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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ike Uchimata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny De Jong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Jong has chosen Dropkick Murphy's - Shipping Up To Boston as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ike Uchimata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jonny De Jong!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Uchimata tries for a takedown but De Jong sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
De Jong wants to clinch up but Uchimata keeps it at a distance.
Uchimata on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Jong. De Jong obviously looking to wear him down.
De Jong forces Uchimata back against the cage and clinches.
Uchimata on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De Jong landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Uchimata jumps guard but De Jong stands there with Uchimata around his waist. Uchimata gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
De Jong tries to stall but Uchimata uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
De Jong tries to land a knee to the head but Uchimata blocks with his arms.
Uchimata tries to break the clinch but De Jong is controlling the position.
Uchimata can't break the clinch.
Uchimata tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ike Uchimata. That's going to take a lot out of him.
De Jong breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Uchimata moves into range and clinches up with De Jong.
Uchimata tries to break the clinch but De Jong is controlling the position.
Uchimata escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Uchimata circles away from the clinch attempt.
Uchimata drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
De Jong can't do much from the bottom here.
De Jong striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Jong is looking to reverse the position.
Uchimata decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Ike Uchimata seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Jong showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Uchimata.
De Jong closes the distance but Uchimata moves to the side
and Uchimata counters with a takedown into side control.
Uchimata controls the position.
De Jong wants to control but Uchimata postures up.
De Jong tries to improve position but can't.
Uchimata taking a breather here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uchimata decides to stand up, so the ref orders De Jong to his feet.
De Jong looks to clinch
and Uchimata counters with a two punch combo.
De Jong tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Uchimata counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Uchimata.
De Jong throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Jong tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De Jong lands a knee to the head.
Uchimata has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. De Jong is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Uchimata has had enough of the clinch but De Jong keeps him there for the moment.
De Jong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Uchimata wants to get back to striking at distance but De Jong won't allow it.
De Jong manages to break the clinch.
De Jong fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Uchimata.
De Jong keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Uchimata rushes De Jong and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Uchimata.
De Jong landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
De Jong tries to land a knee to the head but Uchimata blocks with his arms.
Uchimata jumps into guard, dragging De Jong to the mat.
De Jong looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Uchimata is breathing heavily.
De Jong wants to stand but Uchimata has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Uchimata has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes De Jong off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Jonny De Jong is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Jong throws a body punch but Uchimata moves out of range.
Uchimata takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A slapping leg kick lands for De Jong.
Uchimata is looking to score with low kicks.
The fight stays on the outside here - De Jong looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Uchimata misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
De Jong throws a left and a right that both miss
and Uchimata counters by clinching up.
De Jong breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - De Jong looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Uchimata manages to break the clinch.
Uchimata tries to clinch but De Jong is having none of it.
Uchimata tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Uchimata closes the distance and clinches up with De Jong, looking for a takedown. Uchimata pushes De Jong against the cage but De Jong circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
De Jong lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Uchimata tries to land a leg kick but De Jong saw it coming and moves away.
A punch combination from Uchimata misses.
Uchimata throws a combination but it was largely blocked by De Jong.
De Jong tries to clinch up
and Uchimata counters by moving into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ike Uchimata dominated that 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.
Uchimata looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
De Jong darts in trying to clinch
and Uchimata counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Uchimata wants to stand up but De Jong has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Uchimata is pressing down on De Jong's thigh, looking to free his foot. De Jong is holding on for now.
De Jong manages to get to full guard.
Uchimata has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of De Jong is proving hard to escape from.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Jong wants to sweep but no luck.
Uchimata decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Uchimata keeps the fight on the outside.
Uchimata looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Uchimata tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Uchimata moves out of range of the body kick.
De Jong cracks Uchimata with a right hand to the side of the head.
Uchimata forces De Jong back against the cage and clinches.
De Jong manages to break the clinch.
Uchimata throws a right hand that De Jong ducks under and follows up with a left that De Jong also avoids with ease.
De Jong connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Uchimata looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? De Jong is fending him off so far but Uchimata persists. Nope, De Jong circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uchimata circles away from the clinch attempt
and Uchimata counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
De Jong is positioning himself well to prevent Uchimata advancing to mount.
De Jong gets full guard.
Uchimata wants to stand but De Jong is controlling his posture from full guard.
Uchimata won't allow De Jong to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Jong looking to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Jong tries to land a sweep but no joy.
De Jong wants to stand but Uchimata is controlling the position.
Uchimata gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
De Jong tries to clinch up
and Uchimata counters by moving into the clinch.
De Jong scores a nice knee to the body.
De Jong scores with a knee to the head.
Uchimata breaks from the clinch.
Uchimata misses with a jab, cross combination.
Uchimata throws a right and a left that both miss.
Uchimata looks for a takedown but De Jong sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ike Uchimata. That's going to take a lot out of him.
De Jong looks to clinch
and Uchimata counters with a single leg into guard. De Jong didn't expect that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Jong wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Uchimata is now in half guard.
Uchimata decides to stand and escape the position.
Uchimata fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Uchimata wants a takedown.
De Jong landing some nice looking knees to the body.
De Jong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Uchimata has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De Jong lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Uchimata is trying to break free.
De Jong tries to land a knee to the head but Uchimata blocks with his arms.
De Jong managing to block the knees to the body from Uchimata.
De Jong with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Uchimata tries for a takedown but De Jong manages to get underhooks.
De Jong with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
De Jong using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ike Uchimata dominated that second round.
That's time! Uchimata's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
A solid leg kick lands there for De Jong.
Uchimata wants to clinch up but De Jong keeps it at a distance.
De Jong wants to clinch.
Uchimata shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has De Jong pinned against the cage. De Jong gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Uchimata tries to clinch there but De Jong circles away.
Uchimata takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Uchimata throws a series of punches but De Jong avoids them all with ease.
Uchimata takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
De Jong goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
De Jong darts in trying to clinch
and Uchimata counters by clinching up.
Uchimata tries to break the clinch but De Jong is controlling the position.
Uchimata can't break the clinch.
De Jong tries to land knees in the clinch but Uchimata avoids the damage to the body.
De Jong throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Jong trying to land knees to the body.
Uchimata wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Uchimata fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Uchimata wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Jong is pressed up against the cage. Uchimata has hold of a leg and is looking to drag De Jong down to the mat. De Jong avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Uchimata throws a low kick, looking for De Jong's leg but De Jong calmly moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Jong.
Uchimata drives through and clinches with De Jong against the cage.
De Jong scores a nice knee to the body.
Uchimata tries to break the clinch but De Jong is controlling the position.
De Jong lands an elbow just above Uchimata 's eye.
De Jong gets through Uchimata's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Uchimata is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
De Jong scores a nice knee to the body.
Uchimata wants to break free but De Jong has control.
De Jong lands a right hand.
De Jong is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Uchimata is keeping busy.
Uchimata on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De Jong keeps control of Uchimata as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
De Jong looking to throw knees to the head but Uchimata is blocking nicely.
A short right from De Jong.
Uchimata breaks from the clinch.
De Jong fails in his attempt to clinch.
Uchimata fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De Jong forces Uchimata back against the cage and clinches.
With the fighters up against the cage, De Jong throws an elbow but misses.
De Jong landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
De Jong breaks from the clinch.
Uchimata throws a left and a right that both miss
and De Jong cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uchimata avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De Jong tries to clinch up.
Uchimata misses with a jab, cross combination.
Uchimata misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
De Jong gets caught flat footed, as Uchimata shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
De Jong keeping moving, preventing Uchimata from controlling successfully.
De Jong is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ike Uchimata overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Jong might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Uchimata kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Uchimata decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on De Jong, up you get!
Uchimata fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ike Uchimata. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Uchimata shoots in for a takedown but De Jong shows good takedown defense.
De Jong gets a clinch.
Uchimata has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. De Jong avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
De Jong lands a knee to the body.
De Jong scores with a knee to the head.
Uchimata wants a takedown.
Uchimata wants to break free but De Jong has control.
Knees in the clinch landing for De Jong.
Uchimata lands a body shot.
Uchimata wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Uchimata tries for a takedown but De Jong manages to get underhooks.
Uchimata wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jonny De Jong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Jong wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
De Jong throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Jong prevents Uchimata from breaking the clinch.
De Jong tries a knee to the head but Uchimata blocks it.
De Jong keeps control of Uchimata as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Uchimata gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Uchimata decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Uchimata with a nice cross.
Uchimata falls off balance throwing a combination
and De Jong counters with a solid body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
De Jong looks to land a combination but Uchimata avoids it well.
De Jong has closed the distance and engaged Uchimata in a clinch.
De Jong lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
De Jong misses with a knee to the head.
De Jong throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Jong landing some nice looking knees to the body.
De Jong landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Jong lands a knee to the head.
Uchimata has De Jong pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. De Jong manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Uchimata wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Uchimata wants to break free but De Jong has control.
De Jong lands a knee to the head.
Uchimata breaks the clinch.
De Jong checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jonny De Jong comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Uchimata 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ike Uchimata!
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hype
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