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EMPIRE XXXXV: Tokyo Monsters PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sun Yat Sen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nao Sakumichi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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26
143 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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179 cm
21
145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sun Yat Sen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nao Sakumichi!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakumichi shoots in for a takedown but Yat Sen shows good takedown defense.
Sakumichi shoots in looking for a takedown but Yat Sen manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Sakumichi's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Yat Sen lands with a good body shot.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sakumichi.
Sun Yat Sen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nao Sakumichi.
Sakumichi fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Yat Sen avoids it really well and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yat Sen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakumichi shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sakumichi showed some decent athleticism there.
Sakumichi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sakumichi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Yat Sen defending well though.
Sakumichi content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Sakumichi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Yat Sen tries to kick Sakumichi off but Sakumichi keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Sakumichi is looking to take a break and control but Yat Sen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakumichi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sakumichi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Yat Sen defending well though.
Sakumichi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Yat Sen defending well though.
Sakumichi thows a huge punch but Yat Sen dodges it nicely.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Sakumichi in particular looking to stall.
Sakumichi is keen to just control but Yat Sen is a slippery customer.
Sakumichi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Yat Sen defending well though.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Sakumichi is trying to control. Yat Sen wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sakumichi missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sakumichi thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Yat Sen to regain full guard.
Sakumichi is looking to work some ground and pound but Yat Sen has wrist control.
Sakumichi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sakumichi tries to free his leg and advance position but Yat Sen is retaining full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yat Sen wants to stand but Sakumichi is controlling the position.
Sakumichi tries to free his leg and advance position but Yat Sen is retaining full guard.
Sakumichi forces his way into half guard.
Sakumichi wants to free his trapped foot but Yat Sen is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Yat Sen is trying to stand up here but Sakumichi is controlling him well.
Sakumichi landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sakumichi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Yat Sen is trying to stand back up but Sakumichi is controlling him
Sakumichi tries to pass the half guard into mount. Yat Sen knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Sakumichi passes the guard and advances to mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakumichi punching from mount but Yat Sen doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Sakumichi lands a big elbow.
Yat Sen is in a horrible position here. Sakumichi smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Yat Sen is in a horrible position here. Sakumichi smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sakumichi lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Yat Sen hang on?
Sakumichi looking to finish Yat Sen with some ground and pound. This is bad for Yat Sen!
Sakumichi scoring with strikes but Yat Sen is staying in there.
Sakumichi throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Yat Sen avoids a strike by Sakumichi and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in Sakumichi's guard! Fantastic escape!
Sakumichi pulls Yat Sen in close to prevent any damage.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yat Sen preventing the sweep.
Yat Sen would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Sakumichi bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Yat Sen's guard.
Sakumichi trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sakumichi throwing strikes from guard but Yat Sen blocks nicely.
Sakumichi looking to pass the guard.
Sakumichi is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sakumichi tries to free his leg and advance position but Yat Sen is retaining full guard.
Sakumichi is looking to work some ground and pound but Yat Sen has wrist control.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sakumichi throwing strikes from guard but Yat Sen blocks nicely.
Sakumichi stops Yat Sen from standing up.
Yat Sen keeping full guard, as Sakumichi tries to pass.
Sakumichi stops Yat Sen from standing up.
Sakumichi stands and throws Yat Sen's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Sakumichi landing a few strikes.
Sakumichi misses with the ground and pound.
Sakumichi is working Yat Sen over with some ground and pound from side control.
An elbow from Sakumichi crashes against the mat.
Yat Sen taking a bit of punishment here - Sakumichi scoring with strikes.
Sakumichi has knee on belly and moves into mount.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sakumichi scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Sakumichi punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sakumichi lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Yat Sen's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Yat Sen is breathing heavily.
A nice elbow there by Sakumichi.
Yat Sen takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sakumichi with good strikes from the mount here!
Sakumichi lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Sakumichi cracks Yat Sen with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sakumichi can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yat Sen is looking to escape.
Yat Sen takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Yat Sen takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sakumichi trying to control but Yat Sen is having none of it.
Yat Sen is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Yat Sen might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sakumichi cracks Yat Sen with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Yat Sen's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Sakumichi working the ground and pound effectively.
Yat Sen trying desperately to get to his feet.
Sakumichi lands a heavy elbow.
Sakumichi lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Yat Sen hang on?
Sakumichi landing punches.
Sakumichi lands a nice shot to the head.
Sakumichi punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sakumichi working the ground and pound effectively.
Sakumichi postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Yat Sen looks a forlorn figure.
Sakumichi is stalling here but it's allowed Yat Sen to get half guard.
Sakumichi wants to pass to mount but Yat Sen is defending the position.
Yat Sen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sakumichi.
Sakumichi missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sakumichi slips a nice elbow through Yat Sen's hands, connecting with Yat Sen's forehead.
Sakumichi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sakumichi wants to control but Yat Sen is keeping him busy.
Sakumichi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sakumichi slips a nice elbow through Yat Sen's hands, connecting with Yat Sen's forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nao Sakumichi dominated that 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!
Sakumichi fails to land the takedown.
Sakumichi fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sakumichi shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sun Yat Sen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nao Sakumichi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yat Sen fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yat Sen moves in looking to clinch but Sakumichi pushes him off.
Yat Sen stuffs the takedown.
Sakumichi shoots in for a double leg but Yat Sen sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Horrible takedown by Sakumichi or perhaps it was just good defense by Yat Sen which made him look bad.
Sakumichi has a takedown stuffed.
Sakumichi is breathing heavily.
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.
Yat Sen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Yat Sen cracks a nice hook into Sakumichi's ribs.
Yat Sen stuffs the takedown.
Yat Sen tries to clinch up.
Yat Sen lands a lovely overhand right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Yat Sen. No joy for Sakumichi on that attempt.
Yat Sen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Yat Sen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sakumichi fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sakumichi shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Yat Sen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Yat Sen lands with an uppercut that bounces Sakumichi off the ropes and back into rage.
It looks like Nao Sakumichi has been cut.
Sakumichi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Yat Sen lands a lovely overhand right.
Sakumichi misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Yat Sen.
Sakumichi shoots in but no luck this time.
Yat Sen connects with a crisp jab.
Sakumichi misses with a takedown attempt
and Yat Sen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yat Sen lunges at Sakumichi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sakumichi's hand.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sakumichi needs to keep his hands up - Yat Sen had a free shot at his head there.
Sakumichi is rocked!
Yat Sen lands a jab to Sakumichi's midsection.
Sakumichi shoots for a takedown but Yat Sen saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sakumichi is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Yat Sen.
Sakumichi is still on wobbly legs! Can Yat Sen finish him?
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Yat Sen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Sakumichi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sakumichi seems to have recovered his senses.
Yat Sen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sakumichi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sakumichi shoots for a double leg takedown but Yat Sen sprawls well. He's pushed Sakumichi's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Yat Sen defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sakumichi.
Sakumichi shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Yat Sen manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Yat Sen is looking to stand up but Sakumichi isn't so interested in that idea.
Yat Sen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Yat Sen wants to stand up but Sakumichi is controlling him.
Yat Sen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sakumichi.
Sakumichi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yat Sen is keeping the position for now.
Yat Sen pushes Sakumichi off and gets back to his feet.
Sakumichi shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Yat Sen is trying to defend but Sakumichi finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sakumichi trying to control from half guard but Yat Sen is working away.
Sakumichi looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sun Yat Sen showed his dominance in that final round.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Nao Sakumichi!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Nao Sakumichi!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Nao Sakumichi!
Nao Sakumichi wins by unanimous decision!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hengeyokai Ki Lin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evander Holyshit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holyshit comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Kill yourself kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Evander Holyshit enters the ring!
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207 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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190 cm
26
218 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hengeyokai Ki Lin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Evander Holyshit!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ki Lin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Holyshit throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ki Lin counters with a straight right hand.
Ki Lin fakes the leg kick and cracks Holyshit in the body.
Ki Lin moves out of range as Holyshit strikes.
Holyshit throws a poor cross that misses
and Ki Lin counters with a nice leg kick.
Holyshit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Evander Holyshit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Holyshit throws a hook but Ki Lin blocks it.
Holyshit throws a series of punches but Ki Lin avoids them all with ease.
Ki Lin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ki Lin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ki Lin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Holyshit.
Jab by Ki Lin.
Ki Lin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Holyshit.
A head kick by Holyshit misses
and Ki Lin counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Holyshit is lucky that one didn't land flush.
A looping hook to the body misses from Holyshit. Ki Lin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ki Lin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Holyshit's sensitive parts.
Holyshit misses with a wild body shot.
Ki Lin tries to clinch up.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Ki Lin - that will leave a mark!
Ki Lin lands with a slapping head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ki Lin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Holyshit's calf.
Ki Lin tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Holyshit counters with a nice uppercut.
Holyshit waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ki Lin.
Holyshit misses with a shot to the body
and Ki Lin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Holyshit managing to block the knees to the body from Ki Lin.
Holyshit on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ki Lin.
Holyshit looks gassed!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ki Lin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Holyshit avoids it.
Ki Lin tries to land a knee to the head but Holyshit blocks with his arms.
Ki Lin misses with a knee to the head.
Ki Lin landing knees to the body.
Holyshit avoiding damage as Ki Lin throws knees to the body.
Ki Lin connects with a knee to the head.
Ki Lin crunches a lovely knee into Holyshit's ribcage.
Ki Lin missing with knees to the body.
Holyshit avoiding damage as Ki Lin throws knees to the body.
Ki Lin connects with a knee to the head.
Holyshit wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ki Lin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ki Lin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ki Lin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holyshit blocks it with crossed arms.
Holyshit avoiding damage as Ki Lin throws knees to the body.
Ki Lin tries to land knees in the clinch but Holyshit avoids the damage to the body.
Ki Lin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Holyshit avoids it.
Holyshit escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ki Lin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Holyshit takes a swing at Ki Lin's ribcage but misses.
Holyshit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ki Lin moves away.
Holyshit misses with a hook.
Ki Lin ducks under a wild hook from Holyshit.
Ki Lin looks to land a right hand but Holyshit moved out of range.
Holyshit shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Ki Lin eats them both and turns towards Holyshit to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Sloppy strikes from Ki Lin. Those never looked like landing.
Holyshit takes a swing at Ki Lin's ribcage but misses.
Holyshit is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ki Lin rather than just go for the knockout.
Holyshit throws a nice looking combination but Ki Lin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Holyshit throws a lazy head kick
and Ki Lin counters with a low kick, right behind Holyshit 's knee.
Holyshit fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ki Lin scores with a head kick. Holyshit tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Ki Lin lands a high kick!
Holyshit throws a big shot that misses.
Ki Lin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Holyshit.
Holyshit throws a leg kick
and Ki Lin counters with a low kick, right behind Holyshit 's knee.
Holyshit throws a right hand that misses
and Ki Lin counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ki Lin lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ki Lin throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Holyshit.
Holyshit throws a leg kick
and Ki Lin counters with an inside leg kick.
Holyshit swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ki Lin counters with a nice leg kick.
Ki Lin throws a leg kick which misses Holyshit's front leg but catches the back leg as Holyshit tries to avoid it.
Ki Lin scores with a head kick. Holyshit tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Ki Lin lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Holyshit throws a sloppy body shot
and Ki Lin counters with a low kick, right behind Holyshit 's knee.
Holyshit throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ki Lin counters with a good low kick that Holyshit was not able to check.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holyshit misses with a leg kick
and Ki Lin counters with a thumping low kick.
Holyshit throws a head kick that misses
and Ki Lin counters with a low kick, right behind Holyshit 's knee.
Ki Lin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ki Lin throws a nice head kick!
Ki Lin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Holyshit has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ki Lin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ki Lin goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The fight stays on the outside here - Ki Lin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Holyshit takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Holyshit throws a combination that misses
and Ki Lin counters with a head kick.
Holyshit on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ki Lin. Ki Lin obviously looking to wear him down.
Holyshit throws a leg kick
and Ki Lin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Holyshit's knee momentarily.
Ki Lin throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Holyshit.
Ki Lin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ki Lin keeps Holyshit at a distance using the push kick.
Holyshit takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Holyshit gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ki Lin.
Ki Lin tries to close the distance and clinch but Holyshit swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ki Lin tries to clinch but Holyshit moves out of range.
Ki Lin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Holyshit's sensitive parts.
Holyshit's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ki Lin. That's going to slow Holyshit down.
Ki Lin lands with a slapping head kick.
Ki Lin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ki Lin defending well as Holyshit loads up on a big left hand.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ki Lin. Holyshit shrugs it off though.
Ki Lin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Holyshit swats away the attempt to clinch by Ki Lin.
Ki Lin throws a leg kick which misses Holyshit's front leg but catches the back leg as Holyshit tries to avoid it.
Ki Lin just misses with a punch to the body.
Holyshit throws a jab when Ki Lin was well out of range.
Holyshit misses the shot to the body.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Holyshit misses with a few strikes there.
Ki Lin scores with a head kick.
Holyshit tries to land a body kick
and Ki Lin counters with a head kick. That will keep Holyshit thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A solid leg kick lands there for Ki Lin.
Ki Lin lands a body shot.
Ki Lin drives through and clinches with Holyshit against the ropes.
Ki Lin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Holyshit.
Ki Lin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ki Lin missing with knees to the body.
Ki Lin missing with knees to the body.
Holyshit managing to block the knees to the body from Ki Lin.
Ki Lin trying to land knees to the body.
Ki Lin prevents a takedown attempt there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ki Lin looking to throw knees to the head but Holyshit is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Ki Lin.
Holyshit tries to pull guard but Ki Lin holds him up against the ropes and eventually Holyshit drops back down to his feet.
Holyshit managing to block the knees to the body from Ki Lin.
Holyshit pulls guard effortlessly.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ki Lin postures up in Holyshit's guard and throws a big left but Holyshit blocks it.
Ki Lin scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Ki Lin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Holyshit is looking to stand up but Ki Lin isn't so interested in that idea.
Ki Lin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ki Lin is looking to work some ground and pound but Holyshit has wrist control.
Holyshit avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Holyshit really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ki Lin. 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 eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ki Lin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Holyshit wants to stand up but Ki Lin is controlling him.
Ki Lin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Holyshit is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ki Lin is controlling him.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Ki Lin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Ki Lin postures up in Holyshit's guard and throws a big left but Holyshit blocks it.
Ki Lin trying to control the position from guard on top but Holyshit is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Holyshit is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Ki Lin is looking to work some ground and pound but Holyshit has wrist control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ki Lin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hengeyokai Ki Lin 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Holyshit lands a jab to Ki Lin's midsection.
Ki Lin rushes Holyshit and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Holyshit tries for a takedown. No joy.
Ki Lin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Holyshit avoids it.
Ki Lin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Holyshit is defending well for now.
Ki Lin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ki Lin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holyshit blocks it with crossed arms.
Ki Lin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Holyshit has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ki Lin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Holyshit has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ki Lin trying to land knees to the body.
Holyshit wants to get back to striking at distance but Ki Lin won't allow it.
Holyshit jumps guard.
Ki Lin stops Holyshit from standing up.
Holyshit is edging up against the ropes. He's using the ropes to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holyshit blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Holyshit gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Holyshit decides to return to a standing position.
Ki Lin lands a head kick!
Ki Lin swings widly with a right hand
and Holyshit counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Ki Lin lands a head kick. Holyshit smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Ki Lin throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Ki Lin lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ki Lin throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Ki Lin lands a head kick. Holyshit smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Ki Lin scoring well with a low kick there.
Ki Lin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Holyshit.
Ki Lin tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Holyshit makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ki Lin takes a swing at Holyshit's ribcage but misses.
Evander Holyshit is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Holyshit falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ki Lin makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ki Lin lands a high kick!
Ki Lin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Holyshit has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Holyshit throws a lazy head kick
and Ki Lin counters with an inside leg kick.
A jab from Holyshit misses.
Ki Lin thumps Holyshit with a low kick.
Ki Lin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Holyshit takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ki Lin tries to clinch but Holyshit is having none of it.
Ki Lin tries to clinch there but Holyshit circles away.
An inside leg kick lands from Ki Lin.
Holyshit misses with a double jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ki Lin throws a nice head kick!
Holyshit scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Holyshit throws a head kick that misses
and Ki Lin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Holyshit's knee momentarily.
Ki Lin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Holyshit.
Ki Lin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Holyshit.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ki Lin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Holyshit takes a swing at Ki Lin's ribcage but misses.
A head kick by Holyshit misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ki Lin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ki Lin moves into the clinch successfully.
Ki Lin scores a nice knee to the body.
Ki Lin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Holyshit.
A frustrated look appears on Holyshit's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ki Lin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ki Lin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Holyshit has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ki Lin looking to throw knees to the head but Holyshit is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holyshit pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hengeyokai Ki Lin is winning the standup battle so far.
Ki Lin throws a leg kick which misses Holyshit's front leg but catches the back leg as Holyshit tries to avoid it.
Holyshit has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Ki Lin.
Holyshit misses with a combination
and Ki Lin counters with a body kick.
A slow jab from Ki Lin misses its intended target.
Holyshit looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ki Lin connects with a solid leg kick.
A shot to the body from Holyshit misses
and Ki Lin counters with a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ki Lin, right into the meat.
Ki Lin catches Holyshit with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The fight stays on the outside here - Ki Lin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ki Lin takes one to the chin there.
Holyshit swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ki Lin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ki Lin explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Ki Lin connects with a solid leg kick.
Ki Lin goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Ki Lin lands with a kick to the ribs.
Holyshit gets tackled into the ropes by Ki Lin. Ki Lin maintains the clinch.
Holyshit is trying to force a seperation but Ki Lin has the dominant position.
Holyshit is looking to break free of the clinch but Ki Lin has double underhooks.
Holyshit pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ki Lin.
Good standup being displayed there by Holyshit as he connects with a hook.
Ki Lin cracks the inside of Holyshit's front leg.
Holyshit throws a lazy head kick
and Ki Lin counters with a nice leg kick.
Ki Lin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Holyshit gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Holyshit throws a lazy head kick
and Ki Lin counters with an inside leg kick.
Holyshit swats away the attempt to clinch by Ki Lin.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Ki Lin's jab looks to have found its range, popping Holyshit under the eye.
Ki Lin connects with a high kick.
Ki Lin is looking to slow Holyshit down with leg kicks.
Ki Lin defending well as Holyshit loads up on a big left hand.
Holyshit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ki Lin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Holyshit throws a big shot that misses.
Ki Lin lands a head kick!
Ki Lin is looking to slow Holyshit down with leg kicks.
Ki Lin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Holyshit misses with a shot to the body
and Ki Lin counters with an inside leg kick.
Ki Lin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Holyshit. That did some damage!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ki Lin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Ki Lin.
Holyshit misses with an uppercut. Ki Lin saw that one coming.
Ki Lin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ki Lin.
Ki Lin moves in looking to clinch but Holyshit pushes him off.
Ki Lin connects with an inside leg kick.
Ki Lin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ki Lin lands a head kick!
Holyshit avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ki Lin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Holyshit throws a sloppy head kick
and Ki Lin counters with an inside leg kick.
Ki Lin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Holyshit's hands.
Ki Lin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ki Lin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Holyshit can do to turn this around?
Ki Lin closes the distance and clinches.
Holyshit on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ki Lin landing knees to the head.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Ki Lin tries a knee to the head but Holyshit blocks it.
Ki Lin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Holyshit managing to block the knees to the body from Ki Lin.
Ki Lin missing with knees to the body.
Ki Lin misses with a knee strike.
Hengeyokai Ki Lin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Holyshit breaks the clinch.
Holyshit throws a body kick the misses
and Ki Lin counters with an outside leg kick.
Evander Holyshit has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice shot by Holyshit.
Ki Lin goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Holyshit misses with a looping right.
Ki Lin misses with a head kick.
Ki Lin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ki Lin dodges the punch combination from Holyshit.
Ki Lin connects with a leg kick. Holyshit looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ki Lin throws a head kick that half lands.
Holyshit looks to land a right hand but Ki Lin moved out of range.
Holyshit has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Ki Lin.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Holyshit throws a lazy head kick
and Ki Lin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Holyshit thinking.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ki Lin. Holyshit shrugs it off though.
Ki Lin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ki Lin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ki Lin tries to clinch but Holyshit is having none of it.
A swing and a miss from Holyshit.
Ki Lin is looking to clinch.
Holyshit misses with a right hand
and Ki Lin counters with a nice kick to the body.
Ki Lin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ki Lin throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Holyshit's head.
Holyshit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ki Lin was well out of range. Poor timing from Holyshit.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
That kick from Ki Lin tenderised Holyshit's leg. Holyshit is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ki Lin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Holyshit swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ki Lin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hengeyokai Ki Lin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ki Lin throws a nice outside leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hengeyokai Ki Lin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ki Lin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Hengeyokai Ki Lin!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Hengeyokai Ki Lin!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Hengeyokai Ki Lin!
Hengeyokai Ki Lin wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cho Yamato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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21
184 lbs
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180 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vincent Hunter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cho Yamato!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamato walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hunter checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Yamato clinches up with Hunter and pushes him back against the ropes.
Hunter landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Yamato wants to get back to striking at distance but Hunter won't allow it.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Yamato throws an elbow but misses.
Yamato taking a breather.
Hunter lands an elbow inside that Yamato shrugs off.
It looks like Cho Yamato has been cut.
Hunter working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hunter with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hunter avoiding damage as Yamato throws knees to the body.
Hunter trying to land knees to the body.
Yamato throws an elbow but it misses.
Hunter creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yamato's defenses.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Hunter creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hunter is struggling to control the position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yamato.
Yamato missing with knees to the body.
Yamato tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hunter lands an elbow that stopped Yamato in his tracks for a moment.
Hunter lands a knee to the head.
Yamato is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hunter is defending well for now.
Yamato is trying to break the clinch but Hunter has him pressed against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Yamato's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Yamato breaks from the clinch.
Yamato tries to score with a low kick but Hunter moves his leg out of the way.
Hunter lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Yamato pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hunter is out of range and Yamato settles back down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunter connects with a high kick.
Yamato thows a leg kick but Hunter checks it
and Hunter moves into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hunter.
Hunter avoiding damage as Yamato throws knees to the body.
Yamato taking a breather.
Yamato wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hunter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yamato looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hunter lands a nice elbow.
Hunter lands with a left to the head.
Yamato is rocked!
Hunter working Yamato over with knees to the body.
Yamato is still on wobbly legs! Can Hunter finish him?
Yamato looks gassed!
Hunter lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hunter lands an elbow just above Yamato 's eye.
Hunter lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hunter working the clinch nicely. Yamato is working for position but Hunter cracks him with a big knee to the head! Yamato crumples up against the ropes and Hunter lands two more shots before the ref can save Yamato! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Vincent Hunter!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hiroshi Hamasagawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown has chosen Don't You Give Your Love Away as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
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171 lbs
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hiroshi Hamasagawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Victor Brown!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hamasagawa darts in trying to clinch
enabling Brown to counter with a crisp jab.
Hamasagawa slips a jab from Brown.
Brown uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hamasagawa.
Hamasagawa slips under a jab.
Brown throws a shot from downtown. Hamasagawa moves away and avoids it.
Brown shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Brown blocks a head kick by Hamasagawa.
Hamasagawa moves away from the strike by Brown.
Brown's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hamasagawa under the eye.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hamasagawa walks into a jab.
Brown connects with a single shot there.
Brown throws a leg kick which misses Hamasagawa's front leg but catches the back leg as Hamasagawa tries to avoid it.
Hamasagawa is looking to clinch.
The fighters circling - Brown throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hamasagawa dodges the punch combination from Brown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Brown. Those never looked like landing.
Hamasagawa shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Brown counters with a one-two to the body.
Hamasagawa shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hamasagawa was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Brown is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hamasagawa throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Brown blocking the ground and pound.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Brown tries to hold on but Hamasagawa pushes him away.
Brown is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Brown wants to hold on but Hamasagawa pushes him away.
Hamasagawa punching from mount but Brown doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Hamasagawa thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Brown's head.
Hamasagawa thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Brown to regain full guard.
Hamasagawa preventing the sweep.
Hamasagawa trying to control the position from guard on top but Brown is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brown wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Brown avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hamasagawa wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
Hamasagawa with a flurry of punches that miss.
Brown looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Hamasagawa trying to control but Brown is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hamasagawa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brown.
Brown throws out a powerful jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brown. Hamasagawa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hamasagawa takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A slow jab from Brown misses its intended target.
Brown takes a swing at Hamasagawa's ribcage but misses.
Brown thows a body shot but no joy.
Brown avoids a kick to the body.
Hamasagawa throws a body punch but Brown moves out of range.
Brown displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hamasagawa throws out the jab.
Brown avoids the body shot from Hamasagawa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hamasagawa misses with a hook
and Brown counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Brown misses with a wild body shot.
Brown jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Brown swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hamasagawa looks for a takedown but Brown sprawls well.
Hamasagawa misses with a takedown attempt
and Brown counters with a shoot takedown. Hamasagawa fights it but they end up in guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hiroshi Hamasagawa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brown content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hamasagawa escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Brown gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hamasagawa is breathing heavily.
Brown postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Brown distracts Hamasagawa with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hamasagawa is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Brown is aware though and is defending well.
Brown arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Hamasagawa's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Victor Brown!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between King Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jonny Do has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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23
285 lbs
6 - 0 - 0 |
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255 lbs
7 - 15 - 0 |
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Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, King Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jonny Do!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Do throws a shot from downtown. Jones moves away and avoids it.
Jones pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jones fails with the takedown
and Do counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jones doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Do counters with a nice right hand that sends Jones toppling to the canvas! Jones scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Do finish him?!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones avoids the head kick by Do.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Do to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for King Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones misses with a takedown
and Do counters with a takedown into side control.
Jones is rocked!
Do looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Jones is avoiding damage well.
Do decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Jones shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Do counters with a massive head kick! KABOOM! Jones is out cold! A devastating KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jonny Do!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Landon Karcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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260 lbs
6 - 0 - 0 |
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224 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Landon Karcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andrew Parker!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karcher looks to land a body kick but Parker moved away.
Karcher takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Parker swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Karcher counters with a thumping low kick.
Parker misses with a hook.
A right-left combo lands from Parker.
It looks like Landon Karcher has been cut.
Karcher throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Andrew Parker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karcher drives through and clinches with Parker against the ropes.
Karcher breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Parker falls off balance throwing a combination
and Karcher counters with a head kick that drops Parker to the mat! Parker scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karcher showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Parker.
Karcher walks into a jab.
Karcher shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Parker bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Karcher's head backwards.
Karcher uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Parker.
Karcher scores with a leg kick.
Parker throws a lazy uppercut
and Karcher counters with a huge head kick that drops Parker! The ref dives in to stop the fight and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Landon Karcher!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ronald Reagan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Claes Fleming (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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185 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ronald Reagan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Claes Fleming!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Fleming.
Reagan misses with a few strikes there.
Fleming throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Reagan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fleming. Fleming circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fleming does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Fleming scores with a leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Reagan. That's going to slow Fleming down.
Fleming tries to land a leg kick but Reagan saw it coming and moves away.
Reagan moves out of range of the body kick from Fleming.
That kick from Fleming tenderised Reagan's leg. Reagan is trying to keep his angry face on.
A low kick from Reagan is predictable there
and Fleming counters with a leg kick.
Reagan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Fleming finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Fleming tries a head kick but it misses.
Fleming throws a leg kick
and Reagan counters with a body kick that stops Fleming in his tracks momentarily.
Good shot there by Reagan.
Fleming ducks under a wild hook from Reagan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fleming ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Reagan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Fleming can pounce on him.
Reagan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fleming misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Reagan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Reagan throws a shot from downtown. Fleming moves away and avoids it.
Good work by Reagan as he checks the leg kick.
That kick from Reagan tenderised Fleming's leg. Fleming is trying to keep his angry face on.
Reagan throws a series of punches but Fleming avoids them all with ease.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Reagan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Fleming has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Fleming and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Reagan misses with a double jab.
Reagan avoids a kick to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Reagan.
Fleming takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ronald Reagan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fleming thows a leg kick but Reagan checks it
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Fleming takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Reagan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Reagan throws a body punch but Fleming moves out of range.
Reagan swings widly with a right hand
and Fleming counters with a nice low kick that buckles Reagan's knee momentarily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Reagan.
Fleming throws a head kick but Reagan moves out of range.
Reagan takes a kick to the side of the head.
Reagan lands with a thumping leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reagan throws out a leg kick but Fleming moves out of range and Reagan only half commits.
Reagan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Reagan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Reagan misses with a wild body shot.
Reagan tried to score with a low kick but Fleming checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reagan loads up on a big right hand but Fleming slips the punch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Reagan.
Reagan throws a combination. Fleming tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Reagan cracks Fleming with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Reagan scoring well with a low kick there.
Reagan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fleming needs to keep his hands up - Reagan had a free shot at his head there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reagan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reagan jabs Fleming right on the nose. Fleming blinks but takes it well.
Fleming throws a body kick that misses.
A low kick from Fleming is predictable there
and Reagan counters with a nice uppercut.
Reagan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reagan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fleming misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reagan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Fleming checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Reagan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fleming misses with a kick to the body.
Fleming checks a leg kick nicely.
Reagan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fleming will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Reagan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Reagan misses with a head kick.
Reagan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Fleming's head.
Reagan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Fleming throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Fleming throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Fleming throws the kick towards the body but Reagan avoids it.
Fleming keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reagan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Reagan scores with a push kick.
Reagan scores with a push kick.
Fleming looks gassed!
Reagan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fleming has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Reagan lands a head shot.
Reagan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Fleming's head.
Reagan jabs at Fleming's body.
Fleming walks into a left hand.
Fleming throws a leg kick but Reagan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Reagan cracks Fleming with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Reagan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fleming keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Fleming.
Reagan lands a jab to the head.
Fleming's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Fleming tries a low kick but Reagan avoids it.
Reagan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reagan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fleming. That did some damage!
Reagan scores with a shot to the body.
Fleming on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Reagan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Reagan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Reagan scores with the left hand. Fleming knows he should have avoided that one.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Reagan. Fleming shrugs it off though.
Reagan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Reagan. That's going to slow Fleming down.
Reagan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fleming on the side of the head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Reagan.
Fleming takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Reagan feints and then cracks Fleming's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fleming down.
Reagan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Reagan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Reagan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fleming's sensitive parts.
A combination from Reagan does no damage.
Reagan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fleming tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Reagan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Reagan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Reagan cracks Fleming with a good jab.
That kick from Reagan tenderised Fleming's leg. Fleming is trying to keep his angry face on.
Reagan connects with an inside leg kick.
Reagan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
An inside leg kick lands from Reagan.
Reagan thuds a left hand into Fleming's body.
Reagan moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reagan tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Fleming manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Reagan moves into range and clinches up with Fleming.
Reagan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A solid leg kick lands there for Reagan.
Reagan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Fleming in his tracks.
Reagan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Reagan clinches up against the ropes.
Fleming has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Reagan breaks from the clinch.
Reagan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fleming momentarily.
Reagan delivers a nice body kick.
Reagan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by Reagan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Reagan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fleming moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Reagan - just one landing.
A left lands for Reagan.
Fleming avoids the head kick by Reagan.
A cross from Reagan lands.
Reagan drives through and clinches with Fleming against the ropes.
Reagan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reagan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Good leg kick by Reagan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A cross from Reagan lands.
Danga de danga de dang - Reagan scores with a four punch combination!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Reagan.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fleming gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Reagan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fleming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ronald Reagan dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Reagan lands with a cross.
Reagan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Fleming is out of range and Reagan settles back down.
Fleming throws a sloppy head kick and Reagan moves out of range easily.
That kick from Reagan tenderised Fleming's leg. Fleming is trying to keep his angry face on.
Reagan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fleming can do to turn this around?
Reagan takes a kick to the side of the head.
Fleming goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Reagan connects with a body shot that sends Fleming's belly button to the back.
Reagan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Reagan scores with a jab to the jaw.
Reagan pushes Fleming away with a front kick.
Reagan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Reagan throws a head kick that misses.
Fleming is breathing heavily.
Reagan explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Reagan tries to land a front kick but Fleming steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fleming stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Reagan.
Nice jab there from Reagan.
Reagan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Reagan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fleming takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Reagan jabs Fleming to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Reagan lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Reagan works the jab nicely.
Ronald Reagan is winning the standup battle so far.
Reagan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Good leg kick by Reagan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Reagan cracks the inside of Fleming's front leg.
Fleming takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Reagan plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reagan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reagan connects with a solid leg kick.
Reagan moves into the clinch successfully.
Reagan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Reagan tries to clinch but Fleming moves out of range.
Reagan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Reagan, as that shot connected.
Fleming misses with a leg kick
and Reagan counters with a nice uppercut.
Reagan moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Reagan takes the fight into the clinch.
Fleming has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Reagan.
Reagan lands a left hand.
Reagan breaks from the clinch.
Reagan scores with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fleming has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Reagan.
Reagan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Reagan.
Fleming pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Reagan connects with a jab.
Fleming takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Reagan throws a sloppy head kick and Fleming moves out of range easily.
Reagan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fleming moves forwards but Reagan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Reagan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Fleming is able to avoid easily.
Reagan lands with a right hand.
Reagan checks a leg kick nicely.
Reagan throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reagan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fleming.
Good leg kick by Reagan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fleming on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Reagan connects with a crisp jab.
Reagan connects with a single shot there.
Reagan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Fleming stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice uppercut lands for Reagan. That snapped Fleming's head back.
Reagan misses with a head kick.
Reagan is looking to land body kicks.
Reagan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Fleming under the eye.
Fleming pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fleming ducks right into an uppercut from Reagan.
Reagan cracks Fleming with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Reagan lands with a nice body punch.
Reagan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fleming.
Fleming tries to move into range but Reagan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Reagan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Reagan.
Reagan lands with a straight right. Fleming didn't see that one coming.
Reagan cracks the inside of Fleming's front leg.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Reagan.
Reagan throws a right and a left that Fleming avoids nicely.
Fleming moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That kick from Reagan tenderised Fleming's leg. Fleming is trying to keep his angry face on.
Reagan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Reagan throws the kick towards the body but Fleming avoids it.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Reagan scores with a jab. Fleming acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A lazy left from Reagan finds it's target.
Fleming takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Reagan.
Reagan connects with a leg kick. Fleming looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Reagan thows a body kick. Fleming tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Reagan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reagan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reagan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Reagan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fleming has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Reagan.
Fleming takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Reagan lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Reagan lands a head shot.
Jab by Reagan.
Reagan throws the kick towards the body but Fleming avoids it.
Reagan blocks a head kick by Fleming.
Fleming walks into a straight right hand from Reagan.
Fleming is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Reagan scores with a push kick.
A solid body kick from Reagan.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Reagan, right into the meat.
Reagan lands a jab to Fleming's midsection.
Reagan has closed the distance and engaged Fleming in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Reagan.
Reagan breaks the clinch.
Reagan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Fleming on the side of the head.
Reagan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Reagan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Reagan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fleming sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Reagan cracks a nice hook into Fleming's ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fleming takes one on the button.
Reagan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Reagan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fleming has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fleming throws a sloppy head kick and Reagan moves out of range easily.
Reagan throws a head kick that misses.
Reagan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fleming on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Reagan rushes Fleming and presses him up against the ropes.
Reagan manages to break the clinch.
Reagan feints and then cracks Fleming's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fleming down.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Reagan connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Fleming's hands.
Reagan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Reagan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Reagan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Reagan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Reagan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Reagan works Fleming's body with a nice hook.
Reagan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That kick from Reagan tenderised Fleming's leg. Fleming is trying to keep his angry face on.
Good work by Reagan as he checks the leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reagan cracks the inside of Fleming's front leg.
Reagan throws a head kick that misses.
Claes Fleming has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reagan misses with a head kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ronald Reagan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Reagan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Ronald Reagan!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Ronald Reagan!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Ronald Reagan!
Ronald Reagan wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Moe Lester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Destruction (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lester comes to the ring accompanied by Little Girls. The crowd seem to be enjoying Destruction's choice of entrance music: Lights Out. Max Destruction is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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300 lbs
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290 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Moe Lester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Max Destruction!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lester gets a clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Destruction just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lester's brow.
Destruction is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lester is defending well for now.
Destruction unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lester managing to block the knees to the body from Destruction.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Destruction.
Destruction prevents the takedown attempt.
Lester gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Destruction holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Lester looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Lester is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Destruction has managed to free his arm - good work.
Lester prevents Destruction from standing back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester trying to pass the guard but Destruction defending well.
Lester not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Destruction pushes Lester off looking to stand but Lester dives back in and keeps control.
Lester missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lester seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Destruction does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Lester sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Destruction defending well though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Destruction tries to get to full guard but Lester has control of the leg.
Lester is working for a kimura but Destruction is defending it quite comfortably.
Destruction flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Lester is looking to take a break and control but Destruction is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Destruction avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lester.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lester passes the guard and advances to mount!
Destruction tries to hold on but Lester postures up.
Destruction is in a horrible position here. Lester smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Lester throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Destruction because Lester loaded up on that one.
Lester lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Destruction tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Destruction is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Lester looking to ground and pound but Destruction is blocking nicely.
Lester looking to ground and pound but Destruction is blocking nicely.
Destruction wants to hold on but Lester pushes him away.
Lester throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Lester landing strikes from the mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Destruction holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Lester tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Lester with a couple of short strikes.
Destruction looks gassed!
Lester postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Destruction is out cold - huge knockout for Lester!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Moe Lester!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Renato Sanches (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Hetfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanches's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Roy Jones Jr - Can't Be Touched . Hetfield is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Harvester of Sorrow. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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282 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Renato Sanches!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, James Hetfield!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Ren Mimura and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanches misses with an uppercut.
Sanches cracks Hetfield with an open hand slap.
Sanches ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A left lands for Hetfield.
Hetfield takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Renato Sanches seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hetfield throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hetfield looks to land a body kick but Sanches moved away.
Hetfield pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hetfield walks into a stiff left hand from Sanches.
Sanches throws an off balance right hand
and Hetfield counters with a thumping low kick.
Sanches throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Jab by Sanches.
Hetfield finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hetfield throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sanches counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sanches misses with a straight left.
Hetfield throws a combination that misses
and Sanches counters with a stiff right hand.
The fighters circling - Sanches throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sanches checks a leg kick.
Sanches throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Hetfield to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanches rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hetfield counters with a nice uppercut.
Sanches is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Sanches throws a combination that misses
and Hetfield counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sanches misses with a body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hetfield lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sanches has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sanches and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sanches swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hetfield throws a hook to the side of Sanches's head but Sanches sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hetfield throws a leg kick but Sanches moved away.
Hetfield attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sanches lands a body shot.
Hetfield takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hetfield defending well as Sanches loads up on a big left hand.
A punch lands to the side of Sanches 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hetfield looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sanches thows a body shot but no joy.
Sanches throws a right hand that misses
and Hetfield counters with a solid body kick.
Hetfield throws a low kick but Sanches moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hetfield thumps Sanches with a low kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Sanches checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sanches will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sanches getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hetfield takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hetfield tries to work over Sanches's front leg with a kick but Sanches checks it.
Sanches scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sloppy strikes from Sanches. Those never looked like landing.
Sanches throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hetfield counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sanches jabs Hetfield to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sanches misses with a looping left.
Hetfield takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hetfield throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sanches counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hetfield thinking.
Sanches dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sanches scores with a sloppy right hand. Hetfield should have avoided that one.
Hetfield is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sanches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hetfield moves away from the strike by Sanches.
Sanches misses with a shot to the body
and Hetfield counters with a right hand to the body.
Sanches keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sanches is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sanches throws a poor cross that misses
and Hetfield counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sanches cracks a nice hook into Hetfield's ribs.
Jab by Sanches.
Sanches throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hetfield.
Hetfield misses with a hook
and Sanches counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hetfield thinking.
Sanches dips to his left and cracks Hetfield with an uppercut!
Sanches looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sanches takes a swing at Hetfield's ribcage but misses.
Sanches clobbers Hetfield with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hetfield is looking to land body kicks.
Sanches throws a right hand that misses
and Hetfield counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sanches is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Sanches swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sanches lands with an overhand left.
Sanches blocks a low kick nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hetfield uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanches.
Sanches throws a poor cross that misses
and Hetfield counters with a low kick, right behind Sanches 's knee.
Hetfield tries to clinch but Sanches moves out of range.
Hetfield tries to clinch
and Sanches counters with a stiff right hand.
Sanches swings for the body but Hetfield moves out of range.
Sanches thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sanches misses with a right hand
and Hetfield counters with a nice leg kick.
Hetfield feints and then cracks Sanches's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sanches down.
Sanches misses with a combination
and Hetfield counters with an outside leg kick.
Sanches lands a jab to Hetfield's midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanches ducks under a wild hook from Hetfield.
Hetfield needs to keep his hands up - Sanches had a free shot at his head there.
Sanches blocks a low kick nicely.
Sanches is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sanches throws a body punch but Hetfield moves out of range.
Sanches on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hetfield takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sanches misses with a straight right.
Hetfield walks into a left hand.
Sanches throws a poor cross that misses
and Hetfield finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Sanches misses with a hook
and Hetfield counters with a thumping low kick.
Hetfield throws an off balance right hand
and Sanches counters with a stiff right hand.
Hetfield lands a jab to the nose.
Hetfield ducks under a wild hook from Sanches.
Sanches rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sanches takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sanches throws a lazy uppercut
and Hetfield cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sanches throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hetfield counters with an inside leg kick.
Sanches rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hetfield counters with a solid body kick.
Hetfield takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hetfield moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hetfield scores with a jab.
Hetfield uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sanches.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hetfield pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sanches has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hetfield.
Sanches showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hetfield.
Sanches misses with a hook
and Hetfield counters with a head kick. That will keep Sanches thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanches has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hetfield.
Sanches takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sanches on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hetfield. Hetfield obviously looking to wear him down.
Hetfield tries to land a front kick but Sanches steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sanches throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hetfield misses with a leg kick.
Sanches throws a lazy right hand but Hetfield sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sanches misses with a lunging right hand
and Hetfield counters with an inside leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Sanches. Those never looked like landing.
Sanches misses with a hook
and Hetfield counters with a body kick that stops Sanches in his tracks momentarily.
Hetfield throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sanches throws a right hand that misses
and Hetfield counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hetfield tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sanches counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hetfield cracks Sanches with a good jab.
Sanches swings widly with a right hand
and Hetfield counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hetfield.
Sanches has had enough of the clinch but Hetfield keeps him there for the moment.
Sanches takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hetfield misses with a knee to the head.
Sanches swings wildly with an uppercut but Hetfield uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanches takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Renato Sanches has been cut.
Sanches blocks an elbow strike from Hetfield.
Sanches lands a body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Sanches creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hetfield looking to throw knees to the head but Sanches is blocking nicely.
Sanches scores with a shot to the side of Hetfield's head.
Sanches is trying to maintain a safe position but Hetfield gets an underhook and turns Sanches into the ropes.
Sanches lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hetfield looks gassed!
Hetfield prevents Sanches from breaking the clinch.
Hetfield misses with a knee strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Sanches - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A short left from Sanches.
Sanches pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sanches dips to his left and cracks Hetfield with an uppercut!
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sanches scores with a nice strike.
Sanches misses with a left hand
and Hetfield counters with a nice uppercut.
Sanches throws a right hand that misses
and Hetfield counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sanches missing with a left hand there. Hetfield was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sanches swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sanches will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A combination from Sanches does no damage.
Sanches misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hetfield counters with a nice kick to the body.
Nice defenses there by Hetfield.
Hetfield throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sanches counters with a right hand to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanches moves out of range of the body kick.
Sanches misses with an uppercut
and Hetfield counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sanches is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Sanches ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hetfield. Sanches does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hetfield blocks a jab.
Hetfield keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hetfield moves out of range of the strikes.
Sanches misses with a few strikes there.
Hetfield uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanches.
Hetfield misses with a low kick as Sanches jumps back.
Sanches lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hetfield backs up against the ropes.
Hetfield ducks under a wild hook from Sanches.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hetfield.
Sanches ducks under a wild hook from Hetfield.
Sanches looks to land a combination but Hetfield avoids it well.
Sanches misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hetfield.
Sanches misses with a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hetfield looks to land a combination but Sanches avoids it well.
Sanches misses with a straight left.
Sanches misses with an uppercut
and Hetfield counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sanches is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Sanches scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Renato Sanches will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Renato Sanches's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hetfield uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanches.
Hetfield slips a jab from Sanches.
Renato Sanches is winning the standup battle so far.
Sanches looks to throw the jab but Hetfield is out of range.
Sanches throws a right hand that misses
and Hetfield counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Hetfield swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sanches looks to land a right hand but Hetfield moved out of range.
Hetfield avoids the body shot from Sanches.
Sanches swings widly with a right hand
and Hetfield counters with a head kick.
Hetfield tries to clinch but Sanches is having none of it.
Hetfield blocks a jab.
Sanches dips to his left and cracks Hetfield with an uppercut!
James Hetfield is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanches falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hetfield counters with a three punch combo that has Sanches backing up. Sanches nods at Hetfield to acknowledge the strikes.
Sanches showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hetfield.
Hetfield has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hetfield takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanches throws a right hand that Hetfield ducks under and follows up with a left that Hetfield also avoids with ease.
Sanches dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sanches misses with a jab to the body
and Hetfield counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hetfield attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sanches ducks under a wild hook from Hetfield.
A slow jab from Sanches misses its intended target.
Hetfield on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hetfield.
Sanches throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A shot to the body from Sanches misses
and Hetfield counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Good standup being displayed there by Sanches as he connects with a hook.
Sanches is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hetfield.
Hetfield connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hetfield tries to close the distance and clinch but Sanches swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sanches jabs Hetfield right on the nose. Hetfield blinks but takes it well.
Sanches moves out of range as Hetfield throws a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanches swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanches tries to bum rush Hetfield with a series of wild strikes but Hetfield uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sanches avoids the head kick by Hetfield.
Hetfield uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanches.
Sanches waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hetfield.
Sanches jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sanches throws a right hand that misses
and Hetfield counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sanches on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hetfield. Hetfield obviously looking to wear him down.
Sanches connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hetfield momentarily.
Sanches misses with a wild combination.
Hetfield fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanches manages to avoid it.
Hetfield throws a right hand that misses
and Sanches counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sanches ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hetfield moves away.
Sanches throws a shot from downtown. Hetfield moves away and avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hetfield walks into a straight right hand from Sanches.
Sanches scores with a one two! Hetfield had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Sanches throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sanches looks to land a left hand but Hetfield moved out of range nicely.
Sanches keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Sanches there.
Sanches ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sanches throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanches throws an off balance right hand
and Hetfield counters with a straight right hand.
Hetfield thumps Sanches with a low kick.
Hetfield lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Sanches crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hetfield - the referee stops the clock and Sanches gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hetfield. Sanches manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Hetfield plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Sanches throws a poor cross that misses
and Hetfield makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hetfield defending well as Sanches loads up on a big left hand.
Sanches misses with a few strikes there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hetfield tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sanches looks to score with a jab to the body but Hetfield is just out of range.
Sanches lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sanches throws a big shot that misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sanches!
Sanches avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hetfield rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sanches moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sanches throws a nice looking combination but Hetfield bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hetfield throws out a leg kick but Sanches moves out of range and Hetfield only half commits.
Sanches throws out a loose jab but Hetfield uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanches throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hetfield counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sanches is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanches fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hetfield on the side of the head.
Hetfield is looking to land body kicks.
Hetfield avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sanches throws a poor cross that misses
and Hetfield counters with a thumping low kick.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hetfield lands with an overhand left.
Hetfield throws a head kick that half lands.
Hetfield closes the distance and clinches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hetfield.
Hetfield pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Hetfield in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Sanches lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sanches breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sanches throws the left hand but Hetfield avoids the punch easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanches. Hetfield does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanches throws a combination that misses
and Hetfield counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Hetfield looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sanches ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hetfield moves away.
Hetfield moves into range and clinches up with Sanches.
Sanches avoids the elbow strike from Hetfield, against the ropes.
Sanches lands with a left to the head.
Sanches makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hetfield lands an elbow inside that Sanches shrugs off.
Hetfield misses with an elbow strike.
Sanches works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sanches lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hetfield or not.
Hetfield is breathing heavily.
Sanches breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sanches throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hetfield avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hetfield avoids the body shot from Sanches.
Sanches throws a hook but Hetfield blocks it.
Sanches lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Hetfield misses with a looping left.
Sanches connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hetfield tries to land a front kick but Sanches steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sanches misses with a hook. Hetfield ducked under it nicely.
Sanches lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hetfield at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hetfield misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hetfield lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hetfield bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sanches misses with a body shot
and Hetfield counters with a low kick, right behind Sanches 's knee.
A shot to the body from Sanches misses
and Hetfield counters with an inside leg kick.
Sanches checks a low kick from Hetfield.
Sanches misses with a body shot.
Sanches slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sanches's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hetfield under the eye.
A slow jab from Sanches misses its intended target.
Hetfield misses the body punch
letting Sanches counter with a right hand.
Hetfield lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sanches missing with a left hand there. Hetfield was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sanches swings widly with a right hand
and Hetfield counters with an outside leg kick.
Sanches takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sanches scores with a one two! Hetfield had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Sanches's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Sanches duly obliges.
Hetfield lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sanches takes a step back to recover.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sanches misses with a hook to the body
and Hetfield counters with a three punch combo that has Sanches backing up. Sanches nods at Hetfield to acknowledge the strikes.
Hetfield motions for Sanches to come forward. Hetfield throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hetfield connects with a single shot there.
Sanches changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hetfield moves into the clinch.
Sanches trying to stall but Hetfield improves his position.
Hetfield misses with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sanches looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nice elbow from Hetfield.
Sanches blocks an elbow strike.
Hetfield keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sanches's efforts to push away.
Sanches is trying to break free.
Hetfield creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sanches holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Hetfield tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hetfield misses with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Sanches - that landed with a thud.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hetfield with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sanches digs a right hand into Hetfield's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hetfield's gas tank.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sanches stalling in the clinch but Hetfield improves position.
Sanches working hard to break the clinch.
Sanches works on Hetfield's body with a couple of short punches.
Sanches is looking to break free of the clinch but Hetfield has double underhooks.
Sanches works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sanches breaks the clinch.
Sanches ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sanches lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hetfield misses with a hook
and Sanches counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sanches digs a good body shot into Hetfield's ribs.
Sanches works over Hetfield's head and body with a nice combination.
Sanches throws a combination. Hetfield tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hetfield swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sanches counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hetfield falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Sanches to counter with a crisp jab.
A left and a right from Sanches both land. Nice combination.
Sanches lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Renato Sanches dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Renato Sanches's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Sanches throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hetfield sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hetfield ducks under a wild hook from Sanches.
Sanches with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sanches scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hetfield slips under a jab.
Sanches scores with a jab to the body.
Sanches tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hetfield was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanches.
Hetfield ducks under a wild hook from Sanches.
Sanches loads up on a big right hand but Hetfield slips the punch.
Sanches rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hetfield moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanches waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hetfield.
Sanches lunges at Hetfield with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hetfield's hand.
A right-left combo lands from Sanches.
Hetfield takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sanches checks a leg kick.
Jab by Sanches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanches misses with a hook
and Hetfield counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sanches lands a jab to the nose.
Sanches lands a jab to Hetfield's midsection.
Hetfield misses with a two punch combination.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sanches, as that shot connected.
Hetfield avoids the body shot from Sanches.
Sanches connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hetfield's hands.
Sanches lands with a nice combination. Hetfield backs away looking to recover.
Hetfield moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hetfield thuds his shin into the meat of Sanches's side.
Hetfield swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sanches counters with a nice uppercut.
Sanches looks to land a left hand but Hetfield moved out of range nicely.
Sanches throws a lazy uppercut
and Hetfield counters with a nice uppercut.
Sanches scores with a hook.
Sanches throws a combination that misses
and Sanches takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanches checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sanches throws a lazy right hand but Hetfield sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sanches throws a hook but Hetfield blocks it.
Hetfield tries to work over Sanches's front leg with a kick but Sanches checks it.
A combination from Hetfield does no damage.
Sanches scores with a jab.
Sanches dodges the punch combination from Hetfield.
Sanches fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sanches scores with a nice head shot.
Hetfield throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Hetfield staying out of range there.
Sanches ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hetfield staying out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanches swings widly with a right hand
and Hetfield counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sanches swats away the attempt to clinch by Hetfield.
A cross from Sanches lands.
Sanches takes a swing at Hetfield's ribcage but misses.
Sanches connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sanches tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hetfield was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanches.
Sanches misses with a double jab.
Sanches tests Hetfield's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sanches misses the body punch
and Hetfield counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hetfield lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hetfield steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sanches.
Sanches misses with an uppercut. Hetfield saw that one coming.
Hetfield dodges the punch combination from Sanches.
A shot to the body from Sanches misses
and Hetfield counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanches ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hetfield swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hetfield throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sanches wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sanches misses with a hook
and Hetfield counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hetfield uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanches.
Sanches misses with a wild body shot.
Sanches will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sanches throws a poor cross that misses
and Hetfield makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hetfield throws a right hand that Sanches ducks under and follows up with a left that Sanches also avoids with ease.
Sanches throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanches pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hetfield back to the ropes. Sanches follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Sanches thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hetfield swings for the body but Sanches moves out of range.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sanches ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hetfield moves away.
Sanches throws the left hand but Hetfield avoids the punch easily.
Sanches misses with a looping left.
Hetfield takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sanches throws an off balance right hand
and Hetfield makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Sanches really felt that one!
Hetfield tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sanches misses with a right hand
and Hetfield counters with a nice uppercut.
Sanches takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hetfield dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sanches. That did some damage!
Sanches looks to score with a jab to the body but Hetfield is just out of range.
Sanches looks to land a left hand but Hetfield moved out of range nicely.
Sanches throws a lazy uppercut
and Hetfield counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Sanches lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hetfield throws a chopping leg kick but Sanches manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hetfield avoids the body shot from Sanches.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sanches jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sanches misses with an uppercut
and Hetfield counters with a one-two to the body.
Sanches avoids the head kick by Hetfield.
Sanches throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hetfield.
Hetfield lands with a slapping head kick.
Hetfield cracks the inside of Sanches's front leg.
Hetfield throws a head kick that half lands.
Sanches will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hetfield swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sanches looks to land a left hand but Hetfield moved out of range nicely.
Sanches scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sanches throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hetfield counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sanches looks to throw the jab but Hetfield is out of range.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hetfield waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sanches.
Sanches throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hetfield lands with a straight right. Sanches didn't see that one coming.
Sanches ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hetfield connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sanches's hands.
Hetfield dodges the punch combination from Sanches.
Sanches swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hetfield counters with a nice leg kick.
Hetfield feints a jab promting Sanches to slip. Hetfield then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Sanches slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Some wild striking there from Hetfield.
Hetfield looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hetfield on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sanches checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sanches lands a right hook to the body.
Sanches is working the combinations to good effect here.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sanches takes a swing at Hetfield's ribcage but misses.
Sanches avoids a kick to the body.
Sanches takes a swing at Hetfield's ribcage but misses.
Sanches misses with a lunging right hand
and Hetfield counters with a low kick, right behind Sanches 's knee.
Hetfield connects with an inside leg kick.
Sanches throws a poor cross that misses
and Hetfield counters with a leg kick.
Sanches throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanches throws a right hand that misses
and Hetfield makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sanches punishes Hetfield's body with a nice straight punch.
Sanches misses with a wild body shot.
Hetfield rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sanches counters with a nice uppercut.
Sanches scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sanches fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hetfield manages to avoid it.
Sanches misses with a hook.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sanches misses with a hook to the body
and Hetfield counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Hetfield lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Hetfield misses the target.
Sanches lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sanches takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sanches waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hetfield.
Sanches misses with an uppercut
and Hetfield holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hetfield misses with an elbow over the top.
Sanches goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hetfield throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hetfield looking to throw knees to the head but Sanches is blocking nicely.
Hetfield takes a shot to the head.
Hetfield lands an elbow inside.
Sanches blocks an elbow strike from Hetfield.
Hetfield misses with a knee to the head.
Sanches escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sanches throws a lazy uppercut
and Hetfield counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanches bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hetfield's head.
Hetfield throws a series of punches but Sanches avoids them all with ease.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to James Hetfield.
Well Sanches 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Renato Sanches!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Renato Sanches!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Renato Sanches!
Renato Sanches wins by unanimous decision!
Renato Sanches retains his super heavyweight title!
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