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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jaako Turkinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clinton Chamberlin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chamberlin comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Right round- Flo-Rida kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jaako Turkinen could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Clinton Chamberlin's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jaako Turkinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Clinton Chamberlin!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Chamberlin.
Turkinen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Chamberlin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Turkinen tightens his grip and picks Chamberlin up, before dumping him to the ground. Chamberlin manages to land in guard.
Turkinen drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Chamberlin dives on top into guard.
Turkinen is controlling Chamberlin's posture.
Turkinen wants to sweep here but Chamberlin controlling him for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chamberlin being controlled here momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turkinen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Chamberlin's guard.
Turkinen is pushing down on Chamberlin's leg trying to pass to half guard. Chamberlin is fighting to maintain full guard but Turkinen has managed to sneak the leg through.
Turkinen content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Turkinen in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Chamberlin tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Turkinen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jaako Turkinen!
During a confident post fight interview, Jaako Turkinen thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
The defeated Clinton Chamberlin had this to say: 'What's a fish say when it hits a wall? Damn!!!'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tim Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matti Veijamo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tim Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Matti Veijamo!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Veijamo misses with the combination.
Hardy moves in looking to clinch but Veijamo pushes him off.
Veijamo throws a chopping leg kick but Hardy manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hardy fails with a takedown attempt.
Hardy tries to clinch up but Veijamo circles away and keeps his distance.
Veijamo throws a jab but it's blocked by Hardy.
Veijamo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hardy.
Hardy rushes Veijamo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Veijamo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Veijamo misses with a hook from the clinch.
I was talking to Hardy's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Veijamo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Veijamo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Veijamo swings wildly with an uppercut but Hardy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Veijamo misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hardy.
Veijamo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hardy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Veijamo was well out of range. Poor timing from Hardy.
A head kick misses from Hardy.
Hardy works Veijamo's body with a nice hook.
Veijamo stuffs the takedown.
Veijamo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hardy works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A combination from Veijamo does no damage.
Veijamo lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hardy backs up against the cage.
A head kick misses from Hardy.
Veijamo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Veijamo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hardy's hands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Veijamo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hardy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Veijamo.
Hardy tries to keep at a distance but Veijamo has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy jumps guard but Veijamo turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tim Hardy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Veijamo lands an uppercut.
Hardy blocks an uppercut.
Hardy pulls guard.
Hardy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hardy wants to hit a switch here but Veijamo passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Hardy there!
Veijamo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy is wriggling around trying to escape.
Veijamo blocks Hardy's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Hardy is desperately trying to improve his position but Veijamo has a good base and remains in mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hardy tries to lock up and control but Veijamo gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hardy working to try and regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matti Veijamo dominated that round.
That's time! Hardy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Hardy looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hardy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Veijamo.
Matti Veijamo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Veijamo scoring well with a low kick there.
Veijamo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Veijamo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hardy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hardy closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Veijamo counter with a right hand.
Hardy scores with a hook to the body. Veijamo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Veijamo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardy scores with a takedown into Veijamo's guard.
Veijamo wants to sweep but no luck.
Veijamo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hardy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Veijamo pulls Hardy in close to prevent any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Veijamo keeping moving, preventing Hardy from controlling successfully.
Hardy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hardy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hardy pushes down on Veijamo's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Veijamo tries to kick Hardy off but Hardy keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Veijamo is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Veijamo is not content to let Hardy control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hardy throws a strike but Veijamo avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Hardy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hardy preventing the sweep.
Veijamo keeps trying to improve his position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Hardy cracks Veijamo with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hardy lands with an overhand left.
Matti Veijamo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch but Veijamo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Veijamo blocks a head kick by Hardy.
Matti Veijamo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Veijamo.
Veijamo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hardy looks for a takedown but Veijamo sprawls well.
Hardy tries to clinch but Veijamo moves out of range.
Veijamo throws out a counter right but Hardy avoids it with no problem.
Matti Veijamo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hardy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Veijamo was well out of range. Poor timing from Hardy.
A nice leg kick lands there from Veijamo.
Veijamo clinches.
Veijamo slows down the pace here.
Hardy jumps guard but Veijamo turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tim Hardy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Veijamo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Veijamo has Hardy up against the cage in a clinch.
Hardy avoiding damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy is looking to take this one to the mat.
Veijamo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Veijamo lands with a left to the head.
Hardy blocking some punches.
A short right from Veijamo.
Veijamo lands with a light punch inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Veijamo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Veijamo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hardy needs to keep his hands up - Veijamo had a free shot at his head there.
Hardy misses with a body shot
and Veijamo counters with an inside leg kick.
Hardy is looking to wear down Veijamo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hardy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matti Veijamo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Veijamo forces Hardy back against the cage and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Veijamo.
Hardy presses Veijamo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Veijamo misses with a body punch.
Veijamo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Matti Veijamo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hardy takes a shot to the head.
Hardy jumps guard but Veijamo turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Veijamo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hardys head.
Veijamo pushes Hardy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Veijamo breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Veijamo moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Veijamo displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hardy wants to clinch up but Veijamo keeps it at a distance.
Veijamo has closed the distance and engaged Hardy in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Veijamo works on Hardy's body with a couple of short punches.
Veijamo breaks from the clinch.
Hardy tries to clinch up but Veijamo circles away and keeps his distance.
Hardy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Veijamo lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A combination from Veijamo does no damage.
Hardy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hardy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Veijamo tries to counter with a clinch but Hardy shakes him off and moves away.
Hardy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Veijamo, pushing him back against the cage.
Hardy jumps guard and drags Veijamo to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Hardy has a closed guard, preventing Veijamo from standing up.
Hardy manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Veijamo manages to get himself to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Veijamo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tim Hardy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Veijamo keeping full guard, as Hardy tries to pass.
Hardy looking to sit in guard and control but Veijamo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Veijamo postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy has control of Veijamo's left arm, preventing Veijamo from doing any damage.
Hardy throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Hardy manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Veijamo manages to get himself to full guard.
Hardy slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Hardy won't allow Veijamo to sweep him here.
Matti Veijamo is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Hardy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hardy stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Veijamo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Veijamo has momentary wrist control but Hardy slips an elbow through the middle.
Tim Hardy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hardy is looking to work some ground and pound but Veijamo has wrist control.
Veijamo managing to control the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Hardy wants to clinch.
Hardy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matti Veijamo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Veijamo winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matti Veijamo!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shaq ONeil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toyoki Kawamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toyoki Kawamura 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shaq ONeil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Toyoki Kawamura!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kawamura tries to clinch but ONeil is having none of it.
ONeil tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Kawamura manages to circle out of the way.
ONeil swats away the attempt to clinch by Kawamura.
ONeil keeps the fight on the outside.
Sloppy strikes from ONeil. Those never looked like landing.
Kawamura on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
ONeil misses with a two punch combination.
Kawamura avoids a punch combination nicely.
ONeil clobbers Kawamura with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kawamura tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and ONeil counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kawamura takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kawamura throws a leg kick that is checked
and ONeil counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kawamura misses with a knee strike.
Kawamura is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. ONeil is defending well for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
ONeil managing to block the knees to the body from Kawamura.
Kawamura scores a nice knee to the body.
Kawamura tries a knee to the head but ONeil blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawamura keeps the fight in the clinch, despite ONeil's efforts to push away.
ONeil is looking to break free of the clinch but Kawamura has double underhooks.
Kawamura tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
ONeil avoiding damage as Kawamura throws knees to the body.
Kawamura tries a knee to the head but ONeil blocks it.
Kawamura with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kawamura misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from ONeil.
Kawamura missing with knees to the body.
ONeil tries to circle away but Kawamura has him pinned against the cage.
ONeil blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
ONeil working hard to break the clinch.
Kawamura has ONeil pressed against the cage, preventing ONeil from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kawamura tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kawamura throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but ONeil blocks it with crossed arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawamura pushes off an throws an elbow but ONeil leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
ONeil definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
ONeil tries to circle away but Kawamura has him pinned against the cage.
Kawamura throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but ONeil blocks it with crossed arms.
ONeil breaks from the clinch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as ONeil checks a leg kick.
ONeil is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Kawamura tries to clinch up but ONeil circles away and keeps his distance.
ONeil missing with a left hand there. Kawamura was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kawamura ducks right into an uppercut from ONeil.
Kawamura walks into a straight right hand from ONeil.
Toyoki Kawamura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
ONeil cracks Kawamura with a good jab.
Kawamura is rocked!
ONeil really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
ONeil lands a brutal uppercut that launches Kawamura off his feet! Kawamura tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Shaq ONeil!
Toyoki Kawamura was interviewed post fight and said 'Team Goroshi - Kore Fight Nutrition -'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Nicolosi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carrera Villamora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Frank Nicolosi has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Frank Nicolosi seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frank Nicolosi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carrera Villamora!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That kick from Nicolosi tenderised Villamora's leg. Villamora is trying to keep his angry face on.
Villamora moves out of range of the body kick from Nicolosi.
Nicolosi misses with a leg kick
and Villamora counters with a head kick. That will keep Nicolosi thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Nicolosi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nicolosi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We've been told by Nicolosi's head coaches at Team Butcher Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Villamora throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nicolosi throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
It looks like Carrera Villamora has been cut.
Villamora throws the left hand but Nicolosi avoids the punch easily.
Villamora scores with a nice right hand.
Nicolosi scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice defenses there by Nicolosi.
Nicolosi jabs at Villamora's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Villamora looks to throw the jab but Nicolosi is out of range.
Nicolosi misses with a leg kick
and Villamora counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicolosi scores with a shot to the body.
Villamora missing with a left hand there. Nicolosi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A head kick misses from Nicolosi.
Nicolosi lands a leg kick that knocks Villamora off balance momentarily.
Nicolosi throws a leg kick which misses Villamora's front leg but catches the back leg as Villamora tries to avoid it.
Villamora's coach down at Hell's Balls NY Hellcademy was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Villamora's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Villamora keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Villamora throws out a counter right but Nicolosi avoids it with no problem.
Nicolosi connects with a high kick.
Villamora lands with a cross.
The fighters circle momentarily. Nicolosi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nicolosi scores with a push kick.
Villamora takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Frank Nicolosi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body kick there by Nicolosi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nicolosi lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nicolosi throws a wild body kick that Villamora sees coming a mile off.
Nicolosi moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromVillamora.
Villamora keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Villamora ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nicolosi moves away.
Villamora throws a looping overhand right but Nicolosi ducks down to avoid it.
Villamora misses the jab.
Nicolosi tries to counter by clinching up but Villamora breaks away and moves out of range.
Villamora throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Villamora avoids the head kick by Nicolosi.
Nicolosi moves to clinch but Villamora breaks away
and Villamora counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nicolosi tries to clinch but Villamora moves away
and Nicolosi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nicolosi moves out of range of the body kick from Villamora.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Nicolosi.
Villamora throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
As Villamora tries to get set, Nicolosi tries to push him back and clinch up but Villamora manages to avoid the attempt.
Nicolosi with a hook.
Villamora misses with a left hand
and Nicolosi counters by clinching up.
Villamora blocks an uppercut.
Villamora misses with a punch to the body.
Villamora is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Nicolosi.
Nicolosi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Villamora looks winded!
Villamora has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nicolosi lands an elbow inside.
That has opened up Carrera Villamora's cut even more.
Nice elbow from Nicolosi.
Nicolosi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The cut above Carrera Villamora's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Nicolosi has Villamora pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Villamora is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Nicolosi - that's hurt Villamora badly! Oh, another knee lands and Villamora is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Villamora doesn't seem to be complaining.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Frank Nicolosi!
Frank Nicolosi made sure to mention his sponsor, VICIOUS FIGHT GEAR in his post fight interview.
Carrera Villamora was interviewed post fight and said 'I will have break and come back and give a great fight for you guys! Thanks again to all who support me.'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Lang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy Li-Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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246 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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265 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Josh Lang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roy Li-Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Hirohito Nitta and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lang pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Li-Taylor wants to counter the offense by Lang and move into the clinch position.
Li-Taylor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Good work by Li-Taylor as he checks the leg kick.
Lang throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Li-Taylor wants to counter the offense by Lang and move into the clinch position.
Li-Taylor throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lang throws a head kick that misses.
Li-Taylor motions for Lang to come forward. Li-Taylor throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lang misses with a body kick.
A solid body kick from Li-Taylor.
Both fighters circling a little - Li-Taylor finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li-Taylor misses with a wild combination.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Li-Taylor.
Lang moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li-Taylor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lang lands with a thumping leg kick.
Li-Taylor misses with a wild combination.
Lang jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Lang misses with a low kick.
Lang takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lang tries to move into range but Li-Taylor moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lang steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Li-Taylor.
Li-Taylor gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lang breaks the clinch.
Li-Taylor bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Li-Taylor takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Li-Taylor throws a leg kick but Lang sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lang looks for the body kick but Li-Taylor saw that one coming.
Lang lands a jab to Li-Taylor's midsection.
Li-Taylor throws a looping overhand right but Lang ducks down to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lang misses with an attempted mid kick.
Li-Taylor throws a series of punches but Lang moves out of range.
Lang throws a sloppy head kick and Li-Taylor moves out of range easily.
Lang has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Victory Gym and Spa in the buildup to the fight.
Lang walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Li-Taylor checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Li-Taylor cracks the inside of Lang's front leg.
Lang throws a sloppy head kick and Li-Taylor moves out of range easily.
Li-Taylor throws a right and a left that Lang avoids nicely.
A good leg kick by Lang.
A big left from Li-Taylor misses.
Lang thinks about countering with a body kick.
Good shot there by Li-Taylor.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li-Taylor tries to clinch there but Lang circles away.
Li-Taylor chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lang can pounce on him.
Li-Taylor has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lang.
Li-Taylor feints and then cracks Lang's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lang down.
Lang cracks the inside of Li-Taylor's front leg.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lang lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Li-Taylor has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Li-Taylor and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Li-Taylor misses with a body shot.
Li-Taylor tries to clinch up but Lang circles away and keeps his distance.
Li-Taylor checks the leg kick.
Li-Taylor looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lang swings for the body but Li-Taylor moves out of range.
Lang fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Li-Taylor has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Li-Taylor moves out of range as Lang throws a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li-Taylor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lang fires out a quick counter leg kick but Li-Taylor just manages to avoid it.
Lang lands a leg kick that knocks Li-Taylor off balance momentarily.
A swing and a miss from Li-Taylor.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lang checks a leg kick.
Lang looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Li-Taylor tries to counter by closing the distance.
Lang throws a big shot that misses.
Li-Taylor tries to counter with a clinch but Lang shakes him off and moves away.
Li-Taylor throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big left from Li-Taylor misses.
Lang looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lang steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Li-Taylor.
Lang cracks the inside of Li-Taylor's front leg.
Lang moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Lang displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Li-Taylor throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Roy Li-Taylor will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Lang steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Li-Taylor.
A nice inside leg kick there by Li-Taylor. That's going to slow Lang down.
Li-Taylor takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Li-Taylor wants to clinch up but Lang keeps it at a distance.
Lang lands a leg kick that knocks Li-Taylor off balance momentarily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lang.
An inside leg kick lands from Lang.
Lang throws a half hearted mid kick.
Li-Taylor throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li-Taylor avoids the body shot from Lang.
Lang takes one on the button.
Li-Taylor tries to clinch but Lang moves out of range.
Li-Taylor lands a really nice looking cross but Lang seems unphased.
Nice defenses there by Li-Taylor.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li-Taylor fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Li-Taylor misses with a low kick.
Lang throws a front kick aimed at Li-Taylor's knee but Li-Taylor avoids it well.
Lang throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Li-Taylor steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Lang.
Lang throws a front kick aimed at Li-Taylor's knee but Li-Taylor avoids it well.
Li-Taylor walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lang checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Lang half committed to a counter leg kick.
Li-Taylor wants to clinch up but Lang keeps it at a distance.
Li-Taylor tries to land a body kick
and Lang counters with a slapping leg kick.
Li-Taylor on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Lang throws out a powerful jab.
Lang tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Li-Taylor was well out of range. Poor timing from Lang.
Lang walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Li-Taylor checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Li-Taylor bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lang's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li-Taylor keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Li-Taylor steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Lang.
Lang is looking to chop away at Li-Taylor's legs.
Li-Taylor checks the leg kick.
Li-Taylor throws a jab when Lang was well out of range.
Li-Taylor throws a chopping leg kick but Lang manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Li-Taylor checks the leg kick.
Li-Taylor takes a jab right on the kisser.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Li-Taylor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lang misses with a low kick.
Li-Taylor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lang.
Lang misses with a straight right.
Li-Taylor lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lang circles away quickly and effectively.
Lang was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lang tries a head kick but it misses.
Li-Taylor blocks a head kick by Lang.
Li-Taylor fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lang lands with a good body shot.
Lang connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lang throws a low kick, looking for Li-Taylor's leg but Li-Taylor calmly moves out of range.
Lang sets himself, and Li-Taylor steps forward looking for the clinch! Lang avoids it this time.
Li-Taylor thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Lang if he has to take too many more of those.
Lang jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Li-Taylor feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lang's calf.
Nice defenses there by Lang.
Lang throws a quick counter head kick but Li-Taylor was just out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lang.
Lang throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lang throws a body kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Li-Taylor.
Lang tries a low kick but Li-Taylor avoids it.
The crowd cheers as Li-Taylor lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lang doesn't seem phased though.
Li-Taylor's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Li-Taylor moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like Josh Lang has been cut.
Li-Taylor moves out of range of the body kick from Lang.
Lang feints and then cracks Li-Taylor's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Li-Taylor down.
Li-Taylor tries to clinch but Lang moves out of range.
Lang keeps the fight on the outside.
A low kick from Lang misses
and Li-Taylor moves into the clinch.
Lang blocks an elbow strike from Li-Taylor.
Lang using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Li-Taylor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lang misses with a hook to the ribs.
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 Josh Lang will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Josh Lang's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Lang circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lang throws a push kick but Li-Taylor slaps the foot to one side.
Lang tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Li-Taylor was well out of range. Poor timing from Lang.
Li-Taylor wants to counter with a clinch but Lang pushes him away.
Li-Taylor throws a series of punches but Lang moves out of range.
No joy there for Li-Taylor, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Li-Taylor misses with the combination.
Lang goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lang connects with a high kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li-Taylor moves into range and connects with a jab.
Li-Taylor gets a clinch.
Li-Taylor tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Li-Taylor pushes Lang back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lang has a couple of punches blocked by Li-Taylor.
Lang is trying to stall.
Li-Taylor throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Langs head.
Lang swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Li-Taylor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lang is defending well for now.
Lang takes an elbow to the temple.
Li-Taylor lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Li-Taylor working aggressively here.
Lang is trying to break the clinch but Li-Taylor has him pressed against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Li-Taylor just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lang's brow.
Lang goes for a takedown in the clinch but Li-Taylor prevents it.
Li-Taylor landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Li-Taylor lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Li-Taylor tries to land a knee to the head but Lang blocks with his arms.
Lang misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Li-Taylor.
Li-Taylor lands an elbow that stopped Lang in his tracks for a moment.
Li-Taylor throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lang blocks it with crossed arms.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lang blocks an uppercut.
Lang tries to circle away but Li-Taylor has him pinned against the cage.
Lang escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Li-Taylor cracks the inside of Lang's front leg.
Lang throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Li-Taylor avoids a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Li-Taylor.
Li-Taylor's corner calls for a 1-2. Li-Taylor obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Li-Taylor keeps Lang at a distance using the push kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Li-Taylor lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lang's sensitive parts.
Lang throws a nice outside leg kick.
Li-Taylor gets a clinch.
Li-Taylor landing knees to the head.
Lang breaks the clinch.
Li-Taylor tests Lang's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Li-Taylor takes a swing at Lang's ribcage but misses.
Lang moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Li-Taylor throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lang sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lang with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A jab from Li-Taylor misses.
Li-Taylor gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lang looking to slow down the pace here.
Li-Taylor lands a knee to the head.
You can see that Li-Taylor has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
A short right from Li-Taylor on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Li-Taylor throws an elbow but misses.
Lang swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Li-Taylor throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A hook to the body from Li-Taylor.
Lang pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Li-Taylor moves in looking to clinch but Lang pushes him off.
And that's the end of the fight!
Roy Li-Taylor comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Li-Taylor has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roy Li-Taylor!
Roy Li-Taylor very nearly forgot to thank VICIOUS FIGHT GEAR amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Meguru Takayanagi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Mitchelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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167 lbs
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162 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Meguru Takayanagi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jack Mitchelson!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice jab there from Mitchelson.
Takayanagi closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mitchelson.
Good body shot from Takayanagi.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Takayanagi.
A right handed body shot lands from Takayanagi.
Mitchelson tries to pull guard but Takayanagi forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Mitchelson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Takayanagi has him pressed against the cage.
Takayanagi lands a hook that snaps the head of Mitchelson backwards.
Takayanagi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Takayanagi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mitchelson is looking to control Takayanagi's arms but Takayanagi gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mitchelson has his back to the cage.
Takayanagi swings wildly with an uppercut but Mitchelson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mitchelson has had enough of the clinch but Takayanagi keeps him there for the moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Takayanagi.
Mitchelson jumps guard and drags Takayanagi to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Mitchelson keeping full guard, as Takayanagi tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitchelson being controlled here, momentarily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mitchelson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Takayanagi doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Takayanagi manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Takayanagi wants to control from the top but Mitchelson keeps moving.
Mitchelson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Takayanagi engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Takayanagi darts in and clinches Mitchelson up against the cage.
Takayanagi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Takayanagi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
It looks like Jack Mitchelson has been cut.
Takayanagi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Takayanagi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Takayanagi prevents Mitchelson from breaking the clinch.
Mitchelson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Takayanagi is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Takayanagi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mitchelson tries to circle away but Takayanagi has him pinned against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Takayanagi.
Takayanagi throws a head punch that misses.
Takayanagi has Mitchelson pressed against the cage, preventing Mitchelson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takayanagi throws a punch but it's blocked by Mitchelson.
Takayanagi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Takayanagi works on Mitchelson's body with a couple of short punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Takayanagi.
Takayanagi's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Takayanagi lands a hook that snaps the head of Mitchelson backwards.
Mitchelson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Meguru Takayanagi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Mitchelson.
Takayanagi content to slow the pace in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Takayanagi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Takayanagi.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Takayanagi.
Mitchelson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Takayanagi walks away with a smile on his face. Mitchelson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Mitchelson misses with a body shot
and Takayanagi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Takayanagi moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Takayanagi.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Takayanagi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Takayanagi stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Takayanagi has Mitchelson pushed against the cage.
Takayanagi lands a shot to the body.
Mitchelson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Takayanagi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
I was talking to Takayanagi's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Mitchelson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Takayanagi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mitchelson blocking some punches.
Takayanagi swings wildly with an uppercut but Mitchelson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mitchelson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Takayanagi seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Mitchelson can turn it around.
Takayanagi keeps control of Mitchelson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mitchelson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Meguru Takayanagi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Mitchelson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Takayanagi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mitchelson, pushing him back against the cage.
Mitchelson tries to break free but Takayanagi pushes him back against the cage.
Takayanagi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Takayanagi lands a shoulder strike.
Takayanagi controlling the action here for a moment.
Mitchelson has Takayanagi pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Takayanagi manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Takayanagi scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short uppercut from Takayanagi.
Takayanagi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mitchelson or not.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takayanagi lands a hook that snaps the head of Mitchelson backwards.
Takayanagi misses with some punches.
Mitchelson can't break the clinch.
Takayanagi pushes Mitchelson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Takayanagi misses with the head strike.
Mitchelson prevents a body shot from Takayanagi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Mitchelson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mitchelson tries to circle away but Takayanagi has him pinned against the cage.
Takayanagi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mitchelson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Takayanagi stalls.
Takayanagi misses with the head strike.
Takayanagi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Takayanagi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mitchelson is trying to break free.
Mitchelson looking to slow down the pace here.
Takayanagi scores with a hook to the body.
Mitchelson has Takayanagi pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Takayanagi manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Meguru Takayanagi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Mitchelson.
Takayanagi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mitchelson backwards.
Mitchelson is rocked!
Takayanagi lands a nice uppercut.
Mitchelson is still on wobbly legs! Can Takayanagi finish him?
Takayanagi digs a right hand underneath Mitchelson's ribcage. Mitchelson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takayanagi gets through Mitchelson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Takayanagi.
Nice body punch from Takayanagi - that landed with a thud.
A right hook to the body lands for Takayanagi.
Mitchelson is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Takayanagi dips a shoulder and cracks Mitchelson with a mighty uppercut! Mitchelson falls back against the cage and Takayanagi unloads with a barrage of strikes! Mitchelson 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 - Takayanagi screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Meguru Takayanagi!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brett Simmons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex The Lion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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21
140 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brett Simmons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alex The Lion!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simmons closes this distance looking for a takedown but The Lion circles away.
Simmons with a lazy takedown attempt
and The Lion counters with a straight right hand.
Simmons shoots for a double leg takedown but The Lion sprawls well. He's pushed Simmons's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The Lion is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brett Simmons. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Simmons darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Simmons trying to mount his opponent but The Lion defends it.
Simmons is controlling the pace.
The Lion really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Simmons. 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.
Simmons is pressing down on The Lion's thigh, looking to free his foot. The Lion is holding on for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Simmons with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Simmons doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Simmons takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Simmons darts in looking for a takedown but The Lion gets double underhooks and turns Simmons into the cage.
Simmons shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. The Lion manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Simmons not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Simmons tries to free his leg and advance position but The Lion is retaining full guard.
Simmons won't allow The Lion to get back to his feet.
Simmons slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Lion is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Simmons with a flurry of punches that miss.
The Lion has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Simmons is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
A head punch on the inside from The Lion fails to land.
Simmons is trying to pull guard but The Lion has him pressed against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by The Lion.
The Lion lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Lion leaning against his opponent.
The Lion working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Simmons is rocked!
The Lion lands with a light punch inside.
Oh Simmons is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Simmons tries for a takedown but The Lion manages to get underhooks.
The Lion lands a hook to the side of the head.
Simmons blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Lion stalling.
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!
Simmons tries to pull guard but The Lion holds him up against the cage and eventually Simmons drops back down to his feet.
The Lion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Lion lands a hook that snaps the head of Simmons backwards.
Simmons blocking some punches.
Simmons jumps guard but The Lion stands there with Simmons around his waist. Simmons gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
The Lion lands a big right hand that drops Simmons! The killer instinct kicks in and The Lion finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by The Lion!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex The Lion!
A relieved looking Alex The Lion 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mario Karlo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad May (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). May has chosen For Whom The Bell Tolls - Metallica as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mario Karlo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brad May!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yukihiro Shimada and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
May pivots, looking for a leg kick but Karlo is out of range and May settles back down.
An inside leg kick lands from May.
May staying out of range there.
Karlo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Karlo scoring well with a low kick there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Karlo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
May replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Karlo blocks it well.
Karlo moves into range and connects with a jab.
Karlo throws the kick towards the body but May avoids it.
May only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Karlo swings widly with a right hand
and May counters with a nice low kick that buckles Karlo's knee momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karlo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Karlo tries to clinch but May is having none of it.
Mario Karlo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karlo throws a jab when May was well out of range.
Karlo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
May takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Karlo has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Black Manta in the buildup to the fight.
Karlo misses with an uppercut. May saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlo throws a right hand that misses
and May counters with an inside leg kick.
May uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Karlo.
Karlo swings widly with a right hand
and May counters with a left to the body.
Karlo takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
May looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Karlo throws an overhand right that lands on May's shoulder, as May tries to avoid the shot.
Karlo looks to land a right hand but May moved out of range.
And May responds with a good body kick, but Karlo manages to step out the way in time.
A jab from Karlo misses.
Karlo looks for the body kick but May saw that one coming.
Karlo throws a push kick but May slaps the foot to one side.
May tries to bum rush Karlo with a series of wild strikes but Karlo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Karlo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract May.
May swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Karlo is really struggling to find his range with his punches. May's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Nice body punch from May.
A slapping body kick lands there for May.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karlo is looking to land body kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karlo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
May scores with a hook.
Karlo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
May is looking to slow Karlo down with leg kicks.
May on the wrong end of a nice hook.
May lands a jab.
May wants to slow Karlo down by chopping away at his legs.
As May tries to get set, Karlo tries to push him back and clinch up but May manages to avoid the attempt.
May throws a solid leg kick but Karlo takes the impact on his shin and smiles at May.
May keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Karlo.
May uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Karlo.
Karlo scores with a jab to the body.
May uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Karlo.
Karlo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Karlo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by May.
Karlo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and May counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Mario Karlo has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karlo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Karlo misses the shot to the body.
A shot to the body from Karlo misses
and May counters with a right hand to the body.
Karlo throws an overhand right that lands on May's shoulder, as May tries to avoid the shot.
May is looking for the big counter here.
Karlo misses with a right hand
and May counters with a stiff right hand.
May scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
May moves out of range of the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Karlo.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Karlo lands a nice shot to the body.
May tries to throw a body punch but Karlo avoids it by throwing May back against the cage.
May is looking to control Karlo's arms but Karlo gets an underhook and turns him. Now May has his back to the cage.
A shot in the inside from Karlo.
A body shot lands from May.
May lands a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
May blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Karlo working aggressively here.
Karlo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of May backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
May lands a nice uppercut.
May blocking some punches.
Karlo misses with a punch on the inside.
May is trying to maintain a safe position but Karlo gets an underhook and turns May into the cage.
May tries to throw a body punch but Karlo avoids it by throwing May back against the cage.
Karlo tries to throw a body punch but May avoids it by throwing Karlo back against the cage.
Karlo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Karlo misses with a hook from the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Karlo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
May blocking some punches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Karlo.
Karlo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
May softening up his opponent with strikes, 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 Mario Karlo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mario Karlo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
May walks into a stiff left hand from Karlo.
Karlo throws a lazy uppercut
and Karlo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Karlo connects with a nice looking jab.
Karlo throws the left hand but May avoids the punch easily.
May throws a nice inside leg kick.
May slips under a jab.
May feints a counter leg kick.
May connects with an inside leg kick.
May takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
May swings for the body but Karlo moves out of range.
Karlo fires out a quick counter leg kick but May just manages to avoid it.
May throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A thudding body kick lands there by May!
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!
Karlo tries to clinch but May moves out of range.
Brad May seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Karlo tries to score with a low kick but May moves his leg out of the way.
Karlo throws an off balance right hand
and May counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Karlo misses with a looping right.
May looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
May lands with an uppercut that bounces Karlo off the cage and back into range.
May takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
May follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Karlo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by May.
Karlo looks to land a right hand but May moved out of range.
Karlo misses with a hook
and May counters with a nice low kick that buckles Karlo's knee momentarily.
May buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
May misses with a few strikes there.
Karlo tries to counter by clinching up but May breaks away and moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from May.
Karlo misses with a low kick.
Karlo throws the left hand but May avoids the punch easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for May.
May scores with a push kick.
May throws a quick inside leg kick.
Karlo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
May takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karlo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
May takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Karlo's corner calls for a 1-2. Karlo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Karlo.
As Karlo backs off May throws a huge counter combo but Karlo manages to avoid it all.
May misses with a low kick.
Karlo misses with a straight left.
Karlo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Karlo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent May stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Decent striking displayed by May there.
Karlo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Karlo misses with a body shot
and May cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
May blocks a jab.
May fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Karlo on the side of the head.
Karlo scores with a hook to the body. May takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Karlo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
May keeps the fight on the outside.
May keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Karlo.
May is looking for the big counter here.
May lands with a thumping leg kick.
May avoids a kick to the body.
Karlo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
May scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Karlo.
May tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Karlo fails to land.
A short left from Karlo.
May blocking some punches.
Karlo scores with a nice hook to the head.
May blocks a punch to the side of the head.
May misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for May.
May stalling in the clinch but Karlo improves position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Karlo.
Karlo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by May.
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!
Karlo misses with a short punch on the inside.
May lands a left hand.
Mario Karlo's cut is getting worse.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Karlo.
May wants to stall.
May doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
May blocking some punches.
Karlo pushes May back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
May is breathing heavily.
May has a couple of punches blocked by Karlo.
May is looking to control Karlo's arms but Karlo gets an underhook and turns him. Now May has his back to the cage.
Nice body punch from Karlo.
Karlo misses with a hook to the ribs.
May blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Karlo tries to throw a body punch but May avoids it by throwing Karlo back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Karlo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Karlo misses with a punch on the inside.
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 Mario Karlo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mario Karlo's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Karlo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before May can pounce on him.
May turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Karlo throws a half hearted mid kick.
May tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Karlo is able to avoid easily.
Karlo misses with a jab to the body
and May counters with a good, hard body kick but Karlo shrugs it off.
An inside leg kick lands from May.
May lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Karlo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Karlo throws a hook to the side of May's head but May sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
May avoids the body shot from Karlo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karlo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice uppercut there from Karlo.
May staying out of range there.
Karlo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Karlo throws the kick towards the body but May avoids it.
May scores with a hook.
A decent looking cross lands there for May.
May lands a jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for May.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts May, as that shot connected.
May is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by May.
Karlo throws a body kick that misses
and May cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Karlo lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as May backs up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab from May.
Karlo misses with an uppercut
and May counters with a two punch combo.
Karlo looks to throw the jab but May is out of range.
Mario Karlo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karlo scores with a nice head shot.
May takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Karlo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
May scores with a hook to the body. Karlo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Karlo throws an overhand right that lands on May's shoulder, as May tries to avoid the shot.
A swing and a miss from Karlo.
The fighters circling - Karlo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Karlo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract May.
May bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Karlo misses with a body shot.
Karlo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Karlo tries to clinch up but May circles away and keeps his distance.
Karlo throws a jab but it's blocked by May.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
May ducks under a wild hook from Karlo.
May lands a jab to the head.
Karlo checks a leg kick nicely.
Karlo is looking to counter the offense by May and move into the clinch.
May lands a nice leg kick that just misses Karlo's sensitive parts.
Karlo takes a swing at May's ribcage but misses.
Karlo bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Karlo tried to score with a low kick but May checks it.
Karlo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
May appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Karlo misses with a hook.
Karlo clobbers May with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
May shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Karlo throws an overhand right that lands on May's shoulder, as May tries to avoid the shot.
May raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Nice defenses there by May.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from May! But no joy.
Karlo throws a sloppy body shot
and May counters with a good low kick that Karlo was not able to check.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karlo looks to throw the jab but May is out of range.
A little jabbing left from May on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
May takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Karlo avoids a kick to the body.
May misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karlo.
Karlo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. May doesn't seem bothered though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karlo is looking to land body kicks.
Karlo throws a shot from downtown. May moves away and avoids it.
May has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jab from Karlo.
May takes one to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Karlo. May does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sloppy strikes from May. Those never looked like landing.
Karlo lands a slapping body shot.
Brad May has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Karlo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A swing and a miss from May.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mario Karlo.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Karlo, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mario Karlo!
During a confident post fight interview, Mario Karlo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shintaro Nomo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Malcolm Mitchell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mitchell has chosen Joe Jackson- I'm a Man as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shintaro Nomo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Malcolm Mitchell!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mitchell lands a lovely overhand right.
Mitchell misses with a right hand
and Nomo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mitchell throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Mitchell moves to clinch but Nomo breaks away
and Nomo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nomo throws an off balance right hand
and Mitchell counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Nomo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mitchell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Shintaro Nomo has been cut.
Nomo is looking to break free of the clinch but Mitchell has double underhooks.
Nomo takes a shot to the head.
Nomo avoiding damage as Mitchell throws knees to the body.
Mitchell misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mitchell lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nomo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nomo misses with the head strike.
Nomo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mitchells head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nomo.
Nomo lands with a right to the head.
Nomo misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nomo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mitchell tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mitchell lands a nice shot to the body.
Nomo misses with a punch to the body.
Mitchell pushes off an throws an elbow but Nomo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mitchell misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nomo prevents a body shot from Mitchell.
Mitchell scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Knees to the body from Mitchell.
Mitchell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nomo's elbow.
Mitchell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nomo's elbow.
Mitchell scores with a hook to the body.
Nomo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mitchell lands a hook that snaps the head of Nomo backwards.
Nomo prevents a body shot from Mitchell.
Mitchell lands with a right to the head.
Mitchell tries a body shot but Nomo blocks it.
Nomo tries to throw a body punch but Mitchell avoids it by throwing Nomo back against the cage.
Nomo scores with a shot to the side of Mitchell's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nomo swings wildly with an uppercut but Mitchell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mitchell lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mitchell cracks Nomo with a nice body shot.
Mitchell stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nomo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Mitchell on the inside.
Mitchell is pushing Nomo up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Nomo manages to pull guard.
Mitchell is stalling in the full guard.
Mitchell trying to control the position from guard on top but Nomo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nomo trying to keep a closed guard but Mitchell is proving a slippery customer.
Nomo is looking for a triangle but Mitchell pushes his legs off easily.
Mitchell stopping the sweep attempt from Nomo.
Mitchell trying to control but Nomo is working from the bottom.
Nomo is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mitchell defends well.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Nomo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Nomo wants to hit a switch here but Mitchell passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Nomo there!
Nomo is trying to escape the mount.
Mitchell can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Nomo is looking to escape.
Nomo is looking to improve his position but Mitchell isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Malcolm Mitchell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shintaro Nomo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nomo just misses with a punch to the body.
Nomo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Mitchell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mitchell scores with a decent looking hook.
Nomo looks to score with a jab to the body but Mitchell is just out of range.
Nomo throws a body shot but no joy.
Mitchell thuds his right hand into Nomo's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Mitchell misses with a wild body shot.
Mitchell has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mitchell misses with a right hand
and Nomo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mitchell defending well as Nomo loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nomo looks to land a left hand but Mitchell moved out of range nicely.
The fighters circling - Nomo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mitchell will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A telegraphed right hand from Nomo misses the target.
Mitchell connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Mitchell.
Nomo slips a straight right by Mitchell.
Mitchell scores with a hook to the body. Nomo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nomo connects with a nice looking jab.
Mitchell closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Malcolm Mitchell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nomo throws a leg kick but Mitchell sees it coming and moves out of range.
Mitchell misses with a series of wild punches.
Mitchell throws the kick towards the body but Nomo avoids it.
Mitchell throws a left and a right that both miss
and Nomo counters with a takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mitchell is looking for a sweep.
Nomo tries for a kimura but Mitchell is defending well.
Nomo with the ground and pound but Mitchell regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nomo tries to pass the half guard into mount. Mitchell knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nomo is just content to waste time from the top position. Mitchell takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Nomo wants to pass the guard but Mitchell is keeping the position.
Nomo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nomo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nomo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
We've been hearing good reports from Nomo'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.
Nomo trying to control but Mitchell is working from the bottom.
Nomo's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Mitchell throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nomo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mitchell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nomo was well out of range. Poor timing from Mitchell.
Mitchell throws a hook but Nomo avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nomo.
Mitchell scores with a nice strike.
Mitchell clobbers Nomo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nomo ducks right into an uppercut from Mitchell.
Mitchell throws a jab when Nomo was well out of range.
As Mitchell looks to move away, Nomo throws a big counter combo bu Mitchell just gets out of the way.
Nomo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mitchell.
Mitchell lunges at Nomo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nomo's hand.
Mitchell misses with a telegraphed body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Nomo misses with a low kick.
Mitchell has managed to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mitchell can't find room to land a body shot as Nomo controls the action.
Nomo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mitchell goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mitchell doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Malcolm Mitchell will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Shintaro Nomo'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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Mitchell lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mitchell thumps Nomo with a low kick.
Mitchell misses with a leg kick.
Mitchell lands a jab to the nose.
Mitchell throws a series of punches but Nomo moves out of range.
It looked like Nomo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nomo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nomo connects with a body shot.
Mitchell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mitchell throws a leg kick that is checked
and Nomo counters with a stiff right hand.
Nomo misses with a lunging right hand
and Nomo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nomo tries to move into range but Mitchell moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Mitchell moves out of range of the leg kick from Nomo.
Mitchell throws the left hand but Nomo avoids the punch easily.
Nomo connects with a nice looking jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nomo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nomo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mitchell finds it's way round the side to connect with Nomo's head.
Malcolm Mitchell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mitchell.
Mitchell is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Malcolm Mitchell seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A telegraphed right hand from Nomo misses the target.
Nomo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mitchell waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nomo.
Mitchell cracks Nomo with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nomo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A left lands for Mitchell.
Nomo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Mitchell now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Nomo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nomo lands a head shot.
Mitchell misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mitchell. Nomo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nomo is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Mitchell throws a series of punches but Nomo moves out of range.
Mitchell lands a really nice looking cross but Nomo seems unphased.
Mitchell tries to work over Nomo's front leg with a kick but Nomo checks it.
Nomo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mitchell has Nomo up against the cage in a clinch.
Mitchell misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nomo blocks a body shot from Mitchell.
Malcolm Mitchell is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nomo is stalling here.
Mitchell throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nomo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mitchell tries to land knees in the clinch but Nomo avoids the damage to the body.
Nomo prevents a body shot from Mitchell.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nomo.
A hook to the body from Mitchell.
Nomo is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Mitchell pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shintaro Nomo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knees to the body from Mitchell.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nomo is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Mitchell to keep the fight standing.
Nomo working aggressively here.
Nomo working aggressively here.
Mitchell prevents the takedown attempt.
Shintaro Nomo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nomo fails to pull guard.
Nomo tries a body shot but Mitchell blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mitchell.
Mitchell lands an uppercut.
Mitchell tries a body shot but Nomo blocks it.
Mitchell misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Mitchell - that landed with a thud.
And that's the end of the fight!
Malcolm Mitchell comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Mitchell winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Malcolm Mitchell!
Malcolm Mitchell made sure to mention his sponsor, Fury Nutrition Inc. in his post fight interview.
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