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Malice - The Reckoning PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Doctor House (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blaz Kraljevic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Doctor House!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Blaz Kraljevic!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
House swinging wildly here.
House misses with a two punch combination.
House lands with a cross.
Kraljevic fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. House sprawls well initially but Kraljevic persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Kraljevic decides to stand up.
Some wild striking there from House.
House misses with the combination.
Kraljevic dodges the punch combination from House.
Kraljevic shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in House's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kraljevic stands up from House's guard - Kraljevic perhaps looking for a knockout.
House throws a series of punches but Kraljevic avoids them all with ease.
Kraljevic showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from House.
House connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
House gets caught flat footed, as Kraljevic shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Kraljevic decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Nice takedown defense from House. No joy for Kraljevic on that attempt.
House defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kraljevic.
House throws a nice looking combination but Kraljevic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
House throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kraljevic shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Kraljevic decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
House is breathing heavily.
Kraljevic drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kraljevic decides to take the fight back to the feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kraljevic looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
House looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Kraljevic passes into side control.
Kraljevic stands up and we're back to a striking position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from House. Those never looked like landing.
Kraljevic dives in and grabs House's left leg, looking for a takedown. House pushes down on Kraljevic's head and hops out.
Doctor House has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Blaz Kraljevic.
A cross from House lands.
House fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Doctor House is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kraljevic takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
House displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
House connects with a nice looking jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kraljevic showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from House.
Kraljevic dodges the punch combination from House.
House's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and House duly obliges.
House lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
House misses with a series of wild punches.
House swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kraljevic.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
House swinging wildly here.
House works over Kraljevic's head and body with a nice combination.
Kraljevic walks into a stiff left hand from House.
House tries to bum rush Kraljevic with a series of wild strikes but Kraljevic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
House shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kraljevic eats them both and turns towards House to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Kraljevic looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Kraljevic stands up out of the half guard.
Kraljevic scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
House is looking for a sweep.
Kraljevic has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Blaz Kraljevic will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
House misses with a combination
and Kraljevic counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
House is looking to improve his position.
House wants to control the action here but instead Kraljevic manages to pass to full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kraljevic content just to control the position here.
Kraljevic stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
House defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kraljevic.
Kraljevic dodges the punch combination from House.
House clobbers Kraljevic with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
House swinging wildly here.
Kraljevic throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around House's waist but House gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kraljevic off to one side.
Kraljevic is on the wrong end of a nice combination from House.
House lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kraljevic backs up against the cage.
House drops Kraljevic with a naaaaasty hook - Kraljevic is in real trouble here! House dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Doctor House!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maximus Aeurelious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Rash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maximus Aeurelious could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Matt Rash's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Maximus Aeurelious!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matt Rash!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rash misses with a body punch
and Aeurelious cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rash misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Aeurelious counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Matt Rash seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aeurelious dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Aeurelious looks to land a combination but Rash avoids it well.
A shot to the body from Rash misses
and Aeurelious counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rash throws a lazy uppercut
and Aeurelious counters with a straight right hand.
Rash takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rash throws a predictable looking body shot
and Aeurelious counters with a nice uppercut.
Rash uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aeurelious.
Rash throws a sloppy body shot
and Aeurelious counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rash throws a predictable looking body shot
and Aeurelious counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rash thinking.
Rash rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Aeurelious counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rash fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rash misses with a lunging right hand
and Aeurelious counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rash misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aeurelious.
Rash throws a sloppy body shot
and Aeurelious counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rash scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rash throws a sloppy body shot
and Aeurelious counters with a nice body shot.
Aeurelious changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rash throws a sloppy body shot
and Aeurelious counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rash throws a jab but it's blocked by Aeurelious.
Aeurelious throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rash.
Rash misses with a left hand
and Aeurelious counters with a one-two to the body.
Aeurelious is looking to wear down Rash with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Aeurelious swings for the body but Rash moves out of range.
Rash misses with a body shot
and Aeurelious counters with a nice uppercut.
Rash misses with a body shot
and Aeurelious counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rash throws a sloppy body shot
and Aeurelious counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rash thinking.
Rash bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Aeurelious tries to bench press Rash off him but Rash keeps the position.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aeurelious tries to bench press Rash off him but Rash keeps the position.
Rash working the head and body with strikes.
Rash looks up at the clock and then as Aeurelious takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Rash smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Rash content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Check out the look on Rash's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Aeurelious is working to avoid the ground and pound but Rash connects with a decent elbow.
Aeurelious on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Aeurelious tries to get out of the position.
Aeurelious tries to buck Rash off but Rash is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rash in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Aeurelious taking punishment in the form of punches.
Rash works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aeurelious is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rash content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Rash dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Aeurelious swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rash counters with a stiff right hand.
Rash keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Aeurelious.
Rash misses the body punch
letting Aeurelious counter with a right hand.
Aeurelious takes a swing at Rash's ribcage but misses.
Rash tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Aeurelious swivels and escapes.
Aeurelious ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rash moves away.
Rash scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Rash throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rash throws a jab but it's blocked by Aeurelious.
Rash misses the body punch
and Aeurelious counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rash throws an overhand right that lands on Aeurelious's shoulder, as Aeurelious tries to avoid the shot.
A shot to the body from Rash misses
and Aeurelious counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Maximus Aeurelious is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rash swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Aeurelious counters with a right hand to the body.
Aeurelious lands a right hook to the body.
Rash throws an off balance right hand
and Aeurelious counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rash connects with the punch.
Good work by Rash as he checks the leg kick.
Aeurelious tries a low kick but Rash avoids it.
Aeurelious listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rash throws a leg kick that misses.
Rash thows a body shot but no joy.
A shot to the body from Rash misses
and Aeurelious counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Aeurelious comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rash throws an off balance right hand
and Aeurelious counters with a stiff right hand.
Rash works Aeurelious's body with a nice hook.
Aeurelious takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rash misses with a hook to the body
letting Aeurelious counter with a right hand.
Rash misses with a body shot
and Aeurelious counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rash thinking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rash throws a poor cross that misses
letting Aeurelious counter with a right hand.
Rash throws a sloppy body shot
and Aeurelious cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rash throws a poor cross that misses
and Aeurelious counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Aeurelious keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rash swings away with a body shot that misses
and Aeurelious cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rash misses with a body punch
and Aeurelious counters with a nice body shot.
Rash steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Aeurelious.
Rash swings widly with a right hand
and Aeurelious connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A jab from Rash does it's job there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rash swings widly with a right hand
and Aeurelious cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rash rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rash takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A shot to the body from Rash misses
enabling Aeurelious to counter with a crisp jab.
Aeurelious throws out a loose jab but Rash uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aeurelious thows a body shot but no joy.
Rash misses with a hook
and Aeurelious connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Aeurelious misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Rash misses.
Rash throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Aeurelious on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Matt Rash will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Rash ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Aeurelious moves away.
Aeurelious on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rash misses with a body punch
and Aeurelious counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rash misses with a body shot
letting Aeurelious counter with a right hand.
Rash swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Aeurelious stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Aeurelious wants it to stay on the feet.
Rash misses with a jab to the body
and Aeurelious counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rash thinking.
Rash throws a predictable looking body shot
and Aeurelious counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Aeurelious throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Aeurelious throws a sloppy body shot
and Rash counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Aeurelious's guard now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aeurelious is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Aeurelious being controlled here, momentarily.
Rash sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Aeurelious's guard.
Rash looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Rash lands with a punch from half guard.
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.
Nice strikes from Rash there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aeurelious wants to get back to full guard but Rash has mounted him!
Rash sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aeurelious tries to hold on but Rash pushes him away.
Aeurelious is in all sorts of trouble here.
Rash working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Rash looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aeurelious working to try and regain half guard.
Rash content just to control the position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Matt Rash was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Rash misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Aeurelious counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rash changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rash throws a hook but Aeurelious blocks it.
Rash misses with a body shot
and Aeurelious counters with a series of strikes. Rash will be more careful next time no doubt.
Rash lands a glancing blow to the side of Aeurelious's head.
Rash throws a lazy uppercut
and Aeurelious cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Maximus Aeurelious has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rash misses with a lunging right hand
and Aeurelious counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rash thinking.
Matt Rash is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rash misses with a body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Rash comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rash winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Rash!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazunari Tashiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kazunari Tashiro will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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200 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chuck Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazunari Tashiro!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Tashiro or perhaps it was just good defense by Lee which made him look bad.
Sloppy strikes from Tashiro. Those never looked like landing.
A head kick misses from Lee.
Lee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lee lands a head kick. Tashiro smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
It looks like Kazunari Tashiro has been cut.
Lee wants to clinch.
Kazunari Tashiro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tashiro.
Lee moves into the clinch successfully.
Tashiro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tashiro fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lee looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Tashiro avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lee.
Tashiro blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lee.
Lee knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tashiro on the ground.
Tashiro tries to roll over but Lee keeps him under control.
Tashiro looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Tashiro is refusing to be controlled, as Lee sits in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tashiro missing with punches from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Tashiro controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Tashiro is defending against the submission attempts here by Lee.
Tashiro is trying to get back to full guard.
Lee not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tashiro avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lee.
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.
Tashiro trying to control from the bottom.
Tashiro is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lee scores with a couple of nice shots.
Lee throwing shots but Tashiro is blocking nicely.
Tashiro wants to control but Lee is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Tashiro looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lee lands strikes from half guard.
Tashiro manages to get to full guard.
Lee postures up.
Tashiro is looking for a triangle but Lee pushes his legs off easily.
Tashiro looks gassed!
Tashiro has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Lee doesn't defend quickly enough and Tashiro has managed to lock this one up! Can Lee escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Tashiro on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Kazunari Tashiro!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tatsuya Kimura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kimura might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Cautionary Warning. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tatsuya Kimura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, DJ Penn!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn misses with a low kick.
Penn keeps the fight on the outside.
Tatsuya Kimura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Penn lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kimura wants to clinch up but Penn keeps it at a distance.
Kimura fails in his attempt to clinch.
Penn throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kimura on the side of the head.
Kimura really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Penn scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kimura fails with the takedown.
Kimura swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Penn counters with a straight right hand.
Penn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimura tries to clinch up but Penn circles away and keeps his distance.
Penn fails to land with a series of punches.
Penn clinches up with Kimura and pushes him back against the cage.
Penn jumps guard but Kimura stands there with Penn around his waist. Penn gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Penn tries to break the clinch but Kimura is controlling the position.
Kimura goes for a takedown attempt but Penn pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Penn misses with a takedown attempt
and Kimura counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Penn tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Penn bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kimura's guard.
Penn trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Penn thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kimura keeping full guard, as Penn tries to pass.
Penn sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Kimura's guard.
Penn throwing shots but Kimura is blocking nicely.
Kimura knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Penn on the ground.
Penn frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Penn working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Kimura turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Penn off and cradles Kimura's limp body as Penn celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). DJ Penn!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bouter Praler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sub Zero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Bouter Praler has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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278 lbs
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225 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bouter Praler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sub Zero!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Praler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Praler gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Zero counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Bouter Praler has been cut.
Praler misses with a takedown
and Zero counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Zero scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Zero landing a few strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zero is putting a hurting on Praler here, landing some big shots from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zero moves into full mount!
Zero controlling the position easily from mount.
Zero pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Zero landing punches.
Zero landing strikes from the mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zero content just to control the position here.
Zero looking to finish Praler with some ground and pound. This is bad for Praler!
Zero controlling from the full mount.
Zero landing strikes from the mount and Praler is in trouble!
Praler knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Zero on the ground.
Zero controlling his opponent.
Praler bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Zero trying to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zero has his feet on Praler's thighs here. He's pushed Praler off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Praler screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sub Zero!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mario Cabelo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Haiko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jimmy Haiko is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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200 lbs
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212 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mario Cabelo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jimmy Haiko!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haiko tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cabelo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A nice inside leg kick there by Haiko. That's going to slow Cabelo down.
Cabelo swats away the attempt to clinch by Haiko.
Haiko tries to clinch there but Cabelo circles away.
Haiko pushes Cabelo up against the cage in a clinch.
Haiko lands a good knee to the midsection. Cabelo won't want to take too many of those.
Haiko lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Haiko.
It looks like Mario Cabelo has been cut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Haiko.
Cabelo is breathing heavily.
Haiko lands an elbow inside.
Haiko gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cabelo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Cabelo takes an elbow to the temple.
Haiko gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Haiko lands an elbow inside.
Haiko gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A bit of stalling here from Haiko.
Haiko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Haiko breaks from the clinch.
Haiko is looking to clinch.
Haiko tries to clinch but Cabelo is having none of it.
Haiko closes the distance and pushes Cabelo back into the cage.
Cabelo fails to pull guard.
Haiko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabelo keeps the fight on the outside.
Haiko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cabelo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Haiko throws a nice outside leg kick.
Haiko fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cabelo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cabelo blocks a head kick by Haiko.
Haiko fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cabelo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Haiko tries for a takedown but Cabelo sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Haiko closes the distance and pushes Cabelo back into the cage.
Cabelo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haiko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cabelo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Haiko lands a damaging elbow.
Haiko lands an elbow just above Cabelo 's eye.
Haiko lands a nice knee to the body.
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!
Haiko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Haiko closes this distance looking for a takedown but Cabelo circles away.
Haiko tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cabelo counters with a straight right hand.
Cabelo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Cabelo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haiko throws a head kick that misses.
Haiko misses with a takedown attempt - Cabelo sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Mario Cabelo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jimmy Haiko.
Cabelo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Haiko as he avoids it easily.
Cabelo clinches.
Cabelo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Haiko smiles and moves away.
Haiko stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Haiko wants it to stay on the feet.
Haiko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Haiko plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Cabelo.
Haiko has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haiko tries for a takedown. No joy.
Cabelo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Haiko lands a good knee to the midsection. Cabelo won't want to take too many of those.
Cabelo is trying to break free.
Cabelo is trying to force a seperation but Haiko has the dominant position.
Cabelo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cabelo pulls guard successfully.
Cabelo wants to stand but Haiko is controlling the position.
Haiko trying to control but Cabelo is working from the bottom.
Haiko wants to stand but Cabelo has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Cabelo is pulling down on Haiko's head. It's preventing any offense from Haiko, at least for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Cabelo's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Haiko really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cabelo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cabelo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cabelo keeps the fight on the outside.
Haiko tries a head kick but it misses.
Cabelo tries to work over Haiko's front leg with a kick but Haiko checks it.
Cabelo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Haiko swivels and escapes.
Haiko lands a leg kick that knocks Cabelo off balance momentarily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Haiko looks to clinch
and Cabelo counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Cabelo frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Haiko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mario Cabelo's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Cabelo dives in and grabs Haiko's left leg, looking for a takedown. Haiko pushes down on Cabelo's head and hops out.
Haiko tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cabelo counters by clinching up.
Haiko lands a nice knee to the body.
Haiko landing knees to the body.
Haiko has Cabelo pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Cabelo manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Cabelo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Haiko misses with an elbow over the top.
Jimmy Haiko seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cabelo wants a takedown.
Haiko lands a nice elbow.
Haiko breaks from the clinch.
Haiko closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Haiko pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cabelo shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mario Cabelo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Haiko takes the fight into the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Haiko lands a knee to the head.
Cabelo is looking to break free of the clinch but Haiko has double underhooks.
Haiko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Haiko wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haiko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cabelo jumps guard but Haiko stands there with Cabelo around his waist. Cabelo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Haiko breaks the clinch.
Cabelo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cabelo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Haiko wants to control but Cabelo is having none of it.
Cabelo controlling the position easily from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabelo in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Haiko is trying to stand but he's not in a good position to be doing that! Cabelo has taken his back!
Cabelo working for the rear naked choke here. He's got one arm under but Haiko is defending well. A couple of punches soften him up though and Cabelo has tightened the hold! This one could be all over! It is! Haiko taps out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mario Cabelo!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harvey Prince (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Siciliano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harvey Prince has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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25
195 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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24
192 lbs
10 - 10 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Harvey Prince!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fred Siciliano!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Siciliano pushes Prince up against the cage in a clinch.
Prince tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Siciliano's elbow.
Siciliano slows down the pace here.
Siciliano lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Prince.
Prince really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Prince takes a shot to the head.
Siciliano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Prince working hard to break the clinch.
Siciliano lands a knee to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Siciliano.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Prince.
Still in the clinch, Siciliano scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Siciliano.
Siciliano lands with a left to the head.
Siciliano has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Prince regains guard immediately.
Prince is breathing heavily.
Siciliano wants to control from the top but Prince keeps moving.
Siciliano drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Siciliano jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Siciliano thows a big elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Siciliano wants to control from the top but Prince keeps moving.
Prince avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Prince is working an open guard so Siciliano takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Siciliano closes the distance and clinches.
Prince takes a knee right on the jaw!
Siciliano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Prince backwards.
Siciliano putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Prince in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Siciliano works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Siciliano controls from within his opponent's guard.
Siciliano has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Siciliano trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Siciliano stands and throws Prince's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siciliano misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Siciliano is trying to get an arm triangle but Prince is defending well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Siciliano cracks Prince with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Siciliano has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Prince!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Siciliano content just to control the position here.
Prince is squirming around, avoiding Siciliano's attempts to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siciliano with a couple of short strikes.
Siciliano landing strikes from the mount and Prince is in trouble!
Siciliano throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Siciliano landing punches.
Siciliano working for a submission but Prince is keeping him at bay.
Siciliano sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Siciliano looking to secure an arm triangle but Prince defends it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siciliano looking to finish with strikes here!
Siciliano looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Prince avoids a series of strikes thrown by Siciliano.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Siciliano landing punches.
Siciliano with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fred Siciliano dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Prince uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Siciliano.
Prince moves out of range of the body kick.
Siciliano scores a takedown into full mount!
Siciliano scoring with strikes but Prince is staying in there.
Siciliano connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Prince is rocked!
Siciliano misses with a head shot.
Siciliano tries to control but Prince wriggling away.
Siciliano throwing strikes here but Prince is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Siciliano working the ground and pound effectively.
Siciliano throwing strikes here but Prince is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Siciliano cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Siciliano has control of Prince's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Prince regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Siciliano goes for an armbar but Prince turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Prince.
Siciliano is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Prince rolls with it to try and escape but Siciliano cranks on the arm and Prince is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Fred Siciliano!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Lin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jong Soo Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Frank Lin has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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265 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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250 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frank Lin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jong Soo Kim!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soo Kim with a poor takedown
and Lin counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Jong Soo Kim has been cut.
Soo Kim feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Soo Kim throws and elbow that misses. Lin uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Soo Kim's guard. Nice move by Lin!
Soo Kim wants to sweep but no luck.
Soo Kim looking to control.
Lin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Soo Kim can't keep his opponent in guard - Lin advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Soo Kim wants to improve his position but Lin is controlling well.
Lin takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Soo Kim trying to control here.
Lin seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Frank Lin just wasn't active enough.
Lin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lin swinging wildly here.
Soo Kim takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Soo Kim has his takedown stuffed
and Lin counters with a crisp right that sends Soo Kim to the canvas! Lin follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Lin!
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