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ONI Fight Night 22 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marcin Lewandowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryu Techu Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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 Ryu Techu Jr was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marcin Lewandowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryu Techu Jr!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lewandowski uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Techu Jr has time to react.
Nice takedown defense from Lewandowski. No joy for Techu Jr on that attempt.
Techu Jr doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Techu Jr throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Some wild striking there from Lewandowski.
Nice shot by Lewandowski.
Lewandowski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lewandowski punishes Techu Jr's body with a nice straight punch.
Danga de danga de dang - Lewandowski scores with a four punch combination!
It looks like Ryu Techu Jr has been cut.
Lewandowski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lewandowski lands a jab to the head.
Lewandowski looks to land a combination but Techu Jr avoids it well.
A punch combination from Lewandowski misses.
Lewandowski connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lewandowski rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Techu Jr moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lewandowski scores with a nice right hand.
Techu Jr takes a jab right on the kisser.
A nice combination there by Lewandowski.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lewandowski throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lewandowski catches Techu Jr with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Marcin Lewandowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lewandowski fails to land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Techu Jr or perhaps it was just good defense by Lewandowski which made him look bad.
Lewandowski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Techu Jr fails with the takedown.
Marcin Lewandowski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryu Techu Jr.
Techu Jr is looking to land body kicks.
Techu Jr lands a high kick!
Techu Jr looks gassed!
Techu Jr takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Techu Jr has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lewandowski finds it's way round the side to connect with Techu Jr's head.
Techu Jr on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lewandowski's corner calls for a 1-2. Lewandowski obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lewandowski drops Techu Jr with a beautiful combination! Techu Jr stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Lewandowski is looking for the KO!
Techu Jr is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lewandowski lands a body shot.
Techu Jr is still on wobbly legs! Can Lewandowski finish him?
Lewandowski tries to bum rush Techu Jr with a series of wild strikes but Techu Jr uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Techu Jr needs to keep his hands up - Lewandowski had a free shot at his head there.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lewandowski.
Lewandowski throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Techu Jr seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Lewandowski shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Techu Jr is backing up but Lewandowski catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Techu Jr covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Lewandowski Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcin Lewandowski!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Korn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Rabbit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rabbit has chosen Hero by Skillet as his entrance music. Daniel Korn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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155 lbs
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155 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daniel Korn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Rabbit!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rabbit misses the shot to the body.
Korn gets the takedown into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Rabbit looking for a sweep but Korn has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Rabbit working to try and regain half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabbit bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Rabbit is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Korn is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Korn has escaped and now he's on top!
Korn controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Korn accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rabbit has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Korn doesn't defend quickly enough and Rabbit has managed to lock this one up! Can Korn escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Rabbit on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Johnny Rabbit!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Baki Hanma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenny Botwin (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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143 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Baki Hanma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenny Botwin!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Fujiwara and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Hanma or perhaps it was just good defense by Botwin which made him look bad.
A punch combination from Hanma misses.
Hanma lands a head shot.
Hanma throws a shot from downtown. Botwin moves away and avoids it.
Botwin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hanma.
Botwin fails to land the takedown.
Botwin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hanma swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Botwin cracks the inside of Hanma's front leg.
Botwin moves into the clinch.
Botwin has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Hanma uses from the top position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Botwin can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hanma trying to control but Botwin is working from the bottom.
Hanma controlling from the top position.
Hanma gets to his feet. Botwin looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanma feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Botwins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Botwin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hanma.
Hanma takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
It looks like Baki Hanma has been cut.
Hanma rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Botwin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hanma misses with a hook. Botwin ducked under it nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Botwin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kenny Botwin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Botwin ducks under a wild hook from Hanma.
Hanma will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Botwin tries for a takedown but Hanma sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hanma shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Botwin moves in looking to clinch but Hanma pushes him off.
Botwin rushes Hanma and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Botwin throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Botwin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Botwin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Botwin.
Botwin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Botwin pulls guard effortlessly.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hanma accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hanma loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hanma looking to sit in guard and control but Botwin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Hanma 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.
Botwin passes Hanma's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Hanma is trying to stand up here but Botwin is controlling him well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Botwin not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Botwin controlling the pace.
Hanma regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Botwin.
Hanma wants to stand up but Botwin is controlling him.
Botwin has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Hanma is proving hard to escape from.
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.
Hanma keeping moving, preventing Botwin from controlling successfully.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Kenny Botwin wasn't active enough on the ground.
Hanma throws a good cross that connects.
Botwin defending well as Hanma loads up on a big left hand.
Botwin throws a body punch but Hanma moves out of range.
Hanma blocks a head kick by Botwin.
A head kick misses from Botwin.
Hanma swats away the attempt to clinch by Botwin.
Botwin is looking to clinch but Hanma is avoiding it.
Botwin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hanma finds it's way round the side to connect with Botwin's head.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Hanma finds it's way through Botwin's defenses.
Botwin with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Hanma counter with a right hand.
Baki Hanma has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kenny Botwin.
Hanma looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Botwin fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Botwin looks gassed!
Hanma swats away the attempt to clinch by Botwin.
Botwin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Botwin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hanma throws out the jab.
Botwin shoots and misses
so Hanma counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Hanma is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Botwin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hanma wants to control from the top but Botwin keeps moving.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We're going to have a standup here because Baki Hanma wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Botwin moves forwards but Hanma connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hanma lands a really nice looking cross but Botwin seems unphased.
Hanma lands with a hook. Botwin tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Botwin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Botwin shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hanma as he avoids it easily.
Hanma connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Botwin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Botwin there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hanma dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hanma lands with a right hand.
Botwin tries to clinch but Hanma moves out of range.
Botwin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hanma darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hanma misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
No joy there for Botwin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hanma connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hanma's jab looks to have found its range, popping Botwin under the eye.
Hanma stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hanma wants it to stay on the feet.
Hanma will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hanma throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Botwin fails to land the takedown.
Botwin tries to score with a low kick but Hanma moves his leg out of the way.
Botwin moves in looking to clinch but Hanma pushes him off.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Hanma.
Hanma paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Botwin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Botwin is looking to clinch.
Hanma moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hanma lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Botwin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hanma throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Botwin.
Hanma throws a series of punches but Botwin moves out of range.
Hanma is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Botwin moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hanma avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Botwin leaves Hanma with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hanma misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hanma misses with a double jab.
Botwin has Hanma up against the cage in a clinch.
Hanma wants a takedown but no success here.
Botwin drags the fight down to the ground.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hanma is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Botwin pushes Hanma off and gets back to his feet.
Botwin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hanma throws a series of punches but Botwin moves out of range.
Botwin darts in and clinches Hanma up against the cage.
Botwin slowing the pace effectively.
Botwin breaks the clinch.
Hanma with a nice cross.
Botwin wants to clinch up but Hanma keeps it at a distance.
Botwin dodges the punch combination from Hanma.
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 Baki Hanma will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Baki Hanma'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. This is the final round!
Botwin shoots for a takedown but Hanma saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Botwin moves in looking to clinch but Hanma pushes him off.
Botwin moves into the clinch.
Botwin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hanma.
Hanma jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Botwin walks away with a smile on his face. Hanma gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Botwin slaps away a takedown attempt from Hanma, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hanma keeps the fight on the outside.
Jab, jab by Hanma - just one landing.
Botwin is looking to clinch.
Hanma takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hanma throws a hook but Botwin blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hanma jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Botwin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hanma shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Baki Hanma. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Botwin wants to clinch.
Botwin slips a straight right by Hanma.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Botwin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Baki Hanma is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A jab from Hanma misses.
Botwin stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Botwin wants it to stay on the feet.
Botwin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hanma.
Botwin shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hanma but Hanma pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hanma fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Botwin clinches with his opponent.
Botwin scores with a knee to the head.
Hanma wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hanma jumps guard but Botwin stands there with Hanma around his waist. Hanma gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hanma takes a knee right on the jaw!
Botwin pulls guard.
Botwin wants to stand but Hanma is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanma wants to stand and escape but instead Botwin has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Botwin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hanma is working an open guard so Botwin takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Hanma throws a low kick but it's checked well by Botwin.
Botwin tries to clinch up but Hanma circles away and keeps his distance.
Botwin doesn't manage to clinch there - Hanma circles away.
Botwin is looking to clinch.
Botwin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hanma is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Hanma swats away the attempt to clinch by Botwin.
Hanma shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Botwin pinned against the cage. Botwin gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Botwin shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Botwin moves away from the strike by Hanma.
Botwin ducks under a wild hook from Hanma.
Botwin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hanma manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Botwin tries to clinch up but Hanma circles away and keeps his distance.
Botwin wants to clinch up but Hanma keeps it at a distance.
Hanma lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Botwin at a distance.
Botwin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hanma as he jumps to the side.
Hanma fails to land the takedown.
Botwin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hanma throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hanma connects with a right hand. Botwin shakes it off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hanma fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Botwin manages to avoid it.
Botwin throws a head kick that misses.
Botwin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hanma.
Nice takedown defense from Hanma. No joy for Botwin on that attempt.
Botwin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hanma looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Botwin is working an open guard so Hanma takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Botwin tries to move into range but Hanma moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Botwin tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hanma swivels and escapes.
Hanma looks to land a combination but Botwin avoids it well.
Hanma with a nice cross.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Botwin shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Hanma to counter with a crisp jab.
Hanma looks to land a combination. Botwin sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hanma changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Botwin tries to clinch but Hanma moves out of range.
Botwin tries to clinch but Hanma is having none of it.
Hanma dives in and grabs Botwin's left leg, looking for a takedown. Botwin pushes down on Hanma's head and hops out.
Botwin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hanma.
Botwin needs to keep his hands up - Hanma had a free shot at his head there.
Botwin has Hanma up against the cage in a clinch.
Botwin looking to throw knees to the head but Hanma is blocking nicely.
Botwin gets underhooks to prevent Hanma's takedown attempt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Botwin.
Botwin lands a good knee to the midsection. Hanma won't want to take too many of those.
Botwin misses with an elbow over the top.
Hanma tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Botwin smiles and moves away.
Botwin drives through and clinches with Hanma against the cage.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hanma has had enough of the clinch but Botwin keeps him there for the moment.
Botwin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hanma's face.
Botwin gets control of Hanma's arms and successfully pulls guard. Botwin will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Hanma gets to his feet - Botwin follows without any prompting.
Botwin shoots in and drives through. Hanma sprawls well.
Hanma stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nice takedown defense from Hanma. No joy for Botwin on that attempt.
Hanma throws a leg kick that misses.
Hanma scores with a nice right hand.
Hanma loads up on a big right hand but Botwin slips the punch.
Botwin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hanma as he jumps to the side.
Hanma cracks Botwin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hanma lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Botwin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hanma avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Botwin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Botwin throws a leg kick but Hanma moved away.
Hanma scores with a nice head shot.
Some wild striking there from Hanma.
Botwin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hanma paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Botwin slips under a jab.
Botwin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hanma as he jumps to the side.
Botwin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Botwin keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Botwin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's eight 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.
Botwin tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hanma swivels and escapes.
Botwin has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hanma misses with a wild combination.
Botwin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Botwin slips a jab and a cross from Hanma.
Botwin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hanma counters with a nice uppercut.
Botwin tries to clinch but Hanma moves out of range.
Botwin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hanma finds it's way round the side to connect with Botwin's head.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Botwin is defended easily by Hanma.
Botwin tries to close the distance and clinch but Hanma swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Botwin walks into a straight right hand from Hanma.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hanma.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hanma dips to his left and cracks Botwin with an uppercut!
Hanma throws a right and a left that both miss.
Botwin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Botwin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hanma.
Hanma misses with a double jab.
Hanma fails with a takedown attempt.
Botwin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hanma.
Botwin shoots in but no luck this time.
Botwin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Botwin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Botwin drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hanma goes for a takedown attempt but Botwin pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Botwin tries to clinch but Hanma moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kenny Botwin.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Baki Hanma!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight as a draw!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight as a draw!
The fight ends as a draw!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kyuzo Shichinin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Grace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grace has chosen Swagga Like Us as his entrance music. 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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163 lbs
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163 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kyuzo Shichinin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chuck Grace!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shichinin clinches up with Grace and pushes him back against the cage.
Shichinin crunches a lovely knee into Grace's ribcage.
Shichinin working Grace over with knees to the body.
Shichinin crunches a lovely knee into Grace's ribcage.
Shichinin leaning his opponent against the cage.
Shichinin lands a nice elbow.
Shichinin scores a nice knee to the body.
Grace looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shichinin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Shichinin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grace blocks it with crossed arms.
Shichinin really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Shichinin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Shichinin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grace's face.
Shichinin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shichinin throws a head kick that misses.
Shichinin scores with a hook to the body. Grace takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Grace takes one to the side of the head.
Shichinin lands with an overhand left.
Shichinin pushes Grace away with a front kick.
Grace gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Shichinin.
Grace takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Shichinin closes the distance and clinches.
Shichinin with a knee to the head.
Shichinin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Shichinin.
Knees to the body from Shichinin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shichinin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shichinin throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Shichinin.
Shichinin missing with knees to the body.
Shichinin blocks the elbow strike.
Shichinin trying to land knees to the body.
Grace blocks an elbow strike.
Shichinin blocks the elbow strike.
Shichinin leaning against his opponent.
Grace on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shichinin trying to land knees to the body.
Shichinin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chuck Grace seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grace throws a lazy head kick
and Shichinin counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Grace is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Grace looks to clinch
and Shichinin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Shichinin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grace blocks it with crossed arms.
Grace tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shichinin avoids it.
Grace takes an elbow to the forehead.
Shichinin looking to throw knees to the head but Grace is blocking nicely.
Shichinin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Shichinin - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Grace lands an elbow that stopped Shichinin in his tracks for a moment.
Shichinin slowing the pace effectively.
Grace tries to land knees in the clinch but Shichinin avoids the damage to the body.
Shichinin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shichinin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shichinin missing with knees to the body.
Grace misses with an elbow over the top.
Shichinin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Shichinin misses with an elbow strike.
Grace tries to land knees in the clinch but Shichinin avoids the damage to the body.
Grace missing with knees to the body.
Grace misses with an elbow strike.
Shichinin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grace avoids it.
Grace with a knee to the head.
Shichinin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Grace tries a knee to the head but Shichinin blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Grace throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shichinin blocks it with crossed arms.
Grace throws an elbow that misses.
Shichinin tries to land knees in the clinch but Grace avoids the damage to the body.
A knee to the head by Shichinin.
Grace misses with a knee strike.
Grace misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shichinin.
Shichinin lands an elbow that stopped Grace in his tracks for a moment.
Grace avoiding damage as Shichinin throws knees to the body.
Grace looking to stall.
Shichinin working hard to break the clinch.
Shichinin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grace working Shichinin over with knees to the body.
Grace lands an elbow inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grace tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shichinin avoids it.
Grace misses with a knee strike.
Shichinin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Shichinin slows down the pace here.
Shichinin crunches a lovely knee into Grace's ribcage.
Shichinin landing knees to the head.
Shichinin is stalling here.
Shichinin scores with a knee to the head.
Grace lands an elbow inside that Shichinin shrugs off.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Grace obliges.
Grace is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Grace misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shichinin.
Grace landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shichinin tries a knee to the head but Grace blocks it.
Grace throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Grace blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shichinin avoids a wild elbow strike from Grace.
Shichinin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Grace's defenses.
Shichinin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Shichinin tries to land a knee to the head but Grace blocks with his arms.
Grace with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Grace utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shichinin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Shichinin pushes Grace back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Shichinin misses with a knee to the head.
Grace comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Shichinin landing knees to the head.
Shichinin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Shichinin blocks the elbow strike.
Grace trying to land knees to the body.
Shichinin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grace blocks it with crossed arms.
Grace tries to land knees in the clinch but Shichinin avoids the damage to the body.
Shichinin missing with knees to the body.
Grace tries to land a knee to the head but Shichinin blocks with his arms.
Grace avoids the elbow strike from Shichinin, against the cage.
Grace putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Shichinin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Grace misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shichinin.
Shichinin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Grace tries to land knees in the clinch but Shichinin avoids the damage to the body.
Grace throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Shichinin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Shichinin lands an elbow inside.
Shichinin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Grace lands an elbow just above Shichinin 's eye.
Grace misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shichinin.
Shichinin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Grace using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shichinin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Grace is trying to maintain a safe position but Shichinin gets an underhook and turns Grace into the cage.
A knee to the head by Shichinin.
Grace tries to land a knee to the head but Shichinin blocks with his arms.
Shichinin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Shichinin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Grace utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Shichinin trying to land knees to the body.
Grace takes an elbow to the temple.
Grace misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shichinin.
Shichinin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the fighters up against the cage, Grace throws an elbow but misses.
Grace misses with a knee to the head.
Shichinin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Grace is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Shichinin scores a nice knee to the body.
Grace looking to throw knees to the head but Shichinin is blocking nicely.
Shichinin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Shichinin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Shichinin content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Shichinin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Grace misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shichinin.
Shichinin content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's six 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.
Grace looking to throw knees to the head but Shichinin is blocking nicely.
Grace creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Shichinin lands a knee to the head.
Grace is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shichinin is defending well for now.
Shichinin landing knees to the body.
Shichinin connects with a knee to the head.
Shichinin trying to land knees to the body.
Grace letting Shichinin take a breather here.
Grace using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shichinin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shichinin lands an elbow inside.
Shichinin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grace in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Grace blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shichinin avoiding damage as Grace throws knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Grace.
Grace takes a knee right on the jaw!
Grace throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shichinin blocks it with crossed arms.
Shichinin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees in the clinch landing for Grace.
Shichinin is looking to control Grace's arms but Grace gets an underhook and turns him. Now Shichinin has his back to the cage.
Shichinin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grace has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Grace on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grace landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Grace looking to throw knees to the head but Shichinin is blocking nicely.
Shichinin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grace's face.
Grace on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Shichinin displaying some good clinch control by pressing Grace up against the cage.
Grace blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grace connects with a knee to the head.
Grace putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Shichinin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Shichinin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Shichinin misses with a knee strike.
Grace scores with a knee to the head.
Shichinin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Grace is keeping busy.
Grace tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shichinin avoids it.
Shichinin misses with a knee strike.
Grace putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Shichinin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Grace blocks an elbow strike.
Grace tries to land knees in the clinch but Shichinin avoids the damage to the body.
Grace trying to land knees to the body.
Grace tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shichinin avoids it.
Shichinin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Grace creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Grace misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shichinin.
Shichinin blocks the elbow strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Shichinin.
Grace tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shichinin avoids it.
Shichinin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's eight 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.
Shichinin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Grace lands an elbow just above Shichinin 's eye.
Come on Shichinin - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Shichinin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grace avoids it.
Grace looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Grace takes an elbow to the forehead.
Shichinin avoiding damage as Grace throws knees to the body.
Shichinin lands a knee to the body.
Shichinin misses with an elbow over the top.
Shichinin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grace.
Grace lands an elbow that stopped Shichinin in his tracks for a moment.
Shichinin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grace.
Shichinin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Grace is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shichinin is defending well for now.
Shichinin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shichinin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Shichinin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grace takes a knee right on the jaw!
Grace avoiding damage as Shichinin throws knees to the body.
Grace misses with a knee to the head.
Shichinin avoiding damage as Grace throws knees to the body.
Grace on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grace landing knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Grace misses with a knee to the head.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Shichinin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shichinin pressing his opponent against the cage.
Grace lands a good knee to the midsection. Shichinin won't want to take too many of those.
Grace on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Shichinin.
Grace landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Grace.
Grace on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grace stalling in the clinch but Shichinin improves position.
Shichinin breaks from the clinch.
Grace throws a sloppy head kick
and Shichinin counters by clinching up.
Shichinin stalling the fight.
Grace trying to land knees to the body.
Shichinin scores with a knee to the head.
Shichinin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grace throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shichinin lands a shot to the body.
Shichinin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grace has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Grace pushes off an throws an elbow but Shichinin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Shichinin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Grace's brow.
Shichinin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Shichinin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grace tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kyuzo Shichinin dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Shichinin closes the distance and clinches.
Grace looking to throw knees to the head but Shichinin is blocking nicely.
Grace lands an elbow just above Shichinin 's eye.
Shichinin scores with a knee to the head.
Grace tries to land a knee to the head but Shichinin blocks with his arms.
Shichinin looking to throw knees to the head but Grace is blocking nicely.
Shichinin misses with an elbow strike.
Good body shot from Shichinin.
Grace trying to land knees to the body.
Shichinin crunches a lovely knee into Grace's ribcage.
Grace misses with a knee strike.
Grace managing to block the knees to the body from Shichinin.
The referee is keeping an eye on Shichinin - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Shichinin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Shichinin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Shichinin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Grace lands a knee to the body.
Shichinin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Grace with a knee to the head.
Grace stalling in the clinch but Shichinin improves position.
Shichinin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shichinin obliges.
Shichinin misses with an elbow strike.
Shichinin scores a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grace with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Shichinin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Shichinin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shichinin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Grace throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shichinin blocks it with crossed arms.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Shichinin takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Shichinin tries to land knees in the clinch but Grace avoids the damage to the body.
Grace throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Shichinin.
Shichinin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grace blocks it with crossed arms.
Grace throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Shichinin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Grace's defenses.
Shichinin is trying to push Grace away but Grace has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Grace stalling in the clinch but Shichinin improves position.
Grace tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shichinin avoids it.
Shichinin scores a nice knee to the body.
Grace trying to control the position but instead, Shichinin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Grace into the cage.
Shichinin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grace blocks it with crossed arms.
Shichinin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grace is defending well for now.
Shichinin managing to block the knees to the body from Grace.
Knees to the body from Grace.
Grace working Shichinin over with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Shichinin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Grace missing with knees to the body.
Shichinin looking to throw knees to the head but Grace is blocking nicely.
Shichinin blocks an elbow strike from Grace.
Grace creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Shichinin's defenses.
Shichinin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Shichinin managing to block the knees to the body from Grace.
Shichinin missing with knees to the body.
Shichinin avoids the elbow strike from Grace, against the cage.
Shichinin crunches a lovely knee into Grace's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Grace obliges.
Grace pushes off an throws an elbow but Shichinin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Shichinin tries a knee to the head but Grace blocks it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Grace creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Grace throws an elbow that misses.
Kyuzo Shichinin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Grace misses with a knee to the head.
Shichinin landing knees to the head.
Grace missing with knees to the body.
Shichinin scores a nice knee to the body.
Shichinin pushes off an throws an elbow but Grace leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Shichinin dodges an elbow strike from Grace.
Shichinin misses with a knee to the head.
Shichinin missing with knees to the body.
Grace throws a knee to the head but misses.
Shichinin trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grace tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grace looking to slow down the pace here.
Shichinin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grace in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Shichinin trying to stall but Grace improves his position.
Shichinin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Grace putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Shichinin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Shichinin scores a nice knee to the body.
Grace misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shichinin.
Shichinin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shichinin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Shichinin lands a knee to the body.
Grace pushes off an throws an elbow but Shichinin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Shichinin pushes off an throws an elbow but Grace leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Shichinin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grace in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Grace lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Shichinin.
Shichinin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Grace tries to land knees in the clinch but Shichinin avoids the damage to the body.
Grace landing knees to the body.
Grace throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Shichinin.
Grace tries to land knees in the clinch but Shichinin avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Shichinin lands a nice knee to the body.
Shichinin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Shichinin avoiding damage as Grace throws knees to the body.
Grace tries to land knees in the clinch but Shichinin avoids the damage to the body.
Shichinin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Grace lands an elbow that stopped Shichinin in his tracks for a moment.
Grace takes a knee to the side of the body.
Shichinin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Grace lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Shichinin is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Grace tries to land knees in the clinch but Shichinin avoids the damage to the body.
Grace tries to land a knee to the head but Shichinin blocks with his arms.
Shichinin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Grace's defenses.
Shichinin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shichinin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Grace misses with a knee strike.
Shichinin avoiding damage as Grace throws knees to the body.
Grace trying to land knees to the body.
Shichinin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grace in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Grace takes a knee right on the jaw!
Shichinin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grace.
Shichinin trying to stall but Grace improves his position.
Grace gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Grace avoiding damage as Shichinin throws knees to the body.
Shichinin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Shichinin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shichinin misses with an elbow strike.
Grace is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shichinin is defending well for now.
A knee to the head by Shichinin.
Grace tries to land knees in the clinch but Shichinin avoids the damage to the body.
Grace tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Grace blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shichinin tries to land knees in the clinch but Grace avoids the damage to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Shichinin tries to land knees in the clinch but Grace avoids the damage to the body.
Grace misses with a knee strike.
Grace takes a knee to the side of the body.
Shichinin missing with knees to the body.
Grace missing with knees to the body.
Grace tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shichinin avoids it.
Shichinin landing knees to the body.
Grace lands an elbow just above Shichinin 's eye.
Shichinin managing to block the knees to the body from Grace.
Shichinin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Grace lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shichinin obliges.
Grace is looking to control Shichinin's arms but Shichinin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Grace has his back to the cage.
Shichinin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Good leg kick by Grace there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Donk. Shichinin catches Grace right on the button with a cross.
Shichinin finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Shichinin closes the distance and clinches.
Grace takes a knee to the side of the body.
Shichinin lands an elbow inside.
Grace is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shichinin is defending well for now.
Shichinin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Shichinin avoiding damage as Grace throws knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Shichinin throws an elbow but misses.
Grace throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Grace throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Shichinin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grace missing with knees to the body.
Grace tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shichinin avoids it.
Grace is trying to maintain a safe position but Shichinin gets an underhook and turns Grace into the cage.
Grace tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shichinin avoids it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shichinin obliges.
Shichinin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Grace backwards.
Shichinin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Grace tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shichinin avoids it.
Shichinin slows down the pace here.
Shichinin scores a nice knee to the body.
Chuck Grace has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Shichinin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grace landing knees to the head.
Shichinin lands a nice knee to the body.
Shichinin lands a good knee to the midsection. Grace won't want to take too many of those.
Shichinin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Grace blocks a head kick by Shichinin.
Shichinin lands a nice looking body kick.
Grace tries to clinch but Shichinin moves away
and Shichinin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Grace clinches but Shichinin breaks the clinch
and Shichinin counters with an inside leg kick.
Shichinin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Shichinin explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A lazy body kick from Grace
and Shichinin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Grace closes the distance but Shichinin moves to the side
enabling Shichinin to counter with a crisp jab.
Shichinin walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Grace checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Grace shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Shichinin as he jumps to the side.
Grace tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Shichinin counters with a left to the body.
Kyuzo Shichinin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Grace drops his hands momentarily and Shichinin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Grace tries a head kick but it misses.
Shichinin moves into the clinch.
Shichinin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grace misses with a knee strike.
Shichinin manages to break the clinch.
Grace throws a lazy head kick
and Shichinin counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Grace is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Shichinin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Grace.
Shichinin fails to land with a series of punches.
Shichinin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Shichinin avoids the head kick by Grace.
Shichinin scores with a hook.
Shichinin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Shichinin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Shichinin wants to clinch up but Grace keeps it at a distance.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Grace tries to clinch up
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Grace closes the distance but Shichinin moves to the side
and Shichinin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Shichinin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Shichinin tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Grace throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Shichinin counters with a low kick, right behind Grace 's knee.
Grace is looking to slow Shichinin down with leg kicks.
Shichinin throws a head kick but Grace moves out of range.
Grace throws a head kick that misses
and Shichinin counters with a nice leg kick.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shichinin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Grace, pushing him back against the cage.
Grace trying to land knees to the body.
Shichinin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grace blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Shichinin.
Shichinin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Shichinin breaks the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kyuzo Shichinin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Shichinin 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Kyuzo Shichinin!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Kyuzo Shichinin!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Kyuzo Shichinin!
Kyuzo Shichinin wins by unanimous decision!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nelio dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus of Nazareth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). of Nazareth is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by oh la naw. Nelio dos Santos could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jesus of Nazareth's chin.
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152 lbs
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150 lbs
7 - 7 - 1 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
KO power |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nelio dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Jesus of Nazareth!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Sosuke Kotani and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
dos Santos shoots in for a double leg but of Nazareth sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
of Nazareth keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
of Nazareth misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
of Nazareth throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A combination from of Nazareth does no damage.
dos Santos shoots in for a double leg but of Nazareth sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nelio dos Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
of Nazareth lands with a good body shot.
dos Santos fails to land the takedown.
of Nazareth stuffs the takedown attempt from dos Santos. dos Santos gets slowly back to his feet.
dos Santos shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. dos Santos showed some decent athleticism there.
dos Santos thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed of Nazareth's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
of Nazareth kicks dos Santos off and gets back to his feet.
dos Santos fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but of Nazareth avoids it really well and circles away.
A jab lands there for of Nazareth.
dos Santos is on the wrong end of a nice combination from of Nazareth.
dos Santos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts of Nazareth as he jumps to the side.
of Nazareth ducks down and throws a hook to the body but dos Santos moves away.
Nelio dos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
of Nazareth pivots, looking for a leg kick but dos Santos is out of range and of Nazareth settles back down.
of Nazareth scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
of Nazareth misses with a head kick.
of Nazareth throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice sprawl there from of Nazareth as dos Santos shoots in.
dos Santos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? of Nazareth is fending him off so far but dos Santos persists. Nope, of Nazareth circles away and we're back to standing.
of Nazareth tries a head kick but it misses.
of Nazareth defends well against a solid takedown attempt from dos Santos.
dos Santos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
dos Santos takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
dos Santos is breathing heavily.
of Nazareth's jab looks to have found its range, popping dos Santos under the eye.
of Nazareth uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jesus of Nazareth is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
dos Santos takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
dos Santos shoots in for a takedown but of Nazareth shows good takedown defense.
of Nazareth lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
dos Santos is on the wrong end of a nice combination from of Nazareth.
dos Santos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
of Nazareth changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
of Nazareth lands a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
of Nazareth punishes dos Santos's body with a nice straight punch.
A lazy left from of Nazareth finds it's target.
of Nazareth lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
of Nazareth connects with a body shot that sends dos Santos's belly button to the back.
of Nazareth comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
of Nazareth throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
dos Santos is looking to clinch.
of Nazareth is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
of Nazareth lands with a hook. dos Santos tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
of Nazareth takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
dos Santos shoots for a double leg takedown but of Nazareth sprawls well. He's pushed dos Santos's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
of Nazareth scores with a decent looking hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
of Nazareth throws a head kick that misses.
dos Santos shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says of Nazareth as he avoids it easily.
of Nazareth lands a jab to dos Santos's midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
dos Santos drops his hands momentarily and of Nazareth takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
of Nazareth works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
of Nazareth lunges at dos Santos with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by dos Santos's hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from of Nazareth. dos Santos does a little dance to reset his feet.
of Nazareth lands a jab-cross combination.
of Nazareth misses with a jab, cross combination.
of Nazareth stuffs the takedown attempt from dos Santos. dos Santos gets slowly back to his feet.
dos Santos looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
of Nazareth scores with a nice head shot.
of Nazareth connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from dos Santos is defended easily by of Nazareth.
of Nazareth throws a head kick that misses.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
of Nazareth connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
dos Santos takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
dos Santos takes a body punch but keeps moving.
of Nazareth with a hook.
of Nazareth throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as dos Santos stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. of Nazareth follows into mount!
dos Santos is rocked!
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!
of Nazareth is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Oh dos Santos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
of Nazareth's jab looks to have found its range, popping dos Santos under the eye.
dos Santos seems to have got his legs back now.
dos Santos looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
of Nazareth throws a sloppy head kick and dos Santos moves out of range easily.
dos Santos takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
dos Santos shoots for a takedown but of Nazareth saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
dos Santos shoots in but no luck this time.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
of Nazareth connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
of Nazareth throws a shot to the body.
of Nazareth looks to land a combination. dos Santos sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nice uppercut there from of Nazareth.
dos Santos avoids the head kick by of Nazareth.
Some wild striking there from of Nazareth.
of Nazareth throws a right and a left that dos Santos avoids nicely.
of Nazareth fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches dos Santos on the side of the head.
dos Santos fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
of Nazareth throws a low kick but it's checked well by dos Santos.
of Nazareth scores with a nice strike.
of Nazareth throws out a powerful jab.
dos Santos has a takedown stuffed.
of Nazareth fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by of Nazareth.
of Nazareth works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from dos Santos is defended easily by of Nazareth.
of Nazareth misses with a head kick.
of Nazareth keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
of Nazareth misses with a double jab.
dos Santos shoots in and drives through. of Nazareth sprawls well.
of Nazareth connects with a good right hand that stumbles dos Santos. dos Santos circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
dos Santos shoots in but no luck this time.
dos Santos fails with a takedown attempt.
of Nazareth goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
of Nazareth throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nice sprawl there from of Nazareth as dos Santos shoots in.
of Nazareth connects with a right hand. dos Santos shakes it off.
dos Santos has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
of Nazareth dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
of Nazareth connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
dos Santos takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
dos Santos looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
of Nazareth lands a glancing blow to the side of dos Santos's head.
Nice jab there from of Nazareth.
of Nazareth connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed dos Santos momentarily.
of Nazareth cracks dos Santos with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by of Nazareth.
dos Santos's hands are dropping dangerously low here and of Nazareth connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! dos Santos scrambles back to his feet.
dos Santos moves out of range as of Nazareth throws a body kick.
Nice uppercut there from of Nazareth.
dos Santos shoots for a takedown but of Nazareth saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
of Nazareth throws a nice looking combination but dos Santos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
of Nazareth moves into range and connects with a jab.
dos Santos walks into a stiff left hand from of Nazareth.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
of Nazareth throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch combination from of Nazareth misses.
of Nazareth defends well against a solid takedown attempt from dos Santos.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
dos Santos shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has of Nazareth pinned against the cage. of Nazareth gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
dos Santos shoots in for a takedown but of Nazareth shows good takedown defense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jesus of Nazareth dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
of Nazareth fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
of Nazareth fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt dos Santos.
dos Santos takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A big left from of Nazareth misses.
dos Santos shoots for a double leg takedown but of Nazareth sprawls well. He's pushed dos Santos's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
An inside leg kick lands from of Nazareth.
Jesus of Nazareth seems to be getting the better of the standup.
of Nazareth circles away from the clinch attempt.
dos Santos takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
of Nazareth stalks dos Santos and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into dos Santos's face. dos Santos staggers backwards, shaken.
dos Santos changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. of Nazareth tries to avoid it but dos Santos manages to keep hold of a leg and drag of Nazareth to the ground. of Nazareth escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
dos Santos blocks a head kick by of Nazareth.
of Nazareth jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nelio dos Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
of Nazareth lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
of Nazareth stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nelio dos Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
of Nazareth scores with a jab to the body.
dos Santos drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
of Nazareth is working the combinations to good effect here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
of Nazareth stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
of Nazareth throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent dos Santos stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
of Nazareth misses with a wild combination.
of Nazareth connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between dos Santos's hands.
of Nazareth throws a head kick that misses.
Nice body punch from of Nazareth.
of Nazareth clobbers dos Santos with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
of Nazareth has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jab from of Nazareth.
of Nazareth lands a nice shot to the body.
dos Santos blocks a head kick by of Nazareth.
of Nazareth slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
dos Santos takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
dos Santos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
dos Santos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
of Nazareth lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
of Nazareth drops his shoulder and cracks dos Santos with a huge uppercut! dos Santos goes down! Can of Nazareth finish him?
of Nazareth stands up from dos Santos's guard - of Nazareth perhaps looking for a knockout.
dos Santos looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
of Nazareth scores with a decent looking hook.
dos Santos looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
of Nazareth scores with a three punch combo!
of Nazareth throws a one two combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos dives in and grabs of Nazareth's left leg, looking for a takedown. of Nazareth pushes down on dos Santos's head and hops out.
dos Santos takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
of Nazareth connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
of Nazareth jabs dos Santos to the body, keeping him at a distance.
of Nazareth throws a right and a left that both miss.
of Nazareth throws a shot to the body.
of Nazareth scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
dos Santos shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A shot to the liver by of Nazareth. Beautiful body shot.
of Nazareth's jab looks to have found its range, popping dos Santos under the eye.
dos Santos walks into a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
of Nazareth sizes up dos Santos with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
dos Santos shoots in looking for a takedown. of Nazareth tries to sprawl out of it but dos Santos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. of Nazareth manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
of Nazareth throws a combination but it was largely blocked by dos Santos.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
of Nazareth throws a body punch but dos Santos moves out of range.
dos Santos shoots in looking for a takedown but of Nazareth manages to keep the fight standing, pushing dos Santos's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
dos Santos shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. of Nazareth defends it nicely.
of Nazareth connects with a body shot that sends dos Santos's belly button to the back.
of Nazareth scores with a jab to the body.
dos Santos moves forwards but of Nazareth connects with a nice, crisp jab.
of Nazareth throws a combination. dos Santos tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Good leg kick by of Nazareth there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
of Nazareth lands with a nice combination. dos Santos backs away looking to recover.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from of Nazareth! dos Santos is out on his feet! of Nazareth rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - dos Santos is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! dos Santos is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jesus of Nazareth!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Squat Kojack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Bell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kojack comes to the cage accompanied by The Grand Conjuration. 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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149 lbs
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20
145 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Squat Kojack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joe Bell!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bell avoids the body shot from Kojack.
Kojack throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kojack lands with a right hand.
Bell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bell takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kojack.
Kojack uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bell.
Kojack with a hook.
Bell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bell swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kojack blocks a head kick by Bell.
Kojack digs a good hook to Bell's body.
Bell blocks a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bell avoids the body shot from Kojack.
Bell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kojack thows a body shot but no joy.
Bell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kojack throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bell.
Bell tests Kojack's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bell takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bell throws a head kick that misses.
A lazy left from Kojack finds it's target.
Kojack looks to land a combination but Bell avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bell 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 looping hook to the body misses from Kojack. Bell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kojack throws a right and a left that Bell avoids nicely.
Kojack connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kojack is looking to wear down Bell with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kojack.
Kojack throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kojack checks a leg kick.
Kojack tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bell is able to avoid easily.
Bell throws a head kick that misses.
Bell getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bell avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kojack connects with a body shot that sends Bell's belly button to the back.
Bell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kojack scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That kick from Bell tenderised Kojack's leg. Kojack is trying to keep his angry face on.
A jab from Bell misses.
Kojack throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kojack throws a nice looking combination but Bell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sloppy strikes from Kojack. Those never looked like landing.
Kojack swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bell throws a body punch but Kojack moves out of range.
Kojack misses the body punch
and Bell counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bell circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Kojack to the canvas! Kojack doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Bell keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Bell!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Olivier De Troyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ernesto Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Troyer comes to the cage accompanied by Jay Z - Run This Town. Oliveira has chosen Stone Temple Pilots - Plush as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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29
272 lbs
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315 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Olivier De Troyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ernesto Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
De Troyer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Oliveira.
Oliveira swats away the attempt to clinch by De Troyer.
Oliveira throws a head kick that De Troyer semi-blocks.
Oliveira gets tackled into the cage by De Troyer. De Troyer maintains the clinch.
Oliveira's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Troyer misses with a straight right.
De Troyer blocks a low kick nicely.
De Troyer swinging wildly here.
De Troyer throws a body punch but Oliveira moves out of range.
De Troyer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Oliveira manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Oliveira throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Troyer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Oliveira swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
De Troyer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Oliveira lands with an uppercut that bounces De Troyer off the cage and back into rage.
Oliveira ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Troyer throws an overhand right that lands on Oliveira's shoulder, as Oliveira tries to avoid the shot.
Oliveira throws a hook but De Troyer blocks it.
Oliveira is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Oliveira scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Oliveira throws the left hand but De Troyer avoids the punch easily.
Oliveira staying out of range there.
Oliveira is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Oliveira throws a lazy right hand but De Troyer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Oliveira throws a big shot that misses.
Oliveira fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
De Troyer drops his hands momentarily and Oliveira takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Oliveira feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits De Troyers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Troyer on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
De Troyer moves in looking to clinch but Oliveira pushes him off.
Oliveira lands with a kick to the temple. De Troyer shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
De Troyer wants to clinch.
De Troyer's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Oliveira connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! De Troyer scrambles back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Troyer moves away from the strike by Oliveira.
Oliveira thows a left - swing and a miss!
Oliveira looks to throw the jab but De Troyer is out of range.
De Troyer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Oliveira throws out the jab.
Oliveira keeps the fight on the outside.
De Troyer takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
De Troyer misses with a straight left.
Oliveira connects with a jab.
De Troyer chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Oliveira can pounce on him.
A left lands for Oliveira.
De Troyer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Oliveira.
Oliveira scores with a jab to the jaw.
De Troyer is looking to clinch but Oliveira is avoiding it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Troyer stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Oliveira.
Ernesto Oliveira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Troyer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Oliveira moves away.
Oliveira lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
De Troyer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Oliveira.
Oliveira swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and De Troyer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Oliveira scores with a three punch combo!
Oliveira lands a straight punch to the body, keeping De Troyer at a distance.
De Troyer is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Troyer moves out of range of the strikes.
Oliveira lands a two punch combo.
Oliveira clobbers De Troyer with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
De Troyer staying out of range there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Oliveira, right into the meat.
Nice uppercut lands for Oliveira. That snapped De Troyer's head back.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Oliveira, as that shot connected.
The fighters circling - Oliveira throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Oliveira.
Oliveira with a jab.
Oliveira throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Nice defenses there by De Troyer.
Oliveira lands a really nice looking cross but De Troyer seems unphased.
Oliveira is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! De Troyer had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Oliveira looks to land a right hand but De Troyer moved out of range.
Oliveira scores with a hook.
Oliveira lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Oliveira circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops De Troyer to the canvas! De Troyer doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Oliveira keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ernesto Oliveira!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Top Dawg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Halme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Halme has chosen Tony Halme - Kuningas Voittamaton as his entrance music. 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Top Dawg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tony Halme!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dawg misses with a two punch combination.
Dawg fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Halme looks gassed!
Some wild striking there from Dawg.
Dawg will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A punch combination from Dawg misses.
Some wild striking there from Dawg.
Dawg slips a jab and a cross from Halme.
Dawg throws a combination that misses
and Halme counters with a left to the body.
Halme avoids the body shot from Dawg.
Dawg misses with the combination.
Dawg throws a right and a left that both miss.
Top Dawg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawg throws a left and a right that both miss
and Halme counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like Top Dawg has been cut.
Dawg throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Halme counters with a nice uppercut.
Halme throws a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Halme throws a shot from downtown. Dawg moves away and avoids it.
Dawg slips a jab and a cross from Halme.
Dawg looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Halme throws a predictable looking body shot
and Dawg counters with a two punch combo.
Halme swings for the body but Dawg moves out of range.
Halme lands a left and a right that send Dawg crashing to the mat, dazed. Halme thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Top Dawg's cut is getting worse.
Halme paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Top Dawg's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Halme throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Halme fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dawg looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawg misses the body punch
and Halme counters with a right hand to the body.
Dawg steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Halme.
Dawg swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Halme counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Halme throws a series of punches but Dawg avoids them all with ease.
Dawg throws a one two combo.
Halme lands a body shot.
Halme swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Dawg counter with a right hand.
Halme slips a straight right by Dawg.
Halme lands with a straight right. Dawg didn't see that one coming.
Halme swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Halme throws a body punch but Dawg moves out of range.
Halme throws a series of punches but Dawg moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawg misses with a combination
and Halme counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Halme slips a straight right by Dawg.
Dawg throws a hook but Halme avoids it easily.
Halme fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dawg manages to avoid it.
Dawg showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Halme.
Dawg looks to land a left hand but Halme moved out of range nicely.
Dawg uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Halme.
Dawg scores with a decent looking hook.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Dawg!
That's four 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.
Dawg throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dawg throws a sloppy body shot
and Halme counters with a left to the body.
Some wild striking there from Halme.
Halme fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Halme ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dawg moves away.
Dawg throws a left and a right that both miss
and Halme counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Dawg throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Halme.
Halme throws out a loose jab but Dawg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Halme uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dawg.
Dawg dodges the punch combination from Halme.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dawg throws a combination that misses
and Halme counters with a right hand to the body.
Dawg scores with a jab. Halme acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dawg takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Halme scores with a jab to the body.
Halme misses the shot to the body.
Dawg just misses with a punch to the body.
Dawg avoids the body shot from Halme.
Dawg throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Halme throws a nice looking combination but Dawg bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dawg throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Halme stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Halme throws a jab when Dawg was well out of range.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dawg throws a nice looking combination but Halme bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Halme misses with a wild body shot.
Halme rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dawg moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dawg fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Halme misses with a hook to the body
and Dawg connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dawg throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dawg takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A telegraphed right hand from Dawg misses the target.
Dawg throws the left hand but Halme avoids the punch easily.
Halme looks to score with a jab to the body but Dawg is just out of range.
Dawg is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dawg throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Halme.
Halme is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Dawg had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Halme.
Dawg keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dawg has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Dawg throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dawg throws a combination that misses
and Halme counters with a left and a right that stings Dawg.
Dawg moves out of range as Halme strikes.
Halme loads up on a big right hand but Dawg slips the punch.
Dawg lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Dawg falls off balance throwing a combination
and Halme counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Halme throws a right and a left that Dawg avoids nicely.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Dawg uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Halme.
Dawg avoids the body shot from Halme.
Dawg looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dawg misses with an uppercut.
Dawg falls off balance throwing a combination
and Halme counters with a straight right hand.
Halme looks to score with a jab to the body but Dawg is just out of range.
Halme throws a lazy right hand but Dawg sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Halme misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Halme has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Dawg misses with a wild combination.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Halme throws a nice looking combination but Dawg bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Halme connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dawg's hands.
Dawg throws a left and a right that both miss
and Halme counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dawg pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Halme back to the cage. Dawg follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Halme connects with a body shot that sends Dawg's belly button to the back.
Halme has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Halme. Dawg does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dawg is working the combinations to good effect here.
Dawg lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Dawg.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dawg throws a predictable looking body shot
and Halme counters with a three punch combo that has Dawg backing up. Dawg nods at Halme to acknowledge the strikes.
Jeez, Top Dawg's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Halme tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dawg was well out of range. Poor timing from Halme.
Halme uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dawg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Halme dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Top Dawg's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Dawg throws a right hand that Halme ducks under and follows up with a left that Halme also avoids with ease.
Dawg bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Halme's head backwards.
Dawg throws a right and a left that Halme avoids nicely.
Tony Halme seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dawg falls off balance throwing a combination
and Halme counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nice jab there from Halme.
Halme misses with a double jab
and Dawg counters with a stiff right hand.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Halme, as that shot connected.
Dawg throws a combination that misses
and Halme cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Some wild striking there from Halme.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dawg walks into a stiff left hand from Halme.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawg throws a left and a right that both miss
and Halme connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
No joy there for Dawg, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Halme feints a jab promting Dawg to slip. Halme then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Dawg slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Dawg scores with a three punch combo!
Halme tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dawg was well out of range. Poor timing from Halme.
Dawg throws a combination that misses
and Halme counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dawg looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dawg throws a one two combo.
Halme throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dawg connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dawg throws a left and a right that both miss
and Halme counters with a series of strikes. Dawg will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawg connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dawg misses with a hook to the body
and Halme counters with a straight right hand.
Halme avoids the body shot from Dawg.
Halme throws a hook but Dawg avoids it easily.
Dawg misses with a combination
and Halme counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dawg lands with a nice body punch.
Dawg swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Halme counters with a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Halme. Dawg does a little dance to reset his feet.
Halme connects with the punch.
Dawg throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawg misses with a double jab
and Halme counters with a left to the body.
Dawg throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Halme lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dawg circles away quickly and effectively.
Dawg throws a left and a right that both miss
and Halme counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dawg throws a left and a right that both miss
and Halme counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dawg misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dawg fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Halme looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dawg misses with a two punch combination.
Dawg misses with a combination
and Halme counters with a left to the body.
Dawg takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dawg looks to score with a jab to the body but Halme is just out of range.
A left and a right from Halme both land. Nice combination.
Halme has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Halme throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dawg.
Halme swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dawg.
Halme fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dawg fails to land with a series of punches.
Dawg throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Halme lands a body shot.
Dawg pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Halme swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Danga de danga de dang - Halme scores with a four punch combination!
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Dawg. Those never looked like landing.
Halme tries to bum rush Dawg with a series of wild strikes but Dawg uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A shot to the body from Dawg misses
and Halme counters with a left and a right that stings Dawg.
Dawg dips to his left and cracks Halme with an uppercut!
Dawg throws a sloppy body shot
and Halme counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Dawg swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Halme counters with a two punch combo.
Halme throws a right and a left that Dawg avoids nicely.
Halme uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dawg.
Dawg ducks under a wild hook from Halme.
Halme misses with a straight right.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Dawg might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Dawg throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Halme counters with a left and a right that stings Dawg.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Dawg fails to land with a series of punches.
Halme is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Dawg rather than just go for the knockout.
Dawg avoids the body shot from Halme.
Halme just misses with a punch to the body.
No joy there for Dawg, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dawg throws a left and a right that both miss
and Halme counters with a nice uppercut.
Halme scores with a punch to the head.
Dawg misses with a combination
and Halme counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dawg misses with a combination
and Halme counters with a one-two to the body.
Dawg lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Halme circles away quickly and effectively.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Dawg on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dawg moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Dawg throws a series of punches but Halme avoids them all with ease.
Dawg misses the shot to the body.
Halme misses with the combination.
Halme throws a body punch but Dawg moves out of range.
Dawg falls off balance throwing a combination
and Halme counters with a nice body shot.
Dawg throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Dawg misses.
Halme takes a swing at Dawg's ribcage but misses.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Halme looks to score with a jab to the body but Dawg is just out of range.
Halme showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dawg.
The fighters circling - Dawg throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Halme showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dawg.
Halme is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Top Dawg's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tony Halme!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Lase (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kwak Napieray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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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26
300 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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295 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tony Lase!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kwak Napieray!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lase throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Napieray avoids the head kick by Lase.
Lase gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lase takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kwak Napieray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Napieray thuds a left hand into Lase's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Napieray fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lase is breathing heavily.
Napieray lands a nice shot that snaps Lase's head back.
Napieray bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Napieray scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Napieray takes a swing at Lase's ribcage but misses.
Napieray drops Lase with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Lase looks back up at him and smiles so Napieray waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Lase is rocked!
Napieray moves in close and cracks Lase with a massive right hand! Lase, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Napieray!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kwak Napieray!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Soral Punkass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arashi Yamada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Soral Punkass!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Arashi Yamada!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Punkass is trying to force a seperation but Yamada has the dominant position.
Yamada lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Punkass breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Punkass throws a leg kick but Yamada moved away.
Yamada comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Punkass moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Yamada misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Punkass fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Yamada.
Punkass slips a straight right by Yamada.
Nice jab there from Yamada.
Soral Punkass seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Punkass attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Punkass lands a high kick!
Yamada scores with a hook.
Yamada tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Punkass is looking to score with low kicks.
Punkass lands a head kick. Yamada smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Yamada throws a head kick but Punkass moves out of range.
Punkass misses with a head kick.
Yamada fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Yamada connects with a nice looking jab.
Punkass is looking to chop away at Yamada's legs.
Yamada throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A head kick misses from Punkass.
Yamada blocks a low kick nicely.
Yamada throws a chopping leg kick but Punkass manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamada checks a leg kick.
Yamada scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Punkass defending well as Yamada loads up on a big left hand.
Yamada fails to land with a series of punches.
Punkass clinches up against the cage.
Yamada lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Punkass wants to get back to striking at distance but Yamada won't allow it.
Punkass breaks the clinch.
Yamada smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Yamada with a hook.
Nice body kick there by Punkass.
Yamada checks the leg kick.
Yamada connects with a body shot that sends Punkass's belly button to the back.
Punkass throws a body kick that misses.
Punkass throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Punkass throws a leg kick
letting Yamada counter with a right hand.
Punkass pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick misses from Punkass.
Punkass clinches but Yamada breaks the clinch
and Yamada counters with a straight right hand.
Yamada loads up on a big right hand but Punkass slips the punch.
Yamada scores with a crisp jab that stopped Punkass in his tracks.
Punkass tries to clinch but Yamada moves away
and Yamada cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Punkass fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Yamada checks it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Punkass attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Punkass clinches with his opponent.
Punkass trying to land knees to the body.
Punkass has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Yamada stalling in the clinch.
Yamada scores with a hook to the body.
Yamada avoiding damage as Punkass throws knees to the body.
Punkass has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Punkass wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Punkass can't break the clinch.
Punkass wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Yamada lands an uppercut.
Punkass wants to break free but Yamada has control.
Yamada lands a shot to the body.
Yamada lands an uppercut.
Yamada stalling in the clinch.
Yamada gets through Punkass's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Punkass has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Yamada is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Punkass is keeping busy.
Yamada digs a right hand underneath Punkass's ribcage. Punkass let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Punkass wants to break the clinch but can't.
Punkass is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Yamada pushes Punkass back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Punkass is looking to break free of the clinch but Yamada has double underhooks.
Punkass's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yamada lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Yamada throws a looping overhand right but Punkass ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Punkass scores with a nice right hand.
Punkass connects with a solid leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yamada.
Punkass throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Yamada uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Punkass.
Yamada has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Punkass.
Yamada is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Punkass had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Yamada scores with a nice strike.
An inside leg kick lands from Punkass.
Punkass throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yamada connects with a crisp jab.
Punkass takes one to the chin there.
Yamada throws out a powerful jab.
Punkass is rocked!
Yamada connects with a right hand. Punkass shakes it off.
Oh Punkass is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Punkass misses the jab.
Punkass connects with a high kick.
Punkass throws a leg kick but Yamada sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Yamada throws a lazy right hand but Punkass sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Punkass seems to have got his legs back now.
Yamada connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Punkass throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Punkass.
Yamada just misses with a punch to the body.
Yamada on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Punkass walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Punkass throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Punkass looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A low kick from Punkass misses
enabling Yamada to counter with a crisp jab.
Punkass feints and then cracks Yamada's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yamada down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Punkass keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Punkass moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Yamada lands a right hook to the body.
Yamada throws out a loose jab but Punkass uses good head movement to avoid it.
Punkass on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Yamada's jab looks to have found its range, popping Punkass under the eye.
Punkass throws a leg kick that misses.
Punkass moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Yamada scores with a decent looking hook.
Yamada jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Punkass fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Yamada has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Punkass misses with an attempted mid kick.
Yamada looks to score with a jab to the body but Punkass is just out of range.
Punkass misses with a kick to the body.
Punkass checks a low kick from Yamada.
Punkass tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yamada misses with an uppercut.
Punkass throws a leg kick
and Yamada makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Punkass thows a leg kick but Yamada checks it
and Yamada counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Yamada throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Punkass.
Punkass slips a straight right by Yamada.
Both fighters circling a little - Punkass finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Yamada steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Punkass. That one must have hurt.
Some bone on bone action there as Yamada checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Punkass fails in his attempt to clinch.
Punkass throws a leg kick
and Yamada counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yamada lands a jab to the nose.
Punkass tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice cross by Yamada.
Punkass scores with a leg kick.
Yamada circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Punkass, right into the meat.
Punkass throws a quick inside leg kick.
Punkass connects with a solid leg kick.
Punkass listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Punkass throws a low kick but Yamada avoids it.
Punkass wants to clinch up but Yamada keeps it at a distance.
Punkass throws a nice head kick!
Punkass scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Punkass moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Punkass tries a head kick but it misses.
Punkass lands with a kick to the temple. Yamada shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Punkass throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yamada moves out of range of the leg kick from Punkass.
Punkass lands a head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yamada scores with a nice right hand.
Yamada takes a swing at Punkass's ribcage but misses.
Punkass throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Punkass wants to clinch.
Yamada avoids the body shot from Punkass.
Punkass fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Yamada.
Punkass fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Yamada, pushing him back against the cage.
Punkass looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Punkass looking to throw knees to the head but Yamada is blocking nicely.
Punkass is trying to break the clinch but Yamada is controlling him.
Punkass tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Punkass is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Punkass wants to break the clinch but can't.
Punkass pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Punkass connects with an inside leg kick.
Yamada missing with a left hand there. Punkass was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yamada circles away from the clinch attempt
and Yamada counters with a stiff right hand.
Yamada checks the leg kick nicely there.
Punkass throws a head kick that misses.
Punkass throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yamada keeps the fight on the outside.
Punkass tries to close the distance and clinch but Yamada swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Punkass throws a hook to the side of Yamada's head but Yamada sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Punkass lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Yamada scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Punkass looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Punkass looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Punkass pivots, looking for a leg kick but Yamada is out of range and Punkass settles back down.
Yamada lands the left hand.
Yamada lands the left hand.
Punkass uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yamada.
Punkass throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Yamada keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Punkass fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Yamada checks it well.
Yamada's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A head kick by Punkass misses
and Yamada counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Punkass thinking.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Yamada avoids the head kick by Punkass.
Yamada checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Punkass ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yamada throws a shot to the body.
Yamada takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Punkass fails with an attempt to clinch.
Punkass scores with a leg kick.
Yamada throws a body punch but Punkass moves out of range.
Punkass misses with a wild combination.
Punkass throws a leg kick that is checked
and Yamada connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Yamada feints and then cracks Punkass's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Punkass down.
Punkass thows a leg kick but Yamada checks it
and Yamada counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Punkass throws a leg kick but Yamada moved away.
Yamada blocks a head kick by Punkass.
Punkass takes a jab right on the kisser.
Yamada blocks a head kick by Punkass.
Punkass connects with a solid leg kick.
Punkass tries to clinch but Yamada moves out of range.
Punkass tries to clinch up but Yamada circles away and keeps his distance.
Yamada on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Punkass. Punkass obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Punkass throws a leg kick that is checked
and Yamada counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Punkass looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Yamada pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yamada connects with a right hand. Punkass shakes it off.
Yamada with a jab.
A clash of legs there as Punkass blocks the low kick.
Punkass tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Yamada counters with a head kick that drops Punkass to the mat! Punkass scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Punkass throws a leg kick which misses Yamada's front leg but catches the back leg as Yamada tries to avoid it.
Punkass looks to clinch
and Yamada counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yamada avoids the head kick by Punkass.
Punkass throws a low kick but Yamada moves out of range easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Punkass.
Yamada blocks a head kick by Punkass.
Punkass throws a wild body kick that Yamada sees coming a mile off.
Yamada avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yamada tries to bum rush Punkass with a series of wild strikes but Punkass uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yamada scores with a jab to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Punkass tries to clinch up.
Punkass misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yamada works the jab nicely.
Yamada fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Punkass manages to avoid it.
Both fighters circling a little - Punkass finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arashi Yamada dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Yamada avoids the head kick by Punkass.
Punkass pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Punkass looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Yamada has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Punkass.
Yamada avoids the body shot from Punkass.
A slapping leg kick lands for Punkass.
Yamada scores with a jab to the body.
Yamada misses with a body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Yamada checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Punkass tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Yamada manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Yamada throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A nice inside leg kick there by Punkass. That's going to slow Yamada down.
Yamada blocks a leg kick.
Punkass lands a nice leg kick that just misses Yamada's sensitive parts.
Punkass lands with a kick to the ribs.
Punkass throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Yamada lands an impressive looking overhand right. Punkass doesn't seem phased though.
Punkass avoids the body shot from Yamada.
Yamada works Punkass's body with a nice hook.
Yamada throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yamada. Punkass does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yamada scores with a nice strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Yamada.
Punkass lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Punkass dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yamada. That did some damage!
Yamada throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Punkass tries to clinch but Yamada is having none of it.
Punkass throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Yamada takes one on the button.
Punkass uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yamada.
Yamada throws an overhand right that lands on Punkass's shoulder, as Punkass tries to avoid the shot.
Yamada stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Punkass.
Punkass throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Yamada throws an overhand right that lands on Punkass's shoulder, as Punkass tries to avoid the shot.
Punkass blocks a jab.
Punkass throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Yamada misses with a looping left.
Yamada throws a wild body kick that Punkass sees coming a mile off.
Yamada throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Punkass.
Yamada scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Punkass connects with an inside leg kick.
Punkass lands with a nice body kick.
Punkass explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Punkass throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Yamada.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamada looks to throw the jab but Punkass is out of range.
Punkass misses with a leg kick
and Yamada counters with a nice uppercut.
Yamada is breathing heavily.
Yamada takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Punkass moves into range and clinches up with Yamada.
Punkass is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yamada is defending well for now.
Yamada lands a body shot in the clinch.
Punkass is trying to force a seperation but Yamada has the dominant position.
A short left from Yamada.
Yamada scores with a shot to the side of Punkass's head.
Punkass tries to break the clinch but Yamada is controlling the position.
Yamada has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Punkass.
Yamada gets through Punkass's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Yamada.
Punkass is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Punkass breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That kick from Punkass tenderised Yamada's leg. Yamada is trying to keep his angry face on.
Punkass misses with a body kick.
Punkass thumps Yamada with a low kick.
A jab from Yamada misses.
A head kick misses from Punkass.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Punkass.
Punkass lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Punkass throws a lazy body kick
and Yamada connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Yamada loads up on a big right hand but Punkass slips the punch.
Yamada avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Punkass lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Yamada checks a leg kick.
Punkass throws a leg kick
and Yamada counters with a leg kick.
Punkass feints and then cracks Yamada's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yamada down.
A head kick misses from Punkass.
Yamada keeps the fight on the outside.
Yamada avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Punkass lands a head kick. Yamada smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Punkass takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Punkass slips under a jab.
Punkass blocks a head kick by Yamada.
Yamada avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yamada checks a leg kick.
Yamada misses with a looping right.
Punkass bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Punkass scores with a kick to the body.
Punkass blocks a jab.
Yamada waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Punkass.
A solid leg kick lands there for Punkass.
Punkass looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Yamada looks to score with a jab to the body but Punkass is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Punkass throws the kick towards the body but Yamada avoids it.
Punkass looks to clinch
and Yamada counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yamada takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Punkass scores with a decent looking hook.
Yamada on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Punkass. Punkass obviously looking to wear him down.
Punkass dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yamada. That did some damage!
Nice defenses there by Punkass.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yamada. Punkass does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yamada lands a nice shot to the body.
Punkass cracks the inside of Yamada's front leg.
Yamada checks a leg kick nicely.
Punkass rushes Yamada and presses him up against the cage.
Yamada gets through Punkass's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Yamada scores with a nice hook to the head.
Yamada digs a right hand underneath Punkass's ribcage. Punkass let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Yamada prevents Punkass from breaking the clinch.
Yamada lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Punkass backwards.
Punkass wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Yamada has him pressed against the cage.
Yamada has Punkass pressed against the cage, preventing Punkass from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Yamada lands a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yamada.
Yamada pressing his opponent against the cage.
Yamada lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Punkass.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Punkass manages to break the clinch.
Yamada connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Arashi Yamada seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Punkass scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Punkass connects with a leg kick. Yamada looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Punkass moves out of range as Yamada strikes.
Yamada checks a leg kick.
Punkass connects with a high kick.
Punkass connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Punkass pushes Yamada up against the cage in a clinch.
Punkass working hard to break the clinch.
Punkass tries to circle away but Yamada has him pinned against the cage.
Punkass lands a good knee to the midsection. Yamada won't want to take too many of those.
Punkass lands a nice knee to the body.
Yamada tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Punkass is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yamada is defending well for now.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Knees in the clinch landing for Punkass.
Punkass breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Punkass pushes Yamada away with a front kick.
Yamada has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Punkass.
Yamada misses with a wild body shot.
Punkass tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Yamada manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Yamada. That snapped Punkass's head back.
Yamada connects with the punch.
Yamada takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Punkass will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Punkass.
Punkass throws a head kick but Yamada moves out of range.
Punkass throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Punkass.
Punkass closes the distance looking to clinch
and Yamada counters with a stiff right hand.
Punkass takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Punkass tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yamada paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Punkass throws a leg kick but Yamada checks it.
An inside leg kick lands from Punkass.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yamada connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Punkass throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fighters circling - Yamada throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yamada swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Punkass.
Punkass tries to clinch up but Yamada circles away and keeps his distance.
Punkass connects with a jab.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Punkass instigates a clinch.
Punkass manages to break the clinch.
Punkass misses with an attempted mid kick.
Punkass throws a sloppy head kick and Yamada moves out of range easily.
Yamada avoids the head kick by Punkass.
Nice jab there from Yamada.
Yamada lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Punkass throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice straight punches there by Yamada. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Yamada.
A left and a right from Punkass both land. Nice combination.
A punch combination from Punkass misses.
Yamada 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.
Punkass connects with a good right hand that stumbles Yamada. Yamada circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Punkass throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Punkass misses with an uppercut.
Crunch! Punkass slams his shin into Yamada's torso.
Yamada throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Punkass works the jab nicely.
Punkass tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Punkass feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yamada's calf.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Yamada takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Punkass lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Yamada swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yamada lands a head shot.
Yamada tries to bum rush Punkass with a series of wild strikes but Punkass uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That kick from Punkass tenderised Yamada's leg. Yamada is trying to keep his angry face on.
Yamada avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yamada throws a jab when Punkass was well out of range.
Punkass scores with a push kick.
Yamada tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Punkass thumps Yamada with a low kick.
Punkass moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Punkass scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Punkass.
Punkass is looking to clinch but Yamada is avoiding it.
Yamada misses with an uppercut. Punkass saw that one coming.
Punkass throws a quick inside leg kick.
Punkass throws a quick inside leg kick.
Good work by Yamada as he checks the leg kick.
A head kick from Punkass lands but Yamada takes it in his stride.
Yamada ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Punkass moves away.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Punkass misses with a low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Punkass. That's going to slow Yamada down.
Yamada avoids the head kick by Punkass.
Yamada throws a jab when Punkass was well out of range.
Punkass tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Punkass misses with a kick to the body.
Punkass misses with a low kick.
Nice uppercut there from Yamada.
Yamada just misses with a punch to the body.
Punkass throws a leg kick which misses Yamada's front leg but catches the back leg as Yamada tries to avoid it.
Punkass connects with a leg kick. Yamada looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Punkass with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Punkass throws a leg kick which misses Yamada's front leg but catches the back leg as Yamada tries to avoid it.
Punkass throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Punkass lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Yamada is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Punkass.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Punkass moves in looking to clinch but Yamada pushes him off.
Punkass ducks under a wild hook from Yamada.
Punkass tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Yamada manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Punkass fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Punkass tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yamada swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Soral Punkass dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Punkass throws a leg kick but Yamada checks it.
Punkass shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Yamada chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Punkass can pounce on him.
A big left from Yamada misses.
Punkass thuds his shin into the meat of Yamada's side.
Punkass buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Punkass is looking to slow Yamada down with leg kicks.
Yamada misses with the combination.
Yamada throws a big shot that misses.
A solid body kick from Punkass.
Punkass scoring well with a low kick there.
Punkass fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Yamada has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Yamada swats away the attempt to clinch by Punkass.
Punkass misses with a head kick.
Punkass moves in looking to clinch but Yamada pushes him off.
Punkass is looking to slow Yamada down with leg kicks.
Yamada steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Punkass. That one must have hurt.
Good leg kick by Punkass there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Punkass ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yamada takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Punkass fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Yamada is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Punkass will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Punkass lands with a thumping leg kick.
Punkass throws a head kick that half lands.
Yamada takes a kick to the side of the head.
Yamada stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Punkass.
Punkass misses with a low kick.
Punkass takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Punkass throws a leg kick but Yamada moved away.
Punkass lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Punkass dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yamada. That did some damage!
Punkass connects with an inside leg kick.
Punkass swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yamada takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Punkass throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Punkass does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Punkass throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Punkass bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Donk. Yamada catches Punkass right on the button with a cross.
Punkass scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Yamada on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Yamada.
Punkass throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Yamada.
Yamada bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Punkass tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yamada paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Punkass explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Punkass staying out of range there.
A good leg kick by Punkass.
Yamada misses with a straight left.
Yamada lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Yamada.
Yamada misses with a few strikes there.
Punkass bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Nice body kick from Punkass.
Punkass feints and then cracks Yamada's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yamada down.
Punkass lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Punkass ducks under a wild hook from Yamada.
Punkass is looking to score with low kicks.
Punkass lands with a thumping leg kick.
Punkass clinches with his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yamada misses with the head strike.
Punkass has had enough of the clinch but Yamada keeps him there for the moment.
Punkass tries to circle away but Yamada has him pinned against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Yamada.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Punkass blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Punkass manages to break the clinch.
Punkass tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Yamada manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Punkass tries to clinch there but Yamada circles away.
Punkass moves out of range of the strikes.
A clash of legs there as Yamada blocks the low kick.
Punkass lands with a slapping head kick.
A slow jab from Yamada misses its intended target.
Punkass throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Punkass misses with a low kick.
Yamada avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yamada avoids the head kick by Punkass.
Punkass tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Punkass throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A bone on bone clash there as Punkass blocks the leg kick.
Punkass pivots, looking for a leg kick but Yamada is out of range and Punkass settles back down.
A chopping leg kick lands by Punkass.
Yamada pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Punkass pivots, looking for a leg kick but Yamada is out of range and Punkass settles back down.
Yamada looks to land a right hand but Punkass moved out of range.
Punkass throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Punkass ducks under a wild hook from Yamada.
Yamada tries to keep at a distance but Punkass has taken the fight into the clinch.
Yamada keeps control of Punkass as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Yamada is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Punkass manages to break the clinch.
Punkass shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A punch combination from Yamada misses.
Yamada looks to land a body kick but Punkass moved away.
Punkass lands with a kick to the temple. Yamada shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Punkass fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Punkass walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Yamada checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Punkass tries to clinch there but Yamada circles away.
Both fighters circling a little - Punkass finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Punkass wants to clinch.
Yamada blocks a low kick nicely.
Punkass keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Punkass throws a head kick but Yamada moves out of range.
Punkass throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Punkass takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Decent striking displayed by Yamada there.
Punkass fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Yamada is out of range.
Yamada lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Yamada lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A head kick misses from Punkass.
Punkass lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Yamada scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Yamada checks a leg kick.
Punkass misses with a body kick.
Punkass throws a front kick that sends Yamada stumbling back into the cage.
Punkass bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Punkass lands with a thumping leg kick.
Punkass keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Punkass buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yamada scores with a punch to the head.
Punkass avoids the body shot from Yamada.
Punkass misses with a kick to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Punkass 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 Yamada has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Yamada and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Yamada throws a low kick but it's checked well by Punkass.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Punkass lands with a kick to the temple. Yamada shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Yamada keeps the fight on the outside.
Punkass is looking to score with low kicks.
Punkass goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A bone on bone clash there as Yamada blocks the leg kick.
A jab lands there for Yamada.
A chopping leg kick lands by Punkass.
Punkass tried to score with a low kick but Yamada checks it.
Yamada takes a kick to the side of the head.
Yamada scores with a nice body kick.
Punkass scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Yamada keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Punkass misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yamada moves out of range of the leg kick from Punkass.
A jab from Yamada misses.
Punkass lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Yamada checks a leg kick.
Punkass takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yamada throws a big shot that misses.
Yamada lands a jab.
Punkass closes the distance and clinches.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Punkass wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Punkass is looking to break free of the clinch but Yamada has double underhooks.
Yamada keeps control of Punkass as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Yamada on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short left from Yamada.
Punkass's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yamada avoids a kick to the body.
Yamada takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Punkass misses with a body shot.
Yamada scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Yamada keeps the fight on the outside.
Punkass is looking to chop away at Yamada's legs.
Punkass throws a big shot that misses.
Punkass blocks a jab.
Punkass misses with a head kick.
Punkass is looking to score with low kicks.
Yamada lands with a thumping leg kick.
Yamada loads up on a big right hand but Punkass slips the punch.
Punkass throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Punkass throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Yamada throws a hook but Punkass avoids it easily.
Punkass throws a head kick that misses.
Yamada on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Punkass. Punkass obviously looking to wear him down.
Yamada checks the leg kick nicely there.
A leg kick checked by Yamada.
Yamada pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Punkass fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Yamada has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Yamada chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Punkass can pounce on him.
Punkass is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Punkass takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Punkass throws a half hearted mid kick.
Yamada misses with a body shot.
Punkass throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Yamada thows a body shot but no joy.
Punkass darts in and clinches Yamada up against the cage.
Yamada lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Punkass.
Punkass wants to break free but Yamada has control.
Yamada working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Yamada lands a left hand that snaps the head of Punkass backwards.
Punkass pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Punkass pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Yamada scores with a four punch combination!
Punkass throws a leg kick
and Yamada cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That kick from Punkass tenderised Yamada's leg. Yamada is trying to keep his angry face on.
Yamada throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Yamada stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Punkass.
Yamada throws a hook but Punkass avoids it easily.
Jab from Yamada.
Punkass takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Yamada throws a jab but it's blocked by Punkass.
Yamada takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Punkass throws a push kick but Yamada slaps the foot to one side.
Punkass throws a leg kick that is checked
and Yamada counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yamada avoids the head kick by Punkass.
Punkass moves into range and clinches up with Yamada.
Yamada keeps control of Punkass as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Punkass pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Punkass is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Yamada softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yamada lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Yamada.
Punkass is trying to break the clinch but Yamada is controlling him.
And that's the end of the fight!
Soral Punkass showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Punkass 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Soral Punkass!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Soral Punkass!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Soral Punkass!
Soral Punkass wins by unanimous decision!
Soral Punkass retains his lightweight title!
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