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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Walter White (ranked 3754 p4p, 289 weight class) and Satoru Takada (ranked 3785 p4p, 291 weight class). Satoru Takada told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Walter White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Satoru Takada!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Steve Montenegro and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takada keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from White.
White throws a right hand that misses
and Takada counters with a straight right hand.
Takada lands a nice hook to White's body. White takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Takada looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
White appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
White fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Takada checks it well.
White avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
White throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
White throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Takada tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. White manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
White misses with a kick to the body.
White looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
White takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Takada ducks under a wild hook from White.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takada misses with a leg kick.
White swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
White takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Takada moves away.
White throws a nice outside leg kick.
Takada uses good head movement to avoid the hook from White.
Walter White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White throws a jab when Takada was well out of range.
Takada checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takada tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Takada takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Takada misses with a hook.
Takada swings for the body but White moves out of range.
Takada throws a lazy right hand but White sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Takada lands a body shot.
Takada throws out a powerful jab.
Takada throws a low kick but White moves out of range easily.
White just misses with a punch to the body.
White takes a swing at Takada's ribcage but misses.
Takada steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from White.
We've been informed that Takada 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.
White walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
White lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
White misses with a body shot.
White darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
White lands a nice looking kick to the body. Takada takes a step back to recover.
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!
White tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Takada is able to avoid easily.
White uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Takada has time to react.
White lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
White tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Takada was well out of range. Poor timing from White.
White scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White throws a leg kick that misses.
Takada missing with a left hand there. White was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Takada misses with a straight left.
Takada misses the shot to the body.
White steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Takada.
Takada takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
White fakes the leg kick and cracks Takada in the body.
Takada throws a hook but White blocks it.
Takada lands a right hook to the body.
Takada fails to land with a series of punches.
White scores with a jab. Takada acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
White throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Takada sees it coming and avoids it easily.
White explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Takada takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Takada has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from White.
White looks to land a right hand but Takada moved out of range.
White tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Takada was well out of range. Poor timing from White.
Takada misses with a low kick.
White lands a jab.
White takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
White looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White lands a leg kick that knocks Takada off balance momentarily.
White ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
White uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Takada.
Takada uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from White.
Takada moves into the clinch.
Takada is leaning against White and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
White breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
White tries a low kick but Takada avoids it.
White throws a lazy uppercut
and Takada connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
White lands a really nice looking cross but Takada seems unphased.
Takada keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
White pivots, looking for a leg kick but Takada is out of range and White settles back down.
Takada wants to counter with a clinch but White pushes him away.
White fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
White just misses with a punch to the body.
White connects with a body shot.
White tries a low kick but Takada avoids it.
Takada swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A swing and a miss from White.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Takada! But no joy.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from White.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Takada throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White throws an off balance right hand
and Takada counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Good work by Takada as he checks the leg kick.
Takada tests White's chin there with a solid looking shot.
White misses with a hook.
Takada is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! White had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
White misses the shot to the body.
White throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Takada blocks the body kick.
White has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Takada finds it's way round the side to connect with White's head.
Good leg kick by White there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
White misses with a lunging right hand
letting Takada counter with a right hand.
White throws a body kick that misses
and Takada connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Takada throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent White stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A big left from Takada misses.
White fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Takada is out of range.
Takada tries to clinch but White moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Takada staying out of range there.
White pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
White connects with a solid leg kick.
White swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Takada let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Takada's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Takada throws the left hand but White avoids the punch easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Walter White will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
White tries to score with a low kick but Takada moves his leg out of the way.
Takada swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Takada throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
White swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
An inside leg kick lands from White.
Sloppy strikes from Takada. Those never looked like landing.
White attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Takada let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Takada connects with a body shot that sends White's belly button to the back.
White lands with a thumping leg kick.
Takada scores with a jab to the jaw.
Takada throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Takada misses the shot to the body.
Takada misses with a hook. White ducked under it nicely.
Takada blocks a leg kick.
White fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Takada has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takada lands a right hook to the body.
White throws a hook but Takada avoids it easily.
White tries a low kick but Takada avoids it.
Takada moves out of range of the leg kick from White.
White tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Takada was well out of range. Poor timing from White.
Takada keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
White keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White scores with a nice body kick.
Nice shot lands for Takada.
Takada is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White.
Walter White is winning the standup battle so far.
Takada chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before White can pounce on him.
White throws a leg kick but Takada moved away.
White misses with a double jab.
White scores with a shot to the body.
Takada keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from White.
White misses with a low kick.
White misses with a leg kick
and Takada counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Takada lands a lovely overhand right.
White misses with a body shot.
White thuds his shin into the meat of Takada's side.
Takada misses with a straight right.
White lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
White buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A head kick misses from White.
White jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nice defenses there by White.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takada throws a jab when White was well out of range.
A leg kick checked by Takada.
White throws a low kick, looking for Takada's leg but Takada calmly moves out of range.
White keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Takada scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. White doesn't seem bothered though.
White takes a swing at Takada's ribcage but misses.
Takada throws a hook but White blocks it.
Takada misses with a looping left.
Takada throws a hook but White avoids it easily.
Takada avoids the body shot from White.
Takada ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
White moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Takada throws a looping overhand right but White ducks down to avoid it.
A quick step to the side and White tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from White does it's job there.
White throws a leg kick but Takada sees it coming and moves out of range.
Takada throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
White goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
White wants to slow Takada down by chopping away at his legs.
Takada works White's body with a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White lands the left hand.
Takada uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from White.
White has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
White throws the left hand but Takada avoids the punch easily.
Takada slips a straight right by White.
Takada doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
White cracks a nice hook into Takada's ribs.
White scoring well with a low kick there.
White scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Takada takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Takada takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Takada throws out a loose jab but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from White misses the target.
Takada throws a body punch but White moves out of range.
White misses with a body shot.
White misses with an uppercut.
White throws a half hearted mid kick.
White throws an off balance right hand
and Takada counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Takada uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White.
Takada waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract White.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takada fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but White is out of range.
White misses with a low kick.
Takada wants to slow White down by chopping away at his legs.
Takada takes a swing at White's ribcage but misses.
Takada jabbing away but nothing is landing.
White looks to land a right hand but Takada moved out of range.
Takada throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice jab there from White.
Takada misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
White throws a hook but Takada blocks it.
A little jabbing left from Takada on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
White avoids the body shot from Takada.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by White.
White throws a wild body kick that Takada sees coming a mile off.
A countering left hand to the body from Takada misses.
White scores with a body shot.
Takada misses the shot to the body.
White is looking to counter punch.
Jab by White.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot to the body from White misses
and Takada counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Takada is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White.
Takada throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
White appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Walter White dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
White takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Takada moves out of range of the body kick from White.
A big right from Takada misses.
Takada is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
White jabbing away but nothing is landing.
White staying out of range there.
Takada 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.
White misses with a hook to the body
and Takada connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Takada jabs White right on the nose. White blinks but takes it well.
Takada throws a big shot that misses.
White thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Takada if he has to take too many more of those.
White connects with a solid leg kick.
Good exchange - White coming out on top.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Takada darts in and clinches White up against the cage.
Takada lands a left hand that snaps the head of White backwards.
Takada scores with a nice hook to the head.
White lands a left hand that snaps the head of Takada backwards.
Takada goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, White scores with a nice short uppercut.
White wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Takada has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White lands with a left to the head.
Takada lands with a short shot to the head.
Takada blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Takada tries to throw a body punch but White avoids it by throwing Takada back against the cage.
Takada misses with a punch on the inside.
Takada lands a body punch.
White lands a hook to the side of the head.
White wants to break the clinch but can't.
Takada scores with a hook to the body.
Takada tried to land a shot to the body but connects with White's elbow.
White gets through Takada's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Takada blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Takada tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Takada blocks the elbow strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from White.
A nice right hand lands inside from Takada.
Takada misses with an elbow over the top.
Still in the clinch, White scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
White misses with a body kick.
White displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Takada throws out the jab.
Satoru Takada has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takada waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract White.
Takada tries to bum rush White with a series of wild strikes but White uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
White motions for Takada to come forward. White throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Takada unleashes a big counter combination but White bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Takada lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Takada moves away from the strike by White.
White lands a right hook to the body.
Takada throws a shot from downtown. White moves away and avoids it.
White throws a low kick but Takada avoids it.
Takada checks a leg kick.
White works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
White throws a body shot but no joy.
White throws a nice outside leg kick.
White looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Takada.
White keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Takada misses the shot to the body.
Takada misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from White.
White lands a nice looking body kick.
Takada dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on White. That did some damage!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from White does it's job there.
White throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Takada looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
Takada throws a looping overhand right but White ducks down to avoid it.
White connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
White keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Takada.
Takada connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
White motions for Takada to come forward. White throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Takada misses with a leg kick.
Takada looks to throw the jab but White is out of range.
Takada lands a nice shot to the body.
Takada 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.
Takada throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
White keeps Takada at a distance using the push kick.
White takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
It looks like Walter White has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Takada takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Takada lands a big head kick that sends White tumbling to the mat! Takada takes a step backwards and waves White back to his feet - he wants the finish!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takada cracks a nice hook into White's ribs.
White fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Takada on the side of the head.
Takada is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White.
Takada on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Walter White is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
White connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
White gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Takada.
White is rocked!
Takada lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but White circles away quickly and effectively.
Oh White is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
White lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
White seems to have got his legs back now.
White connects with a single shot there.
Takada throws out a loose jab but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
White cracks a nice hook into Takada's ribs.
Takada throws a body shot but no joy.
A solid body kick from White.
White scores with a spinning back kick!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
White catches Takada with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Takada takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Takada stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from White.
White throws a low kick, looking for Takada's leg but Takada calmly moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Satoru Takada.
I think White 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:28
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Walter White!
An out of breath Walter White thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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