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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dallas Winston (ranked 2445 p4p, 2900 weight class) and Hideo Tokoro (ranked 326 p4p, 380 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Tokoro's choice of entrance music: Blksmiith - Gore-Tex Covers my Soul. Hideo Tokoro has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dallas Winston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hideo Tokoro!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Steve Montenegro and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tokoro misses the shot to the body.
Tokoro lands a body shot.
Tokoro lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Winston circles away quickly and effectively.
Winston misses with a right hand
enabling Tokoro to counter with a crisp jab.
Winston misses the jab.
Winston lands a really nice looking cross but Tokoro seems unphased.
Nice straight punches there by Tokoro. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tokoro.
Winston on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tokoro takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Winston moves forwards but Tokoro connects with a nice, crisp jab.
It looks like Dallas Winston has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big right from Tokoro misses.
Winston throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tokoro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Winston.
Winston moves away from the strike by Tokoro.
Winston lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tokoro misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tokoro gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Winston is trying to break free.
Winston breaks from the clinch.
Winston fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tokoro on the side of the head.
Winston misses with a lunging right hand
and Tokoro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Winston definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Winston has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Winston paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Winston throws a hook but Tokoro blocks it.
Tokoro throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Winston pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Winston bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Winston uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tokoro.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tokoro!
Winston connects with the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winston swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Winston pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tokoro slips under a jab.
Winston throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tokoro is looking to clinch.
Winston throws an off balance right hand
and Tokoro counters with a nice uppercut.
Tokoro is looking to clinch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Tokoro, as that shot connected.
Tokoro tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Winston smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Decent striking displayed by Winston there.
A slow jab from Winston misses its intended target.
Tokoro throws a series of strikes that have Winston backpedaling.
Tokoro uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Winston.
Tokoro looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tokoro lands a nice looking body shot.
Tokoro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Winston keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Winston missing with a left hand there. Tokoro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Winston swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tokoro throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Winston keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tokoro.
Winston avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Winston is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Tokoro shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Winston eats them both and turns towards Tokoro to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Tokoro tries to bum rush Winston with a series of wild strikes but Winston uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tokoro gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Winston.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Winston misses with a hook. Tokoro ducked under it nicely.
A countering left hand to the body from Tokoro misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tokoro scores with a jab to the jaw.
Tokoro throws a jab when Winston was well out of range.
Tokoro moves into range and connects with a jab.
Tokoro uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Winston.
Tokoro throws out a counter right but Winston avoids it with no problem.
Tokoro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tokoro has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Winston finds it's way round the side to connect with Tokoro's head.
Tokoro misses with a straight left.
Tokoro scores with the left hand. Winston knows he should have avoided that one.
We've been informed that Tokoro has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Tokoro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Winston.
Tokoro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Winston.
Tokoro digs a good body shot into Winston's ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tokoro misses with a hook. Winston ducked under it nicely.
A big left from Winston misses.
Tokoro tests Winston's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hideo Tokoro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dallas Winston's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Tokoro lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tokoro lands a nice hook to Winston's body. Winston takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tokoro tries to bum rush Winston with a series of wild strikes but Winston uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tokoro avoids the body shot from Winston.
Tokoro has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Winston bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tokoro's head backwards.
Tokoro takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Winston avoids the body shot from Tokoro.
Hideo Tokoro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A big right from Winston misses.
Tokoro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Winston.
Tokoro shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tokoro gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Winston scores with a jab.
Tokoro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Winston paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tokoro tries to clinch up but Winston circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Winston looks to land a right hand but Tokoro moved out of range.
Winston throws a body punch but Tokoro moves out of range.
Winston thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fighters circling - Winston throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Winston lands a really nice looking cross but Tokoro seems unphased.
Tokoro just misses with a punch to the body.
Winston throws a shot from downtown. Tokoro moves away and avoids it.
Winston lands a nice hook to Tokoro's body. Tokoro takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Winston swings for the body but Tokoro moves out of range.
Tokoro moves out of range as Winston strikes.
A little jabbing left from Tokoro on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tokoro moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Tokoro lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tokoro.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Winston ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winston throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tokoro stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice shot lands for Tokoro.
Tokoro tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tokoro tries to clinch up but Winston circles away and keeps his distance.
Winston keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tokoro just misses with a punch to the body.
It looked like Winston wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tokoro ducks under a wild hook from Winston.
Tokoro tries to bum rush Winston with a series of wild strikes but Winston uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tokoro throws a hook to the side of Winston's head but Winston sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Winston misses with a left hand
and Tokoro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tokoro throws a right and a left that Winston avoids nicely.
Winston has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Winston there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tokoro looks to land a right hand but Winston moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tokoro connects with a right hand. Winston shakes it off.
Winston ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tokoro moves away.
Tokoro misses with a few strikes there.
Winston avoids the body shot from Tokoro.
Winston is looking for a counter combo.
Tokoro swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tokoro tries to bum rush Winston with a series of wild strikes but Winston uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Winston thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab from Tokoro misses.
Winston rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tokoro counters with a straight right hand.
Tokoro works the jab nicely.
Tokoro throws a jab but it's blocked by Winston.
Winston misses with a straight left.
Tokoro steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Winston.
Tokoro loads up on a big right hand but Winston slips the punch.
Winston looks to land a left hand but Tokoro moved out of range nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winston tries to bum rush Tokoro with a series of wild strikes but Tokoro uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tokoro swinging wildly here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tokoro looks to land a right hand but Winston moved out of range.
Winston moves away from the strike by Tokoro.
A right-left combo lands from Winston.
A telegraphed right hand from Tokoro misses the target.
Nice jab there from Winston.
Winston throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Winston keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A swing and a miss from Winston.
Tokoro misses with a wild body shot.
Tokoro has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Tokoro misses with an uppercut
and Winston counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Dallas Winston will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dallas Winston's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Tokoro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tokoro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tokoro tries to clinch up but Winston circles away and keeps his distance.
Winston ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tokoro moves away.
The fighters circling - Winston throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Winston on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Tokoro throws a body punch but Winston moves out of range.
Winston throws the left hand but Tokoro avoids the punch easily.
Winston throws an off balance right hand
and Tokoro counters with a nice body shot.
Tokoro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Winston.
Tokoro appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donk. Winston catches Tokoro right on the button with a cross.
Tokoro falls off balance throwing a combination
and Winston counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tokoro misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tokoro slips under a jab from Winston.
Tokoro works Winston's body with a nice hook.
Tokoro connects with a looping right hand.
Tokoro looks to land a left hand but Winston moved out of range nicely.
Tokoro throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Winston stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Winston moves into range and connects with a jab.
Tokoro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tokoro doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Winston waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tokoro.
Winston misses with a straight right.
Tokoro looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A punch lands to the side of Winston 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Tokoro loads up on a big right hand but Winston slips the punch.
A big left from Winston misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winston moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Tokoro just misses with a punch to the body.
Winston throws out a loose jab but Tokoro uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Winston just misses with a punch to the body.
Tokoro is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Winston looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Winston lands a jab to the head.
Tokoro throws a combination. Winston tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Tokoro lands the left hand.
Tokoro swinging wildly here.
Tokoro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tokoro misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Winston throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Winston thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tokoro misses with a hook. Winston ducked under it nicely.
Winston scores with a nice strike.
Winston misses with a straight right.
Winston avoids a punch combination nicely.
Winston moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The crowd cheers as Winston lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tokoro doesn't seem phased though.
Tokoro looks to clinch
and Winston makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Winston missing with a left hand there. Tokoro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tokoro bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Winston's head.
Winston tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tokoro was well out of range. Poor timing from Winston.
Tokoro ducks right into an uppercut from Winston.
Hideo Tokoro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winston swings widly with a right hand
and Tokoro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tokoro misses with a hook.
Tokoro's corner calls for a 1-2. Tokoro obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Winston swats away the attempt to clinch by Tokoro.
Tokoro moves out of range of the strikes.
Winston misses with a straight right.
A punch lands to the side of Tokoro 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Tokoro fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Winston on the side of the head.
Tokoro scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Winston misses with a straight left.
Tokoro fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tokoro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tokoro looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Hideo Tokoro.
Well Tokoro 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hideo Tokoro!
A victorious Hideo Tokoro thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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