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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Victor Gillean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akira Sono (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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160 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Victor Gillean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akira Sono!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sono stuffs the takedown.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Sono enables Gillean to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Sono manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Sono is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gillean has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Gillean prevents Sono from getting back to his feet.
Sono is working an open guard so Gillean takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Gillean looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sono displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Gillean.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor Gillean. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sono gets the takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gillean is looking for a sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sono decides to stand back up. Sono steps back and let's Gillean get back to his feet.
Nice uppercut lands for Sono. That snapped Gillean's head back.
Sono chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gillean with a poor takedown
and Sono counters with a stiff right hand.
Sono throws a series of punches but Gillean avoids them all with ease.
Gillean has his takedown stuffed
and Sono counters with a three punch combo that has Gillean backing up. Gillean nods at Sono to acknowledge the strikes.
Sono scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Gillean has his takedown stuffed
and Sono counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Gillean does no damage.
Sono looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Gillean!
Sono is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Gillean knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sono tries to advance to mount but can't.
Sono stands up.
Gillean shoots and misses
and Gillean takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sono throws a right and a left that Gillean avoids nicely.
Gillean misses with a takedown attempt
and Sono makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Gillean really felt that one!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gillean misses with a takedown
and Sono counters with a thumping low kick.
Victor Gillean seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gillean is breathing heavily.
Gillean shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Sono counters with a nice uppercut.
Sono scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sono tries to clinch but Gillean is having none of it.
Sono misses with a double jab.
Gillean takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sono throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gillean shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gillean drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Sono is trying to keep Gillean in close.
Sono has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gillean can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sono controls Gillean momentarily but Gillean frees himself.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sono looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gillean is one step ahead there.
Sono is trying to keep Gillean in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Akira Sono dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Sono pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Gillean back to the cage. Sono follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Sono rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gillean moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gillean jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sono lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gillean will feel that in the morning.
A head kick misses from Sono.
Sono has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Gillean tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gillean misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sono's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Sono duly obliges.
Sono slaps away a takedown attempt from Gillean, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sono stuffs the takedown attempt from Gillean. Gillean gets slowly back to his feet.
Sono scores with the left hand. Gillean knows he should have avoided that one.
Gillean gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Sono counters with a three punch combo that has Gillean backing up. Gillean nods at Sono to acknowledge the strikes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor Gillean. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sono scores with a body shot.
Sono throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gillean.
Gillean tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sono sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Gillean somewhat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sono drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Sono happy to just control the position for now.
Gillean tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sono wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Akira Sono has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gillean is working hard here to advance position.
Sono working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sono has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Gillean shoots and misses
and Sono counters with a two punch combo.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Some wild striking there from Gillean.
Sono scores with a kick to the midsection.
Gillean with a poor takedown
and Sono cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gillean slips a jab and a cross from Sono.
Sono gets a double leg takedown into Gillean's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gillean is working an open guard so Sono takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Sono lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sono.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sono throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sono with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gillean shoots and misses
and Sono counters with a thumping low kick.
Sono lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gillean looks to land a combination but Sono avoids it well.
Sono is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Akira Sono showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Gillean with a lazy takedown attempt
and Sono counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gillean thinking.
Sono lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gillean backs up against the cage.
Sono closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Gillean quickly recovers to half guard.
Sono looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Sono wants to stand but Gillean has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Gillean wants to get back to full guard.
Sono gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Gillean shoots in for a takedown but Sono shows good takedown defense.
Akira Sono seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gillean with a lazy takedown attempt
and Sono counters with a left to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor Gillean. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gillean takes a kick to the side of the head.
Gillean with a poor takedown
and Sono counters with a head kick.
Gillean tries for a takedown but Sono circles away easily
and Sono counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sono looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Sono controlling from the top position.
Sono gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gillean misses with a takedown
and Sono counters with a good low kick that Gillean was not able to check.
Sono lands a nice looking body shot.
Gillean tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sono lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sono defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gillean.
Sono throws a nice looking combination but Gillean bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sono 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 three minutes gone in the round.
Gillean misses with a takedown
and Sono counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Sono throws a series of punches but Gillean moves out of range.
Sono looks to land a combination but Gillean avoids it well.
Sono leaves Gillean with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sono misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gillean with a poor takedown
and Sono counters with a nice uppercut.
Gillean throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sono counters with a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sono misses with a two punch combination.
Gillean tries for a takedown but Sono circles away easily
and Sono counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Gillean is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Gillean looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sono moves out of range as Gillean strikes.
Victor Gillean has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Akira Sono is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sono lands with a slapping head kick.
Gillean missing with a left hand there. Sono was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gillean rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sono moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sono lands with a thumping leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Akira Sono comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sono has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Akira Sono!
During a confident post fight interview, Akira Sono thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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