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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arjel Dacir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Masatoshi Hamada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Arjel Dacir has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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180 lbs
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177 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Lethal high kicks
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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
8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Arjel Dacir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Masatoshi Hamada!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hamada keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dacir slips under a jab.
Hamada scoring well with a low kick there.
Hamada is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hamada buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dacir misses with an uppercut.
Hamada looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dacir tries to clinch but Hamada is having none of it.
Dacir throws a right and a left that Hamada avoids nicely.
Dacir lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hamada pushes Dacir up against the cage in a clinch.
Hamada misses with the head strike.
Dacir pressing his opponent against the cage.
Hamada blocks an uppercut.
Dacir works on Hamada's body with a couple of short punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dacir trying to control the position but instead, Hamada has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dacir into the cage.
Dacir tries to throw a body punch but Hamada avoids it by throwing Dacir back against the cage.
Dacir tries to throw a body punch but Hamada avoids it by throwing Dacir back against the cage.
Dacir misses with a punch to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dacir.
Dacir lands a shot to the body.
Hamada lands a nice uppercut.
Hamada fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hamada working aggressively here.
Hamada misses with the head strike.
Dacir misses with a knee to the head.
Hamada tries a knee to the head but Dacir blocks it.
A short left from Dacir.
Dacir trying to stall but Hamada improves his position.
Hamada throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dacir blocks it with crossed arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dacir blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hamada stalling against the cage.
Hamada tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hamada misses with a punch to the body.
Dacir managing to block the knees to the body from Hamada.
Dacir lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dacir lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hamada or not.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dacir tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hamada tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dacir's elbow.
Hamada misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hamada.
Hamada struggles to land a body shot inside as Dacir controls his hands.
Dacir avoiding damage.
Hamada blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamada misses with the head strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dacir cracks Hamada with a nice body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dacir.
Hamada tries to land a knee to the head but Dacir blocks with his arms.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dacir creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dacir misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hamada taking a breather.
Hamada lands an elbow inside.
Dacir displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hamada up against the cage.
Dacir landing knees to the head.
It looks like Masatoshi Hamada has been cut.
Hamada tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dacir misses with the head strike.
Dacir is working Hamada over against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dacir tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hamada's elbow.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Dacir lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dacir is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dacir.
Dacir displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hamada up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hamada just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dacir's brow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hamada on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dacir leaning against his opponent.
Hamada lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dacir just leaning against Hamada, taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arjel Dacir dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Masatoshi Hamada's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Dacir tries to clinch but Hamada is having none of it.
Hamada lands a jab to Dacir's midsection.
Hamada lands with a hook. Dacir tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hamada darts in and clinches Dacir up against the cage.
Hamada tries to land a knee to the head but Dacir blocks with his arms.
Dacir leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hamada controlling the action here for a moment.
Dacir lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hamada's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Dacir scores with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Hamada on the inside.
Hamada blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hamada using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dacir has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dacir tries a knee to the head but Hamada blocks it.
Hamada gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Arjel Dacir has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dacir tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hamada's elbow.
Dacir pushes Hamada back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hamada takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dacir throws a head punch that misses.
Hamada is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Dacir trying to stall but Hamada improves his position.
Dacir blocks the elbow strike.
The referee calls for Dacir to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Dacir.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dacir is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hamada is keeping busy.
Hamada tries a knee to the head but Dacir blocks it.
Dacir looking to slow down the pace here.
A knee to the head by Hamada.
Dacir missing with knees to the body.
Dacir just leaning against Hamada, taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Arjel Dacir.
Dacir checks a low kick from Hamada.
Arjel Dacir is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dacir throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hamada.
Masatoshi Hamada seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hamada keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Hamada or perhaps it was just good defense by Dacir which made him look bad.
Hamada misses with a hook
and Hamada takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hamada swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dacir throws a head kick that misses.
Dacir takes the fight into the clinch.
Hamada blocks a body shot from Dacir.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dacir.
Hamada takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hamada is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dacir lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dacir is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hamada tries a knee to the head but Dacir blocks it.
Dacir is struggling to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dacir lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hamada backwards.
Hamada drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Dacir gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Hamada missing with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Dacir.
Dacir's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Hamada goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hamada utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dacir doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hamada utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arjel Dacir dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Masatoshi Hamada's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Dacir pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hamada attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hamada works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dacir misses with a hook
and Hamada counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Dacir wants to sweep here but Hamada controlling him for the moment.
Hamada trying to control but Dacir is working from the bottom.
Dacir wants to sweep here but Hamada controlling him for the moment.
Hamada is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Hamada advances to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamada has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hamada controlling his opponent.
Dacir can't escape the position.
Hamada won't let Dacir get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Hamada controlling from the full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dacir is desperately trying to improve his position but Hamada has a good base and remains in mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamada scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Hamada controlling from the full mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dacir wants to control but Hamada is having none of it.
Hamada controlling his opponent.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Masatoshi Hamada.
Dacir's corner calls for a 1-2. Dacir obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Dacir doesn't manage to clinch there - Hamada circles away.
Hamada shoots in for a takedown but Dacir shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Hamada connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dacir fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hamada.
Masatoshi Hamada has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamada fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dacir checks it well.
Dacir pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dacir goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The fighters circling - Dacir throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hamada rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dacir moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hamada moves into the clinch.
Arjel Dacir is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dacir is trying to maintain a safe position but Hamada gets an underhook and turns Dacir into the cage.
Dacir misses with a knee to the head.
Hamada has a couple of punches blocked by Dacir.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hamada is struggling to control the position.
A short uppercut from Dacir.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hamada throws a punch but it's blocked by Dacir.
And that's the end of the fight!
Masatoshi Hamada comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dacir 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arjel Dacir!
Arjel Dacir very nearly forgot to thank 1337 ANZAC amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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