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Rivals XLVI: Tikkanen v Rutten PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Peder Bjornsund (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Metro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jason Metro acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Peder Bjornsund!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jason Metro!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Kenichi Hosakawa and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A cross from Metro lands.
Bjornsund fakes the leg kick and cracks Metro in the body.
Bjornsund lands with a nice combination. Metro backs away looking to recover.
It looks like Jason Metro has been cut.
Metro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bjornsund.
Metro ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bjornsund scores with a nice head shot.
Bjornsund is looking to slow Metro down with leg kicks.
Bjornsund tries to clinch but Metro is having none of it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Metro shoots for a takedown but Bjornsund saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Bjornsund scores with a nice right hand.
Metro tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bjornsund lands with a right and another and another! Metro is in big trouble! Bjornsund lands again and this time it's lights out for Metro! A quality knockout there for Bjornsund.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Peder Bjornsund!
A less than humble Peder Bjornsund misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kenichi Atoshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ushio Obake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Atoshi comes to the cage accompanied by Samourai. Ushio Obake has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Kenichi Atoshi's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenichi Atoshi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ushio Obake!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Taro Takaoka and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Atoshi doesn't manage to clinch there - Obake circles away.
Obake looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Atoshi wants to clinch up but Obake keeps it at a distance.
Atoshi shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Obake missing with a left hand there. Atoshi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Obake misses with a low kick.
Obake throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Atoshi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Atoshi avoids the body shot from Obake.
Atoshi fails with the takedown.
Atoshi gets the takedown into side control.
Atoshi looks up at the clock and then as Obake takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Atoshi smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Atoshi decides to stand up, so the ref orders Obake to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Atoshi throws a head kick that misses.
Obake throws a series of punches but Atoshi moves out of range.
Atoshi has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenichi Atoshi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Atoshi closes the distance and clinches up with Obake, looking for a takedown. Atoshi pushes Obake against the cage but Obake circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Obake misses with a right hand
and Atoshi counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Obake is lucky that one didn't land flush.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Obake enables Atoshi to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Obake manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Obake preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Atoshi wants to pass the guard but Obake is keeping the position.
Atoshi drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Atoshi jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Atoshi trying to control the position from guard on top but Obake is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Atoshi throwing strikes but missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obake can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Atoshi controls the pace.
Obake has a closed guard, preventing Atoshi from standing up.
Atoshi trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kenichi Atoshi has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Atoshi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
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!
Atoshi is looking to control Obake's arms but Obake gets an underhook and turns him. Now Atoshi has his back to the cage.
Atoshi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Obake backwards.
Obake can't break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obake is trying to force a seperation but Atoshi has the dominant position.
Atoshi has had enough of the clinch but Obake keeps him there for the moment.
Obake can't break the clinch.
Atoshi is stalling here.
A left hand lands to the body for Atoshi.
Atoshi is looking for a takedown.
Obake wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Obake is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Atoshi lands a right hand.
Atoshi lands a nice knee to the body.
Atoshi is trying to pull guard but Obake has him pressed against the cage.
Obake is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Atoshi dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obake looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Atoshi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ushio Obake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Obake throws a right and a left that both miss.
Atoshi shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Obake sprawls well. Obake wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Atoshi gets slowly back to his feet.
Atoshi swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Obake.
Atoshi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Obake has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Atoshi fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Obake to the ground. Atoshi is now in Obake's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Atoshi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Obake swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Atoshi throwing strikes from guard but Obake blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenichi Atoshi dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Obake tries to keep at a distance but Atoshi has taken the fight into the clinch.
Obake wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Atoshi has him pressed against the cage.
Atoshi works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Atoshi trying to control but Obake is working from the bottom.
Atoshi wanted to stand there but Obake had control of the position.
Obake wants to stand and escape but Atoshi is having none of it.
Obake is breathing heavily.
Atoshi is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Obake is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Obake has escaped and now he's on top!
Obake is posturing up here but Atoshi has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Obake tries to roll out but it's too tight and Obake has to tap! Slick submission there by Atoshi!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kenichi Atoshi!
Our winner, Kenichi Atoshi, 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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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rashad Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Schilling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by Lil B - Suck My D**k H**. Ben Schilling will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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185 lbs
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Basic striking
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BJJ Blue 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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rashad Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ben Schilling!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Sosuke Kotani and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Jones throws an elbow but Schilling slips to the side and avoids it well.
Schilling is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Jones advances nicely into full mount.
Jones in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jones working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A nice elbow there by Jones.
Jones tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jones trying to control but Schilling is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones controlling the pace for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones raining down hammerfists from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jones unloading with bombs!
Jones dominating with strikes here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones working Schilling over with strikes here.
Schilling is rocked!
Jones postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Schilling in real trouble here! The ref calls for Schilling to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rashad Jones!
Post fight, Rashad Jones took to the microphone: 'First I wanna thank God. Big ups to
Ben Schilling for taking this fight, I haven't fought in awhile and glad to have another win. What ever it takes I will get me a title shot and win.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Jacobs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Soon Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
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165 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jimmy Jacobs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Soon Do!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Do fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jacobs avoids it really well and circles away.
Jacobs closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Do did well to prevent Jacobs getting side control.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Jacobs lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Do is pressing down on Jacobs's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Do manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Do lands with some strikes.
Do prevents Jacobs from getting the reversal.
Jacobs knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Do on the ground.
Do unloading with bombs!
Jacobs is rocked!
It looks like Jimmy Jacobs has been cut.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jacobs takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Do's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Soon Do!
Soon Do was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Baldridge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Rizzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tony Rizzo will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marcus Baldridge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony Rizzo!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rizzo throws a hook but Baldridge avoids it easily.
Rizzo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rizzo looks to land a body kick but Baldridge moved away.
Baldridge showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rizzo.
Rizzo looks to land a combination but Baldridge avoids it well.
Baldridge closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Rizzo's guard.
Baldridge lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Baldridge postures up and lands a big shot to Rizzo's brow.
Baldridge postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baldridge postures up and lands a big shot to Rizzo's brow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baldridge lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Baldridge lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Baldridge working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rizzo's head.
Baldridge working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Baldridge is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Baldridge missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Baldridge makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baldridge loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Baldridge with a flurry of punches that miss.
Baldridge throwing strikes but missing.
Baldridge is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Baldridge postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Baldridge stands up over Rizzo, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Baldridge throws a big elbow that misses.
Baldridge working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rizzo's head.
Rizzo is trying to keep Baldridge in close.
Baldridge works over Rizzo with some ground and pound from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baldridge working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Baldridge wants to control from the top but Rizzo keeps moving.
Baldridge looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Baldridge's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Rizzo keeping moving, preventing Baldridge from controlling successfully.
Baldridge postures up.
Baldridge pushing down on Rizzo's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Baldridge working Rizzo over with strikes.
Baldridge is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Baldridge lands a nice short elbow.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Baldridge in particular looking to stall.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Baldridge connects with a nice short shot to Rizzo's temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baldridge looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rizzo with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rizzo is rocked!
Baldridge moves nicely into side control.
Baldridge scores with a couple of short elbows.
Rizzo is still in real trouble! Can Baldridge finish him?
Baldridge lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Baldridge scores with a couple of short elbows.
Baldridge trying to control the action but Rizzo is working from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Baldridge lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Rizzo down.
Baldridge trying to control the action but Rizzo is working from the bottom.
Rizzo seems to have recovered his senses.
Baldridge cracks Rizzo with a big elbow.
Baldridge in side control lands a decent elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The crowd goes nuts as Baldridge knocks Rizzo out cold with a massive hammerfist! Baldridge Jumps to his feet and climbs on top of the cage to celebrate with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Marcus Baldridge!
After the fight, Marcus Baldridge was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chang Sun Son (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hayato Warmaster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Son kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Deftones- Be quiet and drive. Warmaster has chosen Final hour by LAMB OF GOD as his entrance music. Hayato Warmaster has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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272 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chang Sun Son!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hayato Warmaster!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Son stuffs the takedown.
Warmaster drives through with a takedown into guard.
Son keeping moving, preventing Warmaster from controlling successfully.
Warmaster is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Son is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Son has escaped and now he's on top!
Warmaster has his feet on Son's thighs here. He's pushed Son off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Son screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hayato Warmaster!
After winning the bout, Hayato Warmaster 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 heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Greene (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evander Tripp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Greene's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Tiger rap by Andre Nikatina. The crowd seem to be enjoying Tripp's choice of entrance music: Bad Company - The Nine. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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260 lbs
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Solid boxing
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frank Greene!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Evander Tripp!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Kenichi Hosakawa and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tripp ducks under a wild hook from Greene.
Greene displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Greene lands with an overhand left.
A swing and a miss from Greene.
Greene displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Tripp.
Greene cracks Tripp with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tripp throws a lazy right hand but Greene sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Greene lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Greene looks to score with a jab to the body but Tripp is just out of range.
Tripp throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tripp looks to land a right hand but Greene moved out of range.
Greene jabs Tripp to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Greene misses with a wild combination.
Tripp walks into a jab.
Tripp scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
It looks like Frank Greene has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tripp throws a jab but it's blocked by Greene.
Greene jabs at Tripp's body.
Tripp throws a lazy uppercut
and Greene counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Greene throws a good cross that connects.
Tripp on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Greene scores with a punch to the head.
Tripp misses with a wild body shot.
Greene scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Greene fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Greene fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tripp on the side of the head.
Tripp misses with a body shot.
Tripp throws a shot from downtown. Greene moves away and avoids it.
Greene misses with an uppercut. Tripp saw that one coming.
Greene walks into a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Greene lands a glancing blow to the side of Tripp's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tripp pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tripp gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tripp takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tripp fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Greene throws out a powerful jab.
Greene staying out of range there.
Greene takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tripp misses with a wild body shot.
Frank Greene is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tripp scores with a jab. Greene acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Greene just misses with a punch to the body.
Greene connects with a body shot.
A big right from Tripp misses.
Nice jab there from Greene.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tripp throws the left hand but Greene avoids the punch easily.
Tripp has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tripp there as he acknowledges the shot.
Greene misses with a few strikes there.
Tripp misses with a straight right.
Greene is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tripp.
Tripp swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tripp lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Greene at a distance.
Tripp fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tripp gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Greene slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Greene bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tripp's head backwards.
Greene misses the jab.
Tripp darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Tripp is pressing down on Greene's thigh, looking to free his foot. Greene is holding on for now.
Greene keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tripp trying to control the action but Greene is working from the bottom.
Tripp throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tripp working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tripp working the head and body with strikes.
Tripp has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tripp is trying to control. Greene wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Evander Tripp will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Frank Greene's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Tripp uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Greene.
Tripp misses with a looping left.
Greene jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Greene connects with a jab.
Tripp shoots in looking for a takedown. Greene tries to sprawl out of it but Tripp keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Greene manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Greene takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tripp feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Greenes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Greene misses with a wild body shot.
A shot to the liver by Tripp. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Greene stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Greene wants it to stay on the feet.
Greene throws a lazy right hand but Tripp sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Greene keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tripp moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Greene misses with a few strikes there.
Tripp fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Frank Greene has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Evander Tripp.
Greene throws out a loose jab but Tripp uses good head movement to avoid it.
Greene with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tripp to score with a decent uppercut.
Tripp bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Greene swings widly with a right hand
and Tripp counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Greene thinking.
Greene just misses with a punch to the body.
Evander Tripp seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tripp closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Greene quickly recovers to half guard.
Tripp thows a huge punch but Greene dodges it nicely.
Greene taking some punishment here, with Tripp in his half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tripp throwing shots but Greene is blocking nicely.
Tripp is looking to take a break and control but Greene is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tripp prevents Greene from improving his position.
Greene pushes Tripp off looking to stand but Tripp dives back in and keeps control.
Tripp not doing much here.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Tripp not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tripp tries to pass to full mount but Greene defends it.
Greene tries to kick Tripp off but Tripp keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greene on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Greene is looking for a sweep. Tripp is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Tripp is trying to control. Greene wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Tripp is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Greene won't allow Tripp to pass to mount.
Tripp thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Greene's head.
Greene blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tripp.
Greene looks like he's trying to stand up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tripp trying to control the action but Greene is working from the bottom.
Tripp content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Tripp thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Tripp is trying to control. Greene wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
OK we're going to have a standup here. Evander Tripp hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Tripp takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tripp connects with the punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Greene lands a head shot.
Tripp lands a big shot that drops Greene! Can he finish him?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Evander Tripp showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Frank Greene's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Greene is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Tripp doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Greene crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Greene's bad books for that mishap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Evander Tripp!
Evander Tripp tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Danny Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Noah Bennet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown comes to the cage accompanied by Nas - Loco-Motive (feat. Large Professor). Bennet comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Unloco - Crashing kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Noah Bennet has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Danny Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Noah Bennet!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown looks to land a combination but Bennet avoids it well.
Bennet goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Bennet.
Brown throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brown lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bennet closes the distance and clinches.
Brown tries to throw a body punch but Bennet avoids it by throwing Brown back against the cage.
Bennet misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Bennet tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
Brown takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Danny Brown has been cut.
Brown misses with a body punch.
Bennet landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bennet misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Bennet connects with a knee to the head.
Brown blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bennet unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Brown breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bennet stuns Brown with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Noah Bennet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bennet scores with a head kick. Brown tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet slips a jab from Brown.
Bennet lands a leg kick that knocks Brown off balance momentarily.
Brown moves away from the strike by Bennet.
Brown swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brown stuns Bennet with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Brown is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bennet lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Brown swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brown blocks a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Bennet.
Bennet keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bennet throws a push kick but Brown slaps the foot to one side.
Brown misses with a straight right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bennet lands with a nice body kick.
A big left from Bennet misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennet looks for the body kick but Brown saw that one coming.
Brown pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brown on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Brown moves out of range of the body kick.
Bennet blocks a jab.
Bennet tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brown swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brown tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bennet was well out of range. Poor timing from Brown.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bennet.
Bennet looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bennet tries to work over Brown's front leg with a kick but Brown checks it.
Bennet throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bennet throws a push kick but Brown slaps the foot to one side.
Bennet throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bennet pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Brown fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bennet manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brown. Bennet does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brown works Bennet's body with a nice hook.
Bennet fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Brown has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Brown moves out of range of the body kick.
Brown swinging wildly here.
Brown catches Bennet with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bennet throws a wild body kick that Brown sees coming a mile off.
Brown bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bennet wants to land a leg kick but Brown is out of range.
Bennet defending well as Brown loads up on a big left hand.
Bennet moves into the clinch.
Bennet using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brown has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown wants to get back to striking at distance but Bennet won't allow it.
Brown managing to block the knees to the body from Bennet.
Brown tries to throw a body punch but Bennet avoids it by throwing Brown back against the cage.
Bennet struggles to land a body shot inside as Brown controls his hands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown avoids the elbow strike from Bennet, against the cage.
Brown is trying to break the clinch but Bennet has him pressed against the cage.
Bennet landing knees to the head.
Bennet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bennet throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brown looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bennet scores with a shot to the side of Brown's head.
Brown breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brown looks to land a left hand but Bennet moved out of range nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brown will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bennet takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Brown checks the leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Noah Bennet dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Danny Brown's cut.
That's time! Brown's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Donk. Brown catches Bennet right on the button with a cross.
Bennet cracks the inside of Brown's front leg.
Noah Bennet seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bennet gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Brown throws a body punch but Bennet moves out of range.
Brown throws a hook but Bennet avoids it easily.
Brown throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Brown throws a shot from downtown. Bennet moves away and avoids it.
Bennet misses with a looping left.
Bennet throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Brown, as that shot connected.
Bennet misses with a looping right.
Bennet has taken the fight to the clinch.
Brown softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brown wants to get back to striking at distance but Bennet won't allow it.
Bennet lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bennet tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bennet blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brown has had enough of the clinch but Bennet keeps him there for the moment.
Bennet looking to throw knees to the head but Brown is blocking nicely.
Bennet pressing his opponent against the cage.
Brown lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bennet or not.
Brown wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Brown is trying to break the clinch but Bennet has him pressed against the cage.
Brown wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bennet tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brown lands with a right to the head.
Bennet trying to stall but Brown improves his position.
Brown is trying to force a seperation but Bennet has the dominant position.
A nice left hand lands by Brown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennet blocks an elbow strike from Brown.
Bennet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Brown can't break the clinch.
Bennet misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Bennet is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Brown is keeping busy.
Bennet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brown blocks it with crossed arms.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bennet lands a knee to the head.
Bennet misses with a knee strike.
Brown takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brown pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brown lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Brown throws an overhand right that lands on Bennet's shoulder, as Bennet tries to avoid the shot.
Bennet walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bennet avoids the body shot from Brown.
Brown misses with a straight right.
Bennet fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennet cracks Brown with an open hand slap.
Bennet misses with a low kick.
A nice combination there by Brown.
It looks like Noah Bennet has been cut.
Bennet looks to land a combination but Brown avoids it well.
Brown scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bennet doesn't seem bothered though.
Bennet is breathing heavily.
Brown throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bennet stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bennet shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Brown scores with a decent looking hook.
Bennet goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
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!
Bennet throws a quick inside leg kick.
Brown circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brown with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Brown throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bennet.
Bennet takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennet wants to clinch up but Brown keeps it at a distance.
Bennet takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bennet showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brown.
Brown chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bennet can pounce on him.
Bennet connects with a jab.
Brown throws a hook but Bennet avoids it easily.
Bennet has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bennet there as he acknowledges the shot.
Brown misses with an uppercut. Bennet saw that one coming.
Brown is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bennet looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bennet connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bennet throws a push kick but Brown slaps the foot to one side.
Bennet fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brown manages to avoid it.
Brown works the jab nicely.
Brown scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Danny Brown dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Bennet is looking to clinch but Brown is avoiding it.
Brown lands with an uppercut that bounces Bennet off the cage and back into range.
Bennet is looking to clinch but Brown is avoiding it.
Brown throws a hook but Bennet avoids it easily.
Brown looks to land a combination but Bennet avoids it well.
Bennet looks to throw the jab but Brown is out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bennet.
Bennet pivots, looking for a leg kick but Brown is out of range and Bennet settles back down.
Bennet tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brown tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bennet is able to avoid easily.
Bennet lands a right hook to the body.
Brown throws a body punch but Bennet moves out of range.
Bennet scores with a head kick. Brown tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Brown swinging wildly here.
Brown steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bennet. That one must have hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet delivers a nice body kick.
Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bennet moves away.
Brown gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Brown is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bennet.
Brown scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bennet doesn't seem bothered though.
Brown throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bennet misses with a leg kick.
Bennet scores with a nice head shot.
Bennet tries to clinch but Brown moves out of range.
Brown lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bennet attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Bennet throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws an overhand right that lands on Bennet's shoulder, as Bennet tries to avoid the shot.
Brown throws a series of punches but Bennet avoids them all with ease.
Bennet throws a nice outside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
An inside leg kick from Brown misses.
Bennet tries to clinch there but Brown circles away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bennet scores with a kick to the midsection.
Bennet has managed to clinch.
Bennet is leaning against Brown and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Brown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brown will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Bennet keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Brown's efforts to push away.
A left hand lands to the body for Bennet.
Bennet pushes off an throws an elbow but Brown leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bennet looking to throw knees to the head but Brown is blocking nicely.
Bennet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brown blocks it with crossed arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bennet looking to throw knees to the head but Brown is blocking nicely.
Bennet lands a body shot in the clinch.
Brown breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brown connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bennet momentarily.
Brown digs a good hook to Bennet's body.
Bennet throws a push kick but Brown slaps the foot to one side.
Bennet fakes the leg kick and cracks Brown in the body.
Bennet throws a push kick but Brown slaps the foot to one side.
Brown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bennet chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bennet doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Brown blocks a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennet throws a one two combo.
Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bennet turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Brown fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bennet on the side of the head.
Brown looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brown takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Brown moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bennet looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bennet is looking to land body kicks.
Bennet tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Brown manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Brown scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Bennet looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bennet throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Bennet takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bennet takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
And that's the end of the fight!
Noah Bennet comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bennet has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Noah Bennet!
Noah Bennet thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Esa Tikkanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bas Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tikkanen's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Bring The Pain. Rutten has chosen Pride as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Esa Tikkanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bas Rutten!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tikkanen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rutten takes a jab right on the kisser.
Rutten lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tikkanen's sensitive parts.
Rutten takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rutten takes a swing at Tikkanen's ribcage but misses.
Rutten slips a jab from Tikkanen.
Tikkanen clinches up against the cage.
Rutten breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tikkanen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rutten is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tikkanen pressing his opponent against the cage.
Rutten tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rutten doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Tikkanen.
Rutten works on Tikkanen's body with a couple of short punches.
Tikkanen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ruttens head.
Rutten displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tikkanen up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutten struggles to land a body shot inside as Tikkanen controls his hands.
Tikkanen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bas Rutten seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tikkanen forces Rutten back against the cage and clinches.
Tikkanen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rutten misses with a knee to the head.
Tikkanen manages to break the clinch.
Tikkanen shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Tikkanen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rutten defending well though.
Tikkanen is taking a breather. Rutten says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Tikkanen 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.
Tikkanen works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tikkanen punching from mount but Rutten doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Tikkanen working Rutten over with strikes here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tikkanen controlling the position easily from mount.
Tikkanen with good strikes from the mount here!
Rutten is looking to improve his position but Tikkanen isn't that keen on the idea.
Tikkanen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Tikkanen.
Tikkanen goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Rutten turns into him and now he's in Tikkanen's guard.
Rutten really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tikkanen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tikkanen seems keen to control Rutten's posture.
Tikkanen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Tikkanen controlling from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Esa Tikkanen dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Rutten scores with a jab to the jaw.
Tikkanen connects with a looping right hand.
Tikkanen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rutten has time to react.
Rutten takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Tikkanen forces Rutten back against the cage and clinches.
A short body shot lands from Rutten as the two fighters clinch.
Rutten goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tikkanen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rutten taking a breather.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rutten tries to work over Tikkanen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rutten tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tikkanen's elbow.
Tikkanen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tikkanen moves into range and clinches up with Rutten.
Rutten tries to throw a body punch but Tikkanen avoids it by throwing Rutten back against the cage.
Tikkanen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rutten tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tikkanen wants to get back to striking at distance but Rutten won't allow it.
Rutten tries a knee to the head but Tikkanen blocks it.
Rutten misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rutten trying to stall but Tikkanen improves his position.
Rutten prevents the takedown attempt.
Rutten working aggressively here.
Rutten throws a head punch that misses.
Tikkanen has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Rutten clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Tikkanen keeps control of the position easily here as Rutten tries to buck him off.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tikkanen looking to break Rutten's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Rutten remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Tikkanen will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Tikkanen trying to control momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutten is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tikkanen looking for the RNC.
Tikkanen looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Rutten taps!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Esa Tikkanen!
Esa Tikkanen decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rick Rude (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Abbott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rude comes to the cage accompanied by Face fucked by PISSING RAZORS. Abbott has chosen War Ensemble - Slayer as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Mark Abbott was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rick Rude!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Abbott!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abbott takes a swing at Rude's ribcage but misses.
Rude gets caught napping as Abbott dives in and scores a takedown. Rude manages to retain guard.
Rude controlling the position.
Abbott wants to control from the top but Rude keeps moving.
Abbott distracts Rude with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Abbott postures up in Rude's guard and throws a big left but Rude blocks it.
Rude lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Abbott!
Rude controlling his opponent.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Abbott can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abbott just holding on.
Rude controlling from mount.
Rude tries to control but Abbott wriggling away.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Rick Rude wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Rude fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rude ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abbott moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rude swings for the body but Abbott moves out of range.
Rude misses with a right hand
and Abbott counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rude thinking.
Abbott shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rude looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rude swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Abbott closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Rude cracks Abbott with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Abbott misses the shot to the body.
Abbott with a nice cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rude scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Abbott.
Abbott misses with an uppercut. Rude saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rude ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abbott moves away.
Good standup being displayed there by Rude as he connects with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Abbott.
Rude connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Abbott avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Abbott defending well as Rude loads up on a big left hand.
Abbott throws an off balance right hand
and Rude counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rude misses with an uppercut. Abbott saw that one coming.
Abbott swings for the body but Rude moves out of range.
Rude looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rude throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rude misses with a hook. Abbott ducked under it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abbott takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rude lands with a straight right. Abbott didn't see that one coming.
Rude pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rude thows a left - swing and a miss!
A nice combination there by Rude.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rude avoids the body shot from Abbott.
Abbott defending well as Rude loads up on a big left hand.
Rude is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Abbott avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rude misses with a wild combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Abbott shoots in and bounces Rude off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rick Rude dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Abbott fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rude manages to avoid it.
Rude is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Abbott scores with a hook to the body. Rude takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Abbott is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Rude rather than just go for the knockout.
Rude looks to score with a jab to the body but Abbott is just out of range.
Abbott closes the distance and clinches up with Rude, looking for a takedown. Abbott pushes Rude against the cage but Rude circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Abbott shoots in and gets a takedown into Rude's guard.
Abbott preventing the sweep.
Rude wants to stand and escape but Abbott is having none of it.
Abbott stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rude swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Abbott stops Rude from standing up.
Abbott trying to control the position from guard on top but Rude is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abbott pushing down on Rude's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Abbott throwing shots but Rude is blocking nicely.
Abbott has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Abbott drops an elbow to the side of Rude's head.
Well, if Abbott is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Abbott wants to free his trapped foot but Rude is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Abbott seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Rude does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rude trying to control here.
Abbott controlling the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mark Abbott has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Abbott throws a shot from downtown. Rude moves away and avoids it.
Rude moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Rude throws out a loose jab but Abbott uses good head movement to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rude connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Abbott scores with a punch to the head.
Rude drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Rude lands with a cross.
Rude throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rude swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rude blocks a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abbott lands with a shot to the body.
Rude throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Rude misses with a body shot.
Abbott gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Abbott takes a swing at Rude's ribcage but misses.
Abbott misses the shot to the body.
Abbott swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Abbott getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rude lands with an uppercut that bounces Abbott off the cage and back into range.
Abbott walks into a left hand.
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!
Rude looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Abbott throws a jab but it's blocked by Rude.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rude connects with a looping right hand.
Abbott looks to score with a jab to the body but Rude is just out of range.
Rude stalks Abbott and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Abbott's face. Abbott staggers backwards, shaken.
Rude misses with a two punch combination.
Rude gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rude throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Abbott shoots for a double leg takedown but Rude sprawls well. He's pushed Abbott's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rude looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rude misses the shot to the body.
Abbott jabs Rude to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Abbott is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Rude.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Mark Abbott will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Rude's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Rude throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rude takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rude misses the jab.
Abbott shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Abbott is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Rude's half guard.
Rude wants to get back to full guard.
Abbott wants to control but Rude is keeping him busy.
Rude tries to roll over but Abbott keeps him under control.
Still in half guard, Abbott seems content to control.
Abbott's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Abbott wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rude keeps working.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Mark Abbott wasn't active enough on the ground.
Abbott takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Abbott fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rude moves out of range of the strikes.
Rude scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Abbott misses with a straight left.
Abbott misses with a hook. Rude ducked under it nicely.
Rude takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rude has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Abbott finds it's way round the side to connect with Rude's head.
Abbott scores with a hook to the body. Rude takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rude misses with a double jab.
Abbott shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rude wants to control but Abbott is having none of it.
Abbott trying to control but Rude is having none of it.
Rude is in all sorts of trouble here.
Abbott in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Abbott connects with a bit shot that sees Rude covering up! More strikes from Abbott and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Abbott is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Abbott!
A relieved looking Mark Abbott thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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