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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Takeo Takeshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roc Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Takeshi comes to the cage accompanied by Deadly Melody. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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145 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Takeo Takeshi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Roc Martin!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takeshi slips a jab and a cross from Martin.
Martin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Martin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Takeshi throws out the jab.
Martin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Martin slowing the pace effectively.
Takeshi has had enough of the clinch but Martin keeps him there for the moment.
Takeshi tries to circle away but Martin has him pinned against the cage.
Takeshi tries to break free but Martin pushes him back against the cage.
Takeshi wants to break free but Martin has control.
Takeshi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Takeshi misses with a body punch.
Takeshi manages to break the clinch.
Takeshi throws a hook to the side of Martin's head but Martin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Martin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Takeshi lands a lovely overhand right.
Takeshi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Takeshi throws an overhand right that lands on Martin's shoulder, as Martin tries to avoid the shot.
Takeshi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Takeshi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martin drops his hands momentarily and Takeshi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Martin is looking to advance position but Takeshi won't allow it.
Martin trying to control from half guard but Takeshi is working away.
Takeshi is defending against the submission attempts here by Martin.
Takeshi blocking the ground and pound attempt from Martin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Martin stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Takeshi to get to his feet.
Takeshi swats away the attempt to clinch by Martin.
The fighters circling - Takeshi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Martin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Martin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Takeshi misses with a kick to the body.
Takeshi loads up on a big right hand but Martin slips the punch.
Takeshi swings for the body but Martin moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Takeshi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Martin.
Takeo Takeshi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Martin moves into the clinch.
Martin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Takeshi tries to break free but Martin pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takeshi breaks the clinch.
Martin throws a right and a left that Takeshi avoids nicely.
Takeshi sizes up Martin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Takeshi lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Takeshi misses with an uppercut.
Takeshi takes a kick to the side of the head.
Takeshi connects with a body shot that sends Martin's belly button to the back.
Takeshi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Martin circles away quickly and effectively.
Takeshi is breathing heavily.
Martin throws a head kick but Takeshi moves out of range.
Takeshi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Takeshi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Takeshi delivers a nice body kick.
Takeshi throws a nice outside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Takeshi lands with an uppercut that bounces Martin off the cage and back into range.
Takeshi misses with a wild body shot.
Takeshi cracks Martin with a good jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin tries to clinch up.
Martin rushes Takeshi and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Martin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Takeshi's efforts to push away.
Takeshi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Takeshi can't find room to land a body shot as Martin controls the action.
Martin manages to break the clinch.
Martin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Martin moves out of range of the strikes.
A punch combination from Martin misses.
Takeshi has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Takeshi there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice inside leg kick there by Martin. That's going to slow Takeshi down.
Takeshi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Takeshi misses with a hook. Martin ducked under it nicely.
Takeshi digs a good body shot into Martin's ribs.
Takeshi misses with a few strikes there.
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 Takeo Takeshi will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Martin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Martin manages to pull guard.
Martin throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Martin wants to stand and escape but Takeshi is having none of it.
Martin is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Takeshi misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Takeshi.
Takeshi tries to land knees in the clinch but Martin avoids the damage to the body.
Takeshi scores with a shot to the side of Martin's head.
Takeshi tries a body shot but Martin blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Takeshi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takeshi misses with a body punch.
Takeshi blocks an elbow strike.
Takeshi is trying to break free.
Takeshi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Takeshi misses.
The fighters circling - Takeshi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Takeshi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Martin with a jab.
Takeshi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Martin.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Martin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Takeshi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Martin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Martin throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Takeshi's waist but Takeshi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Martin off to one side.
Martin ducks right into an uppercut from Takeshi.
Takeo Takeshi is winning the standup battle so far.
Martin clinches with his opponent.
Takeshi struggles to land a body shot inside as Martin controls his hands.
Martin taking a breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin jumps guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Takeshi decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Martin closes the distance and clinches.
Takeshi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Takeshi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Martin is trying to pull guard but Takeshi turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Takeshi tries to circle away but Martin has him pinned against the cage.
Takeshi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Takeshi struggles to land a body shot inside as Martin controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takeshi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Martin tests Takeshi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Martin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Takeshi misses with a two punch combination.
Martin dodges the punch combination from Takeshi.
A punch combination from Takeshi misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Takeshi. Martin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Takeshi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Martin darts in and clinches Takeshi up against the cage.
Martin landing knees to the body.
Martin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jab from Martin.
Martin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Martin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Takeshi.
Martin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Takeshi scores with the left hand. Martin knows he should have avoided that one.
Martin tries to clinch up but Takeshi circles away and keeps his distance.
Takeshi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Takeshi misses.
Martin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Takeshi lands with a nice body kick.
Martin has Takeshi up against the cage in a clinch.
Martin cracks Takeshi with a nice body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martin jumps guard and drags Takeshi to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Takeshi is looking to stand up but Martin won't let him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Roc Martin will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Takeshi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Martin.
No joy there for Martin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Takeo Takeshi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Roc Martin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Martin tries to pull guard but Takeshi holds him up against the cage and eventually Martin drops back down to his feet.
Takeshi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Martin backwards.
Martin breaks the clinch.
Takeshi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Martin throws out the jab.
Martin misses with a few strikes there.
Martin wants to clinch up but Takeshi keeps it at a distance.
Takeshi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Martin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Martin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Takeshi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Martin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Takeshi goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin moves into the clinch successfully.
Takeshi lands a left hand.
Takeshi tries to circle away but Martin has him pinned against the cage.
Takeshi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Takeshi has had enough of the clinch but Martin keeps him there for the moment.
Takeshi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Takeshi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Martin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A jab lands there for Takeshi.
Takeshi lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Martin drives through and clinches with Takeshi against the cage.
Takeshi is trying to force a seperation but Martin has the dominant position.
Takeshi working aggressively here.
Takeshi can't break the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Martin scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takeshi breaks the clinch.
Takeo Takeshi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Martin pushes Takeshi up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takeshi is trying to break the clinch but Martin is controlling him.
Takeshi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Takeshi has had enough of the clinch but Martin keeps him there for the moment.
Takeshi misses with a body punch.
Martin fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Takeshi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A right handed body shot lands from Takeshi.
Martin pressing his opponent against the cage.
Takeshi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Martin.
Takeshi misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takeshi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martin's elbow.
Takeshi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Martin.
Martin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice straight punches there by Martin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Martin.
Takeshi misses with an uppercut. Martin saw that one coming.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Martin scores with a hook.
Martin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Martin moves into the clinch.
Takeshi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Takeshi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Takeshi throws a punch but it's blocked by Martin.
Takeshi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Takeshi misses with a punch to the body.
Takeshi is trying to break free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin avoiding damage as Takeshi throws knees to the body.
Takeshi has had enough of the clinch but Martin keeps him there for the moment.
Martin manages to break the clinch.
Takeshi tries to keep at a distance but Martin has taken the fight into the clinch.
Takeshi takes a shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martin lands a damaging elbow.
Martin decides to pull guard.
Martin pushes Takeshi off and gets back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martin wants to clinch.
Martin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Takeo Takeshi showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Takeshi 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Takeo Takeshi!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Takeo Takeshi made sure he mentioned MaFiA FightWear, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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