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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joey Cardinal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tsuyoshi Tamatso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cardinal comes to the cage accompanied by In Mourning - In The Failing Hour. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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155 lbs
11 - 10 - 0 |
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168 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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ADCC Champion
Great elbows
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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
11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joey Cardinal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tsuyoshi Tamatso!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, jab by Tamatso - just one landing.
Tamatso throws a body punch but Cardinal moves out of range.
Joey Cardinal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cardinal shoots in for a takedown but Tamatso shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Tamatso lands with a good body shot.
Cardinal closes this distance looking for a takedown but Tamatso circles away.
Cardinal moves into the clinch.
Cardinal lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tamatso has Cardinal pressed against the cage.
Tamatso throws a punch but it's blocked by Cardinal.
Tamatso on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short left from Tamatso.
Tamatso lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Joey Cardinal has been cut.
A right hook to the body lands for Tamatso.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tamatso lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short body shot lands from Tamatso as the two fighters clinch.
Tamatso stalling the fight.
Tamatso blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tamatso lands with a short shot to the head.
Tamatso has Cardinal pressed against the cage, preventing Cardinal from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tamatso cracks Cardinal with a nice body shot.
Tamatso is stalling here.
Cardinal changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tamatso fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joey Cardinal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cardinal shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tamatso pinned against the cage. Tamatso gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cardinal rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tamatso moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cardinal rushes Tamatso and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tamatso unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tamatso connects with a knee to the head.
Cardinal tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cardinal is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Tamatso pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Cardinal wants to break free but Tamatso has control.
Tamatso landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Good body shot from Tamatso.
Tamatso stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tamatso misses with some punches.
Tamatso is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Good body shot from Tamatso.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cardinal avoiding damage as Tamatso throws knees to the body.
Tamatso has a couple of punches blocked by Cardinal.
Tamatso tries to throw a body punch but Cardinal avoids it by throwing Tamatso back against the cage.
Tamatso digs a right hand underneath Cardinal's ribcage. Cardinal let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cardinal can't get the takedown.
Cardinal wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cardinal is trying to drag Tamatso to the mat but Tamatso just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tamatso creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tamatso will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Cardinal up against the cage.
That's four 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.
Cardinal misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tamatso.
Tamatso misses with a short punch on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tamatso lands an uppercut.
Tamatso scores with a shot to the side of Cardinal's head.
Cardinal wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cardinal is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Tamatso gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Cardinal wants to stall.
Cardinal is trying to break the clinch but Tamatso has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tsuyoshi Tamatso dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joey Cardinal's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Cardinal throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tamatso counters with a body kick that stops Cardinal in his tracks momentarily.
Cardinal forces Tamatso back against the cage and clinches.
Tamatso lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cardinal tries to circle away but Tamatso has him pinned against the cage.
Tamatso is working Cardinal over against the cage.
Tamatso connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cardinal's face.
A short body shot lands from Tamatso as the two fighters clinch.
Cardinal working hard to break the clinch.
Tamatso gets through Cardinal's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tamatso landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tamatso leaning his opponent against the cage.
Tamatso lands with a light punch inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Tamatso.
Good body shot from Tamatso.
Cardinal blocks a body shot from Tamatso.
Cardinal blocking some punches.
Cardinal lands a knee to the body.
Tamatso'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.
Tamatso lands a body shot.
Tamatso misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by Tamatso.
Tamatso is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Cardinal goes for a takedown attempt but Tamatso pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Cardinal misses.
Tamatso digs a good hook to Cardinal's body.
Joey Cardinal is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tamatso clinches with his opponent.
Tamatso scores with a hook to the body.
Tamatso lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Cardinal can't break the clinch.
Tamatso prevents a takedown attempt there.
Tamatso displaying some good clinch control by pressing Cardinal up against the cage.
Tamatso gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Tamatso.
Tamatso pushes Cardinal back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tamatso lands a nice elbow.
Tamatso lands a nice elbow.
Tamatso missing with knees to the body.
Tsuyoshi Tamatso seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tamatso misses with a punch to the body.
Cardinal goes for a takedown attempt but Tamatso pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joey Cardinal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cardinal tries for a takedown but Tamatso circles away easily
and Tamatso counters with a nice leg kick.
Cardinal takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A jab from Tamatso does it's job there.
Tamatso ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cardinal moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cardinal moves into range and clinches up with Tamatso.
Tamatso is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tamatso tries to work over Cardinal's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tamatso doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cardinal is looking to break free of the clinch but Tamatso has double underhooks.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tamatso takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tamatso fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tamatso lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tsuyoshi Tamatso showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Joey Cardinal's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Tamatso throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cardinal counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Tamatso's guard now.
Tamatso working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cardinal.
Cardinal trying to stand up but can't free himself from Tamatso's guard.
Cardinal tries to free his leg and advance position but Tamatso is retaining full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cardinal accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cardinal preventing the sweep.
Cardinal wants to pass the guard but Tamatso is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tamatso is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Cardinal defends well.
Cardinal postures up in Tamatso's guard and throws a big left but Tamatso blocks it.
Cardinal has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cardinal slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Tamatso stops Cardinal from passing to mount.
Cardinal is trying to get an arm triangle but Tamatso is defending well.
Cardinal goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Tamatso has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Cardinal but great work by Tamatso.
Cardinal taking a bit of punishment here - Tamatso scoring with strikes.
Tamatso throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamatso throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Tamatso lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
A lull in the action here as Tamatso stalls from top position.
Cardinal gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Cardinal looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamatso working Cardinal over with strikes.
Tsuyoshi Tamatso is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cardinal avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tamatso.
Cardinal trying to control but Tamatso postures up.
Tamatso is trying to control the action in half guard but Cardinal is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Tamatso looks to land a strike but Cardinal avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
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.
Tamatso connects with a couple of short punches.
Tamatso thows a big elbow that misses.
Tamatso connects with a couple of short punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tamatso won't allow Cardinal to sweep him here.
Tamatso wants to control from the top but Cardinal keeps moving.
Cardinal wants to sweep but no luck.
Cardinal trying to strike off his back.
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 Joey Cardinal.
I think Tamatso has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:29
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tsuyoshi Tamatso!
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hype
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pop
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