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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dwight Waters (ranked 4069 p4p, 4572 weight class) and Shintani Koji (ranked 423 p4p, 0 weight class). Koji has chosen TRIPLE V x VERSO - МЛАД ЩЕ УМРА as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Dwight Waters has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ White 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dwight Waters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shintani Koji!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koji misses with a looping left.
Waters misses with a series of wild punches.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jab, jab by Koji - just one landing.
Koji throws a big shot that misses.
Waters misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Waters takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Waters feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kojis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Koji throws a hook but Waters avoids it easily.
Waters walks into a straight right hand from Koji.
Nice defenses there by Waters.
Waters uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Koji.
Koji avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Waters takes one on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Waters shoots for a takedown but Koji saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Waters misses with a wild combination.
Koji lands a head shot.
Koji slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Waters with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Waters stalks Koji and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Koji's face. Koji staggers backwards, shaken.
It looks like Shintani Koji has been cut.
Koji throws the left hand but Waters avoids the punch easily.
Waters drops Koji with a beautiful combination! Koji stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Waters is looking for the KO!
Koji is rocked!
Waters on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Koji is still on wobbly legs! Can Waters finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koji throws a hook to the side of Waters's head but Waters sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Koji seems to have recovered his senses.
Koji lands with a hook. Waters tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Koji connects with a good right hand that stumbles Waters. Waters circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Koji connects with a crisp jab.
Koji avoids the head kick by Waters.
Koji looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Koji throws a lazy right hand but Waters sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Koji showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Waters.
Waters misses with a wild combination.
Koji throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Waters does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Shintani Koji is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Waters takes one to the chin there.
Waters wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koji misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Waters.
Koji fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Waters manages to avoid it.
Waters seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Koji stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Koji throws a big shot that misses.
Koji throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Waters is looking to counter the offense by Koji and move into the clinch.
Waters moves away from the strike by Koji.
Waters ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Koji checks a leg kick nicely.
Waters looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Koji throws out a counter right but Waters avoids it with no problem.
Waters steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Koji.
Waters looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Waters scores with a nice head shot.
Waters lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Koji circles away quickly and effectively.
Waters throws a series of punches but Koji moves out of range.
Koji stuns Waters with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Waters pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Koji back to the cage. Waters follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Waters tries for a takedown but Koji sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Koji connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Koji waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Waters.
Waters throws a series of punches but Koji moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters lands with a shot to the body.
Koji listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Koji lands a jab to the head.
Waters moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Waters getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Shintani Koji seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Waters throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Koji is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Waters with a body shot.
We've been informed that Koji has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Waters moves in looking to clinch but Koji pushes him off.
Waters takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Koji bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Waters's head backwards.
Waters takes a swing at Koji's ribcage but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Koji lands with a straight right. Waters didn't see that one coming.
Koji fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Koji misses the shot to the body.
Koji scores with a jab.
Koji swings for the body but Waters moves out of range.
Waters tries to clinch but Koji moves out of range.
Waters fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Waters uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Koji.
Waters misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waters misses with a two punch combination.
Koji takes a swing at Waters's ribcage but misses.
Koji showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Waters.
Koji is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Waters with a body shot.
Koji lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Koji scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Koji lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Waters lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A decent looking cross lands there for Koji.
Waters looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Koji cracks Waters with a good jab.
Koji misses with a looping left.
Waters is working the combinations to good effect here.
Waters fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koji manages to avoid it.
Koji scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Waters doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Waters on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A big left from Koji misses.
Koji misses with a looping left.
Koji misses with a straight right.
Waters takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Shintani Koji dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shintani Koji's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Waters.
Koji connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Waters feints a jab promting Koji to slip. Waters then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Koji slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Koji in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Waters takes one on the button.
Koji lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Koji looks to land a right hand but Waters moved out of range.
Koji avoids a punch combination nicely.
Waters ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Waters seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Waters slips a straight right by Koji.
A telegraphed right hand from Koji misses the target.
Shintani Koji seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Waters swinging wildly here.
Waters scores with a one two! Koji had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
That has opened up Shintani Koji's cut even more.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Waters will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koji takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Koji scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Koji connects with a single shot there.
Koji circles away from the clinch attempt.
Waters tries to clinch but Koji moves out of range.
Waters throws a body punch but Koji moves out of range.
Koji is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Waters wants to slow Koji down by chopping away at his legs.
Koji loads up on a big right hand but Waters slips the punch.
Koji lands with a shot to the body.
Koji ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Waters moves away.
Koji scores with a body shot.
Waters throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Koji lands a nice hook to Waters's body. Waters takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
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!
Waters misses with a double jab.
Waters uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Koji.
Waters tries to close the distance and clinch up but Koji swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Koji throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waters throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Koji.
Koji connects with a looping right hand.
Waters shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Koji eats them both and turns towards Waters to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Koji circles away from the clinch attempt.
Waters uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Koji.
Waters takes a swing at Koji's ribcage but misses.
Waters needs to keep his hands up - Koji had a free shot at his head there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Waters looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Koji throws out a counter right but Waters avoids it with no problem.
Koji dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Waters fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jab, jab by Koji - just one landing.
Waters takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Waters looks to score with a jab to the body but Koji is just out of range.
Waters takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Waters takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Koji lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Koji throws a lazy right hand but Waters sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Koji misses.
Koji moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Waters scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Waters misses with a two punch combination.
Waters walks into a straight right hand from Koji.
Koji tests Waters's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Koji waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Waters.
Waters throws a big counter combination but Koji scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Koji cracks Waters with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Waters tries to move into range but Koji moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Waters is rocked!
Koji paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Oh Waters is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Koji with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koji circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Waters to the canvas! Waters doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Koji keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shintani Koji!
After winning the bout, Shintani Koji thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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hype
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