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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Benjy Button (ranked 3864 p4p, 2239 weight class) and Sugawara Ichirou (ranked 437 p4p, 281 weight class). Ichirou has chosen The Milky Way as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Benjy Button!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sugawara Ichirou!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Button throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ichirou connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Benjy Button has been cut.
Button misses with the combination.
Ichirou looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ichirou jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ichirou throws a looping overhand right but Button ducks down to avoid it.
Button shoots for a double leg takedown but Ichirou sprawls well. He's pushed Button's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Button closes the distance and clinches up with Ichirou, looking for a takedown. Button pushes Ichirou against the cage but Ichirou circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Ichirou takes a swing at Button's ribcage but misses.
Button takes one on the button.
Button tries to score a power double leg takedown but Ichirou sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Button somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Benjy Button. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Button shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ichirou pinned against the cage. Ichirou gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Button changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Ichirou tries to avoid it but Button manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Ichirou to the ground. Ichirou escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ichirou misses with a straight left.
Button slips a jab from Ichirou.
A big left from Ichirou misses.
Button stalks Ichirou and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ichirou's face. Ichirou staggers backwards, shaken.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Button uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ichirou.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Ichirou misses.
Ichirou swats away the attempt to clinch by Button.
A big right from Ichirou misses.
Button misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ichirou lands with a straight right. Button didn't see that one coming.
Nice body punch from Ichirou.
Button ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sugawara Ichirou is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ichirou bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Button's head backwards.
Button moves out of range of the strikes.
Ichirou 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.
A slow jab from Ichirou misses its intended target.
Button looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ichirou with a nice cross.
Button gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Ichirou gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Button is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sugawara Ichirou!
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hype
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pop
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