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Spirit Fc 5:Sworn Enemies PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lori Tante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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250 lbs
0 - 3 - 0 |
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188 cm
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245 lbs
0 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand |
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Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rocky Marciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lori Tante!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marciano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No joy there for Tante, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tante lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marciano circles away quickly and effectively.
Marciano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marciano dodges the punch combination from Tante.
Marciano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tante moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Marciano looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lori Tante seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A combination from Marciano does no damage.
Tante drops Marciano with a beautiful combination! Marciano stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Tante is looking for the KO!
It looks like Rocky Marciano 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!
Marciano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Marciano misses with a jab, cross combination.
Marciano misses with a jab, cross combination.
Marciano is breathing heavily.
Tante swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Marciano counters with a one-two to the body.
Tante throws a series of punches but Marciano moves out of range.
Marciano misses with a head kick.
Tante misses with a wild combination.
Marciano dodges the punch combination from Tante.
Tante misses with a double jab.
Tante tries to bum rush Marciano with a series of wild strikes but Marciano uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tante will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tante is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Marciano.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Marciano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A combination from Tante does no damage.
Marciano goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Tante avoids a punch combination nicely.
Marciano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tante slips a jab and a cross from Marciano.
Marciano misses with a wild combination.
Tante throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A combination from Tante does no damage.
Tante rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marciano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Marciano throws a hook but Tante blocks it.
Marciano looks to land a combination but Tante avoids it well.
Marciano looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Marciano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tante misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from Marciano.
Marciano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tante.
Marciano fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
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.
Tante throws a nice looking combination but Marciano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tante throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tante throws a combination that misses
and Marciano counters with a series of strikes. Tante will be more careful next time no doubt.
Tante throws a series of punches but Marciano moves out of range.
Tante misses with a combination
and Marciano counters with a one-two to the body.
No joy there for Marciano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A combination from Tante does no damage.
Marciano throws a right and a left that both miss.
Marciano moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Marciano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marciano is working the combinations to good effect here.
Tante stalks Marciano and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Marciano's face. Marciano staggers backwards, shaken.
Some wild striking there from Tante.
Marciano stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Tante throws a right and a left that Marciano avoids nicely.
Tante takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Tante misses with a combination
and Marciano counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Marciano moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A combination from Marciano does no damage.
No joy there for Marciano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marciano misses with a wild combination.
A combination from Tante does no damage.
Marciano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tante showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Marciano.
Marciano misses with a series of wild punches.
Tante fails to land with a series of punches.
Tante dodges the punch combination from Marciano.
A left and a right from Marciano both land. Nice combination.
Tante throws a left and a right that both miss
and Marciano counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Tante misses with a two punch combination.
A combination from Tante does no damage.
Marciano fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
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.
Tante throws a series of punches but Marciano avoids them all with ease.
Tante looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Marciano throws a nice looking combination but Tante bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marciano throws a right hand that Tante ducks under and follows up with a left that Tante also avoids with ease.
Marciano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tante avoids the head kick by Marciano.
Tante throws a right hand that Marciano ducks under and follows up with a left that Marciano also avoids with ease.
A head kick misses from Marciano.
Tante swinging wilding here.
Tante throws a nice looking combination but Marciano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marciano misses with the combination.
Marciano misses with a few strikes there.
Marciano misses with the combination.
A punch combination from Tante misses.
Tante throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Marciano swinging wilding here.
Tante throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Tante misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tante throws a series of punches but Marciano moves out of range.
Marciano throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tante.
Marciano misses with a wild combination.
Tante throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tante throws a combination that misses
and Marciano counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tante thinking.
Tante misses with the combination.
Marciano lands an overhand right.
Tante keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marciano dodges the punch combination from Tante.
Some wild striking there from Tante.
Tante misses with a few strikes there.
Danga de danga de dang - Marciano scores with a four punch combination!
Marciano misses with the combination.
Tante misses with a double jab.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A jab from Marciano does it's job there.
No joy there for Marciano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marciano fails to land with a series of punches.
Tante misses with a two punch combination.
Marciano misses with the combination.
Tante throws a nice looking combination but Marciano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marciano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tante circles away quickly and effectively.
Marciano misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tante avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tante misses with the combination.
Tante fails to land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Tante misses.
Tante throws a series of punches but Marciano avoids them all with ease.
Marciano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tante circles away quickly and effectively.
Marciano throws a right hand that Tante ducks under and follows up with a left that Tante also avoids with ease.
Tante swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Marciano counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Marciano pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tante is out of range and Marciano settles back down.
Marciano fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Marciano throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Marciano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tante.
Marciano fails to land with a series of punches.
A right-left combo lands from Tante.
Tante misses with a double jab
and Marciano counters with a two punch combo.
Marciano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Marciano tries to bum rush Tante with a series of wild strikes but Tante uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tante looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Marciano throws a nice looking combination but Tante bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tante tries to bum rush Marciano with a series of wild strikes but Marciano uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Marciano throws a series of punches but Tante avoids them all with ease.
Tante throws a right and a left that Marciano avoids nicely.
Tante throws a left and a right that both miss
and Marciano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tante avoids the head kick by Marciano.
Nice body punch from Marciano.
Marciano misses with a two punch combination.
Tante slips a jab and a cross from Marciano.
Marciano's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Marciano duly obliges.
Marciano misses with a leg kick.
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.
Tante misses with a series of wild punches.
Tante swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tante swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tante looks to land a combination but Marciano avoids it well.
Marciano looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tante throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tante lands a jab-cross combination.
Marciano slips a jab and a cross from Tante.
Marciano throws a right and a left that Tante avoids nicely.
Marciano throws a series of punches but Tante moves out of range.
Tante misses with a series of wild punches.
Marciano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tante moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Marciano misses with the combination.
Tante throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Marciano fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Marciano!
Tante rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marciano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Marciano throws a series of punches but Tante moves out of range.
Marciano misses with the combination.
No joy there for Marciano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marciano misses with a few strikes there.
Marciano lands with a cross.
Tante misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marciano misses with a few strikes there.
Tante throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tante throws a combination that misses
and Marciano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tante avoids a punch combination nicely.
Marciano fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Marciano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tante circles away quickly and effectively.
Marciano throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tante throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Marciano.
Tante slips a jab and a cross from Marciano.
Tante misses with a double jab
and Marciano counters with a left and a right that stings Tante.
Tante showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Marciano.
Marciano lands with a nice body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lori Tante dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rocky Marciano's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Tante swinging wilding here.
Tante throws a right and a left that both miss.
No joy there for Marciano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rocky Marciano is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marciano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tante circles away quickly and effectively.
Tante avoids the head kick by Marciano.
Tante misses with a double jab
and Marciano counters with a stiff right hand.
Tante throws a nice looking combination but Marciano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marciano moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Marciano misses with a wild combination.
Tante swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marciano throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lori Tante seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Marciano misses with a few strikes there.
Marciano avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tante misses with a double jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marciano throws a one two combo.
Marciano throws a nice looking combination but Tante bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano misses with a series of wild punches.
Marciano swinging wilding here.
Tante misses with a few strikes there.
Tante looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tante misses with a wild combination.
Marciano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tante moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Marciano looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tante misses with a few strikes there.
Marciano scores with a decent looking hook.
Marciano lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Tante throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tante!
Tante misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tante has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Marciano looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Marciano throws a nice looking combination but Tante bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marciano slips a jab and a cross from Tante.
Marciano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tante throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's two 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.
No joy there for Marciano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marciano throws a series of punches but Tante moves out of range.
Tante throws a nice looking combination but Marciano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tante avoids a punch combination nicely.
Marciano misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tante throws a series of punches but Marciano moves out of range.
Marciano misses with a wild body shot.
Tante throws a nice looking combination but Marciano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marciano throws a right and a left that Tante avoids nicely.
Tante showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Marciano.
Tante misses with a series of wild punches.
Tante misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tante misses with a double jab
and Marciano counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Tante misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tante avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tante misses with a two punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano slips a jab and a cross from Tante.
A combination from Marciano does no damage.
Tante throws a series of punches but Marciano moves out of range.
Marciano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tante misses with a few strikes there.
Tante swinging wilding here.
Tante will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Marciano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tante.
Marciano throws a right and a left that Tante avoids nicely.
Marciano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tante swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Marciano counters with a three punch combo that has Tante backing up. Tante nods at Marciano to acknowledge the strikes.
Marciano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tante!
Tante misses with the combination.
Marciano tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tante fails to land with a series of punches.
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.
A punch combination from Tante misses.
Tante misses with a wild combination.
Tante will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Marciano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tante tries to bum rush Marciano with a series of wild strikes but Marciano uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Marciano looks to land a combination but Tante avoids it well.
Marciano avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch combination from Marciano misses.
Marciano swinging wilding here.
Nice straight punches there by Marciano. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Marciano.
Tante lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marciano circles away quickly and effectively.
Marciano misses with a double jab.
A punch combination from Marciano misses.
Tante throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tante misses with a jab, cross combination.
Marciano looks to land a combination but Tante avoids it well.
Marciano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tante moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Marciano throws a nice looking combination but Tante bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tante throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tante throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Marciano cracks Tante with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tante rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marciano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tante misses with a combination
and Marciano counters with a one-two to the body.
Tante throws a left and a right that both miss
and Marciano counters with a one-two to the body.
Marciano looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tante misses with a double jab.
Tante lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marciano circles away quickly and effectively.
Marciano throws a series of punches but Tante avoids them all with ease.
Marciano fails to land with a series of punches.
Tante throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Marciano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tante throws a right and a left that Marciano avoids nicely.
Tante looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Marciano throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tante fails to land with a series of punches.
Tante fails to land with a series of punches.
Marciano throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tante.
That's six 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.
Marciano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marciano throws a right hand that Tante ducks under and follows up with a left that Tante also avoids with ease.
Tante misses with a double jab.
Marciano misses with the combination.
Marciano throws a nice looking combination but Tante bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Marciano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tante misses with a combination
and Marciano counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Marciano looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Marciano throws a nice looking combination but Tante bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Tante, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tante tries to bum rush Marciano with a series of wild strikes but Marciano uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Tante in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A bone on bone clash there as Tante blocks the leg kick.
Marciano slips a jab and a cross from Tante.
Marciano misses with a few strikes there.
Tante throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Marciano slips a jab and a cross from Tante.
Tante lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marciano circles away quickly and effectively.
Tante misses with a double jab
and Marciano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Tante fails to land with a series of punches.
Tante misses with a wild combination.
Marciano fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tante throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Marciano dodges the punch combination from Tante.
Left hook, right uppercut from Marciano.
Marciano misses with the combination.
A punch combination from Marciano misses.
Tante misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tante lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marciano circles away quickly and effectively.
Marciano throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Tante throws a right and a left that Marciano avoids nicely.
Marciano misses with a few strikes there.
Tante lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Marciano backs up against the ropes.
Tante misses with a combination
and Marciano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Marciano scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tante tries to bum rush Marciano with a series of wild strikes but Marciano uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Marciano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tante.
Marciano looks to land a combination but Tante avoids it well.
Tante rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marciano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tante throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Marciano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tante misses with a double jab
and Marciano counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Marciano tries a head kick but it misses.
Marciano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tante.
Marciano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tante circles away quickly and effectively.
Marciano throws a right and a left that Tante avoids nicely.
Tante misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tante throws a nice looking combination but Marciano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A combination from Marciano does no damage.
Tante throws a series of punches but Marciano moves out of range.
Tante looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Tante misses.
Tante throws a nice looking combination but Marciano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Marciano throws a right hand that Tante ducks under and follows up with a left that Tante also avoids with ease.
Tante throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Marciano.
Tante throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Marciano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Marciano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tante.
Tante swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Marciano swinging wilding here.
No joy there for Tante, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marciano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tante.
Marciano lands with a nice combination. Tante backs away looking to recover.
No joy there for Marciano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marciano looks to score with a jab to the body but Tante is just out of range.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Marciano dodges the punch combination from Tante.
Tante misses with a two punch combination.
Tante will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tante misses with a two punch combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rocky Marciano showed his dominance in that final round.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Lori Tante!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Lori Tante!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Lori Tante!
Lori Tante wins by unanimous decision!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ken Shamrock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Cansez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodrigo Cansez has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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2 - 2 - 0 |
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230 lbs
1 - 2 - 1 |
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Basic striking
Intelligent |
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ken Shamrock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Rodrigo Cansez!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shamrock fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ken Shamrock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shamrock shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Cansez as he jumps to the side.
Shamrock circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cansez tries to clinch up but Shamrock circles away and keeps his distance.
Cansez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shamrock shoots in but Cansez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ken Shamrock. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shamrock looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Cansez!
Cansez wants to control but Shamrock is having none of it.
Cansez is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Shamrock is staying active.
Shamrock sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Shamrock misses with a head shot.
Shamrock swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Cansez is now in Shamrock's guard. A big mistake from Shamrock there, giving up the dominant position!
Shamrock throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Shamrock keeping moving, preventing Cansez from controlling successfully.
Shamrock looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Shamrock tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Cansez is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Cansez trying to control but Shamrock is working from the bottom.
Cansez might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Shamrock kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
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.
Shamrock trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Cansez looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Cansez trying to control but Shamrock is working from the bottom.
Despite being in the dominant position, Rodrigo Cansez just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Shamrock blocks a low kick nicely.
Shamrock shoots in but Cansez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cansez is looking to clinch but Shamrock is avoiding it.
Cansez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Shamrock fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Shamrock is breathing heavily.
A punch combination from Cansez misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
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 manages to get back to half guard.
Cansez is concentrating on defense, preventing Shamrock from advancing position.
Cansez trying to hold on to Shamrock's head to control him but Shamrock postures up.
Cansez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Shamrock.
Cansez controlling the position for now.
Cansez trying to control but Shamrock postures up.
Cansez gets full guard.
Shamrock is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Cansez controlling Shamrock's posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Shamrock scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Shamrock makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Shamrock slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Cansez is trying to control Shamrock's posture but Shamrock avoids it.
Cansez parries the strikes from Shamrock easily there. Shamrock is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Cansez to escape.
Cansez can't do much from the bottom here.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Shamrock has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Shamrock avoids the attempt from Cansez to control.
Cansez taking shots to the head.
Cansez really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Shamrock postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Cansez looks a forlorn figure.
Shamrock thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cansez tries to hold on but Shamrock pushes him away.
Despite being in the dominant position, Rodrigo Cansez just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cansez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Cansez as Shamrock shoots in.
Cansez misses with a body shot.
Cansez tries to clinch up.
Shamrock misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Cansez tries to clinch up.
Shamrock blocks a jab.
Nice takedown defense from Cansez. No joy for Shamrock on that attempt.
A head kick misses from Cansez.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock scores with a takedown into Cansez's guard.
Cansez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Shamrock with a flurry of punches that miss.
Shamrock working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cansez throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Cansez striking off his back but it's not causing Shamrock any problems.
Cansez tries to strike from the bottom.
Cansez throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Shamrock looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Cansez!
Shamrock scoring with strikes but Cansez is staying in there.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Cansez tries to hold on but Shamrock pushes him away.
Shamrock with shots to the head and body - Cansez looks very uncomfortable down there.
Cansez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Cansez is in a horrible position here. Shamrock smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Cansez throws some wild strikes from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Cansez can do anything to dispel that myth.
Cansez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Shamrock jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Cansez manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Shamrock fails with a takedown attempt.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock fails to land the takedown.
Cansez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Shamrock tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Cansez swivels and escapes.
Cansez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Shamrock has a takedown stuffed.
Shamrock shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cansez but Cansez pushes him off and we're back to square one.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cansez throws a sloppy head kick and Shamrock moves out of range easily.
Cansez throws a head kick that misses.
Shamrock drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ken Shamrock dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Cansez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Shamrock looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Shamrock closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Cansez is looking to control Shamrock's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Cansez avoid being mounted?
Shamrock thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Cansez's head.
Cansez is trying to maintain the position but Shamrock is very close to passing his half guard.
Cansez has his hands clasped together around Shamrock's back. He's all about the action.
Cansez trying to control here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Shamrock lands strikes from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock looks to land a strike but Cansez avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Shamrock stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cansez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Cansez misses with a body kick.
Rodrigo Cansez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shamrock throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Cansez's waist but Cansez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Shamrock off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ken Shamrock. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cansez tries to clinch up but Shamrock circles away and keeps his distance.
Cansez tries a head kick but it misses.
Shamrock throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Cansez's waist but Cansez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Shamrock off to one side.
Shamrock shoots in for a double leg but Cansez sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Cansez takes a swing at Shamrock's ribcage but misses.
Shamrock looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Cansez!
Shamrock lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Shamrock thowing shots but they're missing.
Shamrock avoids the attempt from Cansez to control.
Shamrock connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Shamrock avoids the attempt from Cansez to control.
Shamrock cracks Cansez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Shamrock with a couple of short strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock avoids the attempt from Cansez to control.
Shamrock swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Cansez is now in Shamrock's guard. A big mistake from Shamrock there, giving up the dominant position!
Shamrock looking for a sweep. Not yet Shamrock, not yet.
Shamrock throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Shamrock wants to sweep here but Cansez controlling him for the moment.
Cansez working some strikes from top position.
Shamrock looking for a sweep. Not yet Shamrock, not yet.
Shamrock throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Cansez escapes and throws Shamrock's legs to the side, diving into side control!
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.
Shamrock is looking to regain half guard here but Cansez keeps moving and retains side control.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Shamrock changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cansez tries to avoid it but Shamrock manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cansez to the ground. Cansez escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Shamrock scores with a takedown into Cansez's guard.
Shamrock scoring with punches to the head and body.
Cansez working a defensive guard here.
Cansez is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Shamrock throwing strikes but missing.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cansez is keeping the position for now.
Shamrock scoring with some ground and pound.
Cansez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cansez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shamrock swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rodrigo Cansez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shamrock tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Cansez swivels and escapes.
Cansez tries a head kick but it misses.
Shamrock fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Shamrock shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cansez pinned against the cage. Cansez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Shamrock fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's six 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.
Cansez misses with a low kick.
Shamrock closes this distance looking for a takedown but Cansez circles away.
Cansez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Shamrock. That did some damage!
Shamrock closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Shamrock lands in his opponent's guard.
Shamrock loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Shamrock scoring with punches to the head and body.
Shamrock postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cansez looking to control.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Cansez holds on and takes a little breather.
Shamrock looking to pass the guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Cansez has his hands on Shamrock's head, controlling the position.
Shamrock throwing strikes from guard but Cansez blocks nicely.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Shamrock fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Cansez tries to clinch but Shamrock is having none of it.
Shamrock shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Cansez is looking to improve his position but Shamrock isn't that keen on the idea.
Shamrock with shots to the head and body - Cansez looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock punching from mount but Cansez doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Shamrock landing strikes from the mount.
Shamrock throwing strikes but Cansez recovers to half guard. A much better position.
Cansez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Shamrock throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Shamrock is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Cansez is trying is best to control the position here.
Cansez trying to hold on to Shamrock's head to control him but Shamrock postures up.
Shamrock throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Cansez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cansez misses with a kick to the body.
Shamrock shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Shamrock throwing shots but Cansez is blocking nicely.
Shamrock throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Shamrock stops Cansez from getting back to his feet.
Cansez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Shamrock.
Cansez trying to control here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ken Shamrock showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Shamrock 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Ken Shamrock!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Ken Shamrock!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Ken Shamrock!
Ken Shamrock wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Izy Nakata (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 Izy Nakata'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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Izy Nakata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Shaft!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shaft shoots for a takedown but Nakata saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nakata throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nakata throws a series of punches but Shaft moves out of range.
Nakata stuffs the takedown attempt from Shaft. Shaft gets slowly back to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shaft looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nakata fails to land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Nakata.
Nakata swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Shaft shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Nakata is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Shaft rolls with it to try and escape but Nakata cranks on the arm and Shaft is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Izy Nakata!
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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). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
2 - 2 - 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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hidehiko Yoshida!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakurai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sakurai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Some wild striking there from Sakurai.
Yoshida misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yoshida throws a body punch but Sakurai moves out of range.
Sakurai fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yoshida misses with the combination.
Sakurai scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sakurai dodges the punch combination from Yoshida.
Sakurai fails to land with a series of punches.
Yoshida swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sakurai counters with a left and a right that hurts Yoshida! He wobbles and falls to the floor - he's in big trouble! Sakurai jumps into full mount!
Yoshida is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sakurai controlling from mount.
Yoshida is still in real trouble! Can Sakurai finish him?
Yoshida is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida bucks up and throws Sakurai to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Yoshida seems to have recovered his senses.
Sakurai lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yoshida circles away quickly and effectively.
Sakurai looks to land a combination but Yoshida avoids it well.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that Yoshida avoids nicely.
Sakurai misses with a two punch combination.
Yoshida throws a right and a left that Sakurai avoids nicely.
Yoshida looks gassed!
Sakurai misses with a wild combination.
Sakurai throws a series of punches but Yoshida moves out of range.
Sakurai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yoshida moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yoshida misses with a wild combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
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.
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.
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 swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sakurai counters with a three punch combo that has Yoshida backing up. Yoshida nods at Sakurai to acknowledge the strikes.
Yoshida takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Sakurai misses with the combination.
No joy there for Sakurai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sakurai misses with a wild combination.
Yoshida misses with a double jab
and Sakurai counters with a one-two to the body.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yoshida misses with a combination
and Sakurai counters with a left and a right that stings Yoshida.
Sakurai throws a series of strikes that have Yoshida backpedaling.
Sakurai throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yoshida.
Yoshida looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sakurai throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sakurai misses with the combination.
Yoshida throws a right and a left that Sakurai avoids nicely.
Sakurai misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakurai fails to land with a series of punches.
Yoshida misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A combination from Sakurai does no damage.
Yoshida misses with an uppercut.
Sakurai throws a series of punches but Yoshida avoids them all with ease.
Sakurai misses with a series of wild punches.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that Yoshida avoids nicely.
Yoshida throws a right and a left that Sakurai avoids nicely.
Yoshida looks to land a right hand but Sakurai moved out of range.
Yoshida slips a jab and a cross 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 the combination.
Sakurai could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Yoshida lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sakurai circles away quickly and effectively.
Sakurai slips a straight right by Yoshida.
Sakurai fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No joy there for Sakurai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sakurai looks to land a combination. Yoshida sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Yoshida falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sakurai counters with a three punch combo that has Yoshida backing up. Yoshida nods at Sakurai to acknowledge the strikes.
Yoshida swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sakurai counters with a three punch combo that has Yoshida backing up. Yoshida nods at Sakurai to acknowledge the strikes.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that Yoshida avoids nicely.
Sakurai fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sakurai looks to land a combination but Yoshida avoids it well.
Sakurai lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Yoshida misses with a few strikes there.
Sakurai looks to land a combination but Yoshida avoids it well.
Yoshida misses with a two punch combination.
Sakurai looks for the body kick but Yoshida saw that one coming.
Yoshida avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
Yoshida swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sakurai counters with a two punch combo.
Yoshida throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yoshida avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yoshida is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sakurai.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sakurai counters with a three punch combo that has Yoshida backing up. Yoshida nods at Sakurai to acknowledge the strikes.
Yoshida misses with a combination
and Sakurai counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sakurai stalks Yoshida and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Yoshida's face. Yoshida staggers backwards, shaken.
A combination from Sakurai does no damage.
Sakurai ducks under a wild hook from Yoshida.
Yoshida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sakurai.
Yoshida looks to land a combination but Sakurai avoids it well.
Yoshida will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sakurai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yoshida moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yoshida rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sakurai moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sakurai looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yoshida throws a combination that misses
and Sakurai counters with a three punch combo that has Yoshida backing up. Yoshida nods at Sakurai to acknowledge the strikes.
Yoshida misses with a two punch combination.
Yoshida throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sakurai counters with a one-two to the body.
Sakurai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yoshida throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sakurai counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's six 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 rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sakurai moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sakurai lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yoshida circles away quickly and effectively.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
Sakurai tries to bum rush Yoshida with a series of wild strikes but Yoshida uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sakurai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yoshida.
Sakurai slips a jab from Yoshida.
Sakurai slips a jab and a cross from Yoshida.
Sakurai tries to bum rush Yoshida with a series of wild strikes but Yoshida uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
No joy there for Sakurai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A combination from Sakurai does no damage.
Yoshida looks to land a combination but Sakurai avoids it well.
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 misses with a double jab.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that Yoshida avoids nicely.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sakurai circles away quickly and effectively.
Sakurai throws a series of punches but Yoshida moves out of range.
Yoshida tries to bum rush Sakurai with a series of wild strikes but Sakurai uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yoshida showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sakurai.
Sakurai lands with a nice combination. Yoshida backs away looking to recover.
Sakurai slips a jab and a cross from Yoshida.
No joy there for Sakurai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sakurai slips a jab and a cross from Yoshida.
Sakurai lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Yoshida avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sakurai is working the combinations to good effect here.
Sakurai misses with a two punch combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sakurai!
Sakurai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch combination from Sakurai misses.
Sakurai stalks Yoshida and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Yoshida's face. Yoshida staggers backwards, shaken.
Sakurai goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Yoshida looks to land a combination but Sakurai avoids it well.
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.
Yoshida misses with a few strikes there.
Yoshida throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sakurai counters with a one-two to the body.
Sakurai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yoshida throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sakurai counters with a three punch combo that has Yoshida backing up. Yoshida nods at Sakurai to acknowledge the strikes.
Sakurai throws a series of punches but Yoshida moves out of range.
Sakurai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sakurai works over Yoshida's head and body with a nice combination.
Sakurai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sakurai throws a series of strikes that have Yoshida backpedaling.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yoshida throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sakurai counters with a series of strikes. Yoshida will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sakurai throws a series of punches but Yoshida avoids them all with ease.
Sakurai swinging wilding here.
Sakurai misses with the combination.
Sakurai fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sakurai misses with a double jab.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yoshida swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yoshida fails to land with a series of punches.
Sakurai throws a series of punches but Yoshida avoids them all with ease.
Yoshida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yoshida misses with a double jab.
Yoshida slips a jab and a cross from Sakurai.
Yoshida throws a combination that misses
and Sakurai counters with a series of strikes. Yoshida will be more careful next time no doubt.
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 two punch combination.
Sakurai misses with a wild combination.
Yoshida has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Yoshida throws a nice looking combination but Sakurai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yoshida misses with a two punch combination.
Sakurai throws a series of punches but Yoshida moves out of range.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yoshida misses with a series of wild punches.
Some wild striking there from Sakurai.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mayato Sakurai dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Sakurai misses with a few strikes there.
Yoshida falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sakurai counters with a left and a right that stings Yoshida.
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 two punch combination.
A combination from Yoshida does no damage.
Yoshida throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sakurai counters with a one-two to the body.
Yoshida falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sakurai counters with a one-two to the body.
Sakurai misses with a wild combination.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sakurai uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yoshida.
Yoshida misses with a combination
and Sakurai counters with a two punch combo.
Sakurai swinging wilding here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yoshida throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sakurai counters with a one-two to the body.
Sakurai lands a two punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida throws a right hand that Sakurai ducks under and follows up with a left that Sakurai also avoids with ease.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sakurai displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sakurai misses with a two punch combination.
Mayato Sakurai is winning the standup battle so far.
Yoshida avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yoshida throws a right and a left that Sakurai avoids nicely.
Sakurai slips a jab and a cross from Yoshida.
Yoshida throws a right and a left that Sakurai avoids nicely.
Yoshida will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sakurai lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Yoshida backs up against the ropes.
Sakurai tries to bum rush Yoshida with a series of wild strikes but Yoshida uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sakurai fails to land with a series of punches.
Yoshida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mayato Sakurai is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sakurai lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yoshida circles away quickly and effectively.
Yoshida swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sakurai counters with a two punch combo.
Sakurai throws a series of punches but Yoshida moves out of range.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Yoshida misses with a body shot.
Yoshida throws a hook but Sakurai avoids it easily.
Yoshida swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sakurai counters with a one-two to the body.
No joy there for Sakurai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sakurai misses with a two punch combination.
A combination from Sakurai does no damage.
Sakurai misses with a series of wild punches.
Yoshida throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sakurai counters with a two punch combo.
Sakurai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sakurai misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yoshida misses with a straight right.
Sakurai throws a series of punches but Yoshida avoids them all with ease.
Sakurai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yoshida moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A combination from Sakurai does no damage.
Sakurai misses with a series of wild punches.
Sakurai lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yoshida circles away quickly and effectively.
Yoshida throws a right hand that Sakurai ducks under and follows up with a left that Sakurai also avoids with ease.
Yoshida throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Sakurai.
Sakurai misses with a few strikes there.
Sakurai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yoshida throws a series of punches but Sakurai moves out of range.
Yoshida misses with a wild combination.
Yoshida throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sakurai counters with a series of strikes. Yoshida will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sakurai works over Yoshida's head and body with a nice combination.
Yoshida swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sakurai counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A combination from Sakurai does no damage.
A punch combination from Sakurai misses.
Sakurai swinging wilding here.
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 combination
and Sakurai counters with a two punch combo.
Yoshida misses with a combination
and Sakurai counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sakurai avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yoshida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yoshida throws a combination that misses
and Sakurai counters with a left and a right that stings Yoshida.
Sakurai throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yoshida.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that both miss.
A nice combination there by Sakurai.
Sakurai scores with a one two! Yoshida had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Yoshida misses the shot to the body.
Sakurai looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sakurai throws a series of punches but Yoshida avoids them all with ease.
Yoshida throws a combination that misses
and Sakurai counters with a series of strikes. Yoshida will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sakurai slips a jab and a cross from Yoshida.
Yoshida throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sakurai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sakurai misses with a few strikes there.
Yoshida swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sakurai counters with a three punch combo that has Yoshida backing up. Yoshida nods at Sakurai to acknowledge the strikes.
Sakurai tries to bum rush Yoshida with a series of wild strikes but Yoshida uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sakurai moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A left and a right from Sakurai both land. Nice combination.
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 that misses
and Sakurai counters with a left and a right that stings Yoshida.
Sakurai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yoshida moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sakurai throws a nice looking combination but Yoshida bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yoshida throws a nice looking combination but Sakurai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sakurai misses with a wild combination.
Sakurai throws a series of punches but Yoshida avoids them all with ease.
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 double jab.
Yoshida rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sakurai moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sakurai lands a jab-cross combination.
Sakurai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yoshida avoids a punch combination nicely.
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 misses with a wild combination.
Sakurai looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sakurai misses with a wild combination.
Sakurai throws a series of punches but Yoshida moves out of range.
Sakurai misses with a double jab.
Yoshida throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sakurai counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Yoshida misses with a body punch
and Sakurai counters with a left and a right that stings Yoshida.
Yoshida swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sakurai fails to 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 throws a right hand that Yoshida ducks under and follows up with a left that Yoshida also avoids with ease.
Sakurai misses with the combination.
Some wild striking there from Yoshida.
Yoshida falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sakurai counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sakurai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yoshida throws a combination that misses
and Sakurai counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
No joy there for Sakurai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sakurai lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Sakurai misses with a wild combination.
No joy there for Sakurai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yoshida throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sakurai throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yoshida.
Sakurai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yoshida moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yoshida throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yoshida throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sakurai throws a nice looking combination but Yoshida bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Yoshida, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yoshida showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sakurai.
Sakurai looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's eight 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.
Sakurai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yoshida moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yoshida lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sakurai circles away quickly and effectively.
Yoshida throws a combination that misses
and Sakurai counters with a left and a right that stings Yoshida.
Sakurai misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sakurai throws a series of punches but Yoshida moves out of range.
Sakurai looks to land a combination but Yoshida avoids it well.
Yoshida throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yoshida slips a jab and a cross from Sakurai.
Sakurai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yoshida moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yoshida thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yoshida misses with a wild combination.
Yoshida rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sakurai moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
Yoshida swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sakurai counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yoshida throws a right hand that Sakurai ducks under and follows up with a left that Sakurai also avoids with ease.
Danga de danga de dang - Sakurai scores with a four punch combination!
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida swinging wilding here.
Yoshida is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sakurai.
Yoshida throws a right and a left that Sakurai avoids nicely.
Yoshida avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yoshida throws a nice looking combination but Sakurai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yoshida throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yoshida misses with a double jab
and Sakurai counters with a left and a right that stings Yoshida.
Yoshida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yoshida misses with a combination
and Sakurai counters with a two punch combo.
Yoshida misses with a double jab.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Yoshida throws a combination that misses
and Sakurai counters with a series of strikes. Yoshida will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sakurai blocks a jab.
Sakurai misses with a double jab.
Hidehiko Yoshida has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sakurai lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mayato Sakurai showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sakurai 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Mayato Sakurai!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Mayato Sakurai!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Mayato Sakurai!
Mayato Sakurai wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Kalvinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lorens Fldering (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lorens Fldering will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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245 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Robert Kalvinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lorens Fldering!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kalvinson is looking to clinch but Fldering is avoiding it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kalvinson.
Kalvinson throws a series of punches but Fldering avoids them all with ease.
Kalvinson throws a series of punches but Fldering moves out of range.
Fldering shoots in for a double leg but Kalvinson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Kalvinson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Kalvinson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Fldering closes the distance and clinches up with Kalvinson, looking for a takedown. Fldering pushes Kalvinson against the ropes but Kalvinson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Robert Kalvinson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lorens Fldering.
Fldering chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kalvinson can pounce on him.
Fldering looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fldering shoots for a takedown but Kalvinson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kalvinson.
Fldering tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kalvinson throws a left that rocks Fldering and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Kalvinson dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Fldering regain composure!
Fldering is rocked!
It looks like Lorens Fldering has been cut.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Fldering can do anything to dispel that myth.
Kalvinson has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Fldering is still on wobbly legs! Can Kalvinson finish him?
Kalvinson connects with a superb combination that knocks Fldering out cold! The referee charges across the mat and tackles Kalvinson before he can land any more shots to the unconscious Fldering!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Robert Kalvinson!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between fjodor king (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Kuriliv (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Brown Belt
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, fjodor king!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Alexander Kuriliv!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Kenichi Hosakawa and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from king. No joy for Kuriliv on that attempt.
Kuriliv changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. king looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The strikes coming from Kuriliv are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
king gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
king is looking for a sweep. Kuriliv is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Kuriliv missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
king gets back to full guard.
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.
Kuriliv is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
king has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kuriliv can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
king has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Kuriliv doesn't defend quickly enough and king has managed to lock this one up! Can Kuriliv escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to king on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). fjodor king!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hoshi Tanaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy Jefry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andy Jefry told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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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
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hoshi Tanaka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andy Jefry!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jefry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tanaka swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jefry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jefry fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Tanaka sprawls well initially but Jefry persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Tanaka tries to get to full guard but Jefry has control of the leg.
Jefry wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tanaka keeps working.
Tanaka is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Jefry's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Jefry's back!
Tanaka working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Jefry is doing well to defend. Tanaka seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Jefry is forced to tap and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Hoshi Tanaka!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rulon Gardner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Zampidis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Zampidis will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rulon Gardner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Mike Zampidis!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gardner scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Zampidis can do anything to dispel that myth.
Zampidis looking for submissions off his back.
Gardner takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Zampidis on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gardner lands with a punch from half guard.
It looks like Mike Zampidis has been cut.
Gardner is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Zampidis is looking for a sweep. Gardner is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Zampidis missing with punches from the bottom.
Gardner landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That has opened up Mike Zampidis's cut even more.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gardner is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Gardner lands with a punch from half guard.
Zampidis 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.
Zampidis wants to get back to full guard.
Gardner works his foot free and advances to mount.
Gardner working the ground and pound effectively.
Mike Zampidis's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mike Zampidis's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rulon Gardner!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Noriko Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tommy Black will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Noriko Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tommy Black!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black shoots in for a double leg but Gracie sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Gracie throws a series of punches but Black moves out of range.
Black looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Gracie looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Gracie is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Black's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Black's back!
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 can't escape the position.
Black defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Gracie's arms.
Black tries to escape but Gracie has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Gracie is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Black really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gracie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Black has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Black is in bad spot here.
Black is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Gracie gets his way!
Black wants to escape the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie looking to break Black's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Black remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Gracie will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Black wants to escape the position.
Black turns into Gracie and is now in his guard.
Black pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gracie is keeping the position for now.
Black cracks Gracie with a solid left hand.
Gracie is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Gracie looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Black working some strikes from top position.
Gracie throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Black connects with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gracie had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Black 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 Black's back instead.
Gracie is trying to stick to Black's back but Black is turning into Gracie. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Gracie's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Black.
Gracie is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Gracie throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Gracie has his foot on Black's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Black works his way back into a safe position though.
Black lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Gracie has his foot on Black's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Black works his way back into a safe position though.
Black stopping the sweep attempt from Gracie.
Black trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie has his foot on Black's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Black works his way back into a safe position though.
Black throwing strikes but missing.
Gracie has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Black can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Black in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gracie had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Black 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 Black's back instead.
Gracie is working for the choke. It looks like he might have got it... has he...? Yes! Black is tapping out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Noriko Gracie!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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