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KOF.73 - PFL vs. KOF PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Laurent Tsadyleba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shaka Zulu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shaka Zulu acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Laurent Tsadyleba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shaka Zulu!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tsadyleba fails to land with a series of punches.
Tsadyleba tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tsadyleba fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tsadyleba closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Good shot there by Zulu.
Tsadyleba will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tsadyleba shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Zulu as he avoids it easily.
Tsadyleba looks for a takedown but Zulu sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Laurent Tsadyleba. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tsadyleba is defended easily by Zulu.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Zulu.
Tsadyleba misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zulu closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Tsadyleba is looking for a sweep. Zulu is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Tsadyleba trying to control but Zulu postures up.
Zulu seems to be working for a kimura but Tsadyleba defends the submission attempt.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zulu working the head and body with strikes.
Zulu is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Tsadyleba doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Zulu.
Zulu is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Tsadyleba tries to get to full guard but Zulu has control of the leg.
Zulu trying to control the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tsadyleba trying to control from the bottom.
Tsadyleba is trying to stand back up but Zulu is controlling him
Zulu trying to control the action but Tsadyleba is working from the bottom.
Tsadyleba trying to control from the bottom.
Tsadyleba tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tsadyleba shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Zulu counters with a nice leg kick.
Tsadyleba is breathing heavily.
Zulu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Zulu closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Zulu missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Zulu is looking for a kimura but Tsadyleba is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Zulu to get the leverage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zulu keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Zulu moves into full mount! Tsadyleba won't be happy about that!
Zulu wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
A nice elbow there by Zulu.
Tsadyleba is working to get back to half guard.
Zulu quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Zulu but it's paid off an Tsadyleba is forced to tap! Nice work by Zulu.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Shaka Zulu!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Adam Murth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Pepinhos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murth comes to the ring accompanied by Enemy. Pepinhos has chosen Macaco - Hacen Falta Dos as his entrance music. Marco Pepinhos is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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199 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Adam Murth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marco Pepinhos!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murth misses with a straight left.
Murth throws a right and a left that both miss.
Murth shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Murth was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Pepinhos tries to hold on but Murth postures up.
Murth looking to secure an arm triangle but Pepinhos defends it well.
Murth scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Murth is trying to take his opponent's back.
Murth is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Pepinhos has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Pepinhos!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murth is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Murth is stalling here. Pepinhos is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Murth seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Pepinhos has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Pepinhos has control of an arm but Murth manages to advance to Pepinhos's back!
Murth is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Pepinhos is defending well though. Murth let's go of the attempt for now.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Murth is hanging on to Pepinhos's back as he tries to escape.
Murth is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Pepinhos can't escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pepinhos trying to control the hands but Murth breaks the grip.
Murth lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Pepinhos hold on?!
Murth tries to get the hooks in deep but Pepinhos pushed the leg off.
Pepinhos trying to control the hands but Murth breaks the grip.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Murth struggling to keep hold of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murth is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Murth tightening his grip on Pepinhos, looking for the choke.
Murth scores with strikes from the back.
Pepinhos looking very determined here, making life difficult for Murth.
Pepinhos tries to roll but Murth sticks to his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murth wants to control the position but Pepinhos frees himself and scrambles - Murth manages to regain control in side control.
Murth trying to control the action but Pepinhos is working from the bottom.
Murth misses with the ground and pound.
Pepinhos is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Murth throwing shots but missing, from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adam Murth dominated that round.
That's time! Murth's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
No joy there for Murth, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pepinhos fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Murth is out of range.
Murth lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Murth looks to score with a jab to the body but Pepinhos is just out of range.
Pepinhos gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Murth to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Murth has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Murth stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pepinhos swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Murth won't allow Pepinhos to sweep him here.
Pepinhos keeping moving, preventing Murth from controlling successfully.
Pepinhos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pepinhos can't keep his opponent in guard - Murth advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Murth is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Pepinhos is just riding it out for now. Murth eventually gives up the hold.
Pepinhos is not content to let Murth control the position.
Pepinhos is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Murth's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Murth's back!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Murth manages to reverse the position and now he's in Pepinhos's guard. Nice work there by Murth.
Murth trying to control the position from guard on top but Pepinhos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pepinhos trying to keep a closed guard but Murth is proving a slippery customer.
Murth loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pepinhos controls Murth momentarily but Murth frees himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pepinhos has control of Murth's left arm, preventing Murth from doing any damage.
Murth postures up in Pepinhos's guard and throws a big left but Pepinhos blocks it.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Murth!
Murth moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Murth looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Murth shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Murth throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Murth misses with a jab, cross combination.
A combination from Murth does no damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murth connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Murth lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pepinhos circles away quickly and effectively.
Murth fails to land with a series of punches.
Murth connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Pepinhos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pepinhos throws a leg kick but Murth moved away.
Murth looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Pepinhos keeping moving, preventing Murth from controlling successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adam Murth dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Murth shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Pepinhos counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Murth is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Murth throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Pepinhos escapes and throws Murth's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Murth manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Pepinhos is trying to get back to full guard.
Murth is keen to just control but Pepinhos is a slippery customer.
Pepinhos tries to roll over but Murth keeps him under control.
Murth wants to control but Pepinhos is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murth wants to pass the guard but Pepinhos is defending well.
Pepinhos has hold of Murth's hands but Murth slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Murth wants to take a breather but Pepinhos is having none of it.
Murth has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Pepinhos defend it? Murth steps over the head and cranks it - Pepinhos is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Murth!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Adam Murth!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Leyeyasu Tokugawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sven Verdek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sven Verdek is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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162 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Leyeyasu Tokugawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sven Verdek!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Sosuke Kotani and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Verdek misses with a head kick.
Verdek misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tokugawa misses with a straight left.
Tokugawa throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Verdek throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Verdek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tokugawa throws a jab but it's blocked by Verdek.
Tokugawa cracks Verdek with a good jab.
It looks like Sven Verdek has been cut.
Tokugawa lands a nice looking body shot.
Verdek moves out of range of the leg kick from Tokugawa.
Tokugawa moves out of range as Verdek throws a body kick.
Tokugawa rushes Verdek with punches - Verdek moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Verdek goes down! Tokugawa follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leyeyasu Tokugawa!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yamapi Chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francisco Valdez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chan's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Daite Senorita. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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166 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yamapi Chan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Francisco Valdez!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valdez throws a body punch but Chan moves out of range.
Chan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chan moves into the clinch.
Chan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Valdez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Valdez tries to circle away but Chan has him pinned against the ropes.
Chan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Valdez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chan shoots in for a double leg but Valdez sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Valdez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Valdez staying out of range there.
Valdez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Valdez throws a series of punches but Chan moves out of range.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Chan.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yamapi Chan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Valdez scores with a sloppy right hand. Chan should have avoided that one.
Chan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Valdez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Chan doesn't manage to clinch there - Valdez circles away.
Chan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Valdez throws a sloppy head kick and Chan moves out of range easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Valdez.
Valdez looks to throw the jab but Chan is out of range.
Valdez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Valdez moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Valdez ducks under a wild hook from Chan.
Chan tries for a takedown but Valdez circles away easily
and Valdez counters with a left and a right that stings Chan.
Valdez throws a lazy head kick
and Chan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Valdez thinking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Chan shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Valdez to counter with a crisp jab.
Chan has his takedown stuffed
and Chan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chan is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Valdez defends it nicely.
Chan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Valdez throws a leg kick
and Chan counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Valdez's guard now.
Chan drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Chan jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Chan trying to control the position from guard on top but Valdez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Valdez is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Chan is controlling him.
Valdez wriggles free and stands up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valdez circles away from the clinch attempt
and Valdez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Chan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Valdez counters with a right hand to the body.
Chan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Valdez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chan looks to clinch
and Valdez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Chan fails to land the takedown.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Valdez throws a sloppy head kick and Chan moves out of range easily.
A head kick misses from Chan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Francisco Valdez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Valdez throws a leg kick
and Chan holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Chan throws a punch but it's blocked by Valdez.
Valdez is trying to break the clinch but Chan has him pressed against the ropes.
Valdez tries to break free but Chan pushes him back against the ropes.
Valdez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chan misses with a body shot
and Valdez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Valdez throws a nice looking combination but Chan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Chan tries to clinch there but Valdez circles away.
Chan shoots and misses
and Valdez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Valdez connects with a crisp jab.
Francisco Valdez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Valdez darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Valdez with a jab.
Chan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Valdez.
Valdez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Valdez works over Chan's head and body with a nice combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valdez works over Chan's head and body with a nice combination.
Chan blocks a leg kick.
Valdez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Chan's head.
Valdez scores with a shot to the body.
Valdez misses with a double jab.
Chan tries for a takedown but Valdez circles away easily
and Valdez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Valdez misses with a head kick.
Valdez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Chan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Francisco Valdez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Chan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Valdez counters with a straight right hand.
Yamapi Chan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chan tries to clinch up
and Valdez counters with a two punch combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chan misses with a takedown
and Valdez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yamapi Chan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chan closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Valdez to counter with a crisp jab.
Valdez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chan shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Valdez counters with a stiff right hand.
Chan shoots in for a takedown but Valdez shows good takedown defense.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Valdez counters with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chan doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Valdez to counter with a crisp jab.
Valdez scores with a jab.
Valdez slips a jab and a cross from Chan.
Yamapi Chan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valdez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Chan lands with a good body shot.
Valdez stalks Chan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Chan's face. Chan staggers backwards, shaken.
Valdez throws a series of punches but Chan avoids them all with ease.
Chan dives in and grabs Valdez's left leg, looking for a takedown. Valdez pushes down on Chan's head and hops out.
Valdez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Chan with a poor takedown
and Valdez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Chan is rocked!
Valdez throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Chan stumbling backwards into the ropes! Chan bounces back off the ropes towards Valdez, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Valdez lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Valdez celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Francisco Valdez!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luca Fuschini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Iverson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luca Fuschini has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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173 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Luca Fuschini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Iverson!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fuschini misses with the combination.
Iverson moves out of range of the strikes.
Iverson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fuschini throws a right hand that Iverson ducks under and follows up with a left that Iverson also avoids with ease.
Iverson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fuschini.
Fuschini throws a series of strikes that have Iverson backpedaling.
Iverson shoots in but Fuschini avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Iverson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Fuschini to the mat! Fuschini manages to get full guard.
Fuschini wants to get back to his feet but Iverson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Iverson thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Iverson trying to control but Fuschini is working from the bottom.
Fuschini is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Iverson is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuschini looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Fuschini working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Iverson.
Iverson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fuschini is keeping the position for now.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Iverson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fuschini throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A right-left combo lands from Fuschini.
Iverson looks to land a combination but Fuschini avoids it well.
Iverson fails with a takedown attempt.
Iverson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fuschini misses with a two punch combination.
Fuschini stuffs the takedown.
Luca Fuschini has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Iverson.
Fuschini misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Luca Fuschini is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Iverson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Fuschini counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Iverson thinking.
Fuschini throws a body punch but Iverson moves out of range.
Fuschini misses with a kick to the body.
Fuschini misses with a wild body shot.
Fuschini showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Iverson.
Fuschini's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Fuschini duly obliges.
A looping hook to the body misses from Iverson. Fuschini does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fuschini throws a front kick that sends Iverson stumbling back into the ropes.
Fuschini comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fuschini lands a slapping body shot.
Nice cross by Iverson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iverson slips under a jab.
Jab by Fuschini.
Iverson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A telegraphed right hand from Fuschini misses the target.
A big right from Fuschini misses.
Fuschini goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Iverson avoids the body shot from Fuschini.
Fuschini tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Iverson was well out of range. Poor timing from Fuschini.
A big left from Iverson misses.
Fuschini checks a low kick from Iverson.
Iverson slips a jab and a cross from Fuschini.
Fuschini pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Iverson with a lazy takedown attempt
and Fuschini counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Iverson thinking.
Iverson throws a jab but it's blocked by Fuschini.
Iverson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Iverson tries for a takedown but Fuschini circles away easily
and Fuschini counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Iverson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fuschini.
Iverson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fuschini with a jab.
Fuschini cracks Iverson with an open hand slap.
Fuschini throws a left and a right that both miss
and Iverson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Fuschini is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Iverson passes Fuschini's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Fuschini is looking for a sweep. Iverson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fuschini is refusing to be controlled, as Iverson sits in half guard.
Fuschini is trying to control but can't.
Iverson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luca Fuschini dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A thudding body kick lands there by Fuschini!
Fuschini is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Iverson swinging wildly here.
Iverson scores with a takedown into Fuschini's guard.
Iverson thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Iverson advances to half guard.
Fuschini is pressing down on Iverson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Iverson thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Fuschini is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Iverson defends well.
Iverson is breathing heavily.
Fuschini not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Iverson drops back looking for a leg! Fuschini is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Fuschini manages to kick Iverson off! Iverson jumps back into Fuschini's guard.
Fuschini controls Iverson momentarily but Iverson frees himself.
Fuschini escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Iverson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Fuschini working for a triangle but Iverson defends it easily.
Iverson stands and throws Fuschini's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Fuschini gets back to half guard.
Iverson passes to full mount!
Iverson goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Fuschini turns into him and now he's in Iverson's guard.
Iverson is trying to control the position but Fuschini postures up.
Fuschini advances to half guard.
Fuschini uses his free foot to push down on Iverson's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Iverson.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Iverson can't escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Fuschini thowing shots but they're missing.
Iverson holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Fuschini tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Iverson is trying to escape the mount.
Fuschini can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Iverson is looking to escape.
Fuschini is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Iverson is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Iverson taking shots to the head.
Iverson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Iverson is squirming around, avoiding Fuschini's attempts to control the action.
Fuschini sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luca Fuschini dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Iverson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fuschini misses with a double jab
and Iverson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Fuschini not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Luca Fuschini just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Iverson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Some wild striking there from Iverson.
Iverson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A shot to the body from Fuschini misses
and Iverson decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Fuschini's guard.
Fuschini has an active guard here but Iverson has managed to pass into half guard.
Iverson looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuschini is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Iverson is working for a kimura but Fuschini is defending it quite comfortably.
Fuschini trying to control but Iverson postures up.
Iverson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Iverson moves nicely into side control.
John Iverson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Iverson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Fuschini gets back to half guard.
Fuschini won't allow Iverson to pass to mount.
Fuschini is looking to escape.
Fuschini tries to get to full guard but Iverson has control of the leg.
Fuschini trying to control from the bottom.
Fuschini is trying to get back to full guard.
Fuschini moves into full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iverson working some strikes from top position.
Iverson throws a big right hand that misses.
Iverson tries to free his leg and advance position but Fuschini is retaining full guard.
Fuschini will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Fuschini looking for a guillotine here but Iverson defends easily.
Iverson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fuschini has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Iverson off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Fuschini misses with an uppercut. Iverson saw that one coming.
Iverson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Fuschini counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Iverson moves out of range of the body kick from Fuschini.
Iverson misses the jab.
Fuschini throws a combination that misses
and Iverson counters with a takedown into side control.
Fuschini gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Iverson is pressing down on Fuschini's thigh, looking to free his foot. Fuschini is holding on for now.
Iverson prevents Fuschini from standing back up.
John Iverson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Iverson looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Iverson throwing shots but Fuschini is blocking nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Iverson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Fuschini 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luca Fuschini!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gattsu Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sun Wukong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emelianenko comes into the arena with Contender blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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221 lbs
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224 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gattsu Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sun Wukong!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yuuki Gou and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emelianenko shoots in but no luck this time.
Emelianenko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wukong drives through and clinches with Emelianenko against the ropes.
Wukong misses with a knee strike.
Come on Wukong - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Emelianenko goes for a takedown attempt but Wukong pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Wukong moves in looking to clinch but Emelianenko pushes him off.
Emelianenko shoots in for a takedown but Wukong shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gattsu Emelianenko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Emelianenko throws a series of punches but Wukong avoids them all with ease.
Gattsu Emelianenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A good leg kick by Wukong.
Emelianenko throws a shot from downtown. Wukong moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wukong tries to clinch but Emelianenko moves out of range.
Wukong pivots, looking for a leg kick but Emelianenko is out of range and Wukong settles back down.
Emelianenko scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Emelianenko misses with a jab, cross combination.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Emelianenko checks a leg kick.
Wukong throws a half hearted mid kick.
Emelianenko takes a swing at Wukong's ribcage but misses.
Emelianenko throws a right and a left that both miss.
Good shot there by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko swinging wildly here.
Emelianenko throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wukong tries to clinch up.
Emelianenko takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Wukong has taken the fight to the clinch.
Emelianenko tries for a takedown. No joy.
Wukong is pressed up against the ropes. Emelianenko has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Wukong down to the mat. Wukong avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Emelianenko wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Emelianenko lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wukong circles away quickly and effectively.
Emelianenko stuns Wukong with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wukong lands with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Emelianenko looks to land a left hand but Wukong moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wukong will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wukong connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Emelianenko takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Emelianenko throws a combination that misses
and Wukong counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Emelianenko is breathing heavily.
Wukong has closed the distance and engaged Emelianenko in a clinch.
Emelianenko tries to score a body lock takedown but Wukong shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Wukong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Wukong.
Emelianenko can't get the takedown.
Emelianenko jumps guard but Wukong stands there with Emelianenko around his waist. Emelianenko gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Wukong lands a nice knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wukong prevents a takedown attempt there.
Emelianenko tries to break the clinch but Wukong is controlling the position.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Emelianenko jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Wukong walks away with a smile on his face. Emelianenko gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Sun Wukong is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Emelianenko on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wukong. Wukong obviously looking to wear him down.
Emelianenko throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Some bone on bone action there as Emelianenko checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Horrible takedown by Emelianenko or perhaps it was just good defense by Wukong which made him look bad.
Wukong closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Emelianenko tries to pull guard but Wukong holds him up against the ropes and eventually Emelianenko drops back down to his feet.
Wukong lands a good knee to the midsection. Emelianenko won't want to take too many of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sun Wukong 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.
Wukong throws a leg kick which misses Emelianenko's front leg but catches the back leg as Emelianenko tries to avoid it.
Emelianenko shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Wukong as he avoids it easily.
Emelianenko checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Wukong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wukong is looking to clinch but Emelianenko is avoiding it.
Wukong gets a clinch.
Emelianenko wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wukong has him pressed against the ropes.
Emelianenko drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Wukong gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Emelianenko goes for a takedown in the clinch but Wukong prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gattsu Emelianenko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wukong landing knees to the head.
It looks like Gattsu Emelianenko has been cut.
Emelianenko goes for a takedown in the clinch but Wukong prevents it.
Wukong stops a takedown attempt from Emelianenko.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Emelianenko is trying to force a seperation but Wukong has the dominant position.
Emelianenko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Emelianenko digs a right hand into Wukong's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Wukong's gas tank.
Emelianenko can't get the takedown.
Wukong displaying some good clinch control by pressing Emelianenko up against the ropes.
Emelianenko tries to score a body lock takedown but Wukong shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Wukong will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Emelianenko up against the ropes.
Emelianenko has Wukong pressed up against the ropes. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Emelianenko pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Wukong tumbling to the mat - Emelianenko dives into Wukong's guard.
Emelianenko stopping the sweep attempt from Wukong.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko throws a big right hand that misses.
Emelianenko 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.
Wukong looking to control.
Wukong is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Emelianenko is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Wukong wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Emelianenko is now in half guard.
Wukong is trying to control but Emelianenko manages to pass to mount!
Emelianenko misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wukong is wriggling around trying to escape.
Emelianenko takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Wukong wants to hold on but Emelianenko pushes him away.
Emelianenko controlling his opponent.
Wukong is desperately trying to improve his position but Emelianenko has a good base and remains in mount.
Wukong tries to hold on but Emelianenko pushes him away.
Emelianenko trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Wukong gets back to half guard.
Wukong preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Emelianenko wants to control but Wukong is keeping him busy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Well, if Emelianenko is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Emelianenko seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Wukong does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Sun Wukong will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Gattsu Emelianenko's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Wukong tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Emelianenko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Emelianenko shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Wukong counters with a leg kick.
Emelianenko shoots in looking for a takedown. Wukong tries to sprawl out of it but Emelianenko keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Wukong manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Emelianenko misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gattsu Emelianenko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Emelianenko misses with a few strikes there.
Emelianenko misses with a combination
and Wukong counters with a flying knee. Nice.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wukong tries a head kick but it misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wukong.
Emelianenko keeps the fight on the outside.
Emelianenko stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wukong.
Wukong fails with an attempt to clinch.
Emelianenko just misses with a punch to the body.
Wukong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Emelianenko.
Wukong is looking to clinch but Emelianenko is avoiding it.
A jab from Wukong finds it's way through Emelianenko's defenses.
Sun Wukong is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Wukong finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Emelianenko misses with a body shot.
Emelianenko tries for a takedown but Wukong circles away easily
and Wukong counters with a leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Emelianenko swings away with a body shot that misses
and Wukong counters with a thumping low kick.
Sun Wukong seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wukong tries to close the distance and clinch up but Emelianenko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wukong pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Wukong 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 Emelianenko has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Emelianenko and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Wukong bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wukong tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Wukong did well to prevent Emelianenko getting side control.
Wukong is trying to control but can't.
Wukong is controlling Emelianenko's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Gattsu Emelianenko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wukong is looking to control Emelianenko's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wukong avoid being mounted?
Emelianenko wants to control but Wukong is keeping him busy.
Wukong is trying to control but can't.
Wukong is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Emelianenko is staying active.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Wukong is holding on to half guard well.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Wukong is trying to control but can't.
Despite being in the dominant position, Sun Wukong just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Emelianenko avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Emelianenko misses with a body punch
and Wukong counters with an inside leg kick.
Wukong takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wukong scoring well with a low kick there.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Wukong!
And that's the end of the fight!
Sun Wukong comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Wukong winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sun Wukong!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Klimas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fokk Yu Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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26
300 lbs
10 - 4 - 0 |
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300 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michael Klimas!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fokk Yu Long!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Long moves away from the strike by Klimas.
Long cracks Klimas with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Klimas misses with a straight left.
Long dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Klimas scores with a jab to the jaw.
It looks like Fokk Yu Long has been cut.
Long showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Klimas.
Klimas swings for the body but Long moves out of range.
Long uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Klimas.
Long drops his hands momentarily and Klimas takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Long blocks a jab.
Klimas misses with a body shot
and Long counters with a straight right hand.
Long scores with a body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Long looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A slow jab from Klimas misses its intended target.
Klimas takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd cheers as Long lands an impressive looking overhand right. Klimas doesn't seem phased though.
Klimas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Long scores with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Long blocks a jab.
Long moves into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Long scores with a nice short uppercut.
Klimas is trying to force a seperation but Long has the dominant position.
Long lands a left hand that snaps the head of Klimas backwards.
Klimas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Long has him pressed against the ropes.
Klimas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Long throws a shot to the body.
Klimas is breathing heavily.
Long closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Long softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Klimas tries to circle away but Long has him pinned against the ropes.
Klimas tries to break the clinch but Long is controlling the position.
A nice left hand lands by Long.
Long lands an uppercut.
Klimas is rocked!
Long lands a big right hand that drops Klimas! The killer instinct kicks in and Long finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Long!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fokk Yu Long! Fokk Yu Long retains his super heavyweight title!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hiroshi Hatayama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryuu Takeshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hatayama comes to the ring accompanied by Hiji Zuru Style. Takeshi has chosen On The Dub-ble as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hiroshi Hatayama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryuu Takeshi!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Sosuke Kotani and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takeshi thuds a left hand into Hatayama's body.
Hatayama stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Takeshi.
Hatayama fails to land the takedown.
Takeshi thumps Hatayama with a low kick.
Hatayama throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Takeshi lands a nice hook to Hatayama's body. Hatayama takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hatayama walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Donk. Takeshi catches Hatayama right on the button with a cross.
Hatayama misses the shot to the body.
Hatayama misses with a hook to the body
and Takeshi counters with a straight right hand.
Hatayama changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Takeshi tries to avoid it but Hatayama manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Takeshi to the ground. Takeshi escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hatayama scores with a shot to the body.
Nice shot lands for Takeshi.
Hatayama ducks right into an uppercut from Takeshi.
Nice body kick from Takeshi.
Ryuu Takeshi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Takeshi catches Hatayama with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Takeshi lands with a nice body kick.
Takeshi lands a jab.
Takeshi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hatayama needs to keep his hands up - Takeshi had a free shot at his head there.
Takeshi has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Takeshi cracks Hatayama with an open hand slap.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Takeshi.
Hatayama is breathing heavily.
Hatayama takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Takeshi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hatayama momentarily.
Takeshi is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hatayama had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Takeshi lands a lovely overhand right.
Takeshi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Takeshi is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Takeshi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Takeshi stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hiroshi Hatayama. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Takeshi goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Hatayama misses with a looping right.
An inside leg kick lands from Takeshi.
Takeshi swinging wildly here.
Takeshi digs a good hook to Hatayama's body.
Hatayama takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Takeshi connects with a solid leg kick.
Hatayama pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hatayama walks into a left hand.
Hatayama swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hatayama fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Takeshi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Takeshi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takeshi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hatayama in his tracks.
Hatayama takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Takeshi tests Hatayama's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hatayama moves forwards but Takeshi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Takeshi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hatayama momentarily.
Takeshi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Takeshi scores with a hook.
A decent looking cross lands there for Takeshi.
Takeshi connects with a jab.
Takeshi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hatayama looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Takeshi takes the fight into the clinch.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Hatayama. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
A short body shot lands from Takeshi as the two fighters clinch.
Takeshi lands a knee to the body.
Takeshi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hatayama or not.
Takeshi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hatayama takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Takeshi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Takeshi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hatayama moves forwards but Takeshi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hatayama stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Takeshi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takeshi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hatayama's calf.
Takeshi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Takeshi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hatayama has time to react.
Hatayama on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Takeshi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Takeshi scores with a jab to the jaw.
Takeshi lands a body shot.
Jab from Takeshi.
Nice body kick from Takeshi.
Hatayama takes one on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Takeshi feints and then cracks Hatayama's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hatayama down.
Takeshi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Takeshi lands a glancing blow to the side of Hatayama's head.
A left lands for Takeshi.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Takeshi - that will leave a mark!
Takeshi connects with a solid leg kick.
Hatayama tries to move into range but Takeshi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hatayama closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A nice leg kick lands there from Takeshi.
Takeshi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Takeshi lands a right hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takeshi lands with a good body shot.
Takeshi lands with a right hand.
Takeshi jabs at Hatayama's body.
Takeshi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hatayama.
Hatayama walks into a left hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Takeshi.
A left lands for Takeshi.
A nice leg kick lands there from Takeshi.
Takeshi works Hatayama's body with a nice hook.
Takeshi connects with a body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Takeshi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hatayama takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Takeshi clinches with his opponent.
Takeshi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Takeshi tries to close the distance and clinch but Hatayama swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Takeshi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Takeshi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hatayama has time to react.
Takeshi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hatayama gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hatayama on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Takeshi. Takeshi obviously looking to wear him down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryuu Takeshi dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Takeshi lands an overhand right.
Hatayama fails with a takedown attempt.
Takeshi lands with a hook. Hatayama tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ryuu Takeshi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Takeshi punishes Hatayama's body with a nice straight punch.
Hatayama takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hatayama walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Takeshi lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Takeshi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Takeshi lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Takeshi works Hatayama's body with a nice hook.
Takeshi throws a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Takeshi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hatayama on the side of the head.
Takeshi lands a right hook to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Takeshi.
A head kick from Takeshi lands but Hatayama takes it in his stride.
Hatayama walks forward, straight into a front kick from Takeshi.
Takeshi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jab by Takeshi.
Takeshi connects with a looping right hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Takeshi lands a jab.
Hatayama fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takeshi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Takeshi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Takeshi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Takeshi scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Takeshi connects with a jab.
Takeshi with a nice cross.
Takeshi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Takeshi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hatayama's calf.
A decent looking cross lands there for Takeshi.
Takeshi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
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!
Hatayama shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hatayama walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hatayama will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Hatayama walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hatayama misses with a body shot.
Hatayama walks forward, straight into a front kick from Takeshi.
A slapping leg kick lands for Takeshi.
Takeshi connects with a right hand. Hatayama shakes it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Takeshi.
Takeshi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hatayama's head.
Takeshi scores with a hook to the body. Hatayama takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Takeshi thuds a left hand into Hatayama's body.
Takeshi bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hatayama's head backwards.
Takeshi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Takeshi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hatayama. That did some damage!
Hatayama loads up on a big right hand but Takeshi slips the punch.
A lazy left from Takeshi finds it's target.
Good exchange - Takeshi coming out on top.
Hatayama is looking to wear down Takeshi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hatayama walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A combination from Takeshi does no damage.
Takeshi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Takeshi scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hatayama is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Takeshi lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd cheers as Takeshi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hatayama doesn't seem phased though.
Takeshi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Takeshi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hatayama moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Takeshi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hatayama. That did some damage!
Good exchange - Takeshi coming out on top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takeshi connects with a single shot there.
Hatayama doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A cross from Takeshi lands.
Takeshi scores with a shot to the body.
Takeshi lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Takeshi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Takeshi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Takeshi has managed to clinch.
Takeshi trying to control the position but instead, Hatayama has worked for underhooks and has pushed Takeshi into the ropes.
Takeshi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Takeshi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Takeshi pushes Hatayama back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Takeshi lands a damaging elbow.
A short left from Takeshi.
Takeshi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Takeshi missing with knees to the body.
Takeshi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Takeshi cracks Hatayama with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A shot to de liver by Takeshi. Beautiful body shot.
Takeshi lands with an overhand left.
Hatayama takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takeshi has closed the distance and engaged Hatayama in a clinch.
Takeshi is leaning against Hatayama and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Takeshi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Takeshi lands a nice shot to the body.
A knee to the head by Takeshi.
Takeshi is looking to control Hatayama's arms but Hatayama gets an underhook and turns him. Now Takeshi has his back to the ropes.
Hatayama tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Takeshi wants to stall.
Hatayama managing to block the knees to the body from Takeshi.
Nice body punch from Takeshi - that landed with a thud.
Takeshi connects with a knee to the head.
Takeshi breaks from the clinch.
Hatayama steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Takeshi. That one must have hurt.
Takeshi stalks Hatayama and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hatayama's face. Hatayama staggers backwards, shaken.
Takeshi scores with a punch to the head.
Takeshi scores with a spinning back kick!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hatayama takes one to the side of the head.
Jab from Takeshi.
Hatayama on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hatayama on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Takeshi. Takeshi obviously looking to wear him down.
Hatayama takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryuu Takeshi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Hatayama's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Takeshi cracks Hatayama with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hatayama slips a straight right by Takeshi.
Takeshi moves into range and connects with a jab.
Takeshi throws a hook to the side of Hatayama's head but Hatayama sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Takeshi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hatayama was well out of range. Poor timing from Takeshi.
Takeshi staying out of range there.
Hatayama swings for the body but Takeshi moves out of range.
Takeshi misses with a hook. Hatayama ducked under it nicely.
A solid body kick from Takeshi.
Hatayama takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Takeshi lands a jab to the head.
Takeshi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hatayama wants to clinch.
Takeshi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hatayama gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hatayama shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Takeshi as he jumps to the side.
Hatayama misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatayama takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hatayama takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ryuu Takeshi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hatayama throws a looping overhand right but Takeshi ducks down to avoid it.
Takeshi is looking to slow Hatayama down with leg kicks.
Hatayama takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Takeshi throws a leg kick which misses Hatayama's front leg but catches the back leg as Hatayama tries to avoid it.
Hatayama with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Takeshi to score with a decent uppercut.
Takeshi digs a good body shot into Hatayama's ribs.
Hatayama clinches up against the ropes.
Takeshi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hatayama's efforts to push away.
Takeshi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hatayama has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hatayama can't break the clinch.
A body shot lands from Takeshi.
Takeshi manages to break the clinch.
Takeshi scores with a nice head shot.
Hatayama tries to move into range but Takeshi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Takeshi throws a one two combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hatayama walks into a stiff left hand from Takeshi.
Takeshi clinches with his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takeshi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hatayama's defenses.
A left hand lands to the body for Takeshi.
Takeshi breaks the clinch.
Hatayama stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Takeshi.
Takeshi lands a jab to Hatayama's midsection.
Takeshi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hatayama tries to keep at a distance but Takeshi has taken the fight into the clinch.
Takeshi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Takeshi swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hatayama.
Hatayama looks to throw the jab but Takeshi is out of range.
Hiroshi Hatayama has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Takeshi scores with a shot to the body.
Takeshi keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Takeshi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hatayama was well out of range. Poor timing from Takeshi.
Hatayama has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Takeshi finds it's way round the side to connect with Hatayama's head.
Hatayama takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hatayama takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hatayama is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Takeshi's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Takeshi thumps Hatayama with a low kick.
Takeshi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hatayama's hands.
Takeshi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takeshi with a hook.
Takeshi lands with a nice combination. Hatayama backs away looking to recover.
A cross from Takeshi lands.
Takeshi scores with a sloppy right hand. Hatayama should have avoided that one.
Takeshi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hatayama with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Takeshi to score with a decent uppercut.
Takeshi rushes Hatayama and presses him up against the ropes.
Takeshi lands a good knee to the midsection. Hatayama won't want to take too many of those.
Takeshi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Takeshi throws a series of punches but Hatayama moves out of range.
Hatayama loads up on a big right hand but Takeshi slips the punch.
Takeshi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Takeshi throws a head kick that Hatayama semi-blocks.
Takeshi jabs Hatayama right on the nose. Hatayama blinks but takes it well.
Good shot there by Takeshi.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Takeshi rushes Hatayama and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Hatayama breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hatayama on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Takeshi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hatayama fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Takeshi sprawls well initially but Hatayama persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takeshi makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Ryuu Takeshi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Takeshi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Takeshi moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A slapping leg kick lands for Takeshi.
Takeshi uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hatayama throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Takeshi's waist but Takeshi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hatayama off to one side.
Takeshi thumps Hatayama with a low kick.
Hatayama takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hatayama takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Takeshi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hatayama tries to move into range but Takeshi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Takeshi lands with an overhand left.
Hatayama walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Takeshi.
Takeshi stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Takeshi cracks Hatayama with a good jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ryuu Takeshi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Takeshi winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 24:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 24:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryuu Takeshi!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pepeng Ondoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Holden Rosenthal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rosenthal has chosen Rick Derringer - I Am a Real American as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pepeng Ondoy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Holden Rosenthal!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rosenthal thuds a left hand into Ondoy's body.
Ondoy misses with a body punch
and Rosenthal counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rosenthal dodges the punch combination from Ondoy.
Ondoy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rosenthal moves away.
Ondoy misses with a series of wild punches.
Rosenthal tries a low kick but Ondoy avoids it.
Ondoy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rosenthal throws a series of punches but Ondoy moves out of range.
Ondoy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rosenthal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ondoy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ondoy lands a right hook to the body.
Ondoy slips a jab and a cross from Rosenthal.
Rosenthal takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ondoy loads up on a big right hand but Rosenthal slips the punch.
Ondoy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rosenthal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Rosenthal misses.
Ondoy lands a slapping body shot.
Rosenthal will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ondoy misses with a few strikes there.
Ondoy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rosenthal counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Pepeng Ondoy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ondoy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rosenthal uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ondoy.
Rosenthal tries a head kick but it misses.
Ondoy is looking to wear down Rosenthal with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A swing and a miss from Ondoy.
Ondoy thuds a left hand into Rosenthal's body.
Ondoy slips a jab from Rosenthal.
Ondoy swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rosenthal counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ondoy throws a big shot that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ondoy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ondoy blocks a head kick by Rosenthal.
A shot to the body from Ondoy misses
and Rosenthal counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rosenthal lunges at Ondoy with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ondoy's hand.
Ondoy throws out a loose jab but Rosenthal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ondoy sizes up Rosenthal with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rosenthal closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ondoy circles away.
Rosenthal throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ondoy swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rosenthal counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rosenthal shoots in and drives through. Ondoy sprawls well.
Ondoy throws a series of punches but Rosenthal avoids them all with ease.
A slow jab from Ondoy misses its intended target.
A head kick misses from Rosenthal.
Rosenthal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ondoy keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Pepeng Ondoy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Holden Rosenthal.
Rosenthal shoots in and drives through. Ondoy sprawls well.
Ondoy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ondoy throws a big shot that misses.
Ondoy falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rosenthal counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Ondoy is refusing to be controlled, as Rosenthal sits in half guard.
Rosenthal prevents Ondoy from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rosenthal wants to pass the guard but Ondoy is defending well.
Rosenthal seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ondoy does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ondoy knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rosenthal on the ground.
Rosenthal sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ondoy defending well though.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ondoy is staying active underneath Rosenthal, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ondoy preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Holden Rosenthal will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ondoy misses with a hook. Rosenthal ducked under it nicely.
Ondoy uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rosenthal has time to react.
Ondoy moves out of range of the strikes.
Ondoy falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rosenthal counters with a shoot takedown. Ondoy fights it but they end up in guard.
Rosenthal throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ondoy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ondoy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rosenthal.
Rosenthal throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rosenthal is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ondoy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rosenthal thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Rosenthal postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rosenthal accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Rosenthal takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Rosenthal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ondoy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ondoy swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rosenthal counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rosenthal keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ondoy.
Ondoy lands a jab.
Ondoy throws a body punch but Rosenthal moves out of range.
Rosenthal drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Rosenthal sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ondoy's guard.
Ondoy taking some punishment here, with Rosenthal in his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ondoy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rosenthal.
Ondoy is looking to control Rosenthal's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ondoy avoid being mounted?
Rosenthal looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Rosenthal lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Rosenthal is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Ondoy sees it coming and defends easily.
Ondoy is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Rosenthal scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ondoy wants to control but Rosenthal is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Rosenthal is looking to advance position but Ondoy won't allow it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ondoy trying to hold on to Rosenthal's head to control him but Rosenthal postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Holden Rosenthal will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Rosenthal shoots in and drives through. Ondoy sprawls well.
Ondoy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rosenthal was well out of range. Poor timing from Ondoy.
Ondoy throws a jab but it's blocked by Rosenthal.
Ondoy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ondoy punishes Rosenthal's body with a nice straight punch.
Ondoy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pepeng Ondoy is winning the standup battle so far.
Rosenthal ducks under a wild hook from Ondoy.
A punch combination from Ondoy misses.
Rosenthal comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rosenthal defending well as Ondoy loads up on a big left hand.
Rosenthal scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Rosenthal tries to score with some ground and pound. Ondoy controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosenthal looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Rosenthal takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rosenthal is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Ondoy is trying to improve his position.
Pepeng Ondoy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rosenthal tries to move to mount but Ondoy blocks the move with his legs.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Rosenthal works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Rosenthal trying to control the position but Ondoy is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ondoy taking a bit of punishment here - Rosenthal scoring with strikes.
Ondoy can't do much from the bottom here.
Ondoy manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Rosenthal is looking to improve his position.
Holden Rosenthal is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rosenthal moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Holden Rosenthal.
I've got Rosenthal winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Holden Rosenthal!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Manson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Odda Nabonaga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manson comes to the ring accompanied by Angel Of Death. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Charlie Manson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Odda Nabonaga!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nabonaga tries to clinch there but Manson circles away.
Manson throws a hook but Nabonaga avoids it easily.
Nabonaga fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Manson misses with a double jab.
Manson misses with a hook. Nabonaga ducked under it nicely.
Manson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nabonaga.
Manson scores with a decent looking hook.
Manson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nabonaga has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Odda Nabonaga has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Manson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Nabonaga's waist but Nabonaga gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Manson off to one side.
Manson throws a shot from downtown. Nabonaga moves away and avoids it.
Nabonaga takes one to the chin there.
Manson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nabonaga.
Nabonaga takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Charlie Manson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nabonaga gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Nabonaga is rocked!
Manson gets to his feet and stands over Nabonaga, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Nabonaga felt that one! Manson unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Nabonaga from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charlie Manson!
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