JLF: Sunday Night Fights 6 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Shinzo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silva
vs
Kelly

170 cm
22
146 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

170 cm
23
145 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinzo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly fails with the takedown.
Kelly shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense.
Silva is looking to land body kicks.

Kelly closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Silva to the mat! Silva manages to get full guard.

Kelly is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Silva is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Silva has escaped and now he's on top!

Silva decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Kelly, up you get!
Kelly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva misses with a takedown
and Kelly counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Kelly gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Silva to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Silva wants to control from the top but Kelly keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kelly working for submissions but it's allowed Silva to get to half guard.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.

Kelly is defending against the submission attempts here by Silva.
Silva takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Kelly is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Silva pulls his head out easily.

Kelly looking for submissions off his back.
Kelly looks gassed!
Kelly is staying active underneath Silva, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

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.
Silva wants to stand up but Kelly has a hold of him and won't allow it.

Kelly actively working from the bottom here.
Silva is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kelly looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.

Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kelly tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Shinzo Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Kelly.

Silva gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Silva tries to stand and escape but Kelly is controlling the position.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Silva is looking for a kimura here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kelly looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Kelly actively working from the bottom here.

Kelly is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Silva pulls his head out easily.

Silva decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Silva stands and steps away. Kelly gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Kelly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a front kick.

Silva moves into the clinch.

Silva successfully pulls guard.

Kelly drops back, looking for a kneebar! Silva looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Silva looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Silva!
Kelly looking for a sweep but Silva has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Kelly is in all sorts of trouble here.
Kelly is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shinzo Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Good exchange - Silva coming out on top.
Silva tries to clinch up but Kelly circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva misses with a takedown

and Kelly counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Kelly.
Silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Kelly advances to half guard.
Kelly is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Silva!

Kelly goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Silva turns into him and now he's in Kelly's guard.
Silva sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Kelly's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kelly actively working from the bottom here.
Kelly is trying to get back to full guard.
Silva trying to control from half guard but Kelly is working away.

Kelly looking for submissions off his back.

Kelly is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Silva pulls his head out easily.

Silva decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

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.

Silva rushes Kelly and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Silva presses Kelly against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Silva jumps guard.
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly looking for a sweep but Silva has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Kelly working to try and regain half guard.
Silva looking to control but Kelly is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Silva has control of Kelly's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Kelly regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Kelly is trying to escape the mount.

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.

Silva jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Kelly manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Silva tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Kelly is not content to let Silva control the position.
Kelly manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

Kelly is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Silva pulls his head out easily.
Silva working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Shinzo Silva overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Kelly looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but John Kelly will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Silva tries to clinch but Kelly moves out of range.
Silva throws a solid leg kick but Kelly takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Silva.
Silva fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kelly looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kelly looks for a takedown but Silva sprawls well.
Kelly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kelly throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kelly takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Silva scores with a takedown into Kelly's guard.

Kelly is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wanted to stand there but Kelly had control of the position.
Silva advances position into side control!
Kelly looks to move to half guard but instead Silva has passed into mount! Damn!
Silva controlling the pace for now.
Kelly can't escape the position.
Silva tries to control but Kelly wriggling away.

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.
Kelly really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Silva working the ground and pound effectively.
Kelly is trying desperately to improve position.
Silva controlling the position easily from mount.
Kelly is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to control but Kelly wriggling away.

Silva is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Kelly with a lazy takedown attempt

and Silva moves into the clinch.
Kelly drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silva pulls his leg out and moves away.
Shinzo Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Kelly.

Silva has managed to clinch.
Silva prevents the takedown attempt.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silva has Kelly pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Silva pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Kelly tumbling to the mat - Silva dives into Kelly's guard.

Kelly has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Silva can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Silva trying to control but Kelly is working from the bottom.
Silva trying to stand up but can't free himself from Kelly's guard.

Kelly had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Silva defends it easily.

Kelly has an active guard here but Silva has managed to pass into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shinzo Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silva has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shinzo Silva!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
47%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rumina Endo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takanori Dragon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumina Endo looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Endo
vs
Dragon

174 cm
25
155 lbs
6 - 7 - 1

175 cm
23
160 lbs
2 - 3 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Rumina Endo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Takanori Dragon!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dragon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Endo looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Dragon tries to close the distance and clinch but Endo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Endo shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dragon defends it nicely.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Dragon!
Dragon misses with a wild combination.
Dragon scores with a jab to the head.
Dragon scores with a three punch combo!
Endo keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice body punch from Dragon.
Rumina Endo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dragon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dragon scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Endo doesn't seem bothered though.
Dragon scores with a hook to the body. Endo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Dragon throws a combination. Endo tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Dragon fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dragon scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Endo doesn't seem bothered though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dragon pushes Endo up against the cage in a clinch.

Dragon breaks the clinch.
Nice shot lands for Dragon.
Dragon changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Dragon instigates a clinch.

Dragon manages to break the clinch.
Dragon tries to clinch but Endo is having none of it.
Dragon lands a right hook to the body.
Dragon lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Dragon moves into the clinch.

Dragon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dragon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dragon stalks Endo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Endo's face. Endo staggers backwards, shaken.
Dragon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Takanori Dragon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dragon fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragon scores with a jab to the body.
Dragon scores with a jab to the head.
Dragon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dragon misses with a jab, cross combination.
Good standup being displayed there by Dragon as he connects with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A combination from Dragon does no damage.
Dragon stuffs the takedown.
A lazy left from Dragon finds it's target.
Dragon lunges at Endo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Endo's hand.
Endo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dragon is fending him off so far but Endo persists. Nope, Dragon circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rumina Endo. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Dragon clinches up with Endo and pushes him back against the cage.

Dragon breaks the clinch.
Endo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A combination from Dragon does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragon fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Endo on the side of the head.
Dragon is working the combinations to good effect here.
Endo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Dragon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dragon ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Endo shoots in looking for a takedown. Dragon tries to sprawl out of it but Endo keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dragon manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Endo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dragon lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Dragon is looking to clinch.
Dragon bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Endo's head.
Dragon paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dragon looks to land a combination but Endo avoids it well.
Dragon throws a nice looking combination but Endo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

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.
Dragon misses with a two punch combination.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Endo. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Dragon keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Dragon tries to clinch up.
Dragon scores with a one two! Endo had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Dragon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dragon tests Endo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dragon defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Endo.
Endo keeps the fight on the outside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A combination from Endo does no damage.
Dragon doesn't manage to clinch there - Endo circles away.
Dragon tries to clinch there but Endo circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Takanori Dragon dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Dragon misses with a few strikes there.
Dragon changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Dragon forces Endo back against the cage and clinches.
Dragon slowing the pace effectively.

Dragon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Dragon.
Dragon closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Endo tries to keep at a distance but Dragon has taken the fight into the clinch.

Dragon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Dragon moves into range and clinches up with Endo.

Dragon breaks the clinch.
Endo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Dragon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Endo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Endo slips a jab and a cross from Dragon.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Endo.
Dragon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Endo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Endo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dragon swivels and escapes.
Dragon throws a combination. Endo tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Dragon tries to clinch but Endo is having none of it.
Dragon fails to land with a series of punches.
Takanori Dragon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Endo is trying hard to land a takedown here. Dragon sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rumina Endo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dragon paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Endo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dragon throws out the jab.

Endo 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.

Endo drops back, looking for a kneebar! Dragon looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Dragon looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Dragon!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragon wants to stand but Endo is controlling his arm.
Endo manages to work his way to half guard, despite Dragon's best efforts.
Dragon wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Endo works his way to full guard. Good work.

Dragon stands up and waves to Endo to follow him.

Endo scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Endo is trying to control. Dragon wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Endo is trying for a kimura here. Dragon looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Endo wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rumina Endo!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
66%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jubril Osoba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raykwan Windtalker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Osoba
vs
Windtalker

218 cm
23
209 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

180 cm
24
205 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jubril Osoba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Raykwan Windtalker!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Windtalker misses with a takedown attempt - Osoba sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Windtalker wants to clinch up but Osoba keeps it at a distance.
Osoba looks to clinch

and Windtalker counters by clinching up.
Osoba is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Windtalker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Windtalker darts in trying to clinch
and Osoba counters with a stiff right hand.
Windtalker chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Osoba throws an overhand right that lands on Windtalker's shoulder, as Windtalker tries to avoid the shot.
Osoba throws a predictable looking body shot

and Windtalker counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Osoba's guard now.
Osoba thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Windtalker wants to control from the top but Osoba keeps moving.
Osoba will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Osoba looking for subs off his back but Windtalker has passed one foot through into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Osoba looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Osoba is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Windtalker pulls his head out easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Osoba looking for submissions off his back.
Osoba is breathing heavily.
Windtalker lands strikes from half guard.
Osoba throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Windtalker manages to pass to side control.
Windtalker prevents Osoba from escaping the position.
Osoba is working to avoid the ground and pound but Windtalker connects with a decent elbow.
Windtalker has knee on belly and moves into mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Windtalker cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Windtalker lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Windtalker scoring with strikes but Osoba is staying in there.
Osoba throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Windtalker unloading with bombs!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Windtalker takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Windtalker scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Osoba?
Windtalker tries to control but Osoba wriggling away.
Windtalker cracks Osoba with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Windtalker looking to control and managing it successfully.
Osoba really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Windtalker can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Osoba is looking to escape.
Windtalker lands with some strikes.
Osoba is bucking up trying to escape but Windtalker cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Windtalker breaks from Osoba's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Windtalker looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Osoba is looking to get to half guard.
Windtalker has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Osoba's face.
Osoba tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Osoba throwing hammer fists to the chest of Windtalker. What's that going to do exactly?
The referee warns Osoba that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Osoba throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Osoba is looking to get to half guard.
Osoba is squirming around, avoiding Windtalker's attempts to control the action.
Windtalker lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Osoba working to try and regain half guard.
Osoba swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Windtalker looking to control and managing it successfully.
Osoba is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Osoba is squirming around, avoiding Windtalker's attempts to control the action.
Windtalker controlling the position easily from mount.
Osoba really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Windtalker lands with some strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Windtalker trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Windtalker has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Windtalker lands with some strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raykwan Windtalker 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.

Osoba stuffs the takedown.
Osoba scores with a body shot.
Raykwan Windtalker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Osoba with a poor takedown

and Windtalker counters by moving into the clinch.
Osoba tries a body shot but Windtalker blocks it.
Osoba lands a body punch.
Osoba has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Windtalker breaks from the clinch.
Windtalker wants to clinch.
Windtalker connects with a high kick.
Windtalker circles away from the clinch attempt

and Windtalker counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Windtalker is trying to control the action in half guard but Osoba is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Osoba is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Windtalker pulls his head out easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Osoba is in trouble now - Windtalker has advanced to mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Osoba is trying to escape the mount.
Osoba taking shots to the head.
Osoba is trying desperately to improve position.
Windtalker landing strikes, looking to finish!
Windtalker cracks Osoba with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Windtalker raining down shots from the mount!
Windtalker can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Osoba is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Osoba trying desperately to get to his feet.
Osoba working to try and regain half guard.
Windtalker lands a heavy elbow.
Osoba tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The referee warns Osoba that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Windtalker landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Windtalker cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Windtalker lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Osoba keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Windtalker can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Osoba is looking to escape.
Windtalker putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Osoba squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Windtalker trying to control but Osoba is having none of it.
Windtalker punishing his opponent with strikes.
Windtalker in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Osoba squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Windtalker has control of Osoba's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Osoba regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Osoba throwing hammer fists to the chest of Windtalker. What's that going to do exactly?
Osoba on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Osoba tries to get out of the position.
Osoba is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Osoba really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Osoba is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Osoba really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Windtalker is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Osoba can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Osoba is wriggling around trying to escape.
Osoba sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Osoba keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Osoba is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Osoba looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raykwan Windtalker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Osoba looks to clinch

and Windtalker decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Osoba's guard.
Osoba throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Osoba throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Windtalker trying to control but Osoba is working from the bottom.

Osoba has his foot on Windtalker's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Windtalker works his way back into a safe position though.
Windtalker trying to control but Osoba is working from the bottom.

Osoba uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Windtalker shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Osoba manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Osoba avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Osoba throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Windtalker trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Osoba throws his legs up looking for a submission but Windtalker uses it to pass to side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Osoba is trying to work for a sweep but Windtalker has mounted him!
Raykwan Windtalker has got the better of the ground game so far.
Windtalker scoring with strikes but Osoba is staying in there.
Osoba can't escape the position.
Windtalker tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Windtalker trying to control but Osoba is having none of it.
Osoba is trying desperately to improve position.
Windtalker blocks Osoba's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Windtalker is working for a guillotine from mount but Osoba frees his head quite easily.
Osoba is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Windtalker dominating with strikes here.
Osoba swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Osoba really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Windtalker blocks Osoba's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Osoba really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Osoba is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Windtalker looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Osoba can't escape the position.
Windtalker working the ground and pound effectively.
Windtalker landing strikes, looking to finish!
Windtalker trying to control but Osoba is having none of it.
Osoba throwing hammer fists to the chest of Windtalker. What's that going to do exactly?
Windtalker prevents Osoba from getting the reversal.
Windtalker wants to control the pace but Osoba is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Windtalker working for a submission but Osoba is keeping him at bay.
Osoba is wriggling around trying to escape.
Jubril Osoba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Windtalker landing strikes, looking to finish!
Osoba flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Osoba tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Osoba flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Osoba is in all sorts of trouble here.
Raykwan Windtalker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Windtalker controlling his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Raykwan Windtalker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Windtalker winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raykwan Windtalker!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
74%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kenji Ramen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akiyama Takumi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramen comes into the arena with AC/DC - If You Want Blood blaring out of the sound system. Akiyama Takumi acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Ramen
vs
Takumi

175 cm
20
149 lbs
4 - 5 - 1

189 cm
19
152 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenji Ramen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akiyama Takumi!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yuuki Gou and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takumi swinging wilding here.
A swing and a miss from Takumi.

Ramen changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Takumi looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Takumi is looking to reverse the position.
Ramen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Takumi keeps working.
Ramen scoring with punches from side control.
Ramen misses with the ground and pound.
Ramen scores with a couple of short elbows.
Takumi manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Ramen tries to kick Takumi off but Takumi keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Takumi wants to stand but Ramen has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Ramen is doing well to control the position and prevent Takumi from advancing to side control.
Takumi wants to stand but Ramen has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takumi passes to full mount!
Takumi tries to control but Ramen wriggling away.
Poor strikes thrown by Takumi there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Ramen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ramen working to try and regain half guard.
Ramen wants to hold on but Takumi pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ramen can't escape the position.
Ramen tries to buck Takumi off but he can't manage it.
Ramen wants to hold on but Takumi pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ramen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Takumi is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
Takumi looks gassed!
Ramen bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ramen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ramen with a nice head shot there.
Takumi keeping moving, preventing Ramen from controlling successfully.
Ramen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ramen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Takumi works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ramen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Takumi's head.

Ramen stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Ramen scores with a jab to the jaw.
Takumi shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ramen counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Ramen closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takumi is trying to control Ramen's posture but Ramen avoids it.
Takumi is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ramen connects with a decent elbow.
Ramen is putting a hurting on Takumi here, landing some big shots from side control.
You can see the frustration on Takumi's face as Ramen controls the position.
Ramen's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Takumi is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ramen connects with a decent elbow.
Ramen gets to mount! Takumi was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Ramen tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramen breaks from Takumi's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Ramen dominating with strikes here.
Ramen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ramen working the ground and pound effectively.
Ramen lands a nice shot to the head.
Ramen scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Ramen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ramen controlling from mount.
BOOM! Ramen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenji Ramen dominated that round.
That's time! Ramen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Takumi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ramen avoids the body shot from Takumi.
Takumi tries to clinch but Ramen moves away
and Ramen counters with a low kick, right behind Takumi 's knee.

Ramen gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Ramen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ramen tries to bum rush Takumi with a series of wild strikes but Takumi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Ramen knocks Takumi to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?

Takumi is rocked!

It looks like Akiyama Takumi has been cut.
Ramen lands a decent elbow from side control.
Takumi is still in real trouble! Can Ramen finish him?
Ramen has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Takumi seems to have recovered his senses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ramen scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Ramen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Takumi is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Takumi is desperately trying to improve his position but Ramen has a good base and remains in mount.
Takumi is breathing heavily.
Ramen looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Takumi hang on?
Takumi in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Ramen with shots to the head and body - Takumi looks very uncomfortable down there.
Ramen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Ramen landing strikes from the mount and Takumi is in trouble!
Ramen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ramen breaks from Takumi's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Ramen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Ramen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ramen breaks from Takumi's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Ramen lands a nice shot to the head.
Ramen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Takumi?
Takumi in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Ramen looking to finish Takumi with some ground and pound. This is bad for Takumi!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ramen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ramen lands a big shot there that rocks Takumi but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Kenji Ramen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ramen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Takumi?
Takumi tries to hold on but Ramen pushes him away.
Takumi is looking to improve his position but Ramen isn't that keen on the idea.
Ramen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Takumi is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Takumi is squirming around, avoiding Ramen's attempts to control the action.
Ramen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ramen scoring with strikes but Takumi is staying in there.
Ramen controlling the pace for now.
Ramen lands a nice shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramen tries to control but Takumi wriggling away.
Takumi tries to hold on but Ramen pushes him away.
Ramen landing punches.
A nice elbow there by Ramen.
Takumi taking shots to the head.
Ramen unloading with bombs!
Ramen landing shots from mount.
Ramen scoring with strikes but Takumi is staying in there.
Ramen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Takumi takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramen postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Takumi looks a forlorn figure.
Takumi taking shots to the head.
Takumi is squirming around, avoiding Ramen's attempts to control the action.
Ramen working Takumi over with strikes here.
Ramen postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Takumi looks a forlorn figure.
Ramen tries to control but Takumi wriggling away.
Takumi is wriggling around trying to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ramen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Takumi in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Ramen tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ramen breaks from Takumi's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenji Ramen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Akiyama Takumi's cut.
That's time! Ramen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Ramen's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Ramen duly obliges.
Ramen tries to clinch there but Takumi circles away.
Takumi scores with a push kick.
Akiyama Takumi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ramen misses with a two punch combination.
Takumi throws a body kick the misses

and Ramen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ramen.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Ramen breaks from the clinch.
Takumi tries to clinch

and Ramen counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Ramen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Good standup being displayed there by Ramen as he connects with a hook.

Ramen closes the distance and pushes Takumi back into the cage.
Takumi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takumi jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ramen walks away with a smile on his face. Takumi gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ramen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ramen slips a jab and a cross from Takumi.
Ramen lands a lovely overhand right.

Ramen shoots in and bounces Takumi off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Takumi keeping moving, preventing Ramen from controlling successfully.
Ramen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ramen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ramen might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ramen is working Takumi over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ramen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takumi trying to keep a closed guard but Ramen is proving a slippery customer.
Ramen wants to control from the top but Takumi keeps moving.
Ramen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Takumi has momentary wrist control but Ramen slips an elbow through the middle.
Takumi can't keep his opponent in guard - Ramen advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Ramen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Takumi with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ramen slips a nice elbow through Takumi's hands, connecting with Takumi's forehead.
Ramen is trying to control the action in half guard but Takumi is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ramen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Takumi can do to turn this around?
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ramen connects with a nice short shot to Takumi's temple.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ramen connects with a nice short shot to Takumi's temple.
Ramen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Takumi with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramen is trying to control the action in half guard but Takumi is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ramen lands with a punch from half guard.
Ramen passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Takumi!
Ramen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ramen lands a big elbow.
Ramen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Takumi?
BOOM! Ramen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ramen landing shots from mount.
Ramen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ramen cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Takumi taking shots to the head.
Ramen raining down shots from the mount!
Kenji Ramen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramen controlling the position easily from mount.
Ramen lands with some strikes.
Ramen looking to finish Takumi with some ground and pound. This is bad for Takumi!
Ramen lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Akiyama Takumi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ramen lands with some strikes.
Ramen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Takumi?
Takumi keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ramen tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kenji Ramen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ramen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:24
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:24
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenji Ramen!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
92%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Fields (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romero Calvacanti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fields comes to the cage accompanied by blue bird. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Fields
vs
Calvacanti

182 cm
23
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

182 cm
23
182 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Bullshito Clothing
[JMFC] Rising Sun Clothing Co.

Grappling Pro Gear
Grappling Pro Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 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, Jeremy Fields!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Romero Calvacanti!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Calvacanti fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fields tries for a takedown but Calvacanti sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Fields shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Calvacanti actively working from the bottom here.
Fields looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Fields prevents Calvacanti from improving his position.

Calvacanti looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Fields wants to control but Calvacanti is keeping him busy.
Calvacanti is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Fields trying to pass the guard but Calvacanti defending well.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Calvacanti shoots in and bounces Fields off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fields looking for a sweep. Not yet Fields, not yet.

Fields is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Calvacanti is aware though and is defending well.

Calvacanti avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Fields keeping moving, preventing Calvacanti from controlling successfully.
Calvacanti is fighting to break Fields's control of his arms but Fields is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calvacanti controls from within his opponent's guard.

Fields looking for a guillotine here but Calvacanti defends easily.
Calvacanti trying to control the position from guard on top but Fields is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fields looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Fields is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Calvacanti defends well.

Fields is looking for a triangle but Calvacanti pushes his legs off easily.
Fields is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calvacanti wants to control from the top but Fields keeps moving.
Calvacanti advances to half guard.
Fields wants to get back to full guard.
Calvacanti slows the pace down in half guard.

Fields looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Calvacanti is trying to control the action in half guard but Fields is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Calvacanti sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Fields defending well though.
Calvacanti wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fields keeps working.
Calvacanti prevents Fields from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Calvacanti is taking a breather. Fields says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Fields looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Calvacanti!
Calvacanti is working to get back to half guard.
Calvacanti tries to hold on but Fields postures up.
Calvacanti is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Fields dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Fields misses with a takedown

so Calvacanti counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Fields working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Calvacanti doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Calvacanti manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Calvacanti stays in close to Fields's body and controls the position.

Calvacanti avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Fields is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Calvacanti is aware though and is defending well.
Calvacanti must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Calvacanti content to stall in guard here.
Fields is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fields is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Calvacanti is pushing down on Fields's leg trying to pass to half guard. Fields is fighting to maintain full guard but Calvacanti has managed to sneak the leg through.

Calvacanti is working for a submission of some sort.
Fields gets back to full guard.

Fields had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Calvacanti defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Fields looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Calvacanti throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Fields works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Calvacanti 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.

Fields looking for a guillotine here but Calvacanti defends easily.
Jeremy Fields overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Calvacanti trying to control the position from guard on top but Fields is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fields can't keep his opponent in guard - Calvacanti advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Calvacanti lands a nice short elbow.
Fields makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Fields.
Calvacanti trying to control the position from guard on top but Fields is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Fields working for submissions but it's allowed Calvacanti to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fields trying to control but Calvacanti postures up.
Calvacanti controlling the action here.
Fields is trying to maintain the position but Calvacanti is very close to passing his half guard.
Calvacanti works his foot free and advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Romero Calvacanti showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Fields's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Calvacanti fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Fields sprawls well initially but Calvacanti persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Fields gets full guard.
Calvacanti controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Fields working for a triangle but Calvacanti defends it easily.

Fields looking for a guillotine here but Calvacanti defends easily.

Fields is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calvacanti preventing the sweep.
Calvacanti pushing down on Fields's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Fields looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Well, if Calvacanti is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Fields is looking to control Calvacanti's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Fields avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Calvacanti content to control rather than advance.

Fields looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Calvacanti is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Fields moves into full guard.
Calvacanti with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fields throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Calvacanti controlling from the top position.
Fields is pulling down on Calvacanti's head. It's preventing any offense from Calvacanti, at least for the moment.
Calvacanti content to stall in guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Let's hope that Calvacanti has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Calvacanti trying to control but Fields is working from the bottom.
Calvacanti looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Calvacanti stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fields swivels though and keeps the full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Romero Calvacanti comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Calvacanti has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Romero Calvacanti!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
39%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Romulo Barral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Fritzel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Barral
vs
Fritzel

190 cm
19
216 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

182 cm
20
224 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Grappling Pro Gear
Grappling Pro Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Romulo Barral!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marcus Fritzel!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Barral clinches up against the cage.

Barral tightens his grip and picks Fritzel up, before dumping him to the ground. Fritzel manages to land in guard.
Barral's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Barral wants to pass the guard but Fritzel is keeping the position.
Barral lands a couple of digs.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Fritzel can do anything to dispel that myth.
Barral works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Barral tries to pass to full mount but Fritzel defends it.
Barral slows the pace down in half guard.
Fritzel regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fritzel is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Barral seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Fritzel has his hands on Barral's head, controlling the position.
Barral's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Barral looking to pass the guard.
Barral controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Barral trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Barral passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Fritzel gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Fritzel really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barral trying to control but Fritzel is having none of it.

Barral is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Fritzel has managed to escape the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barral looking to control and managing it successfully.

Barral is working for a guillotine from mount but Fritzel frees his head quite easily.
Barral trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Romulo Barral dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Barral is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Fritzel's half guard.
Barral looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Barral takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Fritzel wants to improve his position but Barral is controlling well.

Barral is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Barral prevents Fritzel from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barral is looking for a kimura here.
Barral is stalling here. Fritzel is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Barral seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Fritzel has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Barral tries to bench press Fritzel off him but Fritzel keeps the position.
You can see the frustration on Barral's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Barral sneaks back into half guard.
Barral has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Fritzel is working away from the top position though.
Barral is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Fritzel fails to land with a series of punches.

Barral shoots in and bounces Fritzel off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Fritzel wants to sweep but no luck.
Barral tries to free his leg and advance position but Fritzel is retaining full guard.
Barral won't allow Fritzel to sweep him here.
Barral trying to control the position from guard on top but Fritzel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

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.
Fritzel manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Barral manages to get himself to full guard.
Barral controls Fritzel momentarily but Fritzel frees himself.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Barral is on top in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barral sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Fritzel's guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Barral is controlling the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Romulo Barral dominated that second round.
That's time! Barral's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Barral doesn't manage to clinch there - Fritzel circles away.
A left and a right from Fritzel both land. Nice combination.

Fritzel gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Barral wants a takedown.
Barral has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Fritzel is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Fritzel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Barral dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Fritzel looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Barral changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Fritzel fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Romulo Barral. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fritzel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Barral tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Fritzel swivels and escapes.
Fritzel lands a two punch combo.
No joy there for Fritzel, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fritzel connects with a crisp jab.
Fritzel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barral drives through with a takedown into guard.
Barral passes Fritzel's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Barral content to control rather than advance.
Fritzel is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Fritzel avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Barral.
Barral is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Fritzel really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Barral. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barral passes to side control.
Barral is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Barral is looking to take a break and control but Fritzel is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barral is staying tight to Fritzel's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Barral wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fritzel keeps working.
Fritzel is being controlled here.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Romulo Barral just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
No luck for Barral with that takedown attempt.

Fritzel rushes Barral and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fritzel wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barral has him pressed against the cage.

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.
Barral keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fritzel's efforts to push away.
A frustrated look appears on Fritzel's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Barral goes for a takedown attempt but Fritzel pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Fritzel tries to keep at a distance but Barral has taken the fight into the clinch.

Barral breaks the clinch.
Fritzel tries to clinch up but Barral circles away and keeps his distance.
Barral circles away from the clinch attempt.

Fritzel clinches.
Fritzel is trying to force a seperation but Barral has the dominant position.
Fritzel wants to get back to striking at distance but Barral won't allow it.
Barral goes for a takedown attempt but Fritzel pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Fritzel lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Marcus Fritzel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Romulo Barral is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Barral closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus Fritzel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Barral 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Romulo Barral!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
37%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boom Tree (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davo Eduardo (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.

Tree
vs
Eduardo

201 cm
22
260 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

193 cm
22
253 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Boom Tree!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Davo Eduardo!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eduardo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tree pinned against the cage. Tree gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Tree throws a series of punches but Eduardo avoids them all with ease.
Tree fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Eduardo doesn't manage to clinch there - Tree circles away.
Tree misses with a body kick.
Tree is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tree with a lazy takedown attempt

and Eduardo counters with a shoot takedown. Tree fights it but they end up in guard.

Eduardo 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.

Eduardo drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Tree manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Eduardo has Tree in his guard.
Eduardo has his hands on Tree's head, controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tree works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Tree is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Eduardo has managed to free his arm - good work.
Tree takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Tree trying to pass the guard but Eduardo defending well.
Eduardo is not content to let Tree control the position.
Tree sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Eduardo defending well though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Eduardo keeping control of the position.
Tree wants to lay and pray for a moment but Eduardo keeps working.
Eduardo trying to hold on to Tree's head to control him but Tree postures up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Tree fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Eduardo avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Boom Tree. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tree pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tree shoots in for a takedown but Eduardo shows good takedown defense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tree swings for the body but Eduardo moves out of range.
Tree lands a jab to the nose.
Eduardo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tree swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Eduardo fails to land the takedown.
Tree looks to score with a jab to the body but Eduardo is just out of range.

Tree takes the fight into the clinch.
Eduardo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Tree pulls guard effortlessly.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Eduardo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tree is keeping the position for now.
Tree lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Eduardo!
Tree avoids the attempt from Eduardo to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Tree.
Tree looking to control but Eduardo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Tree avoids the attempt from Eduardo to control.
Eduardo working to try and regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boom Tree dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Tree checks the leg kick.
Tree moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Davo Eduardo has been cut.
Tree dips to his left and cracks Eduardo with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Eduardo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Eduardo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Tree darts in and clinches Eduardo up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Tree scores with a nice short uppercut.

Tree breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Eduardo ducks right into an uppercut from Tree.
Boom Tree is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tree tries to clinch but Eduardo is having none of it.
Eduardo dives in and grabs Tree's left leg, looking for a takedown. Tree pushes down on Eduardo's head and hops out.

Tree 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.
Eduardo is breathing heavily.
Eduardo can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Tree controls the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tree trying to control the position from guard on top but Eduardo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Eduardo is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Tree gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Tree scoring well with a low kick there.

Tree shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Tree is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tree is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Tree tries to pass the half guard into mount. Eduardo knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tree is looking to take a break and control but Eduardo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Tree stands up from half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tree scores with a shot to the body.
Tree tries to clinch but Eduardo moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tree gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Eduardo counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Tree!
Tree tries to hold on but Eduardo pushes him away.

Eduardo goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Tree is on top in guard.
Eduardo is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

Tree stands and steps away. Eduardo gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Tree lands with a nice combination. Eduardo backs away looking to recover.
Tree connects with a looping right hand.
A lazy left from Tree finds it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Eduardo takes a knee right on the jaw!

Tree has Eduardo pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Tree pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Eduardo tumbling to the mat - Tree dives into Eduardo's guard.
Tree throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tree tries to stand but Eduardo is controlling from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tree throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Eduardo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tree is looking to stand up but Eduardo won't let him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boom Tree dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Davo Eduardo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Tree circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tree connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Tree has closed the distance and engaged Eduardo in a clinch.

Tree breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tree throws a right hand that Eduardo ducks under and follows up with a left that Eduardo also avoids with ease.
Eduardo stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Eduardo wants it to stay on the feet.
Eduardo shoots in for a takedown but Tree shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Eduardo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tree.
Tree swats away the attempt to clinch by Eduardo.
Eduardo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tree tries for a takedown but Eduardo circles away easily

so Eduardo counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Eduardo 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Eduardo 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.

Eduardo drops back looking for a leg! Tree is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Tree manages to kick Eduardo off! Eduardo jumps back into Tree's guard.
Tree is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Tree striking off his back but it's not causing Eduardo any problems.
Tree tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Eduardo 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.
Eduardo wants to pass the guard but Tree is keeping the position.

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.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Tree lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Tree clinches up against the cage.
A short left from Tree.

Tree's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Eduardo takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Eduardo gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Tree counters by clinching up.
Tree is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Eduardo can do to turn this around?

Tree manages to pull guard.
Tree controls Eduardo momentarily but Eduardo frees himself.
Tree wants to stand but Eduardo is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eduardo wants to pass the guard but Tree is keeping the position.

Eduardo 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.
Tree is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Eduardo tries to free his leg and advance position but Tree is retaining full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Eduardo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tree tries to clinch up.
Boom Tree is winning the standup battle so far.

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.
Tree takes a swing at Eduardo's ribcage but misses.
Eduardo defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tree.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Boom Tree. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tree swats away the attempt to clinch by Eduardo.
Some wild striking there from Tree.
Boom Tree is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Eduardo tries for a takedown but Tree circles away easily
and Tree counters with a right hand to the body.
Eduardo tries to clinch up.
Eduardo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tree fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Eduardo.

Tree looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Davo Eduardo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tree trying to control but Eduardo is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Boom Tree showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tree has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boom Tree!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
64%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Spike Wicked (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Fredric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fredric is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rocky Theme Song. 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.

Wicked
vs
Fredric

180 cm
23
163 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

179 cm
25
164 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Spike Wicked!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Randy Fredric!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wicked tries to score a power double leg takedown but Fredric sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Wicked somewhat.
Wicked shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fredric stuffs the takedown attempt from Wicked. Wicked gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Spike Wicked. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wicked dives in and grabs Fredric's left leg, looking for a takedown. Fredric pushes down on Wicked's head and hops out.
Wicked shoots in but Fredric avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wicked closes this distance looking for a takedown but Fredric circles away.
Wicked shoots in for a double leg but Fredric sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fredric slaps away a takedown attempt from Wicked, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Wicked throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wicked shoots in looking for a takedown. Fredric tries to sprawl out of it but Wicked keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Fredric manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Spike Wicked seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fredric leaves Wicked with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fredric tries to clinch but Wicked is having none of it.
Wicked shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Fredric defends it nicely.
Wicked fails with a takedown attempt.
Fredric ducks under a wild hook from Wicked.
Wicked changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wicked looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Wicked shoots in and drives through. Fredric sprawls well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wicked pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wicked shoots in and drives through. Fredric sprawls well.
Fredric slaps away a takedown attempt from Wicked, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Wicked is breathing heavily.
Wicked will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Fredric blocks a jab.
Fredric tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wicked paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wicked tries for a takedown but Fredric sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Wicked shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fredric but Fredric pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Fredric is looking to clinch but Wicked is avoiding it.
Wicked closes this distance looking for a takedown but Fredric circles away.
Wicked shoots in and drives through. Fredric sprawls well.

Fredric has Wicked up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wicked tries to work over Fredric's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fredric lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Spike Wicked has been cut.
Wicked is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Fredric tries to land a knee to the head but Wicked blocks with his arms.
Fredric connects with a knee to the head.
Fredric gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fredric lands a knee to the body.
Fredric creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wicked's defenses.
Wicked takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fredric lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fredric lands a knee to the body.
Fredric with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fredric lands a damaging elbow.
Fredric scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fredric.
Fredric lands an elbow just above Wicked 's eye.
Fredric putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wicked in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Fredric.
Fredric with a knee to the head.
Fredric connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wicked's face.
Wicked drops down looking for an ankle pick but Fredric pulls his leg out and moves away.

Fredric fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wicked, pushing him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fredric with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wicked fails to pull guard.
Fredric prevents the takedown attempt.
Wicked looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wicked tries to pull guard but Fredric won't allow it.
A knee to the head by Fredric.
A knee to the head by Fredric.
Wicked takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fredric lands a knee to the head.
Fredric tries a knee to the head but Wicked blocks it.
Fredric lands a knee to the head.
Wicked has Fredric pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Fredric manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Wicked takes an elbow to the temple.
Fredric looking to throw knees to the head but Wicked is blocking nicely.
Fredric misses with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Fredric just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wicked's brow.
Wicked has Fredric pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Fredric manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Fredric unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wicked lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fredric unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wicked wants a takedown.
Wicked has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Fredric is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fredric utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wicked is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Fredric gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Fredric dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Spike Wicked's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Fredric doesn't manage to clinch there - Wicked circles away.
Fredric leaves Wicked with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Wicked shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Fredric sprawls well. Fredric wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Wicked gets slowly back to his feet.
Fredric keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wicked looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Spike Wicked. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice takedown defense from Fredric. No joy for Wicked on that attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wicked fails with the takedown.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Wicked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wicked misses with a looping left.
Wicked circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fredric tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wicked swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wicked fails to land the takedown.
Fredric leaves Wicked with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Wicked gets a takedown into half guard.
Wicked missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wicked throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Wicked missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Fredric avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Wicked.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fredric avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Wicked.
Wicked is looking to advance position but Fredric won't allow it.
Fredric regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Wicked.
Wicked has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wicked is looking to work some ground and pound but Fredric has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Wicked fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Fredric avoids it really well and circles away.
Wicked fails with the takedown.
Fredric stuffs the takedown attempt from Wicked. Wicked gets slowly back to his feet.
Wicked looks for a takedown but Fredric sprawls well.
Wicked fails with a takedown attempt.
Wicked fails with the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wicked looks to throw the jab but Fredric is out of range.
Wicked fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Wicked shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Fredric as he avoids it easily.
Fredric tries to clinch but Wicked moves out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Wicked.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fredric tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wicked swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wicked tries for a takedown but Fredric sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Fredric showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Spike Wicked's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Wicked shoots in and drives through. Fredric sprawls well.
Wicked fails to land the takedown.

Wicked gets a takedown into half guard.
Fredric pushes Wicked off looking to stand but Wicked dives back in and keeps control.
Wicked misses with a head shot. Fredric uses the momentum to regain guard.
Wicked throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wicked in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Fredric pushes Wicked off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Wicked misses with a looping left.
Wicked fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Spike Wicked. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wicked shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Fredric sprawls well. Fredric wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Wicked gets slowly back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice sprawl there from Fredric as Wicked shoots in.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Wicked throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Fredric's waist but Fredric gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Wicked off to one side.
Wicked closes this distance looking for a takedown but Fredric circles away.
Wicked missing with a left hand there. Fredric was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fredric tries to clinch but Wicked is having none of it.
Wicked shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Fredric as he jumps to the side.
Wicked fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Fredric gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Wicked.

Wicked shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Fredric is trying to defend but Wicked finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Fredric is trying to stand up here but Wicked is controlling him well.
Randy Fredric is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wicked looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Fredric with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wicked not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fredric regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Wicked.
Wicked stops Fredric from standing up.
Wicked throws a big right hand that misses.

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.
Wicked won't allow Fredric to get back to his feet.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A combination from Wicked does no damage.
Wicked shoots in but Fredric avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wicked thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wicked shoots in but no luck this time.
Randy Fredric is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No luck for Wicked with that takedown attempt.
Spike Wicked has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fredric doesn't manage to clinch there - Wicked circles away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wicked fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Wicked throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wicked throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Randy Fredric.
I've got Fredric winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randy Fredric!

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A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
35%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Timmy Tank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juggaloz Kai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Juggaloz Kai has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Tank
vs
Kai

180 cm
20
180 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

185 cm
23
180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Timmy Tank!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Juggaloz Kai!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tank throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kai stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kai closes this distance looking for a takedown but Tank circles away.

Tank gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Kai passes into half guard.

Tank is defending against the submission attempts here by Kai.
Tank is trying to stand up here but Kai is controlling him well.
Kai wants to pass to mount but Tank is defending the position.
Kai missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kai moves nicely into side control.

Kai is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Tank has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tank wants to get back to his feet but Kai drags him back down.

Kai looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Kai wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Tank, who protects the arm well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tank is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Kai asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Tank knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kai on the ground.

Kai working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tank is trying to improve his position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tank is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Kai tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kai has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Kai tries for a kimura but Tank is defending well.
Kai looks gassed!

Kai thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kai thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Tank gets back to half guard.
Tank is trying to stand.

Kai is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Tank defends it well.

Kai is working for a kimura but Tank is defending it quite comfortably.

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.
Kai stops Tank from getting back to his feet.

Kai is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Tank has managed to free his arm - good work.
Kai is looking to pass Tank's guard but actually Tank recovers to full guard.
Tank keeping moving, preventing Kai from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juggaloz Kai dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Kai swats away the attempt to clinch by Tank.
Kai fails with the takedown.
Kai avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kai fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Tank getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tank lands a two punch combo.
Tank wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tank is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tank lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Timmy Tank is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kai walks forward, straight into a front kick from Tank.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tank is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kai tries for a takedown but Tank sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Timmy Tank has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juggaloz Kai.
Tank misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tank tries to clinch but Kai moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tank looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kai is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tank sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tank ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kai moves away.
Tank tries to clinch up.
Tank lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kai backs up against the cage.
Kai avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tank moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tank is looking to clinch.
No luck for Kai with that takedown attempt.
Tank lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kai shoots in and bounces Tank off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kai trying to control but Tank is working from the bottom.
Kai is breathing heavily.
Kai looking to sit in guard and control but Tank gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Kai is working an open guard so Tank takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Kai tries to clinch but Tank moves out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Tank.
Good shot there by Tank.
A head kick misses from Tank.
Tank fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tank fails to land with a series of punches.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tank.

Tank gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Kai to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Kai wants to control from the top but Tank keeps moving.
Tank wants to get back to his feet but Kai is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Kai passes into half guard.
Kai not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kai seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Tank does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Kai not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Kai is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Kai is stalling here. Tank is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Kai seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Tank has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Kai is working to avoid the ground and pound but Tank connects with a decent elbow.
Kai regains half guard.
Tank is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

Kai is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Tank pulls his head out easily.

Kai looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timmy Tank dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Kai shoots in but no luck this time.
Tank fails to land with a series of punches.
Kai fails with the takedown.
Tank wants to clinch but Kai slips to the side

and Kai holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Tank looking to slow down the pace here.
Kai tries to score a body lock takedown but Tank shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Timmy Tank has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juggaloz Kai.
Tank wants to break free but Kai has control.

Tank breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tank.
Tank throws a right and a left that Kai avoids nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tank misses with a wild combination.
Tank slaps away a takedown attempt from Kai, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Timmy Tank seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kai takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tank throws a right and a left that Kai avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kai dodges the punch combination from Tank.
Tank tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Kai counters with a shoot takedown. Tank fights it but they end up in guard.
Kai stops Tank from standing up.
Kai pushes down on Tank's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Kai throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kai trying to control from half guard but Tank is working away.

Kai is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Kai prevents Tank from standing back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kai trying to work for an americana but Tank has managed to regain full guard.
Kai stopping the sweep attempt from Tank.
Tank keeping moving, preventing Kai from controlling successfully.

Kai drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Tank manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Kai has Tank in his guard.
Juggaloz Kai has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tank scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tank wants to stand but Kai has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Kai is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Tank trying to control but Kai is working from the bottom.
Kai controls Tank momentarily but Tank frees himself.

Tank gets to his feet. Kai looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Tank misses with a jab, cross combination.

Kai clinches up against the cage.
Kai is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Tank gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tank manages to break the clinch.
Tank scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Tank will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kai has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Tank connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tank clinches but Kai breaks the clinch

so Kai counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Kai throwing strikes from guard but Tank blocks nicely.
Kai stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tank swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kai trying to control the position from guard on top but Tank is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

And that's the end of the fight!
Juggaloz Kai comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kai has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juggaloz Kai!

C
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C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
48%

Main event

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dee Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zak Maxwell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown comes to the cage accompanied by Evil by Interpol. The key to victory for Dee Brown has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Brown
vs
Maxwell

175 cm
24
163 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
167 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dee Brown!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zak Maxwell!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown closes the distance and clinches up with Maxwell, looking for a takedown. Brown pushes Maxwell against the cage but Maxwell circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Brown moves away from the strike by Maxwell.

Maxwell scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Maxwell controlling the action here.
Maxwell passes to full mount!
Maxwell controlling from the full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown tries to hold on but Maxwell postures up.
Maxwell controlling from mount.
Maxwell avoids the attempt from Brown to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Brown tries to reverse the position but Maxwell maintains control.
Maxwell avoids the attempt from Brown to control.
Brown tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Maxwell content just to control the position here.
Brown tries to lock up and control but Maxwell gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Brown tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maxwell throwing strikes here but Brown is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Maxwell controlling from the full mount.

Maxwell gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!

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.
Brown misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brown throws a head kick that misses.
Brown pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Maxwell shoots in and bounces Brown off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Maxwell is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zak Maxwell dominated that round.
That's time! Brown's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brown doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Maxwell counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Maxwell tries to free his leg and advance position but Brown is retaining full guard.
Brown is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Brown is trying to control the position but Maxwell postures up.
Brown is really struggling to control Maxwell but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Maxwell controls the pace.
Maxwell works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Maxwell throwing shots but Brown is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Brown is trying to get back to full guard.
Maxwell tries to pass to full mount but Brown defends it.
Maxwell content to control rather than advance.
Brown wants to improve his position but Maxwell is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Brown actively working from the bottom here.
Maxwell is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Brown moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Brown has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Maxwell can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Maxwell won't allow Brown to sweep him here.
Maxwell stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Brown swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Brown looking to control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Maxwell is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zak Maxwell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Brown's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Brown is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Maxwell's half guard.
Brown wants to control but Maxwell is keeping him busy.
Maxwell regains full guard. Nicely done.
Maxwell pulls Brown in close to prevent any damage.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Brown got a little sloppy there for a moment and Maxwell has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Brown has managed to get both his arms back between Maxwell's legs - danger averted.
Zak Maxwell has got the better of the ground game so far.
Brown seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Maxwell is trying to keep Brown in close.
Brown passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Brown is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Maxwell is trying to escape the mount.

Brown working for a submission but Maxwell is keeping him at bay.
Brown raining down shots from the mount!
Maxwell sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

Maxwell is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Brown pulls his head out easily.
Maxwell takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Maxwell looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maxwell is refusing to be controlled, as Brown sits in half guard.
Brown prevents Maxwell from improving his position.

Maxwell actively working from the bottom here.
Brown trying to control from half guard but Maxwell is working away.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Brown explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown shoots and misses

and Maxwell counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Maxwell.
Brown looking to control.
Brown working a defensive guard but Maxwell manages to pass into side control anyway.

Maxwell wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Brown, who protects the arm well.
Brown manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Brown is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Maxwell defends it well.

Brown seems to be working for a kimura but Maxwell defends the submission attempt.
Brown is pressing down on Maxwell's thigh, looking to free his foot. Maxwell is holding on for now.
Brown is looking to take a break and control but Maxwell is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Maxwell gets back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Zak Maxwell just about did enough to take it.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Maxwell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brown goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Maxwell swings for the body but Brown moves out of range.
A left and a right from Brown both land. Nice combination.
Brown lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Maxwell misses with a series of wild punches.
Brown doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Maxwell counters with a single leg into guard. Brown didn't expect that.
Maxwell tries to free his leg and advance position but Brown is retaining full guard.
Maxwell postures up.
Maxwell is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maxwell trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Brown manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Maxwell manages to get himself to full guard.
Brown postures up.
Maxwell trying to control the position here.
Brown wants to control from the top but Maxwell keeps moving.

Maxwell working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Brown has passed into half guard!
Brown wants to take a breather but Maxwell is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Brown is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Maxwell is looking for a sweep. Brown is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Brown trying to control the action but Maxwell is working from the bottom.
Maxwell moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Brown trying to control the position from guard on top but Maxwell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Brown drops back looking for a leg! Maxwell is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Maxwell manages to kick Brown off! Brown jumps back into Maxwell's guard.

Maxwell had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Brown defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Maxwell throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Brown wants to pass the guard but Maxwell is keeping the position.
Maxwell keeping moving, preventing Brown from controlling successfully.
Maxwell keeping full guard, as Brown tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Brown with a poor takedown

and Maxwell counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Brown!
Brown is desperately trying to improve his position but Maxwell has a good base and remains in mount.
Brown is working hard here to advance position.
Maxwell takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zak Maxwell dominated that fourth round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Maxwell misses with a combination
and Brown finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Brown tries for a takedown but Maxwell circles away easily

and Maxwell counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Brown!
Maxwell avoids the attempt from Brown to control.
Brown is trying desperately to improve position.
Brown tries to lock up and control but Maxwell gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maxwell sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Brown is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Maxwell tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Brown is in all sorts of trouble here.
Maxwell controlling his opponent.
Maxwell throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maxwell content just to control the position here.
Brown is trying to reverse the position but instead Maxwell has taken his back - oops!
Brown trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Maxwell trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Brown doesn't escape.
Maxwell is hanging on to Brown's back as he tries to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Brown trying to control the hands but Maxwell won't let him.
Maxwell punishes Brown with strikes from the back mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Maxwell biding his time, looking for the opening.
Maxwell trying to control momentarily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zak Maxwell comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Maxwell winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 45:50
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 45:50
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zak Maxwell!
Zak Maxwell is the new lightweight champion!

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