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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joshua Azamora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miyake Morimasa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joshua Azamora has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joshua Azamora!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Miyake Morimasa!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azamora misses with a body shot.
Morimasa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Azamora paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morimasa slips under a jab from Azamora.
Morimasa tries to clinch up but Azamora circles away and keeps his distance.
Morimasa tries to clinch but Azamora is having none of it.
Morimasa sends Azamora crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Morimasa is motioning to the referee to let Azamora up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
It looks like Joshua Azamora has been cut.
Azamora catches Morimasa with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
It looks like Miyake Morimasa has been cut.
Azamora scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Azamora scores with a jab.
Morimasa wants to clinch.
Azamora misses with a body shot.
Morimasa moves in looking to clinch but Azamora pushes him off.
Azamora ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morimasa moves away.
Azamora misses with an attempted mid kick.
Morimasa scores with a nice head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morimasa is looking to clinch but Azamora is avoiding it.
Azamora swats away the attempt to clinch by Morimasa.
Morimasa avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morimasa lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Azamora is rocked!
Morimasa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Azamora swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Azamora swats away the attempt to clinch by Morimasa.
Azamora lands a nice leg kick that just misses Morimasa's sensitive parts.
Azamora throws the left hand but Morimasa avoids the punch easily.
Azamora avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Morimasa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Azamora manages to avoid it.
Miyake Morimasa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A combination from Morimasa does no damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morimasa tries to clinch up.
Morimasa connects with a single shot there.
Morimasa moves in looking to clinch but Azamora pushes him off.
A slow jab from Morimasa misses its intended target.
Morimasa blocks a low kick nicely.
Morimasa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morimasa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morimasa rushes Azamora and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Morimasa lands an elbow inside.
Morimasa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Morimasa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Morimasa misses with an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Morimasa.
Azamora avoids a wild elbow strike from Morimasa.
Morimasa misses with an elbow over the top.
Azamora trying to control the position but instead, Morimasa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Azamora into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Morimasa.
Azamora takes an elbow to the forehead.
Morimasa has Azamora pushed against the cage.
Azamora takes an elbow to the temple.
Morimasa lands a damaging elbow.
Azamora avoids the elbow strike from Morimasa, against the cage.
Azamora blocks an elbow strike from Morimasa.
Morimasa lands an elbow inside that Azamora shrugs off.
Morimasa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Morimasa throws an elbow but misses.
Morimasa content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Morimasa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Azamora's defenses.
Morimasa lands an elbow inside that Azamora shrugs off.
Azamora has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
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.
Morimasa misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Morimasa throws an elbow but misses.
Morimasa lands a nice elbow.
Morimasa misses with an elbow strike.
Morimasa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Morimasa's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Azamora blocks an elbow strike.
Morimasa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Azamora blocks the elbow strike.
Morimasa lands an elbow inside.
Morimasa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morimasa lands an elbow inside.
Morimasa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Morimasa stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Azamora avoids a wild elbow strike from Morimasa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miyake Morimasa dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Morimasa misses with a hook. Azamora ducked under it nicely.
Morimasa throws the left hand but Azamora avoids the punch easily.
Azamora circles away from the clinch attempt.
Azamora lands with a right hand.
Azamora throws a looping overhand right but Morimasa ducks down to avoid it.
Morimasa tries to clinch up but Azamora circles away and keeps his distance.
Morimasa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Azamora.
Morimasa gets a clinch.
Azamora wants to break free but Morimasa has control.
Azamora has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Morimasa has Azamora pressed against the cage, preventing Azamora from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Azamora tries to break free but Morimasa pushes him back against the cage.
Morimasa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Morimasa.
Morimasa leaning against his opponent.
Azamora avoids the elbow strike from Morimasa, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morimasa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morimasa's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Morimasa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Morimasa throws an elbow but misses.
Morimasa misses with an elbow over the top.
Morimasa lands an elbow inside that Azamora shrugs off.
Morimasa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morimasa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Azamora's defenses.
Morimasa lands a damaging elbow.
Morimasa lands an elbow inside that Azamora shrugs off.
Azamora dodges an elbow strike from Morimasa.
Morimasa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Morimasa keeps control of Azamora as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Morimasa misses with an elbow strike.
Morimasa lands an elbow just above Azamora 's eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Azamora is trying to force a seperation but Morimasa has the dominant position.
Azamora takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Morimasa.
Azamora avoids the elbow strike from Morimasa, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Morimasa.
Morimasa lands an elbow inside.
Morimasa lands a damaging elbow.
Morimasa lands an elbow inside that Azamora shrugs off.
Oh Azamora is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Morimasa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Azamora being controlled against the cage.
Azamora takes an elbow to the temple.
Morimasa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Morimasa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Azamora's defenses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Morimasa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Azamora's brow.
Azamora tries to circle away but Morimasa has him pinned against the cage.
Azamora seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Morimasa.
Azamora takes an elbow to the temple.
Morimasa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Morimasa.
Azamora is trying to break the clinch but Morimasa has him pressed against the cage.
Morimasa avoiding damage.
Azamora looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Azamora blocks an elbow strike from Morimasa.
Azamora takes an elbow to the temple.
Morimasa stalling.
A frustrated look appears on Azamora's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Azamora takes an elbow to the temple.
Morimasa lands an elbow inside.
Morimasa misses with an elbow strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Morimasa - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Morimasa misses with an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Morimasa lands a damaging elbow.
Azamora is trying to force a seperation but Morimasa has the dominant position.
Morimasa stalls.
Azamora tries to break free but Morimasa pushes him back against the cage.
Morimasa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Azamora's efforts to push away.
Morimasa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Morimasa will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Azamora up against the cage.
Morimasa receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Azamora looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miyake Morimasa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Morimasa has closed the distance and engaged Azamora in a clinch.
Azamora is trying to force a seperation but Morimasa has the dominant position.
Morimasa has Azamora pressed against the cage, preventing Azamora from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Azamora avoids the elbow strike from Morimasa, against the cage.
Morimasa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Azamora's defenses.
Azamora dodges an elbow strike from Morimasa.
Morimasa lands an elbow just above Azamora 's eye.
Morimasa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Morimasa lands an elbow that stopped Azamora in his tracks for a moment.
Morimasa lands an elbow inside.
Morimasa lands a nice elbow.
Morimasa avoiding damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azamora is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Morimasa lands a damaging elbow.
Morimasa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Azamora tries to break free but Morimasa pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morimasa lands a damaging elbow.
Morimasa just leaning against Azamora, taking a breather.
Morimasa lands a nice elbow.
Azamora dodges an elbow strike from Morimasa.
Morimasa is stalling here.
Morimasa lands an elbow inside that Azamora shrugs off.
Morimasa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Morimasa misses with an elbow over the top.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Azamora wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Azamora blocks an elbow strike.
That's two 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.
Morimasa displaying some good clinch control by pressing Azamora up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Miyake Morimasa.
Morimasa tries to clinch but Azamora is having none of it.
Morimasa is looking to clinch but Azamora is avoiding it.
Morimasa cracks Azamora with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Azamora looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Morimasa finish him?
Morimasa ducks under a wild hook from Azamora.
Azamora with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Morimasa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Azamora misses with a low kick.
A big right from Morimasa misses.
Morimasa moves in looking to clinch but Azamora pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azamora lands with a cross.
Morimasa closes the distance and clinches.
Azamora is trying to force a seperation but Morimasa has the dominant position.
Miyake Morimasa seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Morimasa holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Azamora takes an elbow to the temple.
Morimasa throws an elbow but it misses.
Azamora working hard to break the clinch.
Azamora wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morimasa lands an elbow that stopped Azamora in his tracks for a moment.
Morimasa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Azamora is trying to break the clinch but Morimasa has him pressed against the cage.
Morimasa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Morimasa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Azamora's brow.
Morimasa lands a nice elbow.
Morimasa prevents a body shot from Azamora.
Morimasa prevents Azamora from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Nice elbow from Morimasa.
Morimasa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Azamora's defenses.
Joshua Azamora has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The referee is keeping an eye on Morimasa - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Morimasa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Azamora dodges an elbow strike from Morimasa.
Morimasa lands a damaging elbow.
Azamora avoids a wild elbow strike from Morimasa.
Azamora blocks the elbow strike.
Morimasa lands an elbow inside.
Morimasa lands an elbow inside that Azamora shrugs off.
Azamora tries to break the clinch but Morimasa is controlling the position.
Miyake Morimasa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Azamora trying to stall but Morimasa improves his position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Miyake Morimasa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Morimasa 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miyake Morimasa!
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energy
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