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AFC 45 - Bundy vs Defoe PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chong HO (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krzysztof Trampolina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). HO comes to the cage accompanied by I am Everything- Tech N9ne. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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140 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chong HO!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Krzysztof Trampolina!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
HO connects with a good right hand that stumbles Trampolina. Trampolina circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
HO avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
HO stuffs the takedown attempt from Trampolina. Trampolina gets slowly back to his feet.
Trampolina scores a takedown into full mount!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
HO is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Trampolina is going oldschool here, as he tries to force HO to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so HO shrugs it off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trampolina is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Trampolina extends the arm and HO is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Krzysztof Trampolina!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kamikaze Sazuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Droop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kamikaze Sazuki has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Kamikaze Sazuki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, George Droop!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yuuki Gou and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Droop misses with a wild body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Droop.
Sazuki chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice uppercut there from Droop.
Droop is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Droop lands a glancing blow to the side of Sazuki's head.
Sazuki has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jab by Droop.
Droop misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sazuki.
Droop slips a jab and a cross from Sazuki.
Droop misses with a few strikes there.
Sazuki misses with a double jab.
No joy there for Sazuki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sazuki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sazuki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
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!
Sazuki lands a jab.
Droop takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Sazuki lands an impressive looking overhand right. Droop doesn't seem phased though.
Sazuki connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Droop momentarily.
Sazuki misses with a wild body shot.
Sazuki throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Sazuki takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sazuki throws a head kick that misses
and Droop counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Some wild striking there from Sazuki.
Droop looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sazuki throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Droop cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Droop scores with a jab to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sazuki. Droop does a little dance to reset his feet.
Droop looks to throw the jab but Sazuki is out of range.
Sazuki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Droop.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Droop ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sazuki slips a straight right by Droop.
Sazuki throws a leg kick that is checked
and Droop counters with a three punch combo that has Sazuki backing up. Sazuki nods at Droop to acknowledge the strikes.
Droop swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sazuki throws a combination that misses
and Droop counters with a one-two to the body.
Droop takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sazuki throws a chopping leg kick but Droop manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Droop tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sazuki throws a leg kick but Droop checks it.
Sazuki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sazuki takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sazuki takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sazuki shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Droop is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sazuki had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sazuki throws a wild body kick that Droop sees coming a mile off.
Sazuki lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sazuki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Droop was well out of range. Poor timing from Sazuki.
Sazuki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Droop fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sazuki manages to avoid it.
Sazuki falls off balance throwing a combination
and Droop counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sazuki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Droop.
Droop throws a jab but it's blocked by Sazuki.
Sazuki lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Droop backs up against the cage.
It looks like George Droop has been cut.
Sazuki dodges the punch combination from Droop.
Sazuki throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sazuki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Droop ducks under a wild hook from Sazuki.
Droop misses with a wild body shot.
Sazuki misses with a shot to the body
and Droop counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Droop blocks the body kick.
Sazuki throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Droop counter with a right hand.
Kamikaze Sazuki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Droop throws a right hand that Sazuki ducks under and follows up with a left that Sazuki also avoids with ease.
Sazuki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Droop.
Droop takes the fight into the clinch.
Sazuki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Droop manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Droop throws a punch but it's blocked by Sazuki.
Droop lands a body punch.
Droop pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sazuki scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Droop connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
No joy there for Sazuki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Droop takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sazuki moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sazuki throws a right hand that Droop ducks under and follows up with a left that Droop also avoids with ease.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Droop dodges the punch combination from Sazuki.
Droop misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Droop sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Sazuki takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sazuki explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Sazuki connects with a crisp jab.
Sazuki closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A combination from Sazuki does no damage.
Droop takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Droop is rocked!
Droop misses with a body shot.
Droop tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sazuki manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Droop tries to close the distance and clinch but Sazuki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Droop misses with an uppercut. Sazuki saw that one coming.
Droop scores with a jab to the jaw.
Droop jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sazuki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Droop throws a right and a left that Sazuki avoids nicely.
Sazuki gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Droop.
Droop takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sazuki throws a body punch but Droop moves out of range.
Sazuki throws a head kick that misses.
Sazuki throws a sloppy head kick and Droop moves out of range easily.
Droop throws a shot from downtown. Sazuki moves away and avoids it.
Droop throws a head kick that misses.
A punch combination from Droop misses.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Droop misses with a wild combination.
Sazuki lands with a nice body punch.
Droop throws a leg kick that misses.
Some wild striking there from Sazuki.
Droop blocks the body kick.
Droop throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sazuki thuds his shin into the meat of Droop's side.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Droop throws a hook but Sazuki blocks it.
Droop takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Droop lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sazuki circles away quickly and effectively.
Droop waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sazuki.
Droop throws a hook to the side of Sazuki's head but Sazuki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sazuki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Droop moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A punch combination from Sazuki misses.
Sazuki pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Droop back to the cage. Sazuki follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Sazuki tries to bum rush Droop with a series of wild strikes but Droop uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Droop looks to land a right hand but Sazuki moved out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Droop. Those never looked like landing.
Droop slips a jab and a cross from Sazuki.
Sazuki looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A solid body kick from Sazuki.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sazuki scores with a hook to the body. Droop takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sazuki goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Sazuki is working the combinations to good effect here.
Some wild striking there from Sazuki.
Sazuki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kamikaze Sazuki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on George Droop's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Sazuki - that will leave a mark!
Sazuki throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sazuki moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sazuki feints a jab promting Droop to slip. Sazuki then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Droop slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Droop is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Sazuki walks into a stiff left hand from Droop.
Sazuki throws a body kick that misses.
Droop lands the left hand.
Sazuki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Droop looks to score with a jab to the body but Sazuki is just out of range.
Kamikaze Sazuki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Droop fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sazuki looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sazuki throws a right and a left that Droop avoids nicely.
Kamikaze Sazuki is winning the standup battle so far.
Droop lands with a straight right. Sazuki didn't see that one coming.
Sazuki blocks a head kick by Droop.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Droop throws a nice looking combination but Sazuki bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sazuki throws a lazy body kick
and Droop counters with a slapping leg kick.
Droop lands with a slapping head kick.
Sazuki throws a series of punches but Droop avoids them all with ease.
Sazuki wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Droop lands a glancing blow to the side of Sazuki's head.
Sazuki misses with a double jab.
Sazuki closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sazuki misses with a wild body shot.
Droop rushes Sazuki and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Sazuki takes a shot to the head.
Droop has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sazuki is looking to break free of the clinch but Droop has double underhooks.
Sazuki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Droop works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee calls for Droop to work.
Sazuki is trying to break the clinch but Droop is controlling him.
Droop escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Droop swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Droop looks to throw the jab but Sazuki is out of range.
Sazuki blocks a leg kick.
Sazuki lands a nice looking body kick.
Sazuki lunges at Droop with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Droop's hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sazuki lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Droop at a distance.
Sazuki throws a series of punches but Droop moves out of range.
Sazuki fails to land with a series of punches.
Droop has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Sazuki.
Droop takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sazuki throws a right hand that Droop ducks under and follows up with a left that Droop also avoids with ease.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sazuki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sazuki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Droop.
Sazuki tries to land a front kick but Droop steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Droop thows a body shot but no joy.
Droop has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Sazuki.
Droop lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sazuki backs up against the cage.
Sazuki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sazuki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sazuki tries a head kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sazuki moves forwards but Droop connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The fighters circling - Droop throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Droop dodges the punch combination from Sazuki.
Droop lands an overhand right.
Droop blocks the body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big left from Sazuki misses.
Sazuki just misses with a punch to the body.
Droop ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sazuki moves away.
Sazuki looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sazuki swinging wildly here.
Sazuki throws a sloppy head kick and Droop moves out of range easily.
Some wild striking there from Sazuki.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Droop misses with a straight left.
Droop misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Droop throws a hook to the side of Sazuki's head but Sazuki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Droop misses.
Sazuki throws a head kick that misses.
Sazuki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Droop in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Sazuki misses with a combination
and Droop connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Droop connects with a high kick.
Sazuki throws a head kick that misses.
Droop throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sazuki avoids the body shot from Droop.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Droop looks to score with a jab to the body but Sazuki is just out of range.
Sazuki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice combination there by Sazuki.
Sazuki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A head kick misses from Sazuki.
Droop bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Droop misses with a two punch combination.
Droop throws a right and a left that Sazuki avoids nicely.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sazuki.
Sazuki is looking to wear down Droop with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Droop throws a jab when Sazuki was well out of range.
Sazuki looks to land a combination but Droop avoids it well.
Droop throws a head kick but Sazuki moves out of range.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Droop is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sazuki.
Droop throws a jab when Sazuki was well out of range.
Sazuki goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Droop slips under a jab from Sazuki.
Droop thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice body punch from Sazuki.
Droop throws a nice looking combination but Sazuki bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sazuki lands a jab-cross combination.
Droop pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sazuki throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Droop ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sazuki moves away.
Sazuki bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sazuki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Droop moves out of range of the body kick.
Sazuki feints a jab promting Droop to slip. Sazuki then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Droop slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Droop is still on wobbly legs! Can Sazuki finish him?
Droop lands a slapping body shot.
Droop throws a right and a left that Sazuki avoids nicely.
Droop seems to have recovered his senses.
Droop slips under a jab from Sazuki.
Sazuki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Droop.
Droop throws a head kick that Sazuki semi-blocks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sazuki dodges the punch combination from Droop.
Sazuki looks to throw the jab but Droop is out of range.
Sazuki tried to score with a low kick but Droop checks it.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sazuki moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Droop pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sazuki is out of range and Droop settles back down.
Sazuki throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Droop throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sazuki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sazuki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sazuki ducks under a wild hook from Droop.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Droop.
Droop throws a right and a left that Sazuki avoids nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A jab from Droop misses.
Droop slips a jab and a cross from Sazuki.
Sazuki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Droop showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sazuki.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kamikaze Sazuki.
I think Sazuki has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Kamikaze Sazuki!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Kamikaze Sazuki!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Kamikaze Sazuki!
Kamikaze Sazuki wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Kamikaze Sazuki 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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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Papi Chocolate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis High (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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Papi Chocolate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Travis High!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
High fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chocolate manages to avoid it.
Chocolate lands a glancing blow to the side of High's head.
It looks like Travis High has been cut.
High takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Chocolate scores with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chocolate throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
High misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chocolate.
Chocolate lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Chocolate jabs High to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Chocolate throws a hook but High blocks it.
High swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
High ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chocolate moves away.
High shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
High takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chocolate moves into the clinch.
A short left from Chocolate.
Chocolate misses with a shot to the kidneys.
High prevents a body shot from Chocolate.
High wants a takedown but no success here.
Chocolate lands a body shot.
High drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
High looks gassed!
Chocolate working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That has opened up Travis High's cut even more.
High is trying to break the clinch but Chocolate is controlling him.
Chocolate lands with a right to the head.
High is looking to take this one to the mat.
Papi Chocolate has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Travis High.
Chocolate dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Chocolate.
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!
Chocolate is working High over against the cage.
Chocolate lands a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chocolate can't find room to land a body shot as High controls the action.
Chocolate lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Chocolate lands a body punch in the clinch.
Chocolate is working High over against the cage.
Chocolate lands a body punch.
Chocolate lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The cut above Travis High's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Chocolate misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chocolate lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down High.
Chocolate throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Chocolate's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
High is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
High is rocked!
Chocolate tries to clinch up but High circles away and keeps his distance.
Chocolate stuns High with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Chocolate throws a looping overhand right but High ducks down to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chocolate. High does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
High ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chocolate moves away.
Chocolate takes a swing at High's ribcage but misses.
Chocolate scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. High doesn't seem bothered though.
Chocolate lands with a nice body punch.
High takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Chocolate swings for the body but High moves out of range.
Oooooh!!! Chocolate has knocked High down with a huge combo! Chocolate steps away and waves a wobbly High back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
High is still on wobbly legs! Can Chocolate finish him?
Travis High's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Travis High's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Papi Chocolate!
After winning the bout, Papi Chocolate 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 DJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akira Hayabusa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Penn's entrance music is Til I Collapse. A fine choice. Hayabusa has chosen Bombs Away as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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166 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, DJ Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akira Hayabusa!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut there from Hayabusa.
Hayabusa swings for the body but Penn moves out of range.
Penn connects with the punch.
Hayabusa swings away with a body shot that misses
and Penn counters with a one-two to the body.
Hayabusa throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Penn counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hayabusa throws a sloppy body shot
and Penn makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hayabusa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Penn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hayabusa throws a body kick that misses.
Hayabusa misses with a combination
and Penn counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Penn.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Penn won't allow Hayabusa to get back to his feet.
Penn trying to control but Hayabusa is working from the bottom.
Penn wants to pass the guard but Hayabusa is keeping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayabusa is trying to keep Penn in close.
Penn stops Hayabusa from standing up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Penn looking to pass the guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hayabusa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Penn manages to avoid it.
Penn misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayabusa throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Penn to counter with a crisp jab.
Hayabusa shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A lazy left from Penn finds it's target.
Nice uppercut lands for Hayabusa. That snapped Penn's head back.
Hayabusa is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Penn rather than just go for the knockout.
Hayabusa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Penn avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Penn lands a body shot.
Hayabusa throws a lazy uppercut
and Penn counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Hayabusa.
Donk. Penn catches Hayabusa right on the button with a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hayabusa.
No joy there for Penn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Penn closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Penn wants to pass the guard but Hayabusa is defending well.
Penn is working for a kimura but Hayabusa is defending it quite comfortably.
Hayabusa is trying to control but can't.
Penn tries to pass to full mount but Hayabusa defends it.
Penn works his foot free and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hayabusa stops Penn from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayabusa slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Penn trying to mount his opponent but Hayabusa defends it.
Penn passes to full mount!
Penn swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Hayabusa is now in Penn's guard. A big mistake from Penn there, giving up the dominant position!
Penn controls Hayabusa momentarily but Hayabusa frees himself.
Penn bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hayabusa's guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Penn prevents Hayabusa from getting back to his feet.
Penn tries to free his leg and advance position but Hayabusa is retaining full guard.
Hayabusa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Penn pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hayabusa is keeping the position for now.
Hayabusa trying to keep a closed guard but Penn is proving a slippery customer.
Penn tries to free his leg and advance position but Hayabusa is retaining full guard.
Penn has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Penn wants to control from the top but Hayabusa keeps moving.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Penn moves out of range of the strikes.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Hayabusa both land. Nice combination.
Hayabusa takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hayabusa swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Penn counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hayabusa throws a sloppy body shot
and Penn counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hayabusa tries to clinch there but Penn circles away.
Hayabusa lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Akira Hayabusa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hayabusa throws a hook but Penn blocks it.
Hayabusa falls off balance throwing a combination
and Penn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hayabusa swings for the body but Penn moves out of range.
Hayabusa takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hayabusa thows a body shot but no joy.
Penn moves out of range of the strikes.
Penn keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Penn displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hayabusa.
Penn is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Penn scores a takedown into full mount!
Hayabusa is trying to escape the mount but Penn keeps good control and instead manages to take Hayabusa's back.
Penn looking for the RNC.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Penn's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Penn is looking for the choke from the back position but Hayabusa is controlling his hands well.
Hayabusa defends a prolonged rear naked choke attempt and turns nicely into his opponent's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Penn wants to sweep here but Hayabusa controlling him for the moment.
Penn is working hard here to advance position.
Penn is working an open guard so Hayabusa takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hayabusa, as that shot connected.
Penn is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Penn tries to move into range but Hayabusa moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Penn swings for the body but Hayabusa moves out of range.
Hayabusa throws a body punch but Penn moves out of range.
Hayabusa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Penn looks to throw the jab but Hayabusa is out of range.
Penn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Penn slips under a jab.
Penn takes a shot right to the bread basket.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hayabusa feints a jab promting Penn to slip. Hayabusa then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Penn slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Penn is rocked!
Hayabusa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
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 DJ Penn will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Penn slips under a jab from Hayabusa.
Penn on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hayabusa misses with a body punch
and Penn counters with a stiff right hand.
Hayabusa looks to score with a jab to the body but Penn is just out of range.
Hayabusa swings widly with a right hand
and Penn counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hayabusa throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Penn looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hayabusa throws a big shot that misses.
Penn scores with a nice strike.
Hayabusa connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Penn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hayabusa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayabusa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Penn counters with a nice uppercut.
Penn just misses with a punch to the body.
Akira Hayabusa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hayabusa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Penn counters with a straight right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Penn. Hayabusa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hayabusa throws a head kick but Penn moves out of range.
Hayabusa misses with a body shot
and Penn counters with a nice uppercut.
Hayabusa misses with a left hand
and Penn counters with a left to the body.
Hayabusa looks for a takedown but Penn sprawls well.
Hayabusa is breathing heavily.
Penn circles away from the clinch attempt
and Penn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn jabs at Hayabusa's body.
Hayabusa throws a body punch but Penn moves out of range.
Penn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hayabusa looks to throw the jab but Penn is out of range.
Hayabusa goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Penn lands with a good body shot.
Hayabusa tries to close the distance and clinch but Penn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hayabusa instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayabusa gets control of Penn's arms and successfully pulls guard. Hayabusa will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Hayabusa keeping full guard, as Penn tries to pass.
Hayabusa keeping moving, preventing Penn from controlling successfully.
Penn wants to pass the guard but Hayabusa is keeping the position.
Hayabusa is trying to control the position but Penn postures up.
Hayabusa can't keep his opponent in guard - Penn advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Hayabusa is in trouble now - Penn has advanced to mount!
Penn forces the positional change into back control.
Penn somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayabusa looking very determined here, making life difficult for Penn.
Penn has the hooks in. Hayabusa is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Penn throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Hayabusa!
Hayabusa showing good submission defense here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hayabusa tries to roll but Penn sticks to his back.
Hayabusa wants to control his opponent's hands but Penn gets his hands free.
I really don't envy Hayabusa right now.
Hayabusa prevents Penn from getting a body triangle.
Penn is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Hayabusa defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Penn is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hayabusa manages to reverse the position and now he's in Penn's guard. Nice work there by Hayabusa.
Penn has a closed guard, preventing Hayabusa from standing up.
Penn looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hayabusa is one step ahead there.
Penn keeping moving, preventing Hayabusa from controlling successfully.
Penn manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Penn prevents Hayabusa from getting the reversal.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hayabusa is trying to escape the mount but Penn keeps good control and instead manages to take Hayabusa's back.
Penn is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Hayabusa knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Hayabusa for a finish.
Hayabusa prevents Penn from getting a body triangle.
Penn is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Hayabusa has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Penn punches the canvas rather than the man.
Hayabusa rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hayabusa tries to get to full guard but Penn has control of the leg.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hayabusa is in trouble now - Penn has advanced to mount!
Penn trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Penn thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Penn has control of Hayabusa's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Hayabusa regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Penn moves to back control.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Hayabusa is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Penn gets his way!
Hayabusa trying to get back to his feet but Penn is in full control for now.
Hayabusa defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Penn's arms.
Penn is looking for the choke from the back position but Hayabusa is controlling his hands well.
Penn missing with punches from the back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Penn looking to break Hayabusa's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Hayabusa remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Penn will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Hayabusa is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Penn gets his way!
Penn is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Hayabusa knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Hayabusa for a finish.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hayabusa tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Hayabusa is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Hayabusa can't escape the position.
Penn looking to control but Hayabusa is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Penn wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hayabusa is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
And that's the end of the fight!
DJ Penn showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Penn has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for DJ Penn!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for DJ Penn!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for DJ Penn!
DJ Penn wins by unanimous decision!
DJ Penn seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bernard Toney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brusso Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toney comes to the cage accompanied by Tenacious D - Master Exploder. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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26
265 lbs
14 - 9 - 0 |
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285 lbs
10 - 7 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bernard Toney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brusso Do!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toney throws a looping overhand right but Do ducks down to avoid it.
Toney missing with a left hand there. Do was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Do tries to land a front kick but Toney steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Toney throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Do stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Toney takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Do throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Toney swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Do.
Toney throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Do misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Toney.
Do throws a head kick that misses.
Toney avoids the head kick by Do.
Do tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Do gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Do connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Do lands with a nice body punch.
Do tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Toney was well out of range. Poor timing from Do.
Toney blocks a low kick nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Do.
Good exchange - Do coming out on top.
A right-left combo lands from Do.
A head kick misses from Do.
Do has managed to clinch.
Nice elbow from Do.
It looks like Bernard Toney has been cut.
Toney scores with a shoulder strike.
Do connects with a nasty looking knee right to Toney's face.
Do tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Do lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Toney dodges an elbow strike from Do.
Toney content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Do blocking some punches.
Do is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Toney is defending well for now.
Toney is trying to break free.
Do tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do has Toney pressed against the cage, preventing Toney from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Do lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Toney lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Toney misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Do blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Toney working hard to break the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Do.
Do lands a left hand that snaps the head of Toney backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Toney fails to land.
Toney misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Do misses with a hook from the clinch.
Do tries to stall but Toney uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Toney is trying to break the clinch but Do has him pressed against the cage.
Toney lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Do throws an elbow but it misses.
Do comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do tries to land a knee to the head but Toney blocks with his arms.
Do pushes off an throws an elbow but Toney leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Do keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Toney's efforts to push away.
Toney tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Do's elbow.
Toney lands a nice uppercut.
Toney misses with a punch on the inside.
Do stalling in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Toney.
Stalling in the clinch from Toney.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Toney.
Do lands an elbow inside that Toney shrugs off.
Do with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Do tries a knee to the head but Toney blocks it.
Do blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Toney.
Do with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Toney working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Do looking to throw knees to the head but Toney is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Do.
Do breaks the clinch.
Do throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Toney misses with a wild combination.
Do throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Toney keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Do tries to score with a low kick but Toney moves his leg out of the way.
Toney bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Brusso Do seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Do works Toney's body with a nice hook.
Toney keeps the fight on the outside.
Toney lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Do thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Do is looking to clinch.
Do thumps Toney with a low kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Do looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Do scores with a jab. Toney acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Do misses with a hook
and Toney counters with a nice uppercut.
Toney looks to score with a jab to the body but Do is just out of range.
Toney lands a lovely overhand right.
Nice body punch from Toney.
Toney moves into range and connects with a jab.
Do is rocked!
Do fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Toney manages to avoid it.
Do is still on wobbly legs! Can Toney finish him?
Toney grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Do takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Toney cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Bernard Toney!
After the fight, Bernard Toney 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 Rumble Lord (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kimbo Slide (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Slide's choice of entrance music: Marilyn Manson - The Beautiful People. 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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24
260 lbs
11 - 8 - 0 |
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269 lbs
16 - 9 - 0 |
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rumble Lord!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kimbo Slide!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lord blocks the body kick.
Lord looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Lord might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Slide working for a triangle but Lord defends it easily.
Lord stopping the sweep attempt from Slide.
Lord in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Slide utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lord showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Lord postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Slide throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Lord lands a couple of elbows.
Lord pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Slide is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slide looking for a sweep. Not yet Slide, not yet.
Lord passes Slide's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Lord thows a huge punch but Slide dodges it nicely.
Slide is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Slide won't allow Lord to pass to mount.
Lord throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Slide looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Slide gets full guard.
Slide thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Slide is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Lord defends well.
Lord trying to control but Slide is working from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Lord working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slide has an active guard here but Lord has managed to pass into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Lord throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Slide is trying to stand back up but Lord is controlling him
Slide trying to control here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lord is trying to control the action in half guard but Slide is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
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. Lord connects with a nice short shot to Slide's temple.
Lord is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Lord stalling.
Lord tries to pass the half guard into mount. Slide knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Lord stalling.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slide is staying active underneath Lord, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Slide is trying to maintain the position but Lord is very close to passing his half guard.
Lord working the head and body with strikes.
Lord 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.
Lord 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.
Lord drops an elbow to the side of Slide's head.
Lord landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Lord passes to side control.
Lord has knee on belly and moves into mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lord dominating with strikes here.
Lord controlling his opponent.
Slide is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slide keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Lord looking to control but Slide is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lord lands with some strikes.
Slide really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Lord swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Slide is now in Lord's guard. A big mistake from Lord there, giving up the dominant position!
Slide throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lord wants to stand up but Slide is controlling him.
Lord preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Slide throwing strikes from guard but Lord blocks nicely.
Slide wants to pass the guard but Lord is keeping the position.
Lord not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Slide must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Lord had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Slide defends it easily.
Lord controlling the position.
Lord lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Slide!
Slide wants to control but Lord is having none of it.
Lord in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
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!
Lord putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Slide is trying desperately to improve position.
Slide gets back to half guard.
Lord lands with a punch from half guard.
Lord lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Slide works his way to full guard. Good work.
Slide trying to control the position.
Lord trying to control the position from guard on top but Slide is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lord works over Slide with some ground and pound from guard.
Lord throws a big elbow that misses.
Lord makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Lord working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lord content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Slide working for submissions but it's allowed Lord to get to half guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Lord drops an elbow to the side of Slide's head.
Lord prevents Slide from improving his position.
Lord takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Lord thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Slide's head.
Lord 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.
Lord thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Slide is trying to control but can't.
Slide wants to get back to his feet.
Slide is refusing to be controlled, as Lord sits in half guard.
Lord takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Slide wants to control but Lord is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Lord prevents Slide from standing back up.
Lord winds up and cracks Slide with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
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. Lord connects with a nice short shot to Slide's temple.
Slide is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lord scores with a couple of nice shots.
Lord is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Slide is pressing down on Lord's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Slide keeping moving, preventing Lord from controlling successfully.
Lord missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lord is looking to advance position but Slide has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Slide throws some wild stikes that Lord manages to avoid easily.
Slide misses with a head shot.
Lord has given up his back. Will we see Slide going for some submissions?
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Lord manages to stand up with Slide still on his back. Eventually Slide drops to his feet and we're back in the standing position.
Lord throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Slide's waist but Slide gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Lord off to one side.
Slide throws a head kick that misses.
Lord dives in and scores a takedown into Slide's guard.
Slide keeping full guard, as Lord tries to pass.
Slide looking to control.
Lord wants to control from the top but Slide keeps moving.
Slide not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Slide pulls Lord in close to his closed guard and prevents Lord from doing any damage or advancing position.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Kimbo Slide was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Slide gets caught napping as Lord dives in and scores a takedown. Slide manages to retain guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rumble Lord dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Slide misses with a combination
so Lord counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Lord with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lord slips nicely into half guard.
Lord is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Slide is looking to improve his position.
Slide is looking to escape.
Lord wants to take a breather but Slide is having none of it.
Lord is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Slide can do to turn this around?
Lord trying to pass the guard but Slide defending well.
Slide is looking to control Lord's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Slide avoid being mounted?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Slide misses with some strikes from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lord throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Slide looking for submissions off his back.
Slide wants to control but Lord is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Lord slips a nice elbow through Slide's hands, connecting with Slide's forehead.
Slide is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Lord's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Lord's back!
Lord preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Slide.
Lord trying to get back to his feet but Slide is in full control for now.
Slide has the hooks in. Lord is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Lord is keeping busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lord just trying to survive but Slide is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Rumble Lord overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Slide misses with a punch to the head.
Lord is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lord just trying to survive but Slide is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Slide missing with punches from the back.
Lord tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Slide manages to capitalize on a mistake by Lord to take his back!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slide not allowing Lord to control his hands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lord is trying to get back to his feet but Slide has full control of the position and if anything, Lord has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Lord is in bad spot here.
Slide patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Slide is trying to stick to Lord's back but Lord is turning into Slide. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Slide's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Lord.
Lord chips away with some ground and pound.
Lord pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Slide is keeping the position for now.
Slide not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Lord sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Slide's guard.
Lord working Slide over with strikes.
Slide is trying to stand back up but Lord is controlling him
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slide is staying active underneath Lord, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Slide manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lord throws a big right hand that misses.
Slide is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Lord defends well.
Slide looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Slide keeping moving, preventing Lord from controlling successfully.
Lord tries to free his leg and advance position but Slide is retaining full guard.
Lord with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Slide looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Lord with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Slide has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lord's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lord wants to control from the top but Slide keeps moving.
Slide is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Lord trying to control but Slide is working from the bottom.
Slide doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Slide tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lord trying to control the position from guard on top but Slide is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lord postures up and lands a big shot to Slide's brow.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Slide throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Slide keeping moving, preventing Lord from controlling successfully.
Lord connects with a couple of short punches.
Lord got a little sloppy there for a moment and Slide has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Lord has managed to get both his arms back between Slide's legs - danger averted.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lord postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Lord is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Lord throws a strike but Slide rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Lord controlling the position.
Slide stops Lord from standing up.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Slide with a flurry of punches that miss.
Slide is fighting to break Lord's control of his arms but Lord is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Slide postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Slide throws a big right hand that misses.
Lord keeping moving, preventing Slide from controlling successfully.
Lord tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Kimbo Slide was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Lord fails with a takedown attempt.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Lord thows a left - swing and a miss!
Slide throws a right and a left that both miss.
Slide shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Slide was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Lord tries to hold on but Slide pushes him away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Slide is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Lord has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Lord!
Slide throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Lord missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Slide being controlled here, momentarily.
Lord is working Slide over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Slide looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Lord is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Rumble Lord is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Slide working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lord doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Lord manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Lord cracks Slide with a solid left hand.
Kimbo Slide has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lord is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lord trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Slide working for a triangle but Lord defends it easily.
Slide had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Lord defends it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rumble Lord showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lord has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Rumble Lord!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Rumble Lord!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Rumble Lord!
Rumble Lord wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Reign (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armas Ruutana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reign's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Name. The crowd seem to be enjoying Ruutana's choice of entrance music: Ennio Morricone - Man With A Harmonica. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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165 lbs
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156 lbs
17 - 16 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, James Reign!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Armas Ruutana!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruutana throws a wild body kick that Reign sees coming a mile off.
Reign misses with a wild body shot.
Ruutana throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ruutana tries to score with a low kick but Reign moves his leg out of the way.
Reign lands a lovely overhand right.
A left lands for Ruutana.
Ruutana throws a front kick aimed at Reign's knee but Reign avoids it well.
Ruutana throws a chopping leg kick but Reign manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ruutana throws a leg kick but Reign sees it coming and moves out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ruutana.
Ruutana throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Reign on the side of the head.
Ruutana takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ruutana buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ruutana throws a sloppy body shot
and Reign counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Reign sizes up Ruutana with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ruutana. Reign does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ruutana throws a wild body kick that Reign sees coming a mile off.
Reign misses the jab.
Ruutana misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruutana goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Reign moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ruutana looks to land a body kick but Reign moved away.
Ruutana uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reign.
Reign moves in looking to clinch but Ruutana pushes him off.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ruutana.
Ruutana misses with a hook. Reign ducked under it nicely.
Reign swings for the body but Ruutana moves out of range.
Ruutana pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ruutana scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Reign feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ruutanas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ruutana 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 Reign has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Reign and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Reign with a jab.
Ruutana connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ruutana circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruutana misses with a low kick.
Reign moves out of range of the leg kick from Ruutana.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reign misses with a hook. Ruutana ducked under it nicely.
Reign thuds a left hand into Ruutana's body.
Reign checks the leg kick nicely there.
Reign lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ruutana circles away quickly and effectively.
Armas Ruutana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reign gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ruutana.
A left lands for Ruutana.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ruutana.
Ruutana throws a low kick but Reign avoids it.
Reign's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ruutana connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Reign scrambles back to his feet.
Reign on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Reign throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ruutana, right into the meat.
Ruutana lands with a kick to the ribs.
Ruutana scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Reign checks a leg kick.
Ruutana stuns Reign with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ruutana misses with a shot to the body
and Reign counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reign takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ruutana smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Reign tries to clinch up.
Reign lands a jab to Ruutana's midsection.
Ruutana scores with a nice right hand.
Reign misses with a hook. Ruutana ducked under it nicely.
Reign on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ruutana wants to land a leg kick but Reign is out of range.
Reign walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Armas Ruutana is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Reign uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ruutana.
Ruutana throws out a loose jab but Reign uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ruutana misses with a kick to the body.
Ruutana works Reign's body with a nice hook.
Reign displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reign moves out of range as Ruutana throws a body kick.
Reign avoids the body shot from Ruutana.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reign scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Reign tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ruutana was well out of range. Poor timing from Reign.
Ruutana misses the jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Reign checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ruutana throws a looping overhand right but Reign ducks down to avoid it.
Ruutana moves out of range as Reign strikes.
Ruutana throws an overhand right that lands on Reign's shoulder, as Reign tries to avoid the shot.
Reign lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ruutana throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reign scores with a sloppy right hand. Ruutana should have avoided that one.
Reign throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ruutana counters with a left to the body.
Ruutana keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Reign looks to score with a jab to the body but Ruutana is just out of range.
Reign uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ruutana.
Ruutana throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ruutana thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ruutana scoring well with a low kick there.
Ruutana cracks the inside of Reign's front leg.
Ruutana circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ruutana tries a low kick but Reign avoids it.
Reign lands with a cross.
Ruutana avoids the body shot from Reign.
Ruutana fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Reign has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ruutana throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Reign counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ruutana throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Reign is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ruutana fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Reign has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ruutana pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A lazy left from Ruutana finds it's target.
Reign feints and as Ruutana raises his hands in defense, Reign changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Reign wants to pass the guard but Ruutana is keeping the position.
Ruutana keeping moving, preventing Reign from controlling successfully.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Ruutana had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Reign defends it easily.
Ruutana looking to hit a scissor sweep but Reign is one step ahead there.
Reign is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Reign trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Ruutana manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Reign has control of Ruutana's left arm, preventing Ruutana from doing any damage.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Reign preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Reign preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ruutana has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Reign to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Ruutana is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Reign pulls down on the head and he's put Ruutana to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). James Reign!
James Reign retains his lightweight title!
James Reign thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jik Chuyhn Jyu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Cottero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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145 lbs
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149 lbs
16 - 8 - 0 |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jik Chuyhn Jyu!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tommy Cottero!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Cottero. Jyu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jyu tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cottero is able to avoid easily.
Cottero instigates a clinch.
Cottero misses with the head strike.
Cottero avoiding damage.
Jyu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cottero is leaning against Jyu and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cottero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jyu blocks an uppercut.
Jyu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jyu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cottero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cottero scores with a shoulder strike.
Cottero blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jyu throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cottero.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jyu blocks a body shot from Cottero.
Cottero misses with a punch to the body.
Cottero doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The referee calls for Jyu to work.
Jyu being controlled against the cage.
Cottero goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cottero taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Cottero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cottero goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cottero lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cottero can't find room to land a body shot as Jyu controls the action.
Jyu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cotteros head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cottero misses with the head strike.
Cottero blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cottero's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jyu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cottero tries to work over Jyu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cottero tries to work over Jyu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cottero lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jyu or not.
A head punch on the inside from Jyu fails to land.
Cottero slows down the pace here.
Cottero presses Jyu against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jyu blocks a body shot from Cottero.
Cottero tries to work over Jyu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cottero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cottero presses Jyu against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jyu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cottero as Jyu tries to tie him up.
Cottero tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jyu's elbow.
Jyu tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cottero breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cottero avoids the head kick by Jyu.
Cottero jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
That kick from Jyu tenderised Cottero's leg. Cottero is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cottero tries to work over Jyu's front leg with a kick but Jyu checks it.
Jyu takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jyu moves into the clinch.
Cottero goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cottero tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jyu's elbow.
Cottero tries to throw a body punch but Jyu avoids it by throwing Cottero back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jyu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jyu has Cottero pressed against the cage, preventing Cottero from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jyu working aggressively here.
Cottero looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch on the inside from Cottero fails to land.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Cottero pushes Jyu back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
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!
Cottero slows down the pace here.
Cottero throws a head punch that misses.
Cottero misses with a body punch.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Cottero blocks a body shot from Jyu.
Cottero misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cottero.
Jyu misses with the head strike.
Cottero goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cottero takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jyu lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cottero.
Cottero makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cottero is stalling here.
Cottero tries to throw a body punch but Jyu avoids it by throwing Cottero back against the cage.
Cottero lands a left hand.
Jyu misses with a punch on the inside.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Cottero.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jyu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cottero's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jyu is looking to score with low kicks.
Jyu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Good work by Cottero as he checks the leg kick.
Cottero checks a leg kick.
Jyu fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cottero is out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jyu is looking to score with low kicks.
Cottero checks the leg kick nicely there.
Cottero misses with an uppercut.
Jyu connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cottero. Cottero circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Cottero 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.
Cottero tries to land a body kick
and Jyu counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Cottero is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Cottero tries a head kick but it misses.
Jyu staying out of range there.
A slow jab from Cottero misses its intended target.
Cottero swings for the body but Jyu moves out of range.
Cottero misses with a straight right.
Jyu tries to clinch but Cottero moves out of range.
An inside leg kick from Jyu misses.
Jyu tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cottero counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Cottero throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cottero fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jyu manages to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Jyu there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cottero pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jyu throws a leg kick
and Cottero makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Jyu really felt that one!
Cottero tries to work over Jyu's front leg with a kick but Jyu checks it.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Cottero cracks Jyu with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Cottero throws out a loose jab but Jyu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jyu slips a jab from Cottero.
Cottero tests Jyu's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jyu gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cottero.
Good work by Jyu as he checks the leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cottero.
Jyu connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cottero's hands.
The crowd cheers as Jyu lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cottero doesn't seem phased though.
Jyu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jyu darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jyu misses with an uppercut. Cottero saw that one coming.
Cottero lands a nice looking body kick.
A swing and a miss from Cottero.
Cottero misses with a straight left.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Cottero swings away with a body shot that misses
and Jyu counters with an outside leg kick.
Jyu misses with a low kick.
Cottero scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cottero chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jyu can pounce on him.
Cottero connects with a nice looking jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jyu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cottero swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cottero looks for the body kick but Jyu saw that one coming.
An inside leg kick from Cottero misses.
Cottero throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jyu misses with a low kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Good leg kick by Jyu there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jyu throws a leg kick that misses.
Jyu tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cottero throws a head kick but Jyu moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Cottero dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A clash of legs there as Cottero blocks the low kick.
Cottero misses the jab.
Jyu scores with a spinning back kick!
Jyu closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Cottero takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Cottero blocks the body kick.
Cottero fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jyu manages to avoid it.
Jyu avoids the head kick by Cottero.
Jyu plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jyu tried to score with a low kick but Cottero checks it.
Cottero checks a leg kick nicely.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jyu 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 Cottero has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cottero and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jyu walks into a stiff left hand from Cottero.
Jyu tries to score with a low kick but Cottero moves his leg out of the way.
A swing and a miss from Cottero.
Tommy Cottero seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jyu throws a leg kick
and Cottero connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jyu moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jyu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jyu slips under a jab from Cottero.
Jyu is looking to slow Cottero down with leg kicks.
Jyu pushes Cottero up against the cage in a clinch.
Cottero wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cottero tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jyu's elbow.
Jyu blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cottero.
Cottero displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jyu up against the cage.
Cottero wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cottero is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cottero misses with the head strike.
Jyu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cottero.
A short left from Jyu.
Cottero misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jyu stalling in the clinch but Cottero improves position.
Cottero blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cottero working aggressively here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cottero misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jyu prevents a body shot from Cottero.
Cottero looking to stall.
Cottero swings wildly with an uppercut but Jyu uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jyu lands a body punch.
Cottero can't find room to land a body shot as Jyu controls the action.
Cottero throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cottero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jyu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cottero tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cottero is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cottero as Jyu tries to tie him up.
Cottero lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jyu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cotteros head.
Jyu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jyu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jyu working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jyu.
Cottero can't find room to land a body shot as Jyu controls the action.
Cottero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cottero breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cottero is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jyu.
Cottero lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cottero scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jyu tries to land a leg kick but Cottero saw it coming and moves away.
Cottero misses with a straight right.
Cottero takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cottero throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cottero gets a clinch.
Jyu has a couple of punches blocked by Cottero.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jyu lands an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Cottero.
Cottero digs a right hand into Jyu's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jyu's gas tank.
Cottero manages to break the clinch.
Cottero misses with a body shot.
Cottero throws a right hand that Jyu ducks under and follows up with a left that Jyu also avoids with ease.
Cottero misses with a leg kick.
Jyu slips under a jab from Cottero.
A cross from Jyu lands.
Cottero takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jyu tries to land a leg kick but Cottero saw it coming and moves away.
Cottero moves into range and clinches up with Jyu.
Cottero tries a body shot but Jyu blocks it.
Cottero misses with a punch to the body.
Jyu misses with some punches.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Jyu misses with a punch to the body.
Cottero's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cottero can't find room to land a body shot as Jyu controls the action.
Cottero presses Jyu against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jyu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jyu misses with a punch on the inside.
Jyu is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A shot in the inside from Cottero.
Cottero tries to throw a body punch but Jyu avoids it by throwing Cottero back against the cage.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Jyu - that landed with a thud.
A short right from Cottero.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cottero.
Jyu throws a punch but it's blocked by Cottero.
Cottero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Cottero - that landed with a thud.
Cottero is struggling to control the position.
Cottero scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jyu misses with the head strike.
Cottero blocking some punches.
Jyu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cottero avoids it.
Tommy Cottero seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cottero wants to break free but Jyu has control.
Cottero content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jyu misses with the head strike.
Jyu is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Jyu misses with some punches.
Cottero lands a body shot.
Jyu tries a body shot but Cottero blocks it.
Cottero misses with a body punch.
Jyu trying to stall but Cottero improves his position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jyu swings wildly with an uppercut but Cottero uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cottero cracks Jyu with a nice body shot.
Cottero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jyu throws a head punch that misses.
A short left from Cottero.
Jyu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Cottero.
Cottero struggles to land a body shot inside as Jyu controls his hands.
Cottero throws a head punch that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Cottero blocks a body shot from Jyu.
Cottero tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cottero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jyu as Cottero tries to tie him up.
Jyu has Cottero pressed against the cage, preventing Cottero from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cottero goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jyu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jyu working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Cottero showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Jyu attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cottero throws a hook but Jyu avoids it easily.
Jyu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jyu lands a nice shot to the body.
A solid body kick from Jyu.
Cottero misses the shot to the body.
Cottero misses with a hook
and Jyu counters with a body kick that stops Cottero in his tracks momentarily.
Jyu misses with a head kick.
Cottero with a jab.
Jyu throws a low kick but it's checked well by Cottero.
Jyu tries to close the distance and clinch but Cottero swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jyu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice shot lands for Cottero.
Jyu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cottero.
Jyu throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jyu blocks a head kick by Cottero.
Cottero tries to land a front kick but Jyu steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cottero throws a hook but Jyu avoids it easily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jyu 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 Cottero has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cottero and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jyu.
Cottero chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jyu can pounce on him.
Cottero fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jyu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cottero checks a leg kick.
Jyu feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cottero's calf.
Cottero throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cottero looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jyu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jyu displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cottero thows a body shot but no joy.
Cottero ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jyu moves away.
Cottero ducks under a wild hook from Jyu.
Cottero thows a leg kick but Jyu checks it
and Jyu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cottero throws a looping overhand right but Jyu ducks down to avoid it.
Jyu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cottero lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jyu connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cottero. Cottero circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jyu fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cottero looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cottero.
Jyu lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jyu.
Jyu lands a jab to the nose.
Jyu tries to land a front kick but Cottero steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cottero chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jyu can pounce on him.
Cottero throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Cottero scores with a spinning back kick!
A left lands for Cottero.
That kick from Cottero tenderised Jyu's leg. Jyu is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cottero gets off balance looking for a body kick
letting Jyu counter with a right hand.
Cottero takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jyu.
Cottero misses with a body shot.
Cottero sizes up Jyu with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jyu misses with a low kick.
Cottero tries a head kick but it misses.
Cottero misses with a wild combination.
Cottero misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cottero throws a lazy uppercut
and Jyu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice defenses there by Jyu.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jyu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jyu tries to clinch but Cottero is having none of it.
Cottero throws a leg kick but Jyu sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Cottero checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jyu lands a front kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Jyu.
Cottero moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jyu wants to clinch.
Jyu slips a straight right by Cottero.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Cottero throws a looping overhand right but Jyu ducks down to avoid it.
Cottero on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jyu. Jyu obviously looking to wear him down.
Jyu throws a low kick, looking for Cottero's leg but Cottero calmly moves out of range.
Jyu on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jyu throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Cottero misses with a straight right.
Cottero misses with a body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jyu.
Cottero fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jyu manages to avoid it.
Cottero tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jyu tries to score with a low kick but Cottero moves his leg out of the way.
Cottero keeps the fight on the outside.
Jyu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cottero swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cottero waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jyu.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Cottero pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cottero wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jyu looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cottero connects with a jab.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Cottero crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Jyu - the referee stops the clock and Cottero gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Jyu. Cottero manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Cottero moves out of range of the body kick from Jyu.
Cottero slips a straight right by Jyu.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jyu misses with a low kick.
Jyu moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jyu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cottero paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cottero misses with a low kick.
Jyu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jyu blocks a jab.
Jyu feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cottero's calf.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Cottero is looking to land body kicks.
Jyu throws a low kick, looking for Cottero's leg but Cottero calmly moves out of range.
Cottero avoids the head kick by Jyu.
Cottero looks to land a combination but Jyu avoids it well.
Jyu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by Cottero there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jyu bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Cottero misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jyu.
Jyu connects with a looping right hand.
Some bone on bone action there as Cottero checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cottero throws a leg kick but Jyu moved away.
Jyu moves out of range as Cottero throws a body kick.
Jyu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cottero throws a push kick but Jyu slaps the foot to one side.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Cottero tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jyu blocks a head kick by Cottero.
A jab lands there for Jyu.
Jyu tries to close the distance and clinch but Cottero swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cottero moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Jyu moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cottero tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cottero changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cottero takes a swing at Jyu's ribcage but misses.
Cottero throws a low kick, looking for Jyu's leg but Jyu calmly moves out of range.
Cottero scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jyu doesn't seem bothered though.
Jyu attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cottero throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Cottero checks a leg kick nicely.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Cottero throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jyu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jyu feints and then cracks Cottero's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cottero down.
Cottero throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cottero shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cottero has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Jyu.
Jyu cracks the inside of Cottero's front leg.
Cottero checks the leg kick.
Jyu cracks the inside of Cottero's front leg.
Jyu throws the kick towards the body but Cottero avoids it.
Cottero checks a leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jyu throws a right hand that Cottero ducks under and follows up with a left that Cottero also avoids with ease.
Jyu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jyu dodges the punch combination from Cottero.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jik Chuyhn Jyu.
Well Cottero has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Tommy Cottero!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Tommy Cottero!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Tommy Cottero!
Tommy Cottero wins by unanimous decision!
Tommy Cottero is the new bantamweight champion!
After winning the bout, Tommy Cottero 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Black Belt Bundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Varz Defoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bundy might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Stay In The Lines--Chino XL. Defoe has chosen Bodies as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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202 lbs
15 - 5 - 0 |
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25
212 lbs
11 - 2 - 0 |
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Lethal high kicks
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Black Belt Bundy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Varz Defoe!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bundy takes a swing at Defoe's ribcage but misses.
Defoe swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bundy is looking to clinch but Defoe is avoiding it.
Defoe moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Defoe fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bundy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A slow jab from Bundy misses its intended target.
Defoe takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
It looks like Varz Defoe has been cut.
Good leg kick by Bundy there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bundy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bundy misses with a looping right.
Bundy lands a head kick!
The fighters circling - Bundy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bundy tests Defoe's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Bundy or perhaps it was just good defense by Defoe which made him look bad.
Bundy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Defoe moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like Black Belt Bundy has been cut.
Bundy misses with a wild combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Defoe looks to land a left hand but Bundy moved out of range nicely.
Defoe moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Defoe on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Defoe avoids the head kick by Bundy.
Bundy fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Defoe avoids it really well and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Defoe finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Defoe slips a jab from Bundy.
Defoe throws a right hand that Bundy ducks under and follows up with a left that Bundy also avoids with ease.
Bundy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Defoe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bundy.
Bundy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Defoe's sensitive parts.
Varz Defoe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bundy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Defoe manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Defoe avoids the head kick by Bundy.
Bundy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bundy scores with a sloppy right hand. Defoe should have avoided that one.
Bundy looks to throw the jab but Defoe is out of range.
Defoe moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Defoe moves away from the strike by Bundy.
Defoe ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Defoe shoots in but Bundy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bundy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Defoe.
Bundy tried to score with a low kick but Defoe checks it.
Defoe lands a glancing blow to the side of Bundy's head.
Some wild striking there from Defoe.
Bundy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bundy tries to work over Defoe's front leg with a kick but Defoe checks it.
A jab from Bundy misses.
Nice cross by Bundy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bundy scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Defoe wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bundy pushes Defoe back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Defoe blocks a body shot from Bundy.
Bundy scores with a shoulder strike.
Bundy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Defoe blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bundy.
Defoe lands with a right to the head.
Bundy lands with a left to the head.
Defoe misses with a punch on the inside.
Bundy can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Black Belt Bundy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bundy pulls guard effortlessly.
Bundy has his hands on Defoe's head, controlling the position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Defoe stays in close to Bundy's body and controls the position.
Bundy working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Defoe doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Defoe manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Defoe trying to control the position from guard on top but Bundy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bundy seems keen to control Defoe's posture.
Bundy trying to control the position.
Bundy looking for a sweep. Not yet Bundy, not yet.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Bundy is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Defoe has his hands clasped together but Bundy extends an breaks Defoe's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Bundy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Black Belt Bundy!
Black Belt Bundy retains his light heavyweight title!
Black Belt Bundy really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Happy Pills logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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