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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tomas Baldwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hiroyoshi Tenzan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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140 lbs
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25
145 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tomas Baldwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hiroyoshi Tenzan!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tenzan dives in and scores a takedown into Baldwin's guard.
Tenzan stands up and waves to Baldwin to follow him.
Tenzan feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Baldwin is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Tenzan is aware though and is defending well.
Tenzan tries to free his leg and advance position but Baldwin is retaining full guard.
Tenzan sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Tenzan preventing the sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tenzan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Baldwin keeping full guard, as Tenzan tries to pass.
Baldwin working for a triangle but Tenzan defends it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baldwin 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.
Tenzan wants to get up but he can't break Baldwin's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Baldwin can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Tenzan controls the pace.
Tenzan stands up over Baldwin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Tenzan postures up and lands a big shot to Baldwin's brow.
Baldwin keeping full guard, as Tenzan tries to pass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Baldwin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tenzan is one step ahead there.
Tenzan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Baldwin had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Tenzan defends it easily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Tenzan looking to pass the guard.
Baldwin is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tenzan sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tenzan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Baldwin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Tenzan controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Tenzan bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baldwin on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Tenzan stands up and beckons Baldwin to his feet.
Tenzan gets a takedown into half guard.
Tenzan is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Baldwin is looking for a sweep. Tenzan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Baldwin moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Baldwin looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Tenzan has picked Baldwin up and slammed him! Baldwin can't keep hold of the triangle and Tenzan manages to pass to side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hiroyoshi Tenzan dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Tenzan gets a clinch.
Tenzan decides to pull guard.
Hiroyoshi Tenzan has got the better of the ground game so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Baldwin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tenzan has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Baldwin off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Tenzan shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Tenzan showed some decent athleticism there.
Tenzan content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Tenzan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Baldwin is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tenzan keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Tenzan drops an elbow to the side of Baldwin's head.
Oh Baldwin is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Baldwin looking for submissions off his back.
Tenzan controlling the pace.
Baldwin wants to improve his position but Tenzan is controlling well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tenzan is controlling the pace.
Tenzan working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tenzan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Baldwin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tenzan is working for a submission of some sort.
Tenzan decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Baldwin gets tackled into the cage by Tenzan. Tenzan maintains the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Tenzan.
Tenzan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tenzan jumps guard and drags Baldwin to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Tenzan punching to the body, from the bottom.
Tenzan lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Tenzan showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Tenzan passes Baldwin's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Tenzan frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tenzan wants to finish this one by submission but Baldwin is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Tenzan.
Baldwin can't escape the position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Tenzan cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Tenzan is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Baldwin to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Baldwin shrugs it off.
Baldwin is in all sorts of trouble here.
Tenzan working for a submission but Baldwin is keeping him at bay.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Tenzan.
Tenzan looking to finish Baldwin with some ground and pound. This is bad for Baldwin!
Tenzan is working for a guillotine from mount but Baldwin frees his head quite easily.
Tenzan controlling from mount.
Tenzan unloading with bombs!
Tenzan lands a big elbow.
Tenzan lands a couple of good shots and Baldwin has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Baldwin tries to break free.
Tenzan is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Baldwin defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Baldwin fending off the submission attempt from Tenzan.
Tenzan has Baldwin flattened out and is raining down punches.
Baldwin showing good submission defense here.
Tenzan is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Tenzan looking to break Baldwin's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Baldwin remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Tenzan will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Tenzan working for the choke.
Tenzan is working the ground and pound. Can Baldwin escape?
Baldwin defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Baldwin fending off the submission attempt from Tenzan.
Tenzan working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Tenzan is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Baldwin defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Tenzan scores with punches and elbows.
Baldwin is covering up but some of the strikes from Tenzan are getting through and doing damage.
Tenzan is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Baldwin is defending well though. Tenzan let's go of the attempt for now.
Tenzan is persistently looking for the submission but Baldwin is defending it well.
Tenzan is working the ground and pound. Can Baldwin escape?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tenzan is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Baldwin knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Baldwin for a finish.
Tenzan controlling from the back.
I really don't envy Baldwin right now.
Baldwin seems to have got his legs back now.
Tenzan is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Tenzan looking for the choke but no joy.
Baldwin tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Tenzan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tenzan takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Baldwin is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baldwin in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Tenzan controlling his opponent.
Tenzan blocks Baldwin's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Tenzan controlling from the full mount.
Baldwin is desperately trying to improve his position but Tenzan has a good base and remains in mount.
Tenzan putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Tenzan controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hiroyoshi Tenzan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Baldwin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Baldwin tries to keep at a distance but Tenzan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Baldwin ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Baldwin no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Baldwin is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Baldwin wants to sweep here but Tenzan controlling him for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baldwin keeping full guard, as Tenzan tries to pass.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tenzan stands up from Baldwin's guard - Tenzan perhaps looking for a knockout.
Tenzan gets a double leg takedown into Baldwin's guard.
Baldwin can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Tenzan controls the pace.
Tenzan wants to control from the top but Baldwin keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tenzan is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Tenzan wanted to stand there but Baldwin had control of the position.
Tenzan is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Tenzan landing some decent shots from guard.
Baldwin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baldwin is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Tenzan is trying to get back to full guard.
Tenzan is holding on to half guard well.
Tenzan tries to get to full guard but Baldwin has control of the leg.
Tenzan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Baldwin.
Tenzan is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tenzan makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Tenzan.
Baldwin lands a couple of elbows.
Tenzan had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Baldwin defends it easily.
Baldwin throws a big right hand that misses.
Baldwin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tenzan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Baldwin wants to get up but he can't break Tenzan's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Tomas Baldwin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hiroyoshi Tenzan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Tenzan misses with a wild combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hiroyoshi Tenzan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tenzan 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 26:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hiroyoshi Tenzan!
Hiroyoshi Tenzan seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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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
38% |
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