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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Takeshi Yuudai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Larusso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Larusso comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Glory of love kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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World class boxer
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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
17 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Takeshi Yuudai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Daniel Larusso!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left lands for Yuudai.
Yuudai throws out a loose jab but Larusso uses good head movement to avoid it.
Larusso takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Yuudai lands a leg kick that knocks Larusso off balance momentarily.
Yuudai throws a sloppy head kick and Larusso moves out of range easily.
Nice body kick there by Yuudai.
A telegraphed right hand from Yuudai misses the target.
Yuudai lands an overhand right.
Larusso checks a leg kick.
Yuudai chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Larusso is looking to chop away at Yuudai's legs.
Yuudai half committed to a counter leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yuudai.
Yuudai has been working on his boxing with his coaches at White Eagle in the buildup to the fight.
Yuudai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Yuudai lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Larusso has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Larusso and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Larusso tries a head kick but it misses.
Larusso keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A telegraphed right hand from Yuudai misses the target.
Yuudai throws a leg kick
and Larusso finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Yuudai misses with a leg kick.
Larusso throws a low kick, looking for Yuudai's leg but Yuudai calmly moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larusso fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Yuudai is out of range.
Larusso motions for Yuudai to come forward. Larusso throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Larusso throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yuudai is looking to clinch but Larusso is avoiding it.
Yuudai moves away from the strike by Larusso.
Yuudai stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Larusso.
Yuudai throws a lazy right hand but Larusso sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Larusso takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Larusso throws a nice inside leg kick.
Larusso throws a lazy head kick
and Yuudai counters with a good low kick that Larusso was not able to check.
Yuudai smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Larusso moves out of range as Yuudai throws a body kick.
Larusso tries to score with a low kick but Yuudai moves his leg out of the way.
Larusso keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yuudai.
Yuudai misses with a hook. Larusso ducked under it nicely.
Larusso stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yuudai.
A big right from Larusso misses.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Yuudai.
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!
Yuudai tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Larusso was well out of range. Poor timing from Yuudai.
Yuudai cracks the inside of Larusso's front leg.
A jab lands there for Yuudai.
Yuudai throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Yuudai catches Larusso with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Larusso thows a left - swing and a miss!
A swing and a miss from Larusso.
Yuudai misses with a body kick.
Larusso is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Yuudai stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Larusso.
Nice uppercut there from Yuudai.
A telegraphed right hand from Yuudai misses the target.
Yuudai throws a nice outside leg kick.
Larusso throws an overhand right that lands on Yuudai's shoulder, as Yuudai tries to avoid the shot.
Yuudai keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Yuudai misses with a straight left.
Yuudai misses with a wild body shot.
Yuudai thows a left - swing and a miss!
Larusso attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yuudai throws a wild body kick that Larusso sees coming a mile off.
Yuudai takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Larusso takes a kick to the side of the head.
Larusso connects with an inside leg kick.
Yuudai is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Larusso throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Yuudai throws a wild body kick that Larusso sees coming a mile off.
Yuudai connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Larusso momentarily.
Larusso tries to land a front kick but Yuudai steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Larusso clobbers Yuudai with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Yuudai fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Larusso looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Yuudai misses with a low kick.
Yuudai checks the leg kick nicely there.
Yuudai swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A good leg kick by Yuudai.
Larusso throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slow jab from Yuudai misses its intended target.
Yuudai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Larusso.
An attempted straight right counter from Yuudai misses the target.
Yuudai throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Takeshi Yuudai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larusso throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Yuudai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Larusso.
A clash of legs there as Yuudai blocks the low kick.
Yuudai appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Yuudai throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Yuudai scores with a head kick. Larusso tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Yuudai is looking to chop away at Larusso's legs.
Larusso lands a leg kick that knocks Yuudai off balance momentarily.
Yuudai cracks Larusso with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Larusso checks the leg kick nicely there.
Larusso flicks out a counter leg kick but Yuudai steps away.
Larusso throws a front kick that sends Yuudai stumbling back into the cage.
Larusso is looking to chop away at Yuudai's legs.
Larusso chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Yuudai can pounce on him.
Larusso throws a jab but it's blocked by Yuudai.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Larusso throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nice body kick from Yuudai.
Yuudai scores with a jab. Larusso acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Larusso closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Yuudai avoids the body shot from Larusso.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Takeshi Yuudai dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Yuudai. Larusso does a little dance to reset his feet.
Larusso scores with the left hand. Yuudai knows he should have avoided that one.
Yuudai connects with an inside leg kick.
Larusso dips to his left and cracks Yuudai with an uppercut!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Yuudai checks a leg kick.
Yuudai is looking to counter with a body kick.
Yuudai lands with a hook. Larusso tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Larusso on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Yuudai with a jab.
Yuudai throws a head kick that misses.
Yuudai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Larusso.
Yuudai with a hook.
Yuudai throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Larusso sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Larusso! But no joy.
Larusso takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Larusso throws a series of punches but Yuudai moves out of range.
Yuudai getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Larusso misses with a straight right.
Yuudai is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Larusso can do to turn this around?
Larusso misses with a low kick.
Yuudai scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuudai pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Larusso looks to land a left hand but Yuudai moved out of range nicely.
A slow jab from Larusso misses its intended target.
Larusso looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Larusso throws a poor cross that misses
and Yuudai counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Larusso gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Larusso connects with a looping right hand.
A cross from Larusso lands.
Larusso fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Yuudai checks it well.
Yuudai 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.
Yuudai on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Yuudai motions for Larusso to come forward. Yuudai throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Larusso's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Larusso connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Larusso tries to work over Yuudai's front leg with a kick but Yuudai checks it.
A big left from Larusso misses.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Larusso might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Yuudai has got the better of the exchanges.
Larusso lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Yuudai connects with an inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larusso tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yuudai was well out of range. Poor timing from Larusso.
Yuudai chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Larusso connects with an inside leg kick.
Yuudai shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Larusso dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yuudai. That did some damage!
Takeshi Yuudai is winning the standup battle so far.
Yuudai waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Larusso.
Larusso lands a body shot.
Larusso throws a looping overhand right but Yuudai ducks down to avoid it.
Yuudai misses the shot to the body.
Yuudai misses with an attempted mid kick.
Larusso throws a head kick but Yuudai moves out of range.
Yuudai tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A shot to the liver by Yuudai. Beautiful body shot.
Larusso throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Larusso pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Yuudai throws a nice outside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Larusso.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yuudai throws the kick towards the body but Larusso avoids it.
Larusso fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Larusso looks to land a left hand but Yuudai moved out of range nicely.
A jab from Yuudai misses.
Larusso throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Yuudai throws the left hand but Larusso avoids the punch easily.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Yuudai.
Yuudai throws a leg kick that is checked
and Larusso counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Yuudai throws a body kick that misses.
Yuudai lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A telegraphed right hand from Larusso misses the target.
Larusso misses with a leg kick
and Yuudai counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Yuudai tries to land a front kick but Larusso steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A thudding body kick lands there by Larusso!
Larusso throws a lazy right hand but Yuudai sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Larusso throws a shot to the body.
Yuudai checks the leg kick nicely there.
Yuudai tried to counter with a leg kick but Larusso avoided it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Larusso, right into the meat.
Yuudai scores with a body shot.
Larusso has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Yuudai swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yuudai cracks Larusso with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That kick from Yuudai tenderised Larusso's leg. Larusso is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jab by Larusso.
Yuudai misses with a kick to the body.
Larusso on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yuudai. Yuudai obviously looking to wear him down.
Larusso bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Yuudai's head backwards.
Yuudai is looking to land body kicks.
Yuudai doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Larusso throws a body shot but no joy.
A little feinted left hand from Yuudai on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Yuudai misses with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yuudai clobbers Larusso with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Yuudai plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Larusso has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Yuudai finds it's way round the side to connect with Larusso's head.
Larusso misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Daniel Larusso will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Yuudai cracks Larusso with an open hand slap.
Yuudai takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Larusso throws a shot from downtown. Yuudai moves away and avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Larusso.
Yuudai appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Larusso connects with a leg kick. Yuudai looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Larusso keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Larusso fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yuudai manages to avoid it.
Larusso moves out of range as Yuudai throws a body kick.
Larusso attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Yuudai tried to score with a low kick but Larusso checks it.
Yuudai moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromLarusso.
A low kick from Yuudai is predictable there
and Larusso counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Yuudai throws a looping overhand right but Larusso ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yuudai is looking to land body kicks.
A countering left hand to the body from Larusso misses.
Yuudai pivots, looking for a leg kick but Larusso is out of range and Yuudai settles back down.
Yuudai keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Larusso throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Yuudai counter with a right hand.
Yuudai looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuudai takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Larusso.
Larusso throws a head kick that misses.
Larusso throws a leg kick but Yuudai checks it.
Yuudai throws a nice inside leg kick.
Larusso staying out of range there.
Yuudai misses with a low kick.
Larusso takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Yuudai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Larusso avoids the body shot from Yuudai.
Yuudai throws a nice inside leg kick.
Larusso pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Yuudai scores with a jab to the jaw.
Yuudai lands a glancing blow to the side of Larusso's head.
Yuudai takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Larusso lands a leg kick that knocks Yuudai off balance momentarily.
Yuudai pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yuudai takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Yuudai fakes the leg kick and cracks Larusso in the body.
Larusso lands a jab to Yuudai's midsection.
A head kick misses from Larusso.
Yuudai lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Larusso backs up against the cage.
Yuudai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yuudai shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Yuudai doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Yuudai takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Larusso throws a hook to the side of Yuudai's head but Yuudai sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Larusso checks the leg kick nicely there.
Yuudai staying out of range there.
Larusso moves out of range of the body kick from Yuudai.
Yuudai throws a low kick but Larusso moves out of range easily.
A countering left hand to the body from Larusso misses.
Yuudai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Larusso avoids the body shot from Yuudai.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Yuudai. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Yuudai.
Yuudai throws a poor cross that misses
and Yuudai takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yuudai throws a nice head kick!
Yuudai blocks a jab.
A swing and a miss from Yuudai.
Yuudai walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Larusso checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Yuudai throws a quick inside leg kick.
Larusso thumps Yuudai with a low kick.
Larusso throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Larusso throws a lazy head kick
and Yuudai counters with a nice leg kick.
Larusso misses with a straight right.
Larusso ducks under a wild hook from Yuudai.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Yuudai.
Larusso throws a shot from downtown. Yuudai moves away and avoids it.
Yuudai looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Larusso.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Yuudai lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Larusso has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Larusso and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Yuudai connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Larusso tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Larusso takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Yuudai takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Yuudai, right into the meat.
The fighters circling - Yuudai throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Larusso fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Larusso chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Yuudai can pounce on him.
Larusso misses with a head kick.
The crowd cheers as Yuudai lands an impressive looking overhand right. Larusso doesn't seem phased though.
Yuudai moves out of range of the leg kick from Larusso.
Yuudai lands with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Larusso gets tackled into the cage by Yuudai. Yuudai maintains the clinch.
Yuudai breaks from the clinch.
Larusso has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yuudai.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Takeshi Yuudai.
Well Yuudai 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Takeshi Yuudai!
After winning the bout, Takeshi Yuudai thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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