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Death Before Dishonour PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Andreh Francisco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Connor Rostowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Francisco comes to the cage accompanied by No Mercy. Andreh Francisco has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andreh Francisco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Connor Rostowski!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rostowski blocks a jab.
Rostowski works Francisco's body with a nice hook.
Francisco misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rostowski.
Rostowski lands a nice shot to the body.
Francisco lands a nice shot to the body.
Francisco takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rostowski gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Stalling in the clinch from Rostowski.
Rostowski is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Francisco can't fight it off and eventually Rostowski manages to take the fight to the floor. Francisco looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Rostowski trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Francisco really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Francisco trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
We've been hearing good reports from Francisco's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Francisco is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Francisco utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Francisco being controlled here, momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Francisco working for a triangle but Rostowski defends it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rostowski throws a big right hand that misses.
Francisco will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Rostowski trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Rostowski in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rostowski working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Francisco utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Francisco wants to sweep but no luck.
Francisco escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Rostowski gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rostowski throws a big right hand that misses.
Francisco is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Rostowski is aware though and is defending well.
Francisco working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rostowski.
Francisco looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rostowski postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rostowski is posturing up here but Francisco has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Rostowski tries to roll out but it's too tight and Rostowski has to tap! Slick submission there by Francisco!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Andreh Francisco!
A victorious Andreh Francisco thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Sandoval (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shinji Tanaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tanaka has chosen Yuudachi as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joseph Sandoval!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinji Tanaka!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sandoval cracks Tanaka with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sandoval takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sandoval tries to close the distance and clinch but Tanaka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tanaka closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sandoval can't do much from the bottom here.
Tanaka wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sandoval keeps working.
Tanaka takes a little break here. Sandoval wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tanaka scoring with punches from side control.
Sandoval wants to get back to his feet.
Sandoval 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.
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!
Tanaka is looking to take a break and control but Sandoval is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sandoval being controlled for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanaka trying to control the position but Sandoval is working away.
Sandoval dodges the ground and pound from Tanaka.
Tanaka trying to control the position but Sandoval is working away.
Sandoval is trying to control Tanaka's posture but Tanaka avoids it.
Tanaka tries to move to mount but Sandoval blocks the move with his legs.
Sandoval struggling a bit here.
Tanaka is looking to take a break and control but Sandoval is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sandoval wants to control but Tanaka postures up.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sandoval looks to land a right hand but Tanaka moved out of range.
Sandoval lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Sandoval scores with a nice head shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sandoval. Tanaka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sandoval avoids the head kick by Tanaka.
Sandoval swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sandoval keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Tanaka gets a double leg takedown into Sandoval's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sandoval keeping full guard, as Tanaka tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sandoval working a defensive guard here.
Tanaka wants to control from the top but Sandoval keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tanaka trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tanaka slips nicely into half guard.
Tanaka is pressing down on Sandoval's thigh, looking to free his foot. Sandoval is holding on for now.
Sandoval pushes Tanaka off looking to stand but Tanaka dives back in and keeps control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sandoval tries to roll over but Tanaka keeps him under control.
Sandoval wants to get back to his feet.
Tanaka trying to control the action but Sandoval is working from the bottom.
Sandoval is trying is best to control the position here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sandoval swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tanaka takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sandoval bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tanaka's head backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sandoval misses with a wild combination.
Sandoval is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Tanaka walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Shinji Tanaka will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sandoval fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sandoval fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tanaka fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tanaka has a takedown stuffed.
Sandoval fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sandoval is looking to clinch but Tanaka is avoiding it.
Tanaka on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sandoval. Sandoval obviously looking to wear him down.
Sandoval ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tanaka moves away.
Tanaka on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sandoval lands a really nice looking cross but Tanaka seems unphased.
Sandoval fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tanaka looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sandoval misses with a hook. Tanaka ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanaka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sandoval was well out of range. Poor timing from Tanaka.
Sandoval throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tanaka closes the distance and clinches up with Sandoval, looking for a takedown. Tanaka pushes Sandoval against the cage but Sandoval circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Joseph Sandoval has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shinji Tanaka.
Sandoval closes the distance and clinches.
Nice body punch from Sandoval.
Tanaka lands with a short shot to the head.
Sandoval lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tanaka takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sandoval throws an elbow that misses.
Sandoval using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sandoval landing knees to the body.
Tanaka is breathing heavily.
Sandoval is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sandoval working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sandoval connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tanaka's face.
Tanaka's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tanaka tries to throw a body punch but Sandoval avoids it by throwing Tanaka back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sandoval stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sandoval tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tanaka takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sandoval with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tanaka is rocked!
Tanaka takes an elbow to the temple.
Tanaka is still on wobbly legs! Can Sandoval finish him?
Sandoval lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sandoval misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short uppercut from Sandoval.
Tanaka takes a knee right on the jaw!
A shot in the inside from Sandoval.
Sandoval tries a knee to the head but Tanaka blocks it.
Tanaka has had enough of the clinch but Sandoval keeps him there for the moment.
Tanaka takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sandoval lands an uppercut.
Sandoval missing with knees to the body.
Sandoval lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tanaka backwards.
Tanaka tries to pull guard but Sandoval holds him up against the cage and eventually Tanaka drops back down to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sandoval tries a knee to the head but Tanaka blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sandoval.
Tanaka seems to have recovered his senses.
Tanaka stalling in the clinch but Sandoval improves position.
Tanaka seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Tanaka's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tanaka misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sandoval is working Tanaka over against the cage.
Tanaka wants to get back to striking at distance but Sandoval won't allow it.
Tanaka jumps guard but Sandoval stands there with Tanaka around his waist. Tanaka gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Sandoval with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sandoval looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sandoval unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sandoval misses with a knee strike.
Sandoval tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sandoval lands with a left to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sandoval looking to throw knees to the head but Tanaka is blocking nicely.
Sandoval trying to land knees to the body.
Tanaka jumps guard and drags Sandoval to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tanaka bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sandoval's guard.
Tanaka pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sandoval is keeping the position for now.
Tanaka pushing down on Sandoval's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Sandoval knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tanaka on the ground.
Sandoval gets full guard.
Sandoval keeping full guard, as Tanaka tries to pass.
Tanaka wants to control from the top but Sandoval keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sandoval is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Sandoval can't keep his opponent in guard - Tanaka advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joseph Sandoval dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Tanaka ducks under a wild hook from Sandoval.
Sandoval swings for the body but Tanaka moves out of range.
Sandoval misses with a looping right.
Sandoval lands with a hook. Tanaka tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tanaka slips a straight right by Sandoval.
Tanaka checks a leg kick.
Sandoval throws a lazy right hand but Tanaka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sandoval connects with a leg kick. Tanaka looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Tanaka walks into a straight right hand from Sandoval.
Tanaka throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sandoval's waist but Sandoval gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tanaka off to one side.
Nice defenses there by Sandoval.
A telegraphed right hand from Sandoval misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandoval wants to land a leg kick but Tanaka is out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tanaka checks a leg kick.
Tanaka keeps the fight on the outside.
Tanaka dives in and scores a takedown into Sandoval's guard.
Tanaka trying to control but Sandoval is working from the bottom.
Tanaka throwing strikes but missing.
Tanaka pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sandoval is keeping the position for now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tanaka accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Shinji Tanaka has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sandoval is pulling down on Tanaka's head to control his posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sandoval keeping moving, preventing Tanaka from controlling successfully.
Tanaka pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sandoval is keeping the position for now.
Sandoval not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Joseph Sandoval has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Sandoval misses with a hook
and Tanaka counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tanaka tries to pass the half guard into mount. Sandoval knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Tanaka is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Sandoval tries to kick Tanaka off but Tanaka keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka wants to pass the guard but Sandoval is defending well.
Sandoval wants to control but Tanaka is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Tanaka wants to pass to mount but Sandoval is defending the position.
Tanaka keeps trying to improve his position.
Tanaka seems to be looking for submissions.
Tanaka tries to pass to full mount but Sandoval defends it.
Sandoval is looking to escape.
Tanaka is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Sandoval has managed to free his arm - good work.
Tanaka wants to pass to mount but Sandoval is defending the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sandoval trying to control from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Tanaka.
Sandoval tries to get to full guard but Tanaka has control of the leg.
Tanaka seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sandoval does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Tanaka is pressing down on Sandoval's thigh, looking to free his foot. Sandoval is holding on for now.
Sandoval pushes Tanaka off looking to stand but Tanaka dives back in and keeps control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sandoval is controlling Tanaka's trapped leg to prevent Tanaka from advancing to side control.
Tanaka sitting and controlling from the half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shinji Tanaka comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Tanaka has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Shinji Tanaka!
Shinji Tanaka tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Ladin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ladin's choice of entrance music: Highway to hell. 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
26 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jonny Do!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ben Ladin!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Ladin.
Do throws a leg kick but Ladin sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ladin tries to clinch but Do is having none of it.
Do fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ladin manages to avoid it.
Ladin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Do.
A leg kick checked by Ladin.
Ladin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Do looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ben Ladin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ladin throws a right hand that Do ducks under and follows up with a left that Do also avoids with ease.
Do avoids the body shot from Ladin.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ladin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Do blocks a head kick by Ladin.
Do jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ladin.
Do uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nice body kick there by Ladin.
Do 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.
A telegraphed right hand from Do misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Do scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ladin is looking to clinch but Do is avoiding it.
Do thows a leg kick but Ladin checks it
and Ladin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ladin.
Do lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ladin.
Ladin gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Do.
Nice body punch from Do.
Ladin landing knees to the head.
It looks like Jonny Do has been cut.
Ladin looking to throw knees to the head but Do is blocking nicely.
Ladin struggles to land a body shot inside as Do controls his hands.
Ladin scores with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Do makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Do takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ladin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ladin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Do or not.
Do is breathing heavily.
Ladin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ladin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Do escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ladin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Do misses.
Ladin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ladin tries to clinch but Do is having none of it.
Do uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ladin.
Ladin digs a good body shot into Do's ribs.
Do swats away the attempt to clinch by Ladin.
A left lands for Do.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ladin!
Ladin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ladin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Do manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ladin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Do throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ladin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do misses with a low kick as Ladin jumps back.
Do swats away the attempt to clinch by Ladin.
Do tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ladin was well out of range. Poor timing from Do.
Do stuns Ladin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ladin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Do is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ladin sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Do throws a leg kick
and Ladin counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Do misses with a looping left.
Ben Ladin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Do goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ladin ducks under a wild hook from Do.
Ladin is looking to clinch but Do is avoiding it.
Do misses the shot to the body.
Ladin wants to clinch up but Do keeps it at a distance.
Do swats away the attempt to clinch by Ladin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ladin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ladin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Do swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ladin doesn't manage to clinch there - Do circles away.
Ladin is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Do rather than just go for the knockout.
Do wants to slow Ladin down by chopping away at his legs.
Do throws a leg kick that misses.
Do tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ladin was well out of range. Poor timing from Do.
Ladin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ladin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Do.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonny Do. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Do misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Do avoids the head kick by Ladin.
Do uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ladin.
Ladin connects with a right hand. Do shakes it off.
A cross from Do lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Ladin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jonny Do's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Ladin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Do is looking to score with low kicks.
Do blocks a head kick by Ladin.
Ladin doesn't manage to clinch there - Do circles away.
Do swings for the body but Ladin moves out of range.
Ladin wants to clinch
and Do counters with a big head kick but Ladin shrugs it off.
Ladin connects with a high kick.
Ben Ladin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ladin slips a straight right by Do.
Ladin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Do takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
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!
Do tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ladin is able to avoid easily.
Ladin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Do fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ladin.
Ladin fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Do sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Do lands with a good body shot.
Ladin is looking to clinch.
Ladin throws a sloppy head kick and Do moves out of range easily.
Do tries to work over Ladin's front leg with a kick but Ladin checks it.
Ladin avoids a punch combination nicely.
A left lands for Do.
Ladin throws a sloppy head kick
and Do counters with a stiff right hand.
Ladin pushes Do away with a front kick.
Ladin tries a head kick but it misses.
Do just misses with a punch to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some wild striking there from Do.
Ladin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Do.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ladin throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Do.
Jonny Do's cut is getting worse.
Do lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ladin just misses with a punch to the body.
Do throws a leg kick but Ladin checks it.
Ladin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Do moves away.
Ladin lands with a slapping head kick.
Do throws a leg kick
and Ladin counters with a head kick. That will keep Do thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Ladin avoids the body shot from Do.
Ladin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ladin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Do.
Do throws the left hand but Ladin avoids the punch easily.
Do swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ladin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ladin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Do stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Do throws out a loose jab but Ladin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ladin misses with a two punch combination.
Some wild striking there from Ladin.
Do looks to land a left hand but Ladin moved out of range nicely.
Ladin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A slow jab from Do misses its intended target.
Do circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ladin throws a head kick but Do moves out of range.
Do fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ladin checks it well.
Do keeps the fight on the outside.
Do swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Do fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ladin avoids the head kick by Do.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ladin clinches up with Do and pushes him back against the cage.
Do goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Do.
Do lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ladin is rocked!
Do lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ladin is still on wobbly legs! Can Do finish him?
Ladin is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Do lands an uppercut.
Do stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A right hand to the body from Do.
Do creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Ladin's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Ladin drops to his knees and Do pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jonny Do!
After the fight, Jonny Do was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mos Def (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Woohun Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Def comes to the cage accompanied by Mathematics. Woohun Do struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.7lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Mos Def!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 3, fighting out of Tokyo, Woohun Do!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Do takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Def shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Do defends it nicely.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Do 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.
Do throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Do misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Do throws a right hand that misses
and Def counters with a nice leg kick.
Do closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Def quickly recovers to half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Def wants to control but Do is keeping busy.
Def is looking for a sweep. Do is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Def has his hands clasped together around Do's back. He's all about the action.
Do is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Def doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Do.
Do thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Do throwing shots but Def is blocking nicely.
Do trying to control from half guard but Def is working away.
Def is trying to maintain the position but Do is very close to passing his half guard.
Do scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Do scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Def makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Def.
Def utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Do throws a big elbow that misses.
Do in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Do trying to control the position from guard on top but Def is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Def looking for a sweep. Not yet Def, not yet.
Do wants to pass the guard but Def is keeping the position.
Def trying to keep a closed guard but Do is proving a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Def wants to sweep but no luck.
Do throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Def works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Def controlling the position.
Do controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Def tries to land a sweep but no joy.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Def avoids a punch combination nicely.
Do throws a jab but it's blocked by Def.
Def throws a leg kick but Do moved away.
Woohun Do seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Def tries to clinch there but Do circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Def misses with a takedown attempt - Do sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Do shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Def manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Do trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Def trying to control the position.
Do throws a big right hand that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Def looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Do has picked Def up and slammed him! Def can't keep hold of the triangle and Do manages to pass to side control!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Do working the ground and pound from side control.
You can see the frustration on Def's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Do wants to control but Def is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Woohun Do dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Do lands a really nice looking cross but Def seems unphased.
Def throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Def connects with an inside leg kick.
Def tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Do paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Def looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nice uppercut there from Do.
Def misses with a low kick.
Do checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Do keeps the fight on the outside.
Do thows a left - swing and a miss!
Def throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Do's waist but Do gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Def off to one side.
Def misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Do.
Do misses with a wild combination.
Def moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Do gets a double leg takedown into Def's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Def bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Do's guard.
Def loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Def forces his way into half guard.
Def is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Def wants to work for an arm triangle but Do is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Do keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Def is looking to take a break and control but Do is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Woohun Do has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do gets back to full guard.
Do manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Def is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Do connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Def is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Do working Def over with strikes here.
Def is rocked!
Do postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Def badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Do around the waist but Do pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Do is the winner by TKO! Do jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Woohun Do!
Woohun Do decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Karl Grossman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Birigiz Ignatiev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karl Grossman has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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143 lbs
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145 lbs
19 - 7 - 1 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Karl Grossman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Birigiz Ignatiev!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ignatiev just misses with a punch to the body.
Ignatiev defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Grossman.
Ignatiev throws a sloppy head kick and Grossman moves out of range easily.
Grossman shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ignatiev throws the kick towards the body but Grossman avoids it.
Horrible takedown by Grossman or perhaps it was just good defense by Ignatiev which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Karl Grossman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ignatiev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ignatiev with a jab.
Ignatiev lands a lovely overhand right.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Grossman fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ignatiev, pushing him back against the cage.
Ignatiev manages to break the clinch.
Grossman wants to clinch up but Ignatiev keeps it at a distance.
Grossman tries to clinch but Ignatiev moves out of range.
Ignatiev stuffs the takedown.
Karl Grossman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grossman fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ignatiev misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grossman tries to clinch there but Ignatiev circles away.
Grossman tries to clinch but Ignatiev moves away
and Ignatiev counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Grossman thinking.
Grossman clinches up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ignatiev's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Grossman drives through and clinches with Ignatiev against the cage.
Grossman throws a head punch that misses.
Grossman misses with some punches.
Ignatiev breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ignatiev throws a head kick that misses.
Grossman tries to close the distance and clinch but Ignatiev swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ignatiev lands a high kick!
Grossman is rocked!
It looks like Karl Grossman has been cut.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Ignatiev! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Birigiz Ignatiev!
After winning the bout, Birigiz Ignatiev 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 Karl Hungus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rolando Souto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hungus comes to the cage accompanied by Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams. Souto has chosen Jorge Quintero - 300 violin orchestra as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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34
187 lbs
28 - 22 - 0 |
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37
185 lbs
22 - 14 - 2 |
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Excellent boxer
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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
28 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Karl Hungus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rolando Souto!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souto dives in and grabs Hungus's left leg, looking for a takedown. Hungus pushes down on Souto's head and hops out.
Hungus throws an overhand right that lands on Souto's shoulder, as Souto tries to avoid the shot.
Sloppy strikes from Hungus. Those never looked like landing.
Hungus gets tackled into the cage by Souto. Souto maintains the clinch.
Hungus tries to throw a body punch but Souto avoids it by throwing Hungus back against the cage.
Hungus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Souto.
Souto can't get the takedown.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Souto 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.
Hungus breaks from the clinch.
The fighters circling - Souto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Souto misses with an uppercut. Hungus saw that one coming.
Souto scores with a push kick.
Hungus connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hungus looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hungus works over Souto's head and body with a nice combination.
Souto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hungus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hungus rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Souto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
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!
Souto looking to score a takedown here. Hungus is defending well but Souto drives through and ends up in Hungus's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Souto postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hungus has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Souto can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hungus seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hungus is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hungus is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Souto wants to get back to full guard.
Hungus seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The fighters are battling for position here. Souto manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Hungus throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hungus trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hungus wants to control from the top but Souto keeps moving.
Hungus is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Souto is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souto not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Souto has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hungus can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Souto is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Souto keeping moving, preventing Hungus from controlling successfully.
Souto working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hungus doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hungus manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Souto keeping moving, preventing Hungus from controlling successfully.
Souto is looking for a triangle but Hungus pushes his legs off easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hungus landing with the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hungus throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hungus loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hungus trying to control but Souto is working from the bottom.
Hungus postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Souto wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Hungus keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Souto's head.
Hungus got a little sloppy there for a moment and Souto has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Hungus has managed to get both his arms back between Souto's legs - danger averted.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Souto has his foot on Hungus's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hungus works his way back into a safe position though.
Hungus 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.
Hungus is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hungus with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hungus throws a big right hand that misses.
Souto is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souto had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hungus defends it easily.
Hungus wants to control from the top but Souto keeps moving.
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!
Hungus is pushing down on Souto's leg trying to pass to half guard. Souto is fighting to maintain full guard but Hungus has managed to sneak the leg through.
Hungus is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Souto is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Hungus's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Hungus's back!
Hungus tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hungus working to try and regain half guard.
Souto landing strikes, looking to finish!
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 Karl Hungus 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.
Hungus fails with a takedown attempt.
Karl Hungus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hungus misses with a straight left.
Souto looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Souto throws a big elbow that misses.
Souto wants to control from the top but Hungus keeps moving.
Hungus controls Souto momentarily but Souto frees himself.
Souto not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hungus not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Souto wants to control from the top but Hungus keeps moving.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Souto avoids a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hungus gets tackled into the cage by Souto. Souto maintains the clinch.
Hungus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Souto pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Souto wants to clinch.
Souto fails with a takedown attempt.
Hungus jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Souto shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Souto was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Hungus sneaks back into half guard.
Hungus has hold of Souto's hands but Souto slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Souto prevents Hungus from improving his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souto not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hungus misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hungus is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Souto's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Souto's back!
Hungus lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Souto.
Souto rolls, trying to escape but Hungus keeps control of the position.
Hungus is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Souto holding both Hungus 's hands and preventing any damage.
You can see the frustration on Souto's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Hungus controls the action.
Hungus landing with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hungus throwing damaging strikes from the back! Souto could be in trouble here!
Souto rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Hungus lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Souto blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hungus.
Hungus wants to work for an arm triangle but Souto is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Hungus is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Souto has managed to free his arm - good work.
Hungus is thwarting Souto's attempts to control the position.
Hungus winds up and cracks Souto with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hungus wants to pass the guard but Souto is defending well.
Souto makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Souto.
Hungus trying to control but Souto is working from the bottom.
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!
Hungus postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hungus landing some decent shots from guard.
Souto is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hungus working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hungus is working Souto over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Souto is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Souto keeping moving, preventing Hungus from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Karl Hungus dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Horrible takedown by Souto or perhaps it was just good defense by Hungus which made him look bad.
Hungus circles away from the clinch attempt.
Souto moves out of range of the body kick.
Hungus displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Souto.
Decent striking displayed by Hungus there.
Souto tries to clinch but Hungus moves away
and Hungus counters with a left and a right that stings Souto.
Souto shoots in and drives through. Hungus sprawls well.
Karl Hungus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rolando Souto.
Souto has managed to clinch.
Hungus stalling.
Souto misses with a punch on the inside.
Souto lands a knee to the body.
Hungus dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hungus lands a right hand.
Souto misses with a knee strike.
Hungus pulls guard effortlessly.
Souto pushes down on Hungus's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Hungus wants to improve his position but Souto is controlling well.
Souto is keen to just control but Hungus is a slippery customer.
Hungus actively working from the bottom here.
Souto is looking to pass Hungus's guard but actually Hungus recovers to full guard.
Hungus controls Souto momentarily but Souto frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hungus has his foot on Souto's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Souto works his way back into a safe position though.
Hungus is trying to keep Souto in close.
Souto wants to control from the top but Hungus keeps moving.
Souto showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Hungus working for a triangle but Souto defends it easily.
Karl Hungus overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Souto trying to control but Hungus is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rolando Souto has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Hungus looks to score with a jab to the body but Souto is just out of range.
Hungus misses with a double jab.
Souto darts in and clinches Hungus up against the cage.
Souto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hungus lands a nice knee to the body.
Hungus prevents Souto from breaking the clinch.
A body shot lands from Hungus.
Hungus has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Souto clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Souto covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Souto trying to control the hands but Hungus won't let him.
Souto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souto showing good submission defense here.
Souto avoids the strikes from Hungus.
Rolando Souto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Souto wants to control his opponent's hands but Hungus gets his hands free.
Hungus scores with strikes from the back.
Souto rolls, trying to escape but Hungus keeps control of the position.
Hungus is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Souto knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Souto for a finish.
Karl Hungus is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hungus is landing with strikes. Souto can't take much more of this.
Souto showing good submission defense here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Karl Hungus showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hungus has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Karl Hungus!
A relieved looking Karl Hungus thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Titus Arellius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrei Chikatilo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chikatilo has chosen Black Sunshine as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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29
249 lbs
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272 lbs
19 - 10 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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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
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Titus Arellius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andrei Chikatilo!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arellius throws a leg kick that misses.
Arellius takes a swing at Chikatilo's ribcage but misses.
Arellius has been working on his boxing with his coaches at BLACKSMITH GYM - THE 25 Coach Las Vegas Mega-Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Chikatilo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Arellius tries to avoid it but Chikatilo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Arellius to the ground. Arellius escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Nice body punch from Arellius.
Chikatilo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Arellius looks to score with a jab to the body but Chikatilo is just out of range.
Arellius throws a hook but Chikatilo avoids it easily.
Chikatilo just misses with a punch to the body.
Chikatilo misses with a low kick.
Arellius defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Chikatilo.
Chikatilo changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Arellius looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
You can see the frustration on Arellius's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arellius is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Chikatilo's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Arellius punching from the bottom.
Chikatilo is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Arellius is defending against the submission attempts here by Chikatilo.
Arellius 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.
Arellius desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Chikatilo is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Arellius reverses the position - he's now on top in Chikatilo's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chikatilo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Arellius slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Arellius lands some shots froms side control.
Arellius scoring with punches from side control.
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!
Arellius cracks Chikatilo with a big right hand but Chikatilo just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Chikatilo is trying to get back to his feet.
Arellius working away.
Chikatilo taking punishment in the form of punches.
Chikatilo is not content to let Arellius control the position.
Chikatilo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arellius grinds an elbow into Chikatilo's temple.
Arellius is working Chikatilo over with some ground and pound from side control.
Arellius scores with punches from side control.
Arellius scores with a couple of short elbows.
Chikatilo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Arellius tries to move into full mount but can't pass Chikatilo's legs.
Chikatilo on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Arellius working the ground and pound from side control.
Arellius is putting a hurting on Chikatilo here, landing some big shots from side control.
Arellius scores with a couple of short elbows.
Chikatilo is rocked!
Chikatilo struggling a bit here.
Arellius lands a strong strike to the head of Chikatilo. That's dazed him! Arellius looking to finish here. Chikatilo is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Arellius lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Titus Arellius!
A relieved looking Titus Arellius thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simon Bruce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Vymiatajec (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruce comes to the cage accompanied by I want it all. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Adam Vymiatajec enters the cage!
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287 lbs
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22 - 10 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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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
24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Simon Bruce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Adam Vymiatajec!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vymiatajec keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bruce.
Bruce lands a jab-cross combination.
Bruce misses the shot to the body.
Bruce throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bruce will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Vymiatajec swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vymiatajec tries to clinch up.
Vymiatajec throws a big shot that misses.
Bruce has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Korea Elite MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Vymiatajec fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bruce fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Vymiatajec is looking to clinch but Bruce is avoiding it.
Vymiatajec chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bruce can pounce on him.
Bruce takes a swing at Vymiatajec's ribcage but misses.
Bruce rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vymiatajec moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vymiatajec blocks a head kick by Bruce.
Simon Bruce seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vymiatajec tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vymiatajec fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruce throws a sloppy head kick and Vymiatajec moves out of range easily.
Vymiatajec tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bruce swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vymiatajec tries to clinch but Bruce moves away
and Bruce decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Vymiatajec's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Vymiatajec wants to get back to his feet but Bruce is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Bruce connects with a couple of short punches.
Bruce looking to pass the guard.
Bruce missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bruce throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vymiatajec works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bruce throws a big right hand that misses.
Bruce postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vymiatajec pulls Bruce in close to prevent any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vymiatajec keeping moving, preventing Bruce from controlling successfully.
Bruce loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Vymiatajec bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bruce's guard.
Bruce bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Vymiatajec's guard.
Bruce scoring with punches to the head and body.
Vymiatajec working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bruce.
Bruce throws a big right hand that misses.
Bruce working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Vymiatajec utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruce throws an elbow that misses. Vymiatajec uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bruce's guard. Nice move by Vymiatajec!
Vymiatajec wants to stand and escape but instead Bruce has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Bruce in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bruce trying to control but Vymiatajec is working from the bottom.
Vymiatajec is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bruce throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bruce lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vymiatajec looking for a sweep. Not yet Vymiatajec, not yet.
Vymiatajec working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bruce.
Vymiatajec is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bruce is looking to work some ground and pound but Vymiatajec has wrist control.
Vymiatajec utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bruce with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bruce is looking to work some ground and pound but Vymiatajec has wrist control.
Bruce working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vymiatajec keeping moving, preventing Bruce from controlling successfully.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Simon Bruce dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Vymiatajec moves into the clinch successfully.
A short left from Vymiatajec.
Bruce blocks an uppercut.
Bruce prevents a body shot from Vymiatajec.
Vymiatajec tries a body shot but Bruce blocks it.
Vymiatajec digs a right hand underneath Bruce's ribcage. Bruce let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Vymiatajec throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bruce.
Bruce tries to throw a body punch but Vymiatajec avoids it by throwing Bruce back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vymiatajec.
Vymiatajec struggles to land a body shot inside as Bruce controls his hands.
Bruce blocks a body shot from Vymiatajec.
Bruce prevents a body shot from Vymiatajec.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vymiatajec misses with a punch to the body.
Vymiatajec doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bruce prevents a body shot from Vymiatajec.
Bruce blocks a body shot from Vymiatajec.
Vymiatajec is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Vymiatajec's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bruce thows a leg kick but Vymiatajec checks it
and Vymiatajec counters with a nice leg kick.
Vymiatajec throws a series of punches but Bruce avoids them all with ease.
Vymiatajec throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bruce scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Vymiatajec steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bruce.
Bruce tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vymiatajec was well out of range. Poor timing from Bruce.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vymiatajec looks to score with a jab to the body but Bruce is just out of range.
Vymiatajec stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bruce.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bruce. Vymiatajec does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bruce looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Vymiatajec!
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!
Bruce cracks Vymiatajec with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Vymiatajec is looking for a sweep.
Bruce in side control lands a decent elbow.
Bruce throws a strike aimed at the side of Vymiatajec's head but Vymiatajec avoids it well.
Vymiatajec prevents Bruce from improving position.
Vymiatajec manages to work his way to half guard, despite Bruce's best efforts.
Vymiatajec is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruce wants to lay and pray for a moment but Vymiatajec keeps working.
Bruce sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Vymiatajec defending well though.
Bruce 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.
Vymiatajec is looking to control Bruce's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Vymiatajec avoid being mounted?
Bruce tries to pass to full mount but Vymiatajec defends it.
Bruce seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Vymiatajec is looking for a sweep. Bruce is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bruce missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruce trying to pass the guard but Vymiatajec defending well.
Vymiatajec is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bruce is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Vymiatajec is just riding it out for now. Bruce eventually gives up the hold.
Bruce looks to land a strike but Vymiatajec avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vymiatajec preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bruce wants to control from the top but Vymiatajec keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Simon Bruce dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Vymiatajec clinches up with Bruce and pushes him back against the cage.
Bruce lands with a short shot to the head.
Vymiatajec breaks the clinch.
Bruce jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vymiatajec slips a jab from Bruce.
Bruce throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Vymiatajec's waist but Vymiatajec gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bruce off to one side.
Vymiatajec has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Vymiatajec throws a sloppy head kick and Bruce moves out of range easily.
Bruce throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vymiatajec wants to clinch up but Bruce keeps it at a distance.
A head kick misses from Vymiatajec.
Vymiatajec fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vymiatajec is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bruce swings for the body but Vymiatajec moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruce tries to bum rush Vymiatajec with a series of wild strikes but Vymiatajec uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bruce connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Vymiatajec connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bruce's hands.
Bruce lands with a shot to the body.
A big right from Bruce misses.
Vymiatajec has managed to clinch.
Vymiatajec manages to break the clinch.
Vymiatajec moves into the clinch.
Vymiatajec lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vymiatajec looking to slow down the pace here.
Bruce throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruce blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vymiatajec.
Bruce keeps control of Vymiatajec as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bruce has Vymiatajec pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Vymiatajec manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Bruce misses with a punch on the inside.
Bruce prevents Vymiatajec from breaking the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Bruce fails to land.
Vymiatajec misses with a punch to the body.
Adam Vymiatajec seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bruce has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Vymiatajec clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Bruce throwing sloppy strikes.
Bruce throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Vymiatajec!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruce punches the canvas rather than the man.
Vymiatajec takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Bruce is punishing Vymiatajec with some ground and pound.
Vymiatajec is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Vymiatajec takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bruce scores with strikes from the back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vymiatajec can't escape the position.
Vymiatajec is taking damage to the body and head.
Vymiatajec has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Bruce.
Adam Vymiatajec has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruce punches the canvas rather than the man.
Vymiatajec controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Bruce missing with strikes.
Bruce lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Simon Bruce is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bruce throwing sloppy strikes.
Vymiatajec covers up after that shot from Bruce.
Vymiatajec is rocked!
Bruce drops a big shot to the side of Vymiatajec's head! Oh, Vymiatajec is out! He's out cold! Bruce jumps to his feet and celebrates with his corner. In his post fight interview he thanks God. Saying that without him, he wouldn't have the power to knock his opponent senseless. Amen.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Simon Bruce!
Simon Bruce spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Avery (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Hetfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcus Avery has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcus Avery!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, James Hetfield!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hetfield stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Avery throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hetfield's head.
It looks like James Hetfield has been cut.
Avery closes the distance and pushes Hetfield back into the cage.
Avery using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hetfield has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hetfield told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Avery has a couple of punches blocked by Hetfield.
Avery is looking to control Hetfield's arms but Hetfield gets an underhook and turns him. Now Avery has his back to the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hetfield prevents a body shot from Avery.
Hetfield wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Avery throws a punch but it's blocked by Hetfield.
A knee to the head by Avery.
Avery tries to throw a body punch but Hetfield avoids it by throwing Avery back against the cage.
Avery keeps control of Hetfield as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hetfield misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Avery struggles to land a body shot inside as Hetfield controls his hands.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hetfield as Avery tries to tie him up.
Knees in the clinch landing for Avery.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hetfield creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Good body shot from Avery.
Hetfield working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Avery scores with a shot to the side of Hetfield's head.
Hetfield misses with a punch on the inside.
Avery tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Avery lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Avery keeps control of Hetfield as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hetfield taking a breather.
The referee calls for Avery to work.
Avery doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hetfield on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hetfield manages to break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Avery keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hetfield misses with a double jab.
Hetfield shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Avery eats them both and turns towards Hetfield to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Avery ducks under a wild hook from Hetfield.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hetfield throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Avery.
Hetfield bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Avery's head.
Hetfield swinging wildly here.
Avery avoids the body shot from Hetfield.
Avery feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hetfields jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hetfield connects with a body shot.
A good leg kick by Avery.
Hetfield lands a jab-cross combination.
Hetfield throws a body punch but Avery moves out of range.
Avery chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hetfield looks winded!
Hetfield checks the leg kick.
Hetfield checks the leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avery buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Avery lands an overhand right.
Avery will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Avery misses with an uppercut.
Avery fails with an attempt to clinch.
A big left from Hetfield misses.
Hetfield throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Avery fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hetfield is out of range.
Avery throws a sloppy head kick and Hetfield moves out of range easily.
Avery throws a looping overhand right but Hetfield ducks down to avoid it.
Hetfield scores with the left hand. Avery knows he should have avoided that one.
Avery misses with a looping left.
Hetfield misses with an uppercut. Avery saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hetfield misses with a double jab.
Hetfield scores with a jab to the jaw.
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!
Hetfield misses with a hook. Avery ducked under it nicely.
Hetfield throws a right hand that Avery ducks under and follows up with a left that Avery also avoids with ease.
Avery goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
James Hetfield seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Avery closes the distance and pushes Hetfield back into the cage.
Avery lands an uppercut.
Avery cracks Hetfield with a nice body shot.
Avery blocks an uppercut.
Avery missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hetfield is trying to break the clinch but Avery is controlling him.
Hetfield misses with a punch to the body.
Hetfield is trying to break the clinch but Avery is controlling him.
Hetfield's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hetfield keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Avery dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James Hetfield's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hetfield wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Avery slips a straight right by Hetfield.
Hetfield thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hetfield chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Avery can pounce on him.
Hetfield misses with the combination.
Avery needs to keep his hands up - Hetfield had a free shot at his head there.
Hetfield connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hetfield throws a hook to the side of Avery's head but Avery sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Avery fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hetfield manages to avoid it.
Avery closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Avery in side control lands a decent elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
What's Hetfield going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Avery is working Hetfield over with some ground and pound from side control.
Avery scoring with punches and elbows.
Avery scoring with punches from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hetfield is letting Avery control him for a moment.
Avery scoring with punches from side control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Avery wants to control but Hetfield is keeping him busy.
Hetfield is working to avoid the ground and pound but Avery connects with a decent elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hetfield struggling a bit here.
Hetfield avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Avery.
Hetfield tries to improve position but can't.
Avery lands a nice forearm strike.
Avery working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Hetfield is looking for a sweep.
Hetfield is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Avery's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Hetfield avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Avery.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avery throwing shots but Hetfield is blocking nicely.
Hetfield trying to hold on to Avery's head to control him but Avery postures up.
Avery throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hetfield is trying to maintain the position but Avery is very close to passing his half guard.
Hetfield tries to get to full guard but Avery has control of the leg.
Hetfield is looking to control Avery's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hetfield avoid being mounted?
James Hetfield has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Hetfield scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avery avoids the body shot from Hetfield.
Avery throws out a leg kick but Hetfield moves out of range and Avery only half commits.
Avery ducks under a wild hook from Hetfield.
Avery shoots in for a takedown but Hetfield shows good takedown defense.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hetfield. Avery does a little dance to reset his feet.
James Hetfield is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hetfield, as that shot connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Avery lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Avery throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Hetfield. Avery does a little dance to reset his feet.
Avery throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Avery misses the jab.
Hetfield throws a right and a left that Avery avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Avery dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on James Hetfield's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Hetfield checks a leg kick.
Hetfield will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hetfield thows a body shot but no joy.
Avery avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hetfield swings for the body but Avery moves out of range.
Hetfield tests Avery's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hetfield throws a looping overhand right but Avery ducks down to avoid it.
Avery lands a leg kick that knocks Hetfield off balance momentarily.
Hetfield misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Avery.
Avery wants to land a leg kick but Hetfield is out of range.
Hetfield looks to land a right hand but Avery moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hetfield misses with an uppercut.
Hetfield misses with a series of wild punches.
Jab, jab by Avery - just one landing.
Hetfield takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Avery moves into the clinch.
Avery is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hetfield wants to break free but Avery has control.
Hetfield lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hetfield wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Avery has him pressed against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Avery.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hetfield is pressed up against the cage. Avery has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hetfield down to the mat. Hetfield avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hetfield takes one on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Avery misses with a body kick.
Good leg kick by Avery there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Avery cracks the inside of Hetfield's front leg.
Hetfield misses with a body punch
and Avery counters with an inside leg kick.
Hetfield slaps away a takedown attempt from Avery, before circling back to the center of the mat.
James Hetfield has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hetfield defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Avery.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Avery. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hetfield moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hetfield chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Avery can pounce on him.
Avery connects with a single shot there.
Avery lands a jab.
Avery throws a leg kick but Hetfield checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Hetfield. Those never looked like landing.
Hetfield throws out a loose jab but Avery uses good head movement to avoid it.
Avery staying out of range there.
It looks like Avery has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Avery tries to close the distance and clinch but Hetfield swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Avery gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hetfield.
Hetfield checks a leg kick.
Hetfield keeps the fight on the outside.
Hetfield throws a big shot that misses.
Avery connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hetfield momentarily.
Hetfield chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Avery can pounce on him.
Hetfield throws a combination that misses
and Avery counters with a good low kick that Hetfield was not able to check.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avery connects with a solid leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hetfield takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Avery throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hetfield stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Avery cracks Hetfield with a big right hand and Hetfield goes down!
Hetfield is rocked!
Avery advances position into side control!
Avery connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Hetfield some visible discomfort.
Avery lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Hetfield is still in real trouble! Can Avery finish him?
Hetfield tries to bench press Avery off him but Avery keeps the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Avery goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Hetfield has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Avery but great work by Hetfield.
Avery is looking to regain half guard here but Hetfield keeps moving and retains side control.
Hetfield seems to have recovered his senses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus Avery showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Avery has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcus Avery!
Post fight, Marcus Avery stared into the camera and said 'I am Back baby ,I can't be beat, I won't be beat, had a great camp, thanks to Taco and the boys, Steel and all my fans. I know everyone in the UK was watching me kick some ass. It doesn't stop here, I'm gonna be pound for pound number one, Steel and Assasi know it, I'm hung too!'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jamie Coton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ilya Murometz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jamie Coton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ilya Murometz!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coton throws a head kick but Murometz moves out of range.
Murometz is looking to clinch.
Murometz moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Coton jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Coton thows a body shot but no joy.
Murometz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Coton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Murometz avoids the body shot from Coton.
Nice shot by Coton.
Murometz scores with a jab. Coton acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Coton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've been hearing reports that Coton has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Coton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Coton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Coton fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murometz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Coton gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Murometz.
Murometz walks into a stiff left hand from Coton.
Coton goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Murometz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Murometz fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Coton.
Murometz checks a leg kick nicely.
Murometz wants to clinch.
Murometz throws a hook to the side of Coton's head but Coton sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Coton takes a swing at Murometz's ribcage but misses.
Murometz missing with a left hand there. Coton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Coton scores with a nice strike.
Coton is looking to clinch but Murometz is avoiding it.
Coton clinches up against the cage.
Coton misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murometz.
Coton swings wildly with an uppercut but Murometz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murometz lands with a light punch inside.
Coton keeps control of Murometz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Murometz manages to break the clinch.
Murometz defending well as Coton loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coton's corner calls for a 1-2. Coton obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A low kick from Coton misses
and Murometz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Coton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Coton fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murometz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Coton.
Coton closes the distance and clinches.
Coton is struggling to control the position.
Coton is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Murometz is defending well for now.
Murometz manages to break the clinch.
Murometz swings for the body but Coton moves out of range.
Coton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jamie Coton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Coton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murometz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Coton lands a glancing blow to the side of Murometz's head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Coton!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murometz tries to keep at a distance but Coton has taken the fight into the clinch.
Murometz is trying to break free.
Coton tries to land knees in the clinch but Murometz avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Murometz fails to land.
Murometz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Coton takes a swing at Murometz's ribcage but misses.
Murometz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Murometz throws a jab when Coton was well out of range.
Murometz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murometz checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Coton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Coton tries to clinch up.
Coton just misses with a punch to the body.
Murometz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Coton throws a leg kick but Murometz checks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Coton.
Murometz's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Coton connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Murometz scrambles back to his feet.
Coton closes the distance and clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murometz misses with a body punch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Murometz has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Coton seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Murometz can turn it around.
Murometz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Coton tries a body shot but Murometz blocks it.
Murometz breaks the clinch.
Coton shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Murometz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Coton tries to clinch
and Murometz makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Murometz moves in looking to clinch but Coton pushes him off.
Coton displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murometz throws out the jab.
Murometz connects with a nice looking jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jamie Coton dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Coton throws a lazy right hand but Murometz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murometz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Coton lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Coton.
Coton takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Coton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Coton clinches.
Coton with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Murometz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Murometz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murometz breaks the clinch.
Murometz moves in looking to clinch but Coton pushes him off.
Coton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Coton is looking to clinch but Murometz is avoiding it.
Coton ducks under a wild hook from Murometz.
Murometz 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.
Coton instigates a clinch.
Murometz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Coton working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murometz swings wildly with an uppercut but Coton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murometz struggles to land a body shot inside as Coton controls his hands.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Murometz avoiding damage as Coton throws knees to the body.
Coton stalling in the clinch.
Murometz misses with a punch to the body.
Coton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murometz wants to stall.
Coton misses with a knee strike.
Coton tries to stall but Murometz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Coton as Murometz tries to tie him up.
Murometz breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coton throws a shot from downtown. Murometz moves away and avoids it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Coton, right into the meat.
Coton rushes Murometz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Coton is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Murometz is defending well for now.
Coton lands a nice shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Coton is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Murometz is keeping busy.
With the fighters up against the cage, Coton throws an elbow but misses.
Murometz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Murometz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Coton paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Coton rushes Murometz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Murometz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murometz wants to break free but Coton has control.
Murometz breaks the clinch.
Coton swats away the attempt to clinch by Murometz.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murometz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Coton doesn't manage to clinch there - Murometz circles away.
Coton throws a quick inside leg kick.
Murometz tries to close the distance and clinch but Coton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murometz is looking to clinch but Coton is avoiding it.
Murometz throws a hook but Coton blocks it.
Murometz tries to clinch up.
Murometz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Coton connects with a right hand. Murometz shakes it off.
Murometz slips a jab from Coton.
Coton swings for the body but Murometz moves out of range.
Murometz lands a nice shot to the body.
Murometz moves out of range of the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murometz tries to clinch but Coton moves out of range.
Coton wants to clinch.
Jamie Coton is winning the standup battle so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murometz connects with a body shot that sends Coton's belly button to the back.
Murometz moves out of range of the strikes.
Coton gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Murometz takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Coton lands a body punch in the clinch.
Coton throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murometz blocks it with crossed arms.
Coton tries to land knees in the clinch but Murometz avoids the damage to the body.
Murometz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Coton lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murometz is stalling here.
Murometz blocking some punches.
Murometz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jamie Coton dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Coton defending well as Murometz loads up on a big left hand.
Coton lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Coton.
Murometz misses the jab.
Coton throws a right hand that Murometz ducks under and follows up with a left that Murometz also avoids with ease.
Murometz tries to clinch but Coton is having none of it.
Murometz keeps the fight on the outside.
Coton tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Coton closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murometz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murometz takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Coton keeps the fight on the outside.
A chopping leg kick lands by Coton.
Coton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murometz.
Coton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murometz was well out of range. Poor timing from Coton.
Coton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Coton throws a leg kick but Murometz sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coton takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Murometz, as that shot connected.
Coton circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Coton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Coton clinches with his opponent.
Murometz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Coton has him pressed against the cage.
Coton tries to work over Murometz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murometz looking to stall.
Murometz working hard to break the clinch.
Murometz swings wildly with an uppercut but Coton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murometz tries to break the clinch but Coton is controlling the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murometz tries to circle away but Coton has him pinned against the cage.
Murometz blocking some punches.
Ilya Murometz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murometz is trying to force a seperation but Coton has the dominant position.
Murometz dodges an elbow strike from Coton.
Murometz has Coton pushed against the cage.
Jamie Coton has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Coton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Coton tries to land knees in the clinch but Murometz avoids the damage to the body.
Coton tries to throw a body punch but Murometz avoids it by throwing Coton back against the cage.
Murometz working hard to break the clinch.
Murometz blocks an elbow strike.
Murometz scores with a hook to the body.
Murometz lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Coton or not.
Murometz wants to break free but Coton has control.
Murometz misses with some punches.
Coton tries to land knees in the clinch but Murometz avoids the damage to the body.
Murometz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Coton clinches up with Murometz and pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murometz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murometz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Coton lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Murometz backwards.
Coton with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short left from Murometz.
Murometz wants to get back to striking at distance but Coton won't allow it.
Murometz blocks an elbow strike.
Murometz tries to work over Coton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murometz lands a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murometz.
Coton blocks a body shot from Murometz.
Murometz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
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!
The fighters circling - Coton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Coton is looking to clinch but Murometz is avoiding it.
Coton misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murometz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Murometz manages to break the clinch.
Murometz keeps the fight on the outside.
Coton misses with a low kick as Murometz jumps back.
Murometz cracks a nice hook into Coton's ribs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Coton with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Murometz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick by Coton misses
and Murometz counters with a crisp right hand that drops Coton! Murometz lets Coton back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
It looks like Jamie Coton has been cut.
Coton lands a jab to the nose.
Murometz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Coton.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murometz dodges the punch combination from Coton.
Murometz lands a glancing blow to the side of Coton's head.
Coton lands a two punch combo.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ilya Murometz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Coton 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jamie Coton!
Jamie Coton decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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