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Rising Sun : Pride SuperGP 1-2 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andres Aguinaldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akio Daisuke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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272 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
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280 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power |
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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
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andres Aguinaldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akio Daisuke!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aguinaldo shoots for a takedown but Daisuke saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Aguinaldo is defended easily by Daisuke.
Daisuke stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Daisuke wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andres Aguinaldo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Aguinaldo closes the distance and clinches up with Daisuke, looking for a takedown. Aguinaldo pushes Daisuke against the ropes but Daisuke circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Aguinaldo shoots in for a double leg but Daisuke sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Aguinaldo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Daisuke pinned against the cage. Daisuke gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Aguinaldo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Daisuke looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Daisuke looking to pass the guard.
Aguinaldo wants to sweep here but Daisuke controlling him for the moment.
Daisuke wants to pass the guard but Aguinaldo is keeping the position.
Daisuke drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Aguinaldo dives on top into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daisuke is looking for a triangle here but Aguinaldo uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Aguinaldo misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Aguinaldo is looking to take a break and control but Daisuke is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Daisuke gets back to half guard.
Daisuke is looking for a sweep. Aguinaldo is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Aguinaldo is trying to control. Daisuke wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Aguinaldo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Aguinaldo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Daisuke's head.
Daisuke is looking to improve his position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Aguinaldo has his takedown stuffed
and Daisuke counters with a thumping low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaldo drives through with a takedown into guard.
Daisuke manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Aguinaldo manages to get himself to full guard.
Daisuke thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Daisuke looking to sit in guard and control but Aguinaldo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Aguinaldo wants to pass the guard but Daisuke is keeping the position.
Aguinaldo wants to control from the top but Daisuke keeps moving.
Daisuke looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Daisuke controls Aguinaldo momentarily but Aguinaldo frees himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaldo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Daisuke preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Aguinaldo is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Aguinaldo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Daisuke is on top in guard.
Aguinaldo controls Daisuke momentarily but Daisuke frees himself.
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.
Daisuke preventing the sweep.
Daisuke forces his way into half guard.
Aguinaldo wants to control but Daisuke is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Daisuke is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Aguinaldo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daisuke is thwarting Aguinaldo's attempts to control the position.
Daisuke is working for a kimura but Aguinaldo is defending it quite comfortably.
Daisuke looks gassed!
Aguinaldo moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Aguinaldo escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Daisuke gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Daisuke looking to pass the guard.
Aguinaldo is looking for a triangle but Daisuke pushes his legs off easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Akio Daisuke will probably get the nod.
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.
Daisuke misses with a takedown
and Aguinaldo counters with a nice double leg into side control. Daisuke won't be happy with that.
Aguinaldo cracks Daisuke with a big right hand but Daisuke just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Aguinaldo is working Daisuke over with some ground and pound from side control.
Daisuke is trying to get back to half guard.
Aguinaldo tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Aguinaldo is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Daisuke has escaped the position, nice work there.
Daisuke is looking for a sweep.
Daisuke taking a bit of punishment here - Aguinaldo scoring with strikes.
Daisuke on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Daisuke is being controlled here.
Andres Aguinaldo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Aguinaldo is looking to take a break and control but Daisuke is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aguinaldo tries for a kimura but Daisuke is defending well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Daisuke is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Aguinaldo wants to control but Daisuke is keeping him busy.
Aguinaldo lands an elbow.
Aguinaldo trying to control the action but Daisuke is working from the bottom.
Aguinaldo wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Daisuke, who protects the arm well.
Daisuke sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daisuke wants to get back to full guard.
Daisuke is looking to control Aguinaldo's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Daisuke avoid being mounted?
Daisuke might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Aguinaldo kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Aguinaldo tries to pass to full mount but Daisuke defends it.
Daisuke is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Aguinaldo's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Aguinaldo's back!
Daisuke doesn't have the hooks in and Aguinaldo manages to turn into his guard.
Aguinaldo wants to pass the guard but Daisuke is keeping the position.
Daisuke has momentary wrist control but Aguinaldo slips an elbow through the middle.
Daisuke has his foot on Aguinaldo's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Aguinaldo works his way back into a safe position though.
Aguinaldo scoring with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daisuke keeping moving, preventing Aguinaldo from controlling successfully.
Aguinaldo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Daisuke is keeping the position for now.
Daisuke has his foot on Aguinaldo's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Aguinaldo works his way back into a safe position though.
Aguinaldo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Aguinaldo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Daisuke preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Daisuke wants to sweep here but Aguinaldo controlling him for the moment.
Daisuke escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Aguinaldo gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Aguinaldo passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Daisuke taking punishment in the form of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaldo working the ground and pound from side control.
Daisuke is looking for a sweep.
Daisuke taking punishment in the form of punches.
Aguinaldo wants to control but Daisuke is keeping him busy.
Aguinaldo landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Aguinaldo scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Daisuke to see if he's OK.
Aguinaldo is looking to take a break and control but Daisuke is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Daisuke tries to bench press Aguinaldo off him but Aguinaldo keeps the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Daisuke takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Daisuke tries to improve position but can't.
Aguinaldo lands a decent elbow from side control.
Daisuke sneaks back into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andres Aguinaldo dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Aguinaldo shoots in and drives through. Daisuke sprawls well.
Aguinaldo shoots for a double leg takedown but Daisuke sprawls well. He's pushed Aguinaldo's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Daisuke moves in looking to clinch but Aguinaldo pushes him off.
Daisuke throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Daisuke misses with a shot to the body
and Aguinaldo counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Aguinaldo pushes down on Daisuke's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Aguinaldo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Daisuke keeps working.
Aguinaldo with the ground and pound but Daisuke uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Aguinaldo scoring with some ground and pound.
Aguinaldo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Daisuke is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Aguinaldo is aware though and is defending well.
Aguinaldo being controlled here momentarily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aguinaldo wants to control from the top but Daisuke keeps moving.
Aguinaldo throws a big right hand that misses.
Aguinaldo postures up and lands a big shot to Daisuke's brow.
Aguinaldo is working Daisuke over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Daisuke has his foot on Aguinaldo's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Aguinaldo works his way back into a safe position though.
Aguinaldo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Aguinaldo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Aguinaldo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Daisuke working for submissions but it's allowed Aguinaldo to get to half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Aguinaldo connects with a nice short shot to Daisuke's temple.
Akio Daisuke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daisuke has hold of Aguinaldo's hands but Aguinaldo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Daisuke has hold of Aguinaldo's hands but Aguinaldo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Daisuke trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Aguinaldo with a couple of short strikes.
Aguinaldo lands a big shot there that rocks Daisuke but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Andres Aguinaldo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aguinaldo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daisuke is working to get back to half guard.
Daisuke is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Aguinaldo controlling from mount.
Aguinaldo seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Daisuke for as long as he can get away with.
Daisuke is squirming around, avoiding Aguinaldo's attempts to control the action.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Andres Aguinaldo just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Daisuke throws a leg kick that is checked
so Aguinaldo counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daisuke is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Daisuke being controlled here, momentarily.
Aguinaldo trying to control but Daisuke is working from the bottom.
Aguinaldo seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Daisuke had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Aguinaldo defends it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Andres Aguinaldo showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Aguinaldo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Andres Aguinaldo!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Andres Aguinaldo!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Andres Aguinaldo!
Andres Aguinaldo 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 Bolo Nimjang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Big (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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210 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
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211 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
KO power |
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Decent boxing
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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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bolo Nimjang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tony Big!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Big. No joy for Nimjang on that attempt.
Big misses with a wild combination.
Nimjang shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Big sprawls well. Big wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Nimjang gets slowly back to his feet.
Big fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nimjang gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Big to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Big showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Nimjang wants to sweep but no luck.
Big controls from within his opponent's guard.
Nimjang looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Big is defending well. Nimjang quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Big has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Nimjang celebrates on the ropes, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bolo Nimjang!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Azzuri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diziz Sparta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Azzuri comes to the ring accompanied by Fuck The Enemy. Sparta has chosen Just like you imagined - 300 theme as his entrance music. Diziz Sparta is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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205 lbs
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220 lbs
8 - 10 - 0 |
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Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ricardo Azzuri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Diziz Sparta!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sparta closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sparta misses with the ground and pound.
Sparta working away.
Azzuri on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Azzuri tries to get out of the position.
Sparta is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Azzuri knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Azzuri is looking to regain half guard here but Sparta keeps moving and retains side control.
Sparta in side control lands a decent elbow.
Azzuri is working to avoid the ground and pound but Sparta connects with a decent elbow.
Sparta is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Azzuri has escaped the position, nice work there.
Sloppy strikes there by Sparta.
Azzuri is looking to regain half guard here but Sparta keeps moving and retains side control.
Azzuri avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Sparta.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An elbow from Sparta crashes against the mat.
Azzuri gets back to half guard.
Azzuri tries to kick Sparta off but Sparta keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Azzuri keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sparta prevents Azzuri from standing back up.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sparta fails with the takedown.
Sparta is looking to land body kicks.
Sparta slips a jab and a cross from Azzuri.
Good shot there by Azzuri.
It looks like Diziz Sparta has been cut.
Azzuri with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sparta looks gassed!
Sparta walks into a stiff left hand from Azzuri.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Azzuri changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azzuri shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Sparta napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Sparta is not content to let Azzuri control the position.
Sparta is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Azzuri is controlling him well.
Azzuri scoring with punches and elbows.
Azzuri is staying tight to Sparta's torso, preventing him from escaping.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Azzuri cracks Sparta with a big elbow.
Sparta is looking to reverse the position.
Azzuri trying to control the action but Sparta is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparta wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Azzuri is putting a hurting on Sparta here, landing some big shots from side control.
Sparta manages to work his way to half guard, despite Azzuri's best efforts.
Azzuri performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Azzuri working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Azzuri is trying to control. Sparta wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sparta wants to improve his position but Azzuri is controlling well.
Sparta is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Azzuri pulls his head out easily.
Sparta looking for submissions off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Azzuri looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Sparta won't allow Azzuri to pass to mount.
Azzuri trying to control the pace.
Azzuri is trying to control. Sparta wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sparta trying to control but Azzuri postures up.
Azzuri wants to pass to mount but Sparta is defending the position.
Azzuri is keen to just control but Sparta is a slippery customer.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sparta is trying to get back to full guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Azzuri throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sparta sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sparta misses with a takedown attempt
and Azzuri counters with a straight right hand.
Azzuri circles away from the clinch attempt
and Azzuri counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sparta tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Azzuri counters with a nice body shot.
Azzuri misses with a jab, cross combination.
Azzuri lands a two punch combo.
Diziz Sparta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Azzuri with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The fighters circle momentarily. Azzuri darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Azzuri punishes Sparta's body with a nice straight punch.
Sparta gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Azzuri.
Sparta walks into a jab.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Azzuri's corner calls for a 1-2. Azzuri obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Azzuri digs a good hook to Sparta's body.
Azzuri connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sparta's hands.
Sparta is rocked!
Sparta looks up at the clock. Bad move! Azzuri lands a right hand from hell, dropping Sparta. Azzuri pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricardo Azzuri!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donnie Brasco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Hume (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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217 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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205 lbs
5 - 4 - 1 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Solid Muay Thai
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Donnie Brasco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, James Hume!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hume tries to clinch up but Brasco circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hume looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hume tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Brasco paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brasco misses with a few strikes there.
Brasco throws a push kick but Hume slaps the foot to one side.
Left hook, right uppercut from Brasco.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Brasco.
Hume tries to clinch but Brasco moves out of range.
Brasco scores with a jab to the jaw.
Some wild striking there from Brasco.
Brasco changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hume connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
It looks like Donnie Brasco has been cut.
Hume throws a wild body kick that Brasco sees coming a mile off.
Hume tries to bum rush Brasco with a series of wild strikes but Brasco uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brasco fails with the takedown.
Hume tries a low kick but Brasco avoids it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Brasco.
Hume takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Hume closes the distance and pushes Brasco back into the ropes.
Brasco taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brasco seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Hume is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Hume lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Brasco looking to throw knees to the head but Hume is blocking nicely.
Hume pushes off an throws an elbow but Brasco leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hume.
Brasco jumps guard but Hume stands there with Brasco around his waist. Brasco gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hume lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Brasco misses with a body punch.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Brasco can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Hume lands a nice elbow.
Hume utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Brasco is breathing heavily.
Hume creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Brasco tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Donnie Brasco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice elbow from Hume.
Hume throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brasco blocks it with crossed arms.
Hume misses with an elbow strike.
Hume breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brasco lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hume moves into range and clinches up with Brasco.
Hume lands a good knee to the midsection. Brasco won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brasco takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hume lands an elbow just above Brasco 's eye.
Hume cracks Brasco with a nice body shot.
Hume lands a nice elbow.
Donnie Brasco's cut is getting worse.
Hume lands an elbow that stopped Brasco in his tracks for a moment.
Hume throws an elbow but it misses.
Hume lands a good knee to the midsection. Brasco won't want to take too many of those.
Hume lands an elbow inside.
Brasco takes an elbow to the temple.
Hume lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hume lands an elbow just above Brasco 's eye.
Donnie Brasco's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Hume lands a damaging elbow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hume.
Hume gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hume scores with a shoulder strike.
Hume comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hume with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hume lands an elbow inside that Brasco shrugs off.
Hume stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Brasco takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jeez, Donnie Brasco's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Hume lands a nice knee to the body.
Hume lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hume lands an elbow just above Brasco 's eye.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Donnie Brasco's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). James Hume!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Totman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ares Constantinides (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Totman's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Operation Ground and Pound. Constantinides comes into a darkened arena with his song building. War by Judas Priest kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Sam Totman is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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213 lbs
7 - 4 - 1 |
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Excellent boxer
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sam Totman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Ares Constantinides!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Totman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Totman throws the left hand but Constantinides avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Totman finds it's way through Constantinides's defenses.
Totman lands a jab-cross combination.
Totman misses with the combination.
Totman comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Constantinides fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Totman avoids it really well and circles away.
Totman slaps away a takedown attempt from Constantinides, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Constantinides lands with a shot to the body.
Constantinides slips a jab and a cross from Totman.
Constantinides takes a swing at Totman's ribcage but misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Totman.
Constantinides misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Totman.
Constantinides takes one on the button.
Totman throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Constantinides clobbers Totman with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Totman keeps the fight on the outside.
Totman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Constantinides jabs at Totman's body.
Totman misses the jab.
Constantinides takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Constantinides tries to close the distance and clinch but Totman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Constantinides takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Totman throws the left hand but Constantinides avoids the punch easily.
Constantinides shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Constantinides throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Totman's waist but Totman gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Constantinides off to one side.
Sam Totman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ares Constantinides.
Constantinides shoots in for a takedown but Totman shows good takedown defense.
Totman throws the left hand but Constantinides avoids the punch easily.
Totman with a nice cross.
Constantinides shoots in for a takedown but Totman shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Totman is looking to clinch.
Totman connects with a single shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Constantinides.
Constantinides tries to move to mount but Totman blocks the move with his legs.
Totman on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Totman tries to get out of the position.
Constantinides taking a breather here.
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!
Constantinides tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Constantinides controls the position from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Constantinides prevents Totman from escaping the position.
Constantinides throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Constantinides passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Totman!
Constantinides wants to control the pace but Totman is squirming around nicely.
Totman is trying to stand up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Constantinides wants to control the pace but Totman is squirming around nicely.
Constantinides takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
BOOM! Constantinides connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Constantinides controlling the position easily from mount.
Totman is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Constantinides moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Totman has worked his arm free - good work by Totman!
Totman gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Constantinides trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Totman wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Constantinides.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Constantinides trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Totman is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
Constantinides sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Totman blocking the ground and pound.
Totman is squirming around, avoiding Constantinides's attempts to control the action.
Constantinides won't let Totman get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Constantinides is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Totman has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Constantinides tries to control but Totman wriggling away.
Constantinides with shots to the head and body - Totman looks very uncomfortable down there.
Constantinides trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Despite being in the dominant position, Ares Constantinides just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Totman uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Constantinides has time to react.
Totman is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Constantinides tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Totman was well out of range. Poor timing from Constantinides.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Constantinides throws and low kick but Totman moves out of range easily.
Totman throws out a loose jab but Constantinides uses good head movement to avoid it.
Constantinides throws a series of strikes that have Totman backpedaling.
A big left from Totman misses.
Totman throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Totman swings for the body but Constantinides moves out of range.
Totman has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Constantinides finds it's way round the side to connect with Totman's head.
A big right from Constantinides misses.
Totman stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Totman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Totman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Constantinides feints and as Totman raises his hands in defense, Constantinides changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
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!
Constantinides with a nice head shot there.
Constantinides keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Totman's head.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Constantinides trying to control but Totman is working from the bottom.
Totman wants to stand but Constantinides is controlling the position.
Totman keeping moving, preventing Constantinides from controlling successfully.
Constantinides passes Totman's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Constantinides wants to control but Totman is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ares Constantinides 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.
Constantinides is looking to clinch but Totman is avoiding it.
Totman just misses with a punch to the body.
Sam Totman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Totman connects with a jab.
Constantinides throws a big shot that misses.
Constantinides tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Totman getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Constantinides ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Totman throws a hook to the side of Constantinides's head but Constantinides sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ares Constantinides seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Constantinides lands a lovely overhand right.
The fighters circling - Totman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Totman scores with a shot to the body.
Totman throws a body punch but Constantinides moves out of range.
Totman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sam Totman is winning the standup battle so far.
Constantinides shoots in but Totman avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Constantinides wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Totman throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Totman with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Totman swats away the attempt to clinch by Constantinides.
Totman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Constantinides.
Totman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Constantinides throws a leg kick but Totman moved away.
Constantinides scores with a jab. Totman acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Totman looks to land a left hand but Constantinides moved out of range nicely.
Totman throws a left and a right that both miss
and Constantinides holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Totman gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Constantinides.
Constantinides struggles to land a body shot inside as Totman controls his hands.
Constantinides tries a body shot but Totman blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Totman misses with some punches.
Constantinides lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Constantinides misses with a body punch.
Constantinides has Totman pressed against the ropes, preventing Totman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Totman lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Constantinides.
Totman digs a right hand underneath Constantinides's ribcage. Constantinides let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short left from Totman.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Constantinides.
Totman makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Constantinides blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Constantinides scores with a shot to the side of Totman's head.
Totman is pressed up against the ropes. Constantinides has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Totman down to the mat. Totman avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Sam Totman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ares Constantinides.
Constantinides is breathing heavily.
Totman looks to land a combination but Constantinides avoids it well.
Constantinides throws a one two combo.
Constantinides throws a body punch but Totman moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Constantinides.
No joy there for Totman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Totman misses with a jab, cross combination.
Constantinides lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Constantinides pivots, looking for a leg kick but Totman is out of range and Constantinides settles back down.
Constantinides looks to score with a jab to the body but Totman is just out of range.
Totman misses with a shot to the body
and Constantinides counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Constantinides takes a swing at Totman's ribcage but misses.
Constantinides tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Constantinides shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Constantinides thows a huge punch but Totman dodges it nicely.
Constantinides throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Constantinides is taking a breather. Totman says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Constantinides is pressing down on Totman's thigh, looking to free his foot. Totman is holding on for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Constantinides missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Constantinides trying to mount his opponent but Totman defends it.
Constantinides is trying to work for a kimura but Totman is defending well.
Constantinides is looking to stall here but Totman recovers full guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Totman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Constantinides.
Jab by Totman.
A swing and a miss from Totman.
A shot to the body from Constantinides misses
letting Totman counter with a right hand.
A left lands for Totman.
Constantinides closes this distance looking for a takedown but Totman circles away.
Constantinides uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Totman.
Totman fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Constantinides looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Totman with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sam Totman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Totman thows a body shot but no joy.
Totman swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Constantinides.
A punch combination from Totman misses.
Constantinides is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Totman rather than just go for the knockout.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Totman thows a body shot but no joy.
Totman swings for the body but Constantinides moves out of range.
Constantinides doesn't manage to clinch there - Totman circles away.
Constantinides lands a jab-cross combination.
Constantinides takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Constantinides misses with a body shot.
Constantinides takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Totman getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Constantinides tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Totman was well out of range. Poor timing from Constantinides.
Constantinides ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Constantinides ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Totman moves away.
Constantinides moves in looking to clinch but Totman pushes him off.
Constantinides shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Totman is trying to stand up here but Constantinides is controlling him well.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Constantinides is looking to take a break and control but Totman is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Constantinides thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Totman's head.
Constantinides is looking to take a break and control but Totman is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Totman is trying to stand up here but Constantinides is controlling him well.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Constantinides connects with a nice short shot to Totman's temple.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Totman tries to kick Constantinides off but Constantinides keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Totman keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Totman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Totman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Constantinides moves away.
Constantinides bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Totman is not content to let Constantinides control the position.
Constantinides is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Totman is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Constantinides in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Totman tries to escape but Constantinides is in control.
Ares Constantinides has got the better of the ground game so far.
Constantinides throws a strike aimed at the side of Totman's head but Totman avoids it well.
Constantinides is looking to take a break and control but Totman is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Constantinides takes a little break here. Totman wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Totman is not content to let Constantinides control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ares Constantinides showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're 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.
Constantinides drops his hands momentarily and Totman takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Totman misses with a wild body shot.
Constantinides darts in and clinches Totman up against the ropes.
Totman is trying to break free.
Constantinides lands with a light punch inside.
Totman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Constantinides is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Totman gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Constantinides lands a body shot.
Constantinides throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Constantinides tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Totman's elbow.
Constantinides pushes Totman back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Constantinides gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Constantinides thows a huge punch but Totman dodges it nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Constantinides is keen to just control but Totman is a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Totman is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Constantinides scores with a couple of nice shots.
Constantinides is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Totman defends it well.
Constantinides is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Totman!
Constantinides unloads with some shots from mount but Totman bucks and avoids them well.
Constantinides tries to control but Totman wriggling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Constantinides fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Totman trying desperately to get to his feet.
Constantinides lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Totman hang on?
Constantinides is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Totman can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Constantinides with shots to the head and body - Totman looks very uncomfortable down there.
Constantinides trying to control but Totman is having none of it.
Constantinides looking to ground and pound but Totman is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Totman taking shots to the head.
Totman is rocked!
Constantinides with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Constantinides putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Oh Totman is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Totman blocking the ground and pound.
Totman seems to have got his legs back now.
Constantinides wants to control the pace but Totman is squirming around nicely.
Constantinides is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Constantinides looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Totman is trying to stand up.
Totman holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Constantinides tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Constantinides looking to control but Totman is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
A nice elbow there by Constantinides.
Totman is rocked!
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Constantinides controlling from the full mount.
Constantinides has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Constantinides sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Constantinides looking to control but Totman is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The referee warns Totman that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Constantinides landing shots from mount.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Constantinides trying to control but Totman is having none of it.
Constantinides postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Totman in real trouble here! The ref calls for Totman to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ares Constantinides!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Athrun Zala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Samuels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zala comes to the ring accompanied by Drowning Pool - Bodies. Sam Samuels will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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220 lbs
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212 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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Counter striker
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Athrun Zala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sam Samuels!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Samuels looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Zala is fending him off so far but Samuels persists. Nope, Zala circles away and we're back to standing.
Zala with a poor takedown
and Samuels counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Zala tries for a takedown but Samuels circles away easily
letting Samuels counter with a right hand.
Zala shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Samuels keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Samuels is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Samuels gets back to half guard.
Samuels makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Samuels.
Samuels had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Zala defends it easily.
Samuels escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Zala gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zala lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Zala works over Samuels with some ground and pound from guard.
Samuels has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Zala should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Samuels has tightened it up now! Zala should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Sam Samuels!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fleegle bananasplits (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ginchin Funakoshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). bananasplits comes into the arena with tra la la by the banana splits blaring out of the sound system. Funakoshi is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by mission impossible. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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23
212 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
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205 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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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
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fleegle bananasplits!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ginchin Funakoshi!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Funakoshi is defended easily by bananasplits.
bananasplits throws an overhand right that lands on Funakoshi's shoulder, as Funakoshi tries to avoid the shot.
bananasplits lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
bananasplits misses with a few strikes there.
bananasplits throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
bananasplits takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nice jab there from bananasplits.
bananasplits stuns Funakoshi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Funakoshi blocks a head kick by bananasplits.
Funakoshi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from bananasplits finds it's way round the side to connect with Funakoshi's head.
Funakoshi on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
bananasplits looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Funakoshi tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but bananasplits swivels and escapes.
bananasplits keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
It looks like Ginchin Funakoshi has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
bananasplits looks to land a combination but Funakoshi avoids it well.
bananasplits connects with a high kick.
bananasplits bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Funakoshi's head.
bananasplits lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Funakoshi shoots in for a double leg but bananasplits sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Fleegle bananasplits has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ginchin Funakoshi.
bananasplits lands a big head kick that sends Funakoshi tumbling to the mat! bananasplits takes a step backwards and waves Funakoshi back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Funakoshi is rocked!
Fleegle bananasplits seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
bananasplits tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice sprawl there from bananasplits as Funakoshi shoots in.
Funakoshi looks gassed!
bananasplits lands a left and a right that send Funakoshi crashing to the mat, dazed. bananasplits thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Funakoshi is still on wobbly legs! Can bananasplits finish him?
That has opened up Ginchin Funakoshi's cut even more.
Funakoshi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Funakoshi seems to have recovered his senses.
A head kick misses from bananasplits.
bananasplits lands a body shot.
bananasplits throws a head kick that misses.
Funakoshi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Funakoshi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from bananasplits finds it's way round the side to connect with Funakoshi's head.
bananasplits connects with a high kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab lands there for bananasplits.
The cut above Ginchin Funakoshi's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A cross from bananasplits lands.
Funakoshi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
bananasplits lands a big uppercut and Funakoshi crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Funakoshi looks OK. bananasplits waves Funakoshi back to his feet!
Ginchin Funakoshi's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
bananasplits lands a brutal head kick. Funakoshi looks out on his feet and bananasplits throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Fleegle bananasplits!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rock Random (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Lindberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Random might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Nas - Made you look. Rock Random has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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215 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rock Random!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matt Lindberg!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lindberg avoids a punch combination nicely.
Random throws a head kick that misses.
Random clinches with his opponent.
Lindberg scores with a knee to the head.
Random changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Lindberg fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Random throws a nice looking combination but Lindberg bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Random throws a series of punches but Lindberg moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lindberg blocks a head kick by Random.
Lindberg wants to clinch but Random slips to the side
and Random counters with an outside leg kick.
Lindberg throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Random on the side of the head.
Random closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindberg dodges the punch combination from Random.
Lindberg tries to clinch
and Random counters with a head kick.
Random tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Lindberg holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Lindberg lands with a light punch inside.
Lindberg landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lindberg takes an elbow to the forehead.
Random throws an elbow but it misses.
Lindberg landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lindberg lands with a light punch inside.
Random comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lindberg takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lindberg misses with a knee to the head.
Random throws an elbow that misses.
Lindberg stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lindberg with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Random tries to land a knee to the head but Lindberg blocks with his arms.
Random is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Random blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lindberg lands a nice knee to the body.
Lindberg tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Random avoids it.
Random missing with knees to the body.
Lindberg tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lindberg stalling against the ropes.
Lindberg blocks the elbow strike.
Random takes a knee to the side of the body.
Random misses with an elbow strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Random just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lindberg's brow.
Lindberg avoids a wild elbow strike from Random.
Lindberg stops a takedown attempt from Random.
Lindberg lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Random misses with a knee to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Random avoiding damage as Lindberg throws knees to the body.
Lindberg misses with a knee to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Lindberg is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Lindberg with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lindberg with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lindberg landing knees to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lindberg blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Random throws an elbow but misses.
Lindberg unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lindberg missing with knees to the body.
Lindberg unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lindberg scores with a knee to the head.
Lindberg is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lindberg lands a nice uppercut.
Lindberg pushes Random back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Random trying to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Random obliges.
Lindberg lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lindberg unloads a knee to the mid-section. Random lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Random missing with knees to the body.
Lindberg lands a knee to the body.
Lindberg lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Random takes a knee right on the jaw!
Random missing with knees to the body.
Random looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lindberg taking a breather.
Lindberg misses with a knee to the head.
Lindberg throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lindberg blocks an elbow strike.
Random pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Lindberg works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lindberg looking to throw knees to the head but Random is blocking nicely.
Random misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lindberg.
A shot in the inside from Lindberg.
Random goes for a takedown in the clinch but Lindberg prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rock Random. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lindberg with a knee to the head.
Lindberg blocks the elbow strike.
Lindberg's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Random misses with an elbow over the top.
Lindberg missing with knees to the body.
Lindberg throws a knee to the head but misses.
Random misses with an elbow over the top.
Lindberg misses with a knee to the head.
Random lands a good knee to the midsection. Lindberg won't want to take too many of those.
Lindberg avoids a wild elbow strike from Random.
Random throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lindberg gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Random.
Random tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lindberg is pushing Random up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on Lindberg's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Lindberg is fighting off a takedown attempt but Random is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Lindberg to the mat. Lindberg regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Random wants to control from the top but Lindberg keeps moving.
Random has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Lindberg is proving hard to escape from.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Random stops Lindberg from standing up.
Random passes into half guard.
Lindberg tries to get to full guard but Random has control of the leg.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Lindberg won't allow Random to pass to mount.
Random is looking to take a break and control but Lindberg is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lindberg keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Random misses with the body kick
and Lindberg counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Lindberg.
Lindberg misses with a knee strike.
Lindberg gets underhooks to prevent Random's takedown attempt.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Lindberg blocks an elbow strike.
Random can't get the takedown.
Lindberg tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Random just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lindberg's brow.
The referee is keeping an eye on Lindberg - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Random throws an elbow but misses.
Lindberg on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Random throws an elbow that misses.
Lindberg throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Random blocks it with crossed arms.
Lindberg lands a knee to the head.
Lindberg tries a knee to the head but Random blocks it.
Lindberg lands a hook that snaps the head of Random backwards.
Random throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lindberg misses with a knee strike.
Lindberg trying to control the position but instead, Random has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lindberg into the ropes.
Lindberg using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Random has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lindberg avoids a wild elbow strike from Random.
Random landing knees to the head.
Random looking to throw knees to the head but Lindberg is blocking nicely.
Random throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lindberg misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Random.
Lindberg tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Random avoids it.
Lindberg avoids a wild elbow strike from Random.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Random scores with a knee to the head.
Lindberg lands a nice knee to the body.
Random avoiding damage as Lindberg throws knees to the body.
Random with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lindberg misses with a knee strike.
Lindberg tries to stall but Random uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A short uppercut from Lindberg.
Lindberg scores with a knee to the head.
Lindberg controlling the action here for a moment.
Lindberg looking to stall.
Lindberg displaying some good clinch control by pressing Random up against the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Matt Lindberg.
Random scores with a hook.
Lindberg is looking to clinch.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Lindberg lands with an overhand left.
Lindberg clinches up against the ropes.
Random throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lindberg lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lindberg manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Random throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lindberg missing with knees to the body.
Random avoiding damage as Lindberg throws knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Random managing to block the knees to the body from Lindberg.
Lindberg looking to stall.
Lindberg dodges an elbow strike from Random.
Random tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lindberg misses with a knee strike.
Lindberg misses with a knee strike.
Lindberg blocks an elbow strike.
Random lands a good knee to the midsection. Lindberg won't want to take too many of those.
Nice elbow from Random.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Random pushes off an throws an elbow but Lindberg leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Lindberg dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Lindberg tries to clinch
and Random counters with a series of strikes. Lindberg will be more careful next time no doubt.
Rock Random is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lindberg darts in trying to clinch
and Random counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Lindberg is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Random throws a left and a right that both miss
and Lindberg counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Lindberg.
Lindberg missing with knees to the body.
Lindberg is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Random is keeping busy.
Random throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lindberg blocks it with crossed arms.
Random throws an elbow that misses.
Lindberg on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Lindberg - that landed with a thud.
Lindberg blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lindberg landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lindberg trying to land knees to the body.
Random comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lindberg is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Random tries to land knees in the clinch but Lindberg avoids the damage to the body.
Lindberg is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Random is keeping busy.
Lindberg stalls.
Lindberg avoids the elbow strike from Random, against the ropes.
Random lands a nice elbow.
Lindberg scores a nice knee to the body.
Random misses with a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from Lindberg.
Lindberg stalling against the ropes.
Lindberg works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lindberg throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Random blocks it with crossed arms.
Lindberg throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Random blocks it with crossed arms.
Lindberg looking to stall.
Random changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Lindberg fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A head kick by Random misses
and Lindberg connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lindberg clinches but Random breaks the clinch
and Random counters with a good low kick that Lindberg was not able to check.
Lindberg misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lindberg forces Random back against the ropes and clinches.
Nice elbow from Random.
Random on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Random avoiding damage as Lindberg throws knees to the body.
Lindberg lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lindberg on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Lindberg.
Lindberg tries to land knees in the clinch but Random avoids the damage to the body.
Random avoiding damage as Lindberg throws knees to the body.
Lindberg blocks an elbow strike.
Random misses with an elbow over the top.
Lindberg is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Random lands a nice elbow.
Lindberg stalling the fight.
Lindberg looking to stall.
Random tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Matt Lindberg seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lindberg landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Random takes a knee to the side of the body.
Random looking to throw knees to the head but Lindberg is blocking nicely.
Random looking to throw knees to the head but Lindberg is blocking nicely.
Random swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lindberg trying to control the position but instead, Random has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lindberg into the ropes.
Lindberg lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lindberg.
Lindberg landing knees to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Lindberg wants to stall.
Lindberg crunches a lovely knee into Random's ribcage.
Lindberg blocks an elbow strike from Random.
Lindberg crunches a lovely knee into Random's ribcage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Random misses with an elbow strike.
Lindberg lands a nice knee to the body.
Random using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lindberg has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Random managing to block the knees to the body from Lindberg.
Random blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Random misses with an elbow over the top.
Random lands a nice knee to the body.
Lindberg using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lindberg on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lindberg avoids the elbow strike from Random, against the ropes.
Lindberg is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Random is keeping busy.
Lindberg tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lindberg tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Random avoids it.
Random working Lindberg over with knees to the body.
Random tries to score a body lock takedown but Lindberg shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Lindberg blocks an elbow strike.
Random is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lindberg is defending well for now.
Lindberg is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Random pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Lindberg landing knees to the head.
Random tries to land knees in the clinch but Lindberg avoids the damage to the body.
Lindberg lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nice elbow from Random.
Lindberg avoids a wild elbow strike from Random.
Random using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lindberg has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lindberg using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Random has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lindberg tries to stall but Random uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Random avoiding damage as Lindberg throws knees to the body.
Lindberg blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lindberg misses with a knee strike.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Random throws an elbow but misses.
A knee to the head by Random.
Random blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Lindberg blocks an elbow strike.
Random lands an elbow inside.
Lindberg avoids the elbow strike from Random, against the ropes.
Random throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lindberg is trying to stall.
Random throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lindberg tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Random avoids it.
Lindberg is looking to control Random's arms but Random gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lindberg has his back to the ropes.
Lindberg blocks an elbow strike from Random.
Lindberg wants to stall.
Random unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lindberg lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
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.
Random is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lindberg is defending well for now.
Random creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lindberg avoids a wild elbow strike from Random.
Random on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lindberg misses with a knee to the head.
Random throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lindberg misses with a knee to the head.
Random creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lindberg's defenses.
Lindberg throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Random blocks it with crossed arms.
Lindberg takes an elbow to the temple.
Lindberg dodges an elbow strike from Random.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Random.
Lindberg crunches a lovely knee into Random's ribcage.
Random throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lindberg blocks the elbow strike.
Lindberg connects with a knee to the head.
Lindberg tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Random avoids it.
Random unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lindberg lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lindberg blocks an elbow strike from Random.
Lindberg takes an elbow to the temple.
Lindberg avoids a wild elbow strike from Random.
A knee to the head by Lindberg.
Random tries to land knees in the clinch but Lindberg avoids the damage to the body.
Lindberg prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rock Random. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Lindberg as the two fighters clinch.
Lindberg throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Random misses with an elbow strike.
Random working Lindberg over with knees to the body.
Lindberg landing knees to the head.
Lindberg tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Random missing with knees to the body.
Lindberg with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Random lands a damaging elbow.
Lindberg lands a knee to the head.
Lindberg looking to stall.
Lindberg is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Random is defending well for now.
Random pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Lindberg blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice body punch from Lindberg - that landed with a thud.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Lindberg on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lindberg is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Random lands an elbow just above Lindberg 's eye.
Random pushes off an throws an elbow but Lindberg leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Random avoiding damage as Lindberg throws knees to the body.
Random lands an elbow that stopped Lindberg in his tracks for a moment.
Lindberg using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Random has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Random unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lindberg lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Random creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lindberg obliges.
Lindberg gets underhooks to prevent Random's takedown attempt.
Lindberg missing with knees to the body.
Random lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Random throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Random just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lindberg's brow.
Random takes a knee right on the jaw!
Random is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lindberg looking to slow down the pace here.
Lindberg lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Random backwards.
Random throws a knee to the head but misses.
A body shot lands from Lindberg.
Lindberg landing knees to the body.
Lindberg missing with knees to the body.
Random lands an elbow just above Lindberg 's eye.
Lindberg misses with a body punch.
A short left from Random.
Random goes for a takedown attempt but Lindberg pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Lindberg moves in looking to clinch but Random pushes him off.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Random swats away the attempt to clinch by Lindberg.
Random rushes Lindberg and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Random lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Random scores with a shot to the side of Lindberg's head.
Lindberg avoiding damage.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Random throws an elbow but misses.
Random throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Random has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Lindberg is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Lindberg showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Random throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Lindberg.
Lindberg looks to score with a jab to the body but Random is just out of range.
Lindberg is looking to clinch but Random is avoiding it.
Lindberg tries to close the distance and clinch up but Random swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Random misses with a head kick.
Lindberg clinches up against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Random throws an elbow that misses.
Lindberg unloads a knee to the mid-section. Random lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lindberg leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Random throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Random pushes off an throws an elbow but Lindberg leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lindberg is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Random is keeping busy.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Random throws an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindberg lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lindberg is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Lindberg connects with a knee to the head.
Lindberg tries a knee to the head but Random blocks it.
Lindberg using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Random has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Random throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lindberg avoids the elbow strike from Random, against the ropes.
A knee to the head by Lindberg.
Random misses with an elbow strike.
Random pushes off an throws an elbow but Lindberg leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Lindberg is trying to stall.
Random is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lindberg is defending well for now.
Lindberg scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lindberg takes a shot to the head.
Random pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Lindberg using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Random has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A knee to the head by Lindberg.
Random has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Lindberg avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Random takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lindberg throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lindberg lands a nice uppercut.
Lindberg unloads a knee to the mid-section. Random lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lindberg tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Random pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Lindberg with a knee to the head.
Random using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lindberg has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Random misses with an elbow over the top.
Random looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Random throws an elbow but misses.
Lindberg blocks the elbow strike.
Lindberg pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Lindberg is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Random throws an elbow but it misses.
Random misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lindberg.
Lindberg taking a breather.
Lindberg is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Lindberg avoids a wild elbow strike from Random.
Lindberg unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lindberg using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Random creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lindberg avoids the elbow strike from Random, against the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Random.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Random lands an elbow that stopped Lindberg in his tracks for a moment.
Lindberg misses with a knee strike.
Random takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lindberg misses with a knee to the head.
Lindberg avoids the elbow strike from Random, against the ropes.
Random misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lindberg.
Random throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Random throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lindberg blocks it with crossed arms.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Random takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lindberg throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Random blocks it with crossed arms.
Random on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lindberg blocks the elbow strike.
Lindberg avoids the elbow strike from Random, against the ropes.
Random pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Random is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lindberg is defending well for now.
Random looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lindberg missing with knees to the body.
Random on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lindberg scores with a knee to the head.
Lindberg tries to land a knee to the head but Random blocks with his arms.
Random lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lindberg backwards.
Random landing knees to the head.
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.
Random throws an elbow that misses.
Lindberg lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Random pushes off an throws an elbow but Lindberg leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lindberg obliges.
Random misses with an elbow strike.
Lindberg stalling.
Random scores with a knee to the head.
Lindberg with a knee to the head.
Random throws a knee to the head but misses.
Random tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lindberg avoids it.
A hook to the body from Lindberg.
Random throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lindberg lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lindberg trying to control the position but instead, Random has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lindberg into the ropes.
Lindberg misses with a punch on the inside.
Random has picked Lindberg up - he's going for a ride! Random dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Lindberg is trying to stand up here but Random is controlling him well.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Random thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lindberg's head.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Lindberg regains full guard. Nicely done.
Random slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Lindberg really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Random. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Random tries to score with some ground and pound. Lindberg controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Random trying to control the action but Lindberg is working from the bottom.
Random sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Lindberg is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Random is looking to take a break and control but Lindberg is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Random tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Lindberg is trying to control Random's posture but Random avoids it.
Random is trying to get an arm triangle but Lindberg is defending well.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Random is trying to get an arm triangle but Lindberg is defending well.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Random throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Random clinches but Lindberg breaks the clinch
letting Lindberg counter with a right hand.
Lindberg misses with a two punch combination.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Random throws a body kick the misses
and Lindberg counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Random lands a damaging elbow.
Random throws an elbow but it misses.
Lindberg is trying to maintain a safe position but Random gets an underhook and turns Lindberg into the ropes.
Lindberg connects with a nasty looking knee right to Random's face.
Random missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Random.
Lindberg scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lindberg obliges.
Lindberg misses with a knee to the head.
Lindberg is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Random is keeping busy.
Lindberg lands a good knee to the midsection. Random won't want to take too many of those.
Lindberg looking to throw knees to the head but Random is blocking nicely.
Random pushes off an throws an elbow but Lindberg leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
A bit of stalling here from Lindberg.
Random avoiding damage as Lindberg throws knees to the body.
Lindberg is looking to control Random's arms but Random gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lindberg has his back to the ropes.
Lindberg lands with a right to the head.
Lindberg tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Random avoids it.
Random has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Lindberg is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Lindberg is looking to control Random's arms but Random gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lindberg has his back to the ropes.
Lindberg avoids a wild elbow strike from Random.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lindberg takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lindberg gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Random.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rock Random. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Random pushes off an throws an elbow but Lindberg leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Random takes a knee right on the jaw!
Random creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lindberg lands a good knee to the midsection. Random won't want to take too many of those.
Random takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lindberg using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lindberg tries to land knees in the clinch but Random avoids the damage to the body.
Random throws an elbow that misses.
Lindberg is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Random is keeping busy.
Random throws an elbow but it misses.
Random changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Lindberg fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Lindberg fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Lindberg comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Lindberg 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Matt Lindberg!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Matt Lindberg!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Matt Lindberg!
Matt Lindberg wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Toni Huerta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ace Portgas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Huerta comes into the arena with Arch Enemy- The Great Darkness blaring out of the sound system. 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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212 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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188 cm
25
210 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power |
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Basic striking
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Toni Huerta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ace Portgas!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huerta dodges the punch combination from Portgas.
Portgas fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Huerta shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Portgas's guard.
Huerta passes into half guard.
Portgas looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Huerta is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Portgas looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Portgas is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Portgas trying to hold on to Huerta's head to control him but Huerta postures up.
Huerta controlling the pace.
Huerta looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
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.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A lazy left from Portgas finds it's target.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Huerta is defended easily by Portgas.
Portgas swings for the body but Huerta moves out of range.
Huerta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Portgas.
Portgas misses with a few strikes there.
Portgas misses with a looping right.
Huerta throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Portgas slips a jab and a cross from Huerta.
Portgas lands a nice looking body shot.
Huerta displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Portgas throws out the jab.
Huerta throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Portgas throws a series of punches but Huerta avoids them all with ease.
Portgas throws a big shot that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Portgas connects with a body shot.
Portgas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Huerta is breathing heavily.
Huerta takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Portgas uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Portgas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Huerta. Portgas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Portgas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Huerta throws out the jab.
Huerta takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Huerta staying out of range there.
Portgas shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Huerta is trying to defend but Portgas finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Huerta won't allow Portgas to pass to mount.
Huerta is staying active underneath Portgas, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Huerta tries to get to full guard but Portgas has control of the leg.
Portgas is working for a kimura but Huerta is defending it quite comfortably.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Portgas is taking a breather. Huerta says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Portgas wants to work for an arm triangle but Huerta is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Huerta slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Huerta had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Portgas defends it easily.
Portgas won't allow Huerta to sweep him here.
Portgas slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Huerta manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Portgas is looking for a sweep. Huerta is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Huerta looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Huerta works his foot free and advances to mount.
Portgas keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Huerta trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Portgas prevents Huerta from taking his back.
Huerta can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Portgas is looking to escape.
Huerta is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Portgas is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Portgas tries to reverse the position but Huerta maintains control.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Huerta tries to control but Portgas wriggling away.
Huerta fails to advance to Portgas's back.
Portgas bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Portgas stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Huerta swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Portgas trying to control but Huerta is working from the bottom.
Portgas pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Huerta is keeping the position for now.
Portgas slips nicely into half guard.
Portgas trying to pass the guard but Huerta defending well.
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.
Huerta wants to improve his position but Portgas is controlling well.
Portgas wants to pass to mount but Huerta is defending the position.
Huerta tries to roll over but Portgas keeps him under control.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Huerta looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Huerta looks to score with a jab to the body but Portgas is just out of range.
Portgas misses with a wild combination.
Huerta closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Portgas did well to prevent Huerta getting side control.
Huerta is trying to control the action in half guard but Portgas is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Huerta trying to pass the guard but Portgas defending well.
Portgas gets back to full guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Huerta got a little sloppy there for a moment and Portgas has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Huerta has managed to get both his arms back between Portgas's legs - danger averted.
Portgas throws his legs up looking for a submission but Huerta uses it to pass to side control.
You can see the frustration on Portgas's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Huerta wants to control but Portgas is keeping him busy.
Portgas can't do much from the bottom here.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Huerta wants to control but Portgas is keeping him busy.
Huerta tries for a kimura but Portgas is defending well.
Portgas is looking to regain half guard here but Huerta keeps moving and retains side control.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Portgas looks to throw the jab but Huerta is out of range.
Portgas misses with a wild body shot.
Huerta lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Portgas circles away quickly and effectively.
Portgas misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Portgas throws a jab when Huerta was well out of range.
Portgas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Huerta manages to avoid it.
Huerta bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Portgas tries to buck Huerta off but Huerta is having none of it.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Portgas is not content to let Huerta control the position.
Huerta has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Portgas wants to hold on but Huerta pushes him away.
Huerta is working for a guillotine from mount but Portgas frees his head quite easily.
Huerta tries to control but Portgas wriggling away.
Portgas is wriggling around trying to escape.
Huerta can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Portgas is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ace Portgas dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Huerta falls off balance throwing a combination
and Portgas counters with a takedown into side control.
Huerta tries to improve position but can't.
Portgas is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Huerta knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Portgas wants to lay and pray for a moment but Huerta keeps working.
Toni Huerta overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Huerta tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Portgas wants to control but Huerta is keeping him busy.
Portgas tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Portgas is breathing heavily.
Huerta struggling a bit here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Huerta thows a body shot but no joy.
Portgas throws a body punch but Huerta moves out of range.
Huerta takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Huerta fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Portgas looks to land a right hand but Huerta moved out of range.
Huerta gets caught flat footed, as Portgas shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Portgas drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Huerta manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Portgas has Huerta in his guard.
Huerta slips nicely into half guard.
Portgas preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Portgas is refusing to be controlled, as Huerta sits in half guard.
Portgas moves into full guard.
Portgas trying to keep a closed guard but Huerta is proving a slippery customer.
Huerta wants to pass the guard but Portgas is keeping the position.
Huerta passes into half guard.
Portgas is looking to improve his position.
Huerta is looking to take a break and control but Portgas is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Portgas manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Portgas looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Portgas looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Huerta slips nicely into half guard.
Huerta frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Portgas is in all sorts of trouble here.
Huerta controlling the position easily from mount.
Portgas has given up his back.
Portgas can't escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huerta is persistently looking for the submission but Portgas is defending it well.
You can see the frustration on Portgas's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Portgas is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Huerta doesn't have the hooks in and Portgas manages to turn into his guard.
Portgas drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Portgas jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Huerta wants to sweep here but Portgas controlling him for the moment.
Portgas looking to sit in guard and control but Huerta gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Huerta passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Portgas seems a little lost for a moment, as Huerta dominates the positioning.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Portgas is looking for a sweep.
Huerta advances to mount.
Portgas has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
Huerta is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Portgas is defending well though. Huerta let's go of the attempt for now.
Portgas tries to break free.
Portgas fending off the submission attempt from Huerta.
Portgas showing good submission defense here.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Portgas rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Portgas gets back to full guard.
Portgas is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Huerta trying to control the position from guard on top but Portgas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Huerta pushing down on Portgas's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Portgas looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Portgas trying to control but Huerta postures up.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Huerta performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Portgas is not content to let Huerta control the position.
Huerta wants to pass the guard but Portgas is defending well.
Portgas is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Huerta's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Huerta's back!
Portgas is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Huerta rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Portgas is looking for a kimura but Huerta is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Portgas to get the leverage.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Huerta gets full guard.
Portgas must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Portgas stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Huerta swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Huerta is trying to keep Portgas in close.
Portgas avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Huerta has his foot on Portgas's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Portgas works his way back into a safe position though.
Portgas slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Huerta is looking to regain half guard here but Portgas keeps moving and retains side control.
Portgas is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Huerta knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Huerta struggling a bit here.
Huerta is not content to let Portgas control the position.
Portgas working away.
Portgas looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Huerta is trying to control Portgas's posture but Portgas avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Toni Huerta will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Huerta doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Portgas counters with a straight right hand.
Huerta is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Portgas.
Huerta scores with a jab to the body.
Toni Huerta is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Huerta looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Portgas!
Portgas has given up his back.
Portgas looking very determined here, making life difficult for Huerta.
Huerta looking for the choke from the back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Portgas trying to control the hands but Huerta breaks the grip.
Huerta is looking to control Portgas but Portgas is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Portgas tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Portgas wants to hold on but Huerta pushes him away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huerta is looking to work his way around to Portgas's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Huerta tries to control but Portgas wriggling away.
Portgas keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Portgas tries to hold on but Huerta pushes him away.
Portgas is trying desperately to improve position.
Huerta can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Portgas is looking to escape.
Portgas is desperately trying to improve his position but Huerta has a good base and remains in mount.
Huerta jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Portgas manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Huerta tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Huerta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Huerta avoids the body shot from Portgas.
Huerta throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Portgas.
Portgas displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Portgas misses with a takedown
and Huerta counters with a left to the body.
Portgas misses with an uppercut. Huerta saw that one coming.
A telegraphed right hand from Portgas misses the target.
Huerta dodges the punch combination from Portgas.
Portgas throws an overhand right that lands on Huerta's shoulder, as Huerta tries to avoid the shot.
Portgas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huerta uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Portgas has time to react.
Portgas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Huerta rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Portgas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Huerta is looking to wear down Portgas with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Huerta fails with a takedown attempt.
Huerta swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Portgas moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Portgas blocks a jab.
Portgas tries for a takedown but Huerta circles away easily
and Huerta cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Portgas slaps away a takedown attempt from Huerta, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Toni Huerta. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A telegraphed right hand from Portgas misses the target.
Portgas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Huerta moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Huerta misses.
Huerta fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Portgas sprawls well initially but Huerta persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Portgas is looking for a sweep. Huerta is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Portgas is trying to maintain the position but Huerta is very close to passing his half guard.
Huerta is pressing down on Portgas's thigh, looking to free his foot. Portgas is holding on for now.
Portgas moves into full guard.
Huerta pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Portgas is keeping the position for now.
Huerta avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Huerta passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Huerta wants to control but Portgas is keeping him busy.
Portgas tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Portgas gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Huerta wants to control but Portgas is keeping him busy.
Portgas tries to roll over but Huerta keeps him under control.
Portgas is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Portgas is refusing to be controlled, as Huerta sits in half guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Portgas blocks a jab.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Huerta moves out of range of the strikes.
Ace Portgas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Huerta tries to bum rush Portgas with a series of wild strikes but Portgas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A left lands for Huerta.
Some wild striking there from Portgas.
Huerta doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Huerta misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Portgas connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Huerta misses with a takedown attempt - Portgas sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Portgas lands a nice shot that snaps Huerta's head back.
Portgas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Huerta.
Huerta needs to keep his hands up - Portgas had a free shot at his head there.
Portgas shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Portgas can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Huerta is looking to escape.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Portgas looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Huerta is looking to get to half guard.
Huerta manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Huerta makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Huerta.
Portgas tries to free his leg and advance position but Huerta is retaining full guard.
Huerta wants to sweep here but Portgas controlling him for the moment.
Portgas trying to control the position from guard on top but Huerta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Portgas pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Huerta is keeping the position for now.
Portgas wants to control from the top but Huerta keeps moving.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Portgas throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Huerta counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Huerta is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Portgas tries to get to full guard but Huerta has control of the leg.
Huerta uses his free foot to push down on Portgas's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Portgas.
Huerta sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Huerta looking to control but Portgas is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Portgas is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Huerta moves to the back position.
Portgas trying to control the hands but Huerta breaks the grip.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Huerta's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Portgas turns into Huerta and is now in his guard.
Huerta bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Portgas's guard.
Portgas is looking for a triangle here but Huerta uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Portgas is looking to regain half guard here but Huerta keeps moving and retains side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Toni Huerta showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Huerta has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Toni Huerta!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Toni Huerta!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Toni Huerta!
Toni Huerta wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bimbo Lice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raimo Pukki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lice comes to the ring accompanied by ITS A FIGHT. Bimbo Lice has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bimbo Lice!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Raimo Pukki!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pukki looks for a takedown but Lice sprawls well.
Lice steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pukki.
Pukki misses with a few strikes there.
Pukki will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pukki moves into range and clinches up with Lice.
Lice misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lice scores with a shoulder strike.
Pukki struggles to land a body shot inside as Lice controls his hands.
Lice really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Lice tries to stall but Pukki uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Lice misses with a body punch.
A short right from Lice.
Lice is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Pukki swings wildly with an uppercut but Lice uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pukki lands a right hand.
Lice can't find room to land a body shot as Pukki controls the action.
Lice stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lice gets through Pukki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pukki lands an uppercut.
Lice cracks Pukki with a nice body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lice throws a head punch that misses.
Pukki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lice struggles to land a body shot inside as Pukki controls his hands.
Pukki is working for takedown but Lice is calmly controlling the position for now.
Bimbo Lice has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raimo Pukki.
Lice blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lice goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lice.
Lice is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Lice is pressed up against the ropes. Pukki has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Lice down to the mat. Lice avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Lice keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lice clinches up with Pukki and pushes him back against the ropes.
Lice lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lice misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lice.
Lice scores with a shoulder strike.
Pukki manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Pukki lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pukki misses with the head strike.
Lice lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Lice.
Lice is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Lice lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Lice fails to land.
Lice is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pukki is keeping busy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lice.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lice takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Pukki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lice lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pukki.
Lice scores with a shot to the side of Pukki's head.
Pukki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pukki has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Lice is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Lice scores with a hook to the body.
Pukki looks gassed!
Lice blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lice digs a right hand underneath Pukki's ribcage. Pukki let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right hand to the body from Lice.
The referee is keeping an eye on Lice - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Pukki misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lice stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
A right handed body shot lands from Lice.
A body shot lands from Lice.
Lice pushes Pukki back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Lice stalling in the clinch but Pukki improves position.
Pukki has a couple of punches blocked by Lice.
Lice taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Lice wants to stall.
Lice lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lice has Pukki pushed against the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bimbo Lice.
Pukki throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pukki circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lice connects with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lice clinches up against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pukki.
Pukki misses with some punches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Lice digs a right hand underneath Pukki's ribcage. Pukki let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Pukki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stalling in the clinch from Lice.
Pukki is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lice is keeping busy.
Lice cracks Pukki with a nice body shot.
Pukki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lice is defending well for now.
Lice blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pukki dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
A right hook to the body lands for Lice.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lice lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pukki cracks Lice with a nice body shot.
Pukki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lice lands a nice uppercut.
Lice taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bimbo Lice 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.
Lice gets a clinch.
Pukki digs a right hand into Lice's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lice's gas tank.
Pukki jumps guard but Lice stands there with Pukki around his waist. Pukki gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Lice blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pukki tries to throw a body punch but Lice avoids it by throwing Pukki back against the cage.
Pukki lands a body shot.
Pukki lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A body shot lands from Lice.
Lice makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
It looks like Raimo Pukki has been cut.
Pukki is trying to drag Lice to the mat but Lice just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Pukki being controlled against the ropes.
Pukki can't find room to land a body shot as Lice controls the action.
Pukki is breathing heavily.
Lice taking a breather.
Pukki throws a head punch that misses.
Bimbo Lice has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lice lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pukki or not.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lice misses with some punches.
Lice throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pukkis head.
Pukki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lice lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
A short body shot lands from Lice as the two fighters clinch.
Pukki tries to pull guard but Lice holds him up against the ropes and eventually Pukki drops back down to his feet.
Bimbo Lice has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raimo Pukki.
Pukki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Lice - that landed with a thud.
Still in the clinch, Lice scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pukki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lice lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pukki backwards.
Lice tries to stall but Pukki uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Lice holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Lice looking to slow down the pace here.
Pukki leaning against his opponent.
Pukki misses with a punch to the body.
Lice is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bimbo Lice.
Pukki tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lice counters with a straight right hand.
Pukki lands a jab to Lice's midsection.
Lice slips under a jab.
Pukki tries to clinch but Lice moves away
and Lice counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Pukki loads up on a big right hand but Lice slips the punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pukki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pukki looks to land a right hand but Lice moved out of range.
Pukki swats away the attempt to clinch by Lice.
Pukki clinches up with Lice and pushes him back against the ropes.
Lice lands a body punch.
Pukki trying to stall but Lice improves his position.
Good body shot from Lice.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lice is trying to maintain a safe position but Pukki gets an underhook and turns Lice into the ropes.
Lice stalling the fight.
Lice misses with a punch to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Pukki working aggressively here.
A short right from Lice on the inside.
Pukki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lice's elbow.
Lice leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Lice is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pukki is keeping busy.
Lice misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right handed body shot lands from Lice.
Lice trying to stall but Pukki improves his position.
Pukki lands a body punch.
Pukki drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lice gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Pukki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lice misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lice.
Lice effectively controlling the action here.
Lice lands a nice uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Pukki as the two fighters clinch.
Lice throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pukkis head.
Pukki jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Lice walks away with a smile on his face. Pukki gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Pukki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lice.
Pukki listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pukki is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Pukki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lice misses with a body punch
and Pukki counters by moving into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Lice stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pukki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pukki has a couple of punches blocked by Lice.
Lice swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lice lands a nice shot to the body.
Pukki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bimbo Lice dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Raimo Pukki's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Lice looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pukki fails with a takedown attempt.
Pukki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lice.
No joy there for Lice, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lice scores with a shot to the body.
Lice moves into the clinch.
Lice lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lice displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pukki up against the ropes.
Lice tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Lice.
Lice is trying to maintain a safe position but Pukki gets an underhook and turns Lice into the ropes.
Pukki works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lice as Pukki tries to tie him up.
Pukki wants a takedown.
Pukki takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A head punch on the inside from Pukki fails to land.
Pukki manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Lice trying to control the position but instead, Pukki has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lice into the ropes.
Pukki tries to score a body lock takedown but Lice shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Bimbo Lice has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raimo Pukki.
Lice is trying to maintain a safe position but Pukki gets an underhook and turns Lice into the ropes.
Lice gets through Pukki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pukki misses with some punches.
Lice blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Lice tries to throw a body punch but Pukki avoids it by throwing Lice back against the cage.
A short left from Lice.
Pukki lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pukki lands a left hand.
Pukki lands a shot to the body.
Pukki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pukki.
Pukki is working Lice over against the ropes.
Lice stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Pukki lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Lice is stalling here.
Lice throws a head punch that misses.
Pukki lands a body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Lice fails to land.
Pukki lands a right hand.
Lice tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pukki's elbow.
Lice has a couple of punches blocked by Pukki.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lice.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lice stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pukki taking a breather.
Pukki drags the fight down to the ground.
Pukki is looking for a triangle but Lice pushes his legs off easily.
Pukki looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Lice has picked Pukki up and slammed him! Pukki can't keep hold of the triangle and Lice manages to pass to side control!
Pukki sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Pukki is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lice knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pukki on the ground.
Pukki trying to control but Lice postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pukki tries to roll over but Lice keeps him under control.
Lice tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Pukki.
Pukki moves into full guard.
Pukki manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raimo Pukki really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raimo Pukki's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Pukki ducks under a wild hook from Lice.
Lice scores with a jab.
Lice wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lice tests Pukki's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lice lands a body shot.
A slow jab from Lice misses its intended target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice jab there from Pukki.
Pukki has a takedown stuffed.
Lice falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pukki counters with a two punch combo.
Lice fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pukki looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lice fails to land with a series of punches.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Pukki is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lice.
Bimbo Lice is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pukki closes the distance looking to clinch
and Lice counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Pukki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lice.
Lice cracks Pukki with a good jab.
A lazy left from Lice finds it's target.
Lice circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lice cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lice fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pukki misses with a double jab
and Lice counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lice misses with a wild body shot.
Lice doesn't manage to clinch there - Pukki circles away.
Lice uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pukki.
Pukki misses with an uppercut. Lice saw that one coming.
Lice is looking to wear down Pukki with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Pukki scores with a jab.
Pukki throws a left and a right that both miss
and Lice counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pukki working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lice.
Nice body punch from Lice - that landed with a thud.
Pukki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pukki tries to work over Lice's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pukki content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pukki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lice's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pukki.
Lice lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pukki or not.
Pukki has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Lice regains guard immediately.
Lice wants to sweep but no luck.
Pukki tries to free his leg and advance position but Lice is retaining full guard.
Lice is adopting a defensive guard.
Lice utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lice avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pukki trying to control but Lice is working from the bottom.
Pukki working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lice keeping moving, preventing Pukki from controlling successfully.
Lice will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Pukki looks to clinch
enabling Lice to counter with a crisp jab.
Lice keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Lice is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Lice dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lice scores with a jab to the jaw.
Pukki throws a looping overhand right but Lice ducks down to avoid it.
Lice lands a head shot.
Lice wants to clinch.
Pukki might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Lice throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bimbo Lice had his way with Raimo Pukki in that round.
The cut man is working on Raimo Pukki's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Lice clobbers Pukki with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A big right from Lice misses.
Pukki slips a jab from Lice.
Pukki tries for a takedown but Lice circles away easily
and Lice counters with a straight right hand.
Pukki shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Lice manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Lice bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pukki's guard.
Pukki looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Lice passes into half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Pukki is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Lice tries to stand and escape but Pukki is controlling the position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Pukki manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Lice stopping the sweep attempt from Pukki.
Lice gets to his feet - Pukki follows without any prompting.
Pukki shoots in but Lice avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Pukki tries to clinch
and Lice counters with a stiff right hand.
Lice is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pukki tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Lice counter with a right hand.
Lice with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lice works Pukki's body with a nice hook.
Pukki misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bimbo Lice has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raimo Pukki.
Lice scores with a jab to the jaw.
Pukki slips a jab and a cross from Lice.
Good shot there by Lice.
Lice scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lice falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pukki holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Lice lands with a left to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pukki swings wildly with an uppercut but Lice uses good head movement to avoid it.
Raimo Pukki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pukki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lice is looking to control Pukki's arms but Pukki gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lice has his back to the ropes.
Lice softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Pukki misses with a punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Pukki works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pukki misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Pukki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pukki looking to slow down the pace here.
Pukki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lice wants to stall.
Pukki misses with some punches.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Lice throws a punch but it's blocked by Pukki.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lice gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Pukki.
A right handed body shot lands from Lice.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Lice creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pukki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Lice - that landed with a thud.
Lice stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lice is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pukki is keeping busy.
Pukki being controlled against the ropes.
Lice softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Bimbo Lice is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lice lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lice prevents a takedown attempt there.
Lice prevents a takedown attempt there.
Lice working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bimbo Lice showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lice 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Bimbo Lice!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Bimbo Lice!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Bimbo Lice!
Bimbo Lice wins by unanimous decision!
Bimbo Lice retains his bantamweight title!
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