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ONI 92 - Kuzuri vs Sylva II PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Justin Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Synyster Gates (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gates comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Nightmare kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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147 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Justin Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Synyster Gates!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brown moves out of range of the strikes.
Gates lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brown circles away quickly and effectively.
Gates dodges the punch combination from Brown.
Brown tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gates manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Brown is looking to clinch.
Gates takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Brown misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sloppy strikes from Brown. Those never looked like landing.
Brown chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brown looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gates thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown darts in trying to clinch
and Gates counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gates scores with a nice head shot.
A clash of legs there as Gates blocks the low kick.
Gates scores with a three punch combo!
The fighters circle momentarily. Gates darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gates throws a big shot that misses.
Brown throws a leg kick
and Gates counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brown misses with a straight right.
Gates takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Brown.
Brown swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gates counters with a nice uppercut.
Brown throws a series of punches but Gates moves out of range.
Brown rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gates moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Brown chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Brown gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gates breaks the clinch.
Gates throws a jab but it's blocked by Brown.
Gates connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Brown's hands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gates misses with an uppercut. Brown saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown slips a straight right by Gates.
Brown looks to land a combination but Gates avoids it well.
Gates cracks Brown with an open hand slap.
Gates dodges the punch combination from Brown.
Gates 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.
Gates with a nice cross.
Gates throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brown throws a low kick but Gates moves out of range easily.
Brown takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Brown is rocked!
Brown closes the distance looking to clinch
and Gates counters with a huge left! Brown is in big trouble! He's backing up but Gates isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Brown from any more damage. A dominating finish by Gates!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Synyster Gates!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Heihachi Hayashida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pai Mei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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160 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Heihachi Hayashida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pai Mei!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hayashida throws a leg kick but Mei sees it coming and moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Mei checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hayashida gets a clinch.
Hayashida doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mei keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hayashida's efforts to push away.
Hayashida pulls guard successfully.
Hayashida looking for a sweep. Not yet Hayashida, not yet.
Mei decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Hayashida, up you get!
Hayashida rushes Mei and presses him up against the cage.
Mei is looking for a takedown.
Hayashida wants a takedown but no success here.
A right hook to the body lands for Hayashida.
Hayashida trying to land knees to the body.
Hayashida is trying to trip Mei. He has hold of a leg but Mei is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Hayashida persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hayashida looking to pass the guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Mei wants to sweep here but Hayashida controlling him for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mei preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mei is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Hayashida is aware though and is defending well.
Mei wants to stand and escape but Hayashida is having none of it.
Mei preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mei looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Hayashida has picked Mei up and slammed him! Mei can't keep hold of the triangle and Hayashida manages to pass to side control!
Hayashida works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Hayashida in side control, throwing shots but Mei defends.
Mei is trying to control Hayashida's posture but Hayashida avoids it.
Mei being controlled for a moment.
Hayashida sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Mei is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Mei taking punishment in the form of punches.
Hayashida is putting a hurting on Mei here, landing some big shots from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mei tries to improve position but can't.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hayashida landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Mei tries to improve position but can't.
Hayashida scores with a couple of short elbows.
Mei looks to move to half guard but instead Hayashida has passed into mount! Damn!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hayashida is landing with some decent strikes but Mei is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hayashida can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mei is looking to escape.
Hayashida connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hayashida with a couple of short strikes.
Hayashida fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hayashida putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Hayashida pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hayashida raining down hammerfists from mount.
Mei is rocked!
Hayashida scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Mei is still in real trouble! Can Hayashida finish him?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mei wants to hold on but Hayashida pushes him away.
Hayashida connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hayashida lands a heavy elbow.
Hayashida connects with a bit shot that sees Mei covering up! More strikes from Hayashida and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Hayashida is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Heihachi Hayashida!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hawk Seibold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanders comes to the cage accompanied by Enter Sand Man-Metallica. Seibold has chosen SCOTTISH PIPE as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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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276 lbs
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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
15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruce Sanders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Hawk Seibold!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seibold throws a jab when Sanders was well out of range.
Sanders shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Seibold as he avoids it easily.
Sanders tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Seibold paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sanders has a takedown stuffed.
Seibold gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Sanders to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Sanders is looking to work some ground and pound but Seibold has wrist control.
Seibold pushes Sanders off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Sanders rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Seibold moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sanders shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruce Sanders. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanders is trying hard to land a takedown here. Seibold sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Sanders keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Seibold shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sanders as he jumps to the side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders misses with a few strikes there.
Sanders misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Seibold.
Sanders shoots in but no luck this time.
Sanders instigates a clinch.
Sanders gets through Seibold's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Seibold has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Sanders is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Seibold is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sanders gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Seibold is pressed up against the cage. Sanders has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Seibold down to the mat. Seibold avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Sanders shoots for a double leg takedown but Seibold sprawls well. He's pushed Sanders's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Seibold shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Sanders manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Seibold scoring with some ground and pound.
Seibold works over Sanders with some ground and pound from guard.
Sanders looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seibold is looking to work some ground and pound but Sanders has wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seibold drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Seibold jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Seibold postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sanders is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Seibold is controlling him.
Seibold working some strikes from top position.
Seibold postures up.
Seibold stops Sanders from standing up.
Seibold scoring with punches to the head and body.
Seibold loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Seibold working some strikes from top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanders utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sanders is trying to keep Seibold in close.
Seibold with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Seibold connects with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Seibold lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Seibold distracts Sanders with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sanders looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sanders is breathing heavily.
Seibold lands a couple of digs.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Seibold's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sanders trying to strike off his back.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Seibold chips away with some ground and pound.
Seibold working some strikes from top position.
Seibold cracks Sanders with a solid left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanders looking to hit a scissor sweep but Seibold is one step ahead there.
Seibold content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Seibold working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Seibold missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanders is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sanders keeping moving, preventing Seibold from controlling successfully.
Sanders is looking to stand up but Seibold isn't so interested in that idea.
Seibold postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Seibold throws a big right hand that misses.
Sanders preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sanders controls Seibold momentarily but Seibold frees himself.
Sanders working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Seibold.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Seibold missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Seibold scoring with punches to the head and body.
Seibold with a nice head shot there.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Seibold in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Seibold postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Seibold lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sanders not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Seibold lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Seibold throws a big right hand that misses.
Seibold postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sanders trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Seibold is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Seibold wants to control from the top but Sanders keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seibold missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Seibold chips away with some ground and pound.
Sanders escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Seibold gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Sanders looking to hit a scissor sweep but Seibold is one step ahead there.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Seibold lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sanders avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Seibold loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Seibold working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Seibold trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanders is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Seibold works over Sanders with some ground and pound from guard.
Sanders looking for a sweep. Not yet Sanders, not yet.
Sanders wants to stand and escape but Seibold is having none of it.
Sanders keeping moving, preventing Seibold from controlling successfully.
Seibold lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sanders bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Seibold's guard.
Sanders postures up in Seibold's guard and throws a big left but Seibold blocks it.
Seibold trying to control the position here.
Sanders trying to control the position from guard on top but Seibold is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sanders would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Seibold lands a slapping body shot.
Seibold misses with a takedown attempt - Sanders sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Seibold is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sanders sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Seibold shoots in for a double leg but Sanders sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Sanders throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bruce Sanders seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanders misses with a jab, cross combination.
Seibold fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sanders.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Seibold looks to land a combination but Sanders avoids it well.
Sanders shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sanders shoots in but no luck this time.
Seibold takes a swing at Sanders's ribcage but misses.
Sanders is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sanders tries to close the distance and clinch up but Seibold swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Seibold has a takedown stuffed.
Sanders shoots in and drives through. Seibold sprawls well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice takedown defense from Seibold. No joy for Sanders on that attempt.
Seibold misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Seibold feints and as Sanders raises his hands in defense, Seibold changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hawk Seibold dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sanders tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Seibold paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sanders shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Seibold counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Sanders!
Seibold breaks from Sanders's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Seibold working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanders tries to hold on but Seibold postures up.
Seibold cracks Sanders with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sanders regains half guard.
Sanders on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Seibold drops an elbow to the side of Sanders's head.
Sanders keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Seibold throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sanders looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seibold prevents Sanders from improving his position.
Nice strikes from Seibold there.
Sanders avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Seibold.
Seibold thows a huge punch but Sanders dodges it nicely.
Sanders wants to improve his position but Seibold is controlling well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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. Seibold connects with a nice short shot to Sanders's temple.
Sanders wants to improve his position but Seibold is controlling well.
Sanders taking some punishment here, with Seibold in his half guard.
Sanders is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Seibold working the head and body with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Seibold working the head and body with strikes.
Seibold lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sanders is rocked!
Seibold winds up and cracks Sanders with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Oh Sanders is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Seibold drops an elbow to the side of Sanders's head.
Hawk Seibold has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sanders is looking to escape.
Seibold lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sanders seems to have got his legs back now.
Seibold landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Seibold looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sanders with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Seibold lands strikes from half guard.
Seibold lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Sanders! More strikes land and this one is all over! Seibold jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hawk Seibold!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Donnie Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Le Bricoleur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le Bricoleur has chosen Bob Le Bricoleur as his entrance music. Donnie Stevens has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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146 lbs
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153 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Donnie Stevens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bob Le Bricoleur!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stevens swings for the body but Le Bricoleur moves out of range.
Stevens looks to score with a jab to the body but Le Bricoleur is just out of range.
Le Bricoleur throws a series of punches but Stevens moves out of range.
Stevens takes a swing at Le Bricoleur's ribcage but misses.
Le Bricoleur tests Stevens's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Stevens really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Le Bricoleur ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stevens moves away.
Le Bricoleur tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stevens was well out of range. Poor timing from Le Bricoleur.
Stevens checks a leg kick.
Le Bricoleur dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Le Bricoleur looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Stevens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Le Bricoleur.
Le Bricoleur displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stevens throws out the jab.
Stevens looks to score with a jab to the body but Le Bricoleur is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Le Bricoleur. Stevens does a little dance to reset his feet.
Le Bricoleur is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Stevens rather than just go for the knockout.
Le Bricoleur misses with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens avoids the body shot from Le Bricoleur.
Le Bricoleur fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stevens manages to avoid it.
Le Bricoleur swings for the body but Stevens moves out of range.
Le Bricoleur throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Le Bricoleur is looking to slow Stevens down with leg kicks.
Le Bricoleur works Stevens's body with a nice hook.
Stevens throws a looping overhand right but Le Bricoleur ducks down to avoid it.
Le Bricoleur lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Le Bricoleur lands a slapping body shot.
Le Bricoleur scores with a jab.
Le Bricoleur misses with a wild body shot.
Le Bricoleur wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Le Bricoleur misses with a body kick.
Le Bricoleur wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bob Le Bricoleur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Le Bricoleur scores with a body shot.
Stevens avoids a kick to the body.
Le Bricoleur shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Stevens eats them both and turns towards Le Bricoleur to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Le Bricoleur swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stevens tries to move into range but Le Bricoleur moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Le Bricoleur closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Le Bricoleur scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Stevens throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Le Bricoleur sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A shot to the body from Le Bricoleur misses
and Stevens counters with a left to the body.
Le Bricoleur tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stevens was well out of range. Poor timing from Le Bricoleur.
Le Bricoleur misses the shot to the body.
Stevens scores with a nice head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevens tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Le Bricoleur manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Le Bricoleur misses with a wild body shot.
Le Bricoleur throws a left and a right that both miss
and Stevens counters with a straight right hand.
Stevens blocks the body kick.
A cross from Le Bricoleur lands.
Stevens is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Le Bricoleur tests Stevens's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Le Bricoleur misses the shot to the body.
Stevens swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Le Bricoleur misses with a body shot.
Le Bricoleur misses with a hook.
Le Bricoleur swings for the body but Stevens moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Bricoleur changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Le Bricoleur misses the target.
Stevens scores with a nice head shot.
Le Bricoleur takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Stevens needs to keep his hands up - Le Bricoleur had a free shot at his head there.
Stevens misses the shot to the body.
Stevens throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Le Bricoleur sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Le Bricoleur staying out of range there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Le Bricoleur, right into the meat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le Bricoleur lands a nice hook to Stevens's body. Stevens takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Le Bricoleur just misses with a punch to the body.
Le Bricoleur misses with a wild body shot.
Stevens connects with a solid leg kick.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Le Bricoleur fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Le Bricoleur is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Stevens had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Le Bricoleur throws a push kick but Stevens slaps the foot to one side.
Le Bricoleur scores with a jab to the body.
Le Bricoleur is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Stevens.
Stevens shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Stevens throws a shot from downtown. Le Bricoleur moves away and avoids it.
Stevens ducks right into an uppercut from Le Bricoleur.
Le Bricoleur fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stevens manages to avoid it.
Stevens misses with an uppercut
and Le Bricoleur counters with an outside leg kick.
Le Bricoleur scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stevens doesn't seem bothered though.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Le Bricoleur.
Stevens looks to land a right hand but Le Bricoleur moved out of range.
Stevens walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Stevens moves out of range of the strikes.
Le Bricoleur throws a series of strikes that have Stevens backpedaling.
Stevens keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Le Bricoleur keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Le Bricoleur misses the shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Le Bricoleur.
Stevens keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Le Bricoleur misses the shot to the body.
Le Bricoleur throws a right hand that Stevens ducks under and follows up with a left that Stevens also avoids with ease.
Stevens keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Stevens.
Le Bricoleur throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nice cross by Le Bricoleur.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Le Bricoleur moves out of range of the strikes.
Le Bricoleur avoids the body shot from Stevens.
A nice combination there by Le Bricoleur.
Stevens throws a lazy right hand but Le Bricoleur sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stevens avoids the body shot from Le Bricoleur.
Le Bricoleur looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Le Bricoleur lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stevens circles away quickly and effectively.
Le Bricoleur throws a body kick that misses.
Le Bricoleur misses with a shot to the body
and Stevens counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Le Bricoleur tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stevens was well out of range. Poor timing from Le Bricoleur.
Stevens keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Le Bricoleur misses the shot to the body.
Stevens lands with a shot to the body.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Stevens wants to clinch up but Le Bricoleur keeps it at a distance.
Le Bricoleur ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Stevens defending well as Le Bricoleur loads up on a big left hand.
Stevens throws a shot from downtown. Le Bricoleur moves away and avoids it.
Le Bricoleur takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Le Bricoleur scores with a nice right hand.
Stevens tests Le Bricoleur's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Le Bricoleur throws a low kick but Stevens avoids it.
Stevens throws a lazy uppercut
and Le Bricoleur counters with a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Le Bricoleur scoring well with a low kick there.
Stevens moves in looking to clinch but Le Bricoleur pushes him off.
Le Bricoleur throws a sloppy body shot
and Stevens counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Le Bricoleur moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Le Bricoleur throws a looping overhand right but Stevens ducks down to avoid it.
Le Bricoleur just misses with a punch to the body.
Le Bricoleur misses the shot to the body.
Stevens is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Le Bricoleur misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stevens.
Stevens takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Le Bricoleur looks to land a combination. Stevens sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Le Bricoleur throws a hook to the side of Stevens's head but Stevens sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Le Bricoleur swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Le Bricoleur shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Le Bricoleur is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stevens moves out of range as Le Bricoleur throws a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bob Le Bricoleur dominated that round.
That's time! Stevens's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Le Bricoleur scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Le Bricoleur lands the left hand.
Bob Le Bricoleur seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Le Bricoleur looks to land a left hand but Stevens moved out of range nicely.
Le Bricoleur stuns Stevens with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Le Bricoleur misses the shot to the body.
Le Bricoleur ducks under a wild hook from Stevens.
Stevens moves out of range of the body kick from Le Bricoleur.
Le Bricoleur throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Le Bricoleur throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Le Bricoleur scores with a shot to the body.
Le Bricoleur takes a swing at Stevens's ribcage but misses.
Stevens takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Le Bricoleur. Stevens does a little dance to reset his feet.
Le Bricoleur throws a series of punches but Stevens avoids them all with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Stevens has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Stevens throws a right and a left that Le Bricoleur avoids nicely.
Nice uppercut lands for Le Bricoleur. That snapped Stevens's head back.
Stevens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Le Bricoleur.
Stevens tries to clinch up.
Le Bricoleur just misses with a punch to the body.
Le Bricoleur wants to slow Stevens down by chopping away at his legs.
Le Bricoleur takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Le Bricoleur. Stevens shrugs it off though.
Le Bricoleur slips a jab and a cross from Stevens.
Stevens slips a straight right by Le Bricoleur.
Le Bricoleur is looking to score with low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Bricoleur goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Le Bricoleur attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Le Bricoleur throws a chopping leg kick but Stevens manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Le Bricoleur misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stevens.
Le Bricoleur throws a body punch but Stevens moves out of range.
Le Bricoleur scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Le Bricoleur feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Stevens's calf.
Le Bricoleur wants to land a leg kick but Stevens is out of range.
Le Bricoleur misses with a body shot.
Le Bricoleur is looking to land body kicks.
Le Bricoleur misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stevens.
A big left from Le Bricoleur misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Le Bricoleur misses with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Stevens misses the target.
A slapping body kick lands there for Le Bricoleur.
Le Bricoleur avoids the body shot from Stevens.
Le Bricoleur misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stevens.
Stevens bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stevens stalks Le Bricoleur and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Le Bricoleur's face. Le Bricoleur staggers backwards, shaken.
Le Bricoleur lands with a hook. Stevens tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Stevens walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Le Bricoleur checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Le Bricoleur cracks a nice hook into Stevens's ribs.
A swing and a miss from Stevens.
Le Bricoleur displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stevens throws out the jab.
Le Bricoleur thuds a left hand into Stevens's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevens is looking to clinch but Le Bricoleur is avoiding it.
Le Bricoleur thows a body shot but no joy.
Le Bricoleur lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stevens's sensitive parts.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Stevens might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Le Bricoleur lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Le Bricoleur doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Le Bricoleur misses the shot to the body.
Stevens circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Stevens counter with a right hand.
Le Bricoleur just misses with a punch to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Le Bricoleur throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Le Bricoleur tries to clinch but Stevens is having none of it.
Stevens avoids the body shot from Le Bricoleur.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Stevens ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Le Bricoleur moves away.
Le Bricoleur fails to land with a series of punches.
Le Bricoleur throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Le Bricoleur cracks Stevens with a right hand to the side of the head.
Le Bricoleur lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Stevens steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Le Bricoleur.
Stevens looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A nice leg kick lands there from Le Bricoleur.
Le Bricoleur looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Stevens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Le Bricoleur.
Stevens fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Le Bricoleur manages to avoid it.
Stevens misses with a straight right.
Le Bricoleur looks to throw the jab but Stevens is out of range.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Le Bricoleur takes a swing at Stevens's ribcage but misses.
Stevens moves out of range as Le Bricoleur strikes.
Stevens moves away from the strike by Le Bricoleur.
Le Bricoleur throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A telegraphed right hand from Stevens misses the target.
Le Bricoleur avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Le Bricoleur lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Le Bricoleur misses with a wild body shot.
Stevens avoids the body shot from Le Bricoleur.
Le Bricoleur misses with a head kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Le Bricoleur misses the target.
Stevens gets a clinch.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Le Bricoleur tries to break free but Stevens pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stevens.
Stevens is working Le Bricoleur over against the cage.
Le Bricoleur is breathing heavily.
Stevens lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Stevens gets through Le Bricoleur's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Le Bricoleur blocking some punches.
Le Bricoleur's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stevens thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stevens lands with a cross.
Le Bricoleur misses with an uppercut. Stevens saw that one coming.
Stevens throws a looping overhand right but Le Bricoleur ducks down to avoid it.
Stevens tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stevens clinches.
Le Bricoleur tries to throw a body punch but Stevens avoids it by throwing Le Bricoleur back against the cage.
Stevens makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Stevens struggles to land a body shot inside as Le Bricoleur controls his hands.
A short body shot lands from Stevens as the two fighters clinch.
Stevens misses with a punch on the inside.
Le Bricoleur working aggressively here.
Le Bricoleur wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Le Bricoleur is trying to force a seperation but Stevens has the dominant position.
Le Bricoleur tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Stevens lands a body punch.
A short left from Stevens.
Stevens gets through Le Bricoleur's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stevens swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Le Bricoleur lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Le Bricoleur wants to get back to striking at distance but Stevens won't allow it.
Le Bricoleur tries to land knees in the clinch but Stevens avoids the damage to the body.
Le Bricoleur breaks the clinch.
Le Bricoleur throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Le Bricoleur throws a front kick that sends Stevens stumbling back into the cage.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Le Bricoleur ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stevens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Le Bricoleur.
Le Bricoleur swings away with a body shot that misses
and Stevens counters with a nice body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Le Bricoleur. Stevens does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stevens slips a jab from Le Bricoleur.
A lazy left from Stevens finds it's target.
Stevens just misses with a punch to the body.
Stevens throws a shot from downtown. Le Bricoleur moves away and avoids it.
Le Bricoleur attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stevens takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice defenses there by Stevens.
Le Bricoleur jabs Stevens to the body, keeping him at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bob Le Bricoleur showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Le Bricoleur throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Le Bricoleur throws a body punch but Stevens moves out of range.
Le Bricoleur throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Le Bricoleur throws a body punch but Stevens moves out of range.
Le Bricoleur tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stevens was well out of range. Poor timing from Le Bricoleur.
Le Bricoleur dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stevens. That did some damage!
Stevens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Le Bricoleur.
Stevens will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Le Bricoleur pushes Stevens away with a front kick.
Stevens takes a swing at Le Bricoleur's ribcage but misses.
Stevens fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Le Bricoleur looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Le Bricoleur attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Stevens swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stevens feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Le Bricoleurs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Le Bricoleur swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Le Bricoleur changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jab from Le Bricoleur.
Stevens checks a leg kick nicely.
Le Bricoleur slips a straight right by Stevens.
Stevens is looking to clinch but Le Bricoleur is avoiding it.
Le Bricoleur misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stevens.
Le Bricoleur lands with a good body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Le Bricoleur. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Le Bricoleur.
Le Bricoleur swings for the body but Stevens moves out of range.
Le Bricoleur just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Le Bricoleur counters with a left to the body.
Stevens throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Le Bricoleur works the jab nicely.
Le Bricoleur tries to land a front kick but Stevens steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Le Bricoleur ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stevens moves away.
Le Bricoleur pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Stevens fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Le Bricoleur is out of range.
Stevens keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Le Bricoleur throws a body punch but Stevens moves out of range.
Stevens avoids the body shot from Le Bricoleur.
Le Bricoleur throws a push kick but Stevens slaps the foot to one side.
Le Bricoleur lands with a good body shot.
Le Bricoleur takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Bricoleur throws a low kick, looking for Stevens's leg but Stevens calmly moves out of range.
Le Bricoleur works Stevens's body with a nice hook.
Stevens checks the leg kick nicely there.
Stevens lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
No joy there for Le Bricoleur, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Stevens throws a hook to the side of Le Bricoleur's head but Le Bricoleur sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Le Bricoleur tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stevens was well out of range. Poor timing from Le Bricoleur.
Le Bricoleur takes a swing at Stevens's ribcage but misses.
Stevens on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Le Bricoleur connects with a body shot that sends Stevens's belly button to the back.
Le Bricoleur just misses with a punch to the body.
Stevens checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Bricoleur swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Le Bricoleur misses with a jab to the body
and Stevens counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Stevens moves into the clinch.
Stevens has a couple of punches blocked by Le Bricoleur.
Stevens has a couple of punches blocked by Le Bricoleur.
Le Bricoleur scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Stevens struggles to land a body shot inside as Le Bricoleur controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stevens.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Le Bricoleur.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Le Bricoleur looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Stevens has a couple of punches blocked by Le Bricoleur.
Good body shot from Stevens.
Le Bricoleur is struggling to control the position.
A hook to the body from Stevens.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Stevens misses with a body punch.
Stevens misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stevens can't find room to land a body shot as Le Bricoleur controls the action.
Stevens swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Le Bricoleur's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Le Bricoleur takes a swing at Stevens's ribcage but misses.
Le Bricoleur displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stevens throws out the jab.
A jab from Le Bricoleur finds it's way through Stevens's defenses.
Stevens fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Le Bricoleur manages to avoid it.
Le Bricoleur avoids the body shot from Stevens.
Le Bricoleur lands with a nice body punch.
Le Bricoleur swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Le Bricoleur avoids a punch combination nicely.
Le Bricoleur displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stevens throws out the jab.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Stevens throws a hook to the side of Le Bricoleur's head but Le Bricoleur sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Le Bricoleur scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Le Bricoleur fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Le Bricoleur swings for the body but Stevens moves out of range.
Le Bricoleur lands with a nice combination. Stevens backs away looking to recover.
Stevens takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Stevens swings for the body but Le Bricoleur moves out of range.
Le Bricoleur with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Le Bricoleur misses with a body shot.
Stevens uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Le Bricoleur misses with a double jab.
Le Bricoleur connects with a looping right hand.
Le Bricoleur throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Le Bricoleur tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stevens was well out of range. Poor timing from Le Bricoleur.
Stevens keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Le Bricoleur.
Le Bricoleur misses with a wild body shot.
Stevens takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Le Bricoleur tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stevens paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Le Bricoleur misses with a wild body shot.
Le Bricoleur scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Stevens blocks a low kick nicely.
Stevens tries to work over Le Bricoleur's front leg with a kick but Le Bricoleur checks it.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Stevens slips under a jab.
Stevens checks a low kick from Le Bricoleur.
Bob Le Bricoleur is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Le Bricoleur plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Stevens tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Le Bricoleur paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Le Bricoleur lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Stevens at a distance.
Le Bricoleur thows a body shot but no joy.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Stevens checks a leg kick.
Le Bricoleur misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stevens.
Le Bricoleur misses with a double jab.
Stevens fails in his attempt to clinch.
Le Bricoleur thows a body shot but no joy.
Le Bricoleur scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Stevens takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Stevens throws a jab when Le Bricoleur was well out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Stevens 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Le Bricoleur scores with a nice right hand.
Le Bricoleur thuds his right hand into Stevens's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Le Bricoleur jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Stevens looks to score with a jab to the body but Le Bricoleur is just out of range.
Le Bricoleur tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stevens was well out of range. Poor timing from Le Bricoleur.
Le Bricoleur fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stevens manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Le Bricoleur throws a low kick but it's checked well by Stevens.
Donnie Stevens has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Le Bricoleur lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Le Bricoleur comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Le Bricoleur 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Bob Le Bricoleur!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Bob Le Bricoleur!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Bob Le Bricoleur!
Bob Le Bricoleur wins by unanimous decision!
Bob Le Bricoleur seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chris Booger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew Emanuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Booger's entrance music is Ang Kulangot. A fine choice. Emanuel has chosen The Wizard by Black Sabbath as his entrance music. Matthew Emanuel has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Chris Booger's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chris Booger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matthew Emanuel!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emanuel is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Booger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Emanuel.
Booger lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Emanuel connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Booger momentarily.
Emanuel leaves Booger with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Emanuel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Booger.
Booger fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Emanuel throws a jab when Booger was well out of range.
Emanuel slips under a jab.
Booger scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Emanuel doesn't seem bothered though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Emanuel throws a predictable looking body shot
and Booger counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Booger misses with a right hand
and Emanuel holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Emanuel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Booger looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emanuel is trying to stall.
Booger wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Emanuel has him pressed against the cage.
Booger gets control of Emanuel's arms and successfully pulls guard. Booger will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Emanuel preventing the sweep.
Emanuel wants to control from the top but Booger keeps moving.
Booger looking to hit a scissor sweep but Emanuel is one step ahead there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel postures up in Booger's guard and throws a big left but Booger blocks it.
Booger looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Emanuel lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Emanuel trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Emanuel wants to control from the top but Booger keeps moving.
Booger throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Emanuel trying to control but Booger is working from the bottom.
Emanuel lands a couple of digs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Emanuel controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Booger working for submissions but it's allowed Emanuel to get to half guard.
Emanuel working Booger over with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Booger is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Emanuel pulls his head out easily.
Emanuel content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Emanuel scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Booger is trying to get back to full guard.
Emanuel content to control rather than advance.
Booger tries to roll over but Emanuel keeps him under control.
Booger is working hard here to advance position.
Still in half guard, Emanuel seems content to control.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel prevents Booger from improving his position.
Booger taking some punishment here, with Emanuel in his half guard.
Emanuel has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Booger is looking for a sweep. Emanuel is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Emanuel seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Booger is refusing to be controlled, as Emanuel sits in half guard.
Booger is looking to improve his position.
Booger looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Booger is breathing heavily.
Emanuel with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Booger is in trouble now - Emanuel has advanced to mount!
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel controlling from the full mount.
Let's hope that Emanuel has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Booger is looking to improve his position but Emanuel isn't that keen on the idea.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Booger is bucking up trying to escape but Emanuel cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Booger tries to reverse the position but Emanuel maintains control.
Emanuel controlling the pace for now.
Booger working to try and regain half guard.
Emanuel with the ground and pound from mount.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel with good strikes from the mount here!
Booger can't escape the position.
Emanuel raining down shots from the mount!
Booger can't escape the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Emanuel tries to control but Booger wriggling away.
Booger keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Emanuel cracks Booger with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Booger really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Emanuel controlling the position easily from mount.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Booger keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Emanuel unloading with bombs!
Booger is working to get back to half guard.
BOOM! Emanuel connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Booger really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Emanuel with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matthew Emanuel dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Booger thows a body shot but no joy.
Booger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Emanuel lands the left hand.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Emanuel in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Emanuel throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Emanuel fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Chris Booger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Booger walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Booger is rocked!
It looks like Chris Booger has been cut.
Emanuel with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Oh Booger is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Emanuel scores with a hook to the body. Booger takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Booger seems to have got his legs back now.
Booger takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A left lands for Emanuel.
Emanuel lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Booger ducks straight into an uppercut from Emanuel and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Booger manages to regain guard straight away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emanuel passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Booger tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Emanuel wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
You can see the frustration on Booger's face as Emanuel controls the position.
Booger tries to bench press Emanuel off him but Emanuel keeps the position.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matthew Emanuel has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Emanuel lands a head kick that stumbles Booger and the fighters go to the mat.
Emanuel has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Emanuel preventing the sweep.
Emanuel advances position into side control!
Emanuel wants to control but Booger is keeping him busy.
Emanuel in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Booger tries to buck Emanuel off but Emanuel is having none of it.
Emanuel trying to control the action but Booger is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel staying calm.
Booger manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Booger missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Emanuel gets back to full guard.
Emanuel looking to control.
Booger being controlled here momentarily.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Emanuel is on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Booger looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Emanuel showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Emanuel with a nice head shot there.
Emanuel working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Booger isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Emanuel stacks Booger on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Emanuel!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Booger gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel tries to control but Booger wriggling away.
Emanuel is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Booger flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Booger is wriggling around trying to escape.
Booger takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Emanuel takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Emanuel wants to control the action but instead Booger gets a body lock and reverses into Emanuel's guard! Nice work!
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Emanuel looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Booger working some strikes from top position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Booger postures up in Emanuel's guard and throws a big left but Emanuel blocks it.
Emanuel 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.
Emanuel looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Booger controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Booger throws a big elbow that misses.
Booger's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Booger throws a big right hand that misses.
Emanuel looking to hit a scissor sweep but Booger is one step ahead there.
Emanuel not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Emanuel preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Booger content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Emanuel is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Emanuel seems keen to control Booger's posture.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Booger wants to pass the guard but Emanuel is keeping the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Booger accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Booger wants to pass the guard but Emanuel is keeping the position.
Emanuel throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Booger won't allow Emanuel to sweep him here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Booger trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Booger is looking to work some ground and pound but Emanuel has wrist control.
Booger working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Booger throwing strikes from guard but Emanuel blocks nicely.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Booger stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Emanuel swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Booger passes Emanuel's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Emanuel works his way to full guard. Good work.
Emanuel bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Booger's guard.
Emanuel looking to pass the guard.
Emanuel stays in close to Booger's body and controls the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Booger is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Emanuel defends well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matthew Emanuel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Chris Booger's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Sloppy strikes from Booger. Those never looked like landing.
Emanuel lands a front kick.
Booger throws a body punch but Emanuel moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Emanuel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Booger looks to score with a jab to the body but Emanuel is just out of range.
Booger lands a slapping body shot.
Booger misses with an uppercut. Emanuel saw that one coming.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Booger tries for a takedown but Emanuel circles away easily
and Emanuel counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Booger walks into a straight right hand from Emanuel.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Emanuel does it's job there.
Emanuel bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Emanuel's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Booger connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Emanuel scrambles back to his feet.
Booger takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Emanuel swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Booger.
Emanuel works Booger's body with a nice hook.
Emanuel throws an overhand right that lands on Booger's shoulder, as Booger tries to avoid the shot.
Emanuel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Emanuel throws a right hand that Booger ducks under and follows up with a left that Booger also avoids with ease.
Booger misses with an uppercut.
Booger is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Emanuel.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Booger lands an impressive looking overhand right. Emanuel doesn't seem phased though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Booger throws an off balance right hand
and Emanuel counters with a low kick, right behind Booger 's knee.
That kick from Emanuel tenderised Booger's leg. Booger is trying to keep his angry face on.
Emanuel scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Booger doesn't seem bothered though.
Booger takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Emanuel scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Emanuel throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Booger on the side of the head.
Emanuel slips a straight right by Booger.
Booger misses with a straight left.
Booger misses with a few strikes there.
Emanuel throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Booger's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Booger looks to score with a jab to the body but Emanuel is just out of range.
Matthew Emanuel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Emanuel moves out of range as Booger strikes.
Emanuel throws a body punch but Booger moves out of range.
Emanuel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Booger.
Emanuel slips a straight right by Booger.
Emanuel wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Emanuel ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Booger misses the target.
Booger closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Booger closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Emanuel connects with a right hand. Booger shakes it off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Booger connects with a right hand. Emanuel shakes it off.
Booger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Emanuel moves away.
Booger is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Emanuel.
Emanuel is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A lazy left from Emanuel finds it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Emanuel misses.
Booger takes a jab right on the kisser.
Booger tries to bum rush Emanuel with a series of wild strikes but Emanuel uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice defenses there by Emanuel.
Matthew Emanuel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Booger ducks under a wild hook from Emanuel.
Booger tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Emanuel swivels and escapes.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Emanuel misses.
Booger's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Emanuel connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Booger scrambles back to his feet.
Emanuel wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Emanuel lands with a thumping leg kick.
Booger throws a series of punches but Emanuel avoids them all with ease.
Emanuel lands with an overhand left.
Emanuel displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A thudding body kick lands there by Emanuel!
Booger looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Emanuel scoring well with a low kick there.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Emanuel. Those never looked like landing.
Emanuel walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Booger looks to score with a jab to the body but Emanuel is just out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Emanuel.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Booger shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Booger swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Booger loads up on a big right hand but Emanuel slips the punch.
Booger misses with a series of wild punches.
Emanuel scores with a leg kick.
Emanuel with a hook.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Booger gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Emanuel counters with a right hand to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Booger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Booger takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Emanuel connects with a body shot.
Emanuel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Booger paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Emanuel lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Booger shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Emanuel sprawls well. Emanuel wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Booger gets slowly back to his feet.
Emanuel lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Emanuel lands a jab to the head.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Booger misses with an uppercut
and Emanuel counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Booger takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Emanuel lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Booger takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Emanuel fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Emanuel tries to close the distance and clinch but Booger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Emanuel throws a nice head kick!
Emanuel looks to land a right hand but Booger moved out of range.
Booger shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Emanuel defends it nicely.
Emanuel lands a nice looking body shot.
Matthew Emanuel is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Booger throws a right hand that Emanuel ducks under and follows up with a left that Emanuel also avoids with ease.
Booger looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A slow jab from Booger misses its intended target.
Booger tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Emanuel swivels and escapes.
Emanuel clinches.
Booger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Emanuel blocks an uppercut.
Chris Booger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Booger wants to take the fight to the mat but Emanuel manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Emanuel lands with a right to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Booger blocks an elbow strike.
A bit of stalling here from Emanuel.
Emanuel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matthew Emanuel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Emanuel has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Matthew Emanuel!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Matthew Emanuel!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Matthew Emanuel!
Matthew Emanuel wins by unanimous decision!
Matthew Emanuel opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Athrun Zala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taylor Reade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zala comes into the arena with Drowning Pool - Bodies blaring out of the sound system. Athrun Zala has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Athrun Zala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Taylor Reade!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Sano and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zala throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Reade's waist but Reade gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Zala off to one side.
A solid leg kick lands there for Reade.
Reade throws a front kick that sends Zala stumbling back into the cage.
Zala is breathing heavily.
Zala takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Reade lands a jab to Zala's midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reade buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Reade cracks Zala with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Reade has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Zala to stand back up!
It looks like Athrun Zala has been cut.
Zala switches off momentarily and Reade cracks him with a monster right hand! Zala topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Reade dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Reade!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Taylor Reade!
Taylor Reade seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Miguel delos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Horato Muchada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Muchada is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Duran Duran - Ordinary World. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Miguel delos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Horato Muchada!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A right-left combo lands from delos Santos.
Muchada fakes a jab and throws a low kick but delos Santos checks it well.
Some wild striking there from delos Santos.
delos Santos works Muchada's body with a nice hook.
delos Santos throws a right and a left that Muchada avoids nicely.
delos Santos misses with a wild combination.
delos Santos throws a right hand that Muchada ducks under and follows up with a left that Muchada also avoids with ease.
delos Santos takes a kick to the side of the head.
delos Santos stalks Muchada and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Muchada's face. Muchada staggers backwards, shaken.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Muchada - that will leave a mark!
delos Santos throws a series of punches but Muchada avoids them all with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
delos Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
delos Santos throws a right and a left that Muchada avoids nicely.
Muchada misses with an uppercut.
Muchada looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Muchada lands with a kick to the temple. delos Santos shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
It looks like Miguel delos Santos has been cut.
Muchada doesn't manage to clinch there - delos Santos circles away.
delos Santos takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
delos Santos tries to bum rush Muchada with a series of wild strikes but Muchada uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
delos Santos rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Muchada counters with a nice low kick that buckles delos Santos's knee momentarily.
delos Santos throws a hook to the side of Muchada's head but Muchada sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muchada fails with an attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from delos Santos.
delos Santos tries to move into range but Muchada moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
delos Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Muchada lunges at delos Santos with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by delos Santos's hand.
Muchada tries a head kick but it misses.
Muchada is looking to clinch.
Muchada takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
delos Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
delos Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Muchada moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
delos Santos throws a combination that misses
and Muchada counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Muchada tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Muchada misses with a leg kick.
Muchada scoring well with a low kick there.
delos Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
delos Santos circles away from the clinch attempt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Muchada.
delos Santos is breathing heavily.
Muchada misses with a leg kick.
Muchada scores with a head kick.
Muchada misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muchada swings away with a leg kick that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
delos Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
delos Santos moves out of range of the body kick from Muchada.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by delos Santos!
Miguel delos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
delos Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice shot lands for Muchada.
Muchada goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
delos Santos fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
delos Santos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Muchada counters with a slapping leg kick.
Muchada lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
delos Santos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
delos Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Muchada.
delos Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Muchada connects with an inside leg kick.
Muchada scores with a leg kick.
delos Santos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Muchada lands with a slapping head kick.
Muchada throws a nice outside leg kick.
delos Santos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
delos Santos misses with a wild body shot.
delos Santos misses with a wild combination.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
delos Santos on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Muchada thuds his shin into the meat of delos Santos's side.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Muchada looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Muchada fails with an attempt to clinch.
Muchada clinches up against the cage.
Muchada throws an elbow that misses.
delos Santos blocks an elbow strike.
Muchada tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and delos Santos avoids it.
Muchada throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but delos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Muchada tries a knee to the head but delos Santos blocks it.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
delos Santos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Muchada tries to land knees in the clinch but delos Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Muchada.
Muchada is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Muchada looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Muchada stalling the fight.
Muchada using the Thai plumb to throw knees but delos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Muchada tries to land knees in the clinch but delos Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Muchada tries a knee to the head but delos Santos blocks it.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Muchada is trying to maintain a safe position but delos Santos gets an underhook and turns Muchada into the cage.
Muchada looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Muchada lands a good knee to the midsection. delos Santos won't want to take too many of those.
Muchada lands a nice elbow.
Muchada landing knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Muchada is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
delos Santos avoids a wild elbow strike from Muchada.
Muchada has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Muchada misses with a knee strike.
Muchada lands a hook to the side of the head.
Muchada landing knees to the head.
Muchada has delos Santos pushed against the cage.
delos Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Muchada throws a nice inside leg kick.
Muchada shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Muchada tries a head kick but it misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Muchada, right into the meat.
Muchada explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Muchada throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
delos Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
delos Santos on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Muchada keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Horato Muchada dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Miguel delos Santos's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
delos Santos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Muchada.
Muchada lands a nice leg kick that just misses delos Santos's sensitive parts.
delos Santos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Muchada can pounce on him.
Muchada ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
delos Santos throws a right hand that Muchada ducks under and follows up with a left that Muchada also avoids with ease.
delos Santos takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
delos Santos moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
delos Santos throws the left hand but Muchada avoids the punch easily.
Muchada lands a leg kick that knocks delos Santos off balance momentarily.
Muchada fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt delos Santos.
Horato Muchada seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Muchada.
Muchada ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Muchada throws a series of strikes that have delos Santos backpedaling.
delos Santos has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Muchada.
delos Santos throws a right hand that Muchada ducks under and follows up with a left that Muchada also avoids with ease.
Muchada throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
delos Santos throws a right and a left that Muchada avoids nicely.
delos Santos takes one on the button.
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!
A thudding body kick lands there by Muchada!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Muchada!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Muchada. delos Santos shrugs it off though.
Muchada is looking to land body kicks.
Muchada tries a head kick but it misses.
Muchada is looking to clinch but delos Santos is avoiding it.
delos Santos takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Muchada - that will leave a mark!
Muchada goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
delos Santos is rocked!
A slapping leg kick lands for Muchada.
Oh delos Santos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Muchada moves into range and clinches up with delos Santos.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Muchada.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muchada throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but delos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Muchada comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
delos Santos will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Muchada prevents delos Santos from breaking the clinch.
Muchada tries a knee to the head but delos Santos blocks it.
Muchada with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
delos Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Muchada looking to throw knees to the head but delos Santos is blocking nicely.
Muchada throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but delos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Muchada misses with a knee to the head.
Muchada stalling against the cage.
Muchada misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from delos Santos.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muchada throws a knee to the head but misses.
Muchada tries to land knees in the clinch but delos Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
delos Santos blocks an elbow strike.
Muchada lands a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Muchada.
Muchada pushes off an throws an elbow but delos Santos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
delos Santos is trying to force a seperation but Muchada has the dominant position.
Muchada tries a knee to the head but delos Santos blocks it.
Muchada looks to throw an elbow but misses.
delos Santos seems to have got his legs back now.
delos Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
delos Santos is trying to force a seperation but Muchada has the dominant position.
Muchada has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Muchada comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Muchada is struggling to control the position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Muchada is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Muchada lands a right hand that snaps the head of delos Santos backwards.
delos Santos avoiding damage as Muchada throws knees to the body.
delos Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Muchada trying to land knees to the body.
delos Santos dodges an elbow strike from Muchada.
delos Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.
delos Santos blocks an elbow strike.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
delos Santos is looking to break free of the clinch but Muchada has double underhooks.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by delos Santos as Muchada tries to tie him up.
Muchada misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from delos Santos.
Muchada looking to slow down the pace here.
delos Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Muchada lands a leg kick that knocks delos Santos off balance momentarily.
Muchada looks to land a body kick but delos Santos moved away.
delos Santos throws a right hand that Muchada ducks under and follows up with a left that Muchada also avoids with ease.
Muchada dodges the punch combination from delos Santos.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Muchada takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Muchada throws a low kick but it's checked well by delos Santos.
Muchada keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Muchada looking to land some kicks to the body here.
delos Santos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Muchada.
Some wild striking there from delos Santos.
Muchada tries to work over delos Santos's front leg with a kick but delos Santos checks it.
delos Santos throws a body punch but Muchada moves out of range.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Muchada tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Muchada tries to clinch but delos Santos is having none of it.
Muchada drives through and clinches with delos Santos against the cage.
Muchada pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Muchada trying to land knees to the body.
Muchada lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Muchada is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Muchada tries to work over delos Santos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Muchada lands with a light punch inside.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Muchada misses with a knee to the head.
Muchada throws an elbow that misses.
Muchada with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Muchada tries to land a knee to the head but delos Santos blocks with his arms.
delos Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Muchada.
Muchada with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
delos Santos tries to circle away but Muchada has him pinned against the cage.
Horato Muchada seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Muchada throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
delos Santos blocks the elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
delos Santos manages to break the clinch.
Muchada wants to clinch up but delos Santos keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Horato Muchada showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Miguel delos Santos's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, 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.
delos Santos throws a series of punches but Muchada moves out of range.
Muchada misses with a jab, cross combination.
delos Santos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Muchada counters with a flying knee. Nice.
delos Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A nice inside leg kick there by Muchada. That's going to slow delos Santos down.
Muchada closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Muchada struggles to land a body shot inside as delos Santos controls his hands.
Muchada looking to throw knees to the head but delos Santos is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
delos Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Muchada.
Muchada takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Muchada tries to land knees in the clinch but delos Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Muchada tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
delos Santos avoids a wild elbow strike from Muchada.
Stalling in the clinch from Muchada.
delos Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
delos Santos manages to break the clinch.
delos Santos throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Muchada stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
delos Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
delos Santos avoids a kick to the body.
An inside leg kick from Muchada misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
delos Santos fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A punch combination from delos Santos misses.
delos Santos checks the leg kick.
Muchada with a body punch. A glancing blow.
delos Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
delos Santos lands with a nice combination. Muchada backs away looking to recover.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Muchada throws a chopping leg kick but delos Santos manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Miguel delos Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Muchada uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from delos Santos.
A nice inside leg kick there by Muchada. That's going to slow delos Santos down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muchada throws a nice inside leg kick.
A jab from Muchada finds it's way through delos Santos's defenses.
No joy there for delos Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Both fighters circling a little - Muchada finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
delos Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Muchada circles away quickly and effectively.
Muchada fakes the leg kick and cracks delos Santos in the body.
Muchada connects with an inside leg kick.
Muchada feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to delos Santos's calf.
Muchada with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muchada throws a body kick that misses.
Muchada attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Muchada, right into the meat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
delos Santos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Muchada throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Muchada throws a nice outside leg kick.
Muchada jabs at delos Santos's body.
A good leg kick by Muchada.
That kick from Muchada tenderised delos Santos's leg. delos Santos is trying to keep his angry face on.
delos Santos has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Muchada.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Muchada lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Muchada scores with a leg kick.
Muchada thumps delos Santos with a low kick.
Muchada is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
delos Santos takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
delos Santos avoids a kick to the body.
Muchada tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
delos Santos swinging wildly here.
Muchada connects with an inside leg kick.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Muchada has taken the fight to the clinch.
Muchada crunches a lovely knee into delos Santos's ribcage.
Muchada looking to stall.
delos Santos can't break the clinch.
Muchada lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Muchada is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. delos Santos is defending well for now.
Muchada misses with a knee strike.
Muchada throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Muchada lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Muchada throws a punch but it's blocked by delos Santos.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
delos Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Muchada lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Muchada.
delos Santos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Muchada trying to land knees to the body.
delos Santos is trying to break the clinch but Muchada has him pressed against the cage.
Muchada misses with a knee strike.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
delos Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Muchada throws an elbow but it's blocked.
delos Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by delos Santos!
delos Santos misses with a wild combination.
delos Santos jabs Muchada right on the nose. Muchada blinks but takes it well.
Muchada throws the kick towards the body but delos Santos avoids it.
delos Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Muchada.
Muchada wants to clinch.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Muchada connects with a high kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Muchada looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Miguel delos Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Muchada clinches up with delos Santos and pushes him back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Muchada stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Muchada unloads a knee to the mid-section. delos Santos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that's the end of the fight!
Horato Muchada comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Muchada has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Horato Muchada!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Horato Muchada!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Horato Muchada!
Horato Muchada wins by unanimous decision!
Horato Muchada made sure to mention his sponsor, [CBK] The Smashwear Corporation in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Craig Freese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randal Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Craig Freese has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Craig Freese!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Randal Stevens!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Freese throws a right and a left that both miss.
Freese misses the body punch
and Stevens makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Stevens on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Freese bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stevens swings for the body but Freese moves out of range.
Stevens chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Freese can pounce on him.
Freese takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Stevens ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Freese throws a quick inside leg kick.
Freese scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Freese lands with a thumping leg kick.
Freese jabs Stevens to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Freese misses with a wild body shot.
Stevens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Freese.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens moves out of range of the body kick from Freese.
Freese misses with the combination.
Freese gets tackled into the cage by Stevens. Stevens maintains the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Freese.
Stevens misses with a punch to the body.
Freese's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Freese prevents a body shot from Stevens.
The referee is keeping an eye on Stevens - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Stevens has Freese pressed against the cage, preventing Freese from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Freese taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Freese wants to get back to striking at distance but Stevens won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freese breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Freese throws out a powerful jab.
Freese thuds his shin into the meat of Stevens's side.
Stevens wants to clinch.
Freese turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Freese goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice straight punches there by Freese. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Freese.
Stevens uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Freese.
Stevens fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Freese manages to avoid it.
Stevens thows a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freese throws a half hearted mid kick.
Freese lands an overhand right.
Craig Freese is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Freese thows a leg kick but Stevens checks it
enabling Stevens to counter with a crisp jab.
Freese misses with an attempted mid kick.
Stevens connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Freese's hands.
Freese connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Freese scores with a body shot.
Freese comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Freese throws a head kick that half lands.
Stevens instigates a clinch.
Stevens wants a takedown.
Stevens tries to work over Freese's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stevens letting Freese take a breather here.
Freese blocks an uppercut.
Stevens throws a head punch that misses.
Stevens effectively controlling the action here.
Freese blocking some punches.
Freese wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stevens has him pressed against the cage.
Freese tries to break free but Stevens pushes him back against the cage.
Stevens tries to throw a body punch but Freese avoids it by throwing Stevens back against the cage.
Stevens doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Freese is trying to force a seperation but Stevens has the dominant position.
A short right from Stevens on the inside.
Stevens tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Stevens tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Freese's elbow.
Stevens lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Freese backwards.
Freese stalling.
Stevens misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stevens tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stevens misses with a hook to the ribs.
Freese blocks a body shot from Stevens.
Freese is trying to force a seperation but Stevens has the dominant position.
Stevens tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Freese looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Freese looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Stevens misses with a punch to the body.
Stevens throws a punch but it's blocked by Freese.
Freese blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Freese is looking to break free of the clinch but Stevens has double underhooks.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Stevens goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stevens.
Freese manages to break the clinch.
Freese works Stevens's body with a nice hook.
Freese is looking to chop away at Stevens's legs.
Stevens drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Stevens lands a nice looking body shot.
Freese throws an overhand right that lands on Stevens's shoulder, as Stevens tries to avoid the shot.
Freese lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Freese fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Stevens is out of range.
Freese throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stevens is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Freese rather than just go for the knockout.
Freese throws a right hand that Stevens ducks under and follows up with a left that Stevens also avoids with ease.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Freese scores with a push kick.
Stevens checks a low kick from Freese.
Freese throws a hook but Stevens avoids it easily.
Stevens changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Craig Freese seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stevens takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Freese throws a leg kick that misses.
Stevens keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Freese.
Stevens throws a body punch but Freese moves out of range.
Freese lands with a thumping leg kick.
Freese moves into range and connects with a jab.
Stevens keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Freese.
Stevens lands a head shot.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Freese blocks a jab.
Freese fakes the leg kick and cracks Stevens in the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stevens doesn't manage to clinch there - Freese circles away.
Freese cracks Stevens with a right hand to the side of the head.
Freese throws a right hand that Stevens ducks under and follows up with a left that Stevens also avoids with ease.
Freese tries to work over Stevens's front leg with a kick but Stevens checks it.
Freese misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stevens.
Freese feints and then cracks Stevens's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Stevens down.
The crowd cheers as Stevens lands an impressive looking overhand right. Freese doesn't seem phased though.
Freese throws a low kick but Stevens moves out of range easily.
The crowd cheers as Freese lands an impressive looking overhand right. Stevens doesn't seem phased though.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Freese uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Stevens has time to react.
Stevens tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Freese slips under a jab from Stevens.
Freese lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Freese dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stevens. That did some damage!
Stevens lands with a right hand.
Stevens moves out of range as Freese throws a body kick.
Stevens throws a lazy right hand but Freese sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice inside leg kick there by Freese. That's going to slow Stevens down.
Stevens tries to clinch but Freese moves out of range.
Freese thumps Stevens with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Craig Freese dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Freese turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Freese with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Stevens to score with a decent uppercut.
Freese missing with a left hand there. Stevens was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stevens's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Freese rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Stevens counters with a nice body shot.
Stevens fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stevens moves in looking to clinch but Freese pushes him off.
Freese lands a really nice looking cross but Stevens seems unphased.
Freese scores with a crisp jab that stopped Stevens in his tracks.
Freese throws a nice inside leg kick.
Freese throws a leg kick that misses.
Freese misses the shot to the body.
Freese scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Freese.
A nice leg kick lands there from Freese.
Stevens chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Freese can pounce on him.
Freese buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Freese throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Freese finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Freese thuds his right hand into Stevens's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Stevens throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Freese throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Freese thows a body shot but no joy.
Freese lets loose with a powerful body kick. Stevens will feel that in the morning.
Stevens is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Stevens.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Stevens.
Freese throws a solid leg kick but Stevens takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Freese.
Stevens takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stevens tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Freese manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Freese looks to land a body kick but Stevens moved away.
Freese throws a leg kick which misses Stevens's front leg but catches the back leg as Stevens tries to avoid it.
Freese is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stevens can do to turn this around?
Stevens takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Freese fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Stevens on the side of the head.
Craig Freese is winning the standup battle so far.
Stevens takes one to the chin there.
Stevens throws an overhand right that lands on Freese's shoulder, as Freese tries to avoid the shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevens checks a leg kick nicely.
Nice straight punches there by Freese. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Freese.
Stevens is rocked!
Stevens has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Stevens there as he acknowledges the shot.
Stevens is still on wobbly legs! Can Freese finish him?
Stevens throws a lazy right hand but Freese sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stevens shoots in looking for a takedown but Freese manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Stevens's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Stevens throws a right hand that misses
and Freese counters with a nice low kick that buckles Stevens's knee momentarily.
Freese pounces like a tiger and cracks Stevens with a vicious hook! Stevens is down but not out! Freese follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Craig Freese!
Craig Freese retains his welterweight title!
Craig Freese decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wayde Andazola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Bruso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andazola's entrance music is Airbourne - Bottom Of The Well. A fine choice. Bruso has chosen Helena as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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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
19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wayde Andazola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Bruso!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Sosuke Kotani and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andazola misses with a kick to the body
letting Bruso counter with a right hand.
Bruso scores with a decent looking hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Andazola misses the target.
Wayde Andazola seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bruso throws a front kick that sends Andazola stumbling back into the cage.
Andazola throws a right and a left that Bruso avoids nicely.
Bruso takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Andazola misses with a body punch
and Bruso counters with a nice uppercut.
Bruso throws a right hand that misses
and Andazola counters with a body kick.
Andazola throws a right and a left that Bruso avoids nicely.
Bruso takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Andazola throws a shot from downtown. Bruso moves away and avoids it.
Andazola shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Andazola pushes Bruso away with a front kick.
Bruso looks gassed!
Bruso throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bruso shoots in for a takedown but Andazola shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andazola is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bruso pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Bruso looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Andazola wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bruso has him pressed against the cage.
Good body shot from Andazola.
Andazola scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Andazola scores with a hook to the body.
Andazola makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bruso blocks a body shot from Andazola.
A right handed body shot lands from Andazola.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short uppercut from Andazola.
It looks like Thomas Bruso has been cut.
Andazola lands with a light punch inside.
Andazola lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Andazola lands an uppercut.
Andazola jumps guard and drags Bruso to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Andazola wants to sweep here but Bruso controlling him for the moment.
Bruso loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andazola is striking from the bottom but Bruso uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Bruso working the head and body with strikes.
Bruso missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Andazola might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bruso throwing shots but Andazola is blocking nicely.
Bruso prevents Andazola from improving his position.
Bruso has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bruso blocks the strikes from Andazola.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bruso lands a nice short elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andazola is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Bruso jumps into side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bruso connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Andazola some visible discomfort.
Bruso with the ground and pound but Andazola regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bruso thows a huge punch but Andazola dodges it nicely.
Bruso with the ground and pound but Andazola uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Bruso throws a strike but Andazola rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Bruso not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bruso manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Bruso dominating with strikes here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bruso lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bruso throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Bruso landing punches.
Andazola is in a horrible position here. Bruso smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Andazola is rocked!
Bruso postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Andazola is out cold - huge knockout for Bruso!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Thomas Bruso!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Waru Kuzuri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Sylva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sylva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bulletproof kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Waru Kuzuri has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Waru Kuzuri!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Scott Sylva!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuzuri pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sylva fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kuzuri on the side of the head.
Sylva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kuzuri uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sylva.
A head kick misses from Sylva.
Kuzuri finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kuzuri takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kuzuri looks to land a body kick but Sylva moved away.
Kuzuri throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Sylva.
Kuzuri misses with a looping left.
Kuzuri works Sylva's body with a nice hook.
Sylva fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kuzuri tries to move into range but Sylva moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuzuri on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Kuzuri uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sylva.
Sylva keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sylva misses with a body punch
and Kuzuri counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Kuzuri lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sylva doesn't seem phased though.
Kuzuri looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kuzuri rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sylva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sylva checks a leg kick nicely.
Sylva swings for the body but Kuzuri moves out of range.
Sylva scores with a body shot.
Kuzuri lands an overhand right.
Kuzuri on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sylva throws a hook to the side of Kuzuri's head but Kuzuri sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kuzuri misses with a low kick.
Kuzuri throws the kick towards the body but Sylva avoids it.
Kuzuri delivers a nice body kick.
Sylva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kuzuri was well out of range. Poor timing from Sylva.
Sylva is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kuzuri rather than just go for the knockout.
Sylva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kuzuri takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sylva throws a body punch but Kuzuri moves out of range.
Scott Sylva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kuzuri slips a jab and a cross from Sylva.
Kuzuri throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Kuzuri throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sylva counters with a body kick that stops Kuzuri in his tracks momentarily.
Sylva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kuzuri.
Sylva misses with a shot to the body
and Kuzuri counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kuzuri lands a slapping body shot.
Nice jab there from Sylva.
Kuzuri getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sylva dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kuzuri with a hook.
Sylva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kuzuri misses with a jab to the body
letting Sylva counter with a right hand.
It looks like Waru Kuzuri has been cut.
Kuzuri avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sylva throws a body punch but Kuzuri moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sylva lands with a kick to the ribs.
Sylva has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sylva throws a push kick but Kuzuri slaps the foot to one side.
Sylva misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sylva misses with a body shot
and Sylva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kuzuri tests Sylva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kuzuri misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sylva throws a sloppy head kick and Kuzuri moves out of range easily.
Sylva ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kuzuri cracks the inside of Sylva's front leg.
Kuzuri walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sylva thows a body shot but no joy.
Sylva throws a body punch but Kuzuri moves out of range.
Kuzuri's corner calls for a 1-2. Kuzuri obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kuzuri scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sylva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kuzuri can pounce on him.
Kuzuri throws the kick towards the body but Sylva avoids it.
Sylva takes a swing at Kuzuri's ribcage but misses.
Kuzuri misses with a leg kick
and Sylva counters with a nice body shot.
Kuzuri misses with a low kick.
Kuzuri misses with a body shot.
Kuzuri works Sylva's body with a nice hook.
Kuzuri throws a series of punches but Sylva avoids them all with ease.
Sylva misses with a body shot
and Kuzuri counters with a leg kick.
Kuzuri misses with a leg kick
and Sylva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jab from Sylva.
Sylva misses with a body shot.
Kuzuri will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kuzuri throws a lazy body kick
and Sylva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kuzuri throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kuzuri blocks the body kick.
Kuzuri is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kuzuri swings for the body but Sylva moves out of range.
Sylva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kuzuri.
Kuzuri throws a body kick that misses.
Kuzuri just misses with a punch to the body.
Kuzuri missing with a left hand there. Sylva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A solid body kick from Sylva.
Sylva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sylva walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sylva misses with a kick to the body.
Kuzuri slips a jab from Sylva.
Sylva scores with a nice right hand.
Kuzuri tests Sylva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sylva. Kuzuri does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kuzuri uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sylva.
Kuzuri tries to bum rush Sylva with a series of wild strikes but Sylva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kuzuri throws a lazy right hand but Sylva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sylva misses with a body shot.
Kuzuri ducks under a wild hook from Sylva.
Kuzuri ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sylva moves away.
Sylva avoids a punch combination nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sylva throws a body punch but Kuzuri moves out of range.
Kuzuri fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kuzuri takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sylva. Kuzuri does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sylva throws a body punch but Kuzuri moves out of range.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kuzuri lands with a kick to the ribs.
Sylva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kuzuri.
Kuzuri uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sylva.
Kuzuri lands with a nice body kick.
Sylva lands a head shot.
Sylva lands a right hook to the body.
Sylva tries a head kick but it misses.
Sylva misses with a hook. Kuzuri ducked under it nicely.
Kuzuri comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kuzuri darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A jab from Sylva finds it's way through Kuzuri's defenses.
A jab lands there for Kuzuri.
Sylva misses with a wild body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Kuzuri. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kuzuri.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sylva cracks Kuzuri with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kuzuri scores with a jab. Sylva acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kuzuri lands with a cross.
Sylva misses with a wild body shot.
Kuzuri is looking to slow Sylva down with leg kicks.
Kuzuri feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sylvas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sylva is rocked!
Sylva gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Kuzuri gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Sylva is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Waru Kuzuri!
Waru Kuzuri retains his bantamweight title!
Waru Kuzuri really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that [CBK] The Smashwear Corporation logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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