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AFN4 Alvares v Rui PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Roy Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Sorrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sorrow's choice of entrance music: Harvester of Sorrow. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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155 lbs
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162 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
Big heart |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid 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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roy Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Sorrow!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sorrow looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thomas shoots in and bounces Sorrow off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Thomas sitting in guard here, content to control.
Sorrow has momentary wrist control but Thomas slips an elbow through the middle.
Sorrow wants to get back to his feet but Thomas is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Sorrow has an active guard here but Thomas has managed to pass into half guard.
Thomas is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Thomas postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Sorrow to stand up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sorrow throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thomas closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Sorrow's guard.
Thomas controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thomas makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Thomas gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Thomas drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sorrow is looking for a sweep.
Sorrow looks gassed!
Sorrow being controlled for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sorrow is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Thomas is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Thomas controlling from the full mount.
Thomas working the ground and pound effectively.
Sorrow really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Thomas. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Thomas cracks Sorrow with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Thomas is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Sorrow is surviving well by controlling Thomas's body position as best he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas controlling his opponent.
Sorrow has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.
Thomas working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Sorrow is doing well to defend. Thomas seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Sorrow is forced to tap and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Roy Thomas!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ray Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stan Marsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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194 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
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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
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ray Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Stan Marsh!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Shimada and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas shoots in for a takedown but Marsh shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Thomas slips a straight right by Marsh.
Thomas shoots for a takedown but Marsh saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Marsh dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Thomas takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A big right from Thomas misses.
Marsh misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thomas.
Marsh lands with an overhand left.
It looks like Ray Thomas has been cut.
Thomas tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Marsh swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ray Thomas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Thomas.
Thomas shoots in looking for a takedown but Marsh manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Thomas's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Thomas is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thomas clinches up against the cage.
Thomas looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Thomas keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Marsh's efforts to push away.
Marsh tries to circle away but Thomas has him pinned against the cage.
Thomas jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Marsh walks away with a smile on his face. Thomas gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Thomas has taken the fight to the clinch.
Thomas is trying to break the clinch but Marsh is controlling him.
Marsh is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Marsh working hard to break the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Thomas fails to pull guard.
Marsh is trying to break the clinch but Thomas has him pressed against the cage.
Thomas tries for a takedown. No joy.
Thomas has Marsh pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Marsh manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsh wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Marsh is trying to break free.
Marsh breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marsh darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Thomas closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marsh lands a nice hook to Thomas's body. Thomas takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Stan Marsh is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marsh lands a really nice looking cross but Thomas seems unphased.
Thomas takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Marsh works Thomas's body with a nice hook.
Marsh uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Thomas has time to react.
Thomas is rocked!
Thomas is aggressively charging in as Marsh backs up avoiding any damage. Marsh tosses out a jab and Thomas runs right into it face first! Thomas is out cold! Marsh dropped down on all fours and is barking in Thomas's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Stan Marsh!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dante Ninja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddy Cordo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cordo is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by UFC Theme Song. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
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205 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dante Ninja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eddy Cordo!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yuuki Gou and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cordo tries to clinch
and Ninja counters with a single leg into guard. Cordo didn't expect that.
Ninja showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Ninja connects with a couple of short punches.
Ninja 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.
Ninja passes Cordo's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Ninja keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ninja is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ninja passes the guard and advances to mount!
Cordo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ninja content just to control the position here.
A nice elbow there by Ninja.
Ninja landing punches.
Cordo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ninja sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cordo is working to get back to half guard.
Cordo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ninja. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ninja landing strikes, looking to finish!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Cordo can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ninja looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
BOOM! Ninja connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ninja raining down shots from the mount!
Cordo is rocked!
It looks like Eddy Cordo has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cordo working to try and regain half guard.
Cordo is still in real trouble! Can Ninja finish him?
Ninja in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ninja is in the full mount, landing strikes.
A big strike lands for Ninja! That's really hurt Cordo and he's turned his back - Ninja keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Ninja jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dante Ninja!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kotaro Fuma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sasmuki Lombardi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lombardi has chosen Uver world rush as his entrance music. Sasmuki Lombardi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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158 lbs
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145 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
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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
3 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Kotaro Fuma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sasmuki Lombardi!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lombardi lands a head kick!
Sasmuki Lombardi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fuma looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Lombardi checks a leg kick nicely.
Lombardi darts in and clinches Fuma up against the cage.
Lombardi lands a good knee to the midsection. Fuma won't want to take too many of those.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lombardi.
Lombardi lands an elbow that stopped Fuma in his tracks for a moment.
Lombardi lands an elbow that stopped Fuma in his tracks for a moment.
Lombardi connects with a knee to the head.
Lombardi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lombardi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lombardi has managed to clinch.
Lombardi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lombardi breaks from the clinch.
Lombardi tries to clinch up.
Lombardi wants to clinch up but Fuma keeps it at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lombardi wants to clinch.
Lombardi wants to clinch.
Lombardi tries to clinch there but Fuma circles away.
Lombardi throws a head kick that misses.
Lombardi lands a brutal head kick. Fuma looks out on his feet and Lombardi throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Sasmuki Lombardi!
Our winner, Sasmuki Lombardi, 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Akira Mishima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Florijan Jagatic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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145 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Counter striker
Intelligent |
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akira Mishima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Florijan Jagatic!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mishima connects with a high kick.
Mishima fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Jagatic sprawls well initially but Mishima persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Mishima lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mishima not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jagatic has hold of Mishima's hands but Mishima slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Mishima is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Jagatic is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Akira Mishima!
During a confident post fight interview, Akira Mishima thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mamed Khalidov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Luis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luis has chosen Creu as his entrance music. Mamed Khalidov had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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186 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mamed Khalidov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gabriel Luis!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luis closes the distance and clinches.
Khalidov wants a takedown but no success here.
Khalidov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Luis shoots in for a takedown but Khalidov shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Luis misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Luis moves to clinch but Khalidov breaks away
and Khalidov counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Khalidov is thwarting Luis's attempts to control the position.
Luis makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Luis.
Khalidov looking to pass the guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luis is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Khalidov frees his head nicely. Oh but Luis has switched to an armbar! Khalidov is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Gabriel Luis!
Our winner, Gabriel Luis, 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rui Yoshida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santiago Alvares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Brawler
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rui Yoshida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Santiago Alvares!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yuuki Gou and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoshida changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Alvares tries to avoid it but Yoshida manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Alvares to the ground. Alvares escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Alvares misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yoshida.
Yoshida takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Yoshida shoots in but Alvares avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Yoshida with a poor takedown
and Alvares counters with a body kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rui Yoshida. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yoshida shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Alvares counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like Rui Yoshida has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yoshida misses with a takedown
and Alvares counters with a slapping leg kick.
Yoshida is breathing heavily.
Alvares drops Yoshida with a beautiful combination! Yoshida stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Alvares is looking for the KO!
Alvares circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Yoshida drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Alvares follows Yoshida to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Santiago Alvares!
A victorious Santiago Alvares thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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