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Pride 37: Lightweight Kingpin PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rich Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tatsuya Komada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Franklin comes to the ring accompanied by I Need a Doctor. Komada is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Little Busters. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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196 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Rich Franklin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tatsuya Komada!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Franklin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Franklin fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Franklin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Komada closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Franklin did well to prevent Komada getting side control.
Komada thows a huge punch but Franklin dodges it nicely.
Komada thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Franklin's head.
Komada slows the pace down in half guard.
Komada lands with a punch from half guard.
Franklin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Komada.
Komada wants to take a breather but Franklin is having none of it.
Komada thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Franklin's head.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Komada sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Franklin defending well though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Komada sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Franklin defending well though.
Komada with the ground and pound but Franklin uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Komada loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Franklin has momentary wrist control but Komada slips an elbow through the middle.
Komada throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Komada looking to sit in guard and control but Franklin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Franklin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Franklin got a little sloppy there for a moment and Komada has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Franklin has managed to get both his arms back between Komada's legs - danger averted.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin trying to control but Komada is working from the bottom.
Franklin really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Franklin trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Komada manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Franklin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Komada with a flurry of punches that miss.
Franklin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Komada wants to control from the top but Franklin keeps moving.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Komada tries to free his leg and advance position but Franklin is retaining full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Komada keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Franklin's head.
Komada in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Franklin trying to control the position here.
Komada looking to pass the guard.
Komada looking to sit in guard and control but Franklin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Franklin throws an elbow that misses. Komada uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Franklin's guard. Nice move by Komada!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Komada throwing strikes from guard but Franklin blocks nicely.
Komada postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Komada in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Komada stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Franklin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Komada throws a big right hand that misses.
Komada postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Franklin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Komada.
Franklin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tatsuya Komada dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Komada tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Franklin swivels and escapes.
Franklin moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Komada doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Franklin lands a left and a right that sends Komada crashing to the canvas! Franklin dives into mount looking to finish!
Komada is rocked!
It looks like Tatsuya Komada has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Komada tries to hold on but Franklin postures up.
Komada is still in real trouble! Can Franklin finish him?
Franklin looking for a guillotine from mount but Komada is having none of it.
Komada seems to have recovered his senses.
Franklin cracks Komada with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Tatsuya Komada has got the better of the ground game so far.
Franklin looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Komada is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Franklin goes for an armbar but Komada turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Komada.
Franklin uses the ropes to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Komada scores with a four punch combination!
Franklin shoots in but no luck this time.
Komada swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rich Franklin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A punch combination from Komada misses.
Komada misses with a few strikes there.
Rich Franklin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Franklin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Franklin throws a right hand that Komada ducks under and follows up with a left that Komada also avoids with ease.
A decent looking cross lands there for Franklin.
Komada closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Franklin did well to prevent Komada getting side control.
Komada trying to control from Franklin's half guard. Franklin has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Komada landing some decent shots from guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Komada throwing strikes but missing.
Komada looking to sit in guard and control but Franklin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Komada controls Franklin momentarily but Franklin frees himself.
Franklin wants to control from the top but Komada keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franklin has gone for a leg lock! Komada slips out almost immediately though and dives into Franklin's guard.
Komada slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Sloppy strikes there by Komada.
Komada working the ground and pound but Franklin is defending the strikes.
Komada working the ground and pound.
Komada working the ground and pound from side control.
The referee asks Komada politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Komada prefers to stall for the moment though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franklin taking a bit of punishment here - Komada scoring with strikes.
Komada has knee on belly and moves into mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Komada putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Franklin taking shots to the head.
Komada lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Komada lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Franklin takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Franklin taking shots to the head.
Komada fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tatsuya Komada will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Tatsuya Komada's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Franklin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Franklin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Komada throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Franklin.
Franklin blocks the body kick.
A punch combination from Komada misses.
A left and a right from Komada both land. Nice combination.
Franklin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Komada dodges the punch combination from Franklin.
Franklin fails with an attempt to clinch.
No joy there for Komada, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Franklin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Komada was well out of range. Poor timing from Franklin.
A punch combination from Komada misses.
Franklin clobbers Komada with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Franklin throws a right and a left that Komada avoids nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Franklin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Franklin cracks a nice hook into Komada's ribs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Komada takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Franklin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Franklin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Komada manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Franklin on his heels. He'll look to pass Franklin's guard now, I'm sure.
Komada trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Franklin wants to stand and escape but Komada is having none of it.
Komada is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Komada scoring with punches to the head and body.
Komada looking to sit in guard and control but Franklin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Komada utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin lands a couple of digs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Franklin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Franklin wants to pass the guard but Komada is keeping the position.
Komada working a defensive guard here.
Franklin trying to control the position from guard on top but Komada is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Komada pulls Franklin in close to prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Komada is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Franklin is aware though and is defending well.
Franklin trying to control but Komada is working from the bottom.
Franklin throws an elbow that misses. Komada uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Franklin's guard. Nice move by Komada!
Komada stopping the sweep attempt from Franklin.
Franklin wants to stand and escape but Komada is having none of it.
Tatsuya Komada is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Komada in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franklin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Komada.
Komada landing with the ground and pound.
Komada trying to control the position from guard on top but Franklin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Komada throws an elbow that misses. Franklin uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Komada's guard. Nice move by Franklin!
Komada wants to stand and escape but Franklin is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Franklin is looking to advance position but Komada has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Rich Franklin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Komada is landing with some decent strikes but Franklin is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tatsuya Komada.
I've got Komada winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tatsuya Komada!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Harry HooHar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Brannigan (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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175 lbs
7 - 13 - 0 |
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185 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Harry HooHar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sean Brannigan!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brannigan misses with a wild combination.
No joy there for Brannigan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
HooHar throws a leg kick that misses.
HooHar gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Brannigan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Brannigan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Brannigan scores with a kick to the body.
Brannigan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sloppy strikes from Brannigan. Those never looked like landing.
No luck with that takedown attempt from HooHar.
HooHar dips to his left and cracks Brannigan with an uppercut!
This has been an exciting period of action!
HooHar throws a low kick but Brannigan moves out of range easily.
HooHar misses with a two punch combination.
Sean Brannigan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
HooHar slips under a jab.
Brannigan lands with a nice body kick.
Brannigan has his takedown stuffed
and HooHar counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
HooHar takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A left lands for Brannigan.
Nice defenses there by HooHar.
HooHar with a lazy takedown attempt
and Brannigan counters with a straight right hand.
Brannigan lands with a nice combination. HooHar backs away looking to recover.
Brannigan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A lazy left from Brannigan finds it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from HooHar misses the target.
HooHar walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brannigan clobbers HooHar with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
HooHar is looking to clinch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Brannigan.
HooHar shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry HooHar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice uppercut there from Brannigan.
Brannigan looks to land a left hand but HooHar moved out of range nicely.
HooHar fails with a takedown attempt.
Brannigan lands a big head kick that sends HooHar tumbling to the mat! Brannigan takes a step backwards and waves HooHar back to his feet - he wants the finish!
HooHar is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from HooHar.
A looping hook to the body misses from HooHar. Brannigan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brannigan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and HooHar connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Brannigan scrambles back to his feet.
Brannigan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Brannigan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract HooHar.
Nice takedown defense from Brannigan. No joy for HooHar on that attempt.
HooHar looks for a takedown but Brannigan sprawls well.
HooHar is breathing heavily.
Brannigan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Brannigan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by HooHar.
Brannigan connects with a good right hand that stumbles HooHar. HooHar circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
HooHar is looking to clinch but Brannigan is avoiding it.
Horrible takedown by HooHar or perhaps it was just good defense by Brannigan which made him look bad.
Brannigan lands a nice hook to HooHar's body. HooHar takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Brannigan lands the left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brannigan moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Brannigan connects with a combination that backs up HooHar into the ropes. Brannigan lands a flurry of punches that gets past HooHar's guard. HooHar is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Brannigan bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sean Brannigan!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Cheung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shinji Aoshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shinji Aoshi will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Eddie Cheung!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinji Aoshi!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aoshi throws a sloppy head kick and Cheung moves out of range easily.
Aoshi avoids a kick to the body.
Aoshi throws a sloppy head kick and Cheung moves out of range easily.
Aoshi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cheung throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cheung throws a right hand that Aoshi ducks under and follows up with a left that Aoshi also avoids with ease.
Aoshi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cheung circles away quickly and effectively.
Cheung tries to close the distance and clinch but Aoshi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Aoshi misses with a series of wild punches.
Cheung misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Aoshi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheung throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Aoshi counters with a head kick. That will keep Cheung thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Aoshi jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cheung lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Aoshi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Aoshi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Aoshi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cheung.
Cheung throws an off balance right hand
and Aoshi counters with an inside leg kick.
A combination from Cheung does no damage.
Aoshi lands a nice shot that snaps Cheung's head back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Aoshi.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cheung tries to clinch up but Aoshi circles away and keeps his distance.
A lazy left from Aoshi finds it's target.
Cheung fails with an attempt to clinch.
A thudding body kick lands there by Aoshi!
A combination from Cheung does no damage.
Cheung does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Cheung misses with a low kick.
Cheung shoots for a takedown but Aoshi saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Aoshi lands a head kick!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheung throws a hook to the side of Aoshi's head but Aoshi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Aoshi lands a head kick. Cheung smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Aoshi misses with a head kick.
Cheung lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Aoshi circles away quickly and effectively.
Cheung throws a series of punches but Aoshi moves out of range.
Aoshi with a nice cross.
Aoshi scores with a hook to the body. Cheung takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cheung takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aoshi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A bone on bone clash there as Aoshi blocks the leg kick.
Cheung takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Aoshi throws a head kick that Cheung semi-blocks.
Shinji Aoshi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick misses from Aoshi.
Aoshi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aoshi lands a two punch combo.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aoshi works over Cheung's head and body with a nice combination.
Aoshi is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Aoshi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Aoshi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shinji Aoshi 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.
Cheung showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Aoshi.
Shinji Aoshi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Aoshi throws a one two combo.
Cheung gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cheung is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Aoshi can't break the clinch.
Aoshi working hard to break the clinch.
Aoshi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Aoshi lands with a slapping head kick.
Aoshi connects with a looping right hand.
Aoshi misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Cheung.
Cheung throws a series of punches but Aoshi avoids them all with ease.
A head kick misses from Cheung.
Aoshi lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Aoshi scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Aoshi misses with a series of wild punches.
Aoshi thuds a left hand into Cheung's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheung moves in looking to clinch but Aoshi pushes him off.
Cheung misses with a combination
and Aoshi counters with a three punch combo that has Cheung backing up. Cheung nods at Aoshi to acknowledge the strikes.
Cheung lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Aoshi circles away quickly and effectively.
A punch combination from Cheung misses.
Cheung throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Aoshi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
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!
Cheung avoids the head kick by Aoshi.
Cheung swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Aoshi counters with a head kick. That will keep Cheung thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Eddie Cheung is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cheung dodges the punch combination from Aoshi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoshi scores with a hook to the body. Cheung takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Aoshi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cheung at a distance.
Aoshi throws a nice head kick!
Cheung throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A left and a right from Aoshi both land. Nice combination.
Aoshi tries a head kick but it misses.
Aoshi displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Cheung on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Aoshi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aoshi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Aoshi goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
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!
Cheung lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
It looks like Shinji Aoshi has been cut.
Aoshi looks to land a combination but Cheung avoids it well.
A thudding body kick lands there by Aoshi!
Aoshi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
That kick from Cheung tenderised Aoshi's leg. Aoshi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Aoshi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shinji Aoshi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Shinji Aoshi's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Aoshi misses with the combination.
Aoshi swats away the attempt to clinch by Cheung.
Aoshi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cheung moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A head kick misses from Aoshi.
Aoshi thuds his right hand into Cheung's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Aoshi lands with an overhand left.
Cheung keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cheung throws a shot from downtown. Aoshi moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoshi cracks Cheung with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Cheung throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Aoshi.
A jab from Aoshi does it's job there.
Aoshi throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Cheung throws an overhand right that lands on Aoshi's shoulder, as Aoshi tries to avoid the shot.
Aoshi throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Aoshi slips under a jab.
Aoshi's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cheung under the eye.
Aoshi throws a combination. Cheung tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheung misses with a low kick.
Cheung misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Aoshi scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cheung throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Aoshi has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Cheung tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Aoshi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Aoshi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cheung fails with a takedown attempt.
No joy there for Aoshi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoshi misses with a double jab.
Cheung throws a sloppy head kick
and Aoshi counters with a series of strikes. Cheung will be more careful next time no doubt.
Aoshi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Aoshi throws a head kick but Cheung moves out of range.
Aoshi tries to bum rush Cheung with a series of wild strikes but Cheung uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cheung slips a jab and a cross from Aoshi.
Cheung clinches.
Cheung manages to break the clinch.
Aoshi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cheung sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cheung throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheung avoids the head kick by Aoshi.
Cheung throws a combination that misses
enabling Aoshi to counter with a crisp jab.
Aoshi misses with a wild combination.
Aoshi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Eddie Cheung has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cheung blocks a head kick by Aoshi.
Aoshi throws a leg kick but Cheung sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cheung lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Aoshi circles away quickly and effectively.
Shinji Aoshi is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Cheung cracks the inside of Aoshi's front leg.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shinji Aoshi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Aoshi winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shinji Aoshi!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Baltazar Ramos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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27
182 lbs
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181 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Baltazar Ramos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thiago Alves !
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yukihiro Shimada and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alves circles away quickly and effectively.
Alves throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ramos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ramos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ramos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Alves moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Alves falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Ramos counter with a right hand.
Ramos takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ramos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Alves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Alves slips a jab from Ramos.
Ramos ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ramos throws a right hand that misses
enabling Alves to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ramos goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Alves throws out a loose jab but Ramos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ramos throws the left hand but Alves avoids the punch easily.
Ramos missing with a left hand there. Alves was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos slips under a jab from Alves .
Ramos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ramos scores with a sloppy right hand. Alves should have avoided that one.
Ramos shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Alves napping and manages to drive through into side control!
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The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Alves avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Ramos.
Alves is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Alves can't do much from the bottom here.
Alves dodges the ground and pound from Ramos.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ramos throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Ramos in side control, throwing shots but Alves defends.
Ramos is trying to ground and pound but Alves uses the momentary lack of control by Ramos to regain half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Alves manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Alves managing to control the position.
Ramos is pushing down on Alves 's leg trying to pass to half guard. Alves is fighting to maintain full guard but Ramos has managed to sneak the leg through.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves is trying to get back to full guard.
Ramos landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Alves slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Ramos won't allow Alves to sweep him here.
Ramos trying to control but Alves is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ramos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ramos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ramos stands and throws Alves 's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Ramos 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.
Ramos landing strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves struggling a bit here.
Sloppy strikes there by Ramos.
Alves is not content to let Ramos control the position.
Ramos in side control lands a decent elbow.
Alves is trying to improve his position.
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!
Ramos controls the position from side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alves is looking for a sweep.
Alves regains half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Baltazar Ramos 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.
Ramos shoots in and bounces Alves off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Ramos lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ramos with a flurry of punches that miss.
Alves keeping full guard, as Ramos tries to pass.
Ramos postures up.
Ramos stops Alves from standing up.
Alves looking for a sweep. Not yet Alves , not yet.
Ramos wants to pass the guard but Alves is keeping the position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Ramos won't allow Alves to sweep him here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos slips nicely into half guard.
Ramos lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ramos is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Alves sees it coming and defends easily.
Ramos throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Alves looks like he's trying to stand up.
Ramos sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Alves defending well though.
Ramos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Alves is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Ramos's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Ramos's back!
Alves is controlling the position but Ramos somehow manages to roll and ends up with half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Alves drops an elbow to the side of Ramos's head.
Ramos trying to hold on to Alves 's head to control him but Alves postures up.
Ramos looking for submissions off his back.
Alves is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Ramos manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Ramos is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Alves defends well.
Alves trying to control the position from guard on top but Ramos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alves distracts Ramos with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Alves postures up in Ramos's guard and throws a big left but Ramos blocks it.
Ramos keeping moving, preventing Alves from controlling successfully.
Ramos 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.
Alves chips away with some ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ramos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ramos working for a triangle but Alves defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Baltazar Ramos will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Alves keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alves throws a shot from downtown. Ramos moves away and avoids it.
Ramos connects with a right hand. Alves shakes it off.
Ramos drives through with a takedown into Alves 's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Ramos tries to free his leg and advance position but Alves is retaining full guard.
Alves is trying to keep Ramos in close.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Alves is on top in guard.
Ramos looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ramos had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Alves defends it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Alves passes into side control.
Alves working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Alves lands a few punches from side control.
Thiago Alves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramos is looking to reverse the position.
Ramos manages to work his way to half guard, despite Alves 's best efforts.
Ramos is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ramos is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Alves scores with a couple of nice shots.
Baltazar Ramos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Alves working the head and body with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves stalling away here and it's allowed Ramos to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Ramos keeping moving, preventing Alves from controlling successfully.
Alves makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Baltazar Ramos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ramos is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Alves is aware though and is defending well.
Alves throws a strike but Ramos rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Alves 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramos trying to control the position from guard on top but Alves is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ramos tries to free his leg and advance position but Alves is retaining full guard.
Alves manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Ramos is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ramos is looking to get to half guard.
Alves is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Thiago Alves .
Well Ramos 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Baltazar Ramos!
A very excited looking Baltazar Ramos made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Royal Tenenbaum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Turk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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183 lbs
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173 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Royal Tenenbaum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, David Turk!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Taro Takaoka and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tenenbaum thows a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tenenbaum. Turk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sloppy strikes from Turk. Those never looked like landing.
Tenenbaum throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Turk steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tenenbaum.
Tenenbaum is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turk.
Tenenbaum scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Turk slips a straight right by Tenenbaum.
Turk closes the distance and clinches.
Tenenbaum misses with a punch on the inside.
Turk's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tenenbaum pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tenenbaum avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tenenbaum swings away with a body shot that misses
and Turk counters with a head kick. That will keep Tenenbaum thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Turk takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tenenbaum blocks the body kick.
Turk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tenenbaum moves out of range as Turk throws a body kick.
Tenenbaum keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turk lets loose with a powerful body kick. Tenenbaum will feel that in the morning.
Turk scores with a three punch combo!
Turk throws a sloppy head kick and Tenenbaum moves out of range easily.
Tenenbaum throws a hook but Turk blocks it.
Turk throws a head kick that misses.
Turk tries to clinch but Tenenbaum moves out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Turk.
Turk feints a jab promting Tenenbaum to slip. Turk then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Tenenbaum slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Tenenbaum scoring well with a low kick there.
Turk throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turk defending well as Tenenbaum loads up on a big left hand.
David Turk is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Turk tries to clinch up.
Turk misses with an attempted mid kick.
Turk keeps the fight on the outside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turk misses with a two punch combination.
Turk instigates a clinch.
Tenenbaum is leaning against Turk and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Turk breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Turk fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tenenbaum connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tenenbaum throws a shot to the body.
Turk moves into range and clinches up with Tenenbaum.
Tenenbaum lands a knee to the head.
Tenenbaum's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tenenbaum swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
David Turk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tenenbaum avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Turk dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tenenbaum. That did some damage!
Tenenbaum fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Turk looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Turk feints a jab promting Tenenbaum to slip. Turk then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Tenenbaum slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Turk is looking to land body kicks.
Turk tries to clinch but Tenenbaum moves out of range.
Turk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tenenbaum lands a slapping body shot.
Turk misses with a two punch combination.
Turk staying out of range there.
Turk ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turk lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Turk tries to bum rush Tenenbaum with a series of wild strikes but Tenenbaum uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tenenbaum takes a swing at Turk's ribcage but misses.
Turk blocks a head kick by Tenenbaum.
Turk misses with a wild combination.
Turk tries to clinch up but Tenenbaum circles away and keeps his distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turk ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tenenbaum moves away.
Tenenbaum lands with a good body shot.
Tenenbaum pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Turk back to the ropes. Tenenbaum follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
It looks like David Turk has been cut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turk has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Turk there as he acknowledges the shot.
Turk is looking to clinch but Tenenbaum is avoiding it.
Turk swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tenenbaum scores with the left hand. Turk knows he should have avoided that one.
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 Royal Tenenbaum will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on David Turk's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Turk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Turk throws a half hearted mid kick.
Turk misses with a double jab.
Tenenbaum lands a nice looking kick to the body. Turk takes a step back to recover.
Turk gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Turk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tenenbaum lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tenenbaum breaks from the clinch.
Tenenbaum swats away the attempt to clinch by Turk.
Turk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turk misses with a head kick.
Turk throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
David Turk is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Turk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tenenbaum closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tenenbaum looking to stall.
Tenenbaum works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Turk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Turk tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tenenbaum is able to avoid easily.
Turk displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tenenbaum throws out the jab.
Turk misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tenenbaum lands a nice looking body shot.
Tenenbaum avoids the head kick by Turk.
Tenenbaum swats away the attempt to clinch by Turk.
Tenenbaum throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A cross from Tenenbaum lands.
Turk wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turk pushes Tenenbaum away with a front kick.
Turk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Turk misses with the combination.
Tenenbaum stuns Turk with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head kick by Turk misses
and Tenenbaum counters with an outside leg kick.
Tenenbaum pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Turk throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tenenbaum.
Turk avoids a punch combination nicely.
Turk throws a combination. Tenenbaum tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turk closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Tenenbaum misses with a hook to the ribs.
Turk is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Turk wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tenenbaum has him pressed against the ropes.
Turk missing with knees to the body.
Turk breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Good work by Turk as he checks the leg kick.
A left lands for Tenenbaum.
Tenenbaum keeps the fight on the outside.
Turk wants to clinch up but Tenenbaum keeps it at a distance.
Turk moves away from the strike by Tenenbaum.
Tenenbaum throws out a leg kick but Turk moves out of range and Tenenbaum only half commits.
Tenenbaum lands a jab to Turk's midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turk bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Turk throws a series of punches but Tenenbaum avoids them all with ease.
Tenenbaum tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turk swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Turk scores with a jab to the body.
A combination from Turk does no damage.
Tenenbaum tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turk swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Jab, jab by Tenenbaum - just one landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tenenbaum tries to score a power double leg takedown but Turk sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Tenenbaum somewhat.
Tenenbaum throws a leg kick but Turk sees it coming and checks it nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Turk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Royal Tenenbaum will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on David Turk's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Turk fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Turk keeps the fight on the outside.
Tenenbaum tries a low kick but Turk avoids it.
Tenenbaum misses the shot to the body.
Turk throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tenenbaum avoids the body shot from Turk.
Turk throws a right and a left that both miss.
Turk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tenenbaum with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tenenbaum shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That kick from Turk tenderised Tenenbaum's leg. Tenenbaum is trying to keep his angry face on.
Turk misses with a hook to the body
and Tenenbaum counters by moving into the clinch.
Turk missing with knees to the body.
Tenenbaum avoiding damage as Turk throws knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tenenbaum.
Tenenbaum breaks from the clinch.
Turk throws a push kick but Tenenbaum slaps the foot to one side.
A combination from Turk does no damage.
Tenenbaum drives through and clinches with Turk against the ropes.
Turk looking to slow down the pace here.
Tenenbaum crunches a lovely knee into Turk's ribcage.
Turk takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Good body shot from Tenenbaum.
Royal Tenenbaum has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tenenbaum lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Turk or not.
Tenenbaum lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knees in the clinch landing for Tenenbaum.
Tenenbaum goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tenenbaum.
Tenenbaum trying to control the position but instead, Turk has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tenenbaum into the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tenenbaum pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tenenbaum listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Turk fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tenenbaum!
Turk is rocked!
Turk glances at the clock... BAM! Tenenbaum nails him with a big right hand! A momentary lapse in concentration sends Turk crashing to the mat! The referee steps in and this one is over! Damn, Turk is out of it, he thinks the ref is his opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Royal Tenenbaum!
Royal Tenenbaum decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mikey Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Claes Fleming (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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185 lbs
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World class MT
Very quick |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mikey Kim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Claes Fleming!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kim connects with a solid leg kick.
Fleming is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kim.
Kim thumps Fleming with a low kick.
Fleming throws a head kick but Kim moves out of range.
Kim clobbers Fleming with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kim attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kim scores with a hook.
Kim keeps Fleming at a distance using the push kick.
Kim cracks Fleming with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kim fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Fleming checks it well.
Kim throws a body punch but Fleming moves out of range.
Fleming takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fleming circles away quickly and effectively.
Kim motions for Fleming to come forward. Kim throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fleming checks a leg kick.
Kim scores with a push kick.
Fleming avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fleming misses with a body kick.
A leg kick checked by Fleming.
Kim throws out a leg kick but Fleming moves out of range and Kim only half commits.
Fleming checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim tests Fleming's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mikey Kim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kim tried to score with a low kick but Fleming checks it.
Fleming takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Fleming throws a low kick but Kim moves out of range easily.
Kim closes the distance and pushes Fleming back into the ropes.
Kim lands a damaging elbow.
Fleming is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kim is defending well for now.
Kim with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kim working Fleming over with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fleming is defending well for now.
Kim on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fleming avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fleming takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fleming takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fleming looks gassed!
Fleming blocks an elbow strike.
Kim unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fleming lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fleming avoids it.
Kim keeps control of Fleming as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short right from Kim on the inside.
Kim landing knees to the head.
Kim keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fleming's efforts to push away.
Fleming tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kim with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kim misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fleming.
Fleming dodges an elbow strike from Kim.
Kim scores with a knee to the head.
Kim unloads a knee to the mid-section.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kim lands a nice elbow.
Kim lands a good knee to the midsection. Fleming won't want to take too many of those.
Kim crunches a lovely knee into Fleming's ribcage.
Kim missing with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Fleming in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fleming avoids it.
Kim lands an elbow just above Fleming 's eye.
Kim misses with a knee to the head.
Fleming is looking to break free of the clinch but Kim has double underhooks.
Kim lands with a left to the head.
Kim unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fleming lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kim keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fleming's efforts to push away.
Kim using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fleming has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kim missing with knees to the body.
Kim with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kim pushes off an throws an elbow but Fleming leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Kim creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Kim.
Fleming throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kim blocks it with crossed arms.
Kim lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kim tries to land a knee to the head but Fleming blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikey Kim dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Fleming on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A low kick from Kim is predictable there
and Fleming counters with a nice leg kick.
Kim scores with a leg kick.
Fleming walks into a left hand.
Kim throws a combination that misses
and Fleming counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Fleming steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kim. That one must have hurt.
Kim is looking to score with low kicks.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kim lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Fleming has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Fleming and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kim tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kim throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kim fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kim. Fleming shrugs it off though.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Fleming.
Kim connects with an inside leg kick.
Kim avoids the head kick by Fleming.
Good leg kick by Kim there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Fleming checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim misses with a kick to the body.
The crowd cheers as Kim lands an impressive looking overhand right. Fleming doesn't seem phased though.
Kim with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fleming tries a head kick but it misses.
Fleming is breathing heavily.
Fleming takes one to the chin there.
Kim scores with a jab.
Mikey Kim is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kim checks a leg kick.
Kim throws a nice looking combination but Fleming bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fleming finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim lands with an overhand left.
Kim lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kim shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Fleming tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kim scores with a spinning back kick!
Kim connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kim tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kim throws a solid leg kick but Fleming takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kim.
Kim fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim slips a jab and a cross from Fleming.
A clash of legs there as Fleming blocks the low kick.
Fleming swings for the body but Kim moves out of range.
Kim gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short uppercut from Kim.
Fleming wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kim has him pressed against the ropes.
Kim makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fleming working hard to break the clinch.
Fleming on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kim with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kim avoiding damage as Fleming throws knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kim connects with a knee to the head.
Mikey Kim has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kim utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fleming avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikey Kim dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Kim cracks Fleming with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Kim fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Fleming checks it well.
Kim lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice jab there from Kim.
Fleming takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kim moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kim connects with a leg kick. Fleming looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fleming misses with a low kick.
Fleming takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kim attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fleming avoids the body shot from Kim.
Kim pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kim is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fleming can do to turn this around?
Kim darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fleming throws a head kick that misses
and Kim counters with a slapping leg kick.
Fleming takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Some bone on bone action there as Fleming checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
An inside leg kick lands from Kim.
Crunch! Kim slams his shin into Fleming's torso.
Kim tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Fleming gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kim throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fleming chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kim can pounce on him.
Kim misses with a wild combination.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kim. That's going to slow Fleming down.
Kim is looking to chop away at Fleming's legs.
Kim throws a series of punches but Fleming moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fleming's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Fleming fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kim is out of range.
Fleming takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A head kick misses from Kim.
Kim tries to move into range but Fleming moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kim jabs Fleming right on the nose. Fleming blinks but takes it well.
A big right from Fleming misses.
Kim connects with a nice looking jab.
A clash of legs there as Fleming blocks the low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fleming checks a leg kick nicely.
Kim connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kim takes a swing at Fleming's ribcage but misses.
Kim throws a nice looking combination but Fleming bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kim is looking to clinch.
Fleming blocks a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fleming throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A head kick by Kim misses
and Fleming makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Kim really felt that one!
Claes Fleming has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An inside leg kick lands from Kim.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mikey Kim showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kim 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikey Kim!
Our winner, Mikey Kim, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Eder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksandr Fedorov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eder comes to the ring accompanied by You're the best around. Fedorov is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8kANB2XBYU&feature=related. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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179 lbs
14 - 9 - 1 |
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180 lbs
13 - 10 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Very quick |
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Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Kyle Eder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Aleksandr Fedorov!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Shimada and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fedorov shoots for a double leg takedown but Eder sprawls well. He's pushed Fedorov's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Fedorov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Eder swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fedorov wants to clinch
and Eder makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nice shot lands for Eder.
Fedorov is looking to clinch but Eder is avoiding it.
Fedorov is looking to clinch.
Eder connects with a single shot there.
Fedorov fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Eder lands a big head kick that sends Fedorov tumbling to the mat! Eder takes a step backwards and waves Fedorov back to his feet - he wants the finish!
It looks like Aleksandr Fedorov has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fedorov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Eder swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fedorov is trying hard to land a takedown here. Eder sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Kyle Eder has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aleksandr Fedorov.
Fedorov tries to clinch but Eder is having none of it.
Fedorov throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Eder's waist but Eder gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Fedorov off to one side.
Fedorov has his takedown stuffed
and Eder counters with a leg kick.
Fedorov looks gassed!
Fedorov takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fedorov walks into a stiff left hand from Eder.
Fedorov tries to clinch
and Eder counters with a stiff right hand.
Fedorov is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fedorov takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fedorov is still on wobbly legs! Can Eder finish him?
Eder drops Fedorov with a big left hand! Fedorov is injured, injured bad! Eder jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kyle Eder!
In his post fight interview, Kyle Eder gave a big smile as he said 'Are you all starting to believe in Kyle Eder yet?'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kazushi Sakuraba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mieszko Szczygiel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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24
190 lbs
12 - 4 - 0 |
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192 lbs
9 - 7 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazushi Sakuraba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mieszko Szczygiel!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakuraba shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Szczygiel's guard.
Sakuraba looking to sit in guard and control but Szczygiel gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sakuraba manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Szczygiel manages to get himself to full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Szczygiel is on top in guard.
Sakuraba is looking for a triangle but Szczygiel pushes his legs off easily.
Szczygiel avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Sakuraba trying to keep a closed guard but Szczygiel is proving a slippery customer.
Sakuraba wants to sweep here but Szczygiel controlling him for the moment.
Szczygiel wants to control from the top but Sakuraba keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakuraba had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Szczygiel defends it easily.
Szczygiel looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Szczygiel trying to control but Sakuraba is working from the bottom.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Mieszko Szczygiel hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Szczygiel wants to clinch up but Sakuraba keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Szczygiel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Szczygiel tries to clinch but Sakuraba is having none of it.
Sakuraba clinches with his opponent.
Sakuraba tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Szczygiel just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Sakuraba jumps guard but Szczygiel turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
Szczygiel stalling in the clinch.
Sakuraba tries to pull guard but Szczygiel won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kazushi Sakuraba. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Szczygiel prevents a takedown attempt there.
Szczygiel lands a good knee to the midsection. Sakuraba won't want to take too many of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Szczygiel avoiding damage.
Szczygiel landing knees to the body.
Sakuraba is trying to pull guard but Szczygiel turns him against the ropes and we stay in the clinch.
Szczygiel is looking to control Sakuraba's arms but Sakuraba gets an underhook and turns him. Now Szczygiel has his back to the ropes.
Sakuraba is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Szczygiel pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Szczygiel lands an elbow that stopped Sakuraba in his tracks for a moment.
Sakuraba wants to take the fight to the mat but Szczygiel manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Szczygiel with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Szczygiel landing knees to the head.
Szczygiel unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sakuraba lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sakuraba is breathing heavily.
Szczygiel throws a knee to the head but misses.
Szczygiel lands an elbow that stopped Sakuraba in his tracks for a moment.
Szczygiel controlling the action here for a moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Szczygiel lands an elbow inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Szczygiel with a knee to the head.
Szczygiel lands a nice knee to the body.
Szczygiel is pressed up against the ropes. Sakuraba has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Szczygiel down to the mat. Szczygiel avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Szczygiel gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Stalling in the clinch from Szczygiel.
Sakuraba fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Szczygiel connects with a knee to the head.
Szczygiel is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Szczygiel with a knee to the head.
Sakuraba is rocked!
Szczygiel stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Oh Sakuraba is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Szczygiel scores with a knee to the head.
Szczygiel has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Sakuraba - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Szczygiel, and another! Sakuraba is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Mieszko Szczygiel!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julio Salcedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Salcedo comes to the ring accompanied by Muse - Muscle Museum. The crowd seem to be enjoying White's choice of entrance music: Atreyu- You were the king, now your unconcsious. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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280 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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265 lbs
16 - 8 - 0 |
Dangerous GnP
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Julio Salcedo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John White!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Salcedo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
White ducks under a wild hook from Salcedo.
Salcedo misses with a double jab
and White counters with a straight right hand.
Salcedo misses with a lunging right hand
and Salcedo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
White misses with a straight left.
A telegraphed right hand from Salcedo misses the target.
Salcedo swings widly with a right hand
and White counters with a straight right hand.
White takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice shot lands for White.
White on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White stuns Salcedo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Salcedo.
White tests Salcedo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White thows a left - swing and a miss!
John White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White throws a series of strikes that have Salcedo backpedaling.
It looks like Julio Salcedo has been cut.
White misses with a double jab
and Salcedo counters with a three punch combo that has White backing up. White nods at Salcedo to acknowledge the strikes.
White on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
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!
White misses the shot to the body.
Oh, that's a big right hand from Salcedo and White goes tumbling to the canvas! Salcedo follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
White is rocked!
It looks like John White has been cut.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if White can do anything to dispel that myth.
Salcedo is nestled in close to White, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
White is still in real trouble! Can Salcedo finish him?
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
White trying to control here.
White seems to have recovered his senses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White is refusing to be controlled, as Salcedo sits in half guard.
Salcedo scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Salcedo works his way into side control.
White prevents Salcedo from improving position.
White managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Salcedo.
You can see the frustration on White's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Salcedo is putting a hurting on White here, landing some big shots from side control.
Salcedo scores with punches from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salcedo trying to control the position but White is working away.
White stops Salcedo from passing to mount.
Salcedo throws an elbow but White slips to the side and avoids it well.
Salcedo landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Salcedo misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
White can't do much from the bottom here.
White really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Salcedo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sloppy strikes there by Salcedo.
Salcedo cracks White with an elbow. That is naaassty.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White struggling a bit here.
Salcedo 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
White dodges the ground and pound from Salcedo.
Salcedo wants to control but White is keeping him busy.
Salcedo scores with punches from side control.
Salcedo working the body and head with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Salcedo wants to lay and pray for a moment but White keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julio Salcedo dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
White lands a nice hook to Salcedo's body. Salcedo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
White thows a body shot but no joy.
Salcedo looks to land a left hand but White moved out of range nicely.
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Salcedo.
Salcedo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of White's head.
Salcedo moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! White goes down! Can Salcedo finish him!?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Salcedo is looking to work some ground and pound but White has wrist control.
Salcedo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of White's head.
White preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
White is trying to control the position but Salcedo postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salcedo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Salcedo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Salcedo trying to control but White is working from the bottom.
Julio Salcedo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Salcedo keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of White's head.
Salcedo throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
White trying to control the position.
Salcedo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
White is trying to control the position from the bottom.
White wants to sweep but no luck.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salcedo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
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!
White keeping moving, preventing Salcedo from controlling successfully.
Salcedo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Salcedo cracks White with a solid left hand.
Salcedo wants to control from the top but White keeps moving.
Salcedo wants to pass the guard but White is keeping the position.
White working a defensive guard here.
White tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White keeping moving, preventing Salcedo from controlling successfully.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Julio Salcedo.
White has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Salcedo finds it's way round the side to connect with White's head.
Salcedo looks to land a right hand but White moved out of range.
Salcedo throws a big shot that misses.
White just misses with a punch to the body.
White scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Salcedo doesn't seem bothered though.
White misses with a series of wild punches.
White has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Salcedo thows a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Salcedo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Salcedo lands a big shot that drops White! Can he finish him?
White is rocked!
Salcedo is looking to work some ground and pound but White has wrist control.
White is still in real trouble! Can Salcedo finish him?
Salcedo wants to pass the guard but White is keeping the position.
White seems to have recovered his senses.
Salcedo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that White can do to turn this around?
Salcedo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Salcedo slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A control attempt from White but he's now mounted!
Salcedo lands a nice shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julio Salcedo dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Salcedo swings widly with a right hand
and White counters with a series of strikes. Salcedo will be more careful next time no doubt.
Salcedo throws an off balance right hand
and White counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Salcedo looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
White throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Salcedo lands a nice looking body shot.
White throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sloppy strikes from White. Those never looked like landing.
John White is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Salcedo throws out a powerful jab.
Nice defenses there by Salcedo.
Salcedo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Salcedo is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Salcedo misses the shot to the body.
Salcedo looks to land a right hand but White moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salcedo misses with a looping right.
White scores with a jab.
White slips a jab from Salcedo.
Salcedo defending well as White loads up on a big left hand.
Salcedo misses with a body punch
and White counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
White keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Salcedo.
Salcedo throws a shot from downtown. White moves away and avoids it.
Some wild striking there from White.
Salcedo takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salcedo blocks a jab.
White misses with a combination
and Salcedo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Salcedo punishes White's body with a nice straight punch.
White takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salcedo cracks a nice hook into White's ribs.
Salcedo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Julio Salcedo is winning the standup battle so far.
White slips a jab and a cross from Salcedo.
White misses with a body shot
and Salcedo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Salcedo lands a big shot that drops White! Can he finish him?
Salcedo sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed White's guard.
White taking some punishment here, with Salcedo in his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White is staying active underneath Salcedo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Salcedo takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Salcedo is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, White is hurt! He's hurt bad - Salcedo fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save White from any more punishment! Congratulations to Salcedo! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Julio Salcedo!
After winning the bout, Julio Salcedo thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Cid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Dawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cid kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is There's No Home for You Here. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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165 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Xavier Cid!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brian Dawkins!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cid fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cid lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dawkins has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dawkins and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cid takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dawkins thows a body shot but no joy.
Dawkins tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dawkins throws a hook but Cid blocks it.
Dawkins avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dawkins takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dawkins misses with a kick to the body.
A leg kick checked by Dawkins.
Dawkins misses with a body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Dawkins there.
Cid lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cid scores with a sloppy right hand. Dawkins should have avoided that one.
Cid misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cid has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cid is trying to maintain a safe position but Dawkins gets an underhook and turns Cid into the ropes.
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!
Cid throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dawkins breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cid jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dawkins misses with an uppercut.
Cid displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dawkins throws out the jab.
Dawkins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
An inside leg kick lands from Cid.
Cid throws a head kick but Dawkins moves out of range.
Cid swings for the body but Dawkins moves out of range.
Nice shot by Dawkins.
Dawkins looks to land a right hand but Cid moved out of range.
Dawkins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cid keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dawkins.
Cid blocks a jab.
Cid lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dawkins at a distance.
Cid lands a head shot.
Cid throws a leg kick but Dawkins sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Dawkins lands a head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins lands a lovely overhand right.
Cid tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Some bone on bone action there as Dawkins checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cid tries to land a front kick but Dawkins steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dawkins slips a jab from Cid.
A bone on bone clash there as Dawkins blocks the leg kick.
Dawkins scores with a hook.
Cid staying out of range there.
Dawkins has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cid.
Dawkins misses with a low kick.
Cid throws a solid leg kick but Dawkins takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cid.
Xavier Cid seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dawkins connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cid closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Dawkins's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cid under the eye.
Cid throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Cid throws a leg kick
and Dawkins counters with a right hand to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins connects with an inside leg kick.
Cid walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dawkins checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dawkins throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cid cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dawkins looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dawkins shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Cid eats them both and turns towards Dawkins to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Dawkins cracks Cid with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Cid lands with a good body shot.
Dawkins's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cid under the eye.
Dawkins looks to land a body kick but Cid moved away.
Dawkins throws a quick inside leg kick.
Dawkins lunges at Cid with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cid's hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cid misses with a head kick.
Cid scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cid misses with a wild body shot.
Cid throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Dawkins swats away the attempt to clinch by Cid.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Cid.
Cid bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Dawkins cracks Cid with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Dawkins fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cid connects with a solid leg kick.
Cid throws a leg kick but Dawkins sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dawkins scores with a jab to the head.
Dawkins misses with an uppercut. Cid saw that one coming.
Cid ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cid throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cid keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Dawkins!
Cid scores with a hook.
A head kick misses from Cid.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Brian Dawkins will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Cid avoids the body shot from Dawkins.
Cid looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dawkins misses with a body shot.
Dawkins misses with an uppercut.
Cid throws a chopping leg kick but Dawkins manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Cid tries to move into range but Dawkins moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Cid lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cid's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Cid duly obliges.
Dawkins scores with a jab to the body.
Dawkins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dawkins's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cid throws a low kick but Dawkins avoids it.
Brian Dawkins seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice shot lands for Dawkins.
Donk. Dawkins catches Cid right on the button with a cross.
Dawkins has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cid walks into a jab.
Dawkins with a hook.
Cid looks to land a body kick but Dawkins moved away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawkins tried to score with a low kick but Cid checks it.
A swing and a miss from Dawkins.
Cid throws a low kick, looking for Dawkins's leg but Dawkins calmly moves out of range.
A big left from Dawkins misses.
Cid looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dawkins throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dawkins throws out a loose jab but Cid uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dawkins swings for the body but Cid moves out of range.
Cid looks to score with a jab to the body but Dawkins is just out of range.
Cid goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Cid keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dawkins.
Dawkins slips a straight right by Cid.
Cid connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That kick from Dawkins tenderised Cid's leg. Cid is trying to keep his angry face on.
Dawkins connects with an inside leg kick.
Cid has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cid there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cid fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cid blocks the body kick.
Cid tries to land a front kick but Dawkins steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dawkins blocks the body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dawkins misses with a few strikes there.
Cid throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Dawkins's head.
Dawkins moves out of range as Cid strikes.
Cid doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dawkins sizes up Cid with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Cid is looking to chop away at Dawkins's legs.
Cid fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dawkins manages to avoid it.
Cid fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Dawkins checks a leg kick.
Cid thuds his shin into the meat of Dawkins's side.
Cid misses with a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That kick from Cid tenderised Dawkins's leg. Dawkins is trying to keep his angry face on.
Dawkins bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dawkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cid moves away.
Cid connects with a solid leg kick.
Dawkins lands with a hook. Cid tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A punch lands to the side of Dawkins 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cid throws a sloppy head kick and Dawkins moves out of range easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cid.
Cid wants to clinch.
Cid looks to land a right hand but Dawkins moved out of range.
Cid tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Dawkins manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins throws a body kick that misses.
Cid looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dawkins fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cid looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cid instigates a clinch.
Dawkins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dawkins thows a body shot but no joy.
Cid looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dawkins scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cid in his tracks.
Dawkins throws a series of punches but Cid moves out of range.
Dawkins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cid sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cid scoring well with a low kick there.
Cid throws a right hand that Dawkins ducks under and follows up with a left that Dawkins also avoids with ease.
Cid pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dawkins works over Cid's head and body with a nice combination.
Cid tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A jab lands there for Dawkins.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Brian Dawkins will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A looping hook to the body misses from Dawkins. Cid does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cid wants to clinch.
Cid thows a leg kick but Dawkins checks it
and Dawkins counters with an inside leg kick.
No joy there for Dawkins, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cid avoids the body shot from Dawkins.
Dawkins throws a big shot that misses.
A leg kick checked by Cid.
A leg kick checked by Dawkins.
Cid ducks under a wild hook from Dawkins.
Dawkins blocks a low kick nicely.
A thudding body kick lands there by Dawkins!
Dawkins bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cid's head.
Dawkins checks a leg kick.
Cid lands with a kick to the ribs.
Cid connects with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cid.
Dawkins throws a right and a left that Cid avoids nicely.
A cross from Dawkins lands.
Cid chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cid lands a jab.
Dawkins moves out of range of the strikes.
Cid looks to land a left hand but Dawkins moved out of range nicely.
Cid fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cid connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cid walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dawkins takes one on the button.
Cid on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dawkins. Dawkins obviously looking to wear him down.
Cid lands with a nice body kick.
Dawkins takes a kick to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cid ducks under a wild hook from Dawkins.
Cid throws a big shot that misses.
Dawkins misses with a wild body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cid.
A jab from Dawkins misses.
That kick from Cid tenderised Dawkins's leg. Dawkins is trying to keep his angry face on.
Dawkins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cid manages to avoid it.
Cid looks to score with a jab to the body but Dawkins is just out of range.
Dawkins misses with a double jab.
Cid lands with a kick to the ribs.
Dawkins swings for the body but Cid moves out of range.
Cid throws a series of punches but Dawkins avoids them all with ease.
Dawkins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cid manages to avoid it.
Cid scores with a leg kick.
Cid tries to bum rush Dawkins with a series of wild strikes but Dawkins uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cid throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dawkins.
Cid connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cid takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cid lands a leg kick that knocks Dawkins off balance momentarily.
Dawkins takes one on the button.
Dawkins fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cid uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dawkins.
Dawkins scores with a push kick.
Cid pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dawkins is out of range and Cid settles back down.
Dawkins looks to score with a jab to the body but Cid is just out of range.
Cid tries to clinch but Dawkins moves out of range.
Cid throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dawkins.
Left hook, right uppercut from Dawkins.
Cid tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Dawkins manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins tries to bum rush Cid with a series of wild strikes but Cid uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dawkins throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dawkins checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Cid lands with a thumping leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cid. That's going to slow Dawkins down.
Dawkins misses with an uppercut. Cid saw that one coming.
Cid pushes Dawkins up against the ropes in a clinch.
Cid throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dawkins blocks it with crossed arms.
Dawkins looking to stall.
Cid utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dawkins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cid unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cid is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cid lands a nice shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xavier Cid clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Cid clobbers Dawkins with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cid scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dawkins dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dawkins lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cid misses with a low kick.
Cid misses with a wild body shot.
Cid throws a low kick but Dawkins moves out of range easily.
Dawkins lands with a cross.
Cid is looking to slow Dawkins down with leg kicks.
Cid does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Dawkins scores with a leg kick.
Dawkins fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cid is looking to clinch.
Cid avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A big left from Dawkins misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Cid.
Cid tries to clinch there but Dawkins circles away.
A swing and a miss from Dawkins.
Cid takes a swing at Dawkins's ribcage but misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Cid.
Cid scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cid lands a head kick!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Dawkins.
Cid scores with a leg kick.
Cid throws a push kick but Dawkins slaps the foot to one side.
Cid sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Cid misses with a wild body shot.
Dawkins misses with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dawkins there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cid uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dawkins.
Dawkins connects with a solid leg kick.
Cid slips a jab from Dawkins.
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!
Cid misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cid ducks under a wild hook from Dawkins.
Dawkins misses with a hook. Cid ducked under it nicely.
Dawkins lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cid throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dawkins misses with a hook
and Cid counters with a nice leg kick.
Dawkins throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cid motions for Dawkins to come forward. Cid throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dawkins misses with a hook.
Cid lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cid waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dawkins.
Cid throws a head kick that misses.
Dawkins bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Cid's head backwards.
Cid takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cid takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cid connects with a leg kick. Dawkins looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cid fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dawkins manages to avoid it.
Cid throws a head kick that half lands.
Cid thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cid misses with a leg kick.
Dawkins misses with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Cid misses the target.
The fighters circling - Dawkins throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dawkins misses with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins throws a lazy right hand but Cid sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cid gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dawkins misses with a wild combination.
Cid slips a jab and a cross from Dawkins.
That kick from Cid tenderised Dawkins's leg. Dawkins is trying to keep his angry face on.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dawkins shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Cid scores with a jab to the head.
Dawkins misses with a hook. Cid ducked under it nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cid lands with an uppercut that bounces Dawkins off the ropes and back into range.
Dawkins throws a right hand that misses
and Cid counters with a body kick.
Cid throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Dawkins slips under a jab from Cid.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Xavier Cid will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Cid looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dawkins connects with a body shot.
Cid lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dawkins's sensitive parts.
Cid misses with a low kick.
Cid throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dawkins.
Dawkins pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Some bone on bone action there as Dawkins checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cid moves out of range as Dawkins throws a body kick.
Dawkins looks to land a combination but Cid avoids it well.
Dawkins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cid manages to avoid it.
Cid misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dawkins throws a series of punches but Cid moves out of range.
Cid is looking to land body kicks.
Dawkins has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Cid.
Dawkins blocks a head kick by Cid.
Dawkins throws a big shot that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cid moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by Cid there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cid.
Cid swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cid takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cid walks into a straight right hand from Dawkins.
Dawkins punishes Cid's body with a nice straight punch.
Dawkins misses with a two punch combination.
Dawkins looks to throw the jab but Cid is out of range.
Cid uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dawkins.
Dawkins checks a leg kick.
Dawkins is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dawkins throws a series of punches but Cid moves out of range.
Cid looks to land a left hand but Dawkins moved out of range nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cid lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cid throws a big shot that misses.
Dawkins takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Cid misses the shot to the body.
Dawkins throws a right hand that misses
and Cid counters with a good low kick that Dawkins was not able to check.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dawkins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cid was well out of range. Poor timing from Dawkins.
Cid throws a shot from downtown. Dawkins moves away and avoids it.
Cid tries to land a front kick but Dawkins steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cid, right into the meat.
Cid throws a sloppy head kick and Dawkins moves out of range easily.
Cid finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dawkins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dawkins connects with a single shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cid pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cid keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cid feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dawkins's calf.
Dawkins swinging wildly here.
Cid gets a clinch.
Dawkins is trying to break the clinch but Cid has him pressed against the ropes.
Dawkins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Cid on the inside.
Cid misses with a knee strike.
Dawkins wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cid has him pressed against the ropes.
Dawkins is looking to control Cid's arms but Cid gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dawkins has his back to the ropes.
Dawkins tries to break the clinch but Cid is controlling the position.
Dawkins wants to get back to striking at distance but Cid won't allow it.
Cid works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dawkins is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cid throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cid looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dawkins tries to break the clinch but Cid is controlling the position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cid as Dawkins tries to tie him up.
Dawkins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dawkins is trying to maintain a safe position but Cid gets an underhook and turns Dawkins into the ropes.
Cid keeps control of Dawkins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dawkins working hard to break the clinch.
Cid using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dawkins has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cid gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cid working aggressively here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cid misses with a body punch.
Dawkins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dawkins works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dawkins feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cid's calf.
And that's the end of the fight!
Xavier Cid showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cid 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 48:47
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 48:47
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Xavier Cid!
Xavier Cid retains his lightweight title!
An out of breath Xavier Cid thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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