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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Thip Top (ranked 3355 p4p, 293 weight class) and Kaede Jun (ranked 670 p4p, 80 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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155 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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Excellent 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
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Thip Top!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kaede Jun!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Daniel Bishop and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jun cracks Top with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Top gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jun lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Top closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jun misses with a hook from the clinch.
Top throws an elbow but it misses.
Jun tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Top's elbow.
Jun swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Top lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Kaede Jun has been cut.
Jun misses with a short punch on the inside.
Top leaning his opponent against the cage.
Jun blocks an elbow strike.
Jun has a couple of punches blocked by Top.
Top controlling the action here for a moment.
Top is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Top blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jun fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Jun fails to land.
Jun takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jun managing to block the knees to the body from Top.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Top misses with a punch to the body.
Top lands a nice uppercut.
Top misses with the head strike.
Top scores with a hook to the body.
Top is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jun swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jun tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Top lands an elbow inside that Jun shrugs off.
Jun lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Top lands an elbow inside.
Jun pushes Top back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jun lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Top misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jun misses with a punch on the inside.
Jun is working Top over against the cage.
Top misses with some punches.
Jun lands a nice uppercut.
Jun lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jun working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Top struggles to land a body shot inside as Jun controls his hands.
Jun scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jun misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jun misses with the head strike.
Top missing with knees to the body.
Top doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Top stalls.
Jun can't find room to land a body shot as Top controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jun.
Top lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jun backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Top.
Jun tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jun doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jun lands a left hand that snaps the head of Top backwards.
Jun lands with a light punch inside.
Top lands a damaging elbow.
Jun swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jun misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Top takes a shot to the head.
Jun has a couple of punches blocked by Top.
Top is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jun is keeping busy.
Top struggles to land a body shot inside as Jun controls his hands.
Jun misses with a punch on the inside.
Jun is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jun tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Top's elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Jun.
Jun avoids a wild elbow strike from Top.
Top doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Top with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jun has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Top seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Jun can turn it around.
A left hand lands to the body for Jun.
Top wants to stall.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Top creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
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!
Jun tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jun misses with a punch on the inside.
Top misses with a hook from the clinch.
Top tries to throw a body punch but Jun avoids it by throwing Top back against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Top as the two fighters clinch.
Jun scores with a nice hook to the head.
Top tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Top lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jun backwards.
Top misses with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Top just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jun's brow.
Jun scores with a nice hook to the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Top has Jun pushed against the cage.
Jun tries to throw a body punch but Top avoids it by throwing Jun back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kaede Jun dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kaede Jun's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Jun fails in his attempt to clinch.
Top wants to clinch.
Top has closed the distance and engaged Jun in a clinch.
Jun scores with a nice hook to the head.
Top lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Top looking to slow down the pace here.
Good body shot from Jun.
Jun scores with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jun misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jun goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jun lands a left hand that snaps the head of Top backwards.
Jun misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jun swings wildly with an uppercut but Top uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jun creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jun misses with a short punch on the inside.
Top is trying to stall.
Jun misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Top.
Top blocks a body shot from Jun.
Top lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jun stalling in the clinch but Top improves position.
Top lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Top comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jun lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Top backwards.
Top is trying to maintain a safe position but Jun gets an underhook and turns Top into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jun.
Jun lands with a left to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jun as Top tries to tie him up.
Jun takes a shot to the head.
Top comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Top blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Top is stalling here.
Jun lands with a left to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice elbow from Top.
Jun scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jun throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Top misses with a hook to the ribs.
Top blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jun lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jun throws a punch but it's blocked by Top.
Jun lands with a short shot to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Top - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Top misses with some punches.
Jun blocking some punches.
Jun misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jun is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jun pushes Top back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jun lands a hook that snaps the head of Top backwards.
Jun working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Jun fails to land.
Nice body punch from Top.
Top lands a damaging elbow.
Jun working aggressively here.
Jun blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Top.
Jun lands with a light punch inside.
Top fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jun misses with a punch on the inside.
Jun letting Top take a breather here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Top.
Jun throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Top.
Top lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jun dodges an elbow strike from Top.
Top working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jun softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jun misses with some punches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Top - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Jun lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jun throws a punch but it's blocked by Top.
Top lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jun misses with the head strike.
Kaede Jun seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Top throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Top blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jun gets through Top's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Top is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Top blocks an uppercut.
Jun has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A short left from Jun.
Top lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kaede Jun showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kaede Jun's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Jun loads up on a big right hand but Top slips the punch.
Jun looks to land a combination but Top avoids it well.
Top wants to clinch.
Top doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Top moves into the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Jun.
Top blocks an uppercut.
Top tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jun.
Top misses with an elbow over the top.
Top stalling in the clinch but Jun improves position.
The referee calls for Top to work.
Jun taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jun tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Top blocking some punches.
Jun blocks an elbow strike from Top.
Top misses with a body punch.
Jun fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jun misses with a punch on the inside.
Top pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Top gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jun lands a right hand.
Top has a couple of punches blocked by Jun.
With the fighters up against the cage, Top throws an elbow but misses.
Top misses with an elbow strike.
Jun blocks an elbow strike from Top.
Jun misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Top lands a nice elbow.
Jun tries a body shot but Top blocks it.
Top stalling the fight.
Top misses with a hook from the clinch.
Top misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jun.
Jun misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jun.
Jun misses with the head strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jun tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jun misses with the head strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Top throws an elbow but misses.
Jun trying to control the position but instead, Top has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jun into the cage.
Thip Top has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Top blocks an uppercut.
Top looking to stall.
Jun misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jun misses with a body punch.
Jun swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Top lands a body punch.
Top lands a damaging elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jun looking to slow down the pace here.
Jun taking a breather.
Jun blocks an elbow strike.
Jun lands a left hand.
Jun throws a punch but it's blocked by Top.
Jun struggles to land a body shot inside as Top controls his hands.
Jun struggles to land a body shot inside as Top controls his hands.
Jun tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Top prevents a body shot from Jun.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Top.
Top doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jun misses with a punch on the inside.
Top lands a body shot.
Top goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jun trying to stall but Top improves his position.
Top looking to slow down the pace here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Top looking to slow down the pace here.
Top can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Top lands a damaging elbow.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Top misses with an elbow strike.
Jun tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Top doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Top lands an elbow inside.
Jun being controlled against the cage.
Top blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jun lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Top misses with a body punch.
Jun avoids the elbow strike from Top, against the cage.
Jun trying to stall but Top improves his position.
Kaede Jun is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Jun taking a breather.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kaede Jun.
Well Jun 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kaede Jun!
Kaede Jun decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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