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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yogi Hendo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miyamoto Musashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yogi Hendo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Miyamoto Musashi!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hendo drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Musashi is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hendo taking a breather here.
Hendo is looking to take a break and control but Musashi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Musashi tries to buck Hendo off but Hendo is having none of it.
Hendo takes a little break here. Musashi wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Musashi is not content to let Hendo control the position.
Musashi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hendo working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Musashi can't do much from the bottom here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hendo darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Musashi is trying to maintain the position but Hendo is very close to passing his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Musashi works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hendo tries to stand but Musashi is controlling from the bottom.
Musashi manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Musashi tries to control but Hendo wriggling away.
Hendo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Musashi controlling from the full mount.
Musashi tries to push Hendo's head away but Hendo is holding on tight.
Hendo is looking to get to half guard.
Hendo wants to get back to his feet.
Hendo is breathing heavily.
Musashi has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hendo's face.
Musashi with good strikes from the mount here!
Hendo takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Musashi with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Musashi thowing shots but they're missing.
Hendo tries to hold on but Musashi postures up.
Hendo is squirming around, avoiding Musashi's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Musashi is landing with some decent strikes but Hendo is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hendo is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Hendo working to try and regain half guard.
Musashi trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Yogi Hendo will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Musashi shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
so Hendo counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Hendo won't allow Musashi to sweep him here.
Musashi is trying to control the position but Hendo postures up.
Hendo keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Musashi's head.
Hendo wants to stand but Musashi is controlling his posture from full guard.
Hendo drops back looking for a leg! Musashi is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Musashi manages to kick Hendo off! Hendo jumps back into Musashi's guard.
Musashi keeping moving, preventing Hendo from controlling successfully.
Hendo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Musashi on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Musashi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hendo manages to get himself to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Musashi trying to control but Hendo is working from the bottom.
Musashi is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Musashi drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Musashi jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Musashi trying to control the position from guard on top but Hendo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Musashi moves into the clinch.
Hendo misses with a punch to the body.
Musashi fails to pull guard.
Musashi has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hendo is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Yogi Hendo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Miyamoto Musashi.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Musashi.
Musashi jumps guard but Hendo stands there with Musashi around his waist. Musashi gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hendo fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hendo prevents the takedown attempt.
Hendo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Musashi smiles and moves away.
A combination from Musashi does no damage.
Hendo looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Musashi!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Musashi is trying desperately to improve position.
Musashi wants to control but Hendo is having none of it.
Hendo looking for a guillotine from mount but Musashi is having none of it.
A nice elbow there by Hendo.
Hendo lands a big elbow.
Hendo raining down shots from the mount!
Musashi is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hendo with the ground and pound from mount.
Hendo controlling his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Hendo.
Musashi is rocked!
Musashi is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hendo content just to control the position here.
Hendo unloading with bombs!
Musashi is still in real trouble! Can Hendo finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hendo with the ground and pound from mount.
A nice elbow there by Hendo.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hendo lands a big shot there that rocks Musashi but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hendo is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Hendo has managed to clinch.
Hendo looking to score a takedown. He gets a body lock and scores a very heavy trip takedown. That's knocked the wind out of Musashi! Hendo lands strikes from the mount and the ref steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Yogi Hendo!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
29% |
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