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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew Emanuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emanuel is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Wizard by Black Sabbath. On his way into the ring it seems that Thiago Alves has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Thiago Alves seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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181 lbs
15 - 20 - 1 |
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30
185 lbs
16 - 13 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very strong |
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World class MT
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Thiago Alves !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matthew Emanuel!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emanuel lands a high kick!
Alves fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Alves looks to land a left hand but Emanuel moved out of range nicely.
Emanuel has closed the distance and engaged Alves in a clinch.
Emanuel misses with a punch to the body.
Alves wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Alves prevents a body shot from Emanuel.
Emanuel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Emanuel digs a right hand underneath Alves 's ribcage. Alves let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alves gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Emanuel.
Emanuel struggles to land a body shot inside as Alves controls his hands.
Alves can't find room to land a body shot as Emanuel controls the action.
Emanuel goes for a takedown attempt but Alves pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Alves misses with a wild body shot.
Alves blocks a head kick by Emanuel.
Matthew Emanuel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Emanuel lands a head kick. Alves smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Alves misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves throws out a loose jab but Emanuel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alves avoids the head kick by Emanuel.
Emanuel with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Alves throws a low kick but Emanuel moves out of range easily.
Alves looks to land a left hand but Emanuel moved out of range nicely.
Emanuel digs a good body shot into Alves 's ribs.
Alves throws a head kick that misses.
Emanuel tries a head kick but it misses.
Alves tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Emanuel manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alves lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Alves swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Emanuel connects with a solid leg kick.
Emanuel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Alves slips under a jab.
Alves throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Emanuel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Emanuel.
Emanuel fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Alves , pushing him back against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel works on Alves 's body with a couple of short punches.
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!
A shot in the inside from Emanuel.
Alves tries to land a knee to the head but Emanuel blocks with his arms.
Emanuel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Emanuel lands a nice shot to the body.
Alves tries to work over Emanuel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Emanuel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Emanuel lands a body shot in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Emanuel drops down looking for an ankle pick but Alves pulls his leg out and moves away.
Thiago Alves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matthew Emanuel.
A lazy left from Emanuel finds it's target.
Alves throws a body punch but Emanuel moves out of range.
Alves throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Alves throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Emanuel scores with a spinning back kick!
Alves misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Alves misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alves avoids the head kick by Emanuel.
Alves misses with a right hand
and Emanuel counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Alves is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Alves throws a lazy right hand but Emanuel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Emanuel gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Emanuel throws a head kick but Alves moves out of range.
Alves throws a right hand that Emanuel ducks under and follows up with a left that Emanuel also avoids with ease.
Alves throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Emanuel connects with a crisp jab.
Nice defenses there by Emanuel.
A head kick misses from Emanuel.
Alves swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Emanuel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A big right from Alves misses.
Alves blocks a head kick by Emanuel.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves misses with a body shot.
Emanuel throws a sloppy head kick and Alves moves out of range easily.
Alves avoids the head kick by Emanuel.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alves tries to clinch but Emanuel moves out of range.
Emanuel defending well as Alves loads up on a big left hand.
Emanuel clinches up with Alves and pushes him back against the ropes.
Alves is trying to break free.
Emanuel gets control of Alves 's arms and successfully pulls guard. Emanuel will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Alves trying to control but Emanuel is working from the bottom.
Alves showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Emanuel manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Alves sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Alves trying to control but Emanuel postures up.
Alves is looking to improve his position.
Alves is working hard here to advance position.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Alves keeping control of the position.
Emanuel thows a huge punch but Alves dodges it nicely.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel thows a huge punch but Alves dodges it nicely.
Alves pushes Emanuel off and gets back to his feet.
Emanuel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A clash of legs there as Emanuel blocks the low kick.
Alves closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Emanuel throws a lazy head kick
and Alves counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Alves avoids the head kick by Emanuel.
Emanuel lands a head shot.
Alves takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alves scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Emanuel takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Alves uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Emanuel.
Alves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Emanuel misses with a straight right.
Emanuel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Alves misses with a low kick.
Emanuel scores with a nice body kick.
Emanuel throws a sloppy head kick and Alves moves out of range easily.
Emanuel tries to clinch up.
Emanuel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A telegraphed right hand from Alves misses the target.
Emanuel blocks a jab.
Alves checks a leg kick nicely.
Emanuel tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Alves manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Emanuel lands a glancing blow to the side of Alves 's head.
Alves lands a nice shot to the body.
Alves will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Emanuel has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Alves fails in his attempt to clinch.
Alves takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Emanuel slips a straight right by Alves .
Emanuel swats away the attempt to clinch by Alves .
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Alves swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Emanuel looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Alves lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Emanuel circles away quickly and effectively.
A shot to the liver by Alves . Beautiful body shot.
Alves blocks a head kick by Emanuel.
A punch combination from Alves misses.
A punch combination from Alves misses.
Alves throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Emanuel stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Alves misses with a two punch combination.
The fighters circling - Emanuel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Alves throws a hook to the side of Emanuel's head but Emanuel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Alves throws a hook but Emanuel avoids it easily.
Emanuel gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Knees to the body from Alves .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matthew Emanuel dominated that round.
That's time! Alves 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Alves swats away the attempt to clinch by Emanuel.
Alves misses with a body shot.
Alves avoids the head kick by Emanuel.
Alves throws a body punch but Emanuel moves out of range.
Alves misses with a few strikes there.
Alves works over Emanuel's head and body with a nice combination.
Alves throws a right and a left that both miss.
Emanuel lands with a hook. Alves tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Alves throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Emanuel throws a sloppy head kick and Alves moves out of range easily.
A swing and a miss from Alves .
Emanuel uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Alves has time to react.
Alves gets tackled into the ropes by Emanuel. Emanuel maintains the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Emanuel.
Alves looking to throw knees to the head but Emanuel is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Emanuel lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emanuel misses with a punch to the body.
Emanuel is trying to pull guard but Alves has him pressed against the ropes.
Emanuel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Emanuel struggles to land a body shot inside as Alves controls his hands.
Emanuel lands a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Emanuel - that landed with a thud.
Emanuel throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Alves tries a body shot but Emanuel blocks it.
Matthew Emanuel seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Alves prevents a body shot from Emanuel.
Emanuel wants a takedown but no success here.
Alves throws a head punch that misses.
Alves wants to stall.
Emanuel scores with a shot to the side of Alves 's head.
Emanuel is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Alves is defending well.
Thiago Alves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matthew Emanuel.
Emanuel works on Alves 's body with a couple of short punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alves tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Emanuel's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel struggles to land a body shot inside as Alves controls his hands.
Emanuel lands a nice uppercut.
Emanuel works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Emanuel has picked Alves up - he's going for a ride! Emanuel dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Emanuel trying to control the action but Alves is working from the bottom.
Alves is looking to improve his position.
Alves works his way to full guard. Good work.
Emanuel throws a strike but Alves rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Emanuel is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Emanuel had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Alves defends it easily.
Emanuel keeping moving, preventing Alves from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves scoring with some ground and pound.
Alves throws a big right hand that misses.
Emanuel looking to hit a scissor sweep but Alves is one step ahead there.
Alves wants to control from the top but Emanuel keeps moving.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Alves lands a couple of elbows.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Alves scoring with punches to the head and body.
Alves trying to control but Emanuel is working from the bottom.
Emanuel utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Alves throws a big elbow that misses.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Alves throws an elbow that misses. Emanuel uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Alves 's guard. Nice move by Emanuel!
Emanuel chips away with some ground and pound.
Emanuel won't allow Alves to sweep him here.
Emanuel wants to pass the guard but Alves is keeping the position.
Alves is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Alves is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Emanuel is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
We're going to have a standup here because Thiago Alves wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Emanuel tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Alves manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alves wants to clinch.
Emanuel lands a glancing blow to the side of Alves 's head.
Decent striking displayed by Emanuel there.
Emanuel avoids the body shot from Alves .
Emanuel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Alves misses with a looping left.
Emanuel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Alves misses with a looping left.
Alves will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Alves throws a body punch but Emanuel moves out of range.
Alves takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Alves takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Alves cracks Emanuel with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Emanuel scores with a head kick. Alves tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Emanuel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Emanuel tries a head kick but it misses.
Alves throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Emanuel.
Emanuel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Alves .
Alves moves away from the strike by Emanuel.
Alves looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Emanuel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Alves moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice defenses there by Alves .
Alves fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Alves throws a jab but it's blocked by Emanuel.
Alves scores with a crisp jab that stopped Emanuel in his tracks.
Alves throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Emanuel lands with a kick to the temple. Alves shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Emanuel tries a head kick but it misses.
Emanuel gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Alves just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alves . Emanuel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alves throws a big shot that misses.
Matthew Emanuel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Emanuel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alves throws a solid leg kick but Emanuel takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Alves .
Alves throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Emanuel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Emanuel takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Matthew Emanuel.
I think Emanuel has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Matthew Emanuel!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Matthew Emanuel!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Matthew Emanuel!
Matthew Emanuel wins by unanimous decision!
Matthew Emanuel very nearly forgot to thank [CBK] The Smashwear Corporation 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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RATING
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