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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kazu Kizibuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Durdy Amanow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Amanow comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Tumhe Dillagi-Remix kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Kazu Kizibuki has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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149 lbs
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150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful |
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazu Kizibuki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Durdy Amanow!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kizibuki feints a jab promting Amanow to slip. Kizibuki then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Amanow slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
It looks like Durdy Amanow has been cut.
Kizibuki lands a big head kick that sends Amanow tumbling to the mat! Kizibuki takes a step backwards and waves Amanow back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Amanow is rocked!
Kazu Kizibuki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Kizibuki! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Kazu Kizibuki!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kip Saunders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Money Maker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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195 lbs
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188 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Kip Saunders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Money Maker!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shirou Masuda and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saunders throws out a leg kick but Maker moves out of range and Saunders only half commits.
Maker appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Saunders misses with a leg kick
and Maker counters with a straight right hand.
Maker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saunders.
Maker has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Saunders.
Saunders avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Saunders tries a head kick but it misses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Maker crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Saunders - the referee stops the clock and Maker gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Saunders. Maker manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Maker connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Maker takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Saunders tries to land a body kick
and Maker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Maker crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Saunders - the referee stops the clock and Maker gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Saunders. Maker manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Saunders.
That kick from Saunders tenderised Maker's leg. Maker is trying to keep his angry face on.
Saunders misses with a kick to the body.
Maker is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Saunders with a body shot.
Saunders thuds his shin into the meat of Maker's side.
Saunders throws a nice outside leg kick.
Saunders delivers a nice body kick.
Maker looks winded!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Maker blocks the leg kick.
Maker is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Saunders throws a sloppy head kick
and Maker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Maker.
Maker on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Saunders. Saunders obviously looking to wear him down.
Saunders cracks the inside of Maker's front leg.
Maker keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
It seemed like Maker was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Saunders is looking to score with low kicks.
Kip Saunders seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saunders fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Saunders. That's going to slow Maker down.
Saunders walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Maker checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A little jabbing left from Maker on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Saunders throws a head kick that Maker semi-blocks.
Saunders fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Maker checks it well.
Saunders tries to work over Maker's front leg with a kick but Maker checks it.
Maker is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Saunders with a body shot.
Saunders cracks the inside of Maker's front leg.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saunders throws a leg kick
and Maker counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saunders connects with an inside leg kick.
Saunders throws a body kick that misses
enabling Maker to counter with a crisp jab.
Maker's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A low kick from Saunders is predictable there
and Maker counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Good leg kick by Saunders there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Saunders tries to score with a low kick but Maker moves his leg out of the way.
Saunders lands a big head kick that sends Maker tumbling to the mat! Saunders takes a step backwards and waves Maker back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Saunders misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Saunders lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Saunders throws a leg kick that is checked
and Maker counters with a two punch combo.
Maker takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Saunders misses with an attempted mid kick.
Maker looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Saunders moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Saunders lands a leg kick that knocks Maker off balance momentarily.
Saunders scoring well with a low kick there.
Saunders connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saunders thows a body kick. Maker tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Saunders goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Maker takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Saunders throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Saunders misses with a leg kick
letting Maker counter with a right hand.
Saunders scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Maker has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Saunders.
Saunders throws a leg kick but Maker moved away.
Maker looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Maker moves out of range of the body kick from Saunders.
Saunders cracks the inside of Maker's front leg.
Saunders throws the kick towards the body but Maker avoids it.
We've been told by Saunders's head coaches at Team Meanor MMA™ that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Saunders ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A head kick misses from Saunders.
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!
Maker checks a leg kick.
You can see that Maker has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Maker lands a slapping body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maker looks to land a left hand but Saunders moved out of range nicely.
A low kick from Saunders is predictable there
enabling Maker to counter with a crisp jab.
Maker has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Saunders.
Maker scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Saunders lands with a kick to the temple. Maker shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Saunders pivots, looking for a leg kick but Maker is out of range and Saunders settles back down.
Maker looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Saunders feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Maker's calf.
Maker on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Maker walks forward, straight into a front kick from Saunders.
Maker takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A low kick from Saunders misses
and Maker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Saunders lands a big head kick that sends Maker tumbling to the mat! Saunders takes a step backwards and waves Maker back to his feet - he wants the finish!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Saunders throws a powerful right kick. Maker tried to block low but the kick was high! Maker was taken right off of his feet! Saunders jumps in to finish the job and the ref tackles him! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Kip Saunders!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ikkaku Madarame (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pepeng Pinakamalupet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Madarame comes to the ring accompanied by Bleed It Out. Ikkaku Madarame has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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175 lbs
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169 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ikkaku Madarame!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pepeng Pinakamalupet!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Sosuke Kotani and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pinakamalupet lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Madarame circles away quickly and effectively.
Madarame stalks Pinakamalupet and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pinakamalupet's face. Pinakamalupet staggers backwards, shaken.
Madarame lands with an overhand left.
Pinakamalupet throws a series of punches but Madarame moves out of range.
Madarame seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Pepeng Pinakamalupet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Madarame defending well as Pinakamalupet loads up on a big left hand.
Madarame misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pinakamalupet throws a series of punches but Madarame avoids them all with ease.
Pinakamalupet slips a jab and a cross from Madarame.
Pinakamalupet swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Pinakamalupet throws a poor cross that misses
and Madarame holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Pinakamalupet breaks from the clinch.
Madarame misses with a series of wild punches.
It seemed like Pinakamalupet was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Madarame dodges the punch combination from Pinakamalupet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinakamalupet swings for the body but Madarame moves out of range.
Pinakamalupet fails to land with a series of punches.
As Pinakamalupet looks to move away, Madarame throws a big counter combo but Pinakamalupet just gets out of the way.
Pinakamalupet misses with a lunging right hand
and Madarame counters with a series of strikes. Pinakamalupet will be more careful next time no doubt.
Madarame pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Pinakamalupet back to the ropes. Madarame follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Pinakamalupet lands a lovely overhand right.
Pinakamalupet swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
It looked like Madarame was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Madarame throws a combination that misses
and Pinakamalupet counters with a straight right hand.
Pinakamalupet misses the jab.
Pinakamalupet will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Madarame was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
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!
Madarame misses with a wild combination.
Madarame pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Pinakamalupet back to the ropes. Madarame follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinakamalupet throws a jab when Madarame was well out of range.
Pinakamalupet falls off balance throwing a combination
and Madarame counters with a one-two to the body.
Pinakamalupet is rocked!
Madarame swinging wildly here.
Pinakamalupet is still on wobbly legs! Can Madarame finish him?
Pinakamalupet throws an off balance right hand
and Madarame counters with a huge left! Pinakamalupet is in big trouble! He's backing up but Madarame isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Pinakamalupet from any more damage. A dominating finish by Madarame!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ikkaku Madarame!
A very excited looking Ikkaku Madarame made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Tevez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hwoarang Bidam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tevez comes to the ring accompanied by I Remember - Deadmau5 and Kaskade. Bidam has chosen Megalomaniac as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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166 lbs
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160 lbs
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Counter fighter
KO power |
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Knockout power |
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Carlos Tevez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hwoarang Bidam!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bidam scores with a body shot.
Tevez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bidam lands with a right hand.
Hwoarang Bidam seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bidam throws a series of punches but Tevez moves out of range.
Bidam displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Tevez.
Tevez avoids the body shot from Bidam.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bidam!
No joy there for Bidam, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tevez is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Bidam.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bidam throws a combination that misses
and Tevez counters with a nice uppercut.
Bidam misses with a two punch combination.
Tevez seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Bidam misses with a few strikes there.
As Bidam backs away, Tevez returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Bidam swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bidam throws a series of punches but Tevez avoids them all with ease.
Bidam throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tevez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bidam swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tevez changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Tevez looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bidam closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bidam keeps the fight on the outside.
Bidam misses with the combination.
Tevez changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Bidam dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Bidam finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Bidam throws out a powerful jab.
Tevez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bidam as he avoids it easily.
Bidam is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Bidam swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tevez counters by moving into the clinch.
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!
Tevez changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bidam fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carlos Tevez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bidam moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Tevez fails with the takedown.
Bidam moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bidam.
Bidam lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bidam scores with a nice head shot.
Tevez has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bidam.
A nice combination there by Bidam.
Sloppy strikes from Bidam. Those never looked like landing.
Tevez tries to counter by clinching up but Bidam breaks away and moves out of range.
Bidam scores with a hook to the body. Tevez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bidam lands a front kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bidam lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tevez takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Bidam connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Some wild striking there from Bidam.
Bidam looks to land a combination but Tevez avoids it well.
A little feinted left hand from Tevez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bidam.
Some wild striking there from Bidam.
Tevez drops down looking for a counter takedown but Bidam sprawls and moves away.
Tevez avoids the head kick by Bidam.
Tevez takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hwoarang Bidam dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Tevez goes for a double leg but Bidam avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as Bidam continues to drive forward.
Bidam lands with a slapping head kick.
Bidam cracks the inside of Tevez's front leg.
Bidam misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tevez is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Bidam.
Tevez on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Tevez avoids the head kick by Bidam.
Sloppy strikes from Bidam. Those never looked like landing.
Tevez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bidam throws a series of punches but Tevez avoids them all with ease.
Bidam scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Bidam tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tevez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bidam throws a head kick that misses.
Tevez tries to counter by clinching up but Bidam breaks away and moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bidam fails to land with a series of punches.
Bidam swinging wildly here.
Bidam throws a series of punches but Tevez avoids them all with ease.
Bidam throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tevez is looking for a counter combo.
Bidam has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bidam moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Bidam pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tevez drops down looking for a counter takedown but Bidam sprawls and moves away.
Hwoarang Bidam is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bidam lands a body shot.
Bidam scores with the left hand. Tevez knows he should have avoided that one.
Some wild striking there from Bidam.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bidam connects with an inside leg kick.
Tevez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bidam.
Tevez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bidam lands a front kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bidam misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tevez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bidam.
Tevez will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A solid body kick from Bidam.
Tevez avoids the head kick by Bidam.
Hwoarang Bidam is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bidam throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tevez.
Tevez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bidam turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bidam pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bidam has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Bidam shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Tevez eats them both and turns towards Bidam to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Bidam throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tevez counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Bidam preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tevez throws a big right hand that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bidam trying to control the position here.
Tevez trying to control the position from guard on top but Bidam is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tevez landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Tevez works over Bidam with some ground and pound from guard.
Tevez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tevez decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Bidam, up you get!
Bidam misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tevez dodges the punch combination from Bidam.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hwoarang Bidam showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
No joy there for Bidam, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bidam stalks Tevez and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tevez's face. Tevez staggers backwards, shaken.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bidam.
Bidam looks to throw the jab but Tevez is out of range.
A nice combination there by Bidam.
Bidam throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Bidam explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Bidam connects with a leg kick. Tevez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right-left combo lands from Bidam.
Tevez avoids a punch combination nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Tevez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bidam lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sloppy strikes from Bidam. Those never looked like landing.
Tevez feinted with a counter takedown.
Sloppy strikes from Bidam. Those never looked like landing.
Tevez is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Bidam.
Bidam throws a combination. Tevez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Bidam throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Bidam takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bidam throws a head kick that misses.
Bidam throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice jab there from Bidam.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bidam misses with a double jab.
Tevez staying out of range there.
Bidam works the jab nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bidam throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tevez feinted with a counter takedown.
Bidam lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Tevez tries to clinch up but Bidam circles away and keeps his distance.
Bidam thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tevez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bidam misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bidam keeps the fight on the outside.
Tevez rushes Bidam and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Tevez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bidam breaks the clinch.
Bidam throws a right and a left that Tevez avoids nicely.
As Bidam tries to get set, Tevez tries to push him back and clinch up but Bidam manages to avoid the attempt.
Tevez dodges the punch combination from Bidam.
Tevez darts in looking for a takedown but Bidam gets double underhooks and turns Tevez into the ropes.
A head kick from Bidam lands but Tevez takes it in his stride.
Sloppy strikes from Bidam. Those never looked like landing.
Bidam looks to land a combination. Tevez sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
No joy there for Bidam, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tevez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tevez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Bidam.
Bidam stuns Tevez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bidam is working the combinations to good effect here.
Tevez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bidam lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No joy there for Bidam, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bidam fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bidam throws a right hand that Tevez ducks under and follows up with a left that Tevez also avoids with ease.
Bidam throws a right and a left that Tevez avoids nicely.
Tevez attempts a counter takedown but Bidam avoids it well and moves away.
Bidam looks to score with a jab to the body but Tevez is just out of range.
Carlos Tevez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hwoarang Bidam is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A lazy body kick from Bidam
and Tevez counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Bidam!
And that's the end of the fight!
Hwoarang Bidam comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bidam 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 25:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 26:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hwoarang Bidam!
An out of breath Hwoarang Bidam thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sol Dier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleks Breznhev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Breznhev has chosen Death Grips - On GP as his entrance music. The key to victory for Sol Dier has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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26
155 lbs
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21
138 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Counter fighter
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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
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sol Dier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Aleks Breznhev!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dier misses with a hook.
Breznhev dives in and scores a takedown into Dier's guard.
Breznhev prevents Dier from getting back to his feet.
Breznhev controlling from the top position.
Let's hope that Breznhev has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Breznhev lands a couple of decent looking shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dier is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Breznhev's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Breznhev accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dier looks to throw the jab but Breznhev is out of range.
Breznhev drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Dier is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dier wriggles free and stands up.
Dier leaves Breznhev with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Dier works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dier misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Breznhev.
Dier gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Dier knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Breznhev on the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Dier is on top in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dier stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Breznhev swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Breznhev has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Breznhev bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Dier's guard.
Dier avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Breznhev is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Breznhev trying to control the position from guard on top but Dier is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Breznhev pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dier is keeping the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Breznhev postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Breznhev has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Forest Hill Gym . Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Breznhev preventing the sweep.
Breznhev prevents Dier from getting back to his feet.
Breznhev has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Breznhev controlling from the top position.
Breznhev makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Breznhev's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Dier on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dier tries to get out of the position.
Dier keeping moving, preventing Breznhev from controlling successfully.
Breznhev content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Breznhev lands a couple of elbows.
Dier wants to stand and escape but Breznhev is having none of it.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Dier wants to sweep but no luck.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Sol Dier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Breznhev shoots in but Dier avoids the takedown attempt easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Dier.
Dier throws a lazy uppercut
and Breznhev counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Dier!
Breznhev lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Dier down.
Breznhev working the ground and pound from side control.
Dier takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Breznhev working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Aleks Breznhev will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Breznhev gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Dier counter with a right hand.
Breznhev fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Dier to the ground. Breznhev is now in Dier's guard.
Breznhev is standing up over Dier. Dier looks to escape but Breznhev dives into side control.
Breznhev wants to control but Dier is keeping him busy.
Dier is working to avoid the ground and pound but Breznhev connects with a decent elbow.
Breznhev tries to advance to mount but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dier is looking for a sweep.
Dier tries to escape but Breznhev is in control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Breznhev trying to control the position but Dier is working away.
Breznhev connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Dier some visible discomfort.
Breznhev grinds an elbow into Dier's temple.
Breznhev cracks Dier with a big right hand but Dier just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Breznhev is working Dier over with some ground and pound from side control.
Breznhev tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Breznhev moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Dier is working to avoid the ground and pound but Breznhev connects with a decent elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Breznhev working the head with strikes.
Breznhev trying to control the position but Dier is working away.
Breznhev working the head with strikes.
Dier is looking to get back to his feet here but Breznhev is keeping cool and he's managed to take Dier's back.
Breznhev lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Dier.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Dier is trying to get back to his feet but Breznhev has full control of the position and if anything, Dier has just worked his way into a worse spot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Breznhev scores with strikes from the back.
Breznhev trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Breznhev softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Dier is taking damage to the body and head.
I really don't envy Dier right now.
Dier is working hard here to advance position.
Breznhev cracks Dier with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Dier from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Dier is trying to stand back up.
Breznhev trying to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Breznhev scores with punches to the body.
Dier is trying to get back to his feet but Breznhev has full control of the position and if anything, Dier has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Breznhev connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Dier to escape the position.
Breznhev lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Dier hold on?!
Breznhev connects with a big shot to the side of Dier's head.
Breznhev lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Dier.
I would not like to be Dier right now.
Breznhev has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dier looking very determined here, making life difficult for Breznhev.
Breznhev scores with strikes from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aleks Breznhev showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Breznhev avoids the body shot from Dier.
Breznhev tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Dier throws an off balance right hand
and Breznhev counters with a nice double leg into side control. Dier won't be happy with that.
Breznhev has control of an arm but Dier manages to advance to Breznhev's back!
Breznhev turns into Dier and is now in his guard.
Breznhev controls from within his opponent's guard.
Breznhev wants to control from the top but Dier keeps moving.
Dier is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Breznhev is controlling him.
Breznhev landing some decent shots from guard.
Breznhev controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Breznhev postures up and lands a big shot to Dier's brow.
Breznhev postures up in Dier's guard and throws a big left but Dier blocks it.
Breznhev looking to pass the guard.
Breznhev trying to control the position from guard on top but Dier is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Breznhev is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Sol Dier has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two 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.
Dier tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dier keeping moving, preventing Breznhev from controlling successfully.
Breznhev 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.
Breznhev postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Breznhev slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Dier misses the shot to the body.
Breznhev is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Breznhev closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Breznhev lands in his opponent's guard.
Dier has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Breznhev is pushing him up against the ropes, looking to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Breznhev keeps control of Dier as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dier lands a takedown into guard.
Breznhev preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Breznhev is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Breznhev working the head and body with strikes.
Breznhev takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dier looking for submissions off his back.
Dier taking some punishment here, with Breznhev in his half guard.
Breznhev slips a nice elbow through Dier's hands, connecting with Dier's forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Breznhev content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Breznhev works his way into side control.
Dier takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Dier is not content to let Breznhev control the position.
Breznhev scores with punches from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Breznhev trying to control the action but Dier is working from the bottom.
Dier is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Aleks Breznhev.
I've got Breznhev 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aleks Breznhev!
Post fight, Aleks Breznhev stared into the camera and said 'Easy as pie. Segey I'm coming!'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michinori Aoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Your Down (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Your Down is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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27
270 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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26
248 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Very strong |
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Decent boxing
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michinori Aoki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Your Down!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aoki throws a solid leg kick but Down takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Aoki.
Aoki misses with a straight left.
Down feints the counter takedown.
Down has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Aoki throws a sloppy head kick and Down moves out of range easily.
Aoki misses with a low kick.
Aoki rushes Down and presses him up against the ropes.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Down has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Aoki is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Aoki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Down can't get the takedown.
Aoki using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Aoki misses with a knee strike.
Aoki crunches a lovely knee into Down's ribcage.
Down looks winded!
Aoki landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A short left from Aoki.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki misses with a knee to the head.
Aoki stalling.
Aoki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Down's face.
Aoki unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Aoki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Down's face.
Aoki looking to throw knees to the head but Down is blocking nicely.
Aoki softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Aoki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Aoki lands a knee to the body.
Aoki landing knees to the head.
Aoki has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Aoki misses with a knee strike.
Down has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Aoki after a bit of a struggle.
Michinori Aoki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Your Down.
Aoki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aoki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Down blocks it with crossed arms.
Down has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Aoki after a bit of a struggle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Down blocks it with crossed arms.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but Down blocks with his arms.
Aoki connects with a knee to the head.
Aoki prevents the takedown attempt.
Aoki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Down blocks it with crossed arms.
Aoki tries a knee to the head but Down blocks it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Aoki takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Down changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Aoki fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Aoki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Down changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Michinori Aoki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aoki fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Down, pushing him back against the ropes.
Aoki is pushing Down up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Aoki lands a big knee to the head and Down goes down! Aoki pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michinori Aoki!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Seun Adedji (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuzan Yakuza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yuzan Yakuza has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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20
175 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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28
180 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Seun Adedji!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Yuzan Yakuza!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yakuza misses with a looping right.
Adedji tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Yakuza manages to circle out of the way.
Adedji tries to clinch but Yakuza moves out of range.
Adedji has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Yakuza throws a jab when Adedji was well out of range.
Adedji is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Yakuza.
Yakuza looks to throw the jab but Adedji is out of range.
Adedji scores with a jab.
A swing and a miss from Adedji.
Adedji closes the distance and clinches.
Yakuza wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yakuza's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Adedji waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yakuza.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yakuza moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Yakuza darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Adedji lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Yakuza jabs at Adedji's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yakuza cracks Adedji with a right hand to the side of the head.
Yakuza fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Adedji is out of range.
Yakuza connects with a single shot there.
Adedji throws a big shot that misses.
Yakuza throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Adedji defending well as Yakuza loads up on a big left hand.
Adedji is looking to counter the offense by Yakuza and move into the clinch.
Adedji on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Yakuza lands a lovely overhand right.
Yakuza scores with a hook.
Adedji is rocked!
A combination from Yakuza does no damage.
Adedji gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Oh Adedji is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adedji fails with an attempt to clinch.
Adedji seems to have got his legs back now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yakuza clobbers Adedji with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Adedji avoids a kick to the body.
Adedji moves out of range of the body kick.
Yuzan Yakuza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yakuza throws out a loose jab but Adedji uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yakuza goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Yakuza misses the target.
Adedji wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Yakuza tries to land a front kick but Adedji steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Yakuza fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Yakuza throws an overhand right that lands on Adedji's shoulder, as Adedji tries to avoid the shot.
Yakuza misses with a double jab.
Yakuza connects with a good right hand that stumbles Adedji. Adedji circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Adedji looks to throw the jab but Yakuza is out of range.
Yakuza looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adedji moves into range and clinches up with Yakuza.
Yakuza takes an elbow to the forehead.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Yakuza scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Adedji has Yakuza pushed against the ropes.
Yakuza looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yakuza is trying to break the clinch but Adedji is controlling him.
Adedji blocks an uppercut.
Adedji is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Adedji misses with a knee to the head.
Adedji lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Yakuza avoiding damage as Adedji throws knees to the body.
Adedji lands an elbow just above Yakuza 's eye.
Yakuza misses with a punch on the inside.
Yakuza tries to circle away but Adedji has him pinned against the ropes.
Adedji softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Yakuza tries to break the clinch but Adedji is controlling the position.
Adedji comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yakuza tries to break free but Adedji pushes him back against the ropes.
Adedji has a couple of punches blocked by Yakuza.
Adedji throws a knee to the head but misses.
Still in the clinch, Yakuza scores with a nice short uppercut.
Yakuza managing to block the knees to the body from Adedji.
Adedji lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Yakuza tries to throw a body punch but Adedji avoids it by throwing Yakuza back against the ropes.
Yakuza takes a knee right on the jaw!
Yakuza tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yakuza has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Yakuza tries to break free but Adedji pushes him back against the ropes.
Adedji tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yakuza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yakuza blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Adedji.
Yakuza wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Yakuza wants to get back to striking at distance but Adedji won't allow it.
Adedji tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yakuza avoids it.
Adedji unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Adedji lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Yuzan Yakuza will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Yakuza throws a predictable looking body shot
and Adedji holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Yakuza stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Adedji blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Yakuza.
A body shot lands from Yakuza.
Yakuza lands a right hand.
Yakuza swings wildly with an uppercut but Adedji uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adedji working Yakuza over with knees to the body.
A short right from Adedji.
Yakuza working aggressively here.
Yakuza taking a breather.
Yakuza misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yakuza wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yakuza.
Yakuza swings wildly with an uppercut but Adedji uses good head movement to avoid it.
Seun Adedji has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Yakuza blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yakuza has a couple of punches blocked by Adedji.
Yakuza has a couple of punches blocked by Adedji.
Yakuza lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Adedji with a knee to the head.
It looks like Yuzan Yakuza has been cut.
A short uppercut from Adedji.
Yakuza lands with a right to the head.
Adedji has Yakuza pressed against the ropes, preventing Yakuza from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Adedji using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yakuza has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Adedji tries to land a knee to the head but Yakuza blocks with his arms.
Adedji working Yakuza over with knees to the body.
Yakuza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yakuza throws a punch but it's blocked by Adedji.
Adedji is looking to control Yakuza's arms but Yakuza gets an underhook and turns him. Now Adedji has his back to the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yakuza.
Yakuza is trying to break free.
Adedji creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yakuza's defenses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short right from Adedji.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adedji misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yakuza.
Yakuza's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yakuza slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Yakuza misses with a looping right.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Adedji using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yakuza has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Adedji throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yakuzas head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Yakuza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Yakuza scores with a nice hook to the head.
Adedji misses with a knee strike.
Yakuza lands with a light punch inside.
Adedji tries to land knees in the clinch but Yakuza avoids the damage to the body.
Adedji has Yakuza pressed against the ropes, preventing Yakuza from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Adedji with a knee to the head.
Yakuza throws a head punch that misses.
Yakuza blocks an elbow strike from Adedji.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yakuza tries to work over Adedji's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yakuza takes a knee right on the jaw!
Yakuza takes a knee to the side of the body.
Adedji scores with a knee to the head.
Adedji wants to stall.
Yakuza has a couple of punches blocked by Adedji.
Yakuza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Yakuza - that landed with a thud.
Adedji swings wildly with an uppercut but Yakuza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adedji just leaning against Yakuza, taking a breather.
Adedji working Yakuza over with knees to the body.
Adedji is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Yakuza wants to break free but Adedji has control.
Adedji with a knee to the head.
Adedji misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adedji tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yakuza scores with a nice hook to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adedji has a couple of punches blocked by Yakuza.
Adedji is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Adedji misses with an elbow over the top.
A short uppercut from Yakuza.
Yakuza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yakuza working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Yakuza is looking to break free of the clinch but Adedji has double underhooks.
Adedji with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Adedji lands a nice knee to the body.
Adedji scores with a knee to the head.
Adedji lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Yakuza swings wildly with an uppercut but Adedji uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yakuza misses with a body punch.
Yakuza misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Yakuza fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seun Adedji dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Yuzan Yakuza's cut.
That's time! Adedji's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Yakuza clobbers Adedji with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Good work by Adedji as he checks the leg kick.
Adedji rushes Yakuza and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Adedji lands an elbow just above Yakuza 's eye.
Adedji misses with a knee strike.
Adedji lands a knee to the head.
Adedji connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yakuza's face.
Yakuza is rocked!
Adedji looking to throw knees to the head but Yakuza is blocking nicely.
Yakuza digs a right hand into Adedji's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Adedji's gas tank.
Still in the clinch, Yakuza scores with a nice short uppercut.
Yakuza misses with the head strike.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Adedji just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yakuza's brow.
Adedji lands a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adedji tries to land knees in the clinch but Yakuza avoids the damage to the body.
Yakuza misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yakuza avoids a wild elbow strike from Adedji.
Yakuza makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Yakuza fails to land.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Adedji just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yakuza's brow.
Yakuza wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Adedji taking a breather.
Yakuza takes a shot to the head.
Yakuza tries to break the clinch but Adedji is controlling the position.
Yakuza working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Adedji blocks an uppercut.
Yakuza lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adedji.
Yakuza takes an elbow to the temple.
Adedji taking a breather.
A short right from Yakuza.
Yakuza lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yakuza tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Adedji pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Yakuza throws a punch but it's blocked by Adedji.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yakuza misses with a body punch.
Yakuza throws a punch but it's blocked by Adedji.
Adedji lands with a left to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yakuza is struggling to control the position.
Adedji lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Adedji throws a head punch that misses.
Adedji unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Adedji throws an elbow that misses.
Adedji blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Adedji misses with a punch on the inside.
Adedji with a knee to the head.
Adedji is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yakuza is defending well for now.
Adedji lands an elbow that stopped Yakuza in his tracks for a moment.
Adedji lands a nice elbow.
Adedji tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Adedji looking to throw knees to the head but Yakuza is blocking nicely.
Adedji misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adedji lands an elbow inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adedji.
Yakuza swings wildly with an uppercut but Adedji uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yakuza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yakuza lands with a right to the head.
A knee to the head by Adedji.
Adedji keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yakuza's efforts to push away.
Adedji prevents a body shot from Yakuza.
Adedji throws a punch but it's blocked by Yakuza.
Adedji misses with a knee strike.
Yakuza is trying to force a seperation but Adedji has the dominant position.
Yakuza swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Adedji tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yakuza as Adedji tries to tie him up.
Yakuza is trying to break the clinch but Adedji is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adedji creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yakuza's defenses.
Yakuza wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Adedji blocking some punches.
Yakuza wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Adedji has him pressed against the ropes.
Yakuza working hard to break the clinch.
Yakuza swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Adedji misses with the head strike.
Adedji tries to stall but Yakuza uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Yakuza throws a head punch that misses.
Yakuza doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Adedji landing knees to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adedji lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Adedji.
Adedji prevents Yakuza from breaking the clinch.
Yakuza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Adedji throws an elbow that misses.
Adedji drops Yakuza with a big knee straight up the middle! Yakuza is covering up against the ropes but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
And that's the end of the fight!
Seun Adedji showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Adedji has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seun Adedji!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Von Cranial (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mister Hotline (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Von Cranial!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mister Hotline!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Shimada and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hotline takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hotline lands a glancing blow to the side of Cranial's head.
Hotline closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Cranial looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cranial bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hotline's head backwards.
Cranial misses the shot to the body.
Hotline wants to counter the offense by Cranial and move into the clinch position.
Von Cranial seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cranial lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cranial lands the left hand.
Hotline tries to clinch up.
Cranial cracks Hotline with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Hotline looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Cranial finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cranial knocks out Hotline with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Cranial before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Cranial picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Von Cranial!
Von Cranial is the new heavyweight champion!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Henrigue Bordignon Miyao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tanishi Toshiyuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Toshiyuki's choice of entrance music: Fuck you. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Tanishi Toshiyuki enters the ring!
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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
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Paulo Henrigue Bordignon Miyao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tanishi Toshiyuki!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bordignon Miyao will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bordignon Miyao closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
We've been hearing reports that Bordignon Miyao has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Toshiyuki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bordignon Miyao drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Toshiyuki gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bordignon Miyao being controlled against the ropes.
Bordignon Miyao is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Toshiyuki pulls him back up using the underhooks.
We've been informed that Toshiyuki has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paulo Henrigue Bordignon Miyao. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toshiyuki struggles to land a body shot inside as Bordignon Miyao controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toshiyuki stalling against the ropes.
Bordignon Miyao is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Bordignon Miyao changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Toshiyuki fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Toshiyuki lands a nice shot to the body.
Bordignon Miyao slips a jab from Toshiyuki.
Bordignon Miyao is looking to clinch.
Toshiyuki clinches with his opponent.
Bordignon Miyao is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Toshiyuki pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Toshiyuki tries to break free but Bordignon Miyao pushes him back against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toshiyuki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A frustrated look appears on Toshiyuki's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Toshiyuki stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Toshiyuki is working Bordignon Miyao over against the ropes.
Toshiyuki is pressed up against the ropes. Bordignon Miyao has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Toshiyuki down to the mat. Toshiyuki avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Toshiyuki tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bordignon Miyao counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Toshiyuki is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bordignon Miyao wants to free his trapped foot but Toshiyuki is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Bordignon Miyao content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bordignon Miyao is trying for a kimura here. Toshiyuki looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Bordignon Miyao wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Paulo Henrigue Bordignon Miyao!
Paulo Henrigue Bordignon Miyao spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
In defeat, Tanishi Toshiyuki stepped up to the mic, saying 'Fuck u!'.
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