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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chu Ho Soon (ranked 2062 p4p, 3518 weight class) and Del Werthers (ranked 227 p4p, 362 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Del Werthers enters the cage!
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Great low kicks
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chu Ho Soon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Del Werthers!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ho Soon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Werthers sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ho Soon scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice straight punches there by Ho Soon. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ho Soon.
Werthers walks into a left hand.
Ho Soon paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Werthers lands the left hand.
Ho Soon throws a body punch but Werthers moves out of range.
Ho Soon blocks a jab.
A low kick from Ho Soon misses
and Werthers counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Ho Soon!
Ho Soon is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Clinch Pride, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ho Soon parries the strikes from Werthers easily there. Werthers is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Ho Soon to escape.
Ho Soon is trying to get back to half guard.
Werthers in side control, throwing shots but Ho Soon defends.
Werthers trying to control the position but Ho Soon is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho Soon is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Werthers's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Werthers thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ho Soon's head.
Ground and pound from Werthers.
Werthers looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ho Soon avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Werthers.
Werthers missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ho Soon controlling the position well.
Ho Soon is trying to stand back up but Werthers is controlling him
Ho Soon blocking the ground and pound attempt from Werthers.
Werthers throwing shots but Ho Soon is blocking nicely.
Werthers is looking to advance position but Ho Soon won't allow it.
Werthers not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Werthers in particular looking to stall.
Ho Soon moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Werthers preventing the sweep.
Ho Soon is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Werthers is looking to improve his position.
Ho Soon tries to pass to full mount but Werthers defends it.
Ho Soon not doing much here.
Werthers trying to hold on to Ho Soon's head to control him but Ho Soon postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Werthers is looking to improve his position.
Ho Soon perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Ho Soon continues to stall.
More hug and hope from Ho Soon.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Werthers trying to control from the bottom.
Ho Soon stalling.
Werthers is trying to maintain the position but Ho Soon is very close to passing his half guard.
Ho Soon not doing much here.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Ho Soon scores with a hook to the body. Werthers takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Werthers lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ho Soon is looking to chop away at Werthers's legs.
Werthers throws a series of punches but Ho Soon avoids them all with ease.
Ho Soon cracks a nice hook into Werthers's ribs.
Ho Soon gets cracked there but stands up to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Chu Ho Soon will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Werthers misses with a lunging right hand
and Ho Soon counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ho Soon's corner calls for a 1-2. Ho Soon obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ho Soon looks to throw the jab but Werthers is out of range.
Werthers ducks under a wild hook from Ho Soon.
And Werthers tries to counter it with a takedown but Ho Soon pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Ho Soon ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ho Soon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Werthers drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Ho Soon defends it well.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ho Soon.
Chu Ho Soon is winning the standup battle so far.
Good shot there by Ho Soon.
Werthers takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Werthers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Werthers ducks under a wild hook from Ho Soon.
Werthers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Werthers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Werthers darts in looking for a takedown but Ho Soon gets double underhooks and turns Werthers into the cage.
Ho Soon tests Werthers's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Werthers throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Werthers on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Chu Ho Soon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Werthers will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
It looked like Ho Soon wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Werthers throws a jab when Ho Soon was well out of range.
Ho Soon fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Werthers has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ho Soon slips a straight right by Werthers.
Werthers is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ho Soon scores with a punch to the head.
Ho Soon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ho Soon throws a body punch but Werthers moves out of range.
Werthers moves away from the strike by Ho Soon.
Werthers scores with a nice strike.
Werthers throws a big shot that misses.
Werthers might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Werthers misses with a wild combination.
Ho Soon throws a hook but Werthers blocks it.
Ho Soon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Werthers misses with a two punch combination.
Ho Soon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Werthers can do to turn this around?
Ho Soon ducks under a wild hook from Werthers.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Werthers.
And Werthers tries to counter it with a takedown but Ho Soon pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Ho Soon throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Werthers takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Werthers staying out of range there.
As Ho Soon backs off Werthers throws a huge counter combo but Ho Soon manages to avoid it all.
Ho Soon scores with a head kick. Werthers tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Werthers throws a right hand that Ho Soon ducks under and follows up with a left that Ho Soon also avoids with ease.
Ho Soon misses with a straight left.
Werthers misses with a straight right.
Chu Ho Soon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ho Soon catches Werthers with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ho Soon is looking to slow Werthers down with leg kicks.
Del Werthers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ho Soon.
Werthers with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ho Soon to score with a decent uppercut.
Werthers looks to throw the jab but Ho Soon is out of range.
Ho Soon misses with a hook.
Ho Soon moves into the clinch.
Werthers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon misses with some punches.
Werthers tries to break the clinch but Ho Soon is controlling the position.
Ho Soon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Werthers's elbow.
Ho Soon tries to work over Werthers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Werthers wants to stall.
Ho Soon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ho Soon misses with a punch on the inside.
Werthers wants a takedown but no success here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ho Soon.
Werthers wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ho Soon displaying some good clinch control by pressing Werthers up against the cage.
Ho Soon blocking some punches.
Werthers has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ho Soon is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Chu Ho Soon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Del Werthers.
Werthers's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ho Soon lands a nice hook to Werthers's body. Werthers takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ho Soon sizes up Werthers with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nice takedown defense from Ho Soon. No joy for Werthers on that attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Werthers waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ho Soon.
Ho Soon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Werthers.
Ho Soon on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Werthers with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ho Soon to score with a decent uppercut.
Werthers doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Werthers throws a looping overhand right but Ho Soon ducks down to avoid it.
Nice uppercut lands for Ho Soon. That snapped Werthers's head back.
Ho Soon lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Werthers uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon lands a lovely overhand right.
Werthers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ho Soon.
Ho Soon throws a jab when Werthers was well out of range.
Werthers fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Werthers throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ho Soon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ho Soon misses with a double jab.
Werthers moves out of range as Ho Soon throws a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chu Ho Soon dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Werthers fails to land with a series of punches.
Ho Soon is looking to counter with a body kick.
Ho Soon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ho Soon takes a swing at Werthers's ribcage but misses.
Ho Soon misses with a looping left.
Ho Soon takes a swing at Werthers's ribcage but misses.
Werthers fails to land with a series of punches.
It looked like Ho Soon wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Werthers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ho Soon moves away.
A quick step to the side and Ho Soon tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ho Soon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ho Soon misses the shot to the body.
Werthers lands a nice shot that snaps Ho Soon's head back.
Werthers tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Werthers looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Werthers moves away from the strike by Ho Soon.
Werthers misses with a straight right.
Werthers slips a straight right by Ho Soon.
Ho Soon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Werthers was well out of range. Poor timing from Ho Soon.
Werthers moves away from the strike by Ho Soon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho Soon scores with a jab.
Ho Soon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Werthers.
Ho Soon feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Wertherss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ho Soon scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Werthers shoots in and drives through. Ho Soon sprawls well.
Werthers has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Werthers there as he acknowledges the shot.
Werthers misses with a few strikes there.
Ho Soon misses with a looping right.
Werthers has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Some wild striking there from Werthers.
Ho Soon swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ho Soon throws a head kick that misses.
Werthers ducks under a wild hook from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon misses with a straight left.
Ho Soon pivots, looking for a leg kick but Werthers is out of range and Ho Soon settles back down.
Ho Soon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Werthers.
Werthers walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Chu Ho Soon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon lands a high kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Werthers takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ho Soon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Werthers lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Werthers.
Ho Soon is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Werthers.
Werthers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ho Soon thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Werthers if he has to take too many more of those.
Werthers jabs Ho Soon to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nice takedown defense from Ho Soon. No joy for Werthers on that attempt.
Werthers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ho Soon circles away quickly and effectively.
Ho Soon with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ho Soon throws out a loose jab but Werthers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ho Soon with a nice cross.
Ho Soon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Werthers shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Ho Soon eats them both and turns towards Werthers to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Del Werthers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ho Soon closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Werthers steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Werthers drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Ho Soon defends it well.
Ho Soon tries to land a front kick but Werthers steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ho Soon misses the shot to the body.
Werthers cracks Ho Soon with an open hand slap.
Ho Soon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Werthers.
Ho Soon was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ho Soon dodges the punch combination from Werthers.
Werthers throws a poor cross that misses
and Ho Soon counters with a nice uppercut.
Ho Soon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Werthers manages to avoid it.
Ho Soon lands with an overhand left.
Werthers uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon connects with a jab.
Ho Soon scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A punch combination from Werthers misses.
Ho Soon lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Ho Soon thuds a left hand into Werthers's body.
Werthers waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ho Soon.
A good leg kick by Ho Soon.
Nice defenses there by Werthers.
Ho Soon looks to land a left hand but Werthers moved out of range nicely.
Ho Soon misses with a wild body shot.
Werthers misses with a right hand
enabling Ho Soon to counter with a crisp jab.
Werthers moves forwards but Ho Soon connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A punch combination from Ho Soon misses.
Nice cross by Ho Soon.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Werthers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ho Soon circles away quickly and effectively.
Ho Soon thinks about countering with a head kick.
Werthers's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Werthers tries to move into range but Ho Soon moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A jab from Ho Soon does it's job there.
Werthers is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ho Soon.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chu Ho Soon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ho Soon, 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chu Ho Soon!
Chu Ho Soon bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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