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Spirti Fc 2:The Return Home PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Masakatsu Funaki (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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235 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Masakatsu Funaki!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Ren Mimura and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Funaki throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A head kick misses from Brown.
Funaki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brown moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Funaki misses with a wild combination.
Funaki throws a right hand that Brown ducks under and follows up with a left that Brown also avoids with ease.
Brown has closed the distance and engaged Funaki in a clinch.
Brown drags the fight down to the ground.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Brown looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Brown is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Funaki from controlling successfully.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Funaki is pushing down on Brown's leg trying to pass to half guard. Brown is fighting to maintain full guard but Funaki has managed to sneak the leg through.
Brown works his way to full guard. Good work.
Funaki postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Funaki from controlling successfully.
Brown preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Brown avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Funaki prevents Brown from getting back to his feet.
Funaki missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Brown working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Funaki.
Funaki throwing strikes from guard but Brown blocks nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Funaki looks to land a combination but Brown avoids it well.
Masakatsu Funaki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brown throws a sloppy head kick and Funaki moves out of range easily.
Brown lands with a nice body kick.
Funaki looks gassed!
Brown lands with a kick to the temple. Funaki shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
It looks like Masakatsu Funaki has been cut.
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!
Brown throws a head kick that misses.
Brown closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Brown stands up and beckons Funaki to his feet.
Brown plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Brown throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
No joy there for Brown, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Brown - that will leave a mark!
Funaki throws a left and a right that both miss
so Brown counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Brown wants to control from the top but Funaki keeps moving.
Funaki throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Funaki looking to control.
Brown thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Brown avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown advances to half guard.
Funaki is trying to maintain the position but Brown is very close to passing his half guard.
Funaki is looking for a sweep. Brown is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Brown wants to free his trapped foot but Funaki is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Brown is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Funaki!
Brown gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Brown drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Brown tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Brown decides to take the fight back to the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funaki throws a combination that misses
and Brown counters with a nice double leg into side control. Funaki won't be happy with that.
Brown tries to advance to mount but Funaki denies him.
Brown is looking to take a break and control but Funaki is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Brown is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Funaki is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Brown tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Brown tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Brown has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Funaki gets back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Funaki is trying to maintain the position but Brown is very close to passing his half guard.
Brown passes the guard and advances to mount!
Brown trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Funaki slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Funaki wants to get back to full guard.
Brown moves into full mount! Funaki won't be happy about that!
Brown is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Brown dodges the punch combination from Funaki.
Funaki blocks a head kick by Brown.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Funaki misses with a combination
and Brown counters with a series of strikes. Funaki will be more careful next time no doubt.
Funaki throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Brown counters with a left and a right that stings Funaki.
Brown moves into the clinch.
Funaki can't get the takedown.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Brown as Funaki tries to tie him up.
Funaki tries to break the clinch but Brown is controlling the position.
A short body shot lands from Brown as the two fighters clinch.
Funaki tries for a takedown. No joy.
Brown lands a damaging elbow.
Brown breaks the clinch.
Brown throws a sloppy head kick and Funaki moves out of range easily.
Brown is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Funaki throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Brown counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Funaki misses with a combination
and Brown counters with a good, hard body kick but Funaki shrugs it off.
Brown misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Funaki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Brown counters with an inside leg kick.
Funaki takes a head kick and keeps coming.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Funaki throws a right hand that Brown ducks under and follows up with a left that Brown also avoids with ease.
A punch combination from Funaki misses.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Brown. Funaki shrugs it off though.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Brown checks a leg kick.
Funaki misses with the combination.
Funaki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brown moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Funaki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Brown counters with a one-two to the body.
Brown tries a head kick but it misses.
Funaki misses with a double jab
and Brown connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Funaki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brown throws a one two combo.
Funaki misses with a double jab
and Brown counters with a head kick.
Brown slips a jab and a cross from Funaki.
Funaki throws a combination that misses
and Brown counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Brown.
Brown landing knees to the head.
Brown lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Brown avoiding damage as Funaki throws knees to the body.
Brown landing knees to the body.
Brown pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Funaki throws a left and a right that both miss
and Brown counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Funaki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
so Brown counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Funaki is on top in guard.
Brown is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Brown has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Funaki can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Funaki in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Brown utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Funaki postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Brown manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Funaki manages to get himself to full guard.
Brown pushes down on Funaki's leg and manages to get into half guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Funaki landing strikes from the bottom.
Brown uses his free foot to push down on Funaki's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Funaki.
Funaki tries to lock up and control but Brown gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Brown trying to control but Funaki is having none of it.
Brown stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Funaki throws a right and a left that Brown avoids nicely.
Brown works Funaki's body with a nice hook.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Funaki misses with a series of wild punches.
Funaki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Brown is working the combinations to good effect here.
Brown throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Funaki misses with a jab, cross combination.
Funaki misses with a double jab.
Funaki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Brown counters with a three punch combo that has Funaki backing up. Funaki nods at Brown to acknowledge the strikes.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Funaki throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Brown counters with an outside leg kick.
Funaki should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Funaki tries to bum rush Brown with a series of wild strikes but Brown uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Funaki throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Brown counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Funaki wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Brown with a knee to the head.
Brown with a knee to the head.
Brown landing knees to the body.
Brown breaks the clinch.
Brown dodges the punch combination from Funaki.
Funaki misses with a combination
and Brown counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Funaki working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Brown doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Brown manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Brown looking to pass the guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Funaki tries to strike from the bottom.
Brown trying to control but Funaki is working from the bottom.
Funaki not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Brown dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Masakatsu Funaki's cut.
That's time! Brown's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Brown misses with a head kick.
Funaki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Brown counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A right hand to the body from Brown.
Brown lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Brown lands an elbow inside that Funaki shrugs off.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brown works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Brown lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Brown lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Brown lands a left hand that snaps the head of Funaki backwards.
Funaki is working for takedown but Brown is calmly controlling the position for now.
Brown connects with a knee to the head.
Brown ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Brown no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Brown is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Funaki can do to turn this around?
Funaki has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Brown to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Funaki is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Brown pulls down on the head and he's put Funaki to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). John Brown!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Kuriliv (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cristopher Joker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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245 lbs
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235 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alexander Kuriliv!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cristopher Joker!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuriliv has a takedown stuffed.
Joker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Joker with a lazy takedown attempt
and Kuriliv decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Joker's guard.
Joker preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kuriliv is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Kuriliv lands a couple of elbows.
Kuriliv will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Kuriliv makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kuriliv throws a big right hand that misses.
Kuriliv is working Joker over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Joker not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kuriliv working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Joker has his foot on Kuriliv's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kuriliv works his way back into a safe position though.
Kuriliv is in close to Joker's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Joker has his foot on Kuriliv's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kuriliv works his way back into a safe position though.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Joker has eaten all the pies!
Kuriliv postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kuriliv cracks Joker with a solid left hand.
Kuriliv postures up and lands a big shot to Joker's brow.
Kuriliv works over Joker with some ground and pound from guard.
Joker looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joker has momentary wrist control but Kuriliv slips an elbow through the middle.
Kuriliv content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kuriliv landing some decent shots from guard.
Kuriliv landing some decent shots from guard.
Kuriliv stands up over Joker, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Joker not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kuriliv is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kuriliv scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kuriliv landing with the ground and pound.
Kuriliv postures up and lands a big shot to Joker's brow.
Joker not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kuriliv distracts Joker with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joker tries to strike from the bottom.
Joker really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kuriliv. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kuriliv postures up.
Kuriliv landing with the ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kuriliv makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Joker gets caught flat footed, as Kuriliv shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Kuriliv with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Joker has his foot on Kuriliv's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kuriliv works his way back into a safe position though.
Kuriliv landing with the ground and pound.
Kuriliv lands a couple of elbows.
Joker looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Kuriliv scoring with punches to the head and body.
Joker trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joker working for a triangle but Kuriliv defends it easily.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kuriliv fails with the takedown
and Joker counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A head kick misses from Joker.
Kuriliv shoots and misses
and Joker counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kuriliv thinking.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexander Kuriliv. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Joker tries to clinch but Kuriliv moves out of range.
Joker misses with a takedown
and Kuriliv counters with a nice double leg into side control. Joker won't be happy with that.
Joker is looking to reverse the position.
You can see the frustration on Joker's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Kuriliv cracks Joker with a big elbow.
Kuriliv working the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joker tries to bench press Kuriliv off him but Kuriliv keeps the position.
Joker wants to control but Kuriliv postures up.
Joker takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Joker scores with a jab.
Kuriliv tries for a takedown but Joker circles away easily
and Joker counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Joker blocks the strikes from Kuriliv.
Joker is looking to take a break and control but Kuriliv is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kuriliv 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.
Kuriliv landing small, sideways elbows.
Kuriliv is staying active underneath Joker, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kuriliv misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Joker missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Joker wants to take a breather but Kuriliv is having none of it.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Joker tries to clinch but Kuriliv is having none of it.
Kuriliv misses with a takedown attempt
and Joker counters with a takedown into side control.
Kuriliv manages to work his way to half guard, despite Joker's best efforts.
Kuriliv missing with punches from the bottom.
Kuriliv tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Kuriliv is not content to let Joker control the position.
Kuriliv punching from the bottom.
Kuriliv punching from the bottom.
Kuriliv flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kuriliv misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kuriliv doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Joker counters with a takedown into side control.
Kuriliv connects with an elbow from the bottom.
Kuriliv misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Kuriliv dodges the ground and pound from Joker.
Kuriliv lands with an elbow strike from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuriliv striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Kuriliv misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Kuriliv manages to work his way to half guard, despite Joker's best efforts.
Kuriliv throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Joker misses with a takedown attempt
and Kuriliv counters with a nice double leg into side control. Joker won't be happy with that.
Kuriliv landing a few strikes.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Joker is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Kuriliv's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kuriliv working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Kuriliv looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Joker with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kuriliv working the head and body with strikes.
Joker wants to improve his position but Kuriliv is controlling well.
Kuriliv looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Kuriliv winds up and cracks Joker with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Joker can do anything to dispel that myth.
Joker has hold of Kuriliv's hands but Kuriliv slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ground and pound from Kuriliv.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kuriliv misses with a takedown attempt
and Joker counters with a one-two to the body.
Joker connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kuriliv shoots and misses
and Joker counters with a nice uppercut.
Kuriliv gets caught flat footed, as Joker shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kuriliv lands a decent punch to the body there.
Kuriliv throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Kuriliv striking from the bottom.
Kuriliv striking off his back but it's not causing Joker any problems.
Joker stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kuriliv swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Joker trying to control the position from guard on top but Kuriliv is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Joker trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kuriliv lands an upkick as Joker stands over him.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Kuriliv gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
so Joker counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Joker postures up and lands a big shot to Kuriliv's brow.
Kuriliv trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kuriliv striking off his back.
Joker drops back looking for a leg! Kuriliv is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Kuriliv manages to kick Joker off! Joker jumps back into Kuriliv's guard.
Kuriliv punching from the bottom.
Kuriliv throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Kuriliv trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Kuriliv striking from his own guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Joker with a lazy takedown attempt
and Kuriliv counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Joker is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kuriliv landing with the ground and pound.
Kuriliv distracts Joker with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Kuriliv dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Kuriliv will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kuriliv scores a takedown into full mount!
Joker is looking to get to half guard.
Kuriliv is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Joker is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Kuriliv thowing shots but they're missing.
Alexander Kuriliv overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Joker taking shots to the head.
Kuriliv landing shots from mount.
Joker tries to lock up and control but Kuriliv gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Kuriliv pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kuriliv putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kuriliv pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuriliv raining down shots from the mount!
Joker throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Kuriliv working Joker over with strikes here.
Kuriliv working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Kuriliv scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Joker?
Kuriliv lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kuriliv cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kuriliv lands a big shot there that rocks Joker but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Kuriliv landing shots from mount.
Joker tries to reverse the position but Kuriliv maintains control.
Kuriliv pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kuriliv lands a heavy elbow.
Kuriliv scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Joker?
Kuriliv pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's two 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.
Joker tries to hold on but Kuriliv pushes him away.
Kuriliv lands a big elbow.
Joker is trying desperately to improve position.
Kuriliv lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Joker tries to hold on but Kuriliv pushes him away.
A nice elbow there by Kuriliv.
Kuriliv landing strikes from the mount.
Kuriliv lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Joker is looking to get to half guard.
Joker tries to hold on but Kuriliv postures up.
Kuriliv prevents Joker from getting the reversal.
Joker is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuriliv lands a nice shot to the head.
Kuriliv scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Kuriliv postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Joker looks a forlorn figure.
Kuriliv prevents Joker from getting the reversal.
Joker wants to hold on but Kuriliv pushes him away.
Kuriliv fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Joker is in all sorts of trouble here.
Joker in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Joker is working to get back to half guard.
Joker throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
The referee warns Joker that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kuriliv lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Kuriliv looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Kuriliv working the ground and pound effectively.
Kuriliv landing punches.
Joker really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Kuriliv lands a nice shot to the head.
Kuriliv scoring with strikes but Joker is staying in there.
Kuriliv lands a heavy elbow.
Kuriliv punishing his opponent with strikes.
Kuriliv with a couple of short strikes.
The referee warns Joker that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Joker is in all sorts of trouble here.
Kuriliv lands a big shot there that rocks Joker but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Joker wants to hold on but Kuriliv pushes him away.
Kuriliv scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Joker?
Kuriliv pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kuriliv pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Joker is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kuriliv has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Joker's face.
Kuriliv punishing his opponent with strikes.
Kuriliv with good strikes from the mount here!
Kuriliv lands a big elbow.
Kuriliv landing shots from mount.
Kuriliv putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kuriliv has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Joker's face.
Kuriliv dominating with strikes here.
Kuriliv landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Kuriliv in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Kuriliv pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Joker is working to get back to half guard.
Kuriliv with a couple of short strikes.
Joker really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Joker throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Joker tries to lock up and control but Kuriliv gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Joker takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kuriliv with good strikes from the mount here!
Joker is in a horrible position here. Kuriliv smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Joker wants to hold on but Kuriliv pushes him away.
Kuriliv punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Joker flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Joker keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Kuriliv with shots to the head and body - Joker looks very uncomfortable down there.
Kuriliv putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kuriliv postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Joker looks a forlorn figure.
Kuriliv lands a big shot there that rocks Joker but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Kuriliv working Joker over with strikes here.
Kuriliv landing punches.
Joker is working to get back to half guard.
Kuriliv avoids the attempt from Joker to control.
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.
Joker is bucking up trying to escape but Kuriliv cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Kuriliv prevents Joker from getting the reversal.
Joker takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kuriliv avoids the attempt from Joker to control.
Joker is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Kuriliv is staying active.
Kuriliv is landing with some decent strikes but Joker is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Joker is working to get back to half guard.
Joker is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Kuriliv lands a nice shot to the head.
Kuriliv fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Joker tries to hold on but Kuriliv pushes him away.
BOOM! Kuriliv connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Kuriliv connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Joker is trying to escape the mount.
Kuriliv raining down shots from the mount!
Joker working to try and regain half guard.
Kuriliv with shots to the head and body - Joker looks very uncomfortable down there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kuriliv fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Joker is desperately trying to improve his position but Kuriliv has a good base and remains in mount.
Cristopher Joker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Kuriliv showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kuriliv has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Alexander Kuriliv!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Alexander Kuriliv!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Alexander Kuriliv!
Alexander Kuriliv wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julio Tanteros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lori Tante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Julio Tanteros could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Lori Tante's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Julio Tanteros!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lori Tante!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tante fails with the takedown.
Tante shoots for a takedown but Tanteros saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Tante has a takedown stuffed.
Julio Tanteros has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lori Tante.
Tante shoots in but Tanteros avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Horrible takedown by Tante or perhaps it was just good defense by Tanteros which made him look bad.
Tanteros has a takedown stuffed.
Tanteros fails to land the takedown.
Tanteros drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Tante looks gassed!
Tanteros drops back looking for a leg! Tante is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Tante manages to kick Tanteros off! Tanteros jumps back into Tante's guard.
Tanteros trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tanteros drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Tanteros as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Tante screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Tanteros! Nice submission victory there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Julio Tanteros!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Shaft (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Shaft has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Tommy Black's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tommy Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Shaft!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Black landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
It looks like John Shaft has been cut.
Shaft managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Black.
Shaft takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Shaft tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Black working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Shaft is trying to get back to half guard.
Shaft is pushing Black's head away, looking to escape. Black manages to hold on to the position though.
Black in side control lands a decent elbow.
Black looks up at the clock and then as Shaft takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Black smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shaft takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
That has opened up John Shaft's cut even more.
Shaft sneaks back into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Black throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Shaft is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Black thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Black wants to pass to mount but Shaft is defending the position.
Shaft flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Black seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The cut above John Shaft's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Black throwing shots but Shaft is blocking nicely.
Shaft regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Black.
Black throws a big right hand that misses.
Black is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black with a flurry of punches that miss.
Shaft looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Black scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Black stands up over Shaft, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Shaft had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Black is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Shaft Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Black's back instead.
Black manages to reverse the position and now he's in Shaft's guard. Nice work there by Black.
Shaft looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Black has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Black scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Black throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaft wants to sweep here but Black controlling him for the moment.
Black in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Shaft bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Black's guard.
Black manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Black landing strikes, looking to finish!
Black is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Shaft can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Black throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Shaft because Black loaded up on that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shaft is working to get back to half guard.
The referee warns Shaft that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Black will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
A nice elbow there by Black.
Shaft is working to get back to half guard.
Black landing strikes from the mount.
Black goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Shaft is on top in guard.
Black will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Black on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Black tries to get out of the position.
Black throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Black throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Black tries to strike from the bottom.
Shaft makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Black throws his legs up looking for a submission but Shaft uses it to pass to side control.
Black is looking to regain half guard here but Shaft keeps moving and retains side control.
Shaft scores with a couple of short elbows.
Shaft cracks Black with a big right hand but Black just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Shaft thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Black throws an elbow that doesn't really do any damage.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Black striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Black takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Shaft takes advantage of some sloppy striking from Black to pass into mount.
Black is desperately trying to improve his position but Shaft has a good base and remains in mount.
Black really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Shaft landing shots from mount.
A nice elbow there by Shaft.
Black flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Black is working to get back to half guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Black swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Black can't escape the position.
Shaft fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Shaft landing strikes from the mount.
Black really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Shaft in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's eight 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.
Black tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Black throwing hammer fists to the chest of Shaft. What's that going to do exactly?
Black tries to reverse the position but Shaft maintains control.
Shaft lands a big shot there that rocks Black but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Black swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Black slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Black looking for submissions off his back.
Black blocking the ground and pound attempt from Shaft.
Shaft wants to pass the guard but Black is defending well.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Black lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
Black misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Shaft sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Black defending well though.
Shaft is pressing down on Black's thigh, looking to free his foot. Black is holding on for now.
Shaft wants to stand up but Black has a hold of him and won't allow it.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nice takedown defense from Shaft. No joy for Black on that attempt.
Shaft misses with a few strikes there.
Shaft feints and as Black raises his hands in defense, Shaft changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Black manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Shaft manages to get himself to full guard.
Shaft utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Black dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Shaft's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Black takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Shaft swinging wilding here.
Black gets a takedown into half guard.
Shaft is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Shaft on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Black scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Shaft looking for submissions off his back.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Shaft throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Black lands with a punch from half guard.
Black wants to work for an arm triangle but Shaft is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Black with the ground and pound but Shaft uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Black in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Shaft striking off his back but it's not causing Black any problems.
Shaft is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Black tries to roll over but Shaft keeps him under control.
Black landing rabbit punches to the side of Shaft's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Shaft blocks the strikes from Black.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Black is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Black throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Black punching from the bottom.
Shaft lands strikes from half guard.
Shaft blocks the strikes from Black.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Black shoots in and bounces Shaft off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Shaft is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Black avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Black landing with the ground and pound.
Shaft throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Shaft wants to sweep but no luck.
Black postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Black lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Shaft working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Black doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Black manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shaft throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Black postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Shaft scores with a nice shot.
Black lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Black stands up over Shaft, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Black cracks Shaft with a solid left hand.
Black throws and elbow that misses. Shaft uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Black's guard. Nice move by Shaft!
Black is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Black misses with a head shot. Shaft uses the momentum to regain guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Shaft avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Shaft looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Black throwing strikes from guard but Shaft blocks nicely.
Black throwing strikes from guard but Shaft blocks nicely.
Black throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Shaft works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Black throwing strikes from guard but Shaft blocks nicely.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Shaft is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Black postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Black lands a couple of elbows.
Black thows a big elbow that misses.
Shaft escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Black gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Black thows a big elbow that misses.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Black with a flurry of punches that miss.
Black scoring with punches to the head and body.
Black postures up in Shaft's guard and throws a big left but Shaft blocks it.
Shaft is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Shaft avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Black shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Shaft is trying to escape the mount.
Shaft in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Black is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Shaft has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Shaft!
Black doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Black throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Shaft avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Black is striking off his back. Shaft thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Black throws a strike from the bottom but Shaft passes into side control!
Black is trying to work for a sweep but Shaft has mounted him!
Shaft blocks Black's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Black is wriggling around trying to escape.
Black swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Black flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Shaft jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Black manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Black is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A nice inside leg kick there by Shaft. That's going to slow Black down.
Shaft shoots in for a takedown but Black shows good takedown defense.
Black has a takedown stuffed.
Black shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Black showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Black has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Tommy Black!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Tommy Black!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Tommy Black!
Tommy Black wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andy Jefry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ramon Dekkers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramon Dekkers will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andy Jefry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Ramon Dekkers!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dekkers rushes Jefry and presses him up against the ropes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Jefry just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dekkers's brow.
Dekkers avoiding damage as Jefry throws knees to the body.
Dekkers is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jefry is keeping busy.
Dekkers lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Andy Jefry has been cut.
Jefry tries to land knees in the clinch but Dekkers avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dekkers.
Dekkers is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Dekkers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dekkers lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jefry takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dekkers tries a knee to the head but Jefry blocks it.
Dekkers lands a right hand.
Dekkers stalling in the clinch but Jefry improves position.
Dekkers tries to land a knee to the head but Jefry blocks with his arms.
Dekkers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dekkers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jefry moves in looking to clinch but Dekkers pushes him off.
Jefry tries to keep at a distance but Dekkers has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dekkers creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jefry's defenses.
Dekkers blocks an elbow strike from Jefry.
Jefry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dekkers.
Dekkers looking to slow down the pace here.
Dekkers managing to block the knees to the body from Jefry.
Dekkers lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Andy Jefry's cut is getting worse.
Jefry is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dekkers avoiding damage as Jefry throws knees to the body.
Dekkers breaks the clinch.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jefry swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dekkers clinches up against the ropes.
Dekkers lands an uppercut.
Dekkers managing to block the knees to the body from Jefry.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Jefry just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dekkers's brow.
Dekkers connects with a knee to the head.
Dekkers tries a knee to the head but Jefry blocks it.
Jefry pushes off an throws an elbow but Dekkers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Dekkers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dekkers lands with a short shot to the head.
Dekkers gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jefry could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Jefry throws an elbow but misses.
Dekkers scores with a knee to the head.
Jefry is rocked!
Dekkers scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Oh Jefry is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dekkers gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dekkers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dekkers clinches.
Dekkers creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Jefry's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Jefry drops to his knees and Dekkers pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ramon Dekkers!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Cansez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Noriko Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rodrigo Cansez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Noriko Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cansez keeping full guard, as Gracie tries to pass.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Cansez looking to control.
Gracie is pushing down on Cansez's leg trying to pass to half guard. Cansez is fighting to maintain full guard but Gracie has managed to sneak the leg through.
Cansez has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gracie is working away from the top position though.
Gracie is looking for a kimura but Cansez is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gracie to get the leverage.
Cansez is defending against the submission attempts here by Gracie.
Cansez trying to hold on to Gracie's head to control him but Gracie postures up.
Cansez tries to roll over but Gracie keeps him under control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cansez trying to control here.
Gracie is pressing down on Cansez's thigh, looking to free his foot. Cansez is holding on for now.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Cansez looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Gracie!
Gracie gets back to half guard.
Gracie tries to get to full guard but Cansez has control of the leg.
Gracie actively working from the bottom here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Gracie works his way to full guard. Good work.
Gracie looks gassed!
Gracie looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Cansez not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie has his foot on Cansez's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cansez works his way back into a safe position though.
Gracie looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Cansez lands a couple of elbows.
Cansez is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Gracie had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Cansez is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Gracie Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Cansez's back instead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cansez really must keep his cool here. He's controlling one of Gracie's hands and whilst he does that, he's got a chance of escaping the position.
Cansez defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Gracie's arms.
Gracie not allowing Cansez to control his hands.
Cansez fending off the submission attempt from Gracie.
Cansez has hold of Gracie's arm. He needs to escape this position sooner or later but for now he's happy enough to control the position and prevent the submission attempts.
That's four 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.
Gracie working for a choke but Cansez is defending well.
I really don't envy Cansez right now.
Gracie is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Gracie looking for the RNC.
Gracie looking for the choke from the back.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking for the choke from the back.
Gracie working for a choke but Cansez reverses nicely into Gracie 's guard.
Gracie looking for a guillotine here but Cansez defends easily.
Cansez wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Gracie looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Cansez is defending well. Gracie quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Cansez has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Gracie celebrates on the ropes, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Noriko Gracie!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Zampidis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rulon Gardner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rulon Gardner is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Mike Zampidis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rulon Gardner!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zampidis shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gardner as he avoids it easily.
Gardner tries for a takedown but Zampidis sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Zampidis with a lazy takedown attempt
and Gardner counters with a single leg into guard. Zampidis didn't expect that.
Zampidis really is a fat lump.
Gardner connects with a couple of short punches.
Gardner working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gardner's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Zampidis looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Gardner is working Zampidis over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gardner cracks Zampidis with a solid left hand.
It looks like Mike Zampidis has been cut.
Gardner is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Zampidis throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Gardner keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Zampidis's head.
Zampidis has momentary wrist control but Gardner slips an elbow through the middle.
Gardner working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gardner is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Gardner working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Zampidis's head.
Mike Zampidis's cut is getting worse.
Gardner scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Gardner stands up over Zampidis, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardner connects with a couple of short punches.
Zampidis keeping full guard, as Gardner tries to pass.
Zampidis might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Gardner works over Zampidis with some ground and pound from guard.
Gardner looks gassed!
Zampidis throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Gardner postures up and lands a big shot to Zampidis's brow.
Zampidis trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Gardner with a nice head shot there.
Gardner postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Zampidis throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Zampidis working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Gardner doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Gardner manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gardner cracks Zampidis with a solid left hand.
Gardner with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Zampidis will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Zampidis strikes from his own guard.
Gardner has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardner working some strikes from top position.
Zampidis has his foot on Gardner's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Gardner works his way back into a safe position though.
Gardner scoring with some ground and pound.
Zampidis knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gardner on the ground.
Gardner is in close to Zampidis's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Gardner works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Zampidis is in trouble now - Gardner has advanced to mount!
Gardner putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Gardner lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Zampidis hang on?
Gardner lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Zampidis is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gardner scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Zampidis keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Gardner landing strikes from the mount.
Gardner lands with some strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gardner landing shots from mount.
Gardner avoids the attempt from Zampidis to control.
Gardner landing shots from mount.
Gardner is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Zampidis can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Zampidis tries to lock up and control but Gardner gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gardner is landing with some decent strikes but Zampidis is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Gardner unloading with bombs!
Gardner scoring with strikes but Zampidis is staying in there.
Gardner blocks Zampidis's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Zampidis takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Zampidis tries to hold on but Gardner postures up.
Zampidis takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Gardner landing strikes from the mount.
Gardner lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Zampidis hang on?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Zampidis is trying desperately to improve position.
Gardner scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Gardner unloading with bombs!
Gardner working Zampidis over with strikes here.
Zampidis throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Zampidis swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Zampidis swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Zampidis throwing hammer fists to the chest of Gardner. What's that going to do exactly?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gardner cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Zampidis is in a horrible position here. Gardner smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The referee warns Zampidis that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Gardner has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Zampidis's face.
Gardner unloading with bombs!
Zampidis is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gardner breaks from Zampidis's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Zampidis wants to hold on but Gardner pushes him away.
Gardner landing strikes from the mount.
Gardner landing shots from mount.
Zampidis is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gardner is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Zampidis can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Zampidis tries to lock up and control but Gardner gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gardner landing punches.
Gardner lands a big elbow.
Gardner landing strikes, looking to finish!
Zampidis tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gardner blocks Zampidis's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Gardner in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Gardner scoring with strikes but Zampidis is staying in there.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Gardner unloading with bombs!
Zampidis tries to lock up and control but Gardner gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gardner working the ground and pound effectively.
Zampidis really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Gardner looking to finish Zampidis with some ground and pound. This is bad for Zampidis!
Gardner lands a big elbow.
Gardner breaks from Zampidis's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gardner cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Gardner dominating with strikes here.
Zampidis tries to reverse the position but Gardner maintains control.
Zampidis tries to hold on but Gardner pushes him away.
Zampidis on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Zampidis tries to get out of the position.
Gardner punishing his opponent with strikes.
Gardner pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Gardner lands a big elbow.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gardner looking to finish Zampidis with some ground and pound. This is bad for Zampidis!
Gardner with good strikes from the mount here!
Gardner working the ground and pound effectively.
Gardner lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Zampidis hang on?
Gardner is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Zampidis is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Gardner landing strikes from the mount.
Zampidis can't escape the position.
Gardner landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gardner cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Gardner lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Zampidis hang on?
Gardner prevents Zampidis from getting the reversal.
Gardner fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's eight 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.
Gardner working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Zampidis keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Zampidis throwing hammer fists to the chest of Gardner. What's that going to do exactly?
Gardner unloading with bombs!
Zampidis is wriggling around trying to escape.
Gardner landing shots from mount.
Gardner lands a nice shot to the head.
Gardner looking to finish Zampidis with some ground and pound. This is bad for Zampidis!
Gardner punishing his opponent with strikes.
Zampidis is working to get back to half guard.
Gardner landing shots from mount.
Gardner is landing with some decent strikes but Zampidis is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Zampidis tries to hold on but Gardner pushes him away.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Gardner lands a big shot there that rocks Zampidis but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Zampidis keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Gardner with shots to the head and body - Zampidis looks very uncomfortable down there.
Zampidis sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Gardner lands with a punch from half guard.
Gardner looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Zampidis with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Zampidis misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Gardner scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Gardner is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Gardner works his foot free and advances to mount.
Gardner scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rulon Gardner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Zampidis's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Zampidis with a lazy takedown attempt
and Gardner counters with a single leg into guard. Zampidis didn't expect that.
Zampidis looking to control.
Gardner postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Gardner forces his way into half guard.
Gardner lands strikes from half guard.
Zampidis punching from the bottom.
Zampidis on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Gardner working Zampidis over with strikes.
Gardner working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Zampidis actively working from the bottom here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Gardner lands a nice short elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Gardner lands a nice short elbow.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Zampidis drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gardner looking for a sweep. Not yet Gardner, not yet.
Gardner manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Zampidis manages to get himself to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zampidis striking off his back.
Gardner postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gardner lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gardner's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Zampidis looking for a guillotine here but Gardner defends easily.
Rulon Gardner has got the better of the ground game so far.
Zampidis working a defensive guard here.
Gardner postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Zampidis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Gardner fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Gardner looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Zampidis is fending him off so far but Gardner persists. Nope, Zampidis circles away and we're back to standing.
Zampidis misses with a takedown attempt
so Gardner counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardner is in close to Zampidis's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Gardner postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Gardner postures up and lands a big shot to Zampidis's brow.
Gardner with a nice head shot there.
Gardner tries to free his leg and advance position but Zampidis is retaining full guard.
Zampidis is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Gardner landing with the ground and pound.
Gardner cracks Zampidis with a solid left hand.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gardner will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Mike Zampidis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rulon Gardner.
Zampidis closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Zampidis tries for a kimura but Gardner is defending well.
Gardner throws an elbow that doesn't really do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zampidis cracks Gardner with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Zampidis trying to control the action but Gardner is working from the bottom.
Gardner manages to work his way to half guard, despite Zampidis's best efforts.
Gardner regains full guard. Nicely done.
Gardner looking to hit a scissor sweep but Zampidis is one step ahead there.
Gardner scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Zampidis preventing the sweep.
Zampidis working some strikes from top position.
Zampidis has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gardner shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Zampidis's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gardner keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Zampidis's head.
Gardner postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Gardner scoring with punches to the head and body.
Gardner stands up over Zampidis, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Gardner cracks Zampidis with a solid left hand.
Zampidis escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Gardner gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Gardner wants to pass the guard but Zampidis is keeping the position.
Gardner connects with a couple of short punches.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Gardner misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Zampidis with a lazy takedown attempt
and Gardner counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Gardner.
Zampidis working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Gardner doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Gardner manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Zampidis has his foot on Gardner's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Gardner works his way back into a safe position though.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gardner postures up and lands a big shot to Zampidis's brow.
Gardner is looking to work some ground and pound but Zampidis has wrist control.
Zampidis is trying to keep Gardner in close.
Gardner with a nice head shot there.
Gardner cracks Zampidis with a solid left hand.
Gardner lands a couple of digs.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Gardner darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Gardner trying to pass the guard but Zampidis defending well.
Gardner working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Zampidis wants to control but Gardner is keeping busy.
Gardner working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Gardner lands a nice short elbow.
Zampidis is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Gardner scores with a couple of nice shots.
Gardner winds up and cracks Zampidis with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Gardner thows a huge punch but Zampidis dodges it nicely.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Zampidis fails with the takedown
and Gardner counters with a takedown into side control.
Gardner cracks Zampidis with a big right hand but Zampidis just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Zampidis takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Gardner tries to advance to mount but Zampidis denies him.
Gardner lands an elbow.
Gardner lands a decent elbow from side control.
Gardner throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Gardner tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Gardner lands some shots froms side control.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Zampidis tries for a takedown but Gardner circles away easily
so Gardner counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Gardner throwing strikes but missing.
Gardner with a nice head shot there.
Gardner chips away with some ground and pound.
Gardner postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Zampidis preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Zampidis avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gardner connects with a couple of short punches.
Gardner throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Zampidis misses with a takedown
and Gardner counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Zampidis's guard now.
Zampidis throws a couple of heel strikes.
Gardner stands up over Zampidis, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Gardner postures up.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Gardner stands up over Zampidis, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Gardner lands a couple of digs.
Gardner landing some decent shots from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gardner's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Gardner postures up and lands a big shot to Zampidis's brow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Zampidis with a poor takedown
and Gardner counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Zampidis's guard now.
Gardner lands a couple of elbows.
Gardner with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Gardner thows a big elbow that misses.
Gardner is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Gardner landing some decent shots from guard.
Zampidis is looking for a triangle but Gardner pushes his legs off easily.
Gardner lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Gardner is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Zampidis has his takedown stuffed
and Gardner counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Gardner.
Gardner passes Zampidis's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Zampidis is trying to control but can't.
Zampidis landing small, sideways elbows.
Gardner scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Gardner prevents Zampidis from improving his position.
Zampidis tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Zampidis trying to control here.
Gardner moves nicely into side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gardner is working Zampidis over with some ground and pound from side control.
Mike Zampidis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rulon Gardner is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gardner scoring with punches and elbows.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rulon Gardner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gardner has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Rulon Gardner!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Rulon Gardner!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Rulon Gardner!
Rulon Gardner wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mayato Sakurai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hidehiko Yoshida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mayato Sakurai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hidehiko Yoshida!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakurai swinging wilding here.
Sakurai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yoshida misses with the combination.
Yoshida tries to bum rush Sakurai with a series of wild strikes but Sakurai uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sakurai fails to land with a series of punches.
Yoshida misses with a double jab.
Yoshida waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Sakurai.
Sakurai throws a series of punches but Yoshida moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sakurai misses with the combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Sakurai scores with a four punch combination!
Sakurai could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Some wild striking there from Yoshida.
Yoshida misses with a two punch combination.
Yoshida will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sakurai misses with a double jab.
Yoshida misses with the combination.
Sakurai throws a series of punches but Yoshida avoids them all with ease.
Sakurai looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sakurai is breathing heavily.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
Sakurai looks to land a combination. Yoshida sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakurai throws a series of punches but Yoshida avoids them all with ease.
Yoshida throws a right hand that Sakurai ducks under and follows up with a left that Sakurai also avoids with ease.
Yoshida throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yoshida throws a right hand that Sakurai ducks under and follows up with a left that Sakurai also avoids with ease.
No joy there for Yoshida, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sakurai misses with a wild combination.
Yoshida swinging wilding here.
Yoshida thows a body shot but no joy.
Yoshida showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sakurai.
Sakurai fails to land with a series of punches.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
Yoshida swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yoshida throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yoshida misses with a two punch combination.
Yoshida looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yoshida throws a series of punches but Sakurai avoids them all with ease.
Sakurai throws a series of strikes that have Yoshida backpedaling.
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.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yoshida throws a series of punches but Sakurai moves out of range.
A punch combination from Yoshida misses.
A punch combination from Yoshida misses.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yoshida misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fighters circling - Yoshida throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Yoshida, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mayato Sakurai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yoshida swinging wilding here.
Sakurai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yoshida avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sakurai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yoshida throws a series of punches but Sakurai avoids them all with ease.
A right-left combo lands from Sakurai.
Sakurai misses with a few strikes there.
Yoshida misses with a few strikes there.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
Yoshida throws a right hand that Sakurai ducks under and follows up with a left that Sakurai also avoids with ease.
Yoshida misses with a two punch combination.
No joy there for Sakurai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sakurai avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sakurai throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yoshida.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that Yoshida avoids nicely.
Sakurai showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yoshida.
Yoshida looks to land a combination but Sakurai avoids it well.
Yoshida avoids a punch combination nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - Sakurai scores with a four punch combination!
Yoshida slips a jab and a cross from Sakurai.
A punch combination from Yoshida misses.
Sakurai misses with the combination.
Sakurai misses with a double jab.
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.
No joy there for Yoshida, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sakurai fails to land with a series of punches.
Yoshida throws a right hand that Sakurai ducks under and follows up with a left that Sakurai also avoids with ease.
Sakurai tries to bum rush Yoshida with a series of wild strikes but Yoshida uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yoshida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
Yoshida fails to land with a series of punches.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that Yoshida avoids nicely.
Yoshida slips a jab and a cross from Sakurai.
A combination from Sakurai does no damage.
Yoshida misses with a few strikes there.
Yoshida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sakurai fails to land with a series of punches.
Sakurai lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A combination from Sakurai does no damage.
Sakurai misses with a few strikes there.
Yoshida misses with a series of wild punches.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sakurai misses with a two punch combination.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that Yoshida avoids nicely.
Yoshida waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Sakurai.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that Yoshida avoids nicely.
Sakurai misses with a wild combination.
Yoshida swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Sakurai does no damage.
Yoshida will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sakurai misses with a few strikes there.
Yoshida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sakurai misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sakurai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yoshida will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sakurai looks to land a combination but Yoshida avoids it well.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Yoshida slips a jab and a cross from Sakurai.
Sakurai dodges the punch combination from Yoshida.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Yoshida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sakurai misses with the combination.
A combination from Sakurai does no damage.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yoshida rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sakurai moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sakurai misses with a double jab.
Sakurai lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Yoshida backs up against the ropes.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
Sakurai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yoshida moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sakurai misses with a wild combination.
Sakurai swinging wilding here.
Yoshida misses with a double jab.
Yoshida misses with a two punch combination.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that Yoshida avoids nicely.
Yoshida rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sakurai moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sakurai misses with the combination.
Yoshida showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sakurai.
No joy there for Yoshida, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yoshida fails to land with a series of punches.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yoshida rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sakurai moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sakurai looks to land a combination but Yoshida avoids it well.
Yoshida avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch combination from Sakurai misses.
Sakurai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yoshida throws a right and a left that Sakurai avoids nicely.
Sakurai defending well as Yoshida loads up on a big left hand.
Sakurai misses with a few strikes there.
Yoshida misses with a looping right.
Sakurai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's eight 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.
Sakurai misses with a series of wild punches.
Yoshida will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A combination from Yoshida does no damage.
Sakurai throws a nice looking combination but Yoshida bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yoshida throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yoshida swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Sakurai misses.
Sakurai lands with a nice combination. Yoshida backs away looking to recover.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that Yoshida avoids nicely.
Yoshida throws a series of punches but Sakurai avoids them all with ease.
Yoshida misses with a two punch combination.
Yoshida misses with a few strikes there.
Sakurai misses with a two punch combination.
Sakurai avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sakurai throws a nice looking combination but Yoshida bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A combination from Sakurai does no damage.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sakurai avoids a punch combination nicely.
No joy there for Sakurai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yoshida misses with a two punch combination.
Some wild striking there from Sakurai.
Sakurai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No joy there for Sakurai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yoshida misses with a series of wild punches.
A combination from Sakurai does no damage.
Sakurai throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sakurai looks to land a combination but Yoshida avoids it well.
Sakurai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Yoshida throws a series of punches but Sakurai avoids them all with ease.
Yoshida swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yoshida has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Sakurai throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yoshida.
Sakurai dodges the punch combination from Yoshida.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mayato Sakurai dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Sakurai throws a nice looking combination but Yoshida bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yoshida throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mayato Sakurai is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sakurai throws a right hand that Yoshida ducks under and follows up with a left that Yoshida also avoids with ease.
Yoshida swinging wilding here.
Sakurai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yoshida moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sakurai fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
Sakurai looks to land a combination but Yoshida avoids it well.
Yoshida rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sakurai moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yoshida will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sakurai misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yoshida is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sakurai.
Sakurai looks to land a combination but Yoshida avoids it well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yoshida misses with a double jab.
Sakurai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sakurai misses with a few strikes there.
Sakurai is working the combinations to good effect here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakurai throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Sakurai misses.
Sakurai misses with a wild combination.
Yoshida misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sakurai throws a right hand that Yoshida ducks under and follows up with a left that Yoshida also avoids with ease.
A punch combination from Sakurai misses.
Sakurai misses with a double jab.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sakurai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sakurai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sakurai throws a right hand that Yoshida ducks under and follows up with a left that Yoshida also avoids with ease.
Yoshida fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sakurai manages to avoid it.
Yoshida throws an overhand right that lands on Sakurai's shoulder, as Sakurai tries to avoid the shot.
Yoshida showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sakurai.
Sakurai misses with a few strikes there.
That's two 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.
Yoshida misses with a series of wild punches.
Sakurai misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sakurai throws a series of punches but Yoshida moves out of range.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yoshida looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yoshida avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yoshida showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sakurai.
Sakurai throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yoshida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yoshida misses with a series of wild punches.
Sakurai throws a right hand that Yoshida ducks under and follows up with a left that Yoshida also avoids with ease.
Yoshida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yoshida showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sakurai.
No joy there for Sakurai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sakurai tries to bum rush Yoshida with a series of wild strikes but Yoshida uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sakurai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
No joy there for Sakurai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yoshida looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sakurai slips a jab and a cross from Yoshida.
Yoshida misses with the combination.
Yoshida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sakurai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yoshida throws a right and a left that Sakurai avoids nicely.
Sakurai looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sakurai tries to bum rush Yoshida with a series of wild strikes but Yoshida uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sakurai misses with a wild combination.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sakurai misses with a double jab.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
Yoshida swinging wilding here.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that Yoshida avoids nicely.
That's four 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.
Yoshida slips a jab and a cross from Sakurai.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
Yoshida misses with a wild combination.
Sakurai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yoshida moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yoshida showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sakurai.
Sakurai throws a right hand that Yoshida ducks under and follows up with a left that Yoshida also avoids with ease.
Sakurai fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sakurai tries to bum rush Yoshida with a series of wild strikes but Yoshida uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yoshida swings for the body but Sakurai moves out of range.
Sakurai keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yoshida.
A punch combination from Sakurai misses.
Yoshida misses with a few strikes there.
Sakurai throws a series of punches but Yoshida moves out of range.
Sakurai dodges the punch combination from Yoshida.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sakurai throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sakurai tries to bum rush Yoshida with a series of wild strikes but Yoshida uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yoshida throws a series of punches but Sakurai avoids them all with ease.
Yoshida misses with a series of wild punches.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sakurai misses with a two punch combination.
A punch combination from Sakurai misses.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sakurai misses with a double jab.
Sakurai misses with a two punch combination.
Sakurai throws a right hand that Yoshida ducks under and follows up with a left that Yoshida also avoids with ease.
Yoshida throws a series of punches but Sakurai avoids them all with ease.
Yoshida showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sakurai.
Yoshida misses with a series of wild punches.
No joy there for Sakurai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sakurai throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sakurai swinging wilding here.
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.
Sakurai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sakurai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yoshida throws a jab when Sakurai was well out of range.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sakurai throws a nice looking combination but Yoshida bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that Yoshida avoids nicely.
Sakurai throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sakurai throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yoshida looks to throw the jab but Sakurai is out of range.
No joy there for Yoshida, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sakurai throws a right hand that Yoshida ducks under and follows up with a left that Yoshida also avoids with ease.
Yoshida misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sakurai misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sakurai throws a nice looking combination but Yoshida bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sakurai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yoshida moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sakurai misses with a few strikes there.
No joy there for Yoshida, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sakurai misses with a few strikes there.
Yoshida throws a series of punches but Sakurai moves out of range.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sakurai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sakurai throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yoshida misses with the combination.
Sakurai throws a nice looking combination but Yoshida bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yoshida throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sakurai misses with a two punch combination.
A left and a right from Sakurai both land. Nice combination.
Sakurai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
A punch combination from Sakurai misses.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sakurai misses with a double jab.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
Sakurai fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A combination from Sakurai does no damage.
Sakurai dodges the punch combination from Yoshida.
Sakurai throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yoshida.
That's eight 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.
Yoshida throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sakurai.
Sakurai misses with a few strikes there.
A combination from Sakurai does no damage.
Yoshida tries to bum rush Sakurai with a series of wild strikes but Sakurai uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sakurai looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sakurai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that Yoshida avoids nicely.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sakurai swinging wilding here.
A right-left combo lands from Sakurai.
Sakurai misses with a series of wild punches.
Some wild striking there from Sakurai.
Sakurai tries to bum rush Yoshida with a series of wild strikes but Yoshida uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sakurai swinging wilding here.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sakurai moves away.
Yoshida throws a right and a left that Sakurai avoids nicely.
Yoshida throws a nice looking combination but Sakurai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Sakurai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yoshida throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sakurai.
Yoshida misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sakurai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch combination from Sakurai misses.
Sakurai throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sakurai looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yoshida throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sakurai.
Yoshida throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sakurai slips a jab and a cross from Yoshida.
A punch combination from Yoshida misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sakurai misses with a wild combination.
Yoshida slips a jab and a cross from Sakurai.
Sakurai throws a nice looking combination but Yoshida bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yoshida misses with a straight left.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mayato Sakurai showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sakurai 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Mayato Sakurai!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Mayato Sakurai!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Mayato Sakurai!
Mayato Sakurai wins by unanimous decision!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between fjodor king (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Kalvinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robert Kalvinson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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225 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, fjodor king!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Robert Kalvinson!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kalvinson throws a front kick aimed at king's knee but king avoids it well.
Good leg kick by Kalvinson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kalvinson wants to clinch.
Kalvinson throws a nice outside leg kick.
king is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kalvinson throws a leg kick but king checks it.
Kalvinson wants to land a leg kick but king is out of range.
Kalvinson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but king paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kalvinson throws and low kick but king moves out of range easily.
Kalvinson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A combination from Kalvinson does no damage.
king moves out of range of the leg kick from Kalvinson.
Some bone on bone action there as king checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kalvinson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kalvinson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kalvinson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kalvinson misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalvinson wants to clinch.
Robert Kalvinson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kalvinson misses with a low kick.
Kalvinson tries to score with a low kick but king moves his leg out of the way.
Kalvinson throws a leg kick but king sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kalvinson throws a leg kick but king checks it.
Kalvinson misses with a low kick.
Kalvinson 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.
Kalvinson tries to score with a low kick but king moves his leg out of the way.
Kalvinson wants to clinch.
Kalvinson moves in looking to clinch but king pushes him off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Kalvinson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kalvinson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to king's calf.
Kalvinson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kalvinson is looking to score with low kicks.
Kalvinson darts in and clinches king up against the ropes.
Kalvinson breaks from the clinch.
Kalvinson misses with a low kick.
king moves out of range of the leg kick from Kalvinson.
Kalvinson drops king with a left right combo! Kalvinson follows him down to the ground into side control.
It looks like fjodor king has been cut.
Kalvinson wants to stand but king is controlling his arm.
Kalvinson decides to stand back up.
Kalvinson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kalvinson misses with a two punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
king checks a leg kick.
Kalvinson wants to land a leg kick but king is out of range.
Kalvinson wants to land a leg kick but king is out of range.
Kalvinson throws a front kick aimed at king's knee but king avoids it well.
Kalvinson throws a low kick but king avoids it.
Kalvinson throws a chopping leg kick but king manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
king closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Kalvinson is trying to buck king off.
king is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Kalvinson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Kalvinson wants to get back to his feet.
king wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Kalvinson, who protects the arm well.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalvinson is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, king asserts his dominance and retains side control.
king will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
king is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Kalvinson has escaped the position, nice work there.
king thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
king prevents Kalvinson from escaping the position.
Kalvinson throws king to one side and escapes!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kalvinson.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
king fails with the takedown.
Kalvinson tries to close the distance and clinch but king swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kalvinson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
king moves out of range of the leg kick from Kalvinson.
king drives through with a takedown into guard.
king thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
king trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kalvinson kicks king off and gets to his feet.
king avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
king circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kalvinson tries to clinch but king moves out of range.
king fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kalvinson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Robert Kalvinson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kalvinson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
king scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
king is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Kalvinson looks calm but he's in trouble here. king gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Kalvinson is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! king lets go of the hold and Kalvinson can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). fjodor king!
fjodor king retains his heavyweight title!
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