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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kuma Shiroma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felippe Francisco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Felippe Francisco was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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254 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
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240 lbs
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kuma Shiroma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Felippe Francisco!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shiroma tries to clinch
and Francisco counters with a head kick. That will keep Shiroma thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Shiroma throws a nice outside leg kick.
Shiroma uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Francisco.
Shiroma tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Shiroma staying out of range there.
Shiroma clinches up with Francisco and pushes him back against the cage.
Shiroma utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Shiroma unloads a knee to the mid-section.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shiroma utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Francisco misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shiroma stalling in the clinch.
Shiroma keeps control of Francisco as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Shiroma tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Francisco avoids it.
Francisco tries to break free but Shiroma pushes him back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Shiroma avoiding damage.
Shiroma looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Francisco is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Shiroma keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Francisco's efforts to push away.
Francisco breaks the clinch.
Francisco pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Francisco throws a leg kick but Shiroma moved away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Shiroma, right into the meat.
Shiroma misses with a kick to the body.
Francisco takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Francisco misses with a kick to the body.
Francisco scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Shiroma looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Shiroma blocks a head kick by Francisco.
Francisco swats away the attempt to clinch by Shiroma.
Francisco pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shiroma tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Francisco manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Francisco throws a series of punches but Shiroma moves out of range.
Shiroma tries to clinch there but Francisco circles away.
A jab from Francisco misses.
Shiroma doesn't manage to clinch there - Francisco circles away.
Francisco pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters circling a little - Shiroma finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
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 leg kick checked by Francisco.
Shiroma clinches up with Francisco and pushes him back against the cage.
Francisco wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Shiroma scores a nice knee to the body.
Shiroma missing with knees to the body.
Shiroma keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Francisco's efforts to push away.
Shiroma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shiroma lands a knee to the body.
Francisco looks winded!
Shiroma landing knees to the head.
It looks like Felippe Francisco has been cut.
Shiroma using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Francisco has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shiroma working Francisco over with knees to the body.
Shiroma content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Shiroma scores a nice knee to the body.
Shiroma prevents Francisco from breaking the clinch.
Shiroma holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Shiroma gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kuma Shiroma.
Francisco just misses with a punch to the body.
Shiroma feints and then cracks Francisco's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Francisco down.
Shiroma is looking to clinch.
Shiroma is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Francisco chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Shiroma can pounce on him.
Francisco chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Shiroma can pounce on him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shiroma tries to clinch up.
Francisco thows a body shot but no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from Francisco misses the target.
Francisco on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Shiroma. Shiroma obviously looking to wear him down.
Shiroma avoids the head kick by Francisco.
An inside leg kick lands from Shiroma.
Shiroma tries to close the distance and clinch up but Francisco swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shiroma tries to clinch up but Francisco circles away and keeps his distance.
Jab, jab by Francisco - just one landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Francisco pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Francisco looks to land a right hand but Shiroma moved out of range.
Shiroma closes the distance but Francisco moves to the side
and Francisco counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Francisco lands with a slapping head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kuma Shiroma dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Felippe Francisco's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Shiroma takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Shiroma blocks a head kick by Francisco.
Shiroma tries to clinch there but Francisco circles away.
Francisco throws a leg kick which misses Shiroma's front leg but catches the back leg as Shiroma tries to avoid it.
Shiroma looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Shiroma moves away from the strike by Francisco.
Francisco throws a sloppy head kick and Shiroma moves out of range easily.
Shiroma wants to clinch.
Francisco blocks a low kick nicely.
Francisco throws a head kick that misses
and Shiroma counters by clinching up.
Shiroma stalls.
Francisco wants to get back to striking at distance but Shiroma won't allow it.
Shiroma landing knees to the body.
Shiroma stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Francisco's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shiroma is looking to clinch.
Francisco circles away from the clinch attempt
and Francisco counters with a big head kick but Shiroma shrugs it off.
Shiroma doesn't manage to clinch there - Francisco circles away.
Francisco tries a head kick but it misses.
Shiroma tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Francisco paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shiroma tries to close the distance and clinch up but Francisco swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sloppy strikes from Francisco. Those never looked like landing.
Shiroma closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Francisco is trying to force a seperation but Shiroma has the dominant position.
Francisco wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shiroma stalling.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kuma Shiroma has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Shiroma putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Francisco in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Francisco being controlled against the cage.
Shiroma working Francisco over with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shiroma is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Shiroma keeps control of Francisco as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The referee is keeping an eye on Shiroma - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Francisco wants to break free but Shiroma has control.
Francisco can't break the clinch.
Shiroma tries to land a knee to the head but Francisco blocks with his arms.
Shiroma with a knee to the head.
Francisco tries to break free but Shiroma pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shiroma looking to throw knees to the head but Francisco is blocking nicely.
Francisco is looking to break free of the clinch but Shiroma has double underhooks.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Francisco is trying to break the clinch but Shiroma has him pressed against the cage.
Francisco is trying to maintain a safe position but Shiroma gets an underhook and turns Francisco into the cage.
Francisco tries to break the clinch but Shiroma is controlling the position.
Shiroma scores with a knee to the head.
Shiroma with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Francisco has thrown a lot of knees so far in this fight and we're lead to believe that's something he's been working on the gym prior to this fight.
Shiroma taking a breather.
Francisco is trying to break the clinch but Shiroma is controlling him.
Francisco tries to break free but Shiroma pushes him back against the cage.
Shiroma utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Francisco is breathing heavily.
Knees in the clinch landing for Shiroma.
Shiroma taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Francisco wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Shiroma has him pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Francisco misses with a hook to the ribs.
Francisco wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Shiroma lands a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shiroma keeps control of Francisco as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The referee is keeping an eye on Shiroma - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Shiroma landing knees to the body.
Shiroma slowing the pace effectively.
Francisco wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A knee to the head by Shiroma.
Francisco wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Shiroma unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Shiroma with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shiroma lands a good knee to the midsection. Francisco won't want to take too many of those.
Shiroma is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Shiroma is looking to control Francisco's arms but Francisco gets an underhook and turns him. Now Shiroma has his back to the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kuma Shiroma dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Felippe Francisco's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Francisco 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.
Francisco tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Shiroma tries a head kick but it misses.
Shiroma pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Francisco tries a head kick but it misses.
Shiroma is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Francisco can do to turn this around?
The fight stays on the outside here - Shiroma looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kuma Shiroma is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Francisco misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shiroma is looking to clinch but Francisco is avoiding it.
Francisco blocks a leg kick.
Francisco pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shiroma throws a wild body kick that Francisco sees coming a mile off.
Shiroma tries a head kick but it misses.
Francisco checks a leg kick.
Shiroma moves into the clinch successfully.
Francisco misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Francisco pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Francisco misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Francisco takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Shiroma is looking to clinch but Francisco is avoiding it.
Francisco throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shiroma looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Francisco throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Shiroma does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Shiroma slips under a jab from Francisco.
Shiroma wants to clinch up but Francisco keeps it at a distance.
Francisco circles away from the clinch attempt.
Francisco keeps the fight on the outside.
Francisco tries a head kick but it misses.
Francisco avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Shiroma tries to clinch there but Francisco circles away.
Shiroma avoids the head kick by Francisco.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Francisco.
Shiroma drives through and clinches with Francisco against the cage.
Shiroma using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Francisco has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shiroma misses with a knee to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Shiroma - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Shiroma tries to land knees in the clinch but Francisco avoids the damage to the body.
Shiroma with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Francisco breaks from the clinch.
Francisco ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shiroma moves away.
Shiroma clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shiroma prevents Francisco from breaking the clinch.
Francisco's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Shiroma tries to land knees in the clinch but Francisco avoids the damage to the body.
Shiroma stalling in the clinch.
Francisco is trying to break the clinch but Shiroma is controlling him.
Francisco tries to break the clinch but Shiroma is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francisco is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Francisco avoiding damage as Shiroma throws knees to the body.
Shiroma unloads a knee to the mid-section. Francisco lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Francisco wants to get back to striking at distance but Shiroma won't allow it.
Shiroma looking to stall.
Francisco breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shiroma ducks under a wild hook from Francisco.
Shiroma has taken the fight to the clinch.
Shiroma trying to control the position but instead, Francisco has worked for underhooks and has pushed Shiroma into the cage.
Shiroma stalling the fight.
Shiroma keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Francisco's efforts to push away.
Francisco is trying to push Shiroma away but Shiroma has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Shiroma missing with knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Shiroma as Francisco tries to tie him up.
Francisco wants to get back to striking at distance but Shiroma won't allow it.
Francisco can't break the clinch.
Francisco managing to block the knees to the body from Shiroma.
Shiroma crunches a lovely knee into Francisco's ribcage.
Francisco blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Felippe Francisco has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shiroma is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Francisco is defending well for now.
Francisco letting Shiroma take a breather here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shiroma landing knees to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Francisco tries to break free but Shiroma pushes him back against the cage.
Shiroma dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Shiroma tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Francisco avoids it.
Shiroma throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Francisco blocks it with crossed arms.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kuma Shiroma showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Shiroma 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kuma Shiroma!
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energy
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hype
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