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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Draganov (ranked 2614 p4p, 2822 weight class) and Shinji Tomoguchi (ranked 304 p4p, 326 weight class). Shinji Tomoguchi is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ivan Draganov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Shinji Tomoguchi!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Alyssa Summers and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tomoguchi blocks a head kick by Draganov.
Tomoguchi misses with a looping left.
Tomoguchi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Draganov was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Tomoguchi has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Draganov takes a swing at Tomoguchi's ribcage but misses.
Draganov connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tomoguchi. Tomoguchi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tomoguchi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Draganov takes a swing at Tomoguchi's ribcage but misses.
Draganov moves out of range as Tomoguchi strikes.
Nice shot by Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi has managed to clinch.
Tomoguchi prevents a body shot from Draganov.
Tomoguchi throws a punch but it's blocked by Draganov.
Tomoguchi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Draganov lands a body punch.
Draganov has a couple of punches blocked by Tomoguchi.
A short right from Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi blocks an uppercut.
Tomoguchi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Draganov misses with a punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Draganov fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tomoguchi.
Draganov prevents a body shot from Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Draganov blocks a body shot from Tomoguchi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomoguchi swings wildly with an uppercut but Draganov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tomoguchi takes a shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Draganov.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Draganov.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Draganov.
Draganov cracks Tomoguchi with a nice body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tomoguchi.
Draganov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Draganov.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Draganov.
Draganov blocks a body shot from Tomoguchi.
Draganov lands with a light punch inside.
Draganov leaning against his opponent.
Tomoguchi misses with a hook to the ribs.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Draganov.
A right hand to the body from Draganov.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tomoguchi.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Draganov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Draganov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tomoguchi backwards.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Draganov blocks a body shot from Tomoguchi.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tomoguchi.
Draganov is working Tomoguchi over against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomoguchi working aggressively here.
Draganov blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Tomoguchi fails to land.
Tomoguchi throws a punch but it's blocked by Draganov.
Tomoguchi prevents a body shot from Draganov.
Tomoguchi prevents a body shot from Draganov.
Draganov misses with a body punch.
Draganov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tomoguchi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Draganov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tomoguchi prevents a body shot from Draganov.
Draganov working aggressively here.
Draganov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tomoguchi presses Draganov against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tomoguchi can't find room to land a body shot as Draganov controls the action.
Tomoguchi has a couple of punches blocked by Draganov.
Draganov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tomoguchi misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tomoguchi.
Draganov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Draganov swings wildly with an uppercut but Tomoguchi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Draganov lands a left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tomoguchi misses with the head strike.
Draganov tries to work over Tomoguchi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Draganov works on Tomoguchi's body with a couple of short punches.
Draganov tries to throw a body punch but Tomoguchi avoids it by throwing Draganov back against the cage.
Draganov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tomoguchi throws a punch but it's blocked by Draganov.
A nice right hand lands inside from Draganov.
Draganov pushes Tomoguchi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Draganov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Draganov throws a punch but it's blocked by Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi throws a punch but it's blocked by Draganov.
Draganov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tomoguchi working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Draganov.
Draganov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tomoguchi blocks a body shot from Draganov.
Tomoguchi tries to throw a body punch but Draganov avoids it by throwing Tomoguchi back against the cage.
Draganov digs a right hand into Tomoguchi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tomoguchi's gas tank.
Draganov scores with a nice hook to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tomoguchi misses with a punch on the inside.
Draganov tries to work over Tomoguchi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draganov lands an uppercut.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Draganov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Draganov tries to work over Tomoguchi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi pushes Draganov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Draganov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Draganov trying to control the position but instead, Tomoguchi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Draganov into the cage.
Draganov blocking some punches.
Draganov misses with a punch on the inside.
Draganov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Draganov feints and then cracks Tomoguchi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tomoguchi down.
Shinji Tomoguchi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tomoguchi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Draganov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Draganov lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Draganov's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tomoguchi under the eye.
Sloppy strikes from Draganov. Those never looked like landing.
Despite the aggression on Tomoguchi's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Draganov walks into a left hand.
Draganov gets a clinch.
Tomoguchi misses with a punch on the inside.
Draganov lands a hook that snaps the head of Tomoguchi backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan Draganov dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Tomoguchi takes one on the button.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Draganov throws a head kick but Tomoguchi moves out of range.
Tomoguchi's corner calls for a 1-2. Tomoguchi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Draganov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tomoguchi was well out of range. Poor timing from Draganov.
Draganov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Draganov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi walks into a left hand.
Tomoguchi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Tomoguchi misses with a body shot.
Draganov is looking to counter punch.
Tomoguchi throws a jab when Draganov was well out of range.
Draganov throws a leg kick but Tomoguchi sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Draganov shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A big right from Draganov misses.
Draganov throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi misses with a looping right.
Tomoguchi ducks under a wild hook from Draganov.
Draganov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tomoguchi cracks Draganov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Draganov throws a lazy right hand but Tomoguchi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tomoguchi. Draganov does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like Draganov wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tomoguchi checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draganov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tomoguchi was well out of range. Poor timing from Draganov.
Draganov throws a head kick that misses.
Tomoguchi missing with a left hand there. Draganov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tomoguchi cracks Draganov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tomoguchi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Draganov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tomoguchi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Draganov slips a straight right by Tomoguchi.
Draganov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Draganov went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Tomoguchi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Draganov moves away.
Tomoguchi thuds his right hand into Draganov's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Tomoguchi throws the left hand but Draganov avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Tomoguchi misses.
Draganov was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Draganov throws a low kick but Tomoguchi moves out of range easily.
Tomoguchi now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Draganov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Draganov misses the target.
Tomoguchi looks to throw the jab but Draganov is out of range.
Tomoguchi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Draganov in his tracks.
Draganov drives through and clinches with Tomoguchi against the cage.
Draganov is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Draganov struggles to land a body shot inside as Tomoguchi controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomoguchi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Draganov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Draganov blocking some punches.
Draganov lands with a light punch inside.
Ivan Draganov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tomoguchi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Draganov breaks the clinch.
Draganov keeps the fight on the outside.
Tomoguchi drives through and clinches with Draganov against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Draganov.
Draganov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Draganov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tomoguchi backwards.
Shinji Tomoguchi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Draganov throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi has a couple of punches blocked by Draganov.
Draganov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tomoguchi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tomoguchi misses with the head strike.
Draganov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tomoguchi can do to turn this around?
Tomoguchi misses with a body punch.
Tomoguchi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tomoguchi scores with a shoulder strike.
Draganov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Draganov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tomoguchi pushes Draganov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tomoguchi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tomoguchi misses with a punch on the inside.
Draganov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Draganov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tomoguchi throws a punch but it's blocked by Draganov.
Draganov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tomoguchi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Draganov misses with a punch to the body.
Draganov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Draganov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tomoguchi backwards.
Tomoguchi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A body shot lands from Tomoguchi.
Draganov tries to throw a body punch but Tomoguchi avoids it by throwing Draganov back against the cage.
Draganov struggles to land a body shot inside as Tomoguchi controls his hands.
Tomoguchi has a couple of punches blocked by Draganov.
Tomoguchi has a couple of punches blocked by Draganov.
Tomoguchi blocks a body shot from Draganov.
Tomoguchi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tomoguchi.
Draganov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi scores with a shoulder strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tomoguchi as Draganov tries to tie him up.
Tomoguchi blocks an uppercut.
Draganov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Draganov blocking some punches.
Draganov tries to work over Tomoguchi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Draganov manages to break the clinch.
Draganov scores with a jab.
Tomoguchi scores with a jab. Draganov acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Draganov tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tomoguchi scores with a jab.
Tomoguchi misses the shot to the body.
Draganov moves away from the strike by Tomoguchi.
Draganov feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Tomoguchi throws a lazy right hand but Draganov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Draganov throws a quick counter head kick but Tomoguchi was just out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Draganov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tomoguchi.
Draganov slips a jab from Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi misses with a left hand
and Draganov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tomoguchi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Draganov to score with a decent uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Shinji Tomoguchi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Draganov scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Draganov misses with a straight right.
Tomoguchi let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Nice shot by Tomoguchi.
Draganov throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Tomoguchi misses with a straight right.
Draganov jabs Tomoguchi right on the nose. Tomoguchi blinks but takes it well.
Draganov is looking to land body kicks.
Tomoguchi throws out a counter right but Draganov avoids it with no problem.
Draganov throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Draganov throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tomoguchi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Draganov comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tomoguchi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Draganov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Draganov feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Draganov takes a swing at Tomoguchi's ribcage but misses.
Draganov loads up on a big right hand but Tomoguchi slips the punch.
Tomoguchi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Draganov.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tomoguchi. Draganov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tomoguchi misses with an uppercut. Draganov saw that one coming.
It looks like Draganov has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Draganov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tomoguchi.
Draganov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tomoguchi was well out of range. Poor timing from Draganov.
A low kick lands for Draganov.
Tomoguchi cracks Draganov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draganov scoring well with a low kick there.
Tomoguchi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tomoguchi misses with a few strikes there.
Draganov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tomoguchi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tomoguchi looks to land a right hand but Draganov moved out of range.
Tomoguchi misses with an uppercut. Draganov saw that one coming.
Tomoguchi doesn't manage to clinch there - Draganov circles away.
Draganov slips under a jab.
Draganov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Draganov has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Draganov fails to land.
Tomoguchi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Draganov tries a body shot but Tomoguchi blocks it.
Tomoguchi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tomoguchi working aggressively here.
Draganov prevents a body shot from Tomoguchi.
Draganov struggles to land a body shot inside as Tomoguchi controls his hands.
Draganov is leaning against Tomoguchi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Draganov misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Draganov fails to land.
Draganov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tomoguchi.
A right hand to the body from Draganov.
Tomoguchi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Draganov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Draganov lands a shoulder strike.
Tomoguchi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Draganov blocks an uppercut.
Tomoguchi prevents a body shot from Draganov.
Tomoguchi misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Draganov fails to land.
Tomoguchi has a couple of punches blocked by Draganov.
Draganov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Draganov struggles to land a body shot inside as Tomoguchi controls his hands.
Still in the clinch, Draganov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Draganov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tomoguchi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Draganov's elbow.
Tomoguchi takes a shot to the head.
Draganov lands a nice uppercut.
Draganov lands a nice uppercut.
Tomoguchi misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draganov tries to throw a body punch but Tomoguchi avoids it by throwing Draganov back against the cage.
A short left from Draganov.
Draganov can't find room to land a body shot as Tomoguchi controls the action.
A short right from Draganov.
Draganov lands a nice shot to the body.
Tomoguchi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tomoguchi can't find room to land a body shot as Draganov controls the action.
Draganov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tomoguchi working aggressively here.
Draganov misses with some punches.
Draganov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tomoguchi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Tomoguchi fails to land.
Tomoguchi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Draganov tries to work over Tomoguchi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Draganov blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Draganov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tomoguchi lands with a left to the head.
Tomoguchi misses with some punches.
Tomoguchi blocks an uppercut.
Draganov tries to throw a body punch but Tomoguchi avoids it by throwing Draganov back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draganov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tomoguchi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Draganov misses with the head strike.
Draganov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tomoguchi backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Draganov.
Draganov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice body punch from Draganov - that landed with a thud.
Tomoguchi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tomoguchi lands a body punch.
Draganov misses with the head strike.
Draganov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tomoguchis head.
Tomoguchi misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Draganov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Draganov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Tomoguchi fails to land.
Tomoguchi pushes Draganov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Draganov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tomoguchi.
Draganov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ivan Draganov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Draganov has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ivan Draganov!
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