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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Genji Takiya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Takiya comes into the arena with Boris - Rattlesnake blaring out of the sound system. Richard Martin 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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166 lbs
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165 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Genji Takiya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Richard Martin!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martin has a takedown stuffed.
Martin shoots in but Takiya avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Martin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Martin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Genji Takiya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Martin.
Takiya thows a body kick. Martin tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Takiya looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
No luck for Martin with that takedown attempt.
Takiya scores with a spinning back kick!
Takiya lets loose with a powerful body kick. Martin will feel that in the morning.
Takiya tests Martin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Left hook, right uppercut from Takiya.
It looks like Richard Martin has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takiya thuds his shin into the meat of Martin's side.
Takiya thuds his shin into the meat of Martin's side.
Martin looks gassed!
Martin takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Takiya misses with a jab, cross combination.
Takiya scores with a kick to the midsection.
A solid leg kick lands there for Takiya.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Takiya - that will leave a mark!
Martin walks forward, straight into a front kick from Takiya.
Genji Takiya is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Takiya throws a nice head kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martin has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Takiya.
Martin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A slapping leg kick lands for Takiya.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Takiya.
Genji Takiya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martin has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Takiya scores with a kick to the midsection.
Takiya lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice body kick from Takiya.
Takiya lands with a kick to the temple. Martin shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Takiya throws a series of strikes that have Martin backpedaling.
Takiya looks to land a combination but Martin avoids it well.
Takiya misses with a wild combination.
Takiya throws a nice outside leg kick.
Martin is trying desperately to land a takedown but Takiya is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Martin.
Takiya throws a head kick that half lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takiya lands a high kick!
Martin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Martin closes the distance and clinches up with Takiya, looking for a takedown. Martin pushes Takiya against the cage but Takiya circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Takiya lands a front kick.
Martin walks forward, straight into a front kick from Takiya.
A slapping leg kick lands for Takiya.
No joy there for Takiya, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Takiya pushes Martin away with a front kick.
Takiya throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Takiya scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Takiya lands a jab to Martin's midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takiya scores with a head kick.
Nice body kick from Takiya.
Takiya throws a head kick that Martin semi-blocks.
Takiya explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A solid body kick from Takiya.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Takiya.
Martin takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Takiya lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Takiya is working the combinations to good effect here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Takiya lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Martin backs up against the cage.
Takiya throws a head kick that Martin semi-blocks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Genji Takiya dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Richard Martin's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Takiya scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Takiya misses with a jab, cross combination.
Takiya misses with a jab, cross combination.
Martin shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Martin trying to mount his opponent but Takiya defends it.
Takiya looks like he's trying to stand up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Martin thows a huge punch but Takiya dodges it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin is trying to control. Takiya wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Martin is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Martin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Martin prevents Takiya from standing back up.
Martin trying to pass the guard but Takiya defending well.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Donk. Takiya catches Martin right on the button with a cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Martin takes a kick to the side of the head.
Martin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Takiya will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Martin shoots in but no luck this time.
Takiya throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Takiya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Martin shoots for a double leg takedown but Takiya sprawls well. He's pushed Martin's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Genji Takiya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Martin.
Martin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Takiya finds it's way round the side to connect with Martin's head.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Takiya - that will leave a mark!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takiya cracks the inside of Martin's front leg.
Martin shoots in but no luck this time.
Takiya scores with a head kick.
Takiya scores with a kick to the midsection.
Takiya throws a one two combo.
Takiya misses with a series of wild punches.
Takiya throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Martin misses with a takedown attempt - Takiya sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Martin takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
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.
Takiya throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Martin's head.
Martin has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
No luck for Martin with that takedown attempt.
Martin drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Martin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Martin trying to control but Takiya is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Martin distracts Takiya with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Genji Takiya will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Richard Martin's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Takiya lands a jab-cross combination.
Takiya lands with a hook. Martin tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Takiya throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Martin's head.
Takiya tries a head kick but it misses.
Takiya misses with a series of wild punches.
Martin looks for a takedown but Takiya sprawls well.
Nice takedown defense from Takiya. No joy for Martin on that attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martin moves out of range as Takiya throws a body kick.
Genji Takiya is winning the standup battle so far.
Martin scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takiya prevents Martin from moving into mount.
Takiya pushes Martin away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Martin gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Martin is looking to take a break and control but Takiya is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Martin prevents Takiya from escaping the position.
Takiya throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Takiya is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Martin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Takiya tries to avoid it but Martin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Takiya to the ground. Takiya escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Genji Takiya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Martin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Takiya moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Martin shoots in for a takedown but Takiya shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Takiya throws a head kick that half lands.
Takiya looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Takiya fails to land with a series of punches.
Martin shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Takiya defends it nicely.
A solid leg kick lands there for Takiya.
Martin closes this distance looking for a takedown but Takiya circles away.
Takiya lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takiya throws a series of strikes that have Martin backpedaling.
Takiya looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Martin scores with a takedown into Takiya's guard.
Martin throwing strikes but missing.
Martin advances position into side control!
Takiya wants to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Takiya keeps working.
Takiya on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Takiya tries to get out of the position.
Takiya is trying to buck Martin off.
Martin cracks Takiya with a big elbow.
Martin working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Takiya avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Martin.
Richard Martin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Genji Takiya is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Martin looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Richard Martin.
I think Takiya has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Genji Takiya!
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energy
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