Thunder & Lightening 2011.1 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aslam King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and All Out (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King comes to the ring accompanied by Terry Bozzio Drum Solo. All Out struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Aslam King could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to All Out's chin.

King
vs
Out

180 cm
25
220 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

176 cm
23
219 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Aslam King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, All Out!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - King looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
An inside leg kick lands from King.

King looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Out wants to stand and escape but King is having none of it.
Out preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
King working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
King chips away with some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as King accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
King throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Out works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
King tries to free his leg and advance position but Out is retaining full guard.
King is looking to work some ground and pound but Out has wrist control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

King shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
King is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
King is trying to control the action in half guard but Out is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
King stops Out from getting back to his feet.
King scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Out looks like he's trying to stand up.

King stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Out to get to his feet.
Out lands an overhand right.
A combination from Out does no damage.

Out gets caught flat footed, as King shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Out can do anything to dispel that myth.
Out looks gassed!
King cracks Out with a solid left hand.
Out keeping full guard, as King tries to pass.
Out is looking to stand up but King isn't so interested in that idea.
Out keeping moving, preventing King from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
King throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as King accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
King lands a nice leg kick that just misses Out's sensitive parts.
Out looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Out stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from King.

King takes the fight into the clinch.
King has Out pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Out manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
King is working Out over against the ropes.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as King takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

King is working on a single leg takedown against the ropes. Out can't fight it off and eventually King manages to take the fight to the floor. Out looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Out is looking to stand up but King isn't so interested in that idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King wants to control from the top but Out keeps moving.
King passes easily into side control. Nice work.
King misses with the ground and pound.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
King fails to land a wild elbow strike.
King works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

King decides to stand back up. King steps back and let's Out get back to his feet.

King has managed to clinch.
King keeps control of Out as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

King has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Out is trying to keep an underhook but King manages to get the takedown into half guard.
King throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
King wants to take a breather but Out is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Out is looking to escape.
King thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
King prevents Out from standing back up.
Out tries to push off, looking to stand up, but King manages to move to mount!
King thowing shots but they're missing.
Out is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Out blocking the ground and pound.
Out really doesn't want to stay on the ground with King. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Out's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
King thowing shots but they're missing.
King throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
King lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
King throws some wild stikes that Out manages to avoid easily.
King thowing shots but they're missing.
Out takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
King thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Out squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
King dominating with strikes here.
Out wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by King.
Poor strikes thrown by King there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Out is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Out holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as King tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Out is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
King thowing shots but they're missing.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Out is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
King working Out over with strikes here.
You get the feeling that Out really doesn't like being in this position too much.
King misses with a head shot.
King connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
King throwing strikes here but Out is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Out wants to try and get back to his feet.
King with good strikes from the mount here!
King with the ground and pound from mount.
Out is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by King.
Out in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
King throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
King thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Out tries to buck King off but he can't manage it.
King has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
King dominating with strikes here.
King breaks from Out's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Out is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
King throwing strikes here but Out is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
King landing strikes from the mount.
Out's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Out is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
King is in the full mount, landing strikes.
King thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Out is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
Out holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as King tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Out is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Poor strikes thrown by King there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Out is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
King landing punches.
Out blocking the ground and pound.
King working Out over with strikes here.
King trying to control but Out is having none of it.
King putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Out is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
King throwing strikes here but Out is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
King sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Out wants to get back to his feet.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Out blocking the ground and pound.
The referee warns Out that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Out is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
King working Out over with strikes here.
Out wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by King.
King misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
King punching from mount but Out doing a good job of avoiding damage.
King lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Out avoids a series of strikes thrown by King.
King sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Out trying desperately to get to his feet.
King landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aslam King 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. This is the final round!

Out throws a series of punches but King moves out of range.
A punch combination from Out misses.
Out stalks King and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into King's face. King staggers backwards, shaken.
King is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
No joy there for Out, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
All Out is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Out stuffs the takedown attempt from King. King gets slowly back to his feet.
Out misses with a wild combination.
All Out seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Out throws a right hand that King ducks under and follows up with a left that King also avoids with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Out throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

King rushes Out and presses him up against the ropes.

King wants the takedown. Out is fighting it off but King persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Out's guard against the ropes.
King postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Out wants to stand up but King is controlling him.
King with a nice head shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King trying to control the position from guard on top but Out is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

King stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Out throws a right and a left that both miss.
King throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

King drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Out working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from King.
King in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Out utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
King is looking to stand up but Out won't let him.
Out wants to get back to his feet but King is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
King with a flurry of punches that miss.
King throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Out works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Out wants to get back to his feet but King is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Out avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
King looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
King walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
King fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aslam King. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Out displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from King.
Out's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Out duly obliges.
King misses the shot to the body.
Decent striking displayed by King there.
Out uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before King has time to react.
King tries to clinch up but Out circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Out will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
King doesn't manage to clinch there - Out circles away.
Out avoids the body shot from King.
King wants to clinch up but Out keeps it at a distance.
Out throws a combination but it was largely blocked by King.
Out throws a series of punches but King avoids them all with ease.

King shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Out is trying to stand.
King throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Out pushes King off looking to stand but King dives back in and keeps control.

King gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Out misses with a double jab.
King fails with a takedown attempt.
King has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Out throws a combination but it was largely blocked by King.

King has Out up against the ropes in a clinch.

King breaks the clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Out. No joy for King on that attempt.
Out lands a two punch combo.
King dodges the punch combination from Out.
King closes this distance looking for a takedown but Out circles away.
King tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Out paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
King shoots in for a takedown but Out shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
King closes the distance and clinches up with Out, looking for a takedown. King pushes Out against the ropes but Out circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
King shoots for a double leg takedown but Out sprawls well. He's pushed King's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nice jab there from Out.
Out throws a right and a left that both miss.
King closes the distance and clinches up with Out, looking for a takedown. King pushes Out against the ropes but Out circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Out throws a nice looking combination but King bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

King shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Out keeping full guard, as King tries to pass.
King throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Out keeping moving, preventing King from controlling successfully.
King throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Out works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
King stops Out from standing up.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
King wants to control from the top but Out keeps moving.
King missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
King working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
King avoids a punch combination nicely.
Out displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
King tries to clinch there but Out circles away.
Out slaps away a takedown attempt from King, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Out stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
King slips a jab and a cross from Out.

King moves into the clinch.
King lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

King gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with King in particular looking to stall.
King not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
King wants to free his trapped foot but Out is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Out blocking the ground and pound attempt from King.
King throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
King throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
King wants to free his trapped foot but Out is holding on for dear life with his legs.
King throwing shots but Out is blocking nicely.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Out throws a right and a left that King avoids nicely.
King wants to clinch up but Out keeps it at a distance.
Out stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from King.
Out throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

King shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Out's guard.
King throwing strikes from guard but Out blocks nicely.
King trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

King stands up and waves to Out to follow him.
King is looking to clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from King.
Out lands with an overhand left.

King feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
King trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
King thows a big elbow that misses.
Out is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
King missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
King prevents Out from getting back to his feet.
King throws a big right hand that misses.
Out is looking to stand up but King isn't so interested in that idea.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Out gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Aslam King is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
King is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Out can do to turn this around?
King is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
King trying to control but Out is working from the bottom.
King missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Out wants to stand up but King is controlling him.
All Out has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

King stands up from guard. Let's bang!

And that's the end of the fight!
Aslam King showed his dominance in that final round.
Well King 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Aslam King!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Aslam King!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Aslam King!

Aslam King wins by unanimous decision!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
20%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jin Sen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lincon Pingshaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sen's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, AC/DC - TNT. Pingshaw is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Heart of a Champion. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sen
vs
Pingshaw

173 cm
19
160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

189 cm
19
160 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jin Sen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lincon Pingshaw!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sen defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Pingshaw.
Sen is looking to slow Pingshaw down with leg kicks.
Pingshaw tries to work over Sen's front leg with a kick but Sen checks it.
Sen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sen scores with a leg kick.
Pingshaw looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sen tries to clinch up but Pingshaw circles away and keeps his distance.
Pingshaw pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sen lands a big head kick that sends Pingshaw to the canvas! Sen follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jin Sen!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Takeshi Sendoh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arnold Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sendoh might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Blood Sport. 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 Arnold Anderson was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Sendoh
vs
Anderson

194 cm
25
185 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
26
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takeshi Sendoh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Arnold Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Anderson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sendoh.
Sendoh tries to clinch up.
Anderson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Takeshi Sendoh has been cut.
Sendoh tries to clinch up.

Anderson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Anderson is looking to stand up but Sendoh isn't so interested in that idea.
Anderson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sendoh!

Anderson get's back to his feet.
Sendoh keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Anderson.
Sendoh shoots in looking for a takedown. Anderson tries to sprawl out of it but Sendoh keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Anderson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sendoh misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sendoh doesn't seem bothered though.
Sendoh dodges the punch combination from Anderson.
Anderson lands a glancing blow to the side of Sendoh's head.

Sendoh is rocked!
Anderson connects with a solid leg kick.
Oh Sendoh is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sendoh is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anderson connects with a stiff jab that staggers Sendoh - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Arnold Anderson!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Lee Rappaport (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Macanori Romi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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.

Lee Rappaport
vs
Romi

176 cm
19
162 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

175 cm
24
160 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Lee Rappaport!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Macanori Romi!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romi ducks under a wild hook from Rappaport.
Romi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Romi shoots in but no luck this time.
Romi is looking to clinch but Rappaport is avoiding it.
Rappaport avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch combination from Rappaport misses.
Romi falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rappaport counters with a three punch combo that has Romi backing up. Romi nods at Rappaport to acknowledge the strikes.

Romi shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Rappaport is trying to defend but Romi finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Rappaport keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Rappaport is not content to let Romi control the position.
Romi is nestled in close to Rappaport, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Rappaport gets back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rappaport is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Romi wants to control from the top but Rappaport keeps moving.
Rappaport is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Rappaport on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Rappaport tries to get out of the position.
Rappaport managing to control the position.
Romi won't allow Rappaport to sweep him here.
Rappaport manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Romi manages to get himself to full guard.
Rappaport trying to control the position from guard on top but Romi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Rappaport is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Rappaport trying to control but Romi is working from the bottom.
Rappaport throws and elbow that misses. Romi uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Rappaport's guard. Nice move by Romi!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rappaport has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Johnny Lee Rappaport.
Rappaport misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romi lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Romi avoids the body shot from Rappaport.
Romi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rappaport counters with a right hand to the body.
Romi misses with a hook. Rappaport ducked under it nicely.
Rappaport takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Romi avoids the body shot from Rappaport.
Romi throws a combination that misses
and Rappaport counters with a right hand to the body.
Romi looks gassed!
Rappaport digs a good body shot into Romi's ribs.
Rappaport scores with a shot to the body.
Romi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
No joy there for Rappaport, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rappaport fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Romi on the side of the head.
Rappaport is looking to wear down Romi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rappaport scores with a jab to the body.
Romi misses with a takedown attempt
and Rappaport counters with a three punch combo that has Romi backing up. Romi nods at Rappaport to acknowledge the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rappaport takes a swing at Romi's ribcage but misses.
Nice body punch from Rappaport.
Rappaport slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Rappaport cracks Romi with a good jab.
Rappaport scores with a jab. Romi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rappaport misses with a double jab.
Rappaport works Romi's body with a nice hook.
Rappaport's corner calls for a 1-2. Rappaport obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Rappaport looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Romi!
Rappaport sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Rappaport content just to control the position here.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Rappaport thowing shots but they're missing.
Romi wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Rappaport.
Rappaport lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Romi hang on?
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Rappaport wants to control the pace but Romi is squirming around nicely.
Rappaport controlling the pace for now.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rappaport putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Rappaport trying to control but Romi is having none of it.
Rappaport lands with some strikes.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Rappaport throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Rappaport controlling his opponent.
A nice elbow there by Rappaport.
Rappaport with shots to the head and body - Romi looks very uncomfortable down there.
Rappaport lands a big elbow.
Rappaport controlling the position easily from mount.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Romi is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Rappaport controlling from the full mount.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Rappaport can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Romi is looking to escape.
Romi takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rappaport controlling from the full mount.
Rappaport looking to control but Romi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Lee Rappaport dominated that round.
That's time! Rappaport's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Rappaport shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Romi napping and manages to drive through into side control!

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Johnny Lee Rappaport.
Rappaport digs a good body shot into Romi's ribs.
Romi tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Rappaport counters with a nice double leg into side control. Romi won't be happy with that.
Rappaport wants to lay and pray for a moment but Romi keeps working.
Rappaport controlling from side mount.
Rappaport misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Romi is breathing heavily.
Romi being controlled for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rappaport trying to control the position but Romi is working away.
An elbow from Rappaport crashes against the mat.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Rappaport in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Romi is trying to escape the position but Rappaport is controlling the position.
Romi taking a bit of punishment here - Rappaport scoring with strikes.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Johnny Lee Rappaport.
Rappaport lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Johnny Lee Rappaport is winning the standup battle so far.
Rappaport throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Romi is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Rappaport.
Romi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rappaport counters with a left to the body.
Romi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rappaport scores with a jab. Romi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rappaport lands a jab.
Rappaport misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Romi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rappaport takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rappaport moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Romi is rocked!
Rappaport scores with a shot to the body.
A shot to the liver by Rappaport. Beautiful body shot.
Johnny Lee Rappaport is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rappaport moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Romi is still on wobbly legs! Can Rappaport finish him?
It's a brutal combination of punches from Rappaport! Romi is backing up but he can't get away as Rappaport lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Romi and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Johnny Lee Rappaport!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
64%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Manny Mayweather (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Mayweather
vs
Santiago

170 cm
20
140 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

170 cm
23
143 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Manny Mayweather!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Miguel Santiago!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mayweather misses with a wild body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mayweather. Santiago does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mayweather slips under a jab from Santiago.
Mayweather moves out of range as Santiago strikes.
Santiago misses with a head kick.
Mayweather looks to land a combination but Santiago avoids it well.
Mayweather moves out of range as Santiago strikes.
Santiago misses with a two punch combination.
A lazy left from Santiago finds it's target.
Santiago misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mayweather stuns Santiago with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Miguel Santiago seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mayweather misses with a double jab
and Santiago counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Santiago loads up on a big right hand but Mayweather slips the punch.
Mayweather on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mayweather throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayweather falls off balance throwing a combination
and Santiago counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mayweather dodges the punch combination from Santiago.
Mayweather takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Mayweather misses with a combination
and Santiago counters with a good, hard body kick but Mayweather shrugs it off.
Mayweather moves out of range of the body kick.
Mayweather throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Santiago counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Mayweather misses with a two punch combination.
Mayweather throws a left and a right that both miss
and Santiago counters with a big head kick but Mayweather shrugs it off.
Mayweather throws a series of punches but Santiago avoids them all with ease.
Mayweather uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Santiago.
Mayweather misses with a combination
letting Santiago counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santiago throws the left hand but Mayweather avoids the punch easily.
Santiago throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Santiago.
Santiago throws a right and a left that Mayweather avoids nicely.
Mayweather uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Santiago.
Santiago scores with a hook.
Mayweather takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Santiago looks to land a right hand but Mayweather moved out of range.
Mayweather's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Mayweather duly obliges.
Mayweather doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Santiago looks to land a left hand but Mayweather moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santiago throws a one two combo.
Mayweather throws a right hand that Santiago ducks under and follows up with a left that Santiago also avoids with ease.
Mayweather scores with a jab to the head.
Santiago lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mayweather backs up against the ropes.
A nice inside leg kick there by Santiago. That's going to slow Mayweather down.
Santiago throws a head kick that Mayweather semi-blocks.
Santiago lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mayweather backs up against the ropes.
Mayweather throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Decent striking displayed by Mayweather there.
Santiago takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mayweather uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Santiago has time to react.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santiago takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Mayweather uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Santiago.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santiago misses with a head kick.
Santiago throws a push kick but Mayweather slaps the foot to one side.
Mayweather throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Santiago throws a body punch but Mayweather moves out of range.
Santiago throws a hook but Mayweather avoids it easily.
Mayweather tries to bum rush Santiago with a series of wild strikes but Santiago uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Santiago lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Mayweather blocks a head kick by Santiago.
Mayweather takes a swing at Santiago's ribcage but misses.
Santiago throws a half hearted mid kick.
Santiago throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Santiago throws a head kick that misses.
Mayweather slips under a jab from Santiago.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Santiago.
Mayweather lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Santiago backs up against the ropes.
Santiago swings for the body but Mayweather moves out of range.
Santiago scores with a punch to the head.
Santiago avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mayweather lands with a shot to the body.
Mayweather on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Santiago scores with a spinning back kick!
Mayweather is breathing heavily.
Santiago lands with a kick to the temple. Mayweather shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Mayweather looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Santiago throws a big shot that misses.
Santiago swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mayweather counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather throws a predictable looking body shot
and Santiago makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santiago lands an overhand right.
Santiago throws a head kick but Mayweather moves out of range.
Santiago lands a nice shot that snaps Mayweather's head back.
Mayweather avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mayweather misses with a combination
and Santiago counters with a straight right hand.
Santiago has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mayweather finds it's way round the side to connect with Santiago's head.
Mayweather takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mayweather is looking to wear down Santiago with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Good exchange - Santiago coming out on top.
Mayweather moves out of range of the strikes.
Santiago misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Santiago avoids a punch combination nicely.
Santiago delivers a nice body kick.
Santiago swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Santiago lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Santiago misses with a double jab
and Mayweather counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Santiago thinking.
Mayweather throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mayweather thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mayweather swinging wildly here.
The fighters circling - Santiago throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Santiago with a jab.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather throws a right hand that Santiago ducks under and follows up with a left that Santiago also avoids with ease.
Mayweather throws a combination that misses
and Santiago counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Manny Mayweather is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mayweather blocks a jab.
Mayweather throws a combination that misses
and Santiago counters with a straight right hand.
Mayweather ducks under a wild hook from Santiago.
Santiago throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Mayweather.
Mayweather swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Santiago connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A punch combination from Santiago misses.
Santiago throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Mayweather will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Santiago lands with a hook. Mayweather tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Santiago looks to throw the jab but Mayweather is out of range.
Santiago is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mayweather had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Mayweather throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mayweather takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mayweather throws a lazy right hand but Santiago sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather throws a hook but Santiago avoids it easily.
Mayweather misses with a combination
and Santiago counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Santiago looks to land a left hand but Mayweather moved out of range nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mayweather. Santiago does a little dance to reset his feet.
Santiago throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mayweather stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Santiago throws a hook but Mayweather blocks it.
Mayweather falls off balance throwing a combination
and Santiago counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Santiago throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A decent looking cross lands there for Santiago.

A big head kick from Santiago and Mayweather is sent sprawling to the canvas!

Mayweather is rocked!

It looks like Manny Mayweather has been cut.
Mayweather wants to stand but Santiago is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miguel Santiago dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Manny Mayweather's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Santiago stalks Mayweather and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Mayweather's face. Mayweather staggers backwards, shaken.
Oh Mayweather is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mayweather uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Santiago.
Mayweather seems to have got his legs back now.
Santiago lands with a slapping head kick.
Santiago misses with a few strikes there.
Santiago tries a head kick but it misses.
Manny Mayweather is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mayweather takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mayweather blocks a head kick by Santiago.
Mayweather avoids the head kick by Santiago.
A head kick misses from Santiago.
Santiago throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Mayweather moves out of range as Santiago strikes.
Santiago scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayweather fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mayweather looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A slapping body kick lands there for Santiago.
Santiago misses with a body kick.
No joy there for Santiago, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Santiago throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Santiago uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mayweather.
Mayweather misses with a combination
and Santiago counters with a straight right hand.
Mayweather showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santiago.
Mayweather swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice uppercut lands for Santiago. That snapped Mayweather's head back.
Santiago bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Santiago momentarily.
Miguel Santiago seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mayweather swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Santiago looks to land a body kick but Mayweather moved away.
Mayweather cracks Santiago with a good jab.
Mayweather takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mayweather misses with the combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mayweather avoids the head kick by Santiago.
Mayweather avoids the body shot from Santiago.
Mayweather lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Santiago connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Santiago cracks Mayweather with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Santiago misses the target.
Mayweather lands with a good body shot.
Santiago misses with a double jab.
Mayweather takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Santiago throws a head kick that Mayweather semi-blocks.
Jab by Santiago.
Santiago throws the left hand but Mayweather avoids the punch easily.
Mayweather misses with a looping left.
Mayweather throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Santiago on the side of the head.
Mayweather throws a sloppy body shot
and Santiago counters with a nice uppercut.
A big left from Santiago misses.
Mayweather throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Santiago misses with a straight left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santiago bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Santiago misses with a head kick.
Santiago throws a nice head kick!
Santiago lands with a kick to the temple. Mayweather shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Santiago misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Mayweather rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Santiago moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Santiago misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
No joy there for Mayweather, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mayweather blocks a head kick by Santiago.
Mayweather staying out of range there.
A big left from Santiago misses.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather blocks a head kick by Santiago.
Santiago connects with a high kick.
Mayweather looks to land a combination but Santiago avoids it well.
Mayweather staying out of range there.
Santiago misses with a double jab
and Santiago takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Santiago tries for a takedown but Mayweather sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Mayweather ducks under a wild hook from Santiago.
Mayweather keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Santiago.
Mayweather misses with a double jab
and Santiago counters with a solid body kick.
Santiago looks to throw the jab but Mayweather is out of range.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather blocks a jab.
Santiago moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Mayweather throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Santiago counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Santiago misses with a double jab
and Mayweather counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Mayweather lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Santiago circles away quickly and effectively.
Mayweather throws a left and a right that both miss
and Santiago counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A big right from Santiago misses.
Mayweather will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Santiago throws a combination. Mayweather tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Mayweather crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Santiago - the referee stops the clock and Mayweather gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Santiago. Mayweather manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Well,Mayweather is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Santiago throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Santiago scores with a decent looking hook.
Santiago tests Mayweather's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Santiago connects with the punch.
Mayweather throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Santiago counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mayweather slips under a jab from Santiago.
Mayweather misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mayweather throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mayweather takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Santiago connects with a looping right hand.
A punch combination from Santiago misses.
Manny Mayweather has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Santiago does no damage.
Santiago pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Santiago punishes Mayweather's body with a nice straight punch.
A nice combination there by Mayweather.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Santiago - that will leave a mark!
Santiago takes a swing at Mayweather's ribcage but misses.
Santiago delivers a nice body kick.
Nice jab there from Santiago.
Santiago misses with an uppercut.
Nice body kick from Santiago.
Mayweather ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mayweather falls off balance throwing a combination
and Santiago counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Santiago thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Mayweather if he has to take too many more of those.
Santiago tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mayweather swivels and escapes.
Manny Mayweather has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Miguel Santiago.
Mayweather fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mayweather throws a combination that misses

and Santiago counters with a takedown into side control.
The referee asks Santiago politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Santiago prefers to stall for the moment though.
Miguel Santiago is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

And that's the end of the fight!
Miguel Santiago comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Santiago has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Miguel Santiago!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Miguel Santiago!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Miguel Santiago!

Miguel Santiago wins by unanimous decision!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
51%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Hetfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hippity Hop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hetfield comes to the ring accompanied by Harvester of Sorrow. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Hetfield
vs
Hop

197 cm
22
282 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

195 cm
24
270 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, James Hetfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hippity Hop!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Hop misses its intended target.
Hop swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hetfield uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hop.
A good leg kick by Hetfield.
Hop ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hetfield moves away.
A jab from Hop misses.
Hetfield scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Hippity Hop has been cut.
Hop swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hop throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hetfield sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hop swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hop misses with a straight right.
Hop throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hetfield counters with a nice kick to the body.
Some wild striking there from Hetfield.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Hetfield.
Hippity Hop seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hop looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hetfield scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A right-left combo lands from Hetfield.
Hop takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Hetfield instigates a clinch.
Hetfield gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hetfield tries to land a knee to the head but Hop blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hetfield lands an elbow that stopped Hop in his tracks for a moment.

That has opened up Hippity Hop's cut even more.
Hetfield scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Hetfield.
Hetfield lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Hippity Hop's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Hippity Hop's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). James Hetfield!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Giorgio Gabos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Myers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gabos might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi by Carl Orff. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gabos
vs
Myers

180 cm
24
172 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

176 cm
20
180 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Giorgio Gabos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jason Myers!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gabos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Myers slips under a jab from Gabos.
A punch combination from Gabos misses.
Gabos misses with a looping right.

Myers pushes Gabos up against the ropes in a clinch.
Myers lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gabos.
Myers lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Myers throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gabos misses with a punch to the body.
Myers pushes Gabos back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Myers.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gabos can't find room to land a body shot as Myers controls the action.
Myers has Gabos pushed against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Myers.

Gabos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Myers slips under a jab.
Gabos avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Myers scores with a nice strike.
Gabos misses with a wild body shot.
Donk. Myers catches Gabos right on the button with a cross.
Myers checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gabos throws a hook to the side of Myers's head but Myers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gabos misses with a wild body shot.
Myers throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Myers connects with a crisp jab.
Myers's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Myers duly obliges.
Gabos just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gabos misses with a body shot.
Gabos looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Myers is fending him off so far but Gabos persists. Nope, Myers circles away and we're back to standing.
No luck for Gabos with that takedown attempt.
A combination from Gabos does no damage.
Gabos is looking to score with low kicks.

Gabos tries to keep at a distance but Myers has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gabos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Myers has him pressed against the ropes.
Myers pressing his opponent against the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Myers is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Myers stalls.
Gabos misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Myers lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gabos backwards.
Gabos is trying to stall.
A nice left hand lands by Myers.
Myers lands a hook to the side of the head.
Myers is trying to stall.
Myers gets through Gabos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gabos takes a shot to the head.
Myers keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gabos's efforts to push away.
Myers working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gabos is looking to break free of the clinch but Myers has double underhooks.
Myers lands with a left to the head.

Gabos is rocked!
Myers creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Gabos's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Gabos drops to his knees and Myers pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jason Myers!

C
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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
52%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bruce The Dragon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyrone Bate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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 Tyrone Bate was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

The Dragon
vs
Bate

170 cm
23
135 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

166 cm
19
144 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruce The Dragon!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tyrone Bate!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Dragon throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bate.
Bate takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A nice leg kick lands there from The Dragon.
A slapping leg kick lands for The Dragon.
Bate swings for the body but The Dragon moves out of range.
The Dragon connects with a solid leg kick.
The Dragon misses with a head kick.

Bate drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bate postures up in The Dragon's guard and throws a big left but The Dragon blocks it.
Bate is looking to work some ground and pound but The Dragon has wrist control.
Bate with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bate trying to control but The Dragon is working from the bottom.
Bate stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. The Dragon swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bate loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Bate thows a big elbow that misses.
Bate throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as The Dragon works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
The Dragon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bate.
Bate just misses with a punch to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from The Dragon.
The Dragon lands a nice looking body kick.
The Dragon misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The Dragon tries to land a leg kick but Bate saw it coming and moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bate. The Dragon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from The Dragon, right into the meat.
The Dragon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The Dragon misses with a leg kick.
Bate tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The Dragon looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bate takes a kick to the side of the head.
The Dragon connects with a solid leg kick.
Bate shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as The Dragon sprawls well. The Dragon wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bate gets slowly back to his feet.
Bate throws a hook but The Dragon blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Dragon feints and then cracks Bate's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bate down.
The Dragon throws and low kick but Bate moves out of range easily.
Bate ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Dragon moves away.
Bruce The Dragon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bate is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by The Dragon.
A bone on bone clash there as Bate blocks the leg kick.
Bate's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The Dragon tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bate just misses with a punch to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bate crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from The Dragon - the referee stops the clock and Bate gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says The Dragon. Bate manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The Dragon wants to slow Bate down by chopping away at his legs.
Bate throws a body punch but The Dragon moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The Dragon looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The Dragon throws a front kick aimed at Bate's knee but Bate avoids it well.
The Dragon is looking to score with low kicks.
A head kick misses from The Dragon.
The Dragon throws a front kick aimed at Bate's knee but Bate avoids it well.
The Dragon lands a high kick!
A head kick from The Dragon lands but Bate takes it in his stride.
The Dragon turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bate throws the left hand but The Dragon avoids the punch easily.
The Dragon misses with a low kick as Bate jumps back.
The Dragon fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bate.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from The Dragon.
Bruce The Dragon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bate takes a kick to the side of the head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from The Dragon.
Bate swings for the body but The Dragon moves out of range.
The Dragon throws a head kick but Bate moves out of range.
Bate avoids the head kick by The Dragon.
Bate takes a swing at The Dragon's ribcage but misses.
The Dragon misses with a kick to the body.
The Dragon throws a nice outside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by The Dragon.
Bate throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The Dragon throws a head kick but Bate moves out of range.
The Dragon is looking to land body kicks.
Bate takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bate avoids the head kick by The Dragon.
The Dragon lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bate's sensitive parts.
The Dragon throws a solid leg kick but Bate takes the impact on his shin and smiles at The Dragon.
The Dragon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from The Dragon, right into the meat.
Bate keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by The Dragon.
A bone on bone clash there as Bate blocks the leg kick.
The Dragon will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The Dragon throws a low kick but Bate avoids it.
An inside leg kick from The Dragon misses.
The Dragon feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bate's calf.
A clash of legs there as Bate blocks the low kick.
The Dragon is looking to chop away at Bate's legs.
The Dragon shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The Dragon throws a low kick, looking for Bate's leg but Bate calmly moves out of range.
Bate blocks a head kick by The Dragon.
Bate waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Dragon.
Nice body kick from The Dragon.
The Dragon looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bate misses with a body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bate checks a leg kick.
Bate swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bate moves out of range as The Dragon throws a body kick.

Bate shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Bate was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Bate moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, The Dragon has worked his arm free - good work by The Dragon!

Bate tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bate has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Bate controlling the position from side mount.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bate throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce The Dragon dominated that round.
That's time! The Dragon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

The Dragon throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A nice inside leg kick there by The Dragon. That's going to slow Bate down.
The Dragon misses with a leg kick.
The Dragon throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
An inside leg kick lands from The Dragon.
The Dragon throws a head kick that misses.
The Dragon throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bate.
Bate shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The Dragon cracks the inside of Bate's front leg.
The Dragon lands a nice looking body kick.
The Dragon lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bate avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Dragon scores with a leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for The Dragon.
Bate comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The Dragon throws a head kick that Bate semi-blocks.
The Dragon lands with a kick to the ribs.
Bate checks the leg kick.
The Dragon throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bate.

Bate shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. The Dragon manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Bate wants to control from the top but The Dragon keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bate throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as The Dragon works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Bate drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and The Dragon dives on top into guard.

The Dragon stands up from guard. Let's bang!
The Dragon attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Bate checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Dragon tries a head kick but it misses.
Bate checks the leg kick nicely there.
The Dragon feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bate's calf.
The Dragon throws a head kick but Bate moves out of range.

Bate shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Bate was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Bate throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
You get the feeling that The Dragon really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Bate looking to land elbow strikes but The Dragon uses the position to regain half guard.
Bate not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bate throwing shots but The Dragon is blocking nicely.
Bate is trying to control. The Dragon wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The Dragon looks like he's trying to stand up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The Dragon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bate has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from The Dragon.
Horrible takedown by Bate or perhaps it was just good defense by The Dragon which made him look bad.
The Dragon looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from The Dragon.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bate checks a leg kick.
The Dragon feints and then cracks Bate's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bate down.
The Dragon throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bate.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from The Dragon, right into the meat.
The Dragon lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Bate digs a good hook to The Dragon's body.
Crunch! The Dragon slams his shin into Bate's torso.
The Dragon lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bate will feel that in the morning.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The Dragon misses with a head kick.
The Dragon throws a head kick that misses.
Bate throws a body punch but The Dragon moves out of range.
Bate throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bate on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by The Dragon. The Dragon obviously looking to wear him down.
Good leg kick by The Dragon there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The Dragon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The Dragon moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The Dragon tries a head kick but it misses.
The Dragon throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bate chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before The Dragon can pounce on him.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bate throws a shot from downtown. The Dragon moves away and avoids it.
The Dragon throws a low kick, looking for Bate's leg but Bate calmly moves out of range.
The Dragon throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The Dragon scores with a push kick.
A head kick misses from The Dragon.
An inside leg kick lands from The Dragon.
Bate is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down The Dragon rather than just go for the knockout.
The Dragon throws a low kick but it's checked well by Bate.
The Dragon tries a head kick but it misses.
The Dragon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bate throws a jab when The Dragon was well out of range.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Bate chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before The Dragon can pounce on him.
The Dragon buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The Dragon shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The Dragon throws a leg kick that misses.
Bate tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Dragon was well out of range. Poor timing from Bate.
The Dragon thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bate if he has to take too many more of those.
Bate shoots in looking for a takedown. The Dragon tries to sprawl out of it but Bate keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. The Dragon manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bruce The Dragon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyrone Bate.
The Dragon pushes Bate away with a front kick.
Bate throws a hook but The Dragon avoids it easily.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Bate swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Dragon scoring well with a low kick there.
The Dragon feints and then cracks Bate's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bate down.
The Dragon connects with a high kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by The Dragon.
The Dragon scoring well with a low kick there.
The Dragon throws a head kick but Bate moves out of range.
The Dragon tries to land a front kick but Bate steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A clash of legs there as Bate blocks the low kick.
The Dragon throws a sloppy head kick and Bate moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce The Dragon dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Good leg kick by The Dragon there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The Dragon feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bate's calf.
Bate looks to score with a jab to the body but The Dragon is just out of range.
The Dragon connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bate moves out of range of the leg kick from The Dragon.
The Dragon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The Dragon throws the kick towards the body but Bate avoids it.
The Dragon 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Dragon tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bate is able to avoid easily.
The Dragon throws a nice head kick!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bate crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from The Dragon - the referee stops the clock and Bate gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says The Dragon. Bate manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Dragon thumps Bate with a low kick.
Good work by Bate as he checks the leg kick.
Bate looks to land a left hand but The Dragon moved out of range nicely.
The Dragon throws a sloppy head kick and Bate moves out of range easily.
The Dragon tried to score with a low kick but Bate checks it.
The Dragon moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bate takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The Dragon throws a sloppy head kick and Bate moves out of range easily.
Bate missing with a left hand there. The Dragon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The Dragon shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The Dragon fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A head kick misses from The Dragon.
The Dragon motions for Bate to come forward. The Dragon throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The Dragon throws a leg kick which misses Bate's front leg but catches the back leg as Bate tries to avoid it.
The Dragon shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The Dragon connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The Dragon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bate misses with a wild body shot.
The Dragon throws a leg kick but Bate sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bate throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around The Dragon's waist but The Dragon gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bate off to one side.
Bate swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bate avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bate. The Dragon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bate misses with a straight left.
Bate checks a leg kick nicely.
The Dragon lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bate will feel that in the morning.
The Dragon lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The Dragon lands with a kick to the temple. Bate shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The Dragon does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The Dragon turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The Dragon goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A clash of legs there as Bate blocks the low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Dragon tries a low kick but Bate avoids it.
The Dragon throws a body kick that misses.
Bate checks the leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Bate checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The Dragon throws a head kick that misses.
Bate misses with a straight right.
Bate shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. The Dragon defends it nicely.
Bate just misses with a punch to the body.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bate keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bate checks a leg kick nicely.
The Dragon scores with a head kick.
The Dragon throws out a leg kick but Bate moves out of range and The Dragon only half commits.
The Dragon scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The Dragon throws a head kick but Bate moves out of range.
The Dragon tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bate is able to avoid easily.

Bate is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in The Dragon's half guard.

Bate is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. The Dragon doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Bate.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Bate wants to control but The Dragon is keeping him busy.
The Dragon looks like he's trying to stand up.

Bate is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Bate has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bate thows a huge punch but The Dragon dodges it nicely.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The Dragon is trying to stand.
Bate wants to pass to mount but The Dragon is defending the position.
Bate trying to control from The Dragon's half guard. The Dragon has other ideas though and has regained full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bate shoots in for a takedown but The Dragon shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bruce The Dragon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyrone Bate.
Bate takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The Dragon lands a head kick!
A solid leg kick lands there for The Dragon.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bate takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The Dragon swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The Dragon with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The Dragon lands a high kick!
The Dragon throws a head kick but Bate moves out of range.
The Dragon fakes the leg kick and cracks Bate in the body.
The Dragon takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bate fails with a takedown attempt.
The Dragon is looking to land body kicks.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
The Dragon bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Bate blocks a head kick by The Dragon.
The Dragon throws a low kick but Bate avoids it.
Bate on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by The Dragon. The Dragon obviously looking to wear him down.
The Dragon cracks the inside of Bate's front leg.
The Dragon scores with a leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from The Dragon. Bate shrugs it off though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bate chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before The Dragon can pounce on him.
Tyrone Bate has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bruce The Dragon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bate connects with a body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce The Dragon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for The Dragon, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Bruce The Dragon!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Bruce The Dragon!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Bruce The Dragon!

Bruce The Dragon wins by unanimous decision!
Bruce The Dragon retains his bantamweight title!

C
A

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B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
15%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Teppo Teppo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cylvos Canis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cylvos Canis will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Teppo
vs
Canis

165 cm
19
155 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

178 cm
26
165 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Teppo Teppo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cylvos Canis!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Shimada and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Teppo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Teppo wants to clinch up but Canis keeps it at a distance.
Teppo tries to clinch up but Canis circles away and keeps his distance.
Teppo moves forwards but Canis connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Teppo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Canis swats away the attempt to clinch by Teppo.
Canis swats away the attempt to clinch by Teppo.
Left hook, right uppercut from Teppo.
Canis misses with a looping right.
Teppo is looking to clinch but Canis is avoiding it.
A combination from Teppo does no damage.
Canis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Teppo moves away.
A big left from Teppo misses.
Canis lands a nice shot that snaps Teppo's head back.
Teppo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Teppo slips under a jab from Canis.
Canis scores with a one two! Teppo had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Canis.
Teppo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Canis lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Teppo is rocked!
Canis lands with a right hand.
Oh Teppo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Teppo clinches.
Teppo is trying to maintain a safe position but Canis gets an underhook and turns Teppo into the ropes.
Canis blocks the elbow strike.
Teppo seems to have got his legs back now.
Canis prevents a body shot from Teppo.
Teppo is stalling here.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Teppo throws an elbow but misses.
Teppo tries to land knees in the clinch but Canis avoids the damage to the body.
Teppo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Canis's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Canis wants to break free but Teppo has control.
Teppo pushes off an throws an elbow but Canis leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Teppo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Teppo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Canis's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teppo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Teppo has Canis pushed against the ropes.
Canis can't break the clinch.
Teppo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Teppo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Canis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Teppo missing with knees to the body.
Teppo misses with an elbow strike.
Canis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Teppo lands an elbow just above Canis 's eye.
Teppo misses with an elbow over the top.
Teppo trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Canis tries to break the clinch but Teppo is controlling the position.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Canis is trying to break the clinch but Teppo is controlling him.
Teppo taking a breather.
Maybe Teppo would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Teppo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Teppo tries to land knees in the clinch but Canis avoids the damage to the body.
Canis has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Teppo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Canis is trying to break free.
Teppo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Canis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Teppo misses with the head strike.
Teppo throws an elbow but it misses.
Canis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Teppo can't find room to land a body shot as Canis controls the action.
Canis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Teppo is trying to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Canis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Teppo prevents Canis from breaking the clinch.
Teppo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Canis is keeping busy.
Canis working hard to break the clinch.
Teppo tries to land knees in the clinch but Canis avoids the damage to the body.
Canis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Teppo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Teppo misses with an elbow over the top.
Teppo lands an elbow that stopped Canis in his tracks for a moment.
Canis tries to circle away but Teppo has him pinned against the ropes.
Teppo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Canis as Teppo tries to tie him up.
Teppo missing with knees to the body.
Canis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Canis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Teppo misses with the head strike.
Teppo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Canis's defenses.
A frustrated look appears on Canis's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Canis is trying to break free.
Teppo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Canis prevents a body shot from Teppo.
Teppo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Teppo's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Teppo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Canis.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Teppo throws an elbow but misses.
Canis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A bit of stalling here from Teppo.
Teppo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Canis.
Canis wants to break the clinch but can't.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Teppo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Teppo tries to land knees in the clinch but Canis avoids the damage to the body.
Teppo is breathing heavily.
Teppo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Canis avoids a wild elbow strike from Teppo.
Teppo misses with an elbow over the top.
Canis dodges an elbow strike from Teppo.
Canis avoiding damage as Teppo throws knees to the body.
Canis tries to break the clinch but Teppo is controlling the position.
Teppo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Teppo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Canis's efforts to push away.
Canis avoids the elbow strike from Teppo, against the ropes.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Canis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Canis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Teppo lands a damaging elbow.
Canis dodges an elbow strike from Teppo.
Canis wants to break free but Teppo has control.
Canis managing to block the knees to the body from Teppo.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Canis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Canis blocks an elbow strike from Teppo.
Teppo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Canis is keeping busy.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Teppo throws an elbow but misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Teppo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Teppo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Canis working hard to break the clinch.
Teppo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Teppo.
Teppo lands an elbow inside.
Teppo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Canis has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Teppo pushes off an throws an elbow but Canis leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Canis managing to block the knees to the body from Teppo.
Canis can't break the clinch.
Canis dodges an elbow strike from Teppo.
Canis tries to break free but Teppo pushes him back against the ropes.
Teppo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Canis is defending well for now.
Teppo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Teppo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Teppo tries to land knees in the clinch but Canis avoids the damage to the body.
Canis blocks a body shot from Teppo.
Canis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Canis blocks an elbow strike from Teppo.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Teppo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Canis is defending well for now.
Teppo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Canis tries to break the clinch but Teppo is controlling the position.
Canis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Canis is looking to break free of the clinch but Teppo has double underhooks.
Teppo wants to stall.
Canis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Canis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Teppo prevents Canis from breaking the clinch.
Teppo keeps control of Canis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Canis wants to get back to striking at distance but Teppo won't allow it.
Teppo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Canis is trying to break the clinch but Teppo is controlling him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Teppo looking to slow down the pace here.
Canis prevents a body shot from Teppo.
Teppo has a couple of punches blocked by Canis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cylvos Canis dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Canis throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Teppo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Teppo wants to clinch.
Canis throws a left and a right that both miss

and Teppo counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Nice elbow from Teppo.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Teppo.

Canis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Teppo is looking to clinch but Canis is avoiding it.
Teppo slips a jab from Canis.
Canis connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Teppo momentarily.
Canis connects with a right hand. Teppo shakes it off.
Canis connects with a jab.
Canis swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Teppo counters with a good low kick that Canis was not able to check.
Canis misses with a wild combination.
Canis scores with a shot to the body.
Canis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Teppo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teppo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Canis jabs Teppo right on the nose. Teppo blinks but takes it well.
Canis lands with a straight right. Teppo didn't see that one coming.
Teppo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Canis clobbers Teppo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Teppo ducks under a wild hook from Canis.
Cylvos Canis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Canis connects with a right hand. Teppo shakes it off.
Canis connects with a crisp jab.
Canis jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Teppo closes the distance and pushes Canis back into the ropes.
Teppo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Canis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Teppo is looking to control Canis's arms but Canis gets an underhook and turns him. Now Teppo has his back to the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Teppo throws an elbow but misses.

Canis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teppo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Canis on the side of the head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Canis!
Teppo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Canis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Teppo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Canis misses with a few strikes there.
Teppo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Canis.
A jab lands there for Canis.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Teppo takes one on the button.
Canis looks to land a left hand but Teppo moved out of range nicely.
Teppo moves in looking to clinch but Canis pushes him off.
Teppo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Canis misses with a straight right.
Teppo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Canis throws out the jab.
Canis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Teppo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Canis throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teppo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Canis throws a shot from downtown. Teppo moves away and avoids it.
Canis throws a series of strikes that have Teppo backpedaling.

It looks like Teppo Teppo has been cut.
Teppo Teppo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Canis lands a hook that stumbles Teppo back into the ropes. Canis follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Teppo to the canvas! Canis pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Teppo has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Cylvos Canis!
Cylvos Canis is the new lightweight champion!

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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
47%

Main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Light (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Logan Harter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Light might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Ride for This-Fabolous. Logan Harter has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Light
vs
Harter

195 cm
21
275 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

196 cm
23
275 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bobby Light!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Logan Harter!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Light shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Harter defends it nicely.
Harter checks the leg kick nicely there.
Light lands with a nice body punch.
Light lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Logan Harter has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters circling - Harter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harter keeps the fight on the outside.
Light lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Harter falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Bobby Light!
Bobby Light retains his heavyweight title!