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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dest Royer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Royer comes to the cage accompanied by 2Г5Р1О7Т - Дым. Dest Royer has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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181 lbs
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180 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dest Royer!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Billy Do!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Royer shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Royer in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Do gets back to half guard.
Royer thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Royer is stalling here. Do is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Royer seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Do has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Do is looking to take a break and control but Royer is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Royer avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Do.
Do is putting a hurting on Royer here, landing some big shots from side control.
Do wants to control for a moment but Royer uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Do wants to pass the guard but Royer is defending well.
Do trying to control from half guard but Royer is working away.
Royer keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Royer has his hands clasped together around Do's back. He's all about the action.
Do throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Royer avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Do.
Do has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two 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.
Do wants to take a breather but Royer is having none of it.
Do throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Do gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Royer misses with a series of wild punches.
Do misses with a double jab
and Royer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Royer avoids the body shot from Do.
Do misses with a takedown attempt - Royer sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Royer, as that shot connected.
Do throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Royer connects with a body shot that sends Do's belly button to the back.
Do swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Royer counters with a shoot takedown. Do fights it but they end up in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do looking for a sweep. Not yet Do, not yet.
Do looks gassed!
Do keeping moving, preventing Royer from controlling successfully.
Royer throws a big right hand that misses.
Do keeping moving, preventing Royer from controlling successfully.
Royer slips nicely into half guard.
Royer looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Do with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's four 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.
Do blocking the ground and pound attempt from Royer.
Royer not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Do keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Royer is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Royer in particular looking to stall.
Royer throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Royer thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Do pushes Royer off and gets back to his feet.
Royer fails to land with a series of punches.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Do lands a high kick!
Royer misses with a wild combination.
Royer throws a series of punches but Do moves out of range.
Do avoids a punch combination nicely.
Royer throws a combination that misses
and Do counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Do tries a head kick but it misses.
Royer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Royer misses with a two punch combination.
Royer looks to land a combination but Do avoids it well.
Billy Do seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Royer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Do circles away quickly and effectively.
Do misses with a body kick.
Do throws a sloppy head kick and Royer moves out of range easily.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Royer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Royer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Do moves to clinch but Royer breaks away
and Royer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Do.
The fighters circle momentarily. Royer darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Royer throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Do throws a head kick that misses.
Do takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Royer scores with a decent looking hook.
Royer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Do.
Do takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Royer misses with a few strikes there.
Do tries to clinch up.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Do instigates a clinch.
Do tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Royer's elbow.
Do keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Royer's efforts to push away.
Do lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Royer or not.
Do tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Royer tries to break the clinch but Do is controlling the position.
Do tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Royer's elbow.
Do goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Do has Royer pressed against the cage, preventing Royer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Do tries for a takedown but Royer manages to get underhooks.
Do misses with the head strike.
Do can't find room to land a body shot as Royer controls the action.
Do misses with some punches.
Do misses with a punch to the body.
Do tries to throw a body punch but Royer avoids it by throwing Do back against the cage.
That's eight 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.
Royer gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Royer is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Royer not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Do keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Royer sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Do defending well though.
Do is concentrating on defense, preventing Royer from advancing position.
Do regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Royer.
Royer throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Royer trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Royer landing with the ground and pound.
Royer thows a big elbow that misses.
Royer trying to control the position from guard on top but Do is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Royer throws and elbow that misses. Do uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Royer's guard. Nice move by Do!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Do accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dest Royer dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Royer fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Do sprawls well initially but Royer persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Royer missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Do moves into full guard.
Do trying to keep a closed guard but Royer is proving a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Royer postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Royer is looking to work some ground and pound but Do has wrist control.
Royer working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Royer trying to control the position from guard on top but Do is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Royer preventing the sweep.
Royer trying to control but Do is working from the bottom.
Do wants to sweep here but Royer controlling him for the moment.
Royer wants to control from the top but Do keeps moving.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Do 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.
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.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Dest Royer just wasn't active enough.
Royer looks to land a combination but Do avoids it well.
Royer scores with a crisp jab that stopped Do in his tracks.
Do tries for a takedown but Royer circles away easily
and Royer counters with a right hand to the body.
Royer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A nice combination there by Royer.
Royer goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Do avoids a punch combination nicely.
Royer swinging wildly here.
Royer swinging wildly here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Royer avoids the head kick by Do.
Nice cross by Royer.
A thudding body kick lands there by Do!
A punch combination from Royer misses.
Do throws a left and a right that both miss
and Royer counters with a stiff right hand.
Do is breathing heavily.
Do tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Royer misses with a double jab.
Royer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Do takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Do throws a body punch but Royer moves out of range.
Royer connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Do's hands.
Do showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Royer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Royer slips under a jab.
Royer lands with a nice combination. Do backs away looking to recover.
Royer throws a series of strikes that have Do backpedaling.
Royer takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Do showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Royer.
Royer lands a two punch combo.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Do misses with a body punch
and Royer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dest Royer is winning the standup battle so far.
Royer shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Do napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Royer fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Do is not content to let Royer control the position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Do is trying to control Royer's posture but Royer avoids it.
Do manages to work his way to half guard, despite Royer's best efforts.
Do is looking to improve his position.
Royer is looking to take a break and control but Do is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's six 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.
Do tries to roll over but Royer keeps him under control.
Do is trying to control but can't.
Royer thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Royer tries to pass to full mount but Do defends it.
Do is looking to improve his position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Royer in particular looking to stall.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Royer is trying to control the action in half guard but Do is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Royer is stalling here. Do is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Royer seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Do has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Royer takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Royer parries the strikes from Do easily there. Do is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Royer to escape.
Do wants to lay and pray for a moment but Royer keeps working.
Royer managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Do.
That's eight 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.
Royer dodges the ground and pound from Do.
Do fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Dest Royer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Royer is trying to get back to half guard.
Royer is working hard here to advance position.
Do looking to control but instead Royer has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Do perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Do winds up and cracks Royer with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Royer is staying active underneath Do, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Royer avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Do.
Royer regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Do.
Do with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Royer avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Do wants to pass the guard but Royer is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Do with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dest Royer dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Do misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Do takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Do drives through with a takedown into Royer's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Do throws and elbow that misses. Royer uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Do's guard. Nice move by Royer!
Do pulls Royer in close to prevent any damage.
Do avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Royer throwing strikes from guard but Do blocks nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Do preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Do has momentary wrist control but Royer slips an elbow through the middle.
Do utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Do is trying to control the position but Royer postures up.
Do 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.
Do preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two 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.
Royer throws a strike but Do rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Royer 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.
Do thows a big elbow that misses.
Royer keeping moving, preventing Do from controlling successfully.
Do in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Royer manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Do taking shots to the head.
Do tries to lock up and control but Royer gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Do wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Royer.
Royer connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Royer lands a heavy elbow.
Royer throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Do blocking the ground and pound.
Royer misses with a head shot.
Royer punishing his opponent with strikes.
Royer scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Do is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Royer sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Royer landing strikes, looking to finish!
Royer trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Royer prevents Do from getting the reversal.
Do tries to lock up and control but Royer gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Royer postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Do looks a forlorn figure.
Royer punching from mount but Do doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Royer lands a big shot there that rocks Do but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Royer looking to finish Do with some ground and pound. This is bad for Do!
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Do is trying desperately to improve position.
Royer punishing his opponent with strikes.
Do is still in real trouble! Can Royer finish him?
The referee warns Do that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Royer postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Do bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Royer and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dest Royer!
Dest Royer retains his welterweight title!
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