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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yoko Honda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robin Tuck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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275 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
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265 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoko Honda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Robin Tuck!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tuck cracks Honda with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tuck has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Tuck connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
We've been hearing reports that Honda has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Tuck tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Honda drops down looking for a counter takedown but Tuck sprawls and moves away.
Honda changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tuck tries to avoid it but Honda manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tuck to the ground. Tuck escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Robin Tuck seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Honda looks for a takedown but Tuck sprawls well.
Honda sets himself, and Tuck steps forward looking for the clinch! Honda avoids it this time.
Honda takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tuck tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Honda paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tuck closes the distance and clinches.
Tuck tries to work over Honda's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Honda tries to score a body lock takedown but Tuck shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yoko Honda. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tuck lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Honda has Tuck pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Honda pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Tuck tumbling to the mat - Honda dives into Tuck's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tuck keeping moving, preventing Honda from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuck working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Honda.
Honda trying to control but Tuck is working from the bottom.
Honda postures up and lands a big shot to Tuck's brow.
Honda is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Tuck utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tuck preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Honda content to stall in guard here.
Honda missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Honda controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tuck stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Tuck wants it to stay on the feet.
Tuck has managed to clinch.
Tuck lands a right hand that snaps the head of Honda backwards.
Tuck working aggressively here.
Honda turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Tuck throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Tuck is looking to clinch but Honda is avoiding it.
Honda drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
It looks like Yoko Honda has been cut.
Tuck throws a shot to the body.
Tuck tries to clinch up but Honda circles away and keeps his distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Tuck quickly recovers to half guard.
Tuck trying to hold on to Honda's head to control him but Honda postures up.
Honda misses with a head shot. Tuck uses the momentum to regain guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Honda accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Honda 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.
Tuck keeping moving, preventing Honda from controlling successfully.
Honda is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Tuck really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Honda. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Honda throws a big right hand that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honda controlling from the top position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Tuck takes the fight into the clinch.
Honda is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Tuck is defending well.
Honda breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tuck displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Honda.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robin Tuck dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yoko Honda's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Honda fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Tuck to the ground. Honda is now in Tuck's guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Honda trying to control but Tuck is working from the bottom.
Honda throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tuck keeping moving, preventing Honda from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Honda stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tuck swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Honda controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tuck is keeping the position for now.
Honda wants to control from the top but Tuck keeps moving.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Tuck stuffs the takedown attempt from Honda. Honda gets slowly back to his feet.
Tuck wants to counter with a clinch but Honda pushes him away.
Tuck tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Honda paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Honda attempts a counter takedown but Tuck avoids it well and moves away.
Tuck clinches.
Honda has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Tuck avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Honda manages to break the clinch.
Tuck fails with an attempt to clinch.
Honda closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Tuck quickly recovers to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuck blocking the ground and pound attempt from Honda.
Honda not doing much here.
Tuck is trying to get back to full guard.
Honda slows the pace down in half guard.
Honda is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Tuck!
Honda looking to finish Tuck with some ground and pound. This is bad for Tuck!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda landing punches.
Honda looking to finish with strikes here!
Tuck avoids a series of strikes thrown by Honda.
Honda throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Honda controlling the pace for now.
Honda prevents Tuck from getting the reversal.
Honda thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Tuck wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Honda.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honda takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Honda punching from mount but Tuck doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Honda trying to control but Tuck is having none of it.
Honda controlling the pace for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Honda thowing shots but they're missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yoko Honda dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Yoko Honda's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Honda.
Tuck steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Honda.
Tuck lands a jab to the nose.
Honda shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Honda showed some decent athleticism there.
Tuck tries to get to full guard but Honda has control of the leg.
Tuck blocking the ground and pound attempt from Honda.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Honda is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Honda is working for a submission of some sort.
Honda wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tuck keeps working.
Honda is looking for a kimura here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Honda scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Tuck keeping control of the position.
Honda not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tuck as he avoids it easily.
Honda tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Tuck defends well and Honda ends up having to push Tuck into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yoko Honda. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Tuck enables Honda to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Tuck manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Honda chips away with some ground and pound.
Honda pushing down on Tuck's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Honda seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Tuck does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Honda not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Honda throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Well, if Honda is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Honda wants to take a breather but Tuck is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honda is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Honda missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Honda slows the pace down in half guard.
Tuck is looking to control Honda's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Tuck avoid being mounted?
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Honda shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Tuck defends it nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yoko Honda showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Honda 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yoko Honda!
Robin Tuck was interviewed post fight and said 'Fuck the refs!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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