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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Liam Brady (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Jaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
15 - 3 - 0 |
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180 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Liam Brady!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tony Jaa!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Hirohito Nitta and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jaa misses with a head kick.
Nice jab there from Brady.
Jaa gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Brady to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Brady postures up.
Jaa looking for a guillotine here but Brady defends easily.
Brady sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Brady trying to control the position from guard on top but Jaa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jaa has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Brady can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Brady thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brady trying to control the position from guard on top but Jaa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brady in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jaa keeping full guard, as Brady tries to pass.
Brady postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Brady stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jaa swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Brady sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Jaa's guard.
Brady works his way into full mount!
A nice elbow there by Brady.
Jaa is looking to get to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brady looking for a guillotine from mount but Jaa is having none of it.
Jaa defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Brady.
Jaa is working to get back to half guard.
Brady landing punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Brady cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Jaa tries to hold on but Brady postures up.
Brady thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
BOOM! Brady connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Brady wants to control the pace but Jaa is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brady scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jaa?
Jaa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Brady goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Jaa is on top in guard.
Brady looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Jaa passes into side control.
Brady tries to control but Jaa manages to take his back.
Jaa working for a choke but Brady is defending well.
Brady is trying to stand back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brady rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Brady is pressing down on Jaa's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brady scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Jaa tries to close the distance and clinch but Brady swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brady rushes Jaa and presses him up against the cage.
Brady has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jaa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jaa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brady blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Liam Brady dominated that round.
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.
Brady misses with a takedown attempt - Jaa sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Brady throws a head kick but Jaa moves out of range.
Brady blocks a head kick by Jaa.
Liam Brady seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jaa tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Brady counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
No joy there for Jaa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brady has a takedown stuffed.
Brady checks a low kick from Jaa.
Brady connects with a nice looking jab.
Brady shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jaa pinned against the cage. Jaa gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Liam Brady. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jaa gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brady wants to break free but Jaa has control.
Jaa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jaa tries to land knees in the clinch but Brady avoids the damage to the body.
Brady takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jaa scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Liam Brady has been cut.
Jaa looking to throw knees to the head but Brady is blocking nicely.
Brady manages to break the clinch.
A big right from Jaa misses.
Jaa tries to clinch up
and Brady counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Jaa is breathing heavily.
Brady trying to control the position from guard on top but Jaa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brady is looking to work some ground and pound but Jaa has wrist control.
Brady stands and throws Jaa's legs to the side, diving into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A lull in the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brady gets to mount! Jaa was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Brady is working for a guillotine from mount but Jaa frees his head quite easily.
Brady prevents Jaa from getting the reversal.
Brady controlling the position easily from mount.
Brady has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Brady landing strikes, looking to finish!
Brady throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Brady raining down hammerfists from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brady looking to isolate an arm here. Jaa doesn't see it coming and as Brady extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Brady!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Liam Brady!
Liam Brady retains his welterweight title!
Liam Brady thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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