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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tomasz Szczakowiecki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gar Logan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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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
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tomasz Szczakowiecki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gar Logan!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Logan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Szczakowiecki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Szczakowiecki thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've been hearing reports that Szczakowiecki has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Logan doesn't manage to clinch there - Szczakowiecki circles away.
Szczakowiecki smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
It looks like Gar Logan has been cut.
Logan gets a clinch.
Logan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Logan misses with a knee to the head.
Logan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Szczakowiecki is trying to pull guard but Logan turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Logan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Szczakowiecki is defending well for now.
Logan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Logan lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Tomasz Szczakowiecki has been cut.
Logan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Szczakowiecki is defending well for now.
Szczakowiecki can't break the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Logan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Szczakowiecki's brow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Logan lands an elbow inside.
Logan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Logan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Logan lands an elbow inside.
Logan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Logan stops a takedown attempt from Szczakowiecki.
Logan lands a good knee to the midsection. Szczakowiecki won't want to take too many of those.
Szczakowiecki tries to pull guard but Logan won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tomasz Szczakowiecki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Logan leaning against his opponent.
Logan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Szczakowiecki.
Szczakowiecki blocks an elbow strike.
Logan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Logan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Logan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Szczakowiecki lands a right hand.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Szczakowiecki as Logan tries to tie him up.
Szczakowiecki drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Logan gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Szczakowiecki is working for takedown but Logan is calmly controlling the position for now.
Szczakowiecki ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Szczakowiecki no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Szczakowiecki wants to sweep but no luck.
Szczakowiecki is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Logan wants to pass the guard but Szczakowiecki is keeping the position.
Szczakowiecki controls Logan momentarily but Logan frees himself.
Logan trying to control but Szczakowiecki is working from the bottom.
Logan 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 pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We're going to have a standup here because Tomasz Szczakowiecki wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Szczakowiecki slips a jab and a cross from Logan.
Logan is looking to clinch but Szczakowiecki is avoiding it.
Szczakowiecki rushes Logan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Logan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Szczakowiecki is defending well for now.
Logan gets underhooks to prevent Szczakowiecki's takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Szczakowiecki tightens his grip and picks Logan up, before dumping him to the ground. Logan manages to land in guard.
Szczakowiecki is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Logan is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Logan has escaped and now he's on top!
Logan pushes down on Szczakowiecki's leg and manages to get into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Logan working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Szczakowiecki's thigh. Szczakowiecki counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Logan is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Szczakowiecki wants to get back to his feet but Logan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Gar Logan will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Logan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Szczakowiecki has taken the fight to the clinch.
Szczakowiecki goes for a takedown in the clinch but Logan prevents it.
Logan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Logan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Szczakowiecki's face.
Logan stops a takedown attempt from Szczakowiecki.
Logan is struggling to control the position.
Logan missing with knees to the body.
Logan missing with knees to the body.
Logan tries to land knees in the clinch but Szczakowiecki avoids the damage to the body.
Logan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Logan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Szczakowiecki avoids it.
Szczakowiecki takes an elbow to the forehead.
Szczakowiecki avoiding damage as Logan throws knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Logan prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tomasz Szczakowiecki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Logan lands an elbow just above Szczakowiecki 's eye.
With the fighters up against the cage, Logan throws an elbow but misses.
Szczakowiecki blocks an elbow strike from Logan.
Logan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Szczakowiecki avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Logan misses with an elbow strike.
Szczakowiecki wants to take the fight to the mat but Logan manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Logan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Szczakowiecki tries for a takedown. No joy.
Logan dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Logan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Szczakowiecki avoids the elbow strike from Logan, against the cage.
Logan throws an elbow but it misses.
Logan throws an elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Logan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Logan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Szczakowiecki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Szczakowiecki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Logan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Logan doesn't manage to clinch there - Szczakowiecki circles away.
Logan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Szczakowiecki misses with a hook. Logan ducked under it nicely.
Szczakowiecki misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Logan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Szczakowiecki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A slow jab from Szczakowiecki misses its intended target.
A jab from Szczakowiecki misses.
Logan avoids the body shot from Szczakowiecki.
Gar Logan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Szczakowiecki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Logan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Szczakowiecki misses with a takedown attempt - Logan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Tomasz Szczakowiecki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Logan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Szczakowiecki manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Szczakowiecki gets caught flat footed, as Logan shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Logan wants to pass the guard but Szczakowiecki is keeping the position.
Logan sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Szczakowiecki's guard.
Szczakowiecki tries to roll over but Logan keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Szczakowiecki tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Logan has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Szczakowiecki is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gar Logan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Logan clinches with his opponent.
Szczakowiecki avoids the elbow strike from Logan, against the cage.
Logan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Logan lands an elbow just above Szczakowiecki 's eye.
Szczakowiecki has Logan pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Szczakowiecki pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Logan tumbling to the mat - Szczakowiecki dives into Logan's guard.
Szczakowiecki in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Logan keeping moving, preventing Szczakowiecki from controlling successfully.
Szczakowiecki trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Logan wants to sweep here but Szczakowiecki controlling him for the moment.
Szczakowiecki postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Logan looking to hit a scissor sweep but Szczakowiecki is one step ahead there.
Szczakowiecki decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Szczakowiecki closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Szczakowiecki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Logan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Szczakowiecki is trying to pull guard but Logan turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Szczakowiecki avoiding damage as Logan throws knees to the body.
Logan lands an elbow just above Szczakowiecki 's eye.
Nice elbow from Logan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Logan slows down the pace here.
Logan misses with an elbow strike.
Szczakowiecki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Szczakowiecki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Szczakowiecki drags the fight down to the ground.
Logan tries to free his leg and advance position but Szczakowiecki is retaining full guard.
Szczakowiecki has control of Logan's left arm, preventing Logan from doing any damage.
Logan trying to control the position from guard on top but Szczakowiecki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Logan postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Logan wants to control from the top but Szczakowiecki keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Logan stuffs the takedown.
Logan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Szczakowiecki connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Szczakowiecki will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Szczakowiecki throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Logan counters with a one-two to the body.
Logan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Szczakowiecki throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Logan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Logan tries to clinch there but Szczakowiecki circles away.
A big left from Szczakowiecki misses.
Szczakowiecki circles away from the clinch attempt.
Szczakowiecki has managed to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Logan misses with an elbow over the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Logan just leaning against Szczakowiecki, taking a breather.
Logan looking to throw knees to the head but Szczakowiecki is blocking nicely.
Logan lands a nice elbow.
Szczakowiecki blocks an elbow strike from Logan.
Logan lands an elbow just above Szczakowiecki 's eye.
Szczakowiecki avoiding damage as Logan throws knees to the body.
Logan throws an elbow but it misses.
Logan misses with an elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Szczakowiecki blocks the elbow strike.
Szczakowiecki is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Logan to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tomasz Szczakowiecki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Logan tries to stall but Szczakowiecki uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Gar Logan.
I've got Logan 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Gar Logan!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Gar Logan!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Gar Logan!
Gar Logan wins by unanimous decision!
Gar Logan made sure to mention his sponsor, Royal Clothing Company (Laundry Available) in his post fight interview.
The defeated Tomasz Szczakowiecki had this to say: 'Lose, I don't Understand?'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leroy Goins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Goins has chosen LL Cool J - Rocking with the G.O.A.T. as his entrance music. 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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176 lbs
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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
17 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Thiago Alves !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Leroy Goins!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Sosuke Kotani and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves shoots in for a double leg but Goins sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Alves rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Goins counters with a good low kick that Alves was not able to check.
Alves throws a nice looking combination but Goins bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Alves just misses with a punch to the body.
Goins keeps the fight on the outside.
Alves ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Goins moves away.
Goins pulls out of a head kick attempt.
No luck for Goins with that takedown attempt.
Goins changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Alves tries to avoid it but Goins manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Alves to the ground. Alves escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Alves has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Xtreme Punishment in the buildup to the fight.
A solid body kick from Goins.
Goins on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Alves stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Alves wants it to stay on the feet.
Thiago Alves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leroy Goins.
Alves moves out of range of the strikes.
Goins uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alves .
Alves lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Goins blocks a jab.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Alves .
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves circles away from the clinch attempt.
Goins uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Alves .
Goins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alves misses with a shot to the body
and Goins counters with a single leg into guard. Alves didn't expect that.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Alves manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
A nice elbow there by Alves .
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alves working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Alves punishing his opponent with strikes.
Alves is landing with some decent strikes but Goins is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Goins is desperately trying to improve his position but Alves has a good base and remains in mount.
Goins told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Alves with a couple of short strikes.
Alves lands with some strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goins is trying to stand.
Alves has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Goins's face.
Alves lands with some strikes.
Alves lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Goins hang on?
Alves looking to finish Goins with some ground and pound. This is bad for Goins!
Goins is rocked!
Alves 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.
Alves scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Goins is still in real trouble! Can Alves finish him?
Alves looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Goins covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thiago Alves !
Thiago Alves took some time post fight to say the following; 'Do you quack? Do you quak like a duck when you suck!!! Hey after party at my place- I need a blow job!!! Gina!! I know your out there come on baby!!!!'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brad Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jannis Arvanitidis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burns comes to the cage accompanied by Speech Cobras. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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143 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
14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brad Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jannis Arvanitidis!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yuuki Gou and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Arvanitidis or perhaps it was just good defense by Burns which made him look bad.
Burns tries to clinch but Arvanitidis moves away
and Arvanitidis counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Burns's guard now.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Arvanitidis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Arvanitidis prevents Burns from getting back to his feet.
Burns has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Burns on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Burns tries to get out of the position.
Arvanitidis slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Burns is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Arvanitidis asserts his dominance and retains side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Arvanitidis tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Arvanitidis scores with a couple of short elbows.
Arvanitidis prevents Burns from escaping the position.
Burns struggling a bit here.
Burns is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Arvanitidis is controlling him well.
Burns is working to avoid the ground and pound but Arvanitidis connects with a decent elbow.
Arvanitidis grinds an elbow into Burns's temple.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns is trying to buck Arvanitidis off.
Arvanitidis scores with punches from side control.
Arvanitidis scoring with punches from side control.
Arvanitidis scoring with punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burns is trying to get back to half guard.
Arvanitidis scores with punches from side control.
Burns is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Arvanitidis has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Burns is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Millions Top Team, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Arvanitidis cracks Burns with a big elbow.
Arvanitidis tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Arvanitidis has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burns is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Arvanitidis controls the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arvanitidis working the ground and pound.
Burns taking punishment in the form of punches.
Arvanitidis throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Arvanitidis working the head with strikes.
Arvanitidis creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Arvanitidis in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Burns on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Burns is rocked!
Burns can't do much from the bottom here.
Oh Burns is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Arvanitidis in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Burns is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jannis Arvanitidis!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Jannis Arvanitidis made sure he mentioned HGH Nutrients Q160 Tycoons Best Quality supps, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hyun Sudo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kengo Watanabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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34
153 lbs
18 - 19 - 0 |
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33
200 lbs
15 - 20 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Decent boxing
Powerful |
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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
18 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hyun Sudo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kengo Watanabe!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watanabe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Watanabe 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.
Watanabe shoots in and gets a takedown into Sudo's guard.
Watanabe connects with a couple of short punches.
Watanabe is looking to work some ground and pound but Sudo has wrist control.
Watanabe trying to control the position from guard on top but Sudo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sudo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sudo looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Watanabe postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Watanabe is working Sudo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Watanabe postures up and lands a big shot to Sudo's brow.
Sudo wants to sweep but no luck.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Watanabe accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Watanabe chips away with some ground and pound.
Watanabe stands up over Sudo, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sudo is breathing heavily.
Watanabe lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Watanabe distracts Sudo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Watanabe with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Watanabe postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Watanabe postures up in Sudo's guard and throws a big left but Sudo blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watanabe seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Watanabe with a nice head shot there.
Sudo wants to stand but Watanabe is controlling the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Watanabe stands up over Sudo, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Watanabe is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Watanabe trying to control but Sudo is working from the bottom.
Watanabe throws a big right hand that misses.
Sudo keeping moving, preventing Watanabe from controlling successfully.
Watanabe makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sudo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Watanabe trying to control the position from guard on top but Sudo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sudo working for a triangle but Watanabe defends it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe works over Sudo with some ground and pound from guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watanabe scoring with some ground and pound.
Watanabe trying to control but Sudo is working from the bottom.
Watanabe loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Watanabe makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Watanabe trying to control the position from guard on top but Sudo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Watanabe scoring with some ground and pound.
Watanabe postures up and lands a big shot to Sudo's brow.
Watanabe's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Sudo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Watanabe.
Watanabe landing with the ground and pound.
Watanabe is working Sudo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe throws a big right hand that misses.
Watanabe prevents Sudo from getting back to his feet.
Sudo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sudo has momentary wrist control but Watanabe slips an elbow through the middle.
Watanabe trying to control the position from guard on top but Sudo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Watanabe lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Watanabe trying to control but Sudo is working from the bottom.
Watanabe throwing strikes from guard but Sudo blocks nicely.
Watanabe cracks Sudo with a solid left hand.
Watanabe is stalling in the full guard.
Sudo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Watanabe works over Sudo with some ground and pound from guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sudo is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Watanabe working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sudo keeping moving, preventing Watanabe from controlling successfully.
Watanabe working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sudo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Watanabe distracts Sudo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sudo is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Watanabe cracks Sudo with a solid left hand.
Watanabe with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Watanabe trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watanabe chips away with some ground and pound.
Watanabe trying to control but Sudo is working from the bottom.
Sudo has his foot on Watanabe's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Watanabe works his way back into a safe position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kengo Watanabe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hyun Sudo's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Watanabe misses with a double jab.
Nice takedown defense from Sudo. No joy for Watanabe on that attempt.
Watanabe has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sudo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Watanabe manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Watanabe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sudo was well out of range. Poor timing from Watanabe.
Watanabe has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Watanabe there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sudo wants to clinch up but Watanabe keeps it at a distance.
Watanabe fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hyun Sudo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Watanabe misses with a series of wild punches.
Sudo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Watanabe moves out of range of the body kick from Sudo.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sudo instigates a clinch.
Sudo is stalling here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sudo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watanabe misses with some punches.
Watanabe is looking for a takedown.
Hyun Sudo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kengo Watanabe.
Sudo prevents the takedown attempt.
Sudo lands a nice uppercut.
Watanabe has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sudo avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Sudo can't find room to land a body shot as Watanabe controls the action.
Our sources have told us that Sudo has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Sudo blocks an uppercut.
Watanabe gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Watanabe throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sudo is controlling Watanabe's trapped leg to prevent Watanabe from advancing to side control.
Watanabe lands strikes from half guard.
Watanabe is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Sudo!
Sudo is trying to escape the mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watanabe unloading with bombs!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe wants to control the pace but Sudo is squirming around nicely.
Watanabe has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sudo's face.
Watanabe lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sudo hang on?
Watanabe working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sudo is rocked!
Sudo is bucking up trying to escape but Watanabe cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Oh Sudo is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Watanabe fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Watanabe lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sudo hang on?
Watanabe unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Sudo wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Watanabe celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kengo Watanabe!
Kengo Watanabe seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Peter Gunnarsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernando Egardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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158 lbs
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145 lbs
16 - 14 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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World class boxer
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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
22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Peter Gunnarsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fernando Egardo!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunnarsson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gunnarsson swings for the body but Egardo moves out of range.
Gunnarsson fails to land with a series of punches.
Gunnarsson misses with a left hand
and Egardo counters with a nice uppercut.
Egardo walks into a stiff left hand from Gunnarsson.
Egardo scores with a sloppy right hand. Gunnarsson should have avoided that one.
Gunnarsson throws a big shot that misses.
Egardo has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Egardo lands with a hook. Gunnarsson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gunnarsson thows a body shot but no joy.
Gunnarsson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Peter Gunnarsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Egardo takes one to the side of the head.
A jab from Egardo misses.
Gunnarsson's corner calls for a 1-2. Gunnarsson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
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!
Gunnarsson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Egardo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Gunnarsson lands a glancing blow to the side of Egardo's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Egardo fails in his attempt to clinch.
A big right from Gunnarsson misses.
Egardo dodges the punch combination from Gunnarsson.
Gunnarsson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Team Hopkins in the buildup to the fight.
A slow jab from Gunnarsson misses its intended target.
Egardo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gunnarsson shoots in looking for a takedown. Egardo tries to sprawl out of it but Gunnarsson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Egardo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Egardo gets a clinch.
Gunnarsson working aggressively here.
Egardo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Egardo prevents a body shot from Gunnarsson.
Gunnarsson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Gunnarsson - that landed with a thud.
Egardo is trying to break the clinch but Gunnarsson has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunnarsson keeps control of Egardo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Egardo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gunnarsson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Egardo misses with an elbow over the top.
Gunnarsson has a couple of punches blocked by Egardo.
Gunnarsson avoids a wild elbow strike from Egardo.
Gunnarsson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Egardo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gunnarsson misses with a low kick.
Gunnarsson just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gunnarsson. Egardo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Egardo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gunnarsson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A telegraphed right hand from Gunnarsson misses the target.
Gunnarsson looks to land a combination but Egardo avoids it well.
Gunnarsson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Egardo but Egardo pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Egardo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gunnarsson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egardo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gunnarsson lands with a good body shot.
Egardo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Egardo on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gunnarsson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Egardo to counter with a crisp jab.
Gunnarsson misses with a right hand
enabling Egardo to counter with a crisp jab.
Egardo avoids the head kick by Gunnarsson.
Fernando Egardo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Egardo moves away from the strike by Gunnarsson.
Gunnarsson throws a right hand that misses
and Egardo counters with a two punch combo.
Egardo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gunnarsson blocks the elbow strike.
Gunnarsson blocks an elbow strike from Egardo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gunnarsson blocks an elbow strike from Egardo.
Egardo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gunnarsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Egardo's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egardo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gunnarsson is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Egardo is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Peter Gunnarsson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Egardo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Egardo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gunnarsson breaks from the clinch.
Egardo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gunnarsson.
Egardo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gunnarsson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Egardo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gunnarsson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A clash of legs there as Egardo blocks the low kick.
Egardo tries to clinch up but Gunnarsson circles away and keeps his distance.
A left lands for Gunnarsson.
Gunnarsson misses the body punch
and Egardo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gunnarsson slips a jab and a cross from Egardo.
Egardo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gunnarsson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Egardo.
Gunnarsson throws a sloppy body shot
and Egardo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Peter Gunnarsson will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Egardo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gunnarsson takes a swing at Egardo's ribcage but misses.
Gunnarsson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Egardo might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Gunnarsson connects with a nice looking jab.
Gunnarsson looks to score with a jab to the body but Egardo is just out of range.
Gunnarsson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gunnarsson throws a body punch but Egardo moves out of range.
Gunnarsson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Egardo connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gunnarsson scrambles back to his feet.
Gunnarsson swings for the body but Egardo moves out of range.
Egardo rushes Gunnarsson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gunnarsson.
Egardo breaks the clinch.
Egardo tries to clinch there but Gunnarsson circles away.
Gunnarsson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Egardo.
Egardo wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Egardo goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Egardo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gunnarsson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A slow jab from Gunnarsson misses its intended target.
Gunnarsson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Egardo tries to clinch but Gunnarsson moves out of range.
Gunnarsson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Egardo counters with a left and a right that stings Gunnarsson.
Egardo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Egardo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gunnarsson looks to throw the jab but Egardo is out of range.
Gunnarsson misses the shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Egardo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egardo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gunnarsson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Egardo fails to land with a series of punches.
Egardo misses with a straight right.
Gunnarsson swats away the attempt to clinch by Egardo.
The fight stays on the outside here - Egardo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gunnarsson 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!
Gunnarsson misses with the body kick
and Egardo moves into the clinch.
Gunnarsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Gunnarsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gunnarsson avoids the elbow strike from Egardo, against the cage.
Egardo scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunnarsson avoids a wild elbow strike from Egardo.
Egardo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Egardo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gunnarsson.
Egardo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gunnarsson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Egardo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gunnarsson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Egardo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gunnarsson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Egardo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gunnarsson.
Gunnarsson misses the jab.
Gunnarsson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Egardo tries to clinch but Gunnarsson moves out of range.
A big right from Gunnarsson misses.
Egardo throws a one two combo.
Egardo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gunnarsson on the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunnarsson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Egardo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gunnarsson throws out the jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Egardo takes the fight into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Gunnarsson.
Egardo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gunnarsson avoids a wild elbow strike from Egardo.
Egardo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gunnarsson is rocked!
Egardo blocks the elbow strike.
Oh Gunnarsson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Egardo lands an elbow inside that Gunnarsson shrugs off.
Gunnarsson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Egardo or not.
Egardo lands with a short shot to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Egardo throws an elbow but misses.
Gunnarsson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gunnarsson tries a body shot but Egardo blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gunnarsson avoids the elbow strike from Egardo, against the cage.
Gunnarsson tries to throw a body punch but Egardo avoids it by throwing Gunnarsson back against the cage.
Egardo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Egardo misses with an elbow over the top.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gunnarsson.
Gunnarsson blocks an elbow strike from Egardo.
Egardo throws an elbow that misses.
Fernando Egardo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Egardo throws an elbow but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fernando Egardo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Gunnarsson punishes Egardo's body with a nice straight punch.
A jab from Gunnarsson misses.
A swing and a miss from Gunnarsson.
Gunnarsson seems to have got his legs back now.
Gunnarsson keeps the fight on the outside.
Gunnarsson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Egardo.
Egardo ducks under a wild hook from Gunnarsson.
Egardo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Gunnarsson looks to land a left hand but Egardo moved out of range nicely.
Egardo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gunnarsson to score with a decent uppercut.
Egardo misses with a looping right.
Egardo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Egardo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gunnarsson is looking to chop away at Egardo's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Egardo misses with a straight left.
Gunnarsson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gunnarsson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gunnarsson looks to score with a jab to the body but Egardo is just out of range.
Peter Gunnarsson is winning the standup battle so far.
Gunnarsson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Egardo moves in looking to clinch but Gunnarsson pushes him off.
Egardo moves out of range of the strikes.
Gunnarsson connects with a single shot there.
Egardo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Egardo doesn't manage to clinch there - Gunnarsson circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Egardo. Those never looked like landing.
Egardo tries to clinch but Gunnarsson is having none of it.
Gunnarsson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Egardo has time to react.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egardo doesn't manage to clinch there - Gunnarsson circles away.
Gunnarsson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Egardo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A swing and a miss from Egardo.
Egardo misses with a straight right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gunnarsson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Egardo sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Gunnarsson somewhat.
Gunnarsson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Egardo.
Gunnarsson just misses with a punch to the body.
Egardo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gunnarsson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Egardo on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gunnarsson blocks a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunnarsson missing with a left hand there. Egardo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Egardo wants to clinch up but Gunnarsson keeps it at a distance.
Egardo throws out a loose jab but Gunnarsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Egardo blocks a jab.
Gunnarsson connects with a single shot there.
Gunnarsson moves out of range of the strikes.
Gunnarsson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Egardo misses with a hook
and Gunnarsson counters with a two punch combo.
Gunnarsson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gunnarsson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Egardo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gunnarsson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sloppy strikes from Egardo. Those never looked like landing.
Egardo tries to move into range but Gunnarsson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunnarsson loads up on a big right hand but Egardo slips the punch.
Egardo missing with a left hand there. Gunnarsson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gunnarsson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice defenses there by Egardo.
Gunnarsson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Egardo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gunnarsson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gunnarsson misses with an uppercut. Egardo saw that one coming.
The fighters circling - Gunnarsson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Egardo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gunnarsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Egardo's elbow.
A left hand lands to the body for Gunnarsson.
Egardo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Peter Gunnarsson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gunnarsson 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Peter Gunnarsson!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Peter Gunnarsson!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Peter Gunnarsson!
Peter Gunnarsson wins by unanimous decision!
An out of breath Peter Gunnarsson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Fernando Egardo spoke after the fight, saying 'Give me another chance please'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mek Ju (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bio Hazzard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hazzard has chosen Warrior's Dance as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
24 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mek Ju!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bio Hazzard!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ju tried to score with a low kick but Hazzard checks it.
Hazzard throws a combination that misses
and Ju counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ju.
Hazzard looking to throw knees to the head but Ju is blocking nicely.
Ju blocks an elbow strike from Hazzard.
Hazzard using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ju has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ju gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Hazzard as the two fighters clinch.
Hazzard tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ju avoids it.
Ju takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ju utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hazzard misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ju just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hazzard's brow.
Hazzard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ju creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hazzard's defenses.
Hazzard can't find room to land a body shot as Ju controls the action.
Hazzard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hazzard tries a body shot but Ju blocks it.
Hazzard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ju blocks a body shot from Hazzard.
Hazzard struggles to land a body shot inside as Ju controls his hands.
Nice elbow from Ju.
Ju tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hazzard avoids it.
Hazzard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hazzard missing with knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ju.
Ju misses with a knee to the head.
Hazzard tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Ju.
Ju looking to throw knees to the head but Hazzard is blocking nicely.
Ju lands a knee to the body.
Ju with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hazzard has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ju seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Hazzard can turn it around.
Ju landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hazzard throws an elbow that misses.
Hazzard throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ju blocks it with crossed arms.
Ju lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ju 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.
Ju misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hazzard.
Ju with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ju trying to land knees to the body.
Hazzard creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ju's defenses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ju working Hazzard over with knees to the body.
Hazzard throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ju trying to land knees to the body.
Hazzard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ju is defending well for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hazzard managing to block the knees to the body from Ju.
Ju creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hazzard blocks an elbow strike.
Ju tries to land a knee to the head but Hazzard blocks with his arms.
Hazzard presses Ju against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hazzard lands an elbow just above Ju 's eye.
Hazzard trying to land knees to the body.
Hazzard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ju's elbow.
Ju unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hazzard lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ju looking to throw knees to the head but Hazzard is blocking nicely.
Ju throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hazzard can't find room to land a body shot as Ju controls the action.
Ju blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hazzard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hazzard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ju.
Ju misses with an elbow strike.
Hazzard missing with knees to the body.
Hazzard tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ju avoids it.
Ju lands an elbow that stopped Hazzard in his tracks for a moment.
Ju blocks an elbow strike from Hazzard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hazzard with a knee to the head.
Ju misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hazzard.
A body shot lands from Hazzard.
Hazzard avoids a wild elbow strike from Ju.
A left hand lands to the body for Hazzard.
Hazzard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ju is defending well for now.
Hazzard presses Ju against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ju is breathing heavily.
Ju unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hazzard managing to block the knees to the body from Ju.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ju looking to throw knees to the head but Hazzard is blocking nicely.
Ju with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ju misses with an elbow over the top.
Hazzard connects with a knee to the head.
Hazzard avoiding damage as Ju throws knees to the body.
Hazzard stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ju blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hazzard working Ju over with knees to the body.
Hazzard connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ju's face.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hazzard throws an elbow but misses.
Hazzard pushes Ju back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hazzard is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hazzard using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hazzard lands an uppercut.
Hazzard lands a body punch.
Hazzard throws an elbow that misses.
Ju tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hazzard avoids it.
Ju blocks a body shot from Hazzard.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hazzard.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ju obliges.
Ju tries a knee to the head but Hazzard blocks it.
Hazzard tries to land a knee to the head but Ju blocks with his arms.
Ju blocks the elbow strike.
Hazzard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hazzard scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ju tries a knee to the head but Hazzard blocks it.
Ju misses with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Hazzard.
Hazzard lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ju.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hazzard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bio Hazzard dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Hazzard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ju tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hazzard is able to avoid easily.
Hazzard throws a right hand that Ju ducks under and follows up with a left that Ju also avoids with ease.
Hazzard tries to clinch
and Ju moves into the clinch.
Hazzard throws an elbow that misses.
Hazzard tries to work over Ju's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ju tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hazzard lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hazzard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ju.
Ju tries to work over Hazzard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ju putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hazzard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ju misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hazzard.
Ju unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hazzard looking to throw knees to the head but Ju is blocking nicely.
Ju dodges an elbow strike from Hazzard.
Hazzard trying to land knees to the body.
Ju pushes off an throws an elbow but Hazzard leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hazzard creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ju's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hazzard tries to land a knee to the head but Ju blocks with his arms.
Hazzard misses with a body punch.
Hazzard misses with a knee to the head.
Hazzard is breathing heavily.
Ju tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ju trying to land knees to the body.
Hazzard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ju.
Hazzard lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ju with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ju avoids a wild elbow strike from Hazzard.
Ju lands a good knee to the midsection. Hazzard won't want to take too many of those.
Ju tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hazzard pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hazzard is working Ju over against the cage.
Ju blocks the elbow strike.
Hazzard misses with a body punch.
Hazzard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ju tries to land knees in the clinch but Hazzard avoids the damage to the body.
Hazzard misses with a knee strike.
Ju tries to land knees in the clinch but Hazzard avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hazzard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ju looking to throw knees to the head but Hazzard is blocking nicely.
Ju prevents a body shot from Hazzard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ju lands an elbow inside that Hazzard shrugs off.
Hazzard with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ju blocks the elbow strike.
Hazzard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ju is defending well for now.
Ju lands with a light punch inside.
Ju tries to land knees in the clinch but Hazzard avoids the damage to the body.
Ju lands a good knee to the midsection. Hazzard won't want to take too many of those.
Ju tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hazzard avoids it.
Hazzard misses with a punch to the body.
Ju with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hazzard with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hazzard blocks an elbow strike.
Ju swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ju tries a knee to the head but Hazzard blocks it.
Hazzard throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hazzard misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ju with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hazzard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bio Hazzard seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ju misses with a knee strike.
Hazzard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ju throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hazzard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hazzard crunches a lovely knee into Ju's ribcage.
Hazzard scores a nice knee to the body.
Hazzard is leaning against Ju and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hazzard pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hazzard avoids a wild elbow strike from Ju.
Hazzard unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ju lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hazzard digs a right hand underneath Ju's ribcage. Ju let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hazzard lands a knee to the body.
Ju on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hazzard lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hazzard misses with a knee strike.
Hazzard dodges an elbow strike from Ju.
Hazzard missing with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hazzard tries to throw a body punch but Ju avoids it by throwing Hazzard back against the cage.
Ju with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hazzard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hazzard tries to land knees in the clinch but Ju avoids the damage to the body.
Hazzard dodges an elbow strike from Ju.
Hazzard lands a damaging elbow.
Hazzard lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ju backwards.
Hazzard using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hazzard lands a shot to the body.
Hazzard works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hazzard tries to throw a body punch but Ju avoids it by throwing Hazzard back against the cage.
Ju blocks the elbow strike.
Ju misses with a knee strike.
Hazzard unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hazzard lands a good knee to the midsection. Ju won't want to take too many of those.
A right hand to the body from Hazzard.
Hazzard misses with a body punch.
Hazzard misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bio Hazzard showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Hazzard misses with a few strikes there.
Hazzard lands with a nice combination. Ju backs away looking to recover.
Ju fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ju. Hazzard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Some bone on bone action there as Hazzard checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hazzard misses with a body kick.
Ju scores with a nice body kick.
Ju throws a poor cross that misses
and Hazzard counters with a one-two to the body.
Hazzard wants to clinch.
Ju avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ju scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hazzard clinches up with Ju and pushes him back against the cage.
Hazzard misses with a punch to the body.
Hazzard tries a knee to the head but Ju blocks it.
Ju lands a knee to the head.
Hazzard takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ju tries to land a knee to the head but Hazzard blocks with his arms.
Hazzard trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hazzard throws an elbow but misses.
Ju avoiding damage as Hazzard throws knees to the body.
Ju on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hazzard looking to throw knees to the head but Ju is blocking nicely.
Hazzard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ju putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hazzard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hazzard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ju blocks the elbow strike.
Ju lands a good knee to the midsection. Hazzard won't want to take too many of those.
Ju avoiding damage as Hazzard throws knees to the body.
Hazzard using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ju has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ju tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hazzard avoids it.
Ju throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hazzard blocks it with crossed arms.
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!
Ju lands a knee to the head.
Hazzard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ju is defending well for now.
Hazzard missing with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Hazzard.
Hazzard trying to land knees to the body.
Ju looking to throw knees to the head but Hazzard is blocking nicely.
Ju managing to block the knees to the body from Hazzard.
Hazzard managing to block the knees to the body from Ju.
Ju tries to land a knee to the head but Hazzard blocks with his arms.
Ju prevents a body shot from Hazzard.
Ju tries to land a knee to the head but Hazzard blocks with his arms.
Hazzard tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ju avoids it.
Ju tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hazzard looking to throw knees to the head but Ju is blocking nicely.
Hazzard dodges an elbow strike from Ju.
Hazzard throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ju pushes off an throws an elbow but Hazzard leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ju blocks the elbow strike.
Hazzard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ju landing knees to the head.
Hazzard swings wildly with an uppercut but Ju uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ju tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ju avoiding damage as Hazzard throws knees to the body.
Hazzard lands a damaging elbow.
Ju scores with a knee to the head.
Hazzard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ju is defending well for now.
Hazzard tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ju lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ju tries to land a knee to the head but Hazzard blocks with his arms.
Hazzard crunches a lovely knee into Ju's ribcage.
Ju using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hazzard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hazzard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ju tries to land knees in the clinch but Hazzard avoids the damage to the body.
Hazzard digs a right hand into Ju's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ju's gas tank.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hazzard pushes Ju back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ju is rocked!
Hazzard pushes Ju against the cage. Hazzard is working some dirty boxing. Hazzard pushes off with a quick right hook! Ju goes down! Ju tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Hazzard moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bio Hazzard!
Bio Hazzard very nearly forgot to thank Golden Supplements amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chibi Tsushima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sim Salabim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Sim Salabim enters the cage!
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148 lbs
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31
159 lbs
22 - 11 - 1 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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
17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chibi Tsushima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Sim Salabim!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shirou Masuda and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salabim lands a really nice looking cross but Tsushima seems unphased.
Tsushima throws a head kick that half lands.
Salabim misses with the combination.
Tsushima is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Salabim throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tsushima counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Tsushima has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Tsushima works a leg free and moves into half guard.
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!
Tsushima frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Salabim is desperately trying to improve his position but Tsushima has a good base and remains in mount.
Salabim keeps trying to improve his position.
Tsushima is stalling here but it's allowed Salabim to get half guard.
Tsushima wants to pass to mount but Salabim is defending the position.
Tsushima is keen to just control but Salabim is a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsushima wants to free his trapped foot but Salabim is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Salabim regains full guard. Nicely done.
Salabim is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Our spies down at at Brown House inform us that Salabim has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Tsushima won't allow Salabim to sweep him here.
Tsushima wants to control from the top but Salabim keeps moving.
Salabim is trying to control the position but Tsushima postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsushima working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Salabim tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tsushima tries to free his leg and advance position but Salabim is retaining full guard.
Tsushima trying to control the position from guard on top but Salabim is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Salabim keeping full guard, as Tsushima tries to pass.
Salabim is trying to keep Tsushima in close.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Tsushima takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Salabim shoots in looking for a takedown. Tsushima tries to sprawl out of it but Salabim keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tsushima manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Salabim tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tsushima paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Tsushima.
Horrible takedown by Tsushima or perhaps it was just good defense by Salabim which made him look bad.
Salabim throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Salabim digs a good hook to Tsushima's body.
Tsushima throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Salabim looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Tsushima!
Salabim wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tsushima keeps working.
Tsushima gets back to half guard.
Salabim prevents Tsushima from improving his position.
Tsushima works his way to full guard. Good work.
Salabim wants to pass the guard but Tsushima is keeping the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salabim with a nice head shot there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Salabim trying to control but Tsushima is working from the bottom.
Tsushima manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Salabim manages to get himself to full guard.
Tsushima wants to control from the top but Salabim keeps moving.
Tsushima passes Salabim's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tsushima is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Salabim reverses the position - he's now on top in Tsushima's guard.
Tsushima looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chibi Tsushima dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Tsushima throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tsushima ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sim Salabim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salabim scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Salabim closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Salabim lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Tsushima backs up against the cage.
It looks like Chibi Tsushima has been cut.
Salabim lands a nice hook to Tsushima's body. Tsushima takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Salabim tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Tsushima swivels and escapes.
Salabim misses with a jab to the body
and Tsushima counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Salabim manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Tsushima wants to improve his position but Salabim is controlling well.
Tsushima might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Tsushima moves into full guard.
Salabim throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Salabim with a nice head shot there.
Salabim won't allow Tsushima to sweep him here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salabim postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Salabim preventing the sweep.
Tsushima not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Salabim landing some decent shots from guard.
Salabim chips away with some ground and pound.
Salabim has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Salabim preventing the sweep.
Salabim stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tsushima swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Salabim wants to control from the top but Tsushima keeps moving.
Tsushima is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Salabim postures up and lands a big shot to Tsushima's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salabim is working Tsushima over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Salabim trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Salabim preventing the sweep.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Salabim postures up.
Salabim working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Tsushima preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Salabim throwing strikes from guard but Tsushima blocks nicely.
Tsushima tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Salabim throwing strikes from guard but Tsushima blocks nicely.
Tsushima looking to control.
Tsushima bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Salabim's guard.
Tsushima trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chibi Tsushima overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Salabim looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Tsushima passes Salabim's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Salabim looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Tsushima passes to full mount!
Salabim taking shots to the head.
Tsushima controlling his opponent.
Tsushima trying to control but Salabim is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsushima lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Tsushima controlling his opponent.
Tsushima raining down shots from the mount!
Salabim is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Salabim is wriggling around trying to escape.
Tsushima looking for a guillotine from mount but Salabim is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tsushima goes for an armbar but Salabim turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Salabim.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Chibi Tsushima will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Chibi Tsushima's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Tsushima throws a right and a left that Salabim avoids nicely.
Salabim lands a nice looking body shot.
Salabim shoots in looking for a takedown. Tsushima tries to sprawl out of it but Salabim keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tsushima manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Salabim walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Salabim fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tsushima cracks Salabim with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tsushima cracks Salabim with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Salabim is still on wobbly legs! Can Tsushima finish him?
Salabim scores with a jab. Tsushima acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Salabim slips under a jab from Tsushima.
Tsushima is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Salabim's half guard.
Tsushima trying to control from Salabim's half guard. Salabim has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tsushima sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Salabim's guard.
Tsushima is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Salabim sees it coming and defends easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsushima seems to be looking for submissions.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Salabim tries to get to full guard but Tsushima has control of the leg.
Salabim wants to control but Tsushima is keeping busy.
Salabim actively working from the bottom here.
Tsushima has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Salabim tries to reverse the position but Tsushima maintains control.
Tsushima unloading with bombs!
Tsushima has control of Salabim's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Salabim regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Tsushima working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Tsushima in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Salabim sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salabim trying to control here.
Tsushima passes to side control.
Salabim tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Tsushima wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Tsushima is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Salabim knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Tsushima scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Salabim to see if he's OK.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsushima passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Salabim!
Tsushima tries to control but Salabim wriggling away.
Tsushima controlling from the full mount.
Tsushima tries to control but Salabim wriggling away.
Tsushima is landing with some decent strikes but Salabim is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Salabim sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Tsushima is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Salabim is just riding it out for now. Tsushima eventually gives up the hold.
Tsushima passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Salabim!
Tsushima is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Salabim can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Salabim can't escape the position.
Tsushima wants to control the pace but Salabim is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsushima is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Salabim is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Salabim defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Tsushima.
Salabim can't escape the position.
Tsushima looking for a guillotine from mount but Salabim is having none of it.
Tsushima has hold of Salabim's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Salabim manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Tsushima goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Salabim is on top in guard.
Tsushima tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Salabim trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Salabim trying to control the position from guard on top but Tsushima is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tsushima working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Salabim doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Salabim manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Tsushima wants to sweep but no luck.
Tsushima working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Salabim doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Salabim manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Salabim stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tsushima swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tsushima manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Salabim manages to get himself to full guard.
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!
Salabim has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Tsushima is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Salabim.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsushima lands a decent elbow from side control.
Salabim is looking for a sweep.
Tsushima tries for a kimura but Salabim is defending well.
Tsushima is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Salabim knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Sim Salabim has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Salabim tries to bench press Tsushima off him but Tsushima keeps the position.
Tsushima has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Salabim!
Salabim seems to have recovered his senses.
Tsushima trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Salabim tries to hold on but Tsushima postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Salabim is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chibi Tsushima showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tsushima, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Chibi Tsushima!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Chibi Tsushima!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Chibi Tsushima!
Chibi Tsushima wins by unanimous decision!
After winning the bout, Chibi Tsushima thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cecil Peoples (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazushi Sakuraba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Peoples might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Party People by Nelly Featuring Fergie. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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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
15 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Cecil Peoples!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazushi Sakuraba!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Hirohito Nitta and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakuraba throws the left hand but Peoples avoids the punch easily.
Peoples tries to close the distance and clinch but Sakuraba swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Peoples fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Peoples throws the kick towards the body but Sakuraba avoids it.
Peoples closes the distance and clinches.
Sakuraba is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Peoples gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Peoples unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Peoples breaks from the clinch.
A left and a right from Peoples both land. Nice combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sakuraba fails with an attempt to clinch.
Peoples lands a left and a right that send Sakuraba crashing to the mat, dazed. Peoples thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Sakuraba is rocked!
Peoples cracks Sakuraba's jaw with two stiff jabs then ducks low and throws a soul-severing right uppercut to the mouth!! Sakuraba slumps to the ground with blood on his lips. The referee steps in before Peoples can do further damage! This one is done, son!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Cecil Peoples!
After the big win, Cecil Peoples made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Kemists ↑ 5x160Q and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ej Balingit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renato Sanches (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
37 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ej Balingit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Renato Sanches!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanches dips to his left and cracks Balingit with an uppercut!
It looks like Ej Balingit has been cut.
Balingit connects with the punch.
Sanches lands a big right hand that sends Balingit crashing to the mat! Sanches stays standing though and waves Balingit back to his feet!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sanches lands with a light punch inside.
Balingit is rocked!
Balingit using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sanches has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sanches lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Balingit.
Sanches blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sanches lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Oh Balingit is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Our sources have told us that Balingit has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Sanches escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Balingit seems to have got his legs back now.
Sanches has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sanches thuds a left hand into Balingit's body.
Sanches misses with a body shot.
Balingit takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sanches tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Balingit was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanches.
Sanches throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Balingit.
Balingit slips under a jab from Sanches.
Balingit takes a swing at Sanches's ribcage but misses.
Balingit looks to land a left hand but Sanches moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balingit connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sanches's hands.
Sanches misses with a body shot.
Sanches drops Balingit with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Balingit looks back up at him and smiles so Sanches waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
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!
Sanches misses the shot to the body.
Look low, kick high! Sanches uses the oldest trick in the book to send Balingit tumbling to the canvas, in a truly brutal knockout! Sanches is absolutely delighted - when Balingit wakes up, I doubt he'll be quite so happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Renato Sanches!
Renato Sanches seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Roy Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyrone Bate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robinson comes to the cage accompanied by Redemption!!! from the movie Rocky II. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Tyrone Bate was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roy Robinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Tyrone Bate!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bate tries to sprawl but Robinson drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Bate manages to get to full guard.
Bate keeping full guard, as Robinson tries to pass.
Robinson wants to stand but Bate is controlling his posture from full guard.
Bate has his feet on Robinson's thighs here. He's pushed Robinson off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Robinson screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tyrone Bate!
Tyrone Bate was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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