanow circles away.
Romanow is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Puto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Romanow.
Puto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanow lands with a good body shot.
Puto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Romanow.
Puto swings away with a body shot that misses
and Romanow counters with a straight right hand.
Romanow lands with an overhand left.
Romanow fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Puto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Romanow.
Puto scores with a nice right hand.
Puto throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Romanow on the side of the head.
Romanow lands with a hook. Puto tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Puto blocks a jab.
Puto shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Puto throws a right and a left that Romanow avoids nicely.
Puto looks to land a left hand but Romanow moved out of range nicely.
Romanow uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Puto.
Puto takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Romanow cracks the inside of Puto's front leg.
Puto paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Romanow lands a head kick. Puto smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Romanow avoids the body shot from Puto.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puto looks to land a left hand but Romanow moved out of range nicely.
Romanow cracks the inside of Puto's front leg.
Romanow ducks under a wild hook from Puto.
Puto loads up on a big right hand but Romanow slips the punch.
Romanow connects with a body shot that sends Puto's belly button to the back.
Puto throws an overhand right that lands on Romanow's shoulder, as Romanow tries to avoid the shot.
Puto misses with a hook.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Puto throws a hook but Romanow avoids it easily.
Romanow works over Puto's head and body with a nice combination.
Puto rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Romanow moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Romanow lands a slapping body shot.
Puto is breathing heavily.
A jab from Puto misses.
Puto is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Puto walks forward, straight into a front kick from Romanow.
Puto lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Puto misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Romanow connects with a jab.
Puto scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Puto swings widly with a right hand
and Romanow counters with a nice uppercut.
Puto misses with a right hand
and Romanow counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanow lands a slapping body shot.
Romanow getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Romanow is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Romanow throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Romanow.
Romanow scores with a jab to the head.
Romanow scores with a jab. Puto acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Puto gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Puto is rocked!
Puto pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Puto is still on wobbly legs! Can Romanow finish him?
Romanow connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pinchi Puto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Puto blocks a head kick by Romanow.
Romanow thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Puto if he has to take too many more of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Romanow looks to land a combination. Puto sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Puto throws a body punch but Romanow moves out of range.
Romanow misses with a body shot.
Puto seems to have recovered his senses.
Romanow on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Romanow sizes up Puto with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Romanow scores with a jab to the body.
Lars Romanow is winning the standup battle so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Romanow finds it's way through Puto's defenses.
Puto misses with a wild body shot.
Romanow lands a big head kick that sends Puto tumbling to the mat! Romanow takes a step backwards and waves Puto back to his feet - he wants the finish!
A combination from Puto does no damage.
It looked like Romanow was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Puto.
Puto takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Romanow tests Puto's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Puto swings away with a body shot that misses
and Romanow counters with a stiff right hand.
Puto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Puto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Romanow paws at him with a jab and circles away.
It looked like Romanow wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A swing and a miss from Puto.
Puto takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Puto throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Romanow sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Romanow throws out a powerful jab.
Puto throws a predictable looking body shot
and Romanow counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Puto shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Romanow drops Puto with a straight right hand, right on the button! Romanow follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lars Romanow!
A very excited looking Lars Romanow 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Stein (ranked 535 p4p, 72 weight class) and Kromog The Terror Of The Island (ranked 931 p4p, 143 weight class). Stein comes to the cage accompanied by Red - Falling Sky. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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215 lbs
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World class boxer
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World class boxer
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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
12 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Frank Stein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Kromog The Terror Of The Island!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick from Stein is predictable there
and The Terror Of The Island counters with a nice body shot.
The Terror Of The Island throws a body punch but Stein moves out of range.
Stein lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Stein throws a good cross that connects.
The Terror Of The Island throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice uppercut lands for The Terror Of The Island. That snapped Stein's head back.
The Terror Of The Island fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stein manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Stein misses its intended target.
The Terror Of The Island now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stein.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Stein.
The Terror Of The Island lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Stein at a distance.
Stein fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Stein gets a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Terror Of The Island.
The Terror Of The Island fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stein lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stein tries a body shot but The Terror Of The Island blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Terror Of The Island doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stein is leaning against The Terror Of The Island and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Stein has a couple of punches blocked by The Terror Of The Island.
Stein leaning against his opponent.
The Terror Of The Island is looking to break free of the clinch but Stein has double underhooks.
The Terror Of The Island is leaning against Stein and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The Terror Of The Island softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stein blocks a body shot from The Terror Of The Island.
Stein pushes off an throws an elbow but The Terror Of The Island leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Terror Of The Island lands a left hand.
Stein goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stein lands a nice shot to the body.
Stein tries to work over The Terror Of The Island's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stein misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stein has a couple of punches blocked by The Terror Of The Island.
The Terror Of The Island blocks an uppercut.
The Terror Of The Island scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Stein struggles to land a body shot inside as The Terror Of The Island controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Terror Of The Island tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a punch to the body.
The Terror Of The Island blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Stein scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice right hand lands inside from The Terror Of The Island.
It looks like Frank Stein has been cut.
The Terror Of The Island working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Stein misses with a punch to the body.
Stein tries a body shot but The Terror Of The Island blocks it.
Stein prevents a body shot from The Terror Of The Island.
The Terror Of The Island lands a left hand.
Stein lands a body punch in the clinch.
The Terror Of The Island throws a head punch that misses.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a punch to the body.
The Terror Of The Island prevents a body shot from Stein.
The Terror Of The Island breaks the clinch.
Stein thows a leg kick but The Terror Of The Island checks it
and The Terror Of The Island counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Stein blocks a jab.
Stein catches The Terror Of The Island with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The Terror Of The Island swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As The Terror Of The Island tries to get set, Stein tries to push him back and clinch up but The Terror Of The Island manages to avoid the attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stein with a hook.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a looping left.
Stein on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd cheers as The Terror Of The Island lands an impressive looking overhand right. Stein doesn't seem phased though.
Stein throws a low kick but The Terror Of The Island moves out of range easily.
The Terror Of The Island moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Stein keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stein wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Stein throws a half hearted mid kick.
The Terror Of The Island 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.
The Terror Of The Island takes a swing at Stein's ribcage but misses.
Stein lands a nice leg kick that just misses The Terror Of The Island's sensitive parts.
Stein rushes The Terror Of The Island and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The Terror Of The Island lands a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Terror Of The Island lands a nice uppercut.
Stein misses with a punch on the inside.
Stein misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Terror Of The Island misses with the head strike.
Stein working aggressively here.
Stein blocking some punches.
Stein throws a head punch that misses.
Stein lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Terror Of The Island throws a head punch that misses.
The Terror Of The Island lands a nice shot to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Terror Of The Island.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Terror Of The Island.
Stein tried to land a shot to the body but connects with The Terror Of The Island's elbow.
Stein lands a body punch in the clinch.
Stein lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Stein lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of The Terror Of The Island backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stein gets through The Terror Of The Island's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as The Terror Of The Island takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Stein misses with a shot to the kidneys.
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 Frank Stein will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Frank Stein's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Stein throws a low kick, looking for The Terror Of The Island's leg but The Terror Of The Island calmly moves out of range.
The Terror Of The Island lands with a straight right. Stein didn't see that one coming.
The Terror Of The Island is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Stein rather than just go for the knockout.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stein.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stein.
Stein looks to land a right hand but The Terror Of The Island moved out of range.
Stein 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.
Stein throws a leg kick but The Terror Of The Island sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Stein throws a low kick but The Terror Of The Island avoids it.
The Terror Of The Island scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The Terror Of The Island takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sloppy strikes from The Terror Of The Island. Those never looked like landing.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Terror Of The Island blocks a leg kick.
Stein tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The Terror Of The Island swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
The Terror Of The Island slips a jab from Stein.
Stein connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A big left from Stein misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stein bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Stein misses with a shot to the body
and The Terror Of The Island counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Stein avoids the body shot from The Terror Of The Island.
Stein looks to score with a jab to the body but The Terror Of The Island is just out of range.
The Terror Of The Island moves away from the strike by Stein.
A countering left hand to the body from The Terror Of The Island misses.
The Terror Of The Island feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Steins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Stein throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Terror Of The Island looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The Terror Of The Island throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Stein counter with a right hand.
A solid leg kick lands there for Stein.
It looks like Stein has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
The Terror Of The Island throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Terror Of The Island pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Terror Of The Island throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Stein throws a low kick but it's checked well by The Terror Of The Island.
Stein tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The Terror Of The Island paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stein ducks under a wild hook from The Terror Of The Island.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Terror Of The Island checks a low kick from Stein.
Stein misses with a body shot.
The Terror Of The Island throws a body punch but Stein moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from The Terror Of The Island finds it's way through Stein's defenses.
The Terror Of The Island has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
The Terror Of The Island throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stein ducks under a wild hook from The Terror Of The Island.
The Terror Of The Island rushes Stein and presses him up against the cage.
Stein tries to stall but The Terror Of The Island uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stein.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Stein.
Stein throws an elbow but it misses.
Stein lands with a right to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stein just misses with a elbow thrown towards The Terror Of The Island's brow.
Stein working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The Terror Of The Island swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Terror Of The Island throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stein.
Stein gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Kromog The Terror Of The Island has been cut.
Stein tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stein struggles to land a body shot inside as The Terror Of The Island controls his hands.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Terror Of The Island tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Terror Of The Island throws a punch but it's blocked by Stein.
The Terror Of The Island goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stein misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stein cracks The Terror Of The Island with a nice body shot.
Stein struggles to land a body shot inside as The Terror Of The Island controls his hands.
The Terror Of The Island gets through Stein's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Stein gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stein makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Stein trying to control the position but instead, The Terror Of The Island has worked for underhooks and has pushed Stein into the cage.
Stein prevents a body shot from The Terror Of The Island.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Terror Of The Island lands a left hand.
Frank Stein has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The Terror Of The Island displaying some good clinch control by pressing Stein up against the cage.
Stein pushes The Terror Of The Island back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The Terror Of The Island blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Terror Of The Island misses with the head strike.
Stein fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stein blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Terror Of The Island manages to break the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Stein.
The Terror Of The Island lands with a shot to the body.
The Terror Of The Island fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stein manages to avoid it.
The Terror Of The Island takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Stein throws a shot to the body.
Stein scores with a nice head shot.
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 Frank Stein will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Stein's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Stein lands with a hook. The Terror Of The Island tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Stein just misses with a punch to the body.
Stein avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stein lands with an overhand left.
The Terror Of The Island throws out a loose jab but Stein uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stein connects with a solid leg kick.
Stein throws a nice inside leg kick.
The Terror Of The Island misses the shot to the body.
Stein fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with The Terror Of The Island, pushing him back against the cage.
Stein blocks a body shot from The Terror Of The Island.
The Terror Of The Island tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stein's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Terror Of The Island lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Stein tries to throw a body punch but The Terror Of The Island avoids it by throwing Stein back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stein.
A right hand to the body from The Terror Of The Island.
The Terror Of The Island tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stein's elbow.
Stein lands an elbow inside that The Terror Of The Island shrugs off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Terror Of The Island dodges an elbow strike from Stein.
Stein misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stein goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The Terror Of The Island dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Stein throws an elbow but it misses.
A short right from Stein on the inside.
Stein pushes off an throws an elbow but The Terror Of The Island leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The Terror Of The Island tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Terror Of The Island throws a head punch that misses.
The Terror Of The Island blocks the elbow strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Stein.
Stein lands an elbow that stopped The Terror Of The Island in his tracks for a moment.
The Terror Of The Island tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Terror Of The Island lands a hook that snaps the head of Stein backwards.
The Terror Of The Island scores with a nice hook to the head.
Stein can't find room to land a body shot as The Terror Of The Island controls the action.
Kromog The Terror Of The Island has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a hook from the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from The Terror Of The Island.
The Terror Of The Island tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stein can't find room to land a body shot as The Terror Of The Island controls the action.
Stein works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
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!
Stein throws a head punch that misses.
Stein lands a nice elbow.
Stein lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The Terror Of The Island pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stein throws a half hearted mid kick.
Stein slips a straight right by The Terror Of The Island.
Stein lands a nice hook to The Terror Of The Island's body. The Terror Of The Island takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Stein throws a leg kick but The Terror Of The Island moved away.
Nice shot lands for The Terror Of The Island.
Stein misses with a hook to the body
and The Terror Of The Island cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Stein scores with a nice strike.
Stein tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Terror Of The Island instigates a clinch.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The Terror Of The Island throws a head punch that misses.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stein works on The Terror Of The Island's body with a couple of short punches.
Stein lands an elbow inside.
The Terror Of The Island lands an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Stein.
The Terror Of The Island takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The Terror Of The Island doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Frank Stein is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Terror Of The Island cracks Stein with a nice body shot.
Stein blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stein creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Terror Of The Island's defenses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Terror Of The Island.
The Terror Of The Island blocks an elbow strike.
Stein cracks The Terror Of The Island with a nice body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Terror Of The Island avoids the elbow strike from Stein, against the cage.
A short left from Stein.
The Terror Of The Island is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Stein is keeping busy.
Stein can't find room to land a body shot as The Terror Of The Island controls the action.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Terror Of The Island lands a shoulder strike.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a punch to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stein.
Stein struggles to land a body shot inside as The Terror Of The Island controls his hands.
Stein creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Terror Of The Island's defenses.
Stein tries to work over The Terror Of The Island's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stein lands a right hand.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a body punch.
The Terror Of The Island has a couple of punches blocked by Stein.
The Terror Of The Island gets through Stein's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Stein showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Stein has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:28
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Stein!
Frank Stein 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 bantamweight MMA rules bout between Peter Manuel (ranked 315 p4p, 10 weight class) and DJ Bango (ranked 743 p4p, 35 weight class). Peter Manuel has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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142 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Peter Manuel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, DJ Bango!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Manuel.
Bango throws a solid leg kick but Manuel takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bango.
Bango lands with a straight right. Manuel didn't see that one coming.
It looks like Peter Manuel has been cut.
Bango walks into a left hand.
Bango is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Manuel lands with an uppercut that bounces Bango off the cage and back into range.
Manuel tries to clinch but Bango moves out of range.
A big right from Bango misses.
Manuel connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bango momentarily.
Bango on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A big left from Bango misses.
Manuel slips under a jab from Bango.
Manuel connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Manuel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bango.
Manuel looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Manuel connects with a right hand. Bango shakes it off.
Manuel throws a right hand that Bango ducks under and follows up with a left that Bango also avoids with ease.
Bango throws a body kick, spinning off balance
letting Manuel counter with a right hand.
Bango digs a good body shot into Manuel's ribs.
Manuel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bango loads up on a big right hand but Manuel slips the punch.
Manuel rushes Bango and presses him up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bango goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Manuel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bango backwards.
Manuel is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Bango to keep the fight standing.
Bango gets through Manuel's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bango creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Manuel pushes Bango back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Manuel throws a punch but it's blocked by Bango.
Manuel fails to pull guard.
Bango throws a head punch that misses.
Manuel tries to pull guard but Bango holds him up against the cage and eventually Manuel drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Peter Manuel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bango lands a left hand that snaps the head of Manuel backwards.
Bango working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Manuel presses Bango against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Manuel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bango pushes Manuel back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Manuel successfully pulls guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manuel working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bango doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bango manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Manuel has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bango can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manuel is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Bango got a little sloppy there for a moment and Manuel has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Bango has managed to get both his arms back between Manuel's legs - danger averted.
Bango 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.
Bango postures up in Manuel's guard and throws a big left but Manuel blocks it.
Manuel has his foot on Bango's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bango works his way back into a safe position though.
Bango trying to control the position from guard on top but Manuel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manuel looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Manuel is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Bango has his hands clasped together but Manuel extends and breaks Bango's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Manuel.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Peter Manuel!
Peter Manuel seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Maxwell House (ranked 197 p4p, 33 weight class) and Jack Stone (ranked 317 p4p, 45 weight class). House comes to the cage accompanied by Coffee?. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Maxwell House!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Stone!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone wants to clinch up but House keeps it at a distance.
Stone chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Stone walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
House lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
House swings for the body but Stone moves out of range.
Stone connects with a solid leg kick.
Stone takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Donk. House catches Stone right on the button with a cross.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stone. House does a little dance to reset his feet.
House swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
House walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Stone swings widly with a right hand
letting House counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
House throws a right and a left that both miss.
Stone throws a leg kick
and House counters with a stiff right hand.
Stone looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Stone.
House fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stone looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
House throws a push kick but Stone slaps the foot to one side.
Maxwell House seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stone attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Stone avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
House tests Stone's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A big left from House misses.
House backing away here, and Stone unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Stone throws a poor cross that misses
and House counters with a straight right hand.
House fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
House with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
House is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
House fails to land with a series of punches.
Stone misses with a lunging right hand
and House counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Stone avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
House thuds his right hand into Stone's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
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!
Stone slips under a jab from House.
Stone fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
House moves out of range of the body kick.
Stone displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as House throws out the jab.
House thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stone is trying to counter with his kicks.
Stone throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
It looks like House has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Stone misses with a two punch combination.
A head kick misses from Stone.
Stone misses with the body kick
and House counters with a three punch combo that has Stone backing up. Stone nods at House to acknowledge the strikes.
Stone shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A jab from House misses.
House ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stone moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
House lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Stone.
House is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
House throws a poor cross that misses
and Stone counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Stone lands with a cross.
House misses with a hook. Stone ducked under it nicely.
House looks to score with a jab to the body but Stone is just out of range.
House throws an overhand right that lands on Stone's shoulder, as Stone tries to avoid the shot.
House lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
House has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from House there as he acknowledges the shot.
Stone steps to the side to avoid the strikes from House.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Stone! But no joy.
House swings widly with a right hand
and Stone counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
House misses with the body kick
and Stone counters with a slapping leg kick.
House looks to score with a jab to the body but Stone is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
House swings widly with a right hand
and Stone makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Donk. Stone catches House right on the button with a cross.
House misses with a right hand
and Stone counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Stone throws a jab when House was well out of range.
House rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stone moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Stone scores with a jab to the body.
House fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
House misses with a hook
and Stone counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Stone circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stone slips a jab from House.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
House rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stone moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
House loads up on a big right hand but Stone slips the punch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as House checks a leg kick.
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 Maxwell House will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
House displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stone throws out the jab.
House misses with a low kick as Stone jumps back.
House misses the jab.
House pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stone moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Stone uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from House.
Stone avoids the body shot from House.
The fighters circling - House throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A kick lands to the mid section there for House.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
House throws the left hand but Stone avoids the punch easily.
House bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stone's hands are dropping dangerously low here and House connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Stone scrambles back to his feet.
Stone has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from House.
That's one minute gone in the round.
House throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Stone counters with a nice leg kick.
House is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Stone slips a straight right by House.
House throws a nice outside leg kick.
House waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stone.
House swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Stone turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Stone will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
House quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
House throws a push kick but Stone slaps the foot to one side.
House on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Stone scores with a nice head shot.
House misses with the body kick
and Stone counters with a stiff right hand.
Stone slips under a jab.
Stone has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
House checks a low kick from Stone.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone feints and then cracks House's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow House down.
Stone throws a body shot but no joy.
A little feinted left hand from House on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
House throws a head kick but Stone moves out of range.
Stone lands a big uppercut and House crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but House looks OK. Stone waves House back to his feet!
House is rocked!
It looks like Maxwell House has been cut.
Jack Stone seems to be getting the better of the standup.
House throws an off balance right hand
and Stone counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks House out cold! What a finish! Stone is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jack Stone!
Jack Stone thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yonglong Li (ranked 109 p4p, 16 weight class) and Bomb Com (ranked 114 p4p, 17 weight class). Com has chosen Bombs Away as his entrance music. Bomb Com has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Yonglong Li!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bomb Com!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Li tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Com is able to avoid easily.
Li has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Hellfire Antechamber in the buildup to the fight.
Com turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Com staying out of range there.
Bomb Com seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Li throws a good cross that connects.
We've been informed that Com has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Li lands a head kick!
Li throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Com to counter with a crisp jab.
Com keeps the fight on the outside.
Com throws a combination that misses
and Li counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Com delivers a nice body kick.
Li 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.
Com throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Li on the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Li motions for Com to come forward. Li throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Com moves out of range of the strikes.
And Com tries to counter it with a takedown but Li pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Com slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Li blocks the leg kick.
Com swings widly with a right hand
and Li counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Com tries to work over Li's front leg with a kick but Li checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Com buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Com feints and then cracks Li's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Li down.
Com lands a glancing blow to the side of Li's head.
Com shoots in for a takedown but Li shows good takedown defense.
Com uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Li.
A cross from Com lands.
Com lands a body shot.
Com lands with a good body shot.
Li misses with a hook. Com ducked under it nicely.
Li looks to land a left hand but Com moved out of range nicely.
Com is trying to counter with his kicks.
Li throws a lazy uppercut
and Com counters with a leg kick.
Li moves out of range of the strikes.
Li seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Li misses with a wild body shot.
Com misses with a left hand
and Li counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Li throws a shot to the body.
Com pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Com throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Li throws a series of punches but Com avoids them all with ease.
Good work by Li as he checks the leg kick.
Com lands a nice leg kick that just misses Li's sensitive parts.
Li doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Com feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Li throws a right and a left that Com avoids nicely.
Com swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Li.
Com throws a leg kick that misses.
Com lands with a right hand.
Com with a hook.
Com throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Com tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Com.
Com throws a nice inside leg kick.
Com throws a body kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Com throws a nice inside leg kick.
Com throws a leg kick but Li moved away.
Com cracks a nice hook into Li's ribs.
Li avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Com throws a right hand that misses
and Li counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Li checks a low kick from Com.
Li lands with a good body shot.
Com slips a straight right by Li.
Li jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Li fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Com checks it well.
Com drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Li defends it well.
Li throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Li misses with a straight right.
Com moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Li tries to move into range but Com moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Com is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Li takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A big right from Li misses.
Li moves into range and clinches up with Com.
Li working aggressively here.
Com swings wildly with an uppercut but Li uses good head movement to avoid it.
Li is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Com prevents a body shot from Li.
Com swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Li.
A nice right hand lands inside from Li.
Li misses with the head strike.
Com lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch on the inside from Com fails to land.
Li tries to land knees in the clinch but Com avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Li fails to land.
Com misses with the head strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Com.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bomb Com dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Com checks a leg kick.
Com's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Com duly obliges.
Li finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A countering left hand to the body from Com misses.
Com connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Com will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Com fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Li.
Com lands a leg kick that knocks Li off balance momentarily.
Bomb Com seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Li scores with a punch to the head.
Com misses with the body kick
enabling Li to counter with a crisp jab.
Com looks for the body kick but Li saw that one coming.
Com turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Com connects with a jab.
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!
Com lands with a nice body kick.
Li swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Com.
Li takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Com looks for the body kick but Li saw that one coming.
Li throws a leg kick but Com moved away.
Com changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Li avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Li is looking to counter punch.
Li swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Com lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Yonglong Li is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Li dips to his left and cracks Com with an uppercut!
Com fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Li looks to throw the jab but Com is out of range.
Com jabs Li right on the nose. Li blinks but takes it well.
Li tries to close the distance and clinch but Com swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Li lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice body kick there by Com.
Nice uppercut there from Com.
Li ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Com moves away.
Com tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Li takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Com takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Com blocks a head kick by Li.
Com replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Li blocks it well.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Li lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Com has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Com and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Com lands a jab to Li's midsection.
Com misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Li.
Li dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Com connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Some wild striking there from Li.
Com stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Li.
Com throws a hook to the side of Li's head but Li sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Com misses with a body punch
letting Li counter with a right hand.
Com steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Li. That one must have hurt.
Com misses with a right hand
and Li counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Li throws a leg kick but Com sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Com has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Com throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
An attempted straight right counter from Li misses the target.
Com pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Li swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Com tests Li's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Com wants to slow Li down by chopping away at his legs.
Li fails in his attempt to clinch.
Li takes a swing at Com's ribcage but misses.
Com is looking to slow Li down with leg kicks.
Li looks to land a left hand but Com moved out of range nicely.
Li swings widly with a right hand
and Li takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Li cracks the inside of Com's front leg.
Com lands a jab.
Li turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Li looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Com moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Com slips under a jab from Li.
Com changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Li swinging wildly here.
Li throws a series of punches but Com moves out of range.
Com slips under a jab.
Li throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Li throws a nice outside leg kick.
Li wants to clinch.
Com cracks the inside of Li's front leg.
Li with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Li looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Li ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Bomb Com will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Li misses with a low kick.
Li staying out of range there.
It looked like Li was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Com.
Com fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Com lands an overhand right.
Li throws a big shot that misses.
Li gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Li ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Com motions for Li to come forward. Com throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Com throws a lazy right hand but Li sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice uppercut there from Li.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Com misses its intended target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Com, right into the meat.
Li throws a sloppy head kick and Com moves out of range easily.
Com scores with a jab to the body.
A good leg kick by Com.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Com throws the kick towards the body but Li avoids it.
Com misses the jab.
Com throws out a leg kick but Li moves out of range and Com only half commits.
Com uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Li has time to react.
Li waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Com.
Com lands a head shot.
Com throws a leg kick that is checked
and Li counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A slow jab from Li misses its intended target.
Com misses with a straight left.
Nice cross by Com.
Com throws a leg kick but Li sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Com tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Good leg kick by Li there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Com scores with a jab.
Com misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Com getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Com scores with a hook.
Com throws a series of strikes that have Li backpedaling.
Li lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Com lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Li lands a nice leg kick that just misses Com's sensitive parts.
Com lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Com.
Li is rocked!
Com takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Oh Li is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Li waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Com.
Li seems to have got his legs back now.
Com throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Com tries to work over Li's front leg with a kick but Li checks it.
Li swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
That kick from Com tenderised Li's leg. Li is trying to keep his angry face on.
A head kick misses from Li.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Com rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Li counters with a thumping low kick.
Li fails to land with a series of punches.
As Li backs off Com throws a huge counter combo but Li manages to avoid it all.
Li avoids a punch combination nicely.
Com misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Com scores with a leg kick.
Li stuffs the takedown attempt from Com. Com gets slowly back to his feet.
Com tries a head kick but it misses.
Li throws an overhand right that lands on Com's shoulder, as Com tries to avoid the shot.
Li takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Com just misses with a punch to the body.
Li swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Com throws a right hand that Li ducks under and follows up with a left that Li also avoids with ease.
Li rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Com moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li looks to clinch
and Com counters with a straight right hand.
Com closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Li kicks off Com and gets to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Com works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Li lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Com circles away quickly and effectively.
Com throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Com misses with the combination.
Com lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Com tried to score with a low kick but Li checks it.
Com fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Com lands with a good body shot.
Com tries to land a front kick but Li steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bomb Com really dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Li misses with a looping left.
Com looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Li preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Li controls Com momentarily but Com frees himself.
Li utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li trying to control the position.
Com stays in close to Li's body and controls the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Com accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Com throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Com with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Com dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Li tries to clinch up.
Com dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Li. That did some damage!
Com walks into a straight right hand from Li.
Li throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And Com tries to counter it with a takedown but Li pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Com slips a jab and a cross from Li.
Li wants to slow Com down by chopping away at his legs.
Good leg kick by Com there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Com cracks Li with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Com throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Li throws a leg kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
An inside leg kick from Com misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Com.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Li throws out a leg kick but Com moves out of range and Li only half commits.
Com lands a nice hook to Li's body. Li takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Com fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Li slips under a jab.
Com tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Li defends well and Com ends up having to push Li into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Com swings widly with a right hand
and Li counters with a nice uppercut.
Com throws a hook but Li blocks it.
As Com backs away, Li returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Li lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Com circles away quickly and effectively.
Com throws a head kick but Li moves out of range.
Com misses the shot to the body.
Li went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Com needs to keep his hands up - Li had a free shot at his head there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Com tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Com scoring well with a low kick there.
Li throws a looping overhand right but Com ducks down to avoid it.
Com keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Li needs to keep his hands up - Com had a free shot at his head there.
Com fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Li.
Com throws a leg kick but Li checks it.
Com on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Com takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Li throws a lazy right hand but Com sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Li will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Li closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Com throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Com throws a head kick that half lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Com throws a push kick but Li slaps the foot to one side.
Li with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Com to score with a decent uppercut.
Li gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Com takes a shot to the head.
Li blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Com working aggressively here.
A short right from Li on the inside.
Com goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Com breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Com clobbers Li with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Li throws a head kick that half lands.
Com misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Li fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bomb Com dominated that fourth round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Com lands a head shot.
Com tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Li is able to avoid easily.
Nice defenses there by Li.
Li is looking to clinch but Com is avoiding it.
Com scores with a crisp jab that stopped Li in his tracks.
Li lands with a thumping leg kick.
Com throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Li takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Com lands a front kick.
Li checks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Com takes a swing at Li's ribcage but misses.
Com tries to score with a low kick but Li moves his leg out of the way.
Li will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Com keeps the fight on the outside.
Li walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Com checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Li throws a leg kick but Com checks it.
Com looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li takes one to the side of the head.
Com connects with a single shot there.
Li tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Li with a jab.
Li's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Com throws a hook but Li blocks it.
Com cracks a nice hook into Li's ribs.
Li bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Li swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Com.
Com throws a right hand that misses
and Li counters with a nice body shot.
Li throws a right hand that Com ducks under and follows up with a left that Com also avoids with ease.
Com throws a leg kick that misses.
That kick from Com tenderised Li's leg. Li is trying to keep his angry face on.
Com with a jab.
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!
Com moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Yonglong Li has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Com stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Li avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It looked like Li wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A combination from Com does no damage.
Li on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Com misses with a series of wild punches.
Com checks a leg kick.
Com looks to score with a jab to the body but Li is just out of range.
Li takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Com misses with a low kick.
Com fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Li scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Com is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Li steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Com.
Com connects with a solid leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Com sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Com scores with a shot to the body.
Com shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Li is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Com trying to control from half guard but Li is working away.
Com thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Li's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Li wants to improve his position but Com is controlling well.
Bomb Com has got the better of the ground game so far.
Com throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Li to regain full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Com trying to control the position from guard on top but Li is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Com looking to sit in guard and control but Li gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Com looking to hit a scissor sweep but Li is one step ahead there.
Com controls Li momentarily but Li frees himself.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bomb Com comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Com winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 45:50
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 45:50
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bomb Com!
Bomb Com is the new welterweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Bomb Com started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rauta Kansleri (ranked 136 p4p, 20 weight class) and Liam Browne (ranked 100 p4p, 14 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kansleri might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to U.D.O. - Heart of Gold. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Liam Browne was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rauta Kansleri!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Liam Browne!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kansleri throws a series of punches but Browne avoids them all with ease.
Browne scores with a kick to the midsection.
Browne throws a head kick that misses.
Kansleri throws a leg kick but Browne sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kansleri loads up on a big right hand but Browne slips the punch.
It seemed like Browne was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kansleri blocks a head kick by Browne.
Kansleri 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.
Browne is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Kansleri takes one on the button.
Kansleri keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Browne fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kansleri, pushing him back against the cage.
Kansleri blocks a body shot from Browne.
A head punch on the inside from Browne fails to land.
Kansleri misses with a punch on the inside.
Browne misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kansleri.
Browne throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kansleri stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
We've been informed that Browne has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kansleri.
Browne misses with a body punch.
Kansleri works on Browne's body with a couple of short punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Browne scores with a nice hook to the head.
Browne lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Browne digs a right hand into Kansleri's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kansleri's gas tank.
Kansleri lands a hook that snaps the head of Browne backwards.
Kansleri struggles to land a body shot inside as Browne controls his hands.
Kansleri escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A cross from Kansleri lands.
Kansleri tries to close the distance and clinch but Browne swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Browne throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kansleri takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Browne throws a body kick that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Kansleri on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kansleri misses with a looping right.
Kansleri slips a straight right by Browne.
Rauta Kansleri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kansleri cracks Browne with an open hand slap.
A jab from Browne finds it's way through Kansleri's defenses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Browne lands a nice looking body shot.
Kansleri shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Browne eats them both and turns towards Kansleri to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Browne checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Browne pushes Kansleri away with a front kick.
Kansleri misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jab, jab by Browne - just one landing.
Kansleri throws out a leg kick but Browne moves out of range and Kansleri only half commits.
Nice shot lands for Browne.
Kansleri thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kansleri moves into range and clinches up with Browne.
A head punch on the inside from Kansleri fails to land.
Browne blocking some punches.
Browne scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kansleri looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Browne makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kansleri tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Browne's elbow.
A short right from Kansleri.
Browne misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kansleri lands a hook that snaps the head of Browne backwards.
Browne blocks a body shot from Kansleri.
Kansleri lands a shot to the body.
Browne lands a hook that snaps the head of Kansleri backwards.
A short right from Kansleri.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Browne doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kansleri creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kansleri lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kansleri.
Browne is working Kansleri over against the cage.
Kansleri works on Browne's body with a couple of short punches.
Browne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Browne tries a body shot but Kansleri blocks it.
Browne misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kansleri digs a right hand into Browne's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Browne's gas tank.
Kansleri doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kansleri creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Browne misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Browne.
Kansleri swings wildly with an uppercut but Browne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Browne blocking some punches.
Kansleri lands a shoulder strike.
Browne swings wildly with an uppercut but Kansleri uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kansleri pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kansleri smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Browne waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kansleri.
Browne misses with a series of wild punches.
Browne scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Kansleri throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kansleri throws a head kick that misses.
Kansleri tries to close the distance and clinch up but Browne swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Browne avoids the body shot from Kansleri.
Browne connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Browne just misses with a punch to the body.
Browne throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Browne staying out of range there.
Browne pushes Kansleri up against the cage in a clinch.
Kansleri tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kansleri lands a left hand that snaps the head of Browne backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Liam Browne will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Browne bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Browne throws a series of punches but Kansleri moves out of range.
Browne misses with a head kick.
Kansleri looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Browne checks a leg kick.
Good exchange - Browne coming out on top.
The crowd cheers as Kansleri lands an impressive looking overhand right. Browne doesn't seem phased though.
Kansleri doesn't manage to clinch there - Browne circles away.
Kansleri looks to score with a jab to the body but Browne is just out of range.
A slow jab from Kansleri misses its intended target.
Kansleri misses with an uppercut. Browne saw that one coming.
Browne replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Kansleri blocks it well.
Browne is looking to clinch but Kansleri is avoiding it.
Kansleri is looking to counter punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Browne's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kansleri connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Browne scrambles back to his feet.
Kansleri listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kansleri attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kansleri throws a shot from downtown. Browne moves away and avoids it.
Browne lands a high kick!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kansleri avoids the body shot from Browne.
Browne throws a lazy uppercut
and Kansleri counters with a left and a right that stings Browne.
Browne takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kansleri pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Liam Browne seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Browne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kansleri is looking to counter punch.
Kansleri misses with a body kick.
Browne connects with a body shot.
Browne checks the leg kick.
Kansleri lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kansleri throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Browne lands a nice shot to the body.
Kansleri slips under a jab from Browne.
Browne throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kansleri stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kansleri throws the kick towards the body but Browne avoids it.
Browne looks to land a right hand but Kansleri moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kansleri.
Browne is looking to land body kicks.
Browne pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Browne looks for the body kick but Kansleri saw that one coming.
Kansleri takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kansleri throws a half hearted mid kick.
Browne thumps Kansleri with a low kick.
Kansleri takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Browne tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Browne displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kansleri throws out the jab.
Browne avoids a kick to the body.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Browne - that will leave a mark!
Kansleri works the jab nicely.
Kansleri moves out of range of the body kick.
Kansleri walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Browne checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kansleri blocks a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Browne lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kansleri takes a step back to recover.
A shot to the body from Kansleri misses
and Browne counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Browne throws a chopping leg kick but Kansleri manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Browne moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Browne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kansleri is looking to counter with head kicks.
A jab from Browne finds it's way through Kansleri's defenses.
Browne takes a swing at Kansleri's ribcage but misses.
Kansleri works Browne's body with a nice hook.
Browne slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Browne throws an overhand right that lands on Kansleri's shoulder, as Kansleri tries to avoid the shot.
Kansleri throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kansleri gets a clinch.
Kansleri throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Browne misses with a hook to the ribs.
Browne misses with some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Browne lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kansleri breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kansleri throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Jab by Browne.
Kansleri bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Browne's head backwards.
Kansleri uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Browne.
Browne misses with a hook.
Kansleri misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kansleri sets himself, and Browne steps forward looking for the clinch! Kansleri avoids it this time.
Jab from Kansleri.
Nice defenses there by Browne.
Browne ducks under a wild hook from Kansleri.
Browne staying out of range there.
Browne takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Browne lands a jab to the nose.
Kansleri throws a hook but Browne blocks it.
Kansleri throws a body punch but Browne moves out of range.
Browne looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Browne with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Browne has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Browne there as he acknowledges the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Liam Browne will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Browne throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Browne throws a sloppy head kick and Kansleri moves out of range easily.
A shot to the body from Kansleri misses
and Browne counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kansleri's knee momentarily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kansleri lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Browne has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Browne and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Browne steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Kansleri.
Browne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kansleri.
Kansleri lands with a thumping leg kick.
Browne avoids a kick to the body.
Browne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kansleri moves away.
Kansleri throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Browne attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Browne uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kansleri.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kansleri throws the left hand but Browne avoids the punch easily.
Kansleri misses with a straight right.
Kansleri misses with a kick to the body.
A slow jab from Kansleri misses its intended target.
Kansleri throws a head kick that misses
and Browne counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Browne.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kansleri is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Browne lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kansleri working hard to break the clinch.
Browne scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kansleri fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Browne prevents a body shot from Kansleri.
Browne keeps control of Kansleri as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kansleri's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Browne throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Browne tries to clinch but Kansleri moves out of range.
Browne slips under a jab.
Browne throws a push kick but Kansleri slaps the foot to one side.
Browne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kansleri swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kansleri misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Browne throws the left hand but Kansleri avoids the punch easily.
Kansleri throws a push kick but Browne slaps the foot to one side.
Good leg kick by Kansleri there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Browne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kansleri manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Kansleri.
Browne tries to clinch up.
Browne closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Browne avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kansleri moves out of range as Browne throws a body kick.
Browne tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Browne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kansleri moves away.
Kansleri throws a lazy body kick
and Browne counters with a good, hard body kick but Kansleri shrugs it off.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kansleri tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Browne scores with a kick to the body.
Kansleri avoids a kick to the body.
Browne misses the jab.
Nice body punch from Browne.
Kansleri will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Browne fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kansleri checks it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Browne gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kansleri misses with some punches.
Kansleri blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Browne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Kansleri.
Browne tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kansleri will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Kansleri scores with a nice hook to the head.
Browne lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Browne misses with the head strike.
Browne tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kansleri's elbow.
Kansleri misses with a punch on the inside.
Kansleri lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Browne cracks Kansleri with a nice body shot.
Kansleri blocks a body shot from Browne.
Browne is working Kansleri over against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kansleri.
Browne lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kansleri backwards.
Browne has a couple of punches blocked by Kansleri.
A short left from Browne.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Browne stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kansleri breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Browne misses with a low kick.
Browne lands with a right hand.
Browne lands a head kick!
Kansleri throws a head kick that Browne semi-blocks.
Kansleri walks into a left hand.
Kansleri misses with a low kick.
Browne walks into a jab.
Kansleri throws the kick towards the body but Browne avoids it.
The fighters circling - Browne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kansleri throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Browne tries to counter with a clinch but Kansleri shakes him off and moves away.
Kansleri cracks Browne with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Browne cracks a nice hook into Kansleri's ribs.
Kansleri misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Liam Browne really dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Kansleri moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Browne lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kansleri's sensitive parts.
Browne misses with a hook.
Kansleri misses with a hook. Browne ducked under it nicely.
Browne throws a body shot but no joy.
Kansleri is looking to counter punch.
Browne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kansleri.
Browne thuds his right hand into Kansleri's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Kansleri swats away the attempt to clinch by Browne.
Browne moves out of range of the body kick.
Kansleri misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Browne lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Browne lands a jab to the nose.
Browne moves out of range of the body kick from Kansleri.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kansleri!
Kansleri keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Browne.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Browne swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Browne throws a body shot but no joy.
Browne misses with a lunging right hand
and Kansleri counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kansleri fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Browne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Liam Browne seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kansleri lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Browne backwards.
Browne lands a shoulder strike.
A right hand to the body from Kansleri.
Browne goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kansleri lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kansleri misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Browne.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Browne.
Kansleri manages to break the clinch.
Browne looks to score with a jab to the body but Kansleri is just out of range.
Browne on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kansleri slips a jab and a cross from Browne.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kansleri fakes the leg kick and cracks Browne in the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kansleri uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Browne misses the jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kansleri.
Browne fails to land with a series of punches.
Kansleri scores with a leg kick.
Browne misses with a low kick as Kansleri jumps back.
Browne walks forward, straight into a front kick from Kansleri.
Kansleri throws out a loose jab but Browne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Browne smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Browne takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Browne blocks a jab.
Kansleri throws a nice outside leg kick.
Browne takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Browne misses with a looping right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kansleri tries to land a leg kick but Browne saw it coming and moves away.
Browne on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kansleri misses with a head kick.
Kansleri lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Browne tries to work over Kansleri's front leg with a kick but Kansleri checks it.
Browne turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Browne slips a straight right by Kansleri.
Kansleri dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Browne does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A right-left combo lands from Kansleri.
Browne comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Browne tries to clinch but Kansleri is having none of it.
Browne has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kansleri throws a hook to the side of Browne's head but Browne sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Browne misses with a body shot.
Kansleri misses with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Browne avoids the body shot from Kansleri.
Browne uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kansleri.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Decent striking displayed by Browne there.
Browne misses with a low kick.
Browne misses the shot to the body.
Kansleri swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Browne avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kansleri sets himself, and Browne steps forward looking for the clinch! Kansleri avoids it this time.
Browne connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Browne misses the jab.
Kansleri feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Kansleri tries to land a leg kick but Browne saw it coming and moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kansleri. Browne does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kansleri is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Browne circles away from the clinch attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Browne! But no joy.
Some bone on bone action there as Browne checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kansleri cracks a nice hook into Browne's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rauta Kansleri had his way with Liam Browne in that round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Kansleri misses with a hook. Browne ducked under it nicely.
A big right from Browne misses.
Browne throws a body kick that misses.
Browne takes one on the button.
Kansleri lands a nice shot to the body.
Kansleri lands a jab to Browne's midsection.
Kansleri fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Browne is out of range.
Kansleri backing away here, and Browne unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Browne misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kansleri counters by moving into the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Kansleri.
Kansleri misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kansleri throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kansleri misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kansleri's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Browne takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kansleri connects with a jab.
Kansleri loads up on a big right hand but Browne slips the punch.
Browne misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kansleri misses with a looping left.
Kansleri lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Browne backs up against the cage.
Kansleri wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice defenses there by Browne.
Browne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Browne slips under a jab.
Kansleri missing with a left hand there. Browne was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kansleri throws a leg kick that misses.
Browne throws a shot to the body.
Browne throws a nice looking combination but Kansleri bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Browne pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Browne ducks under a wild hook from Kansleri.
Browne blocks a jab.
Browne looking to land some kicks to the body here.
An attempted straight right counter from Kansleri misses the target.
Rauta Kansleri has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kansleri misses with a wild body shot.
Browne scores with a hook.
Browne thows a body kick. Kansleri tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Browne cracks Kansleri with a right hand to the side of the head.
Browne steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kansleri.
Browne is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kansleri.
Kansleri moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Browne tries to clinch up.
Browne moves in looking to clinch but Kansleri pushes him off.
Browne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Browne! But no joy.
Kansleri ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Browne moves away.
Browne throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Kansleri throws an off balance right hand
and Browne makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Browne lands the left hand.
Kansleri throws a hook but Browne avoids it easily.
Liam Browne is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Browne as he connects with a hook.
Kansleri fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Browne manages to avoid it.
Browne displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kansleri throws out the jab.
Kansleri looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Browne on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kansleri. Kansleri obviously looking to wear him down.
Kansleri takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Browne lands a nice looking body shot.
Browne connects with a leg kick. Kansleri looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Browne takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kansleri misses with a leg kick
and Browne counters with a straight right hand.
Kansleri misses with a leg kick
and Browne counters with a leg kick.
Browne connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kansleri's hands.
Browne scores with a push kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Browne doesn't manage to clinch there - Kansleri circles away.
Browne throws a series of punches but Kansleri avoids them all with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kansleri misses with a straight left.
Browne is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kansleri with a body shot.
Kansleri swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Browne connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kansleri. Kansleri circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kansleri shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kansleri fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kansleri tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Browne was well out of range. Poor timing from Kansleri.
Kansleri takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jab, jab by Browne - just one landing.
Kansleri throws a lazy right hand but Browne sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kansleri swings for the body but Browne moves out of range.
Browne pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kansleri swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Browne tries to counter by closing the distance.
Kansleri misses with a leg kick
and Browne counters with a thumping low kick.
Kansleri looks to land a right hand but Browne moved out of range.
Kansleri lands a head shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Liam Browne.
I think Browne has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 46:49
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 46:49
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liam Browne! Liam Browne retains his middleweight title!
A very excited looking Liam Browne made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ebeneezer Darkk (ranked 26 p4p, 3 weight class) and Kai Yamaguchi (ranked 61 p4p, 6 weight class). Yamaguchi has chosen Yama Yama as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ebeneezer Darkk!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kai Yamaguchi!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A leg kick checked by Darkk.
Darkk ducks under a wild hook from Yamaguchi.
Ebeneezer Darkk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yamaguchi throws a lazy uppercut
and Darkk counters with a nice leg kick.
Darkk catches Yamaguchi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Darkk moves out of range as Yamaguchi strikes.
Darkk misses with a head kick.
Darkk misses with a right hand
and Yamaguchi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Darkk connects with an inside leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Yamaguchi lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Darkk has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Darkk and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Darkk, right into the meat.
Darkk lands with a cross.
Darkk works the jab nicely.
Yamaguchi has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Yamaguchi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Darkk misses with a low kick.
Darkk goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Good work by Yamaguchi as he checks the leg kick.
Darkk throws a leg kick but Yamaguchi sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Yamaguchi checks a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An inside leg kick from Darkk misses.
Yamaguchi missing with a left hand there. Darkk was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yamaguchi darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darkk misses with a wild body shot.
Darkk throws the left hand but Yamaguchi avoids the punch easily.
Yamaguchi doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Yamaguchi looks for the body kick but Darkk saw that one coming.
Darkk will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Darkk throws a leg kick that is checked
and Yamaguchi counters with a nice uppercut.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi is looking to land body kicks.
A chopping leg kick lands by Darkk.
Yamaguchi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Darkk misses the target.
A shot to the body from Darkk misses
enabling Yamaguchi to counter with a crisp jab.
Darkk swinging wildly here.
Yamaguchi was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Yamaguchi looks to score with a jab to the body but Darkk is just out of range.
Yamaguchi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Darkk walks into a left hand.
Yamaguchi lands a glancing blow to the side of Darkk's head.
Yamaguchi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yamaguchi let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Darkk scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yamaguchi throws the kick towards the body but Darkk avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Darkk.
Darkk pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yamaguchi misses with a body shot.
Darkk tries to work over Yamaguchi's front leg with a kick but Yamaguchi checks it.
Nice body kick there by Yamaguchi.
Darkk fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Yamaguchi on the side of the head.
Darkk wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice jab there from Darkk.
Yamaguchi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Yamaguchi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Darkk scores with a kick to the body.
Darkk bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Yamaguchi's head backwards.
Yamaguchi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Darkk manages to avoid it.
Darkk circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yamaguchi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook. Darkk ducked under it nicely.
Darkk tried to score with a low kick but Yamaguchi checks it.
Darkk checks a low kick from Yamaguchi.
Darkk with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi swings for the body but Darkk moves out of range.
Yamaguchi slips under a jab.
It looks like Darkk has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Darkk connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Darkk misses the jab.
Yamaguchi misses with an uppercut.
Darkk dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yamaguchi misses with a body kick.
Darkk staying out of range there.
Darkk fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Yamaguchi checks it well.
Yamaguchi thinks about the counter body kick.
An inside leg kick from Yamaguchi misses.
Yamaguchi moves out of range as Darkk strikes.
Darkk checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Yamaguchi - that will leave a mark!
A punch lands to the side of Yamaguchi 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Darkk swings for the body but Yamaguchi moves out of range.
Yamaguchi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Darkk throws a body shot but no joy.
Yamaguchi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Darkk scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi checks the leg kick.
Darkk fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Yamaguchi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Yamaguchi tries to clinch there but Darkk circles away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Darkk.
Yamaguchi misses with a straight right.
No joy there for Darkk, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yamaguchi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Darkk misses with a straight left.
Yamaguchi throws a chopping leg kick but Darkk manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Darkk throws a leg kick but Yamaguchi moved away.
Yamaguchi misses with a low kick.
Yamaguchi throws a push kick but Darkk slaps the foot to one side.
Darkk is looking to counter punch.
Darkk throws a chopping leg kick but Yamaguchi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Yamaguchi now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Darkk throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yamaguchi throws a push kick but Darkk slaps the foot to one side.
It appears Darkk was looking to counter with a kick there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yamaguchi looks to throw the jab but Darkk is out of range.
Darkk tries a low kick but Yamaguchi avoids it.
Yamaguchi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Yamaguchi tries to score with a low kick but Darkk moves his leg out of the way.
An inside leg kick lands from Darkk.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ebeneezer Darkk dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Darkk misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yamaguchi.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Darkk.
Darkk fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ebeneezer Darkk is winning the standup battle so far.
Darkk thows a leg kick but Yamaguchi checks it
and Yamaguchi counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Yamaguchi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Yamaguchi lands a jab to the nose.
Darkk swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Darkk throws a leg kick
and Yamaguchi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Darkk scores with a kick to the midsection.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Yamaguchi might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Darkk has got the better of the exchanges.
Yamaguchi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yamaguchi checks a low kick from Darkk.
Good work by Yamaguchi as he checks the leg kick.
Darkk uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yamaguchi.
Darkk is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi lands a really nice looking cross but Darkk seems unphased.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yamaguchi throws a body kick that misses.
Yamaguchi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yamaguchi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Darkk.
Darkk slips a straight right by Yamaguchi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Darkk.
Darkk is looking to slow Yamaguchi down with leg kicks.
Yamaguchi cracks a nice hook into Darkk's ribs.
Darkk throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yamaguchi throws a body kick that misses.
Yamaguchi 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.
Darkk is looking to score with low kicks.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Yamaguchi! But no joy.
Darkk connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Yamaguchi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Darkk.
A slow jab from Yamaguchi misses its intended target.
Yamaguchi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yamaguchi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Darkk.
Yamaguchi let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Yamaguchi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Darkk checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Darkk attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Yamaguchi's corner calls for a 1-2. Yamaguchi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Darkk throws an overhand right that lands on Yamaguchi's shoulder, as Yamaguchi tries to avoid the shot.
Darkk tries to score with a low kick but Yamaguchi moves his leg out of the way.
Yamaguchi cracks Darkk with an open hand slap.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darkk lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
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!
Good leg kick by Darkk there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Yamaguchi throws a shot from downtown. Darkk moves away and avoids it.
Darkk was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Yamaguchi swings for the body but Darkk moves out of range.
Yamaguchi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Darkk tries to work over Yamaguchi's front leg with a kick but Yamaguchi checks it.
Darkk tries to work over Yamaguchi's front leg with a kick but Yamaguchi checks it.
Yamaguchi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Darkk connects with a leg kick. Yamaguchi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A big left from Yamaguchi misses.
Darkk buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Darkk moves out of range of the strikes.
Darkk tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Yamaguchi is able to avoid easily.
Darkk tries to land a front kick but Yamaguchi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Darkk connects with an inside leg kick.
Darkk takes a swing at Yamaguchi's ribcage but misses.
Darkk checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Yamaguchi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Darkk at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darkk slips a straight right by Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi connects with a high kick.
A jab from Darkk finds it's way through Yamaguchi's defenses.
An inside leg kick lands from Darkk.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook. Darkk ducked under it nicely.
Darkk connects with an inside leg kick.
Darkk misses with a low kick.
Darkk connects with a crisp jab.
Darkk scores with a crisp jab that stopped Yamaguchi in his tracks.
Darkk takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Darkk is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Yamaguchi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Darkk. That did some damage!
Darkk takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Yamaguchi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Yamaguchi keeps Darkk at a distance using the push kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yamaguchi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Yamaguchi blocks a head kick by Darkk.
Yamaguchi misses the body punch
and Darkk counters with a three punch combo that has Yamaguchi backing up. Yamaguchi nods at Darkk to acknowledge the strikes.
Yamaguchi takes one to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi is looking to land body kicks.
Darkk fires out a quick counter leg kick but Yamaguchi just manages to avoid it.
Yamaguchi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A jab lands there for Darkk.
Yamaguchi throws the kick towards the body but Darkk avoids it.
A low kick from Darkk is predictable there
and Yamaguchi counters with a straight right hand.
Darkk misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Darkk's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Yamaguchi connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Darkk scrambles back to his feet.
Yamaguchi jabs Darkk right on the nose. Darkk blinks but takes it well.
Darkk tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Darkk clobbers Yamaguchi with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Yamaguchi misses the jab.
Darkk blocks a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darkk throws a low kick, looking for Yamaguchi's leg but Yamaguchi calmly moves out of range.
Darkk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yamaguchi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Darkk scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Darkk uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yamaguchi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Kai Yamaguchi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Yamaguchi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yamaguchi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yamaguchi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Darkk.
Jab from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Darkk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yamaguchi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
An inside leg kick from Darkk misses.
Darkk throws a one two combo.
Yamaguchi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Darkk walks into a stiff left hand from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi stuns Darkk with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Darkk tries a low kick but Yamaguchi avoids it.
Darkk slips a straight right by Yamaguchi.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darkk checks a low kick from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yamaguchi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Yamaguchi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yamaguchi tries to clinch up but Darkk circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darkk throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Yamaguchi! But no joy.
Darkk ducks under a wild hook from Yamaguchi.
Nice straight punches there by Yamaguchi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Darkk throws a leg kick that misses.
Yamaguchi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
It looked like Darkk wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Yamaguchi just misses with a punch to the body.
A big right from Darkk misses.
Darkk scores with a shot to the body.
Darkk tries a low kick but Yamaguchi avoids it.
Darkk connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Darkk on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Darkk fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Darkk lands the left hand.
Yamaguchi checks a low kick from Darkk.
Yamaguchi throws a body shot but no joy.
Darkk throws the kick towards the body but Yamaguchi avoids it.
Darkk misses with a body kick.
Yamaguchi counters with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yamaguchi slips a jab from Darkk.
Yamaguchi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Darkk.
A countering left hand to the body from Yamaguchi misses.
Darkk looks to land a left hand but Yamaguchi moved out of range nicely.
Yamaguchi ducks under a wild hook from Darkk.
Yamaguchi misses with a kick to the body.
Darkk walks forward, straight into a front kick from Yamaguchi.
Good leg kick by Yamaguchi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Darkk throws a looping overhand right but Yamaguchi ducks down to avoid it.
Yamaguchi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Yamaguchi lands with a good body shot.
Darkk throws the kick towards the body but Yamaguchi avoids it.
Yamaguchi throws a looping overhand right but Darkk ducks down to avoid it.
Darkk throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yamaguchi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Darkk takes a jab right on the kisser.
Darkk pivots, looking for a leg kick but Yamaguchi is out of range and Darkk settles back down.
A big left from Darkk misses.
Darkk misses with a low kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Yamaguchi! But no joy.
Yamaguchi misses with a body shot.
Darkk throwing a counter right hand but Yamaguchi manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darkk misses with a straight right.
Darkk blocks the body kick.
Darkk tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Darkk throws a push kick but Yamaguchi slaps the foot to one side.
Darkk ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yamaguchi moves away.
A nice side step and Yamaguchi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Yamaguchi lands with a nice body punch.
Darkk tries a head kick but it misses.
Darkk uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Darkk.
Yamaguchi throws a hook to the side of Darkk's head but Darkk sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yamaguchi misses with an uppercut.
Darkk is looking to counter punch.
Yamaguchi misses with an uppercut. Darkk saw that one coming.
Darkk on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Yamaguchi crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Darkk - the referee stops the clock and Yamaguchi gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Darkk. Yamaguchi manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Darkk lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Yamaguchi stuns Darkk with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Darkk throws an off balance right hand
and Yamaguchi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darkk dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yamaguchi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yamaguchi displaying some good clinch control by pressing Darkk up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Darkk.
Darkk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yamaguchi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yamaguchi being controlled against the cage.
Good body shot from Yamaguchi.
Darkk manages to break the clinch.
Darkk throws a nice outside leg kick.
Yamaguchi takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nice body punch from Darkk.
Darkk lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Ebeneezer Darkk did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's time! Darkk's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Darkk connects with a single shot there.
Darkk lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Yamaguchi 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.
Yamaguchi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Yamaguchi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Darkk.
Yamaguchi just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Yamaguchi misses.
Darkk is looking to chop away at Yamaguchi's legs.
Yamaguchi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Yamaguchi scores with a body shot.
Yamaguchi scores with a spinning back kick!
Yamaguchi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Yamaguchi misses with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darkk tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Yamaguchi is able to avoid easily.
Darkk scores with a kick to the midsection.
Yamaguchi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Yamaguchi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Darkk will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Yamaguchi checks a low kick from Darkk.
Yamaguchi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice straight punches there by Yamaguchi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Yamaguchi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darkk looks for the body kick but Yamaguchi saw that one coming.
That kick from Yamaguchi tenderised Darkk's leg. Darkk is trying to keep his angry face on.
Darkk staying out of range there.
Yamaguchi slips a jab from Darkk.
Darkk misses with a looping right.
Darkk moves out of range as Yamaguchi throws a body kick.
Darkk tried to counter with a leg kick but Yamaguchi avoided it.
Yamaguchi lands a nice looking body shot.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook.
Darkk connects with an inside leg kick.
Yamaguchi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Darkk throws a leg kick that misses.
Yamaguchi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Darkk connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Yamaguchi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Yamaguchi.
Darkk lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Darkk moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Darkk's sensitive parts.
Darkk misses with a body kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Yamaguchi, as that shot connected.
Yamaguchi misses with an uppercut.
Yamaguchi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Darkk.
Yamaguchi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Darkk checks it well.
Yamaguchi throws a head kick that misses.
Darkk misses with a left hand
and Yamaguchi counters with a nice kick to the body.
Yamaguchi throws a leg kick but Darkk sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Yamaguchi throws a push kick but Darkk slaps the foot to one side.
Yamaguchi takes one to the chin there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yamaguchi misses with an uppercut. Darkk saw that one coming.
A big left from Darkk misses.
Yamaguchi now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Darkk - that will leave a mark!
Darkk tried to score with a low kick but Yamaguchi checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook.
An inside leg kick from Darkk misses.
Darkk's corner calls for a 1-2. Darkk obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Yamaguchi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Darkk throws a jab when Yamaguchi was well out of range.
Darkk blocks a jab.
Darkk throws a big shot that misses.
Darkk throws a hook but Yamaguchi avoids it easily.
Yamaguchi blocks the body kick.
Yamaguchi follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Darkk steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Darkk. That did some damage!
Darkk slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Darkk takes a swing at Yamaguchi's ribcage but misses.
Yamaguchi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Darkk appears to be looking for a big counter.
Yamaguchi scores with a hook to the body. Darkk takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Yamaguchi is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi tries to score with a low kick but Darkk moves his leg out of the way.
Darkk checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Darkk throws an overhand right that lands on Yamaguchi's shoulder, as Yamaguchi tries to avoid the shot.
A jab from Darkk does it's job there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Darkk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yamaguchi.
Darkk thows a leg kick but Yamaguchi checks it
and Yamaguchi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Darkk looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Yamaguchi looks to score with a jab to the body but Darkk is just out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Yamaguchi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Darkk throws a good cross that connects.
Yamaguchi lands a jab to the head.
Darkk misses with an uppercut.
Darkk misses with a hook
enabling Yamaguchi to counter with a crisp jab.
Darkk tries a head kick but it misses.
Darkk fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Yamaguchi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Darkk can pounce on him.
Yamaguchi ducks under a wild hook from Darkk.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Ebeneezer Darkk will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
A slow jab from Yamaguchi misses its intended target.
Darkk dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yamaguchi looks to land a body kick but Darkk moved away.
Darkk blocks a head kick by Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Darkk is out of range and Yamaguchi settles back down.
Darkk misses with a straight left.
Darkk misses with a looping left.
Yamaguchi misses with a body kick.
Darkk moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Darkk 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.
Yamaguchi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Darkk sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It looked like Darkk was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Yamaguchi.
Darkk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamaguchi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Darkk throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yamaguchi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Yamaguchi is looking to land body kicks.
Jab, jab by Yamaguchi - just one landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamaguchi looks to land a body kick but Darkk moved away.
Yamaguchi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Yamaguchi looks to land a right hand but Darkk moved out of range.
Yamaguchi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Yamaguchi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Darkk.
Yamaguchi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Darkk misses the target.
Yamaguchi misses the jab.
Darkk moves out of range as Yamaguchi strikes.
Darkk throws a solid leg kick but Yamaguchi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Darkk.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook.
Yamaguchi slips under a jab from Darkk.
Darkk moves out of range of the body kick from Yamaguchi.
Darkk looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A thudding body kick lands there by Yamaguchi!
Darkk lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Yamaguchi is looking to clinch.
Darkk thumps Yamaguchi with a low kick.
Kai Yamaguchi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi tries to land a leg kick but Darkk saw it coming and moves away.
Yamaguchi blocks a jab.
It seemed like Yamaguchi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Yamaguchi scores with a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Darkk lands a nice leg kick that just misses Yamaguchi's sensitive parts.
Yamaguchi throws a solid leg kick but Darkk takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Yamaguchi.
Darkk connects with a looping right hand.
Yamaguchi looks to land a right hand but Darkk moved out of range.
Darkk throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Darkk will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Darkk checks the leg kick.
Yamaguchi wants to land a leg kick but Darkk is out of range.
Darkk moves into range and connects with a jab.
Yamaguchi gets a clinch.
Darkk lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Yamaguchi fails to land.
Yamaguchi gets through Darkk's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darkk wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Yamaguchi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Good body shot from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi misses with some punches.
Darkk tries to work over Yamaguchi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Darkk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Darkk lands a hook that snaps the head of Yamaguchi backwards.
Yamaguchi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Darkk creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Darkk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Darkk fails to land.
Yamaguchi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Darkk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Darkk tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yamaguchi's elbow.
A short uppercut from Yamaguchi.
Darkk throws a head punch that misses.
Yamaguchi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Darkk has a couple of punches blocked by Yamaguchi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darkk lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Darkk lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Darkk.
Yamaguchi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Darkk backwards.
Kai Yamaguchi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Darkk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yamaguchi looks to score with a jab to the body but Darkk is just out of range.
Darkk lands with an overhand left.
Darkk lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Darkk slips under a jab.
A good leg kick by Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi slips a straight right by Darkk.
Darkk scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Yamaguchi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Darkk moves out of range as Yamaguchi strikes.
Yamaguchi looks for the body kick but Darkk saw that one coming.
Decent striking displayed by Darkk there.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ebeneezer Darkk.
I think Darkk has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 50:46
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 49:47
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 47:49
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Ebeneezer Darkk!
Ebeneezer Darkk retains his lightweight title!
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