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AJFC 109: The Flash vs Schrank PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Akira Tanaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Viking (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akira Tanaka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Brock Viking!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanaka throws a jab but it's blocked by Viking.
Viking gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Tanaka counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Viking is looking for a sweep. Tanaka is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Viking blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tanaka.
Tanaka thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Viking can do anything to dispel that myth.
Tanaka not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Tanaka trying to control from half guard but Viking is working away.
Tanaka thows a huge punch but Viking dodges it nicely.
Viking is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Viking is trying to control but can't.
Tanaka scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Tanaka looks to land a strike but Viking avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Tanaka postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Viking utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tanaka throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka throws a big right hand that misses.
Tanaka connects with a couple of short punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tanaka looking to sit in guard and control but Viking gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tanaka throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Tanaka manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Viking manages to get himself to full guard.
Tanaka tries to free his leg and advance position but Viking is retaining full guard.
Tanaka working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tanaka with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Viking looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Viking's head.
Viking is pulling down on Tanaka's head. It's preventing any offense from Tanaka, at least for the moment.
Tanaka throws a strike but Viking rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Viking trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Viking got a little sloppy there for a moment and Tanaka has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Viking has managed to get both his arms back between Tanaka's legs - danger averted.
Tanaka throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Tanaka tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Viking!
Tanaka cracks Viking with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Viking blocking the ground and pound.
Tanaka with good strikes from the mount here!
Viking is squirming around, avoiding Tanaka's attempts to control the action.
Tanaka postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Viking looks a forlorn figure.
Tanaka lands a nice shot to the head.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Viking taking shots to the head.
Tanaka is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Viking goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Tanaka!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Akira Tanaka!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rural Advantage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Random Collective (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Advantage comes to the cage accompanied by Drain the Blood. Collective has chosen Barricade as his entrance music. Rural Advantage is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rural Advantage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Random Collective!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Collective throws a right hand that Advantage ducks under and follows up with a left that Advantage also avoids with ease.
Advantage cracks a nice hook into Collective's ribs.
Collective looks to score with a jab to the body but Advantage is just out of range.
Collective ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Advantage moves away.
Collective comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Collective rushes Advantage and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Collective pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Advantage misses with an uppercut. Collective saw that one coming.
Advantage moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Advantage takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Collective tries to clinch up but Advantage circles away and keeps his distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Advantage dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Advantage connects with a good right hand that stumbles Collective. Collective circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Collective takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Collective lands a jab to Advantage's midsection.
Advantage keeps the fight on the outside.
Advantage rushes Collective and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Advantage is trying to force a seperation but Collective has the dominant position.
Advantage takes an elbow to the forehead.
Collective tries to circle away but Advantage has him pinned against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Collective.
Collective escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A left lands for Advantage.
Random Collective seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Collective misses with a wild body shot.
Collective darts in and clinches Advantage up against the cage.
Advantage escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
No joy there for Advantage, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Collective is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Collective looks to score with a jab to the body but Advantage is just out of range.
Advantage wants to clinch up but Collective keeps it at a distance.
Advantage swings for the body but Collective moves out of range.
Advantage is looking to clinch.
Collective misses with a body shot.
Advantage fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Collective manages to avoid it.
Advantage takes one to the side of the head.
Collective rushes Advantage and presses him up against the cage.
Collective wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Collective lands an elbow just above Advantage 's eye.
Collective avoiding damage.
Collective keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Advantage's efforts to push away.
Collective breaks from the clinch.
Collective showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Advantage.
A lazy left from Collective finds it's target.
Collective tries to clinch up.
Collective tries to clinch there but Advantage circles away.
Advantage gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Collective tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Advantage manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Collective lands with a nice body punch.
Collective clinches with his opponent.
Advantage avoiding damage as Collective throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collective breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Advantage throws a series of punches but Collective moves out of range.
Collective throws a nice looking combination but Advantage bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Collective slips under a jab from Advantage.
Advantage just misses with a punch to the body.
Collective swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Collective looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Collective tries to close the distance and clinch but Advantage swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Collective uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Advantage.
Advantage is looking to wear down Collective with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Advantage just misses with a punch to the body.
Collective misses with a wild body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Advantage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Collective clinches up with Advantage and pushes him back against the cage.
Advantage dodges an elbow strike from Collective.
Collective pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Advantage takes one to the chin there.
Collective closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Advantage is trying to stall.
Advantage utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Collective is stalling here.
Collective looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Collective manages to break the clinch.
Collective punishes Advantage's body with a nice straight punch.
Collective swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Advantage wants to clinch.
Advantage throws a series of punches but Collective avoids them all with ease.
Collective closes the distance and clinches.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Collective pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Advantage throws a body punch but Collective moves out of range.
Advantage uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Collective.
Advantage misses the shot to the body.
Collective throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Advantage stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Collective ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Advantage moves away.
Collective takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Advantage ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Collective moves away.
Advantage moves in looking to clinch but Collective pushes him off.
Advantage misses with the combination.
Collective is looking to clinch.
Advantage throws a one two combo.
Advantage misses with the combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Collective. Advantage does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Advantage scores with a three punch combo!
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Advantage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Collective.
Collective drives through and clinches with Advantage against the cage.
Collective's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Advantage gets a clinch.
Knees to the body from Collective.
Advantage trying to control the position but instead, Collective has worked for underhooks and has pushed Advantage into the cage.
Collective keeps control of Advantage as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Advantage takes an elbow to the forehead.
Advantage tries to break free but Collective pushes him back against the cage.
Collective manages to break the clinch.
No joy there for Advantage, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Collective misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Advantage.
Collective takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Collective jabs at Advantage's body.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Advantage takes a swing at Collective's ribcage but misses.
A shot to the liver by Collective. Beautiful body shot.
Collective misses the shot to the body.
Collective tries to clinch but Advantage is having none of it.
Collective scores with a jab to the jaw.
Advantage takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Collective fails with an attempt to clinch.
Collective moves into the clinch.
Collective works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Collective has Advantage pressed against the cage, preventing Advantage from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Advantage takes an elbow to the temple.
Collective lands an elbow that stopped Advantage in his tracks for a moment.
Collective lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Collective escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Collective sizes up Advantage with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Advantage fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Some wild striking there from Collective.
Advantage tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Collective was well out of range. Poor timing from Advantage.
Collective fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Advantage looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Collective misses with a wild body shot.
Advantage misses with a wild combination.
Advantage misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Advantage is breathing heavily.
Collective tries to bum rush Advantage with a series of wild strikes but Advantage uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Advantage takes a swing at Collective's ribcage but misses.
Advantage is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Collective avoids the body shot from Advantage.
Advantage swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Collective counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Advantage fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Collective swats away the attempt to clinch by Advantage.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Collective tries to clinch up.
Advantage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Collective swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A looping hook to the body misses from Advantage. Collective does a little dance to reset his feet.
Collective ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Collective fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Advantage manages to avoid it.
Advantage fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Collective manages to avoid it.
Collective clinches with his opponent.
Collective breaks the clinch.
Collective swings for the body but Advantage moves out of range.
Advantage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Collective manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Collective jabs Advantage to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Collective fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Collective fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Advantage looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Advantage misses with a wild body shot.
Collective gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Collective pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Random Collective will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Collective wants to clinch up but Advantage keeps it at a distance.
Rural Advantage is winning the standup battle so far.
Collective dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Collective showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Advantage.
Collective tries to close the distance and clinch up but Advantage swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A right-left combo lands from Collective.
Advantage wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Collective has Advantage up against the cage in a clinch.
Advantage is trying to push Collective away but Collective has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Collective lands a nice knee to the body.
Collective prevents Advantage from breaking the clinch.
Collective breaks the clinch.
Advantage swings for the body but Collective moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Advantage tries to clinch but Collective is having none of it.
Advantage misses with a wild body shot.
Collective moves in looking to clinch but Advantage pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Collective tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Advantage manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Collective just misses with a punch to the body.
Collective misses with a body shot.
Collective is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Advantage's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Advantage duly obliges.
Collective throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Advantage.
Collective ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Advantage moves away.
Collective fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Advantage manages to avoid it.
Advantage thows a body shot but no joy.
Collective gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Collective.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Collective stalls.
Collective lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collective's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Collective gets a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Collective's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Collective throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Advantage throws out a loose jab but Collective uses good head movement to avoid it.
Advantage dodges the punch combination from Collective.
Advantage tries to clinch up but Collective circles away and keeps his distance.
Advantage throws a body punch but Collective moves out of range.
Advantage thuds a left hand into Collective's body.
Advantage misses the shot to the body.
Collective just misses with a punch to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Collective looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Advantage fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Collective manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collective scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Advantage doesn't seem bothered though.
Collective forces Advantage back against the cage and clinches.
Advantage taking a breather.
Collective lands an elbow just above Advantage 's eye.
Advantage wants to break the clinch but can't.
Collective looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Collective misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Advantage.
Collective pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Advantage looks to land a combination but Collective avoids it well.
Collective takes a swing at Advantage's ribcage but misses.
Collective fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Collective walks into a stiff left hand from Advantage.
Collective fails with an attempt to clinch.
Donk. Collective catches Advantage right on the button with a cross.
Advantage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collective tries to close the distance and clinch but Advantage swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Collective tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Advantage paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Collective wants to clinch.
Collective lands with a nice body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fight stays on the outside here - Collective looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A combination from Advantage does no damage.
Collective closes the distance and clinches.
Advantage breaks the clinch.
Collective rushes Advantage and presses him up against the cage.
Collective lands an elbow inside that Advantage shrugs off.
Collective's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Collective just misses with a punch to the body.
Rural Advantage is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Collective darts in and clinches Advantage up against the cage.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Collective escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Advantage looks to score with a jab to the body but Collective is just out of range.
Advantage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Collective dips to his left and cracks Advantage with an uppercut!
Collective throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Collective throws a body punch but Advantage moves out of range.
Collective takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Advantage tries to bum rush Collective with a series of wild strikes but Collective uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Collective does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Advantage misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Collective.
Advantage avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Collective fails with an attempt to clinch.
Collective fails in his attempt to clinch.
Advantage lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Collective circles away quickly and effectively.
Advantage misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Collective.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Advantage gets tackled into the cage by Collective. Collective maintains the clinch.
Collective manages to break the clinch.
Collective scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Collective tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Advantage manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Collective doesn't manage to clinch there - Advantage circles away.
Collective moves into the clinch.
Collective escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Advantage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Collective.
Collective fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Advantage looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Collective has managed to clinch.
Random Collective seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Collective misses with an elbow strike.
Advantage tries to work over Collective's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Collective breaks the clinch.
Collective tries to clinch but Advantage moves out of range.
Advantage wants to clinch up but Collective keeps it at a distance.
Collective tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Advantage was well out of range. Poor timing from Collective.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Advantage smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Advantage keeps the fight on the outside.
Collective swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Collective gets a clinch.
Collective breaks the clinch.
Collective throws a right and a left that Advantage avoids nicely.
Advantage keeps the fight on the outside.
Advantage misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Collective looks to score with a jab to the body but Advantage is just out of range.
Collective shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Collective swings for the body but Advantage moves out of range.
Advantage misses the shot to the body.
Advantage swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Advantage ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Collective moves away.
Collective works Advantage's body with a nice hook.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Collective tries to close the distance and clinch but Advantage swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Collective lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Collective pushes Advantage up against the cage in a clinch.
Collective prevents a body shot from Advantage.
Collective breaks the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Collective punishes Advantage's body with a nice straight punch.
Collective clinches up with Advantage and pushes him back against the cage.
Collective is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Collective lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Collective pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Collective takes a swing at Advantage's ribcage but misses.
Collective misses the shot to the body.
Collective takes a swing at Advantage's ribcage but misses.
Advantage avoids the body shot from Collective.
Advantage fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Collective throws a body punch but Advantage moves out of range.
Advantage misses with the combination.
Advantage scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Advantage swings for the body but Collective moves out of range.
Advantage tries to clinch up.
Collective looks to score with a jab to the body but Advantage is just out of range.
Collective takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Collective fails in his attempt to clinch.
Collective circles away from the clinch attempt.
Advantage avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Collective clinches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Collective's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Collective swats away the attempt to clinch by Advantage.
Rural Advantage has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Collective wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that's the end of the fight!
Random Collective comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Collective has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Random Collective!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Random Collective!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Random Collective!
Random Collective wins by unanimous decision!
Random Collective was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Francois Ducati (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ginger Mann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mann has chosen Perfect for Me as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Francois Ducati!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ginger Mann!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ducati blocks a jab.
Ducati showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mann.
Mann throws a leg kick that misses.
Mann misses with a body shot.
Ducati fails with a takedown attempt.
Ducati blocks a jab.
Mann swings for the body but Ducati moves out of range.
Mann scores with the left hand. Ducati knows he should have avoided that one.
It looks like Francois Ducati has been cut.
Mann lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice takedown defense from Mann. No joy for Ducati on that attempt.
Ducati swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mann bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ducati's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ducati walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ducati looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mann is fending him off so far but Ducati persists. Nope, Mann circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Francois Ducati. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mann uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ducati.
Ducati tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mann swivels and escapes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mann looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ducati shoots in looking for a takedown. Mann tries to sprawl out of it but Ducati keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mann manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jab, jab by Mann - just one landing.
Ducati tries for a takedown but Mann sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Mann closes the distance and clinches.
Mann gets underhooks to prevent Ducati's takedown attempt.
Mann's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mann bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ducati's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ducati tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mann was well out of range. Poor timing from Ducati.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mann throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd cheers as Mann lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ducati doesn't seem phased though.
Mann scores with a body shot.
Ducati is breathing heavily.
Mann throws a shot to the body.
Oooooh!!! Mann has knocked Ducati down with a huge combo! Mann steps away and waves a wobbly Ducati back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Ducati takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mann misses with a body shot.
Mann lands with a hook. Ducati tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mann fakes the body blow, causing Ducati to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Ducati goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ginger Mann!
A very excited looking Ginger Mann made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yonjiro Yoshioka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yoshioka comes to the cage accompanied by Eye of The Tiger. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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157 lbs
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160 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yonjiro Yoshioka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruce Parker!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Shimada and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parker closes the distance and clinches up with Yoshioka, looking for a takedown. Parker pushes Yoshioka against the cage but Yoshioka circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Yoshioka lands a head kick. Parker smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Yoshioka misses with a head kick.
Parker shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Yoshioka counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Yoshioka looks to score with a jab to the body but Parker is just out of range.
Yoshioka fakes the leg kick and cracks Parker in the body.
Parker avoids the head kick by Yoshioka.
Yoshioka stuffs the takedown.
Yonjiro Yoshioka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Parker.
Parker shoots in for a takedown but Yoshioka shows good takedown defense.
Parker looks gassed!
Parker doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Yoshioka counters with a solid body kick.
Yoshioka looks to land a combination but Parker avoids it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yoshioka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice uppercut there from Yoshioka.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshioka scores with a head kick. Parker tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
It looks like Bruce Parker has been cut.
Yoshioka throws a right hand that Parker ducks under and follows up with a left that Parker also avoids with ease.
Parker looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Yoshioka is fending him off so far but Parker persists. Nope, Yoshioka circles away and we're back to standing.
Yoshioka scores with a nice body kick.
Yonjiro Yoshioka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yoshioka thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Parker if he has to take too many more of those.
Parker showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yoshioka.
Yoshioka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yoshioka scores with a kick to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Yoshioka lands with a slapping head kick.
Parker doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Yoshioka counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshioka lands with a slapping head kick.
Yoshioka lands a big head kick that sends Parker to the canvas! Yoshioka follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yonjiro Yoshioka!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Frankie Russo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Camerino Fernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frankie Russo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Camerino Fernandez!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yuuki Gou and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Russo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like Camerino Fernandez has been cut.
Russo misses with a double jab.
Russo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Fernandez counters with a straight right hand.
Russo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fernandez.
Russo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fernandez circles away quickly and effectively.
Russo scores with a body shot.
Russo is trying hard to land a takedown here. Fernandez sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Fernandez looks for a takedown but Russo sprawls well.
Fernandez lands a glancing blow to the side of Russo's head.
It looks like Frankie Russo has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Russo shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Fernandez manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Fernandez is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Fernandez pushes Russo off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Russo misses with a few strikes there.
Russo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Russo misses with a left hand
and Fernandez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A jab from Fernandez does it's job there.
Fernandez with a jab.
A left lands for Fernandez.
Russo is rocked!
Fernandez shoots in for a takedown. Oh, that's a huge slam! Russo is on queer street and Fernandez is pounding down on him with a barage of strikes. The ref is forced to step in and stop the fight. Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Camerino Fernandez!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hyun Sudo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazuushi Sakuraba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sakuraba has chosen Wax Tailor feat. The Others as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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180 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hyun Sudo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazuushi Sakuraba!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakuraba throws a head kick that misses
and Sudo counters with a series of strikes. Sakuraba will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sakuraba manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Sudo on his heels. He'll look to pass Sudo's guard now, I'm sure.
Sakuraba throwing strikes from guard but Sudo blocks nicely.
Sudo looking for a guillotine here but Sakuraba defends easily.
Sakuraba wants to control from the top but Sudo keeps moving.
Sudo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sakuraba.
Sudo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sakuraba is one step ahead there.
Sakuraba wants to control from the top but Sudo keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakuraba won't allow Sudo to sweep him here.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Kazuushi Sakuraba.
Sudo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sudo looks for the body kick but Sakuraba saw that one coming.
Sudo gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Sakuraba counters with a left and a right that stings Sudo.
Sakuraba throws a low kick but Sudo avoids it.
Sudo connects with a body shot.
A head kick misses from Sudo.
Sakuraba throws a head kick but Sudo moves out of range.
Sudo tries to land a leg kick but Sakuraba saw it coming and moves away.
A head kick from Sakuraba lands but Sudo takes it in his stride.
Sudo takes a swing at Sakuraba's ribcage but misses.
A lazy body kick from Sakuraba
and Sudo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sudo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kazuushi Sakuraba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sudo shoots in for a double leg but Sakuraba sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Sakuraba takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A combination from Sudo does no damage.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sudo.
Sakuraba looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sakuraba blocks a jab.
Sakuraba misses with a body kick.
Sudo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sudo misses with a wild combination.
Sakuraba pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sakuraba avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sudo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sakuraba.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sudo shoots and misses
and Sakuraba counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sudo is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Left hook, right uppercut from Sudo.
Sudo is breathing heavily.
Sakuraba throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sudo's head.
Sudo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sakuraba throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sudo blocks the body kick.
Sakuraba throws a body kick that misses.
Sakuraba slaps away a takedown attempt from Sudo, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hyun Sudo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sakuraba throws a sloppy head kick and Sudo moves out of range easily.
Sakuraba misses with a wild combination.
Sakuraba throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sudo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sakuraba is able to avoid easily.
Sakuraba avoids a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sudo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sudo connects with a body shot.
Sudo checks a leg kick.
Sakuraba lands a head kick!
Sakuraba throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sakuraba looks for the body kick but Sudo saw that one coming.
Sakuraba works Sudo's body with a nice hook.
Sakuraba drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Sakuraba drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Sudo manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Sakuraba has Sudo in his guard.
Sakuraba not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sudo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sudo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sakuraba works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sakuraba controlling the position.
Sudo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sakuraba has control of Sudo's left arm, preventing Sudo from doing any damage.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Sudo connects with a couple of short punches.
Sudo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sakuraba looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sudo is one step ahead there.
Sakuraba looking to control.
Sudo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sudo throwing strikes from guard but Sakuraba blocks nicely.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sudo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sudo won't allow Sakuraba to get back to his feet.
Sudo 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.
Sudo passes into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sakuraba is looking for a sweep. Sudo is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sudo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sakuraba defending well though.
Sakuraba is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sakuraba trying to control from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sudo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sudo trying to control from Sakuraba's half guard. Sakuraba has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Sakuraba wants to get back to his feet but Sudo is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Sakuraba looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sudo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sakuraba can't keep his opponent in guard - Sudo advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Sudo is nestled in close to Sakuraba, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sakuraba is looking to improve his position.
Sudo seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sudo scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sakuraba tries to get to full guard but Sudo has control of the leg.
Sakuraba is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sudo's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sudo's back!
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Sakuraba.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sudo is trying to break free.
Sudo trying to control the action but Sakuraba just sinks the hooks in.
Sudo is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sudo tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Sudo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Sakuraba looking to control but Sudo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sudo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sakuraba lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Sakuraba tries to control but Sudo wriggling away.
The referee warns Sudo that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sudo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Hyun Sudo will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Sakuraba - that will leave a mark!
Sudo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sudo has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Sakuraba.
Sakuraba throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sudo throws a lazy right hand but Sakuraba sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Good work by Sudo as he checks the leg kick.
Sakuraba swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sakuraba misses with a low kick as Sudo jumps back.
Sakuraba throws a low kick but Sudo avoids it.
Sakuraba throws a head kick that misses
and Sudo counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sakuraba is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Sudo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sakuraba sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sudo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sudo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sudo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hyun Sudo is winning the standup battle so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sakuraba thows a leg kick but Sudo checks it
and Sudo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sudo throws a series of punches but Sakuraba avoids them all with ease.
Sudo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sudo walks into a jab.
Sakuraba throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sakuraba tries to land a front kick but Sudo steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sudo throws a series of punches but Sakuraba avoids them all with ease.
Sakuraba throws a head kick but Sudo moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Sudo. Those never looked like landing.
Sakuraba misses the shot to the body.
Sakuraba does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sakuraba thows a body shot but no joy.
Sakuraba is looking to land body kicks.
Sakuraba throws a solid leg kick but Sudo takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sakuraba.
Sudo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sakuraba is fending him off so far but Sudo persists. Nope, Sakuraba circles away and we're back to standing.
Sakuraba loads up on a big right hand but Sudo slips the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sudo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sakuraba throws a sloppy head kick and Sudo moves out of range easily.
Sakuraba misses with a low kick as Sudo jumps back.
Sudo avoids the head kick by Sakuraba.
Sakuraba takes a swing at Sudo's ribcage but misses.
Hyun Sudo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sakuraba paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sakuraba does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Sudo. Sakuraba shrugs it off though.
Nice body kick from Sakuraba.
Sudo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sudo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sakuraba misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sudo.
Sudo blocks a leg kick.
Sakuraba thows a leg kick but Sudo checks it
and Sudo counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sakuraba won't be happy with that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba sneaks back into half guard.
Hyun Sudo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sudo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sudo lands strikes from half guard.
Sakuraba works his way to full guard. Good work.
Sudo stops Sakuraba from standing up.
Sakuraba is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sudo will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sudo throwing strikes from guard but Sakuraba blocks nicely.
Sudo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sakuraba is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sakuraba avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sudo wants to control from the top but Sakuraba keeps moving.
Sakuraba looking for a sweep. Not yet Sakuraba, not yet.
Sakuraba is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sakuraba wants to stand and escape but Sudo is having none of it.
Sakuraba trying to control the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Kazuushi Sakuraba was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Sakuraba throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sudo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sudo manages to avoid it.
Sakuraba throws a wild body kick that Sudo sees coming a mile off.
Sudo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sakuraba has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sudo lands a high kick!
Some wild striking there from Sudo.
Sudo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sakuraba throws out the jab.
Sudo throws a series of punches but Sakuraba moves out of range.
Sudo swinging wildly here.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sudo checks a leg kick.
A punch combination from Sudo misses.
Sakuraba throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sudo counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sakuraba is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Sudo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sakuraba.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba lands with an overhand left.
Sudo is looking to wear down Sakuraba with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A head kick misses from Sakuraba.
Sakuraba takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sudo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sakuraba shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Sudo napping and manages to drive through into side control!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sakuraba trying to control the position but Sudo is working away.
Sudo manages to get back to half guard.
Sakuraba looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Sudo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sakuraba drops an elbow to the side of Sudo's head.
Still in half guard, Sakuraba seems content to control.
Sudo is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sakuraba pulls his head out easily.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Sakuraba in particular looking to stall.
Sakuraba wants to stand up but Sudo is controlling the position.
Sakuraba is looking to take a break and control but Sudo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Sakuraba.
Sudo wants to control but Sakuraba is keeping busy.
Sudo punching from the bottom.
Sudo trying to control but Sakuraba postures up.
Sudo is trying to get back to full guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A bone on bone clash there as Sudo blocks the leg kick.
Sudo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sakuraba.
Sakuraba misses with a lunging right hand
and Sudo counters with a slapping leg kick.
Sakuraba lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sudo backs up against the cage.
Sudo checks a leg kick nicely.
Sudo checks a low kick from Sakuraba.
Sudo checks a leg kick.
Sakuraba misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sudo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sudo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sakuraba takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sudo lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sakuraba will feel that in the morning.
Sudo misses with a few strikes there.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kazuushi Sakuraba.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Kazuushi Sakuraba!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Kazuushi Sakuraba!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Hyun Sudo!
Kazuushi Sakuraba wins by split decision!
After winning the bout, Kazuushi Sakuraba thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Luiz Gonzaga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicola Tesla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luiz Gonzaga has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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6 - 3 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luiz Gonzaga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nicola Tesla!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Sosuke Kotani and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tesla lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tesla connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
No luck for Gonzaga with that takedown attempt.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tesla scores with a shot to the side of Gonzaga's head.
Tesla digs a right hand into Gonzaga's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gonzaga's gas tank.
Tesla lands a shot to the body.
Gonzaga is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tesla is working Gonzaga over against the cage.
Tesla scores with a hook to the body.
Tesla lands a nice shot to the body.
Tesla lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gonzaga or not.
Tesla throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gonzagas head.
Tesla lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gonzaga backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Tesla.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tesla lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gonzaga backwards.
Tesla lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hand to the body from Tesla.
Tesla lands with a short shot to the head.
Tesla is working Gonzaga over against the cage.
A body shot lands from Tesla.
Tesla is working Gonzaga over against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tesla lands with a light punch inside.
Tesla pushes Gonzaga back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tesla.
Tesla pushes Gonzaga back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tesla softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Good body shot from Tesla.
A short left from Tesla.
Gonzaga takes a shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tesla scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gonzaga is rocked!
Tesla lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Gonzaga to his knees! Tesla keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nicola Tesla!
After the big win, Nicola Tesla made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors [CBK] The Smashwear Corporation and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Slobozel Doruletz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mana Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slobozel Doruletz has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Slobozel Doruletz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mana Sato!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sato tries for a takedown but Doruletz sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Doruletz moves into the clinch.
Doruletz lands an elbow just above Sato 's eye.
Knees to the body from Doruletz.
A right hand to the body from Doruletz.
Doruletz lands with a light punch inside.
Sato takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sato looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Doruletz landing knees to the body.
Doruletz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Doruletz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Mana Sato has been cut.
Doruletz lands an elbow inside that Sato shrugs off.
Come on Doruletz - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Doruletz lands a damaging elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doruletz lands an elbow that stopped Sato in his tracks for a moment.
Doruletz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sato is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Knees in the clinch landing for Doruletz.
Doruletz lands a damaging elbow.
Sato takes a knee right on the jaw!
Doruletz utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Doruletz.
Doruletz lands an elbow just above Sato 's eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Doruletz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sato backwards.
Doruletz lands a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doruletz leaning his opponent against the cage.
Doruletz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Doruletz.
Doruletz lands a nice elbow.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Doruletz stalling in the clinch.
Doruletz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice elbow from Doruletz.
Doruletz lands an elbow inside.
That has opened up Mana Sato's cut even more.
Doruletz stalling against the cage.
Doruletz lands an elbow just above Sato 's eye.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doruletz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Doruletz lands an elbow inside.
Doruletz scores with a shot to the side of Sato's head.
Sato drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Slobozel Doruletz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mana Sato.
Doruletz lands an elbow that stopped Sato in his tracks for a moment.
Doruletz misses with a punch to the body.
Doruletz'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.
Doruletz lands an elbow inside.
Sato is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Doruletz.
Doruletz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Doruletz lands an elbow that stopped Sato in his tracks for a moment.
Doruletz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sato wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Doruletz lands an elbow inside that Sato shrugs off.
Sato takes an elbow to the forehead.
Doruletz has Sato pushed against the cage.
Sato drops down looking for an ankle pick but Doruletz pulls his leg out and moves away.
Doruletz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Doruletz scores with a knee to the head.
Doruletz lands an elbow inside that Sato shrugs off.
Sato tries to throw a body punch but Doruletz avoids it by throwing Sato back against the cage.
Doruletz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Doruletz lands a hook that snaps the head of Sato backwards.
Nice elbow from Doruletz.
Doruletz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Doruletz.
Doruletz lands an elbow just above Sato 's eye.
The cut above Mana Sato's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Good body shot from Doruletz.
Doruletz lands a shot to the body.
Sato takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Doruletz lands a vicious elbow to the side of Sato's head that scrambles his senses and sends him wobbling down to the canvas! Doruletz tries to finish him with strikes but Sato still seems able to defend himself so Doruletz steps back and lets Sato get back to his feet - he wants no part of the ground game.
Sato is rocked!
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Doruletz takes the fight into the clinch.
Sato is still on wobbly legs! Can Doruletz finish him?
Doruletz unloads an enormous knee to the head! That's knocked Sato out cold! Holy cow, it was almost as if it lifted Sato off his feet!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Slobozel Doruletz!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sang Min The Flash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Schrank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sang Min The Flash has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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290 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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280 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sang Min The Flash!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frank Schrank!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schrank takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Schrank takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Schrank tries to clinch there but The Flash circles away.
Schrank uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Flash.
Schrank uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Flash.
The Flash scores with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Schrank does it's job there.
It looks like Sang Min The Flash has been cut.
Schrank fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Flash manages to avoid it.
Schrank pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Flash scores with a jab to the body.
Schrank throws a head kick but The Flash moves out of range.
Schrank throws a body punch but The Flash moves out of range.
Schrank takes one on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Schrank. Those never looked like landing.
The Flash will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
The Flash takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The Flash misses with a hook.
The Flash lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Schrank at a distance.
Schrank looks gassed!
BOOM! The Flash lands a beautiful left hook that drops Schrank. Schrank tries to recover but The Flash is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Schrank lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sang Min The Flash!
Sang Min The Flash retains his super heavyweight title!
Sang Min The Flash was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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