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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yoshihiro Asai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baldur Draupnir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yoshihiro Asai !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Baldur Draupnir!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Saam Ante and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draupnir tries to score with a low kick but Asai moves his leg out of the way.
Asai misses with a head kick.
Draupnir throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
It looks like Yoshihiro Asai has been cut.
We've been informed that Draupnir has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Draupnir looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Draupnir drives through and clinches with Asai against the cage.
Asai lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
I was talking to Asai 's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A head punch on the inside from Asai fails to land.
Asai breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Draupnir darts in and clinches Asai up against the cage.
Draupnir struggles to land a body shot inside as Asai controls his hands.
Draupnir manages to break the clinch.
Asai throws a sloppy head kick and Draupnir moves out of range easily.
Draupnir throws a head kick that misses.
Asai throws a right hand that Draupnir ducks under and follows up with a left that Draupnir also avoids with ease.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slow jab from Asai misses its intended target.
Draupnir steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Asai .
Asai throws a body shot but no joy.
Asai scores with a crisp jab that stopped Draupnir in his tracks.
It looks like Baldur Draupnir has been cut.
Nice straight punches there by Asai . You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Asai .
Draupnir scores with a push kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Asai pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Asai tries to bum rush Draupnir with a series of wild strikes but Draupnir uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Draupnir swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Asai on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Draupnir scores with a head kick.
Draupnir is looking to clinch.
Asai loads up on a big right hand but Draupnir slips the punch.
Draupnir steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Asai .
Asai takes a kick to the side of the head.
Asai blocks a head kick by Draupnir.
A slapping leg kick lands for Draupnir.
Draupnir throws out a leg kick but Asai moves out of range and Draupnir only half commits.
Asai tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Asai misses with a looping left.
Draupnir pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A swing and a miss from Asai .
Draupnir fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Asai .
Asai jabs Draupnir right on the nose. Draupnir blinks but takes it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Asai looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draupnir pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Draupnir lands a leg kick that knocks Asai off balance momentarily.
Draupnir tries to clinch but Asai moves out of range.
Asai closes the distance and clinches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Draupnir goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Draupnir looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Draupnir dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Asai throws a head punch that misses.
Asai breaks the clinch.
Asai throws a wild body kick that Draupnir sees coming a mile off.
Asai pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Asai closes the distance and pushes Draupnir back into the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Asai .
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Draupnir.
Asai lands a shoulder strike.
Asai controlling the action here for a moment.
Asai takes a shot to the head.
Draupnir is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Asai displaying some good clinch control by pressing Draupnir up against the cage.
Asai throws a punch but it's blocked by Draupnir.
Asai pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Draupnir pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Draupnir tries to keep at a distance but Asai has taken the fight into the clinch.
Asai has a couple of punches blocked by Draupnir.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draupnir is trying to maintain a safe position but Asai gets an underhook and turns Draupnir into the cage.
Asai misses with a knee strike.
Asai lands a knee to the head.
Asai misses with the head strike.
Asai throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Draupnirs head.
That has opened up Baldur Draupnir's cut even more.
Draupnir looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Asai has Draupnir pressed against the cage, preventing Draupnir from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Asai tries to land knees in the clinch but Draupnir avoids the damage to the body.
Asai tries a body shot but Draupnir blocks it.
Asai manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Asai throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good body shot from Draupnir.
Draupnir misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yoshihiro Asai dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Draupnir fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Draupnir misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Draupnir lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Draupnir throws a head kick that misses.
Draupnir ducks under a wild hook from Asai .
Draupnir tries to counter by closing the distance.
Asai keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Draupnir.
An attempted straight right counter from Asai misses the target.
Baldur Draupnir seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Draupnir tries to close the distance and clinch up but Asai swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Draupnir tries to close the distance and clinch but Asai swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Draupnir misses with a head kick.
Draupnir throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Draupnir throws a nice inside leg kick.
Draupnir lands with a nice body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draupnir throws a low kick, looking for Asai 's leg but Asai calmly moves out of range.
Asai smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Draupnir shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Asai moves in looking to clinch but Draupnir pushes him off.
A leg kick checked by Asai .
Asai tries to clinch there but Draupnir circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draupnir connects with a solid leg kick.
Draupnir defending well as Asai loads up on a big left hand.
Asai cracks Draupnir with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Draupnir tries to clinch but Asai is having none of it.
Asai is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Draupnir pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Asai swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Baldur Draupnir seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Asai moves out of range of the body kick from Draupnir.
Draupnir drops his hands momentarily and Asai takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Asai misses with a hook. Draupnir ducked under it nicely.
Draupnir throws a leg kick that misses.
Asai throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Asai looks to throw the jab but Draupnir is out of range.
Draupnir steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Asai .
Draupnir wants to land a leg kick but Asai is out of range.
Asai pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Asai throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Baldur Draupnir is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fighters circling - Asai throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Draupnir lands with a slapping head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Draupnir misses with a head kick.
Asai throws a right and a left that both miss.
A nice combination there by Draupnir.
Draupnir closes the distance and pushes Asai back into the cage.
Draupnir pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Asai is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Draupnir misses with a low kick.
Asai seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Draupnir throws a head kick but Asai moves out of range.
Asai thows a body kick. Draupnir tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Draupnir is looking to clinch.
Asai getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Asai throws a jab but it's blocked by Draupnir.
Asai misses with a hook. Draupnir ducked under it nicely.
Nice defenses there by Draupnir.
Draupnir throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Asai lands a head kick. Draupnir smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Draupnir throws a leg kick but Asai moved away.
Asai moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draupnir's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Asai takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Draupnir looking to stall.
Draupnir blocks an uppercut.
Asai leaning his opponent against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Draupnir.
Draupnir doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Asai obliges.
Draupnir manages to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draupnir lands with a kick to the temple. Asai shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Draupnir tried to score with a low kick but Asai checks it.
Draupnir tries a head kick but it misses.
Asai swings for the body but Draupnir moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Asai throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Draupnir tries a low kick but Asai avoids it.
Asai moves into the clinch successfully.
Draupnir holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Draupnir holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Draupnir's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Asai lands a nice uppercut.
Draupnir lands with a short shot to the head.
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!
Asai swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hand to the body from Asai .
Draupnir manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Baldur Draupnir will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Draupnir throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Asai seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Asai moves into the clinch.
Come on Asai - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Asai swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Draupnir breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Asai throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Draupnir misses with an attempted mid kick.
Draupnir misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Asai is looking to counter punch.
Asai tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Asai pushes Draupnir up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Asai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Draupnir blocks it with crossed arms.
Asai misses with an elbow over the top.
A bit of stalling here from Draupnir.
Asai is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Draupnir is defending well for now.
Draupnir pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draupnir lands a leg kick that knocks Asai off balance momentarily.
Draupnir walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Asai checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Asai avoids the head kick by Draupnir.
Asai throws an overhand right that lands on Draupnir's shoulder, as Draupnir tries to avoid the shot.
Asai throws a hook but Draupnir avoids it easily.
Asai avoids the head kick by Draupnir.
Asai takes a kick to the side of the head.
A good leg kick by Asai .
Asai scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Asai throws a nice head kick!
The cut above Baldur Draupnir's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Asai lands a big head kick that sends Draupnir tumbling to the mat! Asai takes a step backwards and waves Draupnir back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Draupnir is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Asai checks a leg kick.
Draupnir is still on wobbly legs! Can Asai finish him?
Draupnir wants to stay close but Asai steps back to make room for something. Draupnir seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Asai and Draupnir drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Yoshihiro Asai !
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