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Zan 36 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Papa Shango (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaxon James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 lbs
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180 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Papa Shango!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jaxon James!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James feints and as Shango raises his hands in defense, James changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Shango is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and James defends well.
Shango throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
James must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Shango has his foot on James's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. James works his way back into a safe position though.
James in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
James throwing strikes from guard but Shango blocks nicely.
James postures up in Shango's guard and throws a big left but Shango blocks it.
Shango trying to keep a closed guard but James is proving a slippery customer.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as James accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
James throws a sloppy strike and Shango has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! James is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Shango!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Papa Shango!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kawazoe Masato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zhen Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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190 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily |
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kawazoe Masato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zhen Long!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Long tries to clinch but Masato is having none of it.
Long tries to close the distance and clinch but Masato swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Masato.
Masato tries to land a front kick but Long steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Long avoids a kick to the body.
Long tries to close the distance and clinch up but Masato swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Masato throws a head kick but Long moves out of range.
Long fails with an attempt to clinch.
Long fails in his attempt to clinch.
Masato throws a solid leg kick but Long takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Masato.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Masato.
Long fails with an attempt to clinch.
Long moves in looking to clinch but Masato pushes him off.
Masato attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Long tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masato swinging wildly here.
Masato fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Long fails in his attempt to clinch.
Long tries to clinch there but Masato circles away.
Masato goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Masato showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Long.
Long fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Masato.
Masato looks for a takedown but Long sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kawazoe Masato. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Masato is breathing heavily.
Masato goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Masato misses with a looping right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masato takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Zhen Long is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Masato throws a leg kick
and Long counters with a body kick.
Long tries to close the distance and clinch up but Masato swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Long tries to clinch there but Masato circles away.
Long has taken the fight to the clinch.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Masato blocks with his arms.
Masato could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Long connects with a nasty looking knee right to Masato's face.
Long connects with a knee to the head.
Masato is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Long tries a knee to the head but Masato blocks it.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Masato blocks with his arms.
Long misses with a knee to the head.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Masato blocks with his arms.
Masato jumps guard but Long stands there with Masato around his waist. Masato gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masato breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Long is looking to clinch but Masato is avoiding it.
Long tries to close the distance and clinch up but Masato swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Masato misses with the body kick
and Long counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Masato throws a sloppy head kick
and Long counters with an outside leg kick.
Masato throws a leg kick but Long moved away.
Masato shoots in and drives through. Long sprawls well.
Masato turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Long avoids the head kick by Masato.
Long blocks a head kick by Masato.
Long doesn't manage to clinch there - Masato circles away.
Long has managed to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Masato has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Long is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Masato trying to land knees to the body.
Masato breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Masato throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Long's waist but Long gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Masato off to one side.
Long tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Long darts in and clinches Masato up against the cage.
Masato manages to break the clinch.
Masato swats away the attempt to clinch by Long.
Masato gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Long lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Masato is trying to drag Long to the mat but Long just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Long keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Masato's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zhen Long dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Long wants to clinch but Masato slips to the side
so Masato counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Long working for a triangle but Masato defends it easily.
Long is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Masato in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Masato stands up from Long's guard - Masato perhaps looking for a knockout.
Masato shoots in but Long avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Long keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masato thows a leg kick but Long checks it
and Long counters with a nice kick to the body.
Long avoids the head kick by Masato.
Masato throws a nice inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Long.
Masato swats away the attempt to clinch by Long.
Long keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kawazoe Masato. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Long closes the distance looking to clinch
and Masato counters with a series of strikes. Long will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Long lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Masato fails with a takedown attempt.
Kawazoe Masato is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Long misses with the combination.
Long connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Masato uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Long has time to react.
Masato throws a sloppy head kick
and Long counters with a three punch combo that has Masato backing up. Masato nods at Long to acknowledge the strikes.
Masato circles away from the clinch attempt
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Masato counters with a low kick, right behind Long 's knee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long closes the distance looking to clinch
and Masato counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Long's guard now.
Masato knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Long on the ground.
Masato wants to stand but Long is controlling his posture from full guard.
Masato got a little sloppy there for a moment and Long has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Masato has managed to get both his arms back between Long's legs - danger averted.
Masato loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Masato trying to stand up but can't free himself from Long's guard.
Masato stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long tries to clinch but Masato moves away
and Masato counters with a big head kick but Long shrugs it off.
Long tries to clinch there but Masato circles away.
Masato avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Masato misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Long closes the distance looking to clinch
and Masato counters with a head kick. That will keep Long thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Masato misses with a kick to the body
and Long counters with a head kick.
Masato misses with a kick to the body.
Masato misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kawazoe Masato dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
A nice leg kick lands there from Masato.
Masato blocks the body kick.
Masato tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A lazy body kick from Masato
and Long counters with a body kick.
Long is looking to clinch.
Long wants to clinch.
Long tries to clinch up but Masato circles away and keeps his distance.
Long wants to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
No joy there for Long, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Long closes the distance and clinches.
Masato wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Long has him pressed against the cage.
Long blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Long looking to throw knees to the head but Masato is blocking nicely.
Masato wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Masato is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Long tries a knee to the head but Masato blocks it.
Masato landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Long misses with the head strike.
Masato tries to pull guard but Long holds him up against the cage and eventually Masato drops back down to his feet.
Long misses with a knee to the head.
Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Masato tries to circle away but Long has him pinned against the cage.
Long lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
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.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Masato lands a knee to the body.
Long lands a right hand.
Long stops a takedown attempt from Masato.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kawazoe Masato. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Long looking to throw knees to the head but Masato is blocking nicely.
Long connects with a knee to the head.
Masato tries to break free but Long pushes him back against the cage.
Long misses with a knee to the head.
Masato misses with some punches.
Masato breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Long tries to clinch but Masato is having none of it.
Masato shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Long pinned against the cage. Long gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Long is looking to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Masato looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Long moves forwards but Masato connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Long stuffs the takedown.
Long tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Masato counters with a slapping leg kick.
Long takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Masato lands a head kick. Long smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Masato shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Long as he avoids it easily.
Masato misses with an attempted mid kick.
Masato misses with a leg kick
and Long counters with a two punch combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Masato tries a head kick but it misses.
Masato throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Long just misses with a punch to the body.
Long tries to clinch but Masato moves away
and Masato counters with a slapping leg kick.
Long doesn't manage to clinch there - Masato circles away.
Masato tries to keep at a distance but Long has taken the fight into the clinch.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Long misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Masato.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Masato drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that's the end of the fight!
Zhen Long comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Long has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zhen Long!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Graeme Souness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee De Jesus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Jesus comes into a darkened arena with his song building. agi agi song kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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213 lbs
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210 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident |
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Basic striking
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Graeme Souness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lee De Jesus!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souness drops De Jesus with a beautiful combination! De Jesus stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Souness is looking for the KO!
De Jesus is rocked!
It looks like Lee De Jesus has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
No joy there for Souness, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
De Jesus is still on wobbly legs! Can Souness finish him?
Souness throws a series of punches but De Jesus moves out of range.
Souness fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De Jesus looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Souness misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Souness lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as De Jesus crumples to the floor! Souness milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Graeme Souness!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rich Brahmin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Datu Satur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rich Brahmin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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215 lbs
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201 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rich Brahmin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Datu Satur!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brahmin slips under a jab from Satur.
Brahmin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Satur connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Rich Brahmin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Satur avoids the body shot from Brahmin.
Satur moves out of range of the body kick.
Satur waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brahmin.
Satur ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Brahmin lands a nice looking body shot.
Brahmin ducks under a wild hook from Satur.
Brahmin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Satur moves away.
Satur throws a shot from downtown. Brahmin moves away and avoids it.
Brahmin misses with a jab to the body
letting Satur counter with a right hand.
It looks like Rich Brahmin has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donk. Satur catches Brahmin right on the button with a cross.
Brahmin moves away from the strike by Satur.
Brahmin closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Brahmin lands in his opponent's guard.
Brahmin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Brahmin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brahmin throwing strikes from guard but Satur blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brahmin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Brahmin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Brahmin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Satur works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Brahmin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Satur works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Brahmin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Brahmin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Brahmin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Brahmin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brahmin working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Brahmin landing some decent shots from guard.
Satur avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Brahmin could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Brahmin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Brahmin working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Satur's head.
Brahmin throwing strikes but missing.
Brahmin with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Brahmin throwing strikes from guard but Satur blocks nicely.
Brahmin 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brahmin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Brahmin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Satur avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Satur really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Brahmin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Brahmin landing with the ground and pound.
Brahmin advances position into side control!
Satur takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Satur takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brahmin cracks Satur with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Brahmin connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Satur some visible discomfort.
Satur looks gassed!
Brahmin is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Satur is trying to escape and Brahmin transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Satur is forced to tap! Nice work there by Brahmin! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rich Brahmin!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Travis High (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Derman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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275 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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236 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin |
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Travis High!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Derman!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for High, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Derman.
Derman throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around High's waist but High gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Derman off to one side.
Derman ducks under a wild hook from High.
High swinging wildly here.
Derman tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but High swivels and escapes.
Travis High has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Derman.
Derman shoots in looking for a takedown. High tries to sprawl out of it but Derman keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. High manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from High. Derman does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
High closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - High lands in his opponent's guard.
High's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Derman looks gassed!
Derman tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
High pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Derman is keeping the position for now.
High working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
High controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
High stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Derman swivels though and keeps the full guard.
High not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Travis High has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
High lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by High.
It looks like Mark Derman has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Derman with a lazy takedown attempt
and High counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
High cracks Derman with a big right hand and Derman goes down!
Derman is rocked!
High is in close to Derman's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Derman is still in real trouble! Can High finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
High stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Derman swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Derman seems to have recovered his senses.
High is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
High knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Derman on the ground.
High missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
High is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
High wants to stand but Derman is controlling his posture from full guard.
We're going to have a standup here because Travis High wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
High thuds a left hand into Derman's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Travis High dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Derman's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
High throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Derman stumbling backwards into the cage! Derman bounces back off the cage towards High, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! High lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! High celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Travis High!
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hype
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pop
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