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Kobudo FC: Chosen-sha I PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brock Lesnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Raines (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lesnar comes to the ring accompanied by brock lesnar theme. Liam Raines will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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286 lbs
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290 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brock Lesnar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Liam Raines!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Raines looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Raines looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Liam Raines seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Raines with a poor takedown
and Lesnar counters with a good low kick that Raines was not able to check.
Lesnar fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Raines avoids it really well and circles away.
Raines tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lesnar counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Lesnar looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Raines!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Raines is looking to reverse the position.
Raines regains half guard, as Lesnar was trying to land strikes.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Lesnar drops an elbow to the side of Raines's head.
Lesnar wants to control but Raines is keeping him busy.
Raines has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Lesnar is working away from the top position though.
Lesnar wants to work for an arm triangle but Raines is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raines is staying active underneath Lesnar, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raines keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Raines has one foot on Lesnar's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Raines tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Lesnar defends well and Raines ends up having to push Lesnar into the ropes where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Lesnar tries for a takedown. No joy.
Raines lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lesnar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Raines connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Brock Lesnar has been cut.
Raines landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lesnar is breathing heavily.
A right handed body shot lands from Raines.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knees in the clinch landing for Raines.
Good body shot from Raines.
Raines creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lesnar's defenses.
Raines stalling the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Raines.
Raines lands an elbow inside.
Raines leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Raines working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lesnar takes a knee to the side of the body.
Raines comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Raines obliges.
A short right from Raines on the inside.
Brock Lesnar's cut is getting worse.
Raines struggles to land a body shot inside as Lesnar controls his hands.
Raines lands an elbow just above Lesnar 's eye.
Lesnar blocks a body shot from Raines.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raines unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for Raines.
Raines gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Brock Lesnar's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Raines scores with a shoulder strike.
Jeez, Brock Lesnar's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Raines lands a shot to the body.
Raines putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lesnar in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Raines.
Raines holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
The crowd are getting on Raines's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Raines works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raines is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Raines as the two fighters clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Raines.
Raines lands a body shot in the clinch.
Raines lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Brock Lesnar's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Liam Raines!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sota Herra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sususuma Sin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sin has chosen The Pirate Shanty as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Sususuma Sin will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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180 lbs
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180 lbs
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Counter fighter
Very quick |
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Determined |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sota Herra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sususuma Sin!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Herra takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sin looks to score with a jab to the body but Herra is just out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Sin.
It looks like Sota Herra has been cut.
A jab from Sin finds it's way through Herra's defenses.
Herra keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sin's corner calls for a 1-2. Sin obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sin connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sin misses with a lunging right hand
and Herra counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Herra content to control rather than advance.
Herra is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Herra throwing shots but Sin is blocking nicely.
Herra controlling the pace.
Herra passes to full mount!
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.
Herra controlling from the full mount.
Herra is landing with some decent strikes but Sin is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Herra controlling the pace for now.
Herra prevents Sin from getting the reversal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herra with a couple of short strikes.
Herra takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Herra raining down shots from the mount!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Herra landing shots from mount.
Herra cracks Sin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Herra with a couple of short strikes.
Herra tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Herra scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sin?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Herra connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Herra takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Herra with a couple of short strikes.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Herra working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Herra raining down shots from the mount!
Herra controlling the position easily from mount.
Sin looks winded!
Herra lands a big elbow.
Herra working Sin over with strikes here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Herra scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Herra scoring with strikes but Sin is staying in there.
Herra is landing with some decent strikes but Sin is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sin is rocked!
Herra controlling from mount.
Herra with good strikes from the mount here!
Sin is still in real trouble! Can Herra finish him?
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sin can do anything to dispel that myth.
Herra lands with some strikes.
Sin seems to have recovered his senses.
Herra controlling the pace for now.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Herra seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Sin for as long as he can get away with.
Herra scoring with strikes but Sin is staying in there.
Herra landing strikes, looking to finish!
Herra lands a couple of good shots and Sin has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Herra throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Sin!
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sin takes a big shot to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sin is trying to remain composed but Herra is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Herra really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Sin.
Herra scores with punches from the back.
Herra keeps control of the position easily here as Sin tries to buck him off.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Herra.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Herra lands with a hammerfist to the side of Sin's head.
I would not like to be Sin right now.
Herra lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Herra scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Sin is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Herra.
Herra scores with punches to the body.
Herra lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Herra lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Herra is riding his opponent, not letting Sin buck him off.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Herra.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Herra lands strikes to the head.
Herra lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Herra.
Herra scores with punches and elbows.
Herra scores with punches to the body.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Herra is riding his opponent, not letting Sin buck him off.
Sin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Herra. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Herra landing with strikes.
Herra throwing damaging strikes from the back! Sin could be in trouble here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Herra has good solid back control here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sota Herra dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sota Herra's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Sin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sota Herra is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Herra.
Sin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Herra in his tracks.
Sin misses with a lunging right hand
and Herra counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Sin!
Herra controlling from side mount.
Herra's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Herra is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sin can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Herra scores with a couple of short elbows.
Herra taking a breather here.
Sin is breathing heavily.
Sin takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Sin is working to avoid the ground and pound but Herra connects with a decent elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herra landing a few strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Herra controls the position from side control.
Sin takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Herra working the head with strikes.
Herra is chipping away with strikes.
Herra works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Sota Herra overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Herra just content to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Herra lands an elbow.
Sin taking punishment in the form of punches.
We've been informed that Sin has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Sin is trying to escape the position but Herra is controlling the position.
Herra scoring with punches and elbows.
Herra works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Herra takes a little break here. Sin wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Herra in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sin trying to remain calm as Herra controls from the top position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Herra looks up at the clock and then as Sin takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Herra smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Herra working the ground and pound.
Sin is letting Herra control him for a moment.
Herra scores with punches from side control.
Herra content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Herra working the head with strikes.
Herra scores with a couple of short elbows.
Herra works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Herra slows the pace down.
Herra is putting a hurting on Sin here, landing some big shots from side control.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Herra lands a nice forearm strike.
Sin trying to remain calm as Herra controls from the top position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Herra is putting a hurting on Sin here, landing some big shots from side control.
Herra controls the position.
Herra is putting a hurting on Sin here, landing some big shots from side control.
Sin is being controlled here.
Sin takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Sin is being controlled here.
Herra in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Herra cracks Sin with a big right hand but Sin just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Herra lands a few punches from side control.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Herra creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Herra is staying tight to Sin's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Herra cracks Sin with a big elbow.
Herra is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Sin will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Herra cracks Sin with a big elbow.
Herra remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sota Herra has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Sin misses with a straight right.
Sin is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Herra steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sin.
Herra fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sin manages to avoid it.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sin misses with a wild body shot.
Herra ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sin dodges the punch combination from Herra.
Herra takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Herra scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Herra slips a nice elbow through Sin's hands, connecting with Sin's forehead.
Herra passes to side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sin takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Herra landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sota Herra dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sota Herra's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Herra closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Herra working the ground and pound.
Herra working the ground and pound.
Herra working the ground and pound.
You can see the frustration on Sin's face as Herra controls the position.
Herra working the head and body with strikes.
Herra 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.
Herra in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Herra landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Sin is letting Herra control him for a moment.
Herra is working Sin over with some ground and pound from side control.
Herra just content to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Herra scoring with punches and elbows.
Sin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sin is being controlled here.
Herra scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Sin to see if he's OK.
Herra working the ground and pound from side control.
Herra slows the pace down.
Herra in side control lands a decent elbow.
Herra working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Sin is being controlled here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sin takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Herra lands a strong strike to the head of Sin. That's dazed him! Herra looking to finish here. Sin is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Herra lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sota Herra!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vyacheslav Dmitrigorbachovovonovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eraser Heads (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vyacheslav Dmitrigorbachovovonovich has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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265 lbs
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vyacheslav Dmitrigorbachovovonovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Eraser Heads!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich clobbers Heads with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Heads swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Heads tries to sprawl but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich drives through with a takedown into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich moves into full mount! Heads won't be happy about that!
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich controlling the position easily from mount.
Heads stops Dmitrigorbachovovonovich from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich won't let Heads get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Heads has managed to escape the submission attempt.
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!
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich looking to ground and pound but Heads is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Heads tries to hold on but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich pushes him away.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich works his way to his opponent's back.
What can Heads do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heads won't enjoy being in this position. Dmitrigorbachovovonovich looking for the choke. Oh... he's slipped the arm under the neck - Heads is tapping - it's over boys! Dmitrigorbachovovonovich picks up the submission victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Vyacheslav Dmitrigorbachovovonovich!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Meguru Takayanagi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tai Yang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Takayanagi kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is All Rounder Meguru. This should be fireworks!
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150 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Meguru Takayanagi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tai Yang!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takayanagi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yang's calf.
A solid leg kick lands there for Takayanagi.
Takayanagi fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Yang to the ground. Takayanagi is now in Yang's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Takayanagi trying to control the position from guard on top but Yang is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yang really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Takayanagi. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Takayanagi connects with a couple of short punches.
Takayanagi landing some decent shots from guard.
Yang preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Takayanagi works over Yang with some ground and pound from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yang controls Takayanagi momentarily but Takayanagi frees himself.
Takayanagi makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Takayanagi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Yang can do anything to dispel that myth.
Takayanagi won't allow Yang to sweep him here.
Takayanagi wants to pass the guard but Yang is keeping the position.
Takayanagi is working hard here to advance position.
Takayanagi advances position into side control!
Takayanagi scoring with punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yang is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Takayanagi is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Takayanagi 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.
Takayanagi lands with some strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Takayanagi has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Yang's face.
Takayanagi lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Yang hang on?
Yang is rocked!
Takayanagi punishing his opponent with strikes.
Yang is still in real trouble! Can Takayanagi finish him?
Yang looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Yang looks winded!
Takayanagi lands a shot to the head.
Takayanagi is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Yang taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Takayanagi.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Meguru Takayanagi!
Meguru Takayanagi thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shinji Kagawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hiyato Nakamara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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172 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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160 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Brawler
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinji Kagawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hiyato Nakamara !
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakamara will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kagawa throws a series of punches but Nakamara moves out of range.
Kagawa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kagawa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Kagawa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nakamara darts in and clinches Kagawa up against the ropes.
Nakamara throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kagawa is trying to push Nakamara away but Nakamara has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Kagawa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Nakamara has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Nakamara looking for a takedown.
Kagawa pulls guard successfully.
Nakamara sitting in guard here, content to control.
Kagawa kicks Nakamara off and gets to his feet.
Nakamara tries to close the distance and clinch but Kagawa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kagawa shoots in and bounces Nakamara off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kagawa trying to control but Nakamara is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kagawa cracks Nakamara with a solid left hand.
Kagawa could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Nakamara looking to control.
Kagawa slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
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 referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Nakamara has his foot on Kagawa's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kagawa works his way back into a safe position though.
Kagawa controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Kagawa preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kagawa postures up.
Kagawa passes Nakamara 's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Kagawa thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nakamara 's head.
Nakamara wants to improve his position but Kagawa is controlling well.
Kagawa lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nakamara wants to improve his position but Kagawa is controlling well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kagawa decides to stand up.
Nakamara darts in looking for a takedown but Kagawa gets double underhooks and turns Nakamara into the ropes.
Shinji Kagawa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hiyato Nakamara .
Nakamara lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Shinji Kagawa has been cut.
Kagawa tries to pull guard but Nakamara forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
Kagawa tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Nakamara smiles and moves away.
Nakamara shoots for a double leg takedown but Kagawa sprawls well. He's pushed Nakamara 's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nakamara shoots and misses
and Kagawa counters by clinching up.
Kagawa definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Nakamara lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nakamara with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamara stalling in the clinch.
Nakamara lands a good knee to the midsection. Kagawa won't want to take too many of those.
Nakamara changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Kagawa fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Nakamara dives in and grabs Kagawa's left leg, looking for a takedown. Kagawa pushes down on Nakamara 's head and hops out.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nakamara tries to clinch up.
Kagawa shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Kagawa showed some decent athleticism there.
Nakamara slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Nakamara pushes a forearm under Kagawa's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Kagawa is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hiyato Nakamara !
A victorious Hiyato Nakamara thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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