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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Banky Edwards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bernard Toney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toney is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Tenacious D - Master Exploder. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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265 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Banky Edwards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bernard Toney!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edwards keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Toney.
Toney takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Toney misses with an uppercut. Edwards saw that one coming.
Edwards will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Edwards misses with a leg kick.
Toney avoids a kick to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Toney. That snapped Edwards's head back.
A shot to the liver by Edwards. Beautiful body shot.
Toney keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Edwards throws a low kick but it's checked well by Toney.
Edwards pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Toney thows a body shot but no joy.
Edwards throws a sloppy head kick and Toney moves out of range easily.
Edwards misses with a low kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Edwards lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Toney has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Toney and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Edwards misses with a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Edwards lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Toney misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toney throws the left hand but Edwards avoids the punch easily.
Toney throws a lazy right hand but Edwards sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Edwards thows a body shot but no joy.
Toney takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Toney throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Edwards sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Edwards throws a jab but it's blocked by Toney.
Edwards's corner calls for a 1-2. Edwards obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Edwards tries to clinch there but Toney circles away.
Edwards throws a front kick that sends Toney stumbling back into the cage.
Edwards displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Toney throws out the jab.
Toney is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Toney takes a swing at Edwards's ribcage but misses.
Edwards tries to land a front kick but Toney steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Edwards misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Edwards scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Edwards throws a jab but it's blocked by Toney.
Good work by Toney as he checks the leg kick.
Edwards takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edwards takes a swing at Toney's ribcage but misses.
Banky Edwards seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Edwards throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Toney throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Edwards goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Edwards tries a low kick but Toney avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Edwards throws a front kick aimed at Toney's knee but Toney avoids it well.
Toney ducks under a wild hook from Edwards.
Toney lands with a straight right. Edwards didn't see that one coming.
Edwards throws a solid leg kick but Toney takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Edwards.
Toney thows a left - swing and a miss!
Toney throws a lazy right hand but Edwards sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Toney throws a hook but Edwards avoids it easily.
Edwards throws a leg kick
and Toney connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Edwards throws a front kick aimed at Toney's knee but Toney avoids it well.
Edwards throws a head kick that misses.
Edwards slips a jab from Toney.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Toney checks a leg kick.
Edwards lands with a thumping leg kick.
Toney throws a jab when Edwards was well out of range.
Edwards misses with a leg kick
letting Toney counter with a right hand.
Edwards throws a looping overhand right but Toney ducks down to avoid it.
Toney misses with a kick to the body
and Edwards counters with an outside leg kick.
Toney lands a body shot.
Toney scores with a crisp jab that stopped Edwards in his tracks.
Toney throws a hook but Edwards blocks it.
Toney blocks a leg kick.
A left and a right from Toney both land. Nice combination.
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!
Edwards keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Toney lands a jab to the head.
Toney takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Edwards throws a nice head kick!
Edwards will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Edwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edwards takes a jab right on the kisser.
Edwards tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circling - Toney throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Edwards connects with a high kick.
Edwards tries to clinch up but Toney circles away and keeps his distance.
Edwards lands with a kick to the ribs.
Edwards goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Nice straight punches there by Toney. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Toney.
Toney misses the jab.
Toney is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Edwards had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Toney keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Edwards.
Toney on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Edwards fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Toney checks it well.
Toney cracks a nice hook into Edwards's ribs.
Toney misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Edwards.
Edwards throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bernard Toney will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nice cross by Toney.
Edwards tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Toney manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Edwards shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A big right from Toney misses.
Toney misses with a body shot.
Toney looks to land a left hand but Edwards moved out of range nicely.
Edwards lands with a slapping head kick.
Edwards jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Edwards shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Edwards blocks a jab.
Toney misses with a hook. Edwards ducked under it nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Edwards. Toney does a little dance to reset his feet.
Edwards is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Toney gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Edwards.
Edwards tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Toney pivots, looking for a leg kick but Edwards is out of range and Toney settles back down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edwards pivots, looking for a leg kick but Toney is out of range and Edwards settles back down.
Toney with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Edwards to score with a decent uppercut.
Edwards throws out a loose jab but Toney uses good head movement to avoid it.
Toney misses the jab.
Toney misses with an uppercut.
Good work by Toney as he checks the leg kick.
Edwards darts in trying to clinch
and Edwards takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Toney digs a good hook to Edwards's body.
Toney gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Edwards throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Toney misses with a wild body shot.
Edwards thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Toney if he has to take too many more of those.
Edwards waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Toney.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edwards throws a hook but Toney avoids it easily.
The crowd cheers as Toney lands an impressive looking overhand right. Edwards doesn't seem phased though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Edwards misses with a leg kick.
Edwards ducks under a wild hook from Toney.
A big left from Toney misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Edwards misses the target.
Toney changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Toney scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Edwards fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Toney is out of range.
Edwards uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Toney.
Toney misses the shot to the body.
Edwards throws a leg kick but Toney moved away.
A clash of legs there as Toney blocks the low kick.
Edwards ducks under a wild hook from Toney.
Edwards wants to slow Toney down by chopping away at his legs.
Toney misses with a hook. Edwards ducked under it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edwards throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Edwards throws a front kick aimed at Toney's knee but Toney avoids it well.
Toney takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Edwards throws a leg kick that is checked
and Toney counters with a nice body shot.
Toney thuds his right hand into Edwards's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Edwards.
Edwards tries to clinch but Toney is having none of it.
Edwards moves out of range as Toney strikes.
Toney scores with a hook to the body. Edwards takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bernard Toney seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Toney throws a jab but it's blocked by Edwards.
Edwards lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Toney scores with a sloppy right hand. Edwards should have avoided that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Edwards scoring well with a low kick there.
Toney connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Toney swings for the body but Edwards moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toney cracks Edwards with an open hand slap.
Edwards is looking to score with low kicks.
Edwards misses with a body kick.
Edwards shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Edwards defending well as Toney loads up on a big left hand.
Toney misses with a series of wild punches.
Edwards pushes Toney up against the cage in a clinch.
Toney prevents a body shot from Edwards.
Edwards scores with a shot to the side of Toney's head.
Toney tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Toney's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A big right from Toney misses.
Toney misses with a lunging right hand
and Edwards counters with an inside leg kick.
Toney avoids the body shot from Edwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bernard Toney showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Toney swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Edwards moves away from the strike by Toney.
Edwards clinches up with Toney and pushes him back against the cage.
Toney misses with the head strike.
Toney stalling against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Toney misses with a hook to the ribs.
Edwards fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Toney doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Toney swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Toney working hard to break the clinch.
Edwards tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Toney avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toney has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A bit of stalling here from Toney.
Edwards lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Toney slowing the pace effectively.
A short left from Toney.
Edwards throws a head punch that misses.
Toney misses with some punches.
Toney gets through Edwards's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Toney misses with some punches.
Toney lands a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toney lands a right hand that snaps the head of Edwards backwards.
Toney misses with the head strike.
A short right from Toney on the inside.
Toney tries to break free but Edwards pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toney working aggressively here.
Toney is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Edwards is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Toney is defending well for now.
Toney lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Edwards is rocked!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Toney.
Oh Edwards is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Toney breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Toney lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Edwards up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Toney from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Edwards's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bernard Toney!
Bernard Toney bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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