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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yoshihiro Asai (ranked 195 p4p, 28 weight class) and Rupert Blasts (ranked 226 p4p, 33 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Rupert Blasts was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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193 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
15 - 5 - 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
21 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rupert Blasts!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blasts tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Blasts connects with a body shot that sends Asai 's belly button to the back.
Blasts tries to clinch up but Asai circles away and keeps his distance.
Blasts walks into a left hand.
Asai blocks a low kick nicely.
Blasts lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Asai throws a sloppy head kick and Blasts moves out of range easily.
Blasts throws out a counter right but Asai avoids it with no problem.
Asai throws a shot from downtown. Blasts moves away and avoids it.
Blasts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Asai fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Asai lands a head kick!
A jab lands there for Blasts.
Asai avoids the body shot from Blasts.
Blasts looks to land a right hand but Asai moved out of range.
The crowd cheers as Asai lands an impressive looking overhand right. Blasts doesn't seem phased though.
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 lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Blasts circles away quickly and effectively.
Blasts misses with a body shot.
Blasts tries to work over Asai 's front leg with a kick but Asai checks it.
Asai jabs Blasts right on the nose. Blasts blinks but takes it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blasts connects with a good right hand that stumbles Asai . Asai circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Asai connects with an inside leg kick.
Blasts uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Asai .
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Blasts.
Asai 's jab looks to have found its range, popping Blasts under the eye.
Blasts moves out of range of the body kick from Asai .
Blasts tries a quick counter leg kick but Asai is wise to it.
Blasts darts in and clinches Asai up against the cage.
Asai tries to land knees in the clinch but Blasts avoids the damage to the body.
Asai manages to break the clinch.
Blasts thows a left - swing and a miss!
Asai stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Blasts.
Blasts scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice defenses there by Blasts.
Asai looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Asai steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blasts.
Asai throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blasts throws a sloppy head kick and Asai moves out of range easily.
Blasts gets a clinch.
Blasts lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asai is looking to break free of the clinch but Blasts has double underhooks.
Blasts lands a left hand that snaps the head of Asai backwards.
Blasts with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Blasts tries to work over Asai 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blasts blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blasts.
Asai wants to get back to striking at distance but Blasts won't allow it.
Asai lands with a light punch inside.
Asai missing with knees to the body.
Blasts lands a right hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Blasts creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Asai lands a body shot.
Blasts swings wildly with an uppercut but Asai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blasts lands a hook to the side of the head.
Asai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Asai misses with some punches.
Asai swings wildly with an uppercut but Blasts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blasts throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blasts landing knees to the head.
It looks like Yoshihiro Asai has been cut.
Blasts lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blasts blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blasts scores with a shoulder strike.
Blasts breaks from the clinch.
Asai walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Asai tries to land a front kick but Blasts steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Asai looks to land a right hand but Blasts moved out of range.
Blasts clinches up against the cage.
Asai trying to land knees to the body.
Blasts blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Asai breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Blasts scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Asai throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A head kick misses from Asai .
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blasts throws a head kick but Asai moves out of range.
Blasts moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blasts lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Blasts tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Asai paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Blasts jabs at Asai 's body.
Asai throws a jab when Blasts was well out of range.
Blasts moves out of range as Asai throws a body kick.
Asai throws a sloppy head kick and Blasts moves out of range easily.
Asai throws a head kick but Blasts moves out of range.
Asai with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Blasts to score with a decent uppercut.
Asai keeps Blasts at a distance using the push kick.
Blasts looks to land a left hand but Asai moved out of range nicely.
Asai blocks a jab.
A jab lands there for Blasts.
Asai uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Blasts.
It looked like Asai was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Blasts.
A head kick misses from Asai .
Blasts steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Asai .
Blasts is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A good leg kick by Blasts.
Blasts lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Asai scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Blasts has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Asai throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Blasts on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rupert Blasts dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yoshihiro Asai 's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Asai misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Blasts swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Asai looks to land a body kick but Blasts moved away.
It seemed like Blasts was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Blasts in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Asai lands a slapping body shot.
Asai slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Asai throws a series of punches but Blasts avoids them all with ease.
Asai tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blasts was well out of range. Poor timing from Asai .
Asai pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Asai looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Blasts lands a jab to the head.
Asai throws a push kick but Blasts slaps the foot to one side.
Asai throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Blasts on the side of the head.
Yoshihiro Asai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Asai works the jab nicely.
Asai throws a lazy uppercut
and Blasts counters with a left to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Asai throws a lazy right hand but Blasts sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Blasts tries to counter by closing the distance.
Asai lands a jab to the head.
Asai closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Yoshihiro Asai is winning the standup battle so far.
Asai fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Blasts, pushing him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Asai lands a left hand that snaps the head of Blasts backwards.
Blasts blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Asai 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Asai trying to land knees to the body.
Blasts throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Asai s head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Blasts lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Blasts lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Asai swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blasts is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Asai is defending well for now.
Blasts managing to block the knees to the body from Asai .
A head punch blocked on the inside by Asai .
Blasts looking to throw knees to the head but Asai is blocking nicely.
Blasts lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Blasts lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Blasts lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right from Blasts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blasts lands with a light punch inside.
Blasts has a couple of punches blocked by Asai .
Asai is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blasts is defending well for now.
Asai working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Blasts blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Blasts misses with a knee to the head.
Blasts using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Asai has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Blasts digs a right hand underneath Asai 's ribcage. Asai let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Blasts tries to land knees in the clinch but Asai avoids the damage to the body.
Blasts fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Blasts blocks a body shot from Asai .
Asai tries to land knees in the clinch but Blasts avoids the damage to the body.
Rupert Blasts seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A bit of stalling here from Asai .
Asai misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blasts.
Blasts with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Blasts as Asai tries to tie him up.
Asai lands a right hand that snaps the head of Blasts backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blasts misses with a punch to the body.
Blasts tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blasts misses with a hook to the ribs.
Asai is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Blasts tries to land a knee to the head but Asai blocks with his arms.
Asai trying to land knees to the body.
Asai blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Asai crunches a lovely knee into Blasts's ribcage.
Blasts tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Asai stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Blasts lands a shoulder strike.
Asai 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Asai throws a sloppy head kick and Blasts moves out of range easily.
Blasts works the jab nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blasts blocks a head kick by Asai .
A low kick from Blasts misses
and Asai counters with an outside leg kick.
Blasts scores with a shot to the body.
A shot to the body from Blasts misses
and Asai cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Asai punishes Blasts's body with a nice straight punch.
Asai staying out of range there.
Blasts lands a nice looking body shot.
Asai takes a swing at Blasts's ribcage but misses.
A head kick misses from Asai .
Nice uppercut there from Blasts.
Asai takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Blasts blocks a jab.
A big left from Asai misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Asai misses with a wild body shot.
Blasts looks to land a right hand but Asai moved out of range.
Blasts wants to slow Asai down by chopping away at his legs.
A clash of legs there as Asai blocks the low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Rupert Blasts will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Yoshihiro Asai 's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Asai fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Blasts connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Asai tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Asai avoids the body shot from Blasts.
Asai throws a head kick that misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Blasts, right into the meat.
Blasts gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Asai escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Blasts throws a low kick but it's checked well by Asai .
Blasts has Asai up against the cage in a clinch.
Blasts is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Asai is defending well for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blasts trying to land knees to the body.
Blasts scores with a shoulder strike.
Asai tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Asai tries to land knees in the clinch but Blasts avoids the damage to the body.
Blasts swings wildly with an uppercut but Asai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Blasts as Asai tries to tie him up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Asai .
Asai wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Blasts fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Blasts.
Blasts trying to land knees to the body.
Blasts prevents Asai from breaking the clinch.
Blasts letting Asai take a breather here.
Blasts throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Asai blocks it with crossed arms.
Blasts misses with a hook from the clinch.
Asai misses with some punches.
Asai blocking some punches.
Blasts avoiding damage as Asai throws knees to the body.
Asai goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Blasts lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Asai .
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asai tries to land knees in the clinch but Blasts avoids the damage to the body.
Asai blocks an uppercut.
Blasts landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Asai .
Asai goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Blasts with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Blasts connects with a nasty looking knee right to Asai 's face.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blasts lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Asai backwards.
Blasts throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Asai blocks it with crossed arms.
Blasts avoiding damage as Asai throws knees to the body.
Asai misses with a knee strike.
Blasts working Asai over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Blasts landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Blasts misses with a knee strike.
Blasts lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Blasts lands with a right to the head.
Blasts managing to block the knees to the body from Asai .
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blasts scores with a knee to the head.
Blasts pushes Asai back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Asai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blasts misses with a punch on the inside.
Blasts lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Asai struggles to land a body shot inside as Blasts controls his hands.
Blasts throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Blasts lands a knee to the head.
Blasts on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blasts misses with a knee to the head.
Blasts misses with some punches.
Asai manages to break the clinch.
Blasts tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Asai manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Blasts jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Asai feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Asai .
A telegraphed right hand from Asai misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blasts smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Asai swinging wildly here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good work by Asai as he checks the leg kick.
Asai throws out a loose jab but Blasts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Asai throws a jab but it's blocked by Blasts.
Blasts thuds a left hand into Asai 's body.
Good exchange - Blasts coming out on top.
A lazy left from Blasts finds it's target.
Blasts lands with an uppercut that bounces Asai off the cage and back into range.
Blasts lands with a hook. Asai tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Blasts throws a right hand that Asai ducks under and follows up with a left that Asai also avoids with ease.
Asai tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Blasts misses with a looping right.
Blasts fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Asai , pushing him back against the cage.
Yoshihiro Asai has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A knee to the head by Blasts.
Blasts has a couple of punches blocked by Asai .
And that's the end of the fight!
Rupert Blasts comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Blasts 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rupert Blasts!
After the fight, Rupert Blasts was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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