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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hatsu Ishikawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alex Alves is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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182 lbs
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180 lbs
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Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hatsu Ishikawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alex Alves!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves tries to clinch but Ishikawa is having none of it.
Alves shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ishikawa pinned against the cage. Ishikawa gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ishikawa throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ishikawa closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Alves takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Alex Alves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alves throws a head kick but Ishikawa moves out of range.
Alves shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ishikawa is looking to score with low kicks.
Alves shoots in but Ishikawa avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Alves is looking to clinch but Ishikawa is avoiding it.
Ishikawa keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hatsu Ishikawa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Alves.
Alves is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alves fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice jab there from Ishikawa.
Alves checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ishikawa scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ishikawa scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ishikawa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ishikawa looks to land a combination. Alves sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Alves looks gassed!
Alves stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ishikawa.
Alves takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Alves on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Alves shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ishikawa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ishikawa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Alves avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Alves gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alves tries to strike from the bottom.
Ishikawa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alves is keeping the position for now.
Ishikawa slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ishikawa gets to his feet. Alves looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Ishikawa throws a wild body kick that Alves sees coming a mile off.
Jab from Ishikawa.
Alves fails with the takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ishikawa with a nice cross.
Ishikawa changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Alves looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Alves is trying to control Ishikawa's posture but Ishikawa avoids it.
Alves is looking for a sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Alves's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Alves is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Ishikawa is staying active.
Ishikawa tries to advance to mount but Alves denies him.
Ishikawa throwing strikes but Alves manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Ishikawa is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Ishikawa wants to get back to full guard.
Ishikawa is trying to stand back up but Alves is controlling him
Alves trying to control from Ishikawa's half guard. Ishikawa has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Alves throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ishikawa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Alves trying to control the position from guard on top but Ishikawa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alves postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ishikawa wants to stand and escape but Alves is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Alves misses with a takedown
and Ishikawa counters with a series of strikes. Alves will be more careful next time no doubt.
Ishikawa uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ishikawa looks to land a combination. Alves sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hatsu Ishikawa dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Alves scores with a leg kick.
Alves closes the distance but Ishikawa moves to the side
and Ishikawa counters with a leg kick.
Ishikawa walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Alves checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Alves tries for a takedown but Ishikawa circles away easily
and Ishikawa counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Alves's guard now.
Alves keeping moving, preventing Ishikawa from controlling successfully.
Ishikawa trying to stand up but can't free himself from Alves's guard.
Alves throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Ishikawa advances position into side control!
Ishikawa working the strikes but Alves uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves trying to control from the bottom.
Ishikawa looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ishikawa throwing shots but Alves is blocking nicely.
Ishikawa missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Alves has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ishikawa is working away from the top position though.
Ishikawa sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Alves defending well though.
Ishikawa thows a huge punch but Alves dodges it nicely.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Alves tries to clinch
and Ishikawa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Alves misses with a takedown
and Ishikawa counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ishikawa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves trying to control the position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Ishikawa with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ishikawa gets to his feet. Alves looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Alves tries for a takedown but Ishikawa circles away easily
and Ishikawa counters with a nice uppercut.
Hatsu Ishikawa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Alves.
Alves misses with a leg kick
and Ishikawa counters with a two punch combo.
Ishikawa scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Ishikawa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alves can do to turn this around?
Alves tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ishikawa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ishikawa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Alves tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ishikawa counters with a thumping low kick.
Ishikawa cracks Alves with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ishikawa scores with a jab to the body.
Ishikawa scores with a punch to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ishikawa displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Alves shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ishikawa counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Alves trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Ishikawa manages to pass to mount!
Alves wants to control but Ishikawa is having none of it.
Ishikawa putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Ishikawa looking to control but Alves is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Alves holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Ishikawa tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ishikawa trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ishikawa throwing strikes here but Alves is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Ishikawa sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ishikawa 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.
Hatsu Ishikawa dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Alves tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alves tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Ishikawa counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Ishikawa wanted to stand there but Alves had control of the position.
Ishikawa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ishikawa looking to pass the guard.
Ishikawa showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Alves is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishikawa throwing strikes from guard but Alves blocks nicely.
Ishikawa trying to control but Alves is working from the bottom.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Alves misses with an attempted mid kick.
Alves shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ishikawa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Alves wants to clinch but Ishikawa slips to the side
and Ishikawa counters with a straight right hand.
Alves has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
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.
Alves shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ishikawa counters with a shoot takedown. Alves fights it but they end up in guard.
Ishikawa looking to pass the guard.
Ishikawa slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Alves controls Ishikawa momentarily but Ishikawa frees himself.
Ishikawa wants to get up but he can't break Alves's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Alves striking off his back but it's not causing Ishikawa any problems.
Ishikawa trying to control the position from guard on top but Alves is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alex Alves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Ishikawa stands up and waves to Alves to follow him.
Alves lands a head kick!
Hatsu Ishikawa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ishikawa lands a nice shot that snaps Alves's head back.
Hatsu Ishikawa is winning the standup battle so far.
Alves throws a head kick that misses.
Ishikawa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ishikawa looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Alves is staying active underneath Ishikawa, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ishikawa is controlling the pace.
Ishikawa missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ishikawa controlling the pace.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hatsu Ishikawa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ishikawa 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:26
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hatsu Ishikawa!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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