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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Demon Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kengo Watanabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maia comes to the ring accompanied by Numb/Encore. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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188 lbs
9 - 7 - 0 |
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182 cm
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193 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter striker
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Demon Maia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kengo Watanabe!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maia is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Watanabe's half guard.
Maia is looking to advance position but Watanabe won't allow it.
Maia looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Maia moves nicely into side control.
The ground and pound from Maia seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Watanabe tries to buck Maia off but Maia is having none of it.
Watanabe is trying to control Maia's posture but Maia avoids it.
Maia moves into full mount!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Watanabe can do anything to dispel that myth.
Maia with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Maia working for a guillotine from mount but Watanabe is in no mood to give up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Watanabe is looking to escape.
Watanabe is trying to escape the mount.
Watanabe is squirming around, avoiding Maia's attempts to control the action.
Maia is landing with some decent strikes but Watanabe is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
It looks like Kengo Watanabe has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maia moves to the back.
Watanabe is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Maia off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Maia is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Watanabe knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Watanabe for a finish.
Watanabe really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Maia. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maia looking for the RNC.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Maia looking for the RNC.
Good control from Maia.
Maia is hanging on to Watanabe's back as he tries to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia looking for the choke from the back.
Maia keeps control of the position as Watanabe tries to break free.
Watanabe is taking damage to the body and head.
Maia connects with a big shot to the side of Watanabe's head.
Good control from Maia.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maia is persistently looking for the submission but Watanabe is defending it well.
Maia working for a choke but Watanabe reverses nicely into Maia 's guard.
Watanabe must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maia is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Maia seems to be looking for submissions.
Maia sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Maia wants to pass to mount but Watanabe is defending the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maia passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Watanabe!
Watanabe is trying to escape the mount but Maia keeps good control and instead manages to take Watanabe's back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Demon Maia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kengo Watanabe's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Watanabe tries for a takedown but Maia circles away easily
and Maia decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Watanabe's guard.
Maia advances to half guard.
Maia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Watanabe can do to turn this around?
Watanabe trying to hold on to Maia's head to control him but Maia postures up.
Maia frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Maia has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Watanabe's face.
Maia wants to control the pace but Watanabe is squirming around nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maia landing strikes from the mount and Watanabe is in trouble!
A nice elbow there by Maia.
Maia has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Watanabe's face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Maia punishing his opponent with strikes.
Watanabe is squirming around, avoiding Maia's attempts to control the action.
Maia won't let Watanabe get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Maia working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Watanabe has given up his back.
Maia scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Watanabe is rocked!
Watanabe is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watanabe tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Watanabe is still in real trouble! Can Maia finish him?
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Maia! Watanabe is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Demon Maia!
During a confident post fight interview, Demon Maia thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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