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AJFC 122: Belanger vs. Cage PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kazuushi Sakuraba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Captain Caveman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sakuraba comes to the cage accompanied by Wax Tailor feat. The Others . Caveman has chosen Captain Caveman Intro as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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175 lbs
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Dangerous GnP
Solid Muay Thai
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazuushi Sakuraba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Captain Caveman!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakuraba throws a head kick that misses.
Caveman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sakuraba throws a body kick that misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Caveman misses the target.
Sakuraba blocks a jab.
Nice body punch from Caveman.
Kazuushi Sakuraba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Caveman scores with a punch to the head.
Sakuraba throws a head kick but Caveman moves out of range.
Caveman swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Caveman scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sakuraba throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Caveman bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sakuraba's head.
Sakuraba looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Caveman is looking to clinch.
Sakuraba staying out of range there.
Sakuraba tries to land a front kick but Caveman steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sakuraba lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Caveman misses with an uppercut.
Sakuraba avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakuraba is looking to chop away at Caveman's legs.
A big right from Caveman misses.
Caveman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sakuraba moves away.
Caveman misses the jab.
Sakuraba throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Caveman.
Caveman throws out a leg kick but Sakuraba moves out of range and Caveman only half commits.
Sakuraba takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sakuraba misses with a low kick.
Caveman blocks a leg kick.
Sakuraba throws the kick towards the body but Caveman avoids it.
Sakuraba slips under a jab from Caveman.
Sakuraba looks to land a body kick but Caveman moved away.
Sakuraba walks into a left hand.
A head kick misses from Sakuraba.
Sakuraba misses with a low kick as Caveman jumps back.
Captain Caveman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sakuraba looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caveman scores with a nice head shot.
Caveman throws a leg kick but Sakuraba moved away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sakuraba.
Sakuraba moves away from the strike by Caveman.
Sakuraba is looking to chop away at Caveman's legs.
Caveman thuds a left hand into Sakuraba's body.
Caveman avoids a kick to the body.
Caveman throws a looping overhand right but Sakuraba ducks down to avoid it.
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!
Caveman throws the left hand but Sakuraba avoids the punch easily.
Caveman blocks a leg kick.
Caveman connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Some wild striking there from Sakuraba.
Sakuraba shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sakuraba showed some decent athleticism there.
Sakuraba seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Caveman does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caveman trying to control from the bottom.
Caveman tries to kick Sakuraba off but Sakuraba keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Caveman is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Sakuraba lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Well, if Sakuraba is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Sakuraba prevents Caveman from improving his position.
Sakuraba throwing shots but Caveman is blocking nicely.
Sakuraba passes to side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Caveman will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Caveman tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sakuraba wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Sakuraba in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Caveman struggling a bit here.
Caveman might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Sakuraba kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Caveman pushes Sakuraba away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Sakuraba gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Sakuraba is trying to get an arm triangle but Caveman is defending well.
Caveman is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba working away.
Sakuraba looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Caveman is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sakuraba tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sakuraba creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Sakuraba trying to control the action but Caveman is working from the bottom.
Sakuraba fails to land a wild elbow strike.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Sakuraba wants to control but Caveman is keeping him busy.
Caveman struggling a bit here.
Sakuraba postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Caveman struggling a bit here.
Sakuraba is trying to ground and pound but Caveman uses the momentary lack of control by Sakuraba to regain half guard.
Caveman is trying to stand back up but Sakuraba is controlling him
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Caveman keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Caveman controlling the position for now.
Caveman has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sakuraba is working away from the top position though.
Sakuraba working over Caveman with some ground and pound. Caveman looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Caveman wants to control but Sakuraba is keeping busy.
Sakuraba passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Caveman!
Caveman bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba wants to get back to his feet but Caveman is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Sakuraba has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sakuraba is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sakuraba had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Caveman defends it easily.
Sakuraba has his foot on Caveman's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Caveman works his way back into a safe position though.
Sakuraba seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Sakuraba has a closed guard, preventing Caveman from standing up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sakuraba is trying to control the position but Caveman postures up.
Caveman trying to control but Sakuraba is working from the bottom.
Caveman is looking to stand up but Sakuraba won't let him.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sakuraba tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Caveman getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sakuraba has closed the distance and engaged Caveman in a clinch.
Caveman tries to work over Sakuraba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Caveman with a knee to the head.
Caveman avoiding damage as Sakuraba throws knees to the body.
Sakuraba has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Caveman is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A short right from Caveman on the inside.
Caveman lands a knee to the head.
Sakuraba blocks an uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A knee to the head by Sakuraba.
Caveman throws a punch but it's blocked by Sakuraba.
Sakuraba avoiding damage as Caveman throws knees to the body.
Caveman misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Kazuushi Sakuraba will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Sakuraba shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Caveman pushes Sakuraba off looking to stand but Sakuraba dives back in and keeps control.
Caveman gets back to full guard.
Caveman really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sakuraba. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sakuraba not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Sakuraba tries to free his leg and advance position but Caveman is retaining full guard.
Sakuraba postures up.
Caveman keeping moving, preventing Sakuraba from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Kazuushi Sakuraba wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Caveman looks to throw the jab but Sakuraba is out of range.
Kazuushi Sakuraba is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sakuraba throws a head kick that misses.
Caveman swats away the attempt to clinch by Sakuraba.
Caveman throws a body punch but Sakuraba moves out of range.
Caveman misses with a right hand
and Sakuraba counters by clinching up.
Sakuraba is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Caveman to keep the fight standing.
A short uppercut from Caveman.
Sakuraba on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sakuraba blocks an elbow strike.
Sakuraba throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Caveman blocks it with crossed arms.
Sakuraba is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Caveman is defending well for now.
Sakuraba jumps guard but Caveman turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Sakuraba avoids a wild elbow strike from Caveman.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caveman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sakuraba blocks an elbow strike.
Caveman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sakuraba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Caveman lands with a light punch inside.
Caveman is working Sakuraba over against the cage.
Caveman working aggressively here.
Caveman swings wildly with an uppercut but Sakuraba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sakuraba lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
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!
Caveman avoiding damage as Sakuraba throws knees to the body.
Caveman scores with a shot to the side of Sakuraba's head.
Caveman swings wildly with an uppercut but Sakuraba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Caveman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Caveman throws an elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba is trying to drag Caveman to the mat but Caveman just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kazuushi Sakuraba. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Caveman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sakuraba pulls guard.
Caveman stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sakuraba swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Caveman gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Caveman misses with an uppercut.
Sakuraba misses with a body shot.
Sakuraba looks to score with a jab to the body but Caveman is just out of range.
Sakuraba tries a head kick but it misses.
Caveman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sakuraba throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sakuraba fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caveman bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A slow jab from Caveman misses its intended target.
Caveman tries to close the distance and clinch but Sakuraba swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Caveman takes a swing at Sakuraba's ribcage but misses.
Caveman keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sakuraba ducks under a wild hook from Caveman.
Caveman blocks a head kick by Sakuraba.
Sakuraba tries to close the distance and clinch up but Caveman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Caveman avoids the body shot from Sakuraba.
Caveman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sakuraba manages to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sakuraba throws out a leg kick but Caveman moves out of range and Sakuraba only half commits.
A punch lands to the side of Caveman 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sakuraba throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Caveman.
Caveman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sakuraba sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Caveman keeps the fight on the outside.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Caveman tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A slow jab from Caveman misses its intended target.
Caveman connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Caveman tries to clinch but Sakuraba is having none of it.
Caveman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sakuraba doesn't manage to clinch there - Caveman circles away.
Sakuraba finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Caveman clobbers Sakuraba with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sakuraba throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Caveman.
Caveman darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Caveman misses with a hook to the body
and Sakuraba counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Caveman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sakuraba gets tackled into the cage by Caveman. Caveman maintains the clinch.
Sakuraba gets control of Caveman's arms and successfully pulls guard. Sakuraba will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Sakuraba wants to sweep here but Caveman controlling him for the moment.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
A head punch on the inside from Caveman fails to land.
Caveman scores a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sakuraba jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Caveman walks away with a smile on his face. Sakuraba gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Sakuraba goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Caveman lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Caveman throws a lazy right hand but Sakuraba sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sakuraba looks for the body kick but Caveman saw that one coming.
Caveman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sakuraba misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Caveman.
Caveman changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Caveman fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba moves out of range of the strikes.
Caveman cracks Sakuraba with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sakuraba is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Caveman tries to clinch but Sakuraba moves out of range.
Caveman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sakuraba manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Caveman throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Caveman clobbers Sakuraba with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sakuraba throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Sakuraba throws a nice looking combination but Caveman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Caveman getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Caveman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Caveman throws a hook to the side of Sakuraba's head but Sakuraba sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sakuraba has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sakuraba there as he acknowledges the shot.
Caveman throws a lazy right hand but Sakuraba sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sakuraba looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sakuraba wants to clinch.
Captain Caveman seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Caveman throws a body punch but Sakuraba moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Caveman.
Caveman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sakuraba displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Caveman throws out the jab.
Sakuraba throws a head kick but Caveman moves out of range.
Sakuraba throws a head kick but Caveman moves out of range.
Caveman throws an overhand right that lands on Sakuraba's shoulder, as Sakuraba tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sakuraba takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sakuraba moves out of range of the strikes.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Caveman tries to clinch but Sakuraba is having none of it.
Sakuraba misses with a low kick.
Sakuraba is looking to land body kicks.
Caveman misses with a looping right.
Caveman lands a nice looking body shot.
Caveman moves in looking to clinch but Sakuraba pushes him off.
A bone on bone clash there as Caveman blocks the leg kick.
Sakuraba lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Caveman circles away quickly and effectively.
Good work by Caveman as he checks the leg kick.
Caveman throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sakuraba on the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sakuraba tries to bum rush Caveman with a series of wild strikes but Caveman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Caveman tries to clinch up but Sakuraba circles away and keeps his distance.
Sakuraba is looking to clinch but Caveman is avoiding it.
Sakuraba thows a body shot but no joy.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Captain Caveman.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Captain Caveman!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Captain Caveman!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Captain Caveman!
Captain Caveman wins by unanimous decision!
Captain Caveman very nearly forgot to thank [CBK] Legal Highs ↑ 160Q STAMINA + ENERGY amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hideo Winters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slusken Musk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Winters comes to the cage accompanied by Power. The crowd seem to be enjoying Musk's choice of entrance music: Middle Class Rut - New Low. Hideo Winters has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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220 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hideo Winters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Slusken Musk!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Kenichi Hosakawa and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A bone on bone clash there as Musk blocks the leg kick.
Musk checks a leg kick.
Nice body kick from Winters.
Winters fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Winters tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Musk is able to avoid easily.
Winters tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Musk is able to avoid easily.
Musk takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Winters misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Musk throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Winters counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Winters stalling the fight.
Still in the clinch, Winters scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Winters creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Musk goes for a takedown attempt but Winters pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Winters lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Winters misses with a double jab.
Hideo Winters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Musk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Musk moves out of range as Winters throws a body kick.
A clash of legs there as Musk blocks the low kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Winters.
Winters lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Winters throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hideo Winters is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winters throws a series of punches but Musk avoids them all with ease.
Musk showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Winters.
Winters goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Musk misses with a takedown attempt - Winters sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Winters throws a right hand that Musk ducks under and follows up with a left that Musk also avoids with ease.
Winters lands with a nice body punch.
Winters scores with a nice strike.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Musk is defended easily by Winters.
Hideo Winters has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Slusken Musk.
Winters connects with a high kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winters cracks Musk with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Winters fakes the leg kick and cracks Musk in the body.
Musk shoots and misses
and Winters counters with a thumping low kick.
Musk on the wrong end of a nice hook.
An inside leg kick lands from Winters.
Winters lands with a nice body punch.
Musk looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Musk chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Winters can pounce on him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Winters. Musk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Winters throws a shot from downtown. Musk moves away and avoids it.
Winters lands a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Winters.
A slapping leg kick lands for Winters.
Winters stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Musk moves out of range of the body kick from Winters.
Musk takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Winters lands an overhand right.
Winters is looking to chop away at Musk's legs.
Winters goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Musk is rocked!
Musk takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Musk checks a leg kick.
Winters is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Musk shoots in looking for a takedown. Winters tries to sprawl out of it but Musk keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Winters manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A head kick misses from Winters.
Winters turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Winters.
Winters goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Winters swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Winters misses with a head kick.
Winters gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Winters is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Musk is controlling him.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Musk trying to control the position from guard on top but Winters is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Musk throwing strikes from guard but Winters blocks nicely.
Winters is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Winters avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Winters preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Musk trying to control the position from guard on top but Winters is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Winters 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.
Winters wants to stand but Musk is controlling the position.
Winters wants to sweep but no luck.
Musk trying to control the position from guard on top but Winters is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Winters misses with a combination
and Musk counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Musk looking to pass the guard.
Winters wants to get back to his feet but Musk is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Musk working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Musk looking to pass the guard.
Winters avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Musk throwing strikes from guard but Winters blocks nicely.
Winters knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Musk on the ground.
Musk working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Musk throwing strikes from guard but Winters blocks nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Musk works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Musk missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Winters wants to improve his position but Musk is controlling well.
Winters keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Musk missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Musk throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Musk working over Winters with some ground and pound. Winters looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Musk is taking a breather. Winters says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Musk works his foot free and advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hideo Winters dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Winters misses with a wild combination.
Musk looking to score a takedown here. Winters is defending well but Musk drives through and ends up in Winters's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Winters keeping moving, preventing Musk from controlling successfully.
Musk preventing the sweep.
Winters is pulling down on Musk's head to control his posture.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Musk's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Musk throwing strikes from guard but Winters blocks nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Winters avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Musk lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Musk wants to control from the top but Winters keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Musk lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Musk with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Musk throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Winters works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Musk trying to control the position from guard on top but Winters is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Winters wants to sweep but no luck.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Musk looking to pass the guard.
Winters 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.
Winters being controlled here, momentarily.
Musk passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Musk works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Check out the look on Musk's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winters is not content to let Musk control the position.
Musk controls the position.
Winters on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Winters tries to get out of the position.
Musk is looking to take a break and control but Winters is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Musk lands an elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Musk trying to control the action but Winters is working from the bottom.
Musk is trying to get an arm triangle but Winters is defending well.
The strikes coming from Musk are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Musk advances nicely into full mount.
Musk working the ground and pound effectively.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Musk landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Musk lands with some strikes.
Winters tries to lock up and control but Musk gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Winters is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Musk is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Musk throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Winters is squirming around, avoiding Musk's attempts to control the action.
Winters really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Winters tries to hold on but Musk postures up.
Musk throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Winters because Musk loaded up on that one.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Musk content just to control the position here.
Musk tries to control but Winters wriggling away.
Winters is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Musk misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Winters that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
It looks like Hideo Winters has been cut.
Musk thowing shots but they're missing.
A nice elbow there by Musk.
Winters tries to reverse the position but Musk maintains control.
Winters is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Winters taking shots to the head.
Hideo Winters's cut is getting worse.
Winters is in a horrible position here. Musk smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hideo Winters's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Musk sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Winters is in a horrible position here. Musk smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jeez, Hideo Winters's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Hideo Winters's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Slusken Musk!
Post fight, an emotional Slusken Musk said 'Thanks for my new Manager, because he prepares me to fight, for org and for my sponsor! '.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Luiz Gonzaga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diaz has chosen Look At Me Now as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Luiz Gonzaga has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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167 lbs
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165 lbs
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luiz Gonzaga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nick Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzaga changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Diaz tries to avoid it but Gonzaga manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Diaz to the ground. Diaz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Gonzaga scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
You can see the frustration on Diaz's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Gonzaga thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Gonzaga thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Diaz is looking for a sweep.
Gonzaga decides to stand back up. Gonzaga steps back and let's Diaz get back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz throws a good cross that connects.
Gonzaga closes this distance looking for a takedown but Diaz circles away.
Diaz connects with a crisp jab.
Gonzaga takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz throws a low kick but Gonzaga moves out of range easily.
Gonzaga on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Diaz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diaz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gonzaga.
Diaz misses with a wild combination.
Diaz is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gonzaga.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luiz Gonzaga. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Gonzaga.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzaga tries for a kimura but Diaz is defending well.
Gonzaga is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Diaz knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Diaz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gonzaga. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gonzaga is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Diaz knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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!
Diaz gets back to half guard.
Gonzaga passes the guard and advances to mount!
Gonzaga working for a submission but Diaz is keeping him at bay.
Diaz is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzaga mounts Diaz! Really nice guard pass there!
Diaz can't escape the position.
Gonzaga sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Gonzaga working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Diaz looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Gonzaga! Submission of the night perhaps?
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Luiz Gonzaga!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Coature (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aku Zoku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Coature comes to the cage accompanied by 8th and Blues. Aku Zoku will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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220 lbs
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220 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Randy Coature!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Aku Zoku!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Coature, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Coature misses with a low kick.
Zoku shoots for a takedown but Coature saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Coature fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zoku manages to avoid it.
Coature throws a low kick but it's checked well by Zoku.
Coature misses with a series of wild punches.
Zoku showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Coature.
Zoku has a takedown stuffed.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Coature.
Coature looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Zoku keeping hold of Coature's head, controlling as best he can.
Coature missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coature works his way into full mount!
Coature landing strikes from the mount and Zoku is in trouble!
Coature postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Zoku looks a forlorn figure.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zoku working to try and regain half guard.
Zoku holds on to Coature as tight as he can, avoiding damage.
Coature throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Coature trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Zoku avoids a series of strikes thrown by Coature.
Coature pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Coature throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Coature unloads with some shots from mount but Zoku bucks and avoids them well.
Coature throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Coature landing strikes from the mount.
Coature has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Zoku keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Zoku holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Coature tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Coature will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zoku is trying to escape the mount.
Coature scoring with strikes but Zoku is staying in there.
Coature throws some wild stikes that Zoku manages to avoid easily.
Zoku is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Coature connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Coature trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Coature thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Coature sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Coature! Zoku is hurt baaadly! Coature is firing away with more strikes - Zoku is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Randy Coature!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Randy Coature made sure he mentioned [CBK] Legal Highs ↑ 160Q STAMINA + ENERGY, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Fat Ronaldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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162 lbs
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169 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fat Ronaldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, David Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice sprawl there from Ronaldo as Morgan shoots in.
Morgan gets the takedown into side control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Ronaldo regains half guard.
Morgan is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Ronaldo looks like he's trying to stand up.
Morgan seems to be working for a kimura but Ronaldo defends the submission attempt.
Morgan trying to control the action but Ronaldo is working from the bottom.
Morgan might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Ronaldo kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronaldo kicks Morgan off and gets back to his feet.
Morgan throws a sloppy head kick
and Ronaldo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like David Morgan has been cut.
Some bone on bone action there as Morgan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Morgan misses with a takedown attempt
and Ronaldo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ronaldo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ronaldo scores with a jab to the head.
Ronaldo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Morgan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ronaldo throws out the jab.
Morgan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ronaldo as he jumps to the side.
Fat Ronaldo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Morgan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ronaldo throws out a loose jab but Morgan uses good head movement to avoid it.
David Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Morgan is rocked!
Morgan dives in and scores a takedown into Ronaldo's guard.
Morgan is still in real trouble! Can Ronaldo finish him?
Ronaldo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Morgan seems to have recovered his senses.
Ronaldo wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Morgan manages to pass to side control.
Morgan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Morgan is stalling here. Ronaldo is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Morgan seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Ronaldo has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Ronaldo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morgan keeps working.
Morgan manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morgan is not content to let Ronaldo control the position.
Morgan wants to improve his position but Ronaldo is controlling well.
Morgan is pressing down on Ronaldo's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Ronaldo has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ronaldo is working Morgan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ronaldo trying to stand up but can't free himself from Morgan's guard.
Ronaldo stands and steps away. Morgan gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Morgan bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Ronaldo avoids the head kick by Morgan.
Morgan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ronaldo circles away quickly and effectively.
Morgan has his takedown stuffed
and Ronaldo counters with a crisp one two that drops Morgan! Ronaldo thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Morgan to his feet! Morgan is in big trouble!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgan misses with an uppercut. Ronaldo saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Morgan throws a right and a left that Ronaldo avoids nicely.
Morgan looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Morgan looks gassed!
Morgan trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Ronaldo manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Ronaldo wanted to stand there but Morgan had control of the position.
Ronaldo wants to control from the top but Morgan keeps moving.
Morgan looking to control.
Ronaldo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Morgan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morgan has a closed guard, preventing Ronaldo from standing up.
Ronaldo trying to control but Morgan is working from the bottom.
Ronaldo is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Morgan looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Morgan keeping moving, preventing Ronaldo from controlling successfully.
Ronaldo is really struggling to control Morgan but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Morgan working for a triangle but Ronaldo defends it easily.
Ronaldo is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morgan has his feet on Ronaldo's thighs here. He's pushed Ronaldo off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Ronaldo screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). David Morgan!
David Morgan gave a mention to [CBK] Legal Highs ↑ 160Q STAMINA + ENERGY in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kenji Kuraba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthor Basilicus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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27
166 lbs
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29
165 lbs
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Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenji Kuraba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anthor Basilicus!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuraba stalks Basilicus and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Basilicus's face. Basilicus staggers backwards, shaken.
Basilicus scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kuraba lands with a good body shot.
Kuraba fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Basilicus throws a hook to the side of Kuraba's head but Kuraba sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Basilicus throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Kuraba.
Nice jab there from Kuraba.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuraba moves out of range as Basilicus throws a body kick.
Basilicus moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kuraba lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kuraba throws a series of punches but Basilicus moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuraba cracks Basilicus with an open hand slap.
Basilicus motions for Kuraba to come forward. Basilicus throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kuraba swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Basilicus defending well as Kuraba loads up on a big left hand.
Basilicus moves forwards but Kuraba connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Basilicus connects with a solid leg kick.
Kuraba misses with a wild body shot.
Basilicus throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Basilicus needs to keep his hands up - Kuraba had a free shot at his head there.
Kuraba fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Basilicus manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuraba fails to land with a series of punches.
Kuraba lands with a cross.
Kuraba has a takedown stuffed.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kuraba throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Basilicus.
Basilicus swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Basilicus is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Basilicus throws a low kick, looking for Kuraba's leg but Kuraba calmly moves out of range.
Basilicus thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kuraba throws a series of strikes that have Basilicus backpedaling.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuraba blocks a head kick by Basilicus.
Basilicus misses with a body kick.
Nice shot by Kuraba.
Some wild striking there from Kuraba.
Basilicus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A swing and a miss from Kuraba.
Kuraba throws a series of strikes that have Basilicus backpedaling.
Basilicus scoring well with a low kick there.
Basilicus drops his hands momentarily and Kuraba takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Basilicus lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kenji Kuraba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kuraba throws a jab but it's blocked by Basilicus.
Kuraba misses with a series of wild punches.
Kuraba misses with a combination
and Basilicus counters with a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kuraba throws a series of punches but Basilicus avoids them all with ease.
Kuraba takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kuraba throws a looping overhand right but Basilicus ducks down to avoid it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Basilicus.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kuraba misses with a hook. Basilicus ducked under it nicely.
Kuraba shoots in for a takedown but Basilicus shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenji Kuraba. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Basilicus uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kuraba.
Basilicus thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kuraba if he has to take too many more of those.
Anthor Basilicus is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Basilicus connects with a leg kick. Kuraba looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kuraba misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kuraba has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Basilicus.
Basilicus avoids a punch combination nicely.
A big right from Kuraba misses.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Basilicus moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Basilicus scores with a head kick.
It looks like Kenji Kuraba has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Basilicus throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Some wild striking there from Kuraba.
Kuraba misses with a straight right.
Basilicus tries to clinch there but Kuraba circles away.
Kuraba cracks Basilicus with a right hand to the side of the head.
A combination from Kuraba does no damage.
Kuraba shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Basilicus is trying to defend but Kuraba finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Basilicus kicks Kuraba off and gets back to his feet.
Kuraba is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Basilicus uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kuraba.
Kuraba misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Basilicus takes one to the side of the head.
Kuraba looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Kuraba shoots in looking for a takedown. Basilicus tries to sprawl out of it but Kuraba keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Basilicus manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Basilicus stuffs the takedown.
Kuraba tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Basilicus swivels and escapes.
Kuraba misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Basilicus.
Kuraba throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kuraba lands a jab-cross combination.
Basilicus moves out of range as Kuraba strikes.
Basilicus misses with a body kick.
Kuraba misses with a few strikes there.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kuraba throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Basilicus uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kuraba.
Kuraba will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Basilicus lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kuraba is breathing heavily.
Basilicus connects with a body shot that sends Kuraba's belly button to the back.
Kuraba tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kuraba throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Basilicus counters with a nice body kick.
Crunch! Basilicus slams his shin into Kuraba's torso.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Basilicus lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Kenji Kuraba will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kenji Kuraba'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.
A solid body kick from Basilicus.
Kuraba tries to bum rush Basilicus with a series of wild strikes but Basilicus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Basilicus misses with an uppercut. Kuraba saw that one coming.
Basilicus scores with a kick to the midsection.
Kuraba is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Basilicus fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Basilicus scores with a leg kick.
Basilicus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Basilicus.
Anthor Basilicus seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kuraba throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Basilicus counters with a good, hard body kick but Kuraba shrugs it off.
Kuraba swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Basilicus throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Basilicus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Basilicus connects with a solid leg kick.
Kuraba dives in and grabs Basilicus's left leg, looking for a takedown. Basilicus pushes down on Kuraba's head and hops out.
Basilicus lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kuraba takes a step back to recover.
Basilicus lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Basilicus moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kuraba on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Basilicus scores with a spinning back kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Basilicus pushes Kuraba away with a front kick.
Basilicus throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Kuraba takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Kuraba looks to throw the jab but Basilicus is out of range.
Kuraba on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Basilicus. Basilicus obviously looking to wear him down.
Basilicus throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kuraba's head.
Kuraba is rocked!
Basilicus is looking to slow Kuraba down with leg kicks.
Oh Kuraba is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Basilicus lands a brutal head kick. Kuraba looks out on his feet and Basilicus throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Anthor Basilicus!
Anthor Basilicus decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shinya Aokii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shinya Aokii has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruce Parker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinya Aokii!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Aokii with that takedown attempt.
Aokii has his takedown stuffed
and Parker counters with a takedown into side control.
Parker tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Parker is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Aokii is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Parker is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Aokii looks calm but he's in trouble here. Parker gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Aokii is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Parker lets go of the hold and Aokii can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bruce Parker!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Buck Nasty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mace Baars (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nasty comes to the cage accompanied by Dr. Dre- Kush. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Buck Nasty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mace Baars!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nasty blocks a leg kick.
Baars misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mace Baars seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nasty fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Baars swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Baars throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Baars takes a swing at Nasty's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Nasty darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Baars works Nasty's body with a nice hook.
Nasty tries to keep at a distance but Baars has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nasty lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Baars escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baars is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nasty.
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!
Baars misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nasty.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nasty tries to clinch but Baars is having none of it.
Baars tries to clinch up.
Baars swings widly with a right hand
and Nasty counters with a two punch combo.
Baars throws a jab when Nasty was well out of range.
Baars scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nasty doesn't seem bothered though.
Baars looks to score with a jab to the body but Nasty is just out of range.
Baars swings for the body but Nasty moves out of range.
Baars tries to bum rush Nasty with a series of wild strikes but Nasty uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nasty drives through and clinches with Baars against the cage.
Nasty has Baars pressed against the cage, preventing Baars from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Baars misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nasty tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baars misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nasty using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Baars has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Baars working aggressively here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nasty wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Baars lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nasty lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nasty working aggressively here.
Nasty breaks the clinch.
Baars takes a swing at Nasty's ribcage but misses.
Baars fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A big left from Nasty misses.
Nasty moves in looking to clinch but Baars pushes him off.
Baars misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nasty.
Nasty moves in looking to clinch but Baars pushes him off.
Nasty rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Baars moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nasty tries to clinch up but Baars circles away and keeps his distance.
Baars misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nasty.
Baars fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nasty doesn't manage to clinch there - Baars circles away.
Baars looks to score with a jab to the body but Nasty is just out of range.
A leg kick checked by Nasty.
A slow jab from Baars misses its intended target.
Baars finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nasty digs a good body shot into Baars's ribs.
Baars takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Baars throws a series of punches but Nasty avoids them all with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nasty will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nasty throws a predictable looking body shot
and Nasty takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nasty looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A left and a right from Nasty both land. Nice combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
No luck for Baars with that takedown attempt.
Nasty connects with a single shot there.
Baars avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nasty blocks the body kick.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Baars throws a right and a left that Nasty avoids nicely.
Baars gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nasty throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Baarss head.
Nasty scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short left from Nasty.
Nasty blocking some punches.
Baars tries to throw a body punch but Nasty avoids it by throwing Baars back against the cage.
Nasty dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Nasty breaks the clinch.
Baars avoids a punch combination nicely.
Baars is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Nasty rather than just go for the knockout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nasty's jab looks to have found its range, popping Baars under the eye.
Baars fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nasty manages to avoid it.
Baars swings away with a body shot that misses
and Nasty counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Baars showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nasty.
A shot to the liver by Nasty. Beautiful body shot.
Baars throws a lazy right hand but Nasty sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Decent striking displayed by Nasty there.
Baars tries to clinch there but Nasty circles away.
Baars tries to work over Nasty's front leg with a kick but Nasty checks it.
A head kick by Baars misses
letting Nasty counter with a right hand.
Baars dodges the punch combination from Nasty.
Baars fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nasty moves out of range as Baars strikes.
Baars lands a nice shot to the body.
Baars uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nasty.
Nasty throws a right and a left that Baars avoids nicely.
Nasty blocks a jab.
Nasty avoids the body shot from Baars.
A big right from Nasty misses.
Baars misses the jab.
Nasty wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice body punch from Nasty.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Baars fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Baars is looking to clinch.
Nasty has managed to clinch.
Nasty misses with a hook to the ribs.
Baars trying to stall but Nasty improves his position.
Baars misses with a knee to the head.
Baars has a couple of punches blocked by Nasty.
Baars breaks the clinch.
Nasty wants to clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nasty fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Baars tries to clinch but Nasty moves out of range.
Baars throws a big shot that misses.
Baars moves forwards but Nasty connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nasty throws a shot to the body.
Nasty with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nasty scores with a one two! Baars had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Baars takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nasty scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Baars tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nasty was well out of range. Poor timing from Baars.
Baars is looking to clinch but Nasty is avoiding it.
Nasty falls off balance throwing a combination
and Baars counters with a two punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Buck Nasty dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Baars fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nasty manages to avoid it.
Nasty connects with a body shot that sends Baars's belly button to the back.
Baars just misses with a punch to the body.
Baars jabs at Nasty's body.
Baars gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Baars avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nasty fails with an attempt to clinch.
Baars misses with a looping right.
Baars connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nasty momentarily.
Nasty moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nasty jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Baars misses with a wild body shot.
Baars lands with an uppercut that bounces Nasty off the cage and back into range.
Baars takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nasty throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nasty keeps the fight on the outside.
No joy there for Nasty, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Baars swings for the body but Nasty moves out of range.
Nasty is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Baars pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nasty is out of range and Baars settles back down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baars pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nasty is out of range and Baars settles back down.
Baars swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nasty counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nasty throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Baars throws a lazy right hand but Nasty sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nasty takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nasty throws a shot to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Nasty.
Baars is breathing heavily.
Baars shoots and misses
and Nasty counters with a head kick. That will keep Baars thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Nasty lands a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nasty dips to his left and cracks Baars with an uppercut!
Baars takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Baars thuds a left hand into Nasty's body.
Baars lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nasty circles away quickly and effectively.
Baars blocks a jab.
Baars tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nasty was well out of range. Poor timing from Baars.
Baars with a hook.
Baars swats away the attempt to clinch by Nasty.
Nasty keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nasty uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Baars.
Nasty staying out of range there.
Nasty lands a jab.
Baars gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nasty lands with a good body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nasty misses with a body kick.
Buck Nasty is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Baars misses with a body punch
and Nasty counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Baars thinking.
Baars misses with a few strikes there.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Baars misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nasty.
Baars throws a sloppy body shot
and Nasty counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Baars thinking.
Baars looks to land a combination but Nasty avoids it well.
Nasty throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nasty tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch lands to the side of Baars 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Baars misses with a two punch combination.
Baars throws a low kick but Nasty avoids it.
Nasty connects with a crisp jab.
Baars misses with a combination
and Nasty counters with a nice kick to the body.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nasty scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nasty connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Baars's hands.
Baars missing with a left hand there. Nasty was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nasty ducks under a wild hook from Baars.
Nasty fails in his attempt to clinch.
Baars shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Nasty eats them both and turns towards Baars to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Baars misses with a body shot.
Nasty keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Baars.
Nasty throws a hook but Baars blocks it.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nasty moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sloppy strikes from Nasty. Those never looked like landing.
Nasty avoids the body shot from Baars.
Baars throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Baars misses with a combination
and Nasty counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nasty lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Baars misses with a body shot.
Baars fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nasty manages to avoid it.
Baars moves out of range as Nasty strikes.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nasty's corner calls for a 1-2. Nasty obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nasty takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nasty connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Baars's hands.
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 jab from Nasty misses.
Nasty with a hook.
Nasty throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nasty throws a nice looking combination but Baars bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Baars has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nasty ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Baars throws a hook but Nasty avoids it easily.
Baars thuds a left hand into Nasty's body.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Nasty. That snapped Baars's head back.
A jab from Nasty finds it's way through Baars's defenses.
Baars fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Baars avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jab by Baars.
A bone on bone clash there as Nasty blocks the leg kick.
Mace Baars has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Baars throws a lazy right hand but Nasty sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nasty tries to close the distance and clinch but Baars swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nasty throws a left and a right that both miss
and Baars counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Buck Nasty showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nasty has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Buck Nasty!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Buck Nasty!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Buck Nasty!
Buck Nasty wins by unanimous decision!
Buck Nasty took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Balco Boys - Hilo for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Woohun Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicola Tesla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Woohun Do has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Woohun Do!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nicola Tesla!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tesla misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Do.
Tesla closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tesla lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Do creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tesla throws a punch but it's blocked by Do.
Tesla lands with a left to the head.
Tesla blocks an uppercut.
Tesla misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tesla misses with a punch to the body.
Do can't find room to land a body shot as Tesla controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Do.
Tesla throws a head punch that misses.
Tesla throws an elbow that misses.
Tesla's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tesla tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Do has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Tesla regains guard immediately.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Do throwing strikes but missing.
Do postures up in Tesla's guard and throws a big left but Tesla blocks it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Do loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tesla really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Do. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Do missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Do wants to pass the guard but Tesla is keeping the position.
Do working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Do will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Tesla has control of Do's left arm, preventing Do from doing any damage.
Do working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Do trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Do accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Do throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Do drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Do jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Do throws a big right hand that misses.
Tesla pulls Do in close to his closed guard and prevents Do from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tesla can't keep his opponent in guard - Do advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Do throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Do not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Do working over Tesla with some ground and pound. Tesla looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tesla is staying active underneath Do, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Do looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Tesla avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Do.
Do has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do with the ground and pound but Tesla uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Do postures up.
Do in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Do throwing strikes from guard but Tesla blocks nicely.
Do throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tesla works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tesla looking to control.
Do working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tesla keeping moving, preventing Do from controlling successfully.
Tesla keeping full guard, as Do tries to pass.
Do throwing strikes from guard but Tesla blocks nicely.
Do working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tesla working a defensive guard here.
Tesla keeping moving, preventing Do from controlling successfully.
Do throws a big right hand that misses.
Tesla keeping moving, preventing Do from controlling successfully.
Tesla has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Do gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Tesla throws a punch but it's blocked by Do.
Tesla prevents a body shot from Do.
Do is working for takedown but Tesla is calmly controlling the position for now.
Tesla misses with a hook from the clinch.
Do lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tesla blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tesla lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tesla just misses with a elbow thrown towards Do's brow.
Do changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tesla fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Tesla connects with a nice looking jab.
Tesla doesn't manage to clinch there - Do circles away.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Tesla thows a body shot but no joy.
Do gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Do blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Do swings wildly with an uppercut but Tesla uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tesla takes a shot to the head.
Tesla lands a knee to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tesla tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Do's elbow.
Do lands a nice shot to the body.
Tesla misses with a punch to the body.
Tesla blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tesla fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Do misses with a punch to the body.
Tesla letting Do take a breather here.
Tesla tries to work over Do's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tesla goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Tesla lands a right hand that snaps the head of Do backwards.
Tesla tries a body shot but Do blocks it.
Do misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tesla.
Tesla lands a right hand.
Tesla digs a right hand into Do's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Do's gas tank.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tesla.
Do misses with a body punch.
Tesla struggles to land a body shot inside as Do controls his hands.
Do trying to control the position but instead, Tesla has worked for underhooks and has pushed Do into the cage.
Do works on Tesla's body with a couple of short punches.
Do goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Do tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tesla avoids it.
Do avoids a wild elbow strike from Tesla.
Tesla throws an elbow that misses.
Do lands a knee to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Do working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tesla throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Do pushes Tesla back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Do lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tesla or not.
Do gets through Tesla's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Tesla.
Do breaks the clinch.
Tesla misses with a straight right.
Do slips under a jab from Tesla.
Jab by Tesla.
Do ducks under a wild hook from Tesla.
Tesla swings for the body but Do moves out of range.
Tesla tries to keep at a distance but Do has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Tesla throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Do goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tesla goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tesla is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Do is defending well for now.
Tesla lands a hook that snaps the head of Do backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Do.
Tesla throws a head punch that misses.
Tesla prevents a body shot from Do.
Tesla goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Do blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tesla lands with a light punch inside.
A short body shot lands from Tesla as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Do.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Do wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tesla has him pressed against the cage.
Do's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Do swings wildly with an uppercut but Tesla uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tesla lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Woohun Do will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. 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.
Do takes the fight into the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Do.
Do lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Tesla is looking to control Do's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Tesla avoid being mounted?
Do is looking to take a break and control but Tesla is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tesla is trying to maintain the position but Do is very close to passing his half guard.
Do is trying to control. Tesla wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Tesla trying to control from the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Do missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Do thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Do is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Tesla is just riding it out for now. Do eventually gives up the hold.
Woohun Do overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Do not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Do throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Tesla can do anything to dispel that myth.
Do missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Do not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Do missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Do thows a huge punch but Tesla dodges it nicely.
Tesla is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Do's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Do's back!
Tesla trying to control.
Do breaks Tesla's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do throws a big right hand that misses.
Do postures up in Tesla's guard and throws a big left but Tesla blocks it.
Do trying to control the position from guard on top but Tesla is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Do working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Tesla's head.
Do with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tesla utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Do throws a big elbow that misses.
Do is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Do content to stall in guard here.
Do lands a couple of elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tesla looking to control.
Do in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Do postures up in Tesla's guard and throws a big left but Tesla blocks it.
Do stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tesla swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tesla not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Nicola Tesla hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Do has closed the distance and engaged Tesla in a clinch.
Do working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice left hand lands by Do.
Woohun Do has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A right hand to the body from Do.
A short left from Tesla.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tesla throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Do avoids a wild elbow strike from Tesla.
A short left from Tesla.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Do struggles to land a body shot inside as Tesla controls his hands.
Do blocks a body shot from Tesla.
Tesla misses with a punch on the inside.
Tesla tries to throw a body punch but Do avoids it by throwing Tesla back against the cage.
Tesla tries a body shot but Do blocks it.
Tesla goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tesla swings wildly with an uppercut but Do uses good head movement to avoid it.
Do misses with a short punch on the inside.
Do is looking to control Tesla's arms but Tesla gets an underhook and turns him. Now Do has his back to the cage.
Tesla lands a hook that snaps the head of Do backwards.
Tesla misses with a punch to the body.
Tesla has a couple of punches blocked by Do.
Do trying to land knees to the body.
Tesla blocks a body shot from Do.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Tesla lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tesla misses with a punch to the body.
Do landing knees to the body.
Do misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tesla just misses with a elbow thrown towards Do's brow.
Do lands a body shot in the clinch.
Do throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tesla doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Do working aggressively here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tesla as Do tries to tie him up.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Do creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tesla pushes off an throws an elbow but Do leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice body punch from Tesla - that landed with a thud.
Do lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tesla.
Tesla misses with a short punch on the inside.
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!
Tesla throws a punch but it's blocked by Do.
Tesla misses with a punch on the inside.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Do throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Do tries to work over Tesla's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Do lands a body punch in the clinch.
Do goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tesla lands an elbow inside.
Do is struggling to control the position.
Tesla goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Do misses with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tesla.
Tesla lands a damaging elbow.
Tesla misses with a punch to the body.
Tesla throws a head punch that misses.
Do tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tesla's elbow.
Tesla blocks an uppercut.
Tesla misses with an elbow strike.
Do gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Tesla regains guard.
Do stands up over Tesla, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Tesla controlling Do's posture.
Tesla keeping moving, preventing Do from controlling successfully.
Tesla has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Do trying to control the position from guard on top but Tesla is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tesla working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Do.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Do accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tesla keeping moving, preventing Do from controlling successfully.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Tesla looking to control.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tesla misses with an uppercut.
Tesla swings widly with a right hand
and Do counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tesla looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tesla can't find room to land a body shot as Do controls the action.
Do digs a right hand underneath Tesla's ribcage. Tesla let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tesla.
A right hook to the body lands for Tesla.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tesla scores with a shot to the side of Do's head.
Do landing knees to the head.
Tesla misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tesla pushes Do back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Do misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Tesla tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Do avoids a wild elbow strike from Tesla.
Do throws a head punch that misses.
Tesla lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Do.
Do goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Do lands a nice shot to the body.
Tesla is breathing heavily.
Tesla's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tesla lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Do misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Do.
Tesla prevents a body shot from Do.
Nice body punch from Do - that landed with a thud.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tesla working aggressively here.
Tesla pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tesla blocks a body shot from Do.
Do lands a left hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Woohun Do showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Do has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Woohun Do!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Woohun Do!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Woohun Do!
Woohun Do wins by unanimous decision!
Woohun Do made sure to mention his sponsor, [CBK] Knockout Apparel [Clearance Sale!] in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Belanger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Cage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joe Belanger!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Nick Cage!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Taro Takaoka and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belanger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Belanger moves out of range of the body kick from Cage.
Belanger thows a leg kick but Cage checks it
and Cage counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cage throws a sloppy head kick and Belanger moves out of range easily.
Cage will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Belanger lands a jab.
Cage tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cage closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That kick from Belanger tenderised Cage's leg. Cage is trying to keep his angry face on.
A leg kick checked by Cage.
Belanger blocks a head kick by Cage.
Cage 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.
Cage throws a head kick but Belanger moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Belanger keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belanger throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Belanger digs a good hook to Cage's body.
Cage staying out of range there.
Cage blocks a head kick by Belanger.
Joe Belanger is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cage misses with a two punch combination.
Belanger connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Belanger misses with a low kick as Cage jumps back.
Belanger throws a leg kick which misses Cage's front leg but catches the back leg as Cage tries to avoid it.
Belanger tries to land a front kick but Cage steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Belanger looks for the body kick but Cage saw that one coming.
Joe Belanger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Belanger avoids the head kick by Cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belanger lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cage avoids a punch combination nicely.
Belanger scores with a head kick.
Cage stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Belanger.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cage misses with a low kick.
Cage fails with the takedown.
Joe Belanger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Cage.
Belanger misses the jab.
Belanger throws a leg kick but Cage sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Belanger throws the kick towards the body but Cage avoids it.
A big left from Belanger misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belanger lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cage's sensitive parts.
Cage looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Cage moves out of range of the body kick from Belanger.
Cage tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
An inside leg kick from Cage misses.
Cage's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cage checks a leg kick.
Belanger throws a body punch but Cage moves out of range.
Belanger misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cage keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Belanger lands a jab to the nose.
Belanger fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cage has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Belanger throws a head kick that half lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belanger lands an overhand right.
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!
Belanger scores with a nice right hand.
Belanger scores with a spinning back kick!
Belanger thumps Cage with a low kick.
Belanger connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Belanger scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Belanger wants to land a leg kick but Cage is out of range.
Cage throws a right hand that Belanger ducks under and follows up with a left that Belanger also avoids with ease.
Belanger looks to land a right hand but Cage moved out of range.
A big right from Cage misses.
Cage fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Belanger has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Belanger throws a sloppy head kick and Cage moves out of range easily.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Belanger blocks a head kick by Cage.
Cage shoots in but Belanger avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cage shoots in looking for a takedown but Belanger manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cage's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Cage is trying desperately to land a takedown but Belanger is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Cage.
Belanger lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Belanger looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice defenses there by Belanger.
Belanger lunges at Cage with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cage's hand.
Cage throws a leg kick but Belanger moved away.
Cage shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Belanger pinned against the cage. Belanger gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Cage looks gassed!
A jab from Belanger finds it's way through Cage's defenses.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Belanger.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Belanger.
Belanger scoring well with a low kick there.
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!
Belanger lands a glancing blow to the side of Cage's head.
Belanger lands a nice shot to the body.
Belanger throws a nice head kick!
Belanger lands a glancing blow to the side of Cage's head.
Belanger misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Belanger turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Belanger scores with a hook to the body. Cage takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A bone on bone clash there as Belanger blocks the leg kick.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Cage avoids the head kick by Belanger.
Belanger lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Cage is rocked!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Cage crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Belanger - the referee stops the clock and Cage gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Belanger. Cage manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Belanger thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Cage if he has to take too many more of those.
Cage fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Belanger checks it well.
Belanger misses the shot to the body.
Belanger dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cage. That did some damage!
Belanger tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Belanger misses with a head kick.
Belanger lands a head kick!
Cage pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Cage blocks a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cage throws a big shot that misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Belanger.
A solid leg kick lands there for Belanger.
Belanger lands a jab to Cage's midsection.
Cage takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A head kick misses from Belanger.
Good leg kick by Belanger there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Belanger feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cage's calf.
Belanger just misses with a punch to the body.
Cage keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Cage misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A chopping leg kick lands by Belanger.
Belanger misses with the combination.
Cage takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cage misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Belanger misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Belanger lands a nice looking body kick.
Belanger lands with a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Belanger dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Belanger is looking to slow Cage down with leg kicks.
Nick Cage is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cage misses with a body kick.
Cage drives through with a takedown into guard.
Belanger utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cage trying to control the position from guard on top but Belanger is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Belanger wants to sweep but no luck.
Cage throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Belanger works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Belanger has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Cage is looking to work some ground and pound but Belanger has wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belanger avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cage looking to pass the guard.
Cage throws a strike but Belanger rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Belanger not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Belanger's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Belanger has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Belanger wants to control from the top but Cage keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Joe Belanger.
Cage has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Belanger.
Cage looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Belanger scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cage in his tracks.
Cage gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Belanger counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Belanger tries a head kick but it misses.
Cage misses with a body kick.
Belanger cracks the inside of Cage's front leg.
Cage shoots in looking for a takedown but Belanger manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cage's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Cage is breathing heavily.
Cage throws an overhand right that lands on Belanger's shoulder, as Belanger tries to avoid the shot.
Cage has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Belanger.
Cage has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Belanger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cage throws a hook but Belanger blocks it.
Cage needs to keep his hands up - Belanger had a free shot at his head there.
Belanger lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Belanger throws a nice inside leg kick.
Belanger avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cage is looking to land body kicks.
Belanger lands a high kick!
Belanger fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Belanger lands a big head kick that sends Cage tumbling to the mat! Belanger takes a step backwards and waves Cage back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Cage is still on wobbly legs! Can Belanger finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Belanger lands with a kick to the ribs.
Belanger drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Cage right on the button. Cage goes down! Belanger follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Belanger gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Belanger!
Joe Belanger retains his middleweight title!
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pop
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