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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michael Niwa (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
9 - 5 - 1 |
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180 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Dangerous knees
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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
9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Michael Niwa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tony Jaa!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Niwa fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jaa avoids it really well and circles away.
Jaa clinches up with Niwa and pushes him back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jaa.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jaa.
Jaa crunches a lovely knee into Niwa's ribcage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knees to the body from Jaa.
Niwa is breathing heavily.
Jaa misses with a knee strike.
Jaa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jaa scores a nice knee to the body.
Jaa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Niwa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Niwa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jaa.
Jaa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Niwa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jaa scores with a knee to the head.
Jaa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Niwa blocks it with crossed arms.
Niwa breaks from the clinch.
Jaa misses with a body kick.
Niwa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Niwa misses the target.
Niwa gets tackled into the cage by Jaa. Jaa maintains the clinch.
Niwa takes a knee to the side of the body.
A knee to the head by Jaa.
Jaa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Niwa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Niwa is trying to break the clinch but Jaa has him pressed against the cage.
Jaa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jaa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Niwa's efforts to push away.
Jaa lands a nice knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niwa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jaa has him pressed against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jaa obliges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jaa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jaa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Niwa blocks it with crossed arms.
Niwa wants to get back to striking at distance but Jaa won't allow it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jaa obliges.
Jaa lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Jaa.
Jaa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Niwa's face.
Knees to the body from Jaa.
Jaa trying to land knees to the body.
Jaa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Niwa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jaa looking to throw knees to the head but Niwa is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jaa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jaa tries a knee to the head but Niwa blocks it.
Jaa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Niwa is defending well for now.
Niwa avoiding damage as Jaa throws knees to the body.
Jaa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jaa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jaa tries to land knees in the clinch but Niwa avoids the damage to the body.
Niwa working hard to break the clinch.
Niwa has had enough of the clinch but Jaa keeps him there for the moment.
Jaa prevents Niwa from breaking the clinch.
Jaa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Niwa is trying to push Jaa away but Jaa has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jaa lands a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Niwa avoids it.
Jaa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Niwa avoiding damage as Jaa throws knees to the body.
Jaa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Niwa managing to block the knees to the body from Jaa.
Niwa tries to break the clinch but Jaa is controlling the position.
Niwa tries to break free but Jaa pushes him back against the cage.
Jaa has Niwa pressed against the cage, preventing Niwa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jaa tries to land a knee to the head but Niwa blocks with his arms.
Niwa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jaa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jaa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Niwa's efforts to push away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Niwa managing to block the knees to the body from Jaa.
Niwa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Niwa bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Jaa dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Jaa moves into range and clinches up with Niwa.
Jaa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Niwa's efforts to push away.
Niwa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jaa is looking to clinch.
Jaa slaps away a takedown attempt from Niwa, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Niwa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jaa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Niwa ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jaa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jaa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Niwa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Niwa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaa ducks under a wild hook from Niwa.
Niwa cracks Jaa with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Niwa looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Niwa is looking to take a break and control but Jaa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jaa tries to get to full guard but Niwa has control of the leg.
Niwa thows a huge punch but Jaa dodges it nicely.
Niwa thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jaa's head.
Niwa looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jaa with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Niwa seems to be looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jaa is trying to control but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaa is trying to get back to full guard.
Jaa is looking to control Niwa's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jaa avoid being mounted?
Niwa is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Jaa sees it coming and defends easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Niwa lands a nice short elbow.
Niwa is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Jaa is refusing to be controlled, as Niwa sits in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaa slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Niwa tries to free his leg and advance position but Jaa is retaining full guard.
Jaa is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Niwa defends well.
Jaa wants to get back to his feet but Niwa passes into half guard.
Jaa is breathing heavily.
Niwa stands up from half guard.
Niwa 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 four minutes gone in the round.
Jaa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jaa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Niwa tries to keep at a distance but Jaa has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jaa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Niwa blocks it with crossed arms.
Niwa tries to circle away but Jaa has him pinned against the cage.
Niwa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jaa tries a knee to the head but Niwa blocks it.
Jaa working Niwa over with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jaa prevents Niwa from breaking the clinch.
Niwa has had enough of the clinch but Jaa keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Niwa dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Jaa darts in trying to clinch
and Niwa counters with a straight right hand.
Jaa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jaa tries to clinch but Niwa is having none of it.
Niwa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jaa.
Jaa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jaa wants to clinch.
Niwa connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Niwa cracks Jaa with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Niwa looks to score with a jab to the body but Jaa is just out of range.
Niwa moves out of range of the strikes.
Niwa shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jaa as he jumps to the side.
Jaa wants to clinch up but Niwa keeps it at a distance.
Jaa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jaa moves in looking to clinch but Niwa pushes him off.
Niwa misses with a straight right.
Jaa tries to clinch up
and Jaa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tony Jaa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaa throws a low kick but Niwa moves out of range easily.
Jaa misses with a kick to the body.
Niwa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jaa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Niwa feints and as Jaa raises his hands in defense, Niwa changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jaa working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Niwa.
Jaa has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Niwa doesn't defend quickly enough and Jaa has managed to lock this one up! Can Niwa escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Jaa on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Tony Jaa!
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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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