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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Eiki Daikaura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lightning Storm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Storm comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Jay Z - Moment of Clarity kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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147 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eiki Daikaura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lightning Storm!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daikaura throws a big shot that misses.
Daikaura swings for the body but Storm moves out of range.
Daikaura walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Storm checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Storm circles away from the clinch attempt.
Daikaura tries to close the distance and clinch up but Storm swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Daikaura uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Storm.
Storm throws a hook but Daikaura avoids it easily.
Storm thows a body shot but no joy.
Daikaura shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Storm lands a jab to the head.
A clash of legs there as Storm blocks the low kick.
Storm scores with a shot to the body.
Storm avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Daikaura throws a nice inside leg kick.
Daikaura throws a body punch but Storm moves out of range.
Storm jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Storm looks to land a left hand but Daikaura moved out of range nicely.
Storm thows a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Storm takes a swing at Daikaura's ribcage but misses.
Daikaura uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Storm.
Daikaura delivers a nice body kick.
The fighters circling - Storm throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Daikaura slips under a jab.
Storm stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Daikaura.
Storm ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Daikaura tries to clinch up but Storm circles away and keeps his distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Daikaura, right into the meat.
Storm scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Daikaura is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Storm.
Daikaura scores with a nice body kick.
Daikaura lands a really nice looking cross but Storm seems unphased.
Daikaura on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Storm misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A good leg kick by Daikaura.
Storm takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Storm misses the target.
Daikaura moves into range and clinches up with Storm.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Daikaura misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Storm.
Storm blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Daikaura lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Daikaura stalling the fight.
Storm is trying to break the clinch but Daikaura is controlling him.
Daikaura throws a knee to the head but misses.
Daikaura displaying some good clinch control by pressing Storm up against the cage.
Daikaura pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Daikaura is struggling to control the position.
Daikaura lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daikaura tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Daikaura tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Storm escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Daikaura misses with a body kick.
Storm scores with a body shot.
Daikaura throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Storm's head.
Storm thows a body shot but no joy.
Storm lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
It looks like Eiki Daikaura has been cut.
Daikaura uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Storm.
Storm misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Daikaura.
Storm connects with a body shot.
Storm looks to throw the jab but Daikaura is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Storm. Daikaura does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice inside leg kick there by Daikaura. That's going to slow Storm down.
Storm swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daikaura takes a jab right on the kisser.
Storm throws the left hand but Daikaura avoids the punch easily.
Storm lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Daikaura circles away quickly and effectively.
Daikaura is looking to land body kicks.
Good work by Storm as he checks the leg kick.
Storm misses with a body punch
and Daikaura counters with a nice body kick.
Storm is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Daikaura rather than just go for the knockout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Daikaura is looking to clinch.
Daikaura tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Storm punishes Daikaura's body with a nice straight punch.
Storm throws a series of punches but Daikaura avoids them all with ease.
Daikaura loads up on a big right hand but Storm slips the punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Daikaura explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Good shot there by Storm.
Storm misses with a body shot
and Daikaura counters with a nice leg kick.
Storm throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
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 Eiki Daikaura will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Eiki Daikaura's cut.
That's time! Daikaura's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Daikaura feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Storm's calf.
Daikaura 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.
Daikaura closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Storm working hard to break the clinch.
Daikaura lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Daikaura keeps control of Storm as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Daikaura trying to land knees to the body.
Daikaura is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Storm is defending well for now.
Storm letting Daikaura take a breather here.
Daikaura tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Daikaura throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Storm.
Daikaura throws a knee to the head but misses.
Daikaura stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Daikaura tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daikaura lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Daikaura crunches a lovely knee into Storm's ribcage.
Daikaura is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Storm is defending well for now.
Daikaura stalling the fight.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Storm avoids the elbow strike from Daikaura, against the cage.
Daikaura tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Daikaura working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Daikaura throws a knee to the head but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Daikaura is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Storm is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Storm.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Storm is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Daikaura is keeping busy.
Storm tries to break free but Daikaura pushes him back against the cage.
Daikaura has Storm pushed against the cage.
Storm avoids a wild elbow strike from Daikaura.
Daikaura lands a knee to the body.
Daikaura is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Daikaura misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Storm.
Daikaura misses with a knee to the head.
Daikaura manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Daikaura misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daikaura throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Storm blocks it with crossed arms.
Daikaura misses with an elbow strike.
Daikaura lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Daikaura throws an elbow but misses.
Daikaura effectively controlling the action here.
Storm working hard to break the clinch.
Daikaura keeps control of Storm as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Daikaura misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Storm.
Storm will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Daikaura up against the cage.
Daikaura trying to land knees to the body.
Daikaura throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Storm blocks it with crossed arms.
Daikaura taking a breather.
Storm blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
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.
Daikaura throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Daikaura digs a right hand underneath Storm's ribcage. Storm let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Daikaura is struggling to control the position.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Storm takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Storm has had enough of the clinch but Daikaura keeps him there for the moment.
Storm trying to control the position but instead, Daikaura has worked for underhooks and has pushed Storm into the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Daikaura just misses with a elbow thrown towards Storm's brow.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Storm letting Daikaura take a breather here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Daikaura for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Storm blocks an elbow strike from Daikaura.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eiki Daikaura dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Eiki Daikaura's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
The fighters circling - Storm throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Daikaura moves away from the strike by Storm.
Daikaura with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Daikaura has managed to clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Daikaura.
Daikaura holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Storm managing to block the knees to the body from Daikaura.
With the fighters up against the cage, Daikaura throws an elbow but misses.
Daikaura effectively controlling the action here.
Daikaura looking to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Eiki Daikaura.
Daikaura connects with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Storm lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Daikaura backs up against the cage.
Daikaura thows a body kick. Storm tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Storm swats away the attempt to clinch by Daikaura.
Daikaura fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Storm, pushing him back against the cage.
Storm managing to block the knees to the body from Daikaura.
Daikaura trying to land knees to the body.
Storm wants to break the clinch but can't.
Storm is trying to force a seperation but Daikaura has the dominant position.
Daikaura avoiding damage.
Daikaura throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Daikaura misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Storm.
Daikaura trying to land knees to the body.
Daikaura is pushing Storm up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Lightning Storm has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daikaura misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Storm.
Daikaura stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Daikaura tries to land a knee to the head but Storm blocks with his arms.
Daikaura trying to land knees to the body.
Daikaura pushes off an throws an elbow but Storm leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Stalling in the clinch from Daikaura.
Daikaura throws a knee to the head but misses.
Storm working hard to break the clinch.
Storm working hard to break the clinch.
Daikaura tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Storm avoiding damage as Daikaura throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daikaura misses with an elbow over the top.
Storm tries a body shot but Daikaura blocks it.
Daikaura dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Storm avoiding damage as Daikaura throws knees to the body.
Daikaura with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Daikaura misses with some punches.
Daikaura with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Daikaura.
Daikaura slows down the pace here.
Daikaura seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Storm manages to break the clinch.
Storm tries to bum rush Daikaura with a series of wild strikes but Daikaura uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
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.
Daikaura pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Daikaura throws a low kick but it's checked well by Storm.
Daikaura throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Daikaura fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Storm, pushing him back against the cage.
Storm breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Storm swings for the body but Daikaura moves out of range.
Storm misses with an uppercut.
Daikaura misses with a low kick as Storm jumps back.
Storm tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Daikaura was well out of range. Poor timing from Storm.
Storm misses with a straight left.
Storm throws a shot from downtown. Daikaura moves away and avoids it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Daikaura throws a sloppy head kick and Storm moves out of range easily.
Daikaura scores with a hook to the body. Storm takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Storm lands with a straight right. Daikaura didn't see that one coming.
Nice uppercut there from Daikaura.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eiki Daikaura showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Daikaura 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eiki Daikaura!
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