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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Zyekowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zhen Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zhen Long told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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190 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thomas Zyekowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zhen Long!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Long's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Long duly obliges.
Long blocks a leg kick.
Zyekowski walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Long checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Zyekowski throws the kick towards the body but Long avoids it.
Long moves in looking to clinch but Zyekowski pushes him off.
Long tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zyekowski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Long showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zyekowski.
Long moves out of range as Zyekowski throws a body kick.
Zyekowski throws a front kick aimed at Long's knee but Long avoids it well.
Zyekowski lands a nice leg kick that just misses Long's sensitive parts.
Zyekowski throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Thomas Zyekowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zyekowski lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Long scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Zyekowski forces Long back against the cage and clinches.
Long looking to throw knees to the head but Zyekowski is blocking nicely.
Long on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zyekowski lands a nice knee to the body.
Long looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zyekowski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Long avoids it.
Zyekowski trying to land knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Zyekowski.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Long takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Zhen Long has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Zyekowski.
Long blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zyekowski digs a right hand underneath Long's ribcage. Long let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Zyekowski scores with a knee to the head.
Zyekowski throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Longs head.
Long on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zyekowski tries a knee to the head but Long blocks it.
A knee to the head by Zyekowski.
A nice left hand lands by Zyekowski.
Zyekowski scores with a shoulder strike.
Zyekowski is leaning against Long and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Zyekowski has Long pushed against the cage.
A body shot lands from Zyekowski.
Zyekowski throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Long blocks it with crossed arms.
Zyekowski misses with a punch on the inside.
Zyekowski misses with a knee strike.
Nice body punch from Zyekowski.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A left hand lands to the body for Zyekowski.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long avoiding damage as Zyekowski throws knees to the body.
Zyekowski manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Zyekowski pushes Long back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Zyekowski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Long is defending well for now.
Zyekowski working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Long avoids the elbow strike from Zyekowski, against the cage.
Zyekowski lands a right hand.
Zyekowski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short uppercut from Zyekowski.
Zyekowski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Long blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zyekowski lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Zyekowski lands a nice knee to the body.
Long on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Long managing to block the knees to the body from Zyekowski.
Zyekowski slowing the pace effectively.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zyekowski pushes Long back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Zyekowski - that landed with a thud.
Zyekowski presses Long against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Long blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Zyekowski blocks with his arms.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zyekowski.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zyekowski tries to land knees in the clinch but Long avoids the damage to the body.
Zyekowski lands a body punch in the clinch.
Zyekowski lands a shoulder strike.
Long managing to block the knees to the body from Zyekowski.
Zyekowski lands a body punch in the clinch.
Zyekowski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Long's elbow.
Come on Zyekowski - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Zyekowski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Long is defending well for now.
Zyekowski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Long.
Zyekowski missing with knees to the body.
Zyekowski lands with a short shot to the head.
Long blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zyekowski misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zyekowski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Zyekowski - that landed with a thud.
Zyekowski working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Zyekowski creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Long's defenses.
Zyekowski unloads a knee to the mid-section. Long lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Zyekowski trying to land knees to the body.
Zyekowski slowing the pace effectively.
Long utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Zyekowski presses Long against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
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.
Zyekowski is leaning against Long and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Zyekowski lands an elbow inside.
Zyekowski lands a right hand that snaps the head of Long backwards.
Zyekowski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Long is defending well for now.
Zyekowski lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Long looking to throw knees to the head but Zyekowski is blocking nicely.
Long managing to block the knees to the body from Zyekowski.
Long's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Long throws a punch but it's blocked by Zyekowski.
Zyekowski lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Zyekowski lands with a light punch inside.
Long blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zyekowski tries to land knees in the clinch but Long avoids the damage to the body.
Long avoids a wild elbow strike from Zyekowski.
Zyekowski looking to throw knees to the head but Long is blocking nicely.
Zyekowski using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Long has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice body punch from Zyekowski.
Long avoids a wild elbow strike from Zyekowski.
Zyekowski looking to throw knees to the head but Long is blocking nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Long landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Zyekowski unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Zyekowski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Zyekowski connects with a knee to the head.
Long avoiding damage as Zyekowski throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Zyekowski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zhen Long's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Long wants to clinch up but Zyekowski keeps it at a distance.
Long tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zyekowski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Zyekowski throws a body punch but Long moves out of range.
Zyekowski looks for the body kick but Long saw that one coming.
Zyekowski misses with an attempted mid kick.
Long tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Zyekowski counters with a one-two to the body.
Zyekowski has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Zyekowski gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Long throws a knee to the head but misses.
Long on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Long misses with a knee to the head.
Zyekowski with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Long gets through Zyekowski's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zyekowski missing with knees to the body.
Zyekowski lands a nice uppercut.
Zyekowski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Long avoids it.
Zyekowski tries to land knees in the clinch but Long avoids the damage to the body.
Zyekowski lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Long backwards.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Long looking to throw knees to the head but Zyekowski is blocking nicely.
Zyekowski lands a body punch in the clinch.
Zyekowski taking a breather.
Good body shot from Zyekowski.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Zyekowski.
Zyekowski trying to land knees to the body.
Zyekowski creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Long's defenses.
Zyekowski trying to land knees to the body.
Zyekowski throws an elbow but it misses.
Thomas Zyekowski has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Zyekowski lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Zyekowski.
Long blocks the elbow strike.
Zyekowski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A hook to the body from Zyekowski.
Zyekowski slowing the pace effectively.
Zyekowski lands an elbow inside.
A short uppercut from Zyekowski.
Zyekowski works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Zyekowski lands an elbow inside.
Zyekowski creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Long's defenses.
Long avoiding damage as Zyekowski throws knees to the body.
Zyekowski is leaning against Long and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Zyekowski pressing his opponent against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Zyekowski.
Zyekowski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zyekowski stalling.
Zyekowski missing with knees to the body.
Zyekowski tries to land knees in the clinch but Long avoids the damage to the body.
Zyekowski lands a body punch in the clinch.
Zyekowski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hand to the body from Zyekowski.
A body shot lands from Zyekowski.
Zyekowski tries to land a knee to the head but Long blocks with his arms.
Long on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Long tries a knee to the head but Zyekowski blocks it.
Zyekowski is leaning against Long and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Still in the clinch, Zyekowski scores with a nice short uppercut.
Zyekowski lands an elbow inside that Long shrugs off.
A right hook to the body lands for Zyekowski.
Zyekowski with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Long scores with a knee to the head.
Zyekowski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Long is defending well for now.
Long tries a knee to the head but Zyekowski blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zyekowski.
Long being controlled against the cage.
Long tries a knee to the head but Zyekowski blocks it.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Zyekowski.
Zyekowski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Long.
Zyekowski throws a head punch that misses.
Zyekowski digs a right hand underneath Long's ribcage. Long let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Zyekowski leaning against his opponent.
Zyekowski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Long is defending well for now.
Zyekowski throws an elbow that misses.
Zyekowski throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Zyekowski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Long can do to turn this around?
Zyekowski throws a head punch that misses.
Zyekowski putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Long in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Long avoiding damage as Zyekowski throws knees to the body.
Long looking to throw knees to the head but Zyekowski is blocking nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zyekowski. Long does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zyekowski throws a left and a right that both miss
and Long counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zyekowski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zyekowski gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Zyekowski connects with a nasty looking knee right to Long's face.
Zyekowski will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Long up against the cage.
Zyekowski tries to throw a body punch but Long avoids it by throwing Zyekowski back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Zyekowski with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Zyekowski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Long's elbow.
Zyekowski pushes Long back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Zyekowski lands with a short shot to the head.
Long tries a knee to the head but Zyekowski blocks it.
A short right from Zyekowski.
Long takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short right from Long on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Zyekowski.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Zyekowski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Zyekowski lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Long.
Good body shot from Zyekowski.
A right handed body shot lands from Zyekowski.
Zyekowski lands a right hand.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Zyekowski blocks with his arms.
Zyekowski lands an elbow just above Long 's eye.
Zyekowski is working Long over against the cage.
Zyekowski landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Zyekowski scores with a hook to the body.
Zyekowski misses with a knee strike.
Zyekowski can't find room to land a body shot as Long controls the action.
Zyekowski misses with an elbow over the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Zyekowski dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Zhen Long's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Zyekowski throws a half hearted mid kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Zyekowski.
Zyekowski circles away from the clinch attempt
and Zyekowski counters with an inside leg kick.
Zyekowski lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Zyekowski moves into the clinch.
Zyekowski with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Long takes an elbow to the temple.
Zyekowski misses with a punch on the inside.
Long missing with knees to the body.
Long looking to throw knees to the head but Zyekowski is blocking nicely.
Long blocks the elbow strike.
Zyekowski lands a good knee to the midsection. Long won't want to take too many of those.
Zyekowski holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Zyekowski with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Zyekowski lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zyekowski throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Longs head.
Long avoids the elbow strike from Zyekowski, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zyekowski has Long pushed against the cage.
Zyekowski cracks Long with a nice body shot.
Long throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zyekowski is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Zyekowski with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch on the inside from Zyekowski fails to land.
Zyekowski is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Zyekowski working aggressively here.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zyekowski manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Zyekowski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Long.
Zyekowski presses Long against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Zyekowski stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Zyekowski misses with a knee strike.
Long lands a knee to the head.
Zyekowski tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Zyekowski misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long looking to throw knees to the head but Zyekowski is blocking nicely.
Zyekowski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Long.
Zyekowski pushes off an throws an elbow but Long leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Zyekowski gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Zyekowski blocks with his arms.
Zyekowski gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Long avoids the elbow strike from Zyekowski, against the cage.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Zyekowski blocks with his arms.
Zyekowski scores a nice knee to the body.
Long takes an elbow to the temple.
Long misses with a knee to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zyekowski. Long does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zyekowski throws a body kick, spinning off balance
enabling Long to counter with a crisp jab.
Zyekowski throws a low kick, looking for Long's leg but Long calmly moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Zyekowski.
A head kick misses from Zyekowski.
Zyekowski forces Long back against the cage and clinches.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Long managing to block the knees to the body from Zyekowski.
A body shot lands from Zyekowski.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zyekowski missing with knees to the body.
Zyekowski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Zyekowski lands a nice elbow.
A left hand lands to the body for Zyekowski.
A right handed body shot lands from Zyekowski.
Zyekowski misses with a punch to the body.
Zyekowski misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Zyekowski.
Zyekowski unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Zyekowski looking to throw knees to the head but Long is blocking nicely.
Zyekowski misses with a punch to the body.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Zyekowski blocks with his arms.
Thomas Zyekowski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice body punch from Zyekowski - that landed with a thud.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Long throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Zyekowski blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zyekowski.
Zyekowski lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Zyekowski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Zyekowski missing with knees to the body.
Zyekowski missing with knees to the body.
Zyekowski is pushing Long up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Zyekowski lands with a left to the head.
Zyekowski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Long is defending well for now.
Zyekowski is struggling to control the position.
Zyekowski landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Zyekowski has Long pressed against the cage.
Zyekowski lands a right hand that snaps the head of Long backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thomas Zyekowski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Zyekowski has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:26
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thomas Zyekowski!
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