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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeffery Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Fernando (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Green comes to the cage accompanied by King Of Rock - Run DMC. Fernando is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Miss Jackson. The key to victory for Jeffery Green has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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204 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeffery Green!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Manny Fernando!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Green waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fernando.
Fernando closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Green's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Green is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Green seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Green looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Fernando wants to control from the top but Green keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fernando wants to pass the guard but Green is keeping the position.
Green looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Green keeping moving, preventing Fernando from controlling successfully.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Manny Fernando hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Green tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fernando looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Green is fending him off so far but Fernando persists. Nope, Green circles away and we're back to standing.
Green misses with a low kick.
Fernando takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Green moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Green stuffs the takedown attempt from Fernando. Fernando gets slowly back to his feet.
Fernando looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Green!
Green seems a little lost for a moment, as Fernando dominates the positioning.
Fernando tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Green struggling a bit here.
Fernando trying to control the position but Green is working away.
Fernando tries to score with some ground and pound. Green controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fernando content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Fernando wants to stand but Green has his arm trapped.
Green gets back to half guard.
Green works his way to full guard. Good work.
Green lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Fernando!
Green trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green lands a couple of good shots and Fernando has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Fernando felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Green is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Fernando is defending well though. Green let's go of the attempt for now.
Fernando is taking damage to the body and head.
Fernando controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Green looking for the choke but no joy.
Green throwing wild punches that miss their target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fernando just trying to survive but Green is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Green wants to control but Fernando is keeping busy.
Fernando wants to get back to his feet.
Green working for a choke but Fernando is defending well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Green patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Green looking for the choke from the back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Green has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Fernando has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Green controlling well, preventing Fernando from escaping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeffery Green dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A thudding body kick lands there by Green!
Fernando slips under a jab.
Fernando wants to clinch up but Green keeps it at a distance.
Fernando fails to land the takedown.
Fernando shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Green pinned against the cage. Green gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Green moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Green scoring well with a low kick there.
Green scores with a nice body kick.
Green shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Green showed some decent athleticism there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fernando wants to control but Green is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Green prevents Fernando from improving his position.
Fernando has hold of Green's hands but Green slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Green looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Fernando with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Green is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Fernando is trying to stand back up but Green is controlling him
Fernando is looking for a sweep. Green is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Green is trying to work for a kimura but Fernando is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Fernando trying to control here.
Green thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fernando's head.
Green tries to pass to full mount but Fernando defends it.
Fernando is refusing to be controlled, as Green sits in half guard.
Fernando is looking to improve his position.
Jeffery Green overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Green is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fernando regains full guard. Nicely done.
Green scoring with punches to the head and body.
Green throwing strikes but missing.
Fernando trying to control the position.
Green stopping the sweep attempt from Fernando.
Green postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Fernando is on top in guard.
Green has his foot on Fernando's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Fernando works his way back into a safe position though.
Fernando trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Fernando trying to control the position from guard on top but Green is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Green avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Fernando postures up.
Fernando trying to control the position from guard on top but Green is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fernando won't allow Green to sweep him here.
Green throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeffery Green dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Green gets a double leg takedown into Fernando's guard.
Fernando pulls Green in close to his closed guard and prevents Green from doing any damage or advancing position.
Fernando preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Green throws a big elbow that misses.
Fernando 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.
Fernando working a defensive guard here.
Green sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Fernando's guard.
Still in half guard, Green seems content to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fernando wants to get back to full guard.
Green not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Green is working for a kimura but Fernando is defending it quite comfortably.
Fernando looking for submissions off his back.
Fernando keeping hold of Green's head, controlling as best he can.
Green seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fernando regains full guard. Nicely done.
Green slips nicely into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fernando has his hands clasped together around Green's back. He's all about the action.
Green is looking to advance position but Fernando won't allow it.
Fernando trying to control from the bottom.
Green wants to control but Fernando is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fernando is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Green scores with a couple of nice shots.
Fernando looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Green is keen to just control but Fernando is a slippery customer.
Green has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Green wants to pass to mount but Fernando is defending the position.
Green lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Fernando is refusing to be controlled, as Green sits in half guard.
Green throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Green seems to be looking for submissions.
Green missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Green scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Fernando is looking for a sweep. Green is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Green seems to be looking for submissions.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fernando is staying active underneath Green, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fernando is trying to maintain the position but Green is very close to passing his half guard.
Green looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jeffery Green showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Green has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeffery Green!
An out of breath Jeffery Green thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Manny Fernando was interviewed post fight and said 'Well done sir, you have beaten me. '.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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