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PRIDE 12: Stepping Up PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Noriyuki Nayoui (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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BJJ Purple Belt
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light 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, Patrick Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Noriyuki Nayoui!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick from Miller.
Miller fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Miller throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nayoui.
Miller lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nayoui's sensitive parts.
Miller lands with a kick to the temple. Nayoui shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Nayoui lands a glancing blow to the side of Miller's head.
Nayoui looks to land a left hand but Miller moved out of range nicely.
A solid leg kick lands there for Miller.
Nayoui steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Miller. That one must have hurt.
Miller throws a head kick that Nayoui semi-blocks.
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!
Miller misses with a hook
and Nayoui counters with a straight right hand.
Miller fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nayoui on the side of the head.
Miller misses with a looping left.
Nice uppercut lands for Miller. That snapped Nayoui's head back.
Miller throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Nayoui is rocked!
Nayoui avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nayoui is still on wobbly legs! Can Miller finish him?
Miller throws a nice looking combination but Nayoui bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nayoui seems to have recovered his senses.
Nayoui throws a right hand that Miller ducks under and follows up with a left that Miller also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nayoui misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nayoui misses with a double jab.
Miller throws a right and a left that Nayoui avoids nicely.
Nayoui throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Miller looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Miller dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nayoui. That did some damage!
Nayoui looks gassed!
Miller misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Patrick Miller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nayoui avoids the head kick by Miller.
Nayoui throws an off balance right hand
and Miller counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Miller dodges the punch combination from Nayoui.
Donk. Miller catches Nayoui right on the button with a cross.
Nayoui avoids the head kick by Miller.
Miller swinging wilding here.
Miller throws a nice head kick!
A solid body kick from Miller.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Miller swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nayoui counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A shot to de liver by Miller. Beautiful body shot.
Nayoui walks into a stiff left hand from Miller.
Miller throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nayoui sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Miller - that will leave a mark!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Miller works over Nayoui's head and body with a nice combination.
Some wild striking there from Nayoui.
Nayoui swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
An inside leg kick from Miller misses.
Miller misses with a right hand
and Nayoui counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Miller throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Miller fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Nayoui checks it well.
Miller walks into a stiff left hand from Nayoui.
Nayoui misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Miller throws a chopping leg kick but Nayoui manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nayoui.
Miller misses with a lunging right hand
and Miller is countered with a crisp right hand from Nayoui that sends him to the canvas! Nayoui follows him to the mat into side control.
Miller is rocked!
Nayoui stands up.
Oh Miller is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nayoui drops Miller with a big left hand! Miller is injured, injured bad! Nayoui jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Noriyuki Nayoui!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Minoshi Kawajari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Doug Wallaby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wallaby has chosen Europe - The Final Countdown as his entrance music. Doug Wallaby looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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136 lbs
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135 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Minoshi Kawajari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Doug Wallaby!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kawajari shoots in and drives through. Wallaby sprawls well.
Wallaby throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kawajari showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wallaby.
Wallaby misses with a wild combination.
Wallaby stuffs the takedown.
Minoshi Kawajari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kawajari closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Kawajari has hold of Wallaby's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Wallaby tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Kawajari cranks the arm and Wallaby screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Wallaby, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Minoshi Kawajari!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Chinatown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Baumgardner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charlie Chinatown had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 172.6lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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172 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Charlie Chinatown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brian Baumgardner!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chinatown scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Baumgardner looking for submissions off his back.
Chinatown is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Baumgardner looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Chinatown looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Baumgardner tries to get to full guard but Chinatown has control of the leg.
Baumgardner moves into full guard.
Chinatown postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Baumgardner is rocked!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Chinatown makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Baumgardner is still in real trouble! Can Chinatown finish him?
Chinatown landing with the ground and pound.
Chinatown is breathing heavily.
Baumgardner is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Chinatown slips nicely into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baumgardner wants to improve his position but Chinatown is controlling well.
Baumgardner seems to have recovered his senses.
Baumgardner actively working from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chinatown drops an elbow to the side of Baumgardner's head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Baumgardner slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Baumgardner looking to hit a scissor sweep but Chinatown is one step ahead there.
Baumgardner is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Baumgardner working Chinatown over with strikes.
Baumgardner is working for a kimura but Chinatown is defending it quite comfortably.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Baumgardner is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Baumgardner moves into full mount! Chinatown won't be happy about that!
Baumgardner is working for a guillotine from mount but Chinatown frees his head quite easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baumgardner has hold of Chinatown's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Chinatown manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Baumgardner is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Chinatown is surviving well by controlling Baumgardner's body position as best he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chinatown is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Baumgardner locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Chinatown is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Brian Baumgardner!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kuro Endo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samuel Paelinck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Endo comes to the ring accompanied by Name of the Game by The Crystal Method. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kuro Endo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Samuel Paelinck!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Endo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Endo checks a low kick from Paelinck.
Paelinck fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Endo shoots in but Paelinck avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Paelinck tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Endo swivels and escapes.
Endo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Endo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Paelinck.
Paelinck fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A shot to de liver by Endo. Beautiful body shot.
Endo swats away the attempt to clinch by Paelinck.
Paelinck shoots in and drives through. Endo sprawls well.
Kuro Endo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Samuel Paelinck.
Nice sprawl there from Paelinck as Endo shoots in.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Endo!
Endo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Paelinck is fending him off so far but Endo persists. Nope, Paelinck circles away and we're back to standing.
Paelinck swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paelinck shoots and misses
and Endo counters with a series of strikes. Paelinck will be more careful next time no doubt.
Endo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Endo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Paelinck as he avoids it easily.
Paelinck stuffs the takedown.
Paelinck throws a left and a right that both miss
and Endo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Paelinck lands a takedown into guard.
Endo will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Paelinck looks gassed!
Paelinck stops Endo from standing up.
Paelinck pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Endo is keeping the position for now.
Endo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Paelinck is one step ahead there.
Paelinck stops Endo from standing up.
Paelinck advances position into side control!
Endo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Endo being controlled for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Endo tries to buck Paelinck off but Paelinck is having none of it.
Paelinck is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Endo is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Endo tries to buck Paelinck off but Paelinck is having none of it.
Endo is not content to let Paelinck control the position.
Endo pushes Paelinck away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Paelinck gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Endo is looking to regain half guard here but Paelinck keeps moving and retains side control.
Endo is not content to let Paelinck control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Endo sneaks back into half guard.
Paelinck is trying to control the action in half guard but Endo is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Paelinck trying to advance position but Endo counters by regaining guard.
Endo is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Paelinck trying to control the position from guard on top but Endo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Endo looking for a sweep. Not yet Endo, not yet.
Endo working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Paelinck doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Paelinck manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Paelinck trying to control but Endo is working from the bottom.
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.
Endo working a defensive guard here.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Endo shoots in but Paelinck avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A punch combination from Endo misses.
Paelinck will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Endo throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Paelinck's waist but Paelinck gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Endo off to one side.
Paelinck looks for a takedown but Endo sprawls well.
Endo fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Paelinck throws a leg kick
and Endo counters with a nice double leg into side control. Paelinck won't be happy with that.
Paelinck tries to improve position but can't.
You can see the frustration on Paelinck's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Paelinck is looking to regain half guard here but Endo keeps moving and retains side control.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Paelinck's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Paelinck is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Endo's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Paelinck trying to hold on to Endo's head to control him but Endo postures up.
Endo trying to pass the guard but Paelinck defending well.
Endo wants to control but Paelinck is keeping him busy.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Paelinck throws a low kick but Endo avoids it.
Paelinck closes the distance but Endo moves to the side
enabling Endo to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice takedown defense from Endo. No joy for Paelinck on that attempt.
Paelinck throws a left and a right that both miss
and Endo counters with a left and a right that stings Paelinck.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Paelinck falls off balance throwing a combination
and Endo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Paelinck swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Endo counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Endo passes into side control, despite Paelinck's attempt to control the position.
Endo is looking to take a break and control but Paelinck is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Endo throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Endo moves into full mount!
Endo has hold of Paelinck's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Paelinck manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Paelinck is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Endo wants to control the pace but Paelinck is squirming around nicely.
Endo manages to capitalize on a mistake by Paelinck to take his back!
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Endo's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Paelinck has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Endo trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Endo is hanging on to Paelinck's back as he tries to escape.
Paelinck has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Endo.
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.
I really don't envy Paelinck right now.
Paelinck breaks Endo's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Paelinckis looking to pass into half guard but Endo pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Endo is in guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Endo is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Paelinck has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Endo is looking to defend but Paelinck has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Endo! Paelinck pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Endo taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Samuel Paelinck!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yoto Haramushi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryce Thurstan (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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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoto Haramushi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bryce Thurstan!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haramushi decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Thurstan tries to roll over but Haramushi keeps him under control.
Thurstan moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Haramushi stands up from Thurstan's guard - Haramushi perhaps looking for a knockout.
Thurstan has his takedown stuffed
and Haramushi counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Thurstan!
Haramushi moves to the back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thurstan is in bad spot here.
Haramushi looking to hold on to the position here but Thurstan rolls and ends up regaining guard.
Haramushi trying to control but Thurstan is working from the bottom.
Haramushi stays in close to Thurstan's body and controls the position.
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.
Haramushi forces his way into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thurstan is trying to stand up here but Haramushi is controlling him well.
Haramushi wants to pass to mount but Thurstan is defending the position.
Haramushi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Thurstan's head.
Haramushi prevents Thurstan from improving his position.
Haramushi is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Thurstan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Thurstan regains full guard. Nicely done.
Thurstan working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Haramushi has passed into half guard!
Thurstan looks gassed!
Haramushi prevents Thurstan from standing back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Thurstan is trying to maintain the position but Haramushi is very close to passing his half guard.
Haramushi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Haramushi lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Haramushi trying to advance position but Thurstan counters by regaining guard.
Haramushi trying to control the position from guard on top but Thurstan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thurstan being controlled here, momentarily.
Haramushi forces his way into half guard.
Haramushi seems to be looking for submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haramushi is looking to take a break and control but Thurstan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Thurstan is trying to control but can't.
Thurstan tries to get to full guard but Haramushi has control of the leg.
Thurstan is trying to maintain the position but Haramushi is very close to passing his half guard.
Haramushi wants to pass the guard but Thurstan is defending well.
Thurstan tries to roll over but Haramushi keeps him under control.
Thurstan trying to hold on to Haramushi's head to control him but Haramushi postures up.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Haramushi shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Thurstan counters with a shoot takedown. Haramushi fights it but they end up in guard.
Thurstan trying to stand up but can't free himself from Haramushi's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haramushi bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Thurstan's guard.
Thurstan has a closed guard, preventing Haramushi from standing up.
Thurstan keeping moving, preventing Haramushi from controlling successfully.
Thurstan has a closed guard, preventing Haramushi from standing up.
Haramushi is looking to advance position but Thurstan has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Thurstan jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle�. Ooooh, that looks tight� Haramushi is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Haramushi and Thurstan has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Haramushi is trying to improve his position.
Thurstan wants to stand but Haramushi is controlling his arm.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Thurstan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Haramushi keeps working.
Thurstan wants to stand but Haramushi has his arm trapped.
Haramushi is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Haramushi manages to work his way to half guard, despite Thurstan's best efforts.
Haramushi is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Thurstan's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Thurstan's back!
Thurstan rolls, trying to escape but Haramushi keeps control of the position.
Haramushi is looking to control Thurstan but Thurstan is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Haramushi has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Haramushi connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Thurstan to escape the position.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Haramushi has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Thurstan is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Thurstan trying to control the hands but Haramushi won't let him.
Haramushi struggling to keep hold of the position.
Haramushi just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Thurstan preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Haramushi.
Haramushi gets his hands free as Thurstan looks to control.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Thurstan manages to reverse the position and now he's in Haramushi's guard. Nice work there by Thurstan.
Thurstan trying to control but Haramushi is working from the bottom.
Thurstan passes into half guard.
Haramushi has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Thurstan is working away from the top position though.
Thurstan stalling.
Thurstan trying to control from half guard but Haramushi is working away.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Thurstan is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Haramushi defends it well.
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.
Haramushi is staying active underneath Thurstan, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Thurstan might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Haramushi kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Thurstan tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Haramushi.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Thurstan scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Haramushi looking for submissions off his back.
Thurstan is working for a kimura but Haramushi is defending it quite comfortably.
Haramushi trying to control here.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Haramushi keeping control of the position.
Haramushi is trying to maintain the position but Thurstan is very close to passing his half guard.
Thurstan trying to control from half guard but Haramushi is working away.
Thurstan wants to stand but Haramushi has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Haramushi trying to control here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Haramushi throws a leg kick
so Thurstan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Haramushi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Haramushi seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Thurstan is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Yoto Haramushi!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joshua Weiss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derek Muunhaus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joshua Weiss has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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217 lbs
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213 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light 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, Joshua Weiss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Derek Muunhaus!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Weiss throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Muunhaus's waist but Muunhaus gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Weiss off to one side.
Muunhaus looks for a takedown but Weiss sprawls well.
Weiss tries to clinch but Muunhaus moves out of range.
Muunhaus shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Weiss counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Weiss throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Weiss looking to throw knees to the head but Muunhaus is blocking nicely.
Weiss tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Weiss using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Muunhaus is working for takedown but Weiss is calmly controlling the position for now.
Joshua Weiss has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Derek Muunhaus.
Weiss lands with a left to the head.
Muunhaus drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Weiss gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Weiss with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Muunhaus is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Weiss is keeping busy.
Weiss works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Muunhaus working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Weiss doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Weiss manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Muunhaus looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Muunhaus looks gassed!
Weiss landing some decent shots from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Weiss wants to control from the top but Muunhaus keeps moving.
Muunhaus had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Weiss is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Muunhaus Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Weiss's back instead.
Weiss turns into Muunhaus and is now in his guard.
Muunhaus keeping moving, preventing Weiss from controlling successfully.
Muunhaus wants to sweep but no luck.
Muunhaus keeping moving, preventing Weiss from controlling successfully.
Weiss is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Weiss is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Muunhaus wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Muunhaus keeping moving, preventing Weiss from controlling successfully.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Weiss tries to clinch but Muunhaus moves out of range.
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.
Weiss has closed the distance and engaged Muunhaus in a clinch.
Weiss has picked Muunhaus up - he's going for a ride! Weiss dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Weiss looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Muunhaus with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Weiss lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Weiss missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Muunhaus works his way to full guard. Good work.
Weiss content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Weiss postures up.
Weiss trying to control the position from guard on top but Muunhaus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Weiss distracts Muunhaus with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Weiss postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Weiss won't allow Muunhaus to sweep him here.
Weiss connects with a couple of short punches.
Weiss preventing the sweep.
Weiss pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Muunhaus is keeping the position for now.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Weiss is looking to clinch but Muunhaus is avoiding it.
Weiss tries to clinch there but Muunhaus circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weiss wants to clinch up but Muunhaus keeps it at a distance.
Weiss doesn't manage to clinch there - Muunhaus circles away.
Muunhaus gets a takedown into half guard.
Weiss is trying to control but can't.
Muunhaus seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Weiss does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Weiss is in trouble now - Muunhaus has advanced to mount!
Muunhaus has control of Weiss's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Weiss regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Muunhaus is working for a guillotine from mount but Weiss frees his head quite easily.
Weiss is trying to escape the mount but Muunhaus keeps good control and instead manages to take Weiss's back.
Muunhaus is landing with strikes from the back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Muunhaus has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Weiss has freed his hand and lives to survive another� well, another couple of seconds at least!
Weiss is in bad spot here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muunhaus working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Weiss is doing well to defend. Muunhaus seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Weiss is forced to tap and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Derek Muunhaus!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Al Coholic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Goran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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209 lbs
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208 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Al Coholic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryan Goran!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coholic lands an overhand right.
Al Coholic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Coholic fails to land with a series of punches.
Goran stuffs the takedown attempt from Coholic. Coholic gets slowly back to his feet.
Coholic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Coholic throws a right hand that Goran ducks under and follows up with a left that Goran also avoids with ease.
Coholic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Coholic shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Goran but Goran pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Goran lands a nice leg kick that just misses Coholic's sensitive parts.
Goran feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Coholic looking for a guillotine here but Goran defends easily.
Goran looking to pass the guard.
Goran must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coholic looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Goran throwing strikes from guard but Coholic blocks nicely.
Coholic is trying to keep Goran in close.
Coholic working for a triangle but Goran defends it easily.
Coholic has a closed guard, preventing Goran from standing up.
Goran stopping the sweep attempt from Coholic.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Goran throws a wild body kick that Coholic sees coming a mile off.
Goran misses with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Goran fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fight stays on the outside here - Coholic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Coholic throws a chopping leg kick but Goran manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Coholic misses with a takedown
and Goran counters with a takedown into side control.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Al Coholic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Goran looks gassed!
Coholic manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Coholic slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Coholic has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Goran can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Goran stopping the sweep attempt from Coholic.
Coholic is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Goran is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goran sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Coholic wants to sweep but no luck.
Goran looking to pass the guard.
Coholic trying to strike off his back.
Goran passes Coholic's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Coholic works his way to full guard. Good work.
Coholic wants to stand but Goran is controlling the position.
Goran trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Coholic trying to control the position.
Goran is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
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.
Goran passes Coholic's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Goran with the ground and pound but Coholic uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Goran would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Coholic wants to sweep here but Goran controlling him for the moment.
Coholic trying to keep a closed guard but Goran is proving a slippery customer.
Coholic looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Goran controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
I looks like Goran might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Coholic is trying to keep Goran in close.
Goran controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Coholic is trying to control the position but Goran postures up.
Goran trying to control but Coholic is working from the bottom.
Goran won't allow Coholic to sweep him here.
Coholic controls Goran momentarily but Goran frees himself.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
A nice leg kick lands there from Goran.
Goran feints and as Coholic raises his hands in defense, Goran changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Coholic trying to control the position.
Goran is stalling in the full guard.
Coholic is trying to keep Goran in close.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Coholic trying to strike off his back.
Coholic working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Goran doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Goran manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Coholic trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Coholic looking for a guillotine here but Goran defends easily.
Coholic utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Coholic looking for a guillotine here but Goran defends easily.
Coholic looking for a sweep. Not yet Coholic, not yet.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Coholic looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Goran won't allow Coholic to sweep him here.
Coholic throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Coholic manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Goran is in all sorts of trouble here.
Coholic seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Goran is holding on tight.
Goran is trying desperately to improve position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Goran prevents any damage by holding on tight.
Goran tries to hold on but Coholic pushes him away.
Goran is looking to improve his position but Coholic isn't that keen on the idea.
Coholic looking to finish with strikes here!
Goran really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Goran is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Coholic is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Coholic!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Al Coholic!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tron Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nintendo Takada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the ring accompanied by Angry Tronny. Tron Jones has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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193 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tron Jones!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nintendo Takada!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Shimada and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones moves into range and clinches up with Takada.
Takada wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Jones tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Takada smiles and moves away.
A jab from Takada misses.
Jones tries to clinch but Takada is having none of it.
Takada rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jones moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Takada misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones slips a jab and a cross from Takada.
Takada tries to land a front kick but Jones steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nice jab there from Takada.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Takada is fending him off so far but Jones persists. Nope, Takada circles away and we're back to standing.
Takada lands with a nice combination. Jones backs away looking to recover.
It looks like Tron Jones has been cut.
Jones wants to clinch up but Takada keeps it at a distance.
Jones tries to clinch but Takada is having none of it.
Jones throws a head kick but Takada moves out of range.
Takada looks to land a combination but Jones avoids it well.
Jones throws an overhand right that lands on Takada's shoulder, as Takada tries to avoid the shot.
Jones is looking to clinch but Takada is avoiding it.
Jones instigates a clinch.
Jones fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tron Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones fails to pull guard.
Jones tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Takada is pressed up against the ropes. Jones has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Takada down to the mat. Takada avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A jab from Takada does it's job there.
Jones shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Takada but Takada pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Takada circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Takada.
Takada is looking to clinch.
Takada takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones darts in trying to clinch
and Takada counters with a shoot takedown. Jones fights it but they end up in guard.
Takada gets to his feet - Jones follows without any prompting.
Jones wants to clinch
and Takada counters with a one-two to the body.
Takada fails to land with a series of punches.
Jones shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Takada counters with a stiff right hand.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Takada misses with a two punch combination.
Jones tries for a takedown but Takada circles away easily
and Takada connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones misses with a body kick.
Takada lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Takada steps into range and cracks Jones with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Jones flops backwards and Takada dives into his guard looking to finish!
Jones is rocked!
Takada gets to his feet - Jones follows without any prompting.
Oh Jones is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nice shot lands for Takada.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Takada lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a leg kick.
Jones seems to have got his legs back now.
Takada misses with a jab, cross combination.
Takada throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Takada moves out of range of the leg kick from Jones.
A combination from Takada does no damage.
Takada circles away from the clinch attempt
and Takada connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Takada lands with a big left! Jones is wobbled badly! Takada comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Jones to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Nintendo Takada!
Nintendo Takada is the new middleweight champion!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Osanti Herod (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Herod comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Judith kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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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260 lbs
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247 lbs
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Paul Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Osanti Herod!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Herod looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Smith is fending him off so far but Herod persists. Nope, Smith circles away and we're back to standing.
Smith misses with a takedown
and Herod counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Herod.
Smith is trying to keep Herod in close.
Smith manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Herod manages to get himself to full guard.
Herod working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Smith doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Smith manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Herod had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Smith is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Herod Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Smith's back instead.
Smith is really stuck here.
Smith tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Smith really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
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.
Herod avoids the attempt from Smith to control.
Herod working away from the top, dropping strikes.
It looks like Paul Smith has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Herod working for a guillotine from mount but Smith is in no mood to give up.
Herod lands a heavy elbow.
Smith tries to control the position but Herod now has his back.
Herod is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Smith knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Smith for a finish.
Smith fending off the submission attempt from Herod.
Herod looks gassed!
Smith turns into Herod and is now in his guard.
Smith drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Smith jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Herod looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Smith passes Herod's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Smith is working for a kimura but Herod is defending it quite comfortably.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to stand but can't do so whilst Herod controls his leg.
Smith will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Herod is pressing down on Smith's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Herod lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Smith!
A nice elbow there by Herod.
Herod trying to control but Smith is having none of it.
A nice elbow there by Herod.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith has left one of his arms exposed and Herod doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Smith screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Osanti Herod!
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