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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacky Moon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuuto Yoshida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick |
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jacky Moon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yuuto Yoshida!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoshida swings for the body but Moon moves out of range.
Moon ducks under a wild hook from Yoshida.
Moon lands with a kick to the temple. Yoshida shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Yoshida throws a body punch but Moon moves out of range.
Yoshida throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yoshida has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short right from Yoshida.
Moon has a couple of punches blocked by Yoshida.
Yoshida working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yoshida lands a left hand.
A short uppercut from Yoshida.
Yoshida pushes Moon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yoshida forces Moon back against the cage and clinches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yoshida.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yoshida as Moon tries to tie him up.
Yoshida lands a hook that snaps the head of Moon backwards.
Yoshida lands a shoulder strike.
Yoshida lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yoshida lands with a light punch inside.
Moon is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Oh Moon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yoshida lands a left hand that snaps the head of Moon backwards.
Moon trying to stall but Yoshida improves his position.
A short right from Yoshida on the inside.
Yoshida dips a shoulder and cracks Moon with a mighty uppercut! Moon falls back against the cage and Yoshida unloads with a barrage of strikes! Moon is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Yoshida screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yuuto Yoshida!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gavin Blackwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tien Shinhan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shinhan has chosen Skillet - Forsaken as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very strong |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gavin Blackwood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tien Shinhan!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shirou Masuda and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Shinhan.
Blackwood closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Shinhan quickly recovers to half guard.
Blackwood slips a nice elbow through Shinhan's hands, connecting with Shinhan's forehead.
Shinhan is looking to improve his position.
Shinhan is looking to control Blackwood's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Shinhan avoid being mounted?
Shinhan is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Blackwood is staying active.
Shinhan is trying to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blackwood scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Shinhan wants to improve his position but Blackwood is controlling well.
Blackwood is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shinhan trying to control here.
Blackwood looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Shinhan is controlling Blackwood's trapped leg to prevent Blackwood from advancing to side control.
Blackwood drops an elbow to the side of Shinhan's head.
Blackwood winds up and cracks Shinhan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shinhan is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Blackwood's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Blackwood's back!
Blackwood avoids the strikes from Shinhan.
Shinhan slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Shinhan missing with strikes from the back.
I would not like to be Blackwood right now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shinhan somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Blackwood can't escape the position.
Shinhan tries to get the hooks in deep but Blackwood pushed the leg off.
Shinhan is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Shinhan keeps control of the position as Blackwood tries to break free.
Blackwood staying busy and making it hard for Shinhan to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shinhan throwing sloppy strikes.
Blackwood tries to escape the position.
Blackwood is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Shinhan.
Shinhan trying to control momentarily.
Blackwood is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Blackwood covering up well under a series of strikes from Shinhan.
Blackwood is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Shinhan looking to break Blackwood's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Blackwood remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Shinhan will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Shinhan is striking well from the back but Blackwood escapes and manages to control the positon and works his way to half guard. A much better position - the crisis is over for the time being.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shinhan controlling the pace.
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 Gavin Blackwood will probably get the nod.
That's time! Blackwood's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Blackwood changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Shinhan looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Shinhan taking punishment in the form of punches.
Shinhan tries to buck Blackwood off but Blackwood is having none of it.
Blackwood cracks Shinhan with a big right hand but Shinhan just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Blackwood is chipping away with strikes.
Shinhan on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Blackwood is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shinhan can do to turn this around?
Check out the look on Blackwood's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Blackwood cracks Shinhan with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blackwood scores with punches from side control.
A big shot lands for Blackwood! That's hurt Shinhan! Will he recover? Blackwood fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gavin Blackwood!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Sorrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slade Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jonny Sorrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Slade Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilson checks a leg kick nicely.
Left hook, right uppercut from Wilson.
A big right from Wilson misses.
Wilson connects with a nice looking jab.
Wilson connects with the punch.
Wilson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Wilson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sorrow tries to move into range but Wilson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sorrow ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A thudding body kick lands there by Sorrow!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sorrow throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wilson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Slade Wilson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sorrow circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wilson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wilson throws a good cross that connects.
Wilson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sorrow misses with an uppercut. Wilson saw that one coming.
Wilson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sorrow looks for the body kick but Wilson saw that one coming.
Wilson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Good exchange - Wilson coming out on top.
Wilson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wilson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sorrow counters with a nice leg kick.
Sorrow pushes Wilson up against the cage in a clinch.
Wilson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wilson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wilson prevents a body shot from Sorrow.
Sorrow pushes Wilson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wilson working hard to break the clinch.
Wilson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wilson pushes Sorrow back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wilson digs a right hand underneath Sorrow's ribcage. Sorrow let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sorrow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wilson working hard to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sorrow takes a shot to the head.
Sorrow misses with some punches.
Sorrow misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Sorrow fails to land.
Sorrow throws a punch but it's blocked by Wilson.
Sorrow misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wilson misses with a punch on the inside.
Sorrow tries to work over Wilson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sorrow lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wilson misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sorrow.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Sorrow misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wilson lands with a left to the head.
Wilson misses with a body punch.
Wilson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sorrow tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Wilson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sorrow pressing his opponent against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wilson.
Sorrow tries a body shot but Wilson blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sorrow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wilson.
Sorrow lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sorrow misses with a body punch.
Sorrow misses with some punches.
Sorrow misses with a punch on the inside.
Wilson prevents a body shot from Sorrow.
Sorrow lands a right hand.
Sorrow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wilson takes a shot to the head.
Sorrow scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wilson misses with a body punch.
Wilson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sorrow lands a nice shot to the body.
Sorrow stalling in the clinch but Wilson improves position.
Sorrow throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson throws a punch but it's blocked by Sorrow.
A right hook to the body lands for Sorrow.
Wilson looks winded!
Sorrow works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sorrow has Wilson pushed against the cage.
Sorrow scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sorrow throws a head punch that misses.
Sorrow lands a hook that snaps the head of Wilson backwards.
Wilson is rocked!
Sorrow misses with a punch on the inside.
Wilson is still on wobbly legs! Can Sorrow finish him?
Wilson blocking some punches.
Wilson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sorrow misses with a punch on the inside.
Sorrow working aggressively here.
Sorrow swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sorrow misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Sorrow fails to land.
Sorrow stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sorrow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sorrow swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sorrow swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sorrow misses with the head strike.
Wilson misses with some punches.
Sorrow taking a breather.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wilson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sorrow.
Sorrow throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wilson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sorrow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sorrow swings wildly with an uppercut but Wilson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wilson seems to have recovered his senses.
Sorrow digs a right hand underneath Wilson's ribcage. Wilson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sorrow throws a head punch that misses.
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 Jonny Sorrow will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sorrow misses with a body punch
and Wilson counters with a straight right hand.
Sorrow lands a front kick.
Sorrow on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wilson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wilson misses the jab.
Sorrow pushes Wilson up against the cage in a clinch.
Sorrow lands a left hand.
Wilson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sorrow stalling in the clinch.
Wilson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sorrow backwards.
Sorrow gets through Wilson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wilson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sorrow.
Wilson stalling in the clinch.
Sorrow scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sorrow misses with the head strike.
Sorrow pushes Wilson against the cage. Sorrow is working some dirty boxing. Sorrow pushes off with a quick right hook! Wilson goes down! Wilson tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Sorrow moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jonny Sorrow!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steven Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Borjni Valkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Steven Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Borjni Valkov!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yuuki Gou and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown attempt by Valkov or perhaps it was just good defense by Johnson, which made it look bad.
Johnson shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Valkov's guard.
Johnson is standing up over Valkov. Valkov looks to escape but Johnson dives into side control.
Johnson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Johnson is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Valkov has escaped the position, nice work there.
Johnson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Johnson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Johnson wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Valkov, who protects the arm well.
Valkov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Johnson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Valkov has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson tries for a kimura but Valkov is defending well.
Johnson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Johnson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Valkov is looking to regain half guard here but Johnson keeps moving and retains side control.
Johnson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Johnson working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Valkov has escaped the position, nice work there.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Johnson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Johnson working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Johnson is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Valkov is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries for a kimura but Valkov is defending well.
Valkov wants to control but Johnson postures up.
Valkov is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Johnson is trying to get an arm triangle but Valkov is defending well.
Johnson is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Valkov looks calm but he's in trouble here. Johnson gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Valkov is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Johnson lets go of the hold and Valkov can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Steven Johnson!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Apollo Creed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wallace Treadwell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Counter fighter
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Apollo Creed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wallace Treadwell!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Sosuke Kotani and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Treadwell dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Creed. That did some damage!
An inside leg kick from Treadwell misses.
Treadwell goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Creed drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Treadwell's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Creed in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Creed scoring with punches and elbows.
Sloppy strikes there by Creed.
Creed tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Treadwell stops Creed from passing to mount.
Creed working the ground and pound.
Treadwell struggling a bit here.
Treadwell manages to work his way to half guard, despite Creed's best efforts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Creed throwing shots but Treadwell is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Treadwell wants to control but Creed is keeping busy.
Treadwell looking for submissions off his back.
Creed scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Treadwell is trying to maintain the position but Creed is very close to passing his half guard.
Creed seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Creed lands a nice short elbow.
Nice strikes from Creed there.
Treadwell on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Creed is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Creed is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Creed seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Treadwell does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Treadwell is defending against the submission attempts here by Creed.
Treadwell is defending against the submission attempts here by Creed.
Treadwell wants to control but Creed is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Treadwell is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Creed pulls his head out easily.
Creed is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Creed is trying to control. Treadwell wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Nice strikes from Creed there.
Treadwell trying to control here.
Treadwell has hold of Creed's hands but Creed slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Treadwell is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Treadwell gets full guard.
Treadwell preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Creed keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Treadwell's head.
Creed throws an elbow that misses. Treadwell uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Creed's guard. Nice move by Treadwell!
Treadwell looking to sit in guard and control but Creed gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Creed is working Treadwell over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Creed cracks Treadwell with a solid left hand.
Creed landing some decent shots from guard.
Treadwell is rocked!
Creed works over Treadwell with some ground and pound from guard.
Treadwell is still in real trouble! Can Creed finish him?
Treadwell has a closed guard, preventing Creed from standing up.
Treadwell controls Creed momentarily but Creed frees himself.
Creed keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Treadwell's head.
Creed postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Treadwell covers up, he's hurt! Creed keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Creed and the ref steps in to end the fight! Creed can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Apollo Creed!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexy Innokenti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Django El Rojo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Innokenti comes to the cage accompanied by Russian National Anthem. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alexy Innokenti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Django El Rojo!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Taro Takaoka and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
El Rojo misses with a low kick as Innokenti jumps back.
Innokenti rushes El Rojo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
El Rojo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Innokenti lands a right hand.
It looks like Django El Rojo has been cut.
El Rojo throws a head punch that misses.
Innokenti tries to throw a body punch but El Rojo avoids it by throwing Innokenti back against the cage.
El Rojo blocks a body shot from Innokenti.
El Rojo blocks a body shot from Innokenti.
Innokenti tries a body shot but El Rojo blocks it.
Innokenti blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
El Rojo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Innokenti is defending well for now.
A head punch on the inside from El Rojo fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
El Rojo takes a shot to the head.
Innokenti misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Innokenti blocks an uppercut.
Innokenti misses with some punches.
El Rojo misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
El Rojo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Innokenti will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning El Rojo up against the cage.
El Rojo misses with a hook from the clinch.
A knee to the head by El Rojo.
Innokenti blocking some punches.
El Rojo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Innokenti swings wildly with an uppercut but El Rojo uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right handed body shot lands from Innokenti.
El Rojo working aggressively here.
El Rojo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Innokenti avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Innokenti.
El Rojo misses with a hook from the clinch.
El Rojo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from El Rojo fails to land.
A knee to the head by El Rojo.
El Rojo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Innokenti.
Innokenti lands a body shot in the clinch.
El Rojo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Innokenti blocks it with crossed arms.
Innokenti blocking some punches.
Innokenti misses with a short punch on the inside.
El Rojo swings wildly with an uppercut but Innokenti uses good head movement to avoid it.
El Rojo blocking some punches.
El Rojo stalling in the clinch but Innokenti improves position.
Innokenti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Innokenti avoiding damage.
Innokenti misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Innokenti fails to land.
Innokenti lands a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Innokenti can't find room to land a body shot as El Rojo controls the action.
Innokenti dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Innokenti trying to stall but El Rojo improves his position.
El Rojo misses with the head strike.
Innokenti has El Rojo pressed against the cage.
Innokenti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Innokenti slowing the pace effectively.
El Rojo tries to land knees in the clinch but Innokenti avoids the damage to the body.
Innokenti lands with a light punch inside.
El Rojo misses with a body punch.
Innokenti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Innokenti throws a head punch that misses.
El Rojo misses with a punch on the inside.
Innokenti misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Innokenti swings wildly with an uppercut but El Rojo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Innokenti misses with a punch on the inside.
El Rojo tries to land knees in the clinch but Innokenti avoids the damage to the body.
El Rojo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
El Rojo blocking some punches.
El Rojo misses with a knee strike.
Innokenti lands with a left to the head.
El Rojo misses with some punches.
El Rojo misses with a punch on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Innokenti takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Innokenti misses with a body punch.
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!
Innokenti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
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 Alexy Innokenti will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Django El Rojo's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Innokenti rushes El Rojo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
El Rojo working aggressively here.
El Rojo trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Innokenti creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Innokenti doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Innokenti stalling against the cage.
A short left from El Rojo.
El Rojo wants to get back to striking at distance but Innokenti won't allow it.
Innokenti controlling the action here for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
El Rojo misses with a knee to the head.
Innokenti struggles to land a body shot inside as El Rojo controls his hands.
El Rojo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Innokenti tries to stall but El Rojo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Innokenti misses with the head strike.
Innokenti misses with some punches.
Innokenti misses with a punch on the inside.
El Rojo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Innokenti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Innokenti scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Innokenti tries to work over El Rojo's front leg with a kick but El Rojo checks it.
Innokenti dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on El Rojo. That did some damage!
Innokenti throws a sloppy head kick and El Rojo moves out of range easily.
A big left from Innokenti misses.
El Rojo moves away from the strike by Innokenti.
Innokenti closes the distance and pushes El Rojo back into the cage.
El Rojo is trying to push Innokenti away but Innokenti has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Innokenti blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Rojo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
El Rojo crunches a lovely knee into Innokenti's ribcage.
El Rojo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Innokenti misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by El Rojo.
Innokenti goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Innokenti managing to block the knees to the body from El Rojo.
El Rojo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Innokenti avoids it.
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!
Innokenti tried to land a shot to the body but connects with El Rojo's elbow.
El Rojo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Innokenti is defending well for now.
Innokenti misses with a hook to the ribs.
El Rojo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Innokenti.
El Rojo misses with a knee strike.
El Rojo blocks an uppercut.
Innokenti blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Rojo blocks a body shot from Innokenti.
Innokenti misses with some punches.
El Rojo misses with the head strike.
Innokenti manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
El Rojo lands a nice knee to the body.
Innokenti has El Rojo pushed against the cage.
El Rojo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for El Rojo.
Innokenti works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Innokenti avoiding damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
El Rojo misses with the head strike.
Innokenti swings wildly with an uppercut but El Rojo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Innokenti tries to work over El Rojo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
El Rojo prevents a body shot from Innokenti.
Knees in the clinch landing for El Rojo.
El Rojo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Innokenti blocks it with crossed arms.
El Rojo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
El Rojo swings wildly with an uppercut but Innokenti uses good head movement to avoid it.
El Rojo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Innokenti.
El Rojo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Innokenti.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Alexy Innokenti will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Django El Rojo's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
El Rojo avoids the body shot from Innokenti.
Innokenti darts in and clinches El Rojo up against the cage.
El Rojo blocks a body shot from Innokenti.
El Rojo misses with a punch on the inside.
Innokenti misses with a punch on the inside.
El Rojo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Come on Innokenti - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Innokenti looking to slow down the pace here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. El Rojo obliges.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Innokenti misses with some punches.
Innokenti throws a punch but it's blocked by El Rojo.
El Rojo tries to land knees in the clinch but Innokenti avoids the damage to the body.
Innokenti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Innokenti misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Innokenti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Alexy Innokenti has scored more points in the clinch so far.
El Rojo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Innokenti avoids it.
El Rojo prevents a body shot from Innokenti.
Innokenti taking a breather.
Innokenti blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
El Rojo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from El Rojo fails to land.
Innokenti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
El Rojo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
El Rojo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Innokenti.
El Rojo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
El Rojo working aggressively here.
El Rojo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Innokenti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Innokenti has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
El Rojo swings wildly with an uppercut but Innokenti uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Innokenti avoiding damage as El Rojo throws knees to the body.
El Rojo throws a punch but it's blocked by Innokenti.
Innokenti throws a head punch that misses.
El Rojo missing with knees to the body.
El Rojo tries to land knees in the clinch but Innokenti avoids the damage to the body.
Innokenti avoiding damage as El Rojo throws knees to the body.
Innokenti stalling in the clinch but El Rojo improves position.
Innokenti slows down the pace here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for El Rojo.
El Rojo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Innokenti avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Rojo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Innokenti in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Innokenti is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
El Rojo blocks a body shot from Innokenti.
Innokenti lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
El Rojo missing with knees to the body.
Innokenti taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Django El Rojo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
El Rojo has a couple of punches blocked by Innokenti.
El Rojo is stalling here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by El Rojo.
El Rojo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Innokenti.
Innokenti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Innokenti misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Innokenti managing to block the knees to the body from El Rojo.
El Rojo has a couple of punches blocked by Innokenti.
Innokenti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
El Rojo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Innokenti is defending well for now.
Innokenti taking a breather.
El Rojo prevents a body shot from Innokenti.
Innokenti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
El Rojo misses with a punch on the inside.
El Rojo has a couple of punches blocked by Innokenti.
Innokenti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
El Rojo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Innokenti avoids it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Innokenti goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A knee to the head by El Rojo.
It looks like Alexy Innokenti has been cut.
Innokenti on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Alexy Innokenti is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
El Rojo throws a punch but it's blocked by Innokenti.
And that's the end of the fight!
Django El Rojo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Innokenti 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rama Udo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Minoru Minami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Minami has chosen No Easy Way Out as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rama Udo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Minoru Minami!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Udo. Those never looked like landing.
Udo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Udo does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Minami moves to clinch but Udo breaks away
letting Udo counter with a right hand.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Minami is defended easily by Udo.
Minoru Minami seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Udo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circle momentarily. Udo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Minami keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Minami bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Minami fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Rama Udo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Minoru Minami.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Udo stuffs the takedown.
Udo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Minami tries for a takedown but Udo circles away easily
and Udo counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rama Udo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Udo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Udo throws a leg kick which misses Minami's front leg but catches the back leg as Minami tries to avoid it.
Udo avoids the head kick by Minami.
Udo tries to bum rush Minami with a series of wild strikes but Minami uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Udo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Udo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Udo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Udo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Udo tests Minami's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Udo misses with a series of wild punches.
Minami will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Minami scores with a three punch combo!
Minami walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Udo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Udo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Minami's head.
Minami misses with a low kick as Udo jumps back.
Udo scores with a nice strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minami takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Minami misses with a takedown attempt
and Udo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Udo thuds his right hand into Minami's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Udo lands with a good body shot.
Minami takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Udo is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Udo scores with a jab to the head.
Udo cracks the inside of Minami's front leg.
Minami tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Udo to counter with a crisp jab.
Minami tries to clinch up but Udo circles away and keeps his distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Udo lands a jab-cross combination.
Minami is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Udo throws a poor cross that misses
and Minami counters with a head kick.
Minami is still on wobbly legs! Can Udo finish him?
Minami slips a straight right by Udo.
Minami seems to have recovered his senses.
Minami throws a sloppy head kick and Udo moves out of range easily.
Good work by Udo as he checks the leg kick.
Minami takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Udo lands a jab.
Minami throws a sloppy head kick and Udo moves out of range easily.
Udo fails to land with a series of punches.
Udo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Udo jabs at Minami's body.
Minami throws a lazy head kick
and Udo counters with a left to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rama Udo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Minami tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Minami throws a nice head kick!
Udo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Minami might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Udo has got the better of the exchanges.
Nice uppercut there from Udo.
Udo throws a series of punches but Minami avoids them all with ease.
Udo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Udo, as that shot connected.
Minami stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Udo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Minami closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Udo lands with a left to the head.
Udo digs a right hand underneath Minami's ribcage. Minami let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice right hand lands inside from Udo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Udo creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Minami's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Minami drops to his knees and Udo pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rama Udo!
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