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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julius Naginata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arvo Laar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laar is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: some random 90's estonia dance song i found on youtube. Julius Naginata has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Julius Naginata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arvo Laar!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laar punishes Naginata's body with a nice straight punch.
Laar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Naginata rushes Laar and presses him up against the cage.
Naginata controlling the action here for a moment.
Naginata seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Naginata for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Julius Naginata.
Laar throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Naginata shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Laar defends it nicely.
Laar throws a right and a left that both miss.
Laar swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laar scores with a body shot.
Laar throws a left and a right that both miss
and Naginata counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Laar is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Laar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Naginata moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Laar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Laar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Naginata.
Laar's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Laar duly obliges.
Laar throws a right hand that Naginata ducks under and follows up with a left that Naginata also avoids with ease.
Laar should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Laar's jab looks to have found its range, popping Naginata under the eye.
Laar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Naginata throws a chopping leg kick but Laar manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Naginata tries to clinch up.
Naginata fails in his attempt to clinch.
Laar closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Naginata misses with the combination.
Naginata avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naginata has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Arvo Laar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laar lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Laar connects with the punch.
Naginata clinches.
Laar tries to circle away but Naginata has him pinned against the cage.
Laar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Laar can't break the clinch.
Naginata pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick lands from Naginata.
That kick from Laar tenderised Naginata's leg. Naginata is trying to keep his angry face on.
Naginata throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Laar misses.
Laar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Naginata takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Laar throws a combination that misses
and Naginata counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Laar!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naginata is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Laar is surviving well by controlling Naginata's body position as best he can.
Laar keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Naginata sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Laar is working to get back to half guard.
Laar really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Naginata. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Naginata is working for a guillotine from mount but Laar frees his head quite easily.
Naginata takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Naginata is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Laar to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Laar shrugs it off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Laar working to try and regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Julius Naginata will probably get the nod.
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.
Laar throws a head kick that half lands.
Laar throws a series of punches but Naginata moves out of range.
Naginata moves into the clinch successfully.
Laar is trying to break free.
Laar can't break the clinch.
Laar works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Laar stalling in the clinch but Naginata improves position.
Laar being controlled against the cage.
Naginata working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Naginata wants a takedown but no success here.
Laar works on Naginata's body with a couple of short punches.
Naginata is struggling to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Laar is trying to break the clinch but Naginata is controlling him.
Laar tries to break the clinch but Naginata is controlling the position.
Laar wants to break free but Naginata has control.
Laar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Naginata has him pressed against the cage.
Naginata breaks the clinch.
Laar misses with a few strikes there.
Laar ducks under a wild hook from Naginata.
Laar tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Laar slaps away a takedown attempt from Naginata, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Laar.
Naginata just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Naginata checks a leg kick.
Naginata blocks a low kick nicely.
Laar fails to land with a series of punches.
A head kick misses from Laar.
Julius Naginata is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Laar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Naginata moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A combination from Laar does no damage.
Laar lands with a nice body punch.
Naginata darts in and clinches Laar up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Naginata creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Naginata lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Laar backwards.
Naginata pushes off an throws an elbow but Laar leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Naginata has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Laar avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julius Naginata. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Naginata leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naginata gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Naginata has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Laar avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Laar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Naginata turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The referee asks Naginata politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Naginata prefers to stall for the moment though.
Naginata is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Laar is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Laar is trying to control Naginata's posture but Naginata avoids it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Naginata is looking to take a break and control but Laar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Laar wants to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Naginata tries for a kimura but Laar is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Arvo Laar will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Naginata closes the distance and clinches.
Laar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Laar is looking to break free of the clinch but Naginata has double underhooks.
Laar prevents a body shot from Naginata.
Naginata can't find room to land a body shot as Laar controls the action.
Naginata pushes off an throws an elbow but Laar leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Naginata lands a body punch in the clinch.
Naginata lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Naginata breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Laar does no damage.
Laar fails to land with a series of punches.
Naginata slips a jab and a cross from Laar.
Naginata misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laar lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Naginata backs up against the cage.
Naginata lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Laar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Naginata ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Laar moves away.
Laar checks the leg kick.
Laar throws a series of punches but Naginata moves out of range.
Laar throws a right hand that Naginata ducks under and follows up with a left that Naginata also avoids with ease.
Laar takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Naginata swinging wildly here.
Naginata moves into range and clinches up with Laar.
Naginata lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Julius Naginata has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Naginata lands with a light punch inside.
Naginata taking a breather.
Laar is trying to break the clinch but Naginata is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Naginata is struggling to control the position.
Naginata lands a nice shot to the body.
Naginata lands a nice uppercut.
Laar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Laar takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Laar throws a series of punches but Naginata moves out of range.
Naginata throws a nice inside leg kick.
Laar ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Laar is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Naginata rather than just go for the knockout.
Naginata fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laar tries to close the distance and clinch but Naginata swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Laar takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Naginata lands a high kick!
Laar misses with a series of wild punches.
Laar throws a series of punches but Naginata avoids them all with ease.
Laar misses with a series of wild punches.
Naginata chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Laar moves out of range of the body kick from Naginata.
Arvo Laar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Naginata throws out a leg kick but Laar moves out of range and Naginata only half commits.
Laar throws a right and a left that Naginata avoids nicely.
Laar fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Laar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Naginata circles away quickly and effectively.
Naginata misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Laar swings for the body but Naginata moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Naginata looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Naginata moves into the clinch successfully.
Naginata has Laar pressed against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Naginata creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Naginata taking a breather.
Laar tries to break free but Naginata pushes him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Naginata taking a breather.
Naginata swings wildly with an uppercut but Laar uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Julius Naginata showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Naginata has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Julius Naginata!
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