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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Diego Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miyamoto Musashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Diego Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Miyamoto Musashi!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Musashi throws a leg kick
and Dos Santos counters with a single leg into guard. Musashi didn't expect that.
Dos Santos has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Musashi is proving hard to escape from.
Musashi pulls Dos Santos in close to prevent any damage.
Musashi has a closed guard, preventing Dos Santos from standing up.
Musashi is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dos Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Musashi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Dos Santos fails with the takedown.
Musashi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Musashi throws a head kick that misses
and Dos Santos counters by moving into the clinch.
Musashi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Musashi is stalling here.
Musashi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dos Santos on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Miyamoto Musashi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Musashi throws a right hand that misses
and Dos Santos counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Some wild striking there from Musashi.
Musashi misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Musashi throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dos Santos counters with a big head kick but Musashi shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Musashi falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dos Santos counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Musashi is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Musashi misses with a double jab
and Dos Santos counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Miyamoto Musashi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Musashi lands a lovely overhand right.
Musashi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dos Santos counters with a head kick. That will keep Musashi thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right-left combo lands from Musashi.
Dos Santos shoots in looking for a takedown. Musashi tries to sprawl out of it but Dos Santos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Musashi manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Musashi falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dos Santos counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Musashi!
Musashi tries to reverse the position but Dos Santos maintains control.
Dos Santos trying to control but Musashi is having none of it.
Dos Santos throwing strikes here but Musashi is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Musashi because Dos Santos loaded up on that one.
Dos Santos throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Dos Santos misses with a head shot.
Musashi really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dos Santos dominating with strikes here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Dos Santos misses with a head shot.
Dos Santos misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Musashi blocking the ground and pound.
Dos Santos misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Dos Santos throwing strikes here but Musashi is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Dos Santos trying to control but Musashi is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Musashi holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Dos Santos tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos can't control as he wanted to and Musashi manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Musashi keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Dos Santos is pressing down on Musashi's thigh, looking to free his foot. Musashi is holding on for now.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dos Santos wants to stand up but Musashi manages to regain full guard.
Dos Santos trying to stand up but can't free himself from Musashi's guard.
Dos Santos throws and elbow that misses. Musashi uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dos Santos's guard. Nice move by Musashi!
Musashi gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos closes the distance but Musashi moves to the side
and Musashi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Musashi misses with a combination
and Dos Santos counters with a head kick. That will keep Musashi thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Musashi misses with a combination
and Dos Santos counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Musashi is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Musashi lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Musashi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dos Santos counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Musashi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dos Santos at a distance.
Musashi throws an off balance right hand
and Dos Santos counters with a big head kick but Musashi shrugs it off.
Dos Santos is breathing heavily.
Musashi keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Diego Dos Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos moves out of range of the strikes.
Dos Santos has a takedown stuffed.
Dos Santos is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Musashi.
Dos Santos on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Musashi scores with the left hand. Dos Santos knows he should have avoided that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick by Musashi misses
and Dos Santos counters with a takedown into side control.
Dos Santos tries to stand but Musashi controls the position and pulls Dos Santos into his guard.
Dos Santos tries to free his leg and advance position but Musashi is retaining full guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Musashi pulls Dos Santos in close to his closed guard and prevents Dos Santos from doing any damage or advancing position.
Dos Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Musashi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Dos Santos dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Dos Santos takes a kick to the side of the head.
Musashi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dos Santos.
Musashi scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Diego Dos Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Musashi looks to score with a jab to the body but Dos Santos is just out of range.
A head kick misses from Dos Santos.
No luck for Dos Santos with that takedown attempt.
Musashi misses with a series of wild punches.
Dos Santos changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Musashi tries to avoid it but Dos Santos manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Musashi to the ground. Musashi escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Musashi throws a sloppy head kick
and Dos Santos counters with a big head kick but Musashi shrugs it off.
Musashi throws a looping overhand right but Dos Santos ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos throws a head kick but Musashi moves out of range.
A lazy left from Musashi finds it's target.
Musashi throws a lazy head kick
and Dos Santos counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dos Santos stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Sloppy strikes from Musashi. Those never looked like landing.
Musashi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Musashi leaves Dos Santos with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Diego Dos Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Musashi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dos Santos's hands.
Dos Santos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Musashi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Musashi misses with a double jab
and Dos Santos counters with a head kick.
Musashi lands a right hook to the body.
Miyamoto Musashi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Musashi looks to land a combination but Dos Santos avoids it well.
Musashi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Musashi shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Dos Santos eats them both and turns towards Musashi to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Musashi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dos Santos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Musashi's waist but Musashi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dos Santos off to one side.
Dos Santos takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Musashi but Musashi pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos blocks a head kick by Musashi.
Musashi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dos Santos shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Musashi defends it nicely.
Musashi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Musashi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Musashi throws a lazy right hand but Dos Santos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dos Santos.
Musashi tries a head kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Musashi misses with a combination
and Dos Santos decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Musashi's guard.
Musashi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Musashi has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Dos Santos wants to control from the top but Musashi keeps moving.
Dos Santos has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Musashi is proving hard to escape from.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Musashi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Dos Santos wants to stand and escape but instead Musashi has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Musashi stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Jab by Musashi.
That's six 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.
Musashi misses with a low kick.
Musashi throws a sloppy head kick
and Dos Santos counters with a nice double leg into side control. Musashi won't be happy with that.
Musashi sneaks back into half guard.
Dos Santos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Musashi won't allow Dos Santos to pass to mount.
Dos Santos is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Musashi is just riding it out for now. Dos Santos eventually gives up the hold.
Musashi regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos wants to stand and escape but instead Musashi has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Musashi decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Dos Santos, up you get!
Musashi looks to score with a jab to the body but Dos Santos is just out of range.
That's eight 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.
Musashi pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Dos Santos back to the cage. Musashi follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Musashi tries to bum rush Dos Santos with a series of wild strikes but Dos Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Musashi misses with an uppercut
and Dos Santos counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Musashi looks to score with a jab to the body but Dos Santos is just out of range.
Dos Santos shoots in looking for a takedown. Musashi tries to sprawl out of it but Dos Santos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Musashi manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Musashi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dos Santos counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Musashi has a closed guard, preventing Dos Santos from standing up.
Dos Santos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dos Santos will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos thows a big elbow that misses.
Dos Santos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dos Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Musashi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Musashi working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos wants to stand and escape but instead Musashi has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Diego Dos Santos.
I think Dos Santos 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Diego Dos Santos!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Diego Dos Santos!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Diego Dos Santos!
Diego Dos Santos wins by unanimous decision!
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