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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yoshihiro Tanaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nino Gaggi (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.
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190 cm
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185 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yoshihiro Tanaka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nino Gaggi!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gaggi drops Tanaka with a right and a left! Gaggi comes rushing in but Tanaka regains his composure and manages to keep Gaggi in guard.
Tanaka is rocked!
It looks like Yoshihiro Tanaka has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tanaka has his feet on Gaggi's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Oh Tanaka is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tanaka tries to clinch but Gaggi is having none of it.
Tanaka seems to have got his legs back now.
Tanaka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gaggi.
Tanaka fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gaggi, pushing him back against the cage.
Gaggi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tanaka has him pressed against the cage.
Tanaka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tanaka looking to throw knees to the head but Gaggi is blocking nicely.
Tanaka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tanaka crunches a lovely knee into Gaggi's ribcage.
Tanaka tries to land a knee to the head but Gaggi blocks with his arms.
Knees to the body from Tanaka.
Tanaka tries a knee to the head but Gaggi blocks it.
Tanaka landing knees to the head.
Tanaka with a knee to the head.
Tanaka is breathing heavily.
Tanaka unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gaggi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tanaka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tanaka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gaggi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gaggi tries to break the clinch but Tanaka is controlling the position.
Gaggi is trying to break the clinch but Tanaka has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanaka tries a knee to the head but Gaggi blocks it.
Gaggi tries to break the clinch but Tanaka is controlling the position.
Tanaka tries a knee to the head but Gaggi blocks it.
Gaggi is trying to break the clinch but Tanaka has him pressed against the cage.
Gaggi is looking to break free of the clinch but Tanaka has double underhooks.
Gaggi is looking to break free of the clinch but Tanaka has double underhooks.
Tanaka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gaggi blocks it with crossed arms.
Gaggi wants to break free but Tanaka has control.
Gaggi is trying to break the clinch but Tanaka has him pressed against the cage.
Gaggi is trying to break free.
Gaggi is trying to break the clinch but Tanaka has him pressed against the cage.
Tanaka tries to land a knee to the head but Gaggi blocks with his arms.
Gaggi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gaggi wants to get back to striking at distance but Tanaka won't allow it.
Gaggi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tanaka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gaggi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tanaka has him pressed against the cage.
Gaggi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gaggi can't break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Gaggi is trying to break free.
Tanaka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gaggi blocks it with crossed arms.
Gaggi tries to break the clinch but Tanaka is controlling the position.
Tanaka tries a knee to the head but Gaggi blocks it.
Gaggi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gaggi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gaggi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gaggi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tanaka has him pressed against the cage.
Tanaka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gaggi wants to get back to striking at distance but Tanaka won't allow it.
Gaggi wants to break free but Tanaka has control.
Tanaka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tanaka landing knees to the head.
Tanaka misses with a knee to the head.
Gaggi avoiding damage as Tanaka throws knees to the body.
Gaggi is trying to break free.
Gaggi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka misses with a knee strike.
Gaggi has had enough of the clinch but Tanaka keeps him there for the moment.
Tanaka misses with a knee strike.
Tanaka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gaggi blocks it with crossed arms.
Gaggi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tanaka misses with a knee to the head.
Gaggi is trying to break the clinch but Tanaka has him pressed against the cage.
Tanaka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tanaka keeps control of Gaggi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gaggi has had enough of the clinch but Tanaka keeps him there for the moment.
Gaggi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tanaka misses with a knee to the head.
Gaggi can't break the clinch.
Gaggi is trying to break the clinch but Tanaka has him pressed against the cage.
Gaggi taking a breather.
Gaggi tries to break the clinch but Tanaka is controlling the position.
Tanaka misses with a knee to the head.
Tanaka looking to throw knees to the head but Gaggi is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tanaka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gaggi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gaggi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tanaka has him pressed against the cage.
Tanaka keeps control of Gaggi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tanaka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gaggi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tanaka looking to throw knees to the head but Gaggi is blocking nicely.
Gaggi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tanaka misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gaggi.
Gaggi has had enough of the clinch but Tanaka keeps him there for the moment.
Gaggi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tanaka has him pressed against the cage.
Tanaka looking to throw knees to the head but Gaggi is blocking nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tanaka.
Tanaka misses with a knee strike.
Gaggi wants to break free but Tanaka has control.
Gaggi wants to get back to striking at distance but Tanaka won't allow it.
Gaggi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tanaka has him pressed against the cage.
Tanaka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nino Gaggi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yoshihiro Tanaka's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Gaggi misses with a double jab.
Tanaka is looking to clinch but Gaggi is avoiding it.
Gaggi throws a series of punches but Tanaka moves out of range.
Nino Gaggi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tanaka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gaggi throws a right and a left that Tanaka avoids nicely.
Tanaka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gaggi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tanaka clinches up against the cage.
Tanaka connects with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Tanaka.
Tanaka connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gaggi's face.
Tanaka tries to land a knee to the head but Gaggi blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gaggi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tanaka scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tanaka tries a knee to the head but Gaggi blocks it.
Tanaka tries a knee to the head but Gaggi blocks it.
Tanaka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tanaka misses with a knee strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaggi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tanaka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tanaka lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tanaka missing with knees to the body.
Gaggi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gaggi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gaggi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gaggi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gaggi is looking to break free of the clinch but Tanaka has double underhooks.
Tanaka misses with a knee strike.
Tanaka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gaggi blocks it with crossed arms.
Tanaka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gaggi blocks it with crossed arms.
Tanaka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tanaka tries to land knees in the clinch but Gaggi avoids the damage to the body.
Tanaka prevents Gaggi from breaking the clinch.
Tanaka lands a knee to the head.
Tanaka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gaggi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tanaka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gaggi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tanaka has him pressed against the cage.
Gaggi is looking to break free of the clinch but Tanaka has double underhooks.
Tanaka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gaggi blocks it with crossed arms.
Gaggi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tanaka has him pressed against the cage.
Gaggi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gaggi avoiding damage as Tanaka throws knees to the body.
Gaggi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tanaka looking to throw knees to the head but Gaggi is blocking nicely.
Gaggi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tanaka misses with a knee strike.
Tanaka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gaggi blocks it with crossed arms.
Tanaka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tanaka trying to land knees to the body.
Tanaka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gaggi blocks it with crossed arms.
Tanaka prevents Gaggi from breaking the clinch.
Gaggi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tanaka has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaggi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tanaka has him pressed against the cage.
Tanaka tries a knee to the head but Gaggi blocks it.
Tanaka misses with a knee to the head.
Tanaka tries to land a knee to the head but Gaggi blocks with his arms.
Tanaka keeps control of Gaggi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tanaka misses with a knee strike.
Gaggi stalling in the clinch but Tanaka improves position.
Gaggi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tanaka tries to land a knee to the head but Gaggi blocks with his arms.
Tanaka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tanaka misses with a knee strike.
Gaggi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tanaka has him pressed against the cage.
Tanaka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tanaka connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gaggi's face.
Tanaka prevents Gaggi from breaking the clinch.
Tanaka tries to land a knee to the head but Gaggi blocks with his arms.
Gaggi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Tanaka tries a knee to the head but Gaggi blocks it.
Tanaka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gaggi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tanaka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gaggi wants to get back to striking at distance but Tanaka won't allow it.
Tanaka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tanaka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tanaka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tanaka tries a knee to the head but Gaggi blocks it.
Gaggi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tanaka tries to land a knee to the head but Gaggi blocks with his arms.
Gaggi is trying to break free.
Tanaka looking to throw knees to the head but Gaggi is blocking nicely.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gaggi tries to break the clinch but Tanaka is controlling the position.
Tanaka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gaggi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tanaka lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yoshihiro Tanaka dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Yoshihiro Tanaka's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Gaggi looks to clinch
and Tanaka counters by clinching up.
Gaggi is looking to break free of the clinch but Tanaka has double underhooks.
Gaggi is trying to break free.
A knee to the head by Tanaka.
Tanaka tries a knee to the head but Gaggi blocks it.
Tanaka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tanaka looking to throw knees to the head but Gaggi is blocking nicely.
Gaggi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tanaka keeps control of Gaggi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tanaka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gaggi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gaggi is looking to break free of the clinch but Tanaka has double underhooks.
Tanaka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gaggi has had enough of the clinch but Tanaka keeps him there for the moment.
Gaggi wants to get back to striking at distance but Tanaka won't allow it.
Tanaka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gaggi blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tanaka tries a knee to the head but Gaggi blocks it.
Gaggi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tanaka has him pressed against the cage.
Gaggi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Gaggi fails to land.
Gaggi looking to slow down the pace here.
Gaggi wants to break free but Tanaka has control.
Tanaka misses with a knee to the head.
Tanaka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tanaka misses with a knee strike.
Tanaka tries to land knees in the clinch but Gaggi avoids the damage to the body.
Gaggi wants to get back to striking at distance but Tanaka won't allow it.
Gaggi swings wildly with an uppercut but Tanaka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tanaka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tanaka looking to throw knees to the head but Gaggi is blocking nicely.
Tanaka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gaggi blocks it with crossed arms.
Gaggi wants to get back to striking at distance but Tanaka won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tanaka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gaggi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tanaka misses with a knee to the head.
Tanaka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tanaka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gaggi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tanaka misses with a knee strike.
Gaggi wants to break free but Tanaka has control.
Tanaka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gaggi blocks it with crossed arms.
Tanaka misses with a knee to the head.
Gaggi tries to break the clinch but Tanaka is controlling the position.
Tanaka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gaggi has had enough of the clinch but Tanaka keeps him there for the moment.
Tanaka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gaggi tries to break the clinch but Tanaka is controlling the position.
Tanaka looking to throw knees to the head but Gaggi is blocking nicely.
Gaggi wants to break free but Tanaka has control.
Gaggi tries to break the clinch but Tanaka is controlling the position.
Tanaka misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gaggi.
Tanaka keeps control of Gaggi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaggi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tanaka tries to land knees in the clinch but Gaggi avoids the damage to the body.
Gaggi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gaggi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tanaka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tanaka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tanaka lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tanaka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tanaka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gaggi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tanaka landing knees to the head.
Tanaka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tanaka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tanaka misses with a knee strike.
Tanaka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tanaka misses with a knee to the head.
Gaggi tries to break the clinch but Tanaka is controlling the position.
Gaggi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tanaka has him pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tanaka misses with a knee strike.
Gaggi tries to break the clinch but Tanaka is controlling the position.
Tanaka tries a knee to the head but Gaggi blocks it.
Tanaka tries a knee to the head but Gaggi blocks it.
Gaggi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gaggi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gaggi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tanaka misses with a knee to the head.
Tanaka missing with knees to the body.
Gaggi can't break the clinch.
Tanaka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gaggi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tanaka tries a knee to the head but Gaggi blocks it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tanaka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gaggi avoiding damage as Tanaka throws knees to the body.
Gaggi is trying to break the clinch but Tanaka has him pressed against the cage.
Gaggi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tanaka scores a nice knee to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yoshihiro Tanaka showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Tanaka has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yoshihiro Tanaka!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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