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Pulse 65 - Kormrok vs Cranial PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dmitry Putin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sammy Gravano (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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145 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dmitry Putin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sammy Gravano!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Putin looks to land a combination but Gravano avoids it well.
Putin 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.
Putin throws a series of punches but Gravano moves out of range.
Gravano throws a series of punches but Putin avoids them all with ease.
Putin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gravano.
Putin throws a nice looking combination but Gravano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gravano looks for the body kick but Putin saw that one coming.
Gravano avoids the head kick by Putin.
Gravano tries to counter by closing the distance.
Gravano avoids the head kick by Putin.
Putin throws a nice looking combination but Gravano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Putin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
No joy there for Putin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gravano lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Gravano lands a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Putin moves out of range as Gravano throws a body kick.
Putin misses with a head kick.
Putin is breathing heavily.
Putin throws a wild body kick that Gravano sees coming a mile off.
Gravano wants to counter the offense by Putin and move into the clinch position.
Putin throws a nice head kick!
Good leg kick by Gravano there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gravano throws a one two combo.
Putin walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gravano checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Gravano moves out of range as Putin throws a body kick.
Gravano throws a right hand that Putin ducks under and follows up with a left that Putin also avoids with ease.
Putin dodges the punch combination from Gravano.
Gravano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Putin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Gravano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Putin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gravano takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Gravano avoids a kick to the body.
Putin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gravano can pounce on him.
Putin throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Putin throws a sloppy head kick and Gravano moves out of range easily.
Both fighters circling a little - Gravano finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Gravano throws a nice inside leg kick.
That kick from Putin tenderised Gravano's leg. Gravano is trying to keep his angry face on.
Putin misses with a wild combination.
Gravano misses with a two punch combination.
Gravano misses with the combination.
Sloppy strikes from Putin. Those never looked like landing.
Gravano is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Putin throws a head kick that misses.
Gravano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gravano blocks a head kick by Putin.
Putin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gravano thuds his shin into the meat of Putin's side.
Gravano plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gravano throws a head kick that Putin semi-blocks.
Gravano fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Putin throws a low kick but Gravano moves out of range easily.
Gravano throws a counter combo.
Gravano throws a sloppy head kick and Putin moves out of range easily.
Gravano pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gravano misses with a wild combination.
Putin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Putin tried to score with a low kick but Gravano checks it.
A clash of legs there as Gravano blocks the low kick.
Gravano checks a leg kick nicely.
Gravano goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Putin goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Gravano throws a nice head kick!
Gravano tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Putin stalks Gravano and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gravano's face. Gravano staggers backwards, shaken.
A head kick misses from Gravano.
Gravano throws a head kick that misses.
Putin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gravano throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gravano throws a right and a left that Putin avoids nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gravano has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A punch combination from Putin misses.
Putin throws a series of punches but Gravano moves out of range.
Gravano is looking for the big counter here.
Gravano lets loose with a powerful body kick. Putin will feel that in the morning.
Gravano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Putin misses with a two punch combination.
Putin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Putin tries to bum rush Gravano with a series of wild strikes but Gravano uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gravano cracks the inside of Putin's front leg.
Gravano scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gravano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gravano throws a head kick but Putin moves out of range.
Gravano misses with the combination.
Putin is looking for a counter combo.
Putin thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Gravano if he has to take too many more of those.
Gravano tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Putin misses with a series of wild punches.
Putin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Putin throws a series of punches but Gravano avoids them all with ease.
Putin misses with the combination.
Gravano is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Sloppy strikes from Gravano. Those never looked like landing.
That kick from Putin tenderised Gravano's leg. Gravano is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gravano pushes Putin away with a front kick.
Gravano lands with a kick to the temple. Putin shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Putin avoids the head kick by Gravano.
Gravano scoring well with a low kick there.
Gravano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Putin lands a front kick.
Gravano takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Putin swinging wildly here.
Gravano feints the counter takedown.
Gravano throws a nice looking combination but Putin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gravano misses with the combination.
Gravano misses with a double jab.
Putin misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Sammy Gravano will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Gravano throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A combination from Putin does no damage.
Putin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gravano lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Gravano scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Gravano moves out of range of the body kick from Putin.
Gravano scores with a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gravano, right into the meat.
Putin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gravano throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Putin is rocked!
Putin finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under Gravano's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Putin falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sammy Gravano!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tanishi Toshiyuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pierre Perben (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toshiyuki comes into the arena with Fuck you blaring out of the sound system. The key to victory for Tanishi Toshiyuki has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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157 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tanishi Toshiyuki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pierre Perben!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toshiyuki throws a sloppy head kick and Perben moves out of range easily.
Toshiyuki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Perben lands a high kick!
It looks like Tanishi Toshiyuki has been cut.
Perben closes the distance and clinches up with Toshiyuki, looking for a takedown. Perben pushes Toshiyuki against the cage but Toshiyuki circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Perben instigates a clinch.
Perben pulls Toshiyuki into guard.
Perben is controlling Toshiyuki's posture.
Toshiyuki throwing strikes but missing.
Perben is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toshiyuki throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perben pulls Toshiyuki in close to prevent any damage.
Let's hope that Perben 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.
Toshiyuki has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Perben had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Toshiyuki defends it easily.
Toshiyuki tries to stand but Perben is controlling from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Perben controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Toshiyuki throws a strike but Perben rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perben controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Toshiyuki looking for a sweep. Not yet Toshiyuki, not yet.
Perben content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Perben landing with the ground and pound.
Perben is stalling in the full guard.
Perben postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Perben postures up.
Perben throwing strikes from guard but Toshiyuki blocks nicely.
Perben slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Toshiyuki knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Perben on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perben working some strikes from top position.
Perben scoring with some ground and pound.
Toshiyuki being controlled here, momentarily.
Perben postures up and lands a big shot to Toshiyuki's brow.
Perben distracts Toshiyuki with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Toshiyuki is looking to sweep but instead, Perben has passed into half guard.
Perben looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Toshiyuki with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Perben with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Perben is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Toshiyuki doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Perben.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perben not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Perben lands strikes from half guard.
Toshiyuki on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Toshiyuki is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Perben scores with a couple of nice shots.
Perben passes to full mount!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Perben lands with some strikes.
Toshiyuki is rocked!
Perben postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Toshiyuki looks a forlorn figure.
Oh Toshiyuki is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perben landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pierre Perben dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tanishi Toshiyuki's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Perben avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Perben has a takedown stuffed.
As Perben backs away, Toshiyuki returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Toshiyuki seems to have got his legs back now.
Perben throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Perben throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Toshiyuki's head.
Perben misses with a low kick as Toshiyuki jumps back.
Perben lands a nice shot to the body.
Toshiyuki shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Perben's guard.
Perben has momentary wrist control but Toshiyuki slips an elbow through the middle.
Toshiyuki takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Toshiyuki postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Toshiyuki looking to sit in guard and control but Perben gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Pierre Perben has got the better of the ground game so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perben pushing down on Toshiyuki's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Perben has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perben slips a nice elbow through Toshiyuki's hands, connecting with Toshiyuki's forehead.
Perben thows a huge punch but Toshiyuki dodges it nicely.
Toshiyuki taking some punishment here, with Perben in his half guard.
Perben scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Toshiyuki wants to improve his position but Perben is controlling well.
Nice strikes from Perben there.
Perben is trying to control. Toshiyuki wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Perben prevents Toshiyuki from improving his position.
Perben is taking a breather. Toshiyuki says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perben is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Perben looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Perben working the head and body with strikes.
Perben working Toshiyuki over with strikes.
Perben working Toshiyuki over with strikes.
Toshiyuki is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Body Pain_14elite_700$+VM, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Perben lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Toshiyuki! More strikes land and this one is all over! Perben jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pierre Perben!
After winning the bout, Pierre Perben thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Tanishi Toshiyuki spoke after the fight, saying 'Fuck u!'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between San Sanich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Asharad Hett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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265 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, San Sanich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Asharad Hett!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yuuki Gou and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hett jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sanich showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hett.
San Sanich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanich throws a hook to the side of Hett's head but Hett sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hett has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hett displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sanich up against the cage.
Hett gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Sanich regains guard.
Sanich is pulling down on Hett's head. It's preventing any offense from Hett, at least for the moment.
Hett throws an elbow that misses. Sanich uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hett's guard. Nice move by Sanich!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanich with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sanich wants to control from the top but Hett keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanich throwing strikes but missing.
Hett tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Our spies down at at White's ELITE Fitness Gym inform us that Hett has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Hett throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Hett looking to control.
Hett wants to sweep here but Sanich controlling him for the moment.
Hett working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sanich.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanich throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hett works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sanich trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sanich throws a big right hand that misses.
Sanich won't allow Hett to sweep him here.
Hett is trying to keep Sanich in close.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hett scores with a takedown into Sanich's guard.
Sanich is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sanich landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hett tries to get to full guard but Sanich has control of the leg.
Sanich missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanich stops Hett from getting back to his feet.
Sanich looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Hett tries to roll over but Sanich keeps him under control.
Hett is trying to maintain the position but Sanich is very close to passing his half guard.
Sanich missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sanich passes the guard and advances to mount!
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.
Sanich misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Sanich with a couple of short strikes.
Sanich lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sanich sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Hett sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Hett tries to kick Sanich off but Sanich keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Sanich is trying to control the action in half guard but Hett is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sanich thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hett tries to roll over but Sanich keeps him under control.
Sanich is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
San Sanich dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hett moves out of range as Sanich strikes.
Hett throws a right and a left that Sanich avoids nicely.
Hett cracks Sanich with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sanich throws a right hand that Hett ducks under and follows up with a left that Hett also avoids with ease.
Hett tries to clinch but Sanich moves out of range.
Hett scores with the left hand. Sanich knows he should have avoided that one.
Hett throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Sanich was covering up waiting for the punch and Hett finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Hett must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sanich is trying to keep Hett in close.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanich has his feet on Hett's thighs here. He's pushed Hett off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Hett screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). San Sanich!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mamoru Date (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Abbot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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160 lbs
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156 lbs
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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
7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Mamoru Date!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frank Abbot!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abbot looks to score with a jab to the body but Date is just out of range.
Date lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Abbot uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Date.
Abbot tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Date manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Date is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Abbot.
Date throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Abbot sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Abbot is looking to clinch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Date.
Date walks into a straight right hand from Abbot.
Abbot has his takedown stuffed
enabling Date to counter with a crisp jab.
Abbot changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Date throws an off balance right hand
letting Abbot counter with a right hand.
Date loads up on a big right hand but Abbot slips the punch.
Date with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abbot bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Date misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Date.
Abbot slips a jab from Date.
Date scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Date has managed to clinch.
Abbot lands a left hand that snaps the head of Date backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Date.
Stalling in the clinch from Abbot.
Date throws a punch but it's blocked by Abbot.
Date managing to block the knees to the body from Abbot.
Date doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Date.
Date can't find room to land a body shot as Abbot controls the action.
Date is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Abbot tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Date avoids it.
Abbot has a couple of punches blocked by Date.
Abbot throws a head punch that misses.
Abbot throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dates head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abbot lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Date throws a punch but it's blocked by Abbot.
Abbot throws a head punch that misses.
Date lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Abbot lands with a right to the head.
Date tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Abbot.
Date gets through Abbot's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Date.
Date misses with a punch on the inside.
Abbot tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abbot missing with knees to the body.
Abbot landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Date lands with a short shot to the head.
Abbot pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Date makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Date misses with a short punch on the inside.
Abbot landing knees to the body.
Abbot blocking some punches.
Date managing to block the knees to the body from Abbot.
Abbot blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Abbot is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Date is keeping busy.
Abbot looking to slow down the pace here.
Date on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Date swings wildly with an uppercut but Abbot uses good head movement to avoid it.
Date misses with a punch on the inside.
Date blocking some punches.
Abbot blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Abbot pushes off an throws an elbow but Date leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Abbot is pushing Date up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Abbot creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Abbot fails to land.
Date effectively controlling the action here.
Date fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Abbot landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Date fails to land.
Date blocking some punches.
Date misses with the head strike.
Date avoiding damage as Abbot throws knees to the body.
Date can't find room to land a body shot as Abbot controls the action.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Date letting Abbot take a breather here.
Date avoiding damage as Abbot throws knees to the body.
Date misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Date.
A short right from Date.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mamoru Date dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Date throws the left hand but Abbot avoids the punch easily.
Frank Abbot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Date scores with a body shot.
Date has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Abbot finds it's way round the side to connect with Date's head.
Date throws a hook to the side of Abbot's head but Abbot sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Date throws a hook but Abbot blocks it.
Date throws a looping overhand right but Abbot ducks down to avoid it.
Date on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Date is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Abbot throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Date sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Abbot throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Date.
A cross from Abbot lands.
Date tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abbot shoots in and gets a takedown into Date's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Date lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Date looking to sit in guard and control but Abbot gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abbot looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Date keeping moving, preventing Abbot from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Abbot throwing strikes but missing.
Abbot slips nicely into half guard.
Abbot is looking for a kimura here.
Abbot is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Date is just riding it out for now. Abbot eventually gives up the hold.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Abbot is keen to just control but Date is a slippery customer.
Abbot looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Abbot throwing shots but Date is blocking nicely.
Abbot thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Date's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abbot is controlling the pace.
Abbot is looking to stall here but Date recovers full guard.
Abbot gets to his feet - Date follows without any prompting.
Abbot throws a hook but Date avoids it easily.
Date dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Date connects with a nice looking jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Date. Abbot does a little dance to reset his feet.
Date misses with a looping right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Date swings for the body but Abbot moves out of range.
Abbot swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Abbot gets a takedown into half guard.
Abbot wants to lay and pray for a moment but Date keeps working.
Abbot has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Abbot looking to control but Date is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Abbot throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Abbot showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Abbot fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Date misses with a looping left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Abbot! But no joy.
Abbot takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Abbot shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Left hook, right uppercut from Abbot.
Abbot throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Date waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Abbot.
Date waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Abbot.
Jab by Date.
A nice combination there by Abbot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Date tries to clinch up but Abbot circles away and keeps his distance.
Date lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Date tries to move into range but Abbot moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Abbot scores with a takedown into Date's guard.
Frank Abbot has got the better of the ground game so far.
Abbot wants to control from the top but Date keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abbot stands up and waves to Date to follow him.
Date scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Abbot misses with a lunging right hand
and Date counters by moving into the clinch.
Date is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Date'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.
Abbot goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Date blocks an elbow strike from Abbot.
Date takes a shot to the head.
Date lands a hook to the side of the head.
Abbot misses with a punch on the inside.
Date misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Date digs a right hand underneath Abbot's ribcage. Abbot let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Date misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Abbot misses with a short punch on the inside.
Abbot holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Abbot blocks an uppercut.
Date lands a hook that snaps the head of Abbot backwards.
Abbot is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Date misses with the head strike.
Date goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Abbot pushes off an throws an elbow but Date leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abbot is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Date is defending well for now.
Date misses with the head strike.
Date misses with a hook from the clinch.
Date lands with a short shot to the head.
Abbot swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Abbot lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Abbot blocking some punches.
Date misses with a hook from the clinch.
Date fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Date fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Abbot lands a left hand.
Abbot lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Date scores with a nice hook to the head.
Date is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Abbot lands a hook that snaps the head of Date backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Date misses with a punch on the inside.
Abbot tries to land knees in the clinch but Date avoids the damage to the body.
Abbot blocks an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Date throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Abbot.
Date struggles to land a body shot inside as Abbot controls his hands.
Date throws a punch but it's blocked by Abbot.
Date swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Abbot missing with knees to the body.
Date scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Abbot swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Abbot connects with a knee to the head.
A right hand to the body from Date.
Date has a couple of punches blocked by Abbot.
A short left from Date.
Date lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Date can't find room to land a body shot as Abbot controls the action.
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 Mamoru Date.
I think Date 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Mamoru Date!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ken Womack Iii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lars Romanow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Lars Romanow was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Lethal high kicks
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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
9 - 2 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ken Womack Iii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lars Romanow!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romanow's jab looks to have found its range, popping Womack Iii under the eye.
Womack Iii throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Womack Iii throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Womack Iii uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Romanow has time to react.
A jab from Romanow misses.
A head kick misses from Womack Iii.
Womack Iii uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Romanow.
Romanow misses with a straight left.
A swing and a miss from Womack Iii.
Romanow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Womack Iii misses with an uppercut
and Romanow counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Romanow lands a jab to Womack Iii's midsection.
Romanow blocks the body kick.
Romanow ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Womack Iii ducks under a wild hook from Romanow.
A big right from Womack Iii misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Womack Iii swats away the attempt to clinch by Romanow.
Womack Iii throws a body punch but Romanow moves out of range.
Romanow appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanow's corner calls for a 1-2. Romanow obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A combination from Womack Iii does no damage.
Womack Iii cracks a nice hook into Romanow's ribs.
Womack Iii takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Womack Iii lands with a nice combination. Romanow backs away looking to recover.
Womack Iii throws a body punch but Romanow moves out of range.
Romanow just misses with a punch to the body.
Romanow loads up on a big right hand but Womack Iii slips the punch.
Womack Iii half committed to a counter leg kick.
Romanow scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Womack Iii lands with an uppercut that bounces Romanow off the cage and back into range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Womack Iii throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Womack Iii slips under a jab from Romanow.
Romanow jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Romanow throws a body shot but no joy.
Romanow just misses with a punch to the body.
Womack Iii moves out of range of the strikes.
Womack Iii takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Womack Iii tests Romanow's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice defenses there by Womack Iii.
Womack Iii slips under a jab from Romanow.
Womack Iii appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Romanow. Womack Iii does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lars Romanow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Romanow avoids the body shot from Womack Iii.
Romanow throws a big shot that misses.
Romanow misses with a combination
and Womack Iii counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice shot lands for Romanow.
Romanow throws a big shot that misses.
Romanow ducks under a wild hook from Womack Iii.
Womack Iii moves out of range of the strikes.
Romanow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Womack Iii throws a one two combo.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Womack Iii tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanow lands a left hand that snaps the head of Womack Iii backwards.
Womack Iii creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Romanow misses with a hook to the ribs.
Womack Iii tries a body shot but Romanow blocks it.
Romanow lands a nice elbow.
Romanow creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Womack Iii blocks an elbow strike from Romanow.
Romanow takes a shot to the head.
Romanow gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Womack Iii lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Romanow doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Romanow.
Womack Iii tries to work over Romanow's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Womack Iii misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Womack Iii avoids the elbow strike from Romanow, against the cage.
Womack Iii tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Romanow's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Womack Iii is working Romanow over against the cage.
Romanow misses with an elbow over the top.
Womack Iii effectively controlling the action here.
Romanow misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Romanow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romanow lands a nice elbow.
I was talking to Womack Iii's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Romanow misses with a body punch.
Romanow misses with a short punch on the inside.
Romanow can't find room to land a body shot as Womack Iii controls the action.
Romanow lands an elbow just above Womack Iii 's eye.
Romanow throws an elbow but it misses.
Womack Iii misses with a hook to the ribs.
Romanow lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Romanow - that landed with a thud.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Womack Iii lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lars Romanow dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Romanow throws a hook but Womack Iii blocks it.
Romanow waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Womack Iii.
Womack Iii avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Romanow just misses with a elbow thrown towards Womack Iii's brow.
Romanow misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Romanow misses with a hook to the ribs.
Romanow has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Romanow misses with a hook to the ribs.
Romanow tries to throw a body punch but Womack Iii avoids it by throwing Romanow back against the cage.
Lars Romanow seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Womack Iii avoids a wild elbow strike from Romanow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters up against the cage, Romanow throws an elbow but misses.
Womack Iii leaning his opponent against the cage.
Romanow throws a head punch that misses.
Romanow misses with an elbow over the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanow misses with a body punch.
Womack Iii doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Romanow breaks from the clinch.
A big right from Romanow misses.
Womack Iii throws a quick counter head kick but Romanow was just out of range.
Romanow has Womack Iii up against the cage in a clinch.
Womack Iii has Romanow pressed against the cage, preventing Romanow from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Romanow misses with a punch to the body.
Romanow misses with a body punch.
Womack Iii lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Romanow lands an elbow inside that Womack Iii shrugs off.
Womack Iii misses with a body punch.
Womack Iii tries a body shot but Romanow blocks it.
Romanow struggles to land a body shot inside as Womack Iii controls his hands.
A hook to the body from Romanow.
Romanow tries to throw a body punch but Womack Iii avoids it by throwing Romanow back against the cage.
Romanow doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Womack Iii avoids the elbow strike from Romanow, against the cage.
Womack Iii misses with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Womack Iii.
Nice elbow from Romanow.
Romanow lands an elbow inside.
Womack Iii misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Womack Iii fails to land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Womack Iii misses with an elbow over the top.
Romanow tries to work over Womack Iii's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Romanow looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Womack Iii prevents a body shot from Romanow.
Womack Iii blocks an elbow strike from Romanow.
Romanow misses with a punch to the body.
Romanow prevents a body shot from Womack Iii.
A bit of stalling here from Romanow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Romanow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Womack Iii tries to work over Romanow's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Womack Iii blocks an elbow strike from Romanow.
Romanow tries to work over Womack Iii's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Romanow throws a head punch that misses.
Romanow misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Romanow just misses with a elbow thrown towards Womack Iii's brow.
Womack Iii throws a head punch that misses.
Womack Iii tries to work over Romanow's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Womack Iii scores with a hook to the body.
Womack Iii misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Womack Iii.
Womack Iii is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Romanow prevents a body shot from Womack Iii.
Womack Iii doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Womack Iii has Romanow pushed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Womack Iii tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Romanow's elbow.
Womack Iii lands an uppercut.
Womack Iii effectively controlling the action here.
Romanow prevents a body shot from Womack Iii.
Womack Iii takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Romanow just misses with a elbow thrown towards Womack Iii's brow.
Romanow throws an elbow but it misses.
Womack Iii tries a body shot but Romanow blocks it.
Romanow tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Womack Iii's elbow.
A right hook to the body lands for Womack Iii.
Come on Womack Iii - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Romanow looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Romanow lands an elbow inside.
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!
Romanow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lars Romanow showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - 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.
Romanow misses with a hook.
Nice jab there from Womack Iii.
Romanow misses the jab.
Womack Iii swats away the attempt to clinch by Romanow.
Womack Iii looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Romanow throws a hook but Womack Iii blocks it.
A shot to the liver by Womack Iii. Beautiful body shot.
Romanow avoids the body shot from Womack Iii.
Romanow misses with an uppercut.
Romanow fails to land with a series of punches.
Womack Iii swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Womack Iii. Romanow does a little dance to reset his feet.
Womack Iii tries to land a leg kick but Romanow saw it coming and moves away.
Romanow is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Womack Iii is looking to land body kicks.
Romanow lands a glancing blow to the side of Womack Iii's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanow tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Womack Iii was well out of range. Poor timing from Romanow.
Womack Iii throws a jab but it's blocked by Romanow.
Romanow fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Womack Iii throws a body kick that misses.
Romanow misses with a looping right.
Womack Iii uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Romanow.
Womack Iii throws a shot from downtown. Romanow moves away and avoids it.
Womack Iii looks to land a combination. Romanow sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Romanow throws a big shot that misses.
Romanow keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Romanow checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Romanow is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Womack Iii takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Romanow throws a jab but it's blocked by Womack Iii.
Romanow dodges the punch combination from Womack Iii.
Womack Iii on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ken Womack Iii has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Womack Iii takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
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!
Womack Iii tries to keep at a distance but Romanow has taken the fight into the clinch.
Womack Iii avoids the elbow strike from Romanow, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Romanow.
Womack Iii blocks a body shot from Romanow.
Womack Iii is leaning against Romanow and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Womack Iii lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Romanow misses with a punch to the body.
Womack Iii looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Womack Iii throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Romanow throws a punch but it's blocked by Womack Iii.
Romanow blocks the elbow strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Womack Iii misses with a body punch.
Lars Romanow 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.
A short body shot lands from Womack Iii as the two fighters clinch.
Womack Iii misses with a punch to the body.
Romanow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Romanow letting Womack Iii take a breather here.
Romanow throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A head punch on the inside from Womack Iii fails to land.
Romanow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Womack Iii tries a body shot but Romanow blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Womack Iii.
Womack Iii pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romanow blocks the elbow strike.
Womack Iii stalling the fight.
Womack Iii misses with a hook to the ribs.
A body shot lands from Womack Iii.
Womack Iii stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Womack Iii lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Womack Iii.
Romanow dodges an elbow strike from Womack Iii.
Romanow throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ken Womack Iii showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Romanow 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lars Romanow!
Our winner, Lars Romanow, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Parker Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Ceronne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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265 lbs
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275 lbs
5 - 6 - 0 |
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Parker Lewis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alexander Ceronne!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ceronne closes the distance but Lewis moves to the side
and Lewis counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Alexander Ceronne has been cut.
Lewis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lewis cracks Ceronne with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lewis fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ceronne is out of range.
Ceronne 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.
Ceronne shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Lewis is trying to defend but Ceronne finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Lewis is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Ceronne's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Ceronne's back!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lewis controlling well, preventing Ceronne from escaping the position.
Lewis looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Lewis has the hooks in. Ceronne is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Lewis biding his time, looking for the opening.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lewis gets his hands free as Ceronne looks to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis trying to control.
Ceronne has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
I really don't envy Ceronne right now.
Can Ceronne hold on?! Lewis is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
That has opened up Alexander Ceronne's cut even more.
Can Ceronne hold on?! Lewis is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
The cut above Alexander Ceronne's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Alexander Ceronne's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Parker Lewis!
After winning the bout, Parker Lewis thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yoko Honda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robin Tuck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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30
275 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
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265 lbs
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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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoko Honda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Robin Tuck!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tuck cracks Honda with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tuck has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Tuck connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
We've been hearing reports that Honda has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Tuck tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Honda drops down looking for a counter takedown but Tuck sprawls and moves away.
Honda changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tuck tries to avoid it but Honda manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tuck to the ground. Tuck escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Robin Tuck seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Honda looks for a takedown but Tuck sprawls well.
Honda sets himself, and Tuck steps forward looking for the clinch! Honda avoids it this time.
Honda takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tuck tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Honda paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tuck closes the distance and clinches.
Tuck tries to work over Honda's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Honda tries to score a body lock takedown but Tuck shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yoko Honda. 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.
Tuck lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Honda has Tuck pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Honda pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Tuck tumbling to the mat - Honda dives into Tuck's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tuck keeping moving, preventing Honda from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuck working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Honda.
Honda trying to control but Tuck is working from the bottom.
Honda postures up and lands a big shot to Tuck's brow.
Honda is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Tuck utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tuck preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Honda content to stall in guard here.
Honda missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Honda controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tuck stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Tuck wants it to stay on the feet.
Tuck has managed to clinch.
Tuck lands a right hand that snaps the head of Honda backwards.
Tuck working aggressively here.
Honda turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Tuck throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Tuck is looking to clinch but Honda is avoiding it.
Honda drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
It looks like Yoko Honda has been cut.
Tuck throws a shot to the body.
Tuck tries to clinch up but Honda circles away and keeps his distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Tuck quickly recovers to half guard.
Tuck trying to hold on to Honda's head to control him but Honda postures up.
Honda misses with a head shot. Tuck uses the momentum to regain guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Honda accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Honda has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Tuck keeping moving, preventing Honda from controlling successfully.
Honda is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Tuck really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Honda. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Honda throws a big right hand that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honda controlling from the top position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Tuck takes the fight into the clinch.
Honda is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Tuck is defending well.
Honda breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tuck displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Honda.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robin Tuck dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yoko Honda's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Honda fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Tuck to the ground. Honda is now in Tuck's guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Honda trying to control but Tuck is working from the bottom.
Honda throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tuck keeping moving, preventing Honda from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Honda stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tuck swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Honda controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tuck is keeping the position for now.
Honda wants to control from the top but Tuck keeps moving.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Tuck stuffs the takedown attempt from Honda. Honda gets slowly back to his feet.
Tuck wants to counter with a clinch but Honda pushes him away.
Tuck tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Honda paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Honda attempts a counter takedown but Tuck avoids it well and moves away.
Tuck clinches.
Honda has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Tuck avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Honda manages to break the clinch.
Tuck fails with an attempt to clinch.
Honda closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Tuck quickly recovers to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuck blocking the ground and pound attempt from Honda.
Honda not doing much here.
Tuck is trying to get back to full guard.
Honda slows the pace down in half guard.
Honda is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Tuck!
Honda looking to finish Tuck with some ground and pound. This is bad for Tuck!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda landing punches.
Honda looking to finish with strikes here!
Tuck avoids a series of strikes thrown by Honda.
Honda throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Honda controlling the pace for now.
Honda prevents Tuck from getting the reversal.
Honda thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Tuck wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Honda.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honda takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Honda punching from mount but Tuck doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Honda trying to control but Tuck is having none of it.
Honda controlling the pace for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Honda thowing shots but they're missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yoko Honda dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Yoko Honda's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Honda.
Tuck steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Honda.
Tuck lands a jab to the nose.
Honda shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Honda showed some decent athleticism there.
Tuck tries to get to full guard but Honda has control of the leg.
Tuck blocking the ground and pound attempt from Honda.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Honda is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Honda is working for a submission of some sort.
Honda wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tuck keeps working.
Honda is looking for a kimura 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.
Honda scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Tuck keeping control of the position.
Honda not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tuck as he avoids it easily.
Honda tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Tuck defends well and Honda ends up having to push Tuck into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yoko Honda. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Tuck enables Honda to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Tuck manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Honda chips away with some ground and pound.
Honda pushing down on Tuck's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Honda seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Tuck does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Honda not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Honda throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Well, if Honda is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Honda wants to take a breather but Tuck is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honda is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Honda missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Honda slows the pace down in half guard.
Tuck is looking to control Honda's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Tuck avoid being mounted?
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Honda shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Tuck defends it nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yoko Honda showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Honda 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yoko Honda!
Robin Tuck was interviewed post fight and said 'Fuck the refs!'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bertil Bengtsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Apolinario The Sublime Paralytic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bengtsson kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Easy Does It - WILDSTREET . The Sublime Paralytic has chosen Chop Suey as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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180 lbs
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183 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bertil Bengtsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Apolinario The Sublime Paralytic!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bengtsson moves out of range as The Sublime Paralytic strikes.
Bengtsson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Sublime Paralytic.
The Sublime Paralytic throws a poor cross that misses
and Bengtsson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bengtsson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bengtsson misses with an uppercut
and The Sublime Paralytic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bengtsson slips a jab from The Sublime Paralytic.
It looked like Bengtsson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bengtsson has managed to clinch.
Bengtsson lands a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Sublime Paralytic scores with a shot to the side of Bengtsson's head.
The Sublime Paralytic has a couple of punches blocked by Bengtsson.
Bengtsson has The Sublime Paralytic pressed against the cage, preventing The Sublime Paralytic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bengtsson 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.
Bengtsson stalling against the cage.
Bengtsson works on The Sublime Paralytic's body with a couple of short punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bengtsson swings wildly with an uppercut but The Sublime Paralytic uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Sublime Paralytic lands with a light punch inside.
The Sublime Paralytic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bengtsson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bengtsson is pushing The Sublime Paralytic up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bengtsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The Sublime Paralytic takes a shot to the head.
The Sublime Paralytic misses with some punches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bengtsson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The Sublime Paralytic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bengtsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bengtsson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite The Sublime Paralytic's efforts to push away.
Bengtsson blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Sublime Paralytic tries to work over Bengtsson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The Sublime Paralytic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bengtsson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bengtsson scores with a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Sublime Paralytic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bengtsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from The Sublime Paralytic.
Bengtsson prevents The Sublime Paralytic from breaking the clinch.
Bengtsson misses with some punches.
The Sublime Paralytic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bengtsson lands a left hand that snaps the head of The Sublime Paralytic backwards.
The Sublime Paralytic takes a shot to the head.
Bengtsson prevents The Sublime Paralytic from breaking the clinch.
Bengtsson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down The Sublime Paralytic.
The Sublime Paralytic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The Sublime Paralytic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bengtsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bengtsson throws a punch but it's blocked by The Sublime Paralytic.
Bengtsson working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bengtsson stalling in the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Bengtsson.
The Sublime Paralytic misses with some punches.
Bengtsson lands a shoulder strike.
Bengtsson pushes The Sublime Paralytic back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bengtsson prevents a body shot from The Sublime Paralytic.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bengtsson.
Bengtsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bengtsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with The Sublime Paralytic's elbow.
The Sublime Paralytic lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from The Sublime Paralytic fails to land.
Bengtsson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bengtsson blocks a body shot from The Sublime Paralytic.
The Sublime Paralytic wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bengtsson throws a punch but it's blocked by The Sublime Paralytic.
Bengtsson cracks The Sublime Paralytic with a nice body shot.
Bengtsson keeps control of The Sublime Paralytic as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The Sublime Paralytic wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from The Sublime Paralytic.
Bengtsson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bengtsson lands with a light punch inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Sublime Paralytic is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bengtsson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bengtsson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bengtsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bengtsson misses with some punches.
A short right from Bengtsson on the inside.
The Sublime Paralytic wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bengtsson tries to work over The Sublime Paralytic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The Sublime Paralytic has a couple of punches blocked by Bengtsson.
Bengtsson misses with a punch to the body.
The Sublime Paralytic is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bengtsson presses The Sublime Paralytic against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bengtsson displaying some good clinch control by pressing The Sublime Paralytic up against the cage.
Bengtsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bertil Bengtsson dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Bengtsson works over The Sublime Paralytic's head and body with a nice combination.
It looks like Apolinario The Sublime Paralytic has been cut.
A decent looking cross lands there for The Sublime Paralytic.
The Sublime Paralytic throws a big shot that misses.
The Sublime Paralytic scores with a jab to the head.
Bengtsson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Sublime Paralytic rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Bengtsson to counter with a crisp jab.
Bengtsson has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Bengtsson slips a jab from The Sublime Paralytic.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch lands to the side of Bengtsson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The Sublime Paralytic lands the left hand.
A big right from The Sublime Paralytic misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Sublime Paralytic rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Bengtsson to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bengtsson rushes The Sublime Paralytic and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bengtsson scores with a shot to the side of The Sublime Paralytic's head.
A bit of stalling here from Bengtsson.
Bengtsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bengtsson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bengtsson.
The Sublime Paralytic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bengtsson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of The Sublime Paralytics head.
The Sublime Paralytic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bengtsson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Sublime Paralytic can do to turn this around?
The Sublime Paralytic will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bengtsson up against the cage.
Bengtsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Bengtsson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bengtsson is working The Sublime Paralytic over against the cage.
Bengtsson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Bertil Bengtsson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bengtsson pushes The Sublime Paralytic back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bengtsson avoiding damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bengtsson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bengtsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bengtsson stalling against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Bengtsson.
Bengtsson gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
The Sublime Paralytic being controlled against the cage.
Bengtsson seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bertil Bengtsson.
The Sublime Paralytic scores with a punch to the head.
The Sublime Paralytic misses with a lunging right hand
and Bengtsson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Bengtsson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bengtsson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and The Sublime Paralytic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sloppy strikes from Bengtsson. Those never looked like landing.
It seemed like The Sublime Paralytic was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The Sublime Paralytic sizes up Bengtsson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Apolinario The Sublime Paralytic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Sublime Paralytic loads up on a big right hand but Bengtsson slips the punch.
Bengtsson misses with a looping left.
A telegraphed right hand from The Sublime Paralytic misses the target.
The Sublime Paralytic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bengtsson throws out the jab.
The Sublime Paralytic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bengtsson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Apolinario The Sublime Paralytic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bengtsson tests The Sublime Paralytic's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Sublime Paralytic bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bengtsson throws a right hand that misses
and The Sublime Paralytic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The Sublime Paralytic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bengtsson.
Bengtsson moves into range and clinches up with The Sublime Paralytic.
Bengtsson prevents The Sublime Paralytic from breaking the clinch.
Bengtsson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bengtsson prevents a body shot from The Sublime Paralytic.
A short left from Bengtsson.
Bengtsson being controlled against the cage.
Bengtsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Sublime Paralytic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bertil Bengtsson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Apolinario The Sublime Paralytic's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Bengtsson feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends The Sublime Paralytic sprawling to the canvas! The Sublime Paralytic rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Bengtsson finish him?!
Bengtsson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The Sublime Paralytic misses the jab.
The Sublime Paralytic paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The Sublime Paralytic moves out of range as Bengtsson strikes.
The Sublime Paralytic misses the jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Sublime Paralytic takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bengtsson misses with a straight right.
The Sublime Paralytic throws an overhand right that lands on Bengtsson's shoulder, as Bengtsson tries to avoid the shot.
As The Sublime Paralytic tries to get set, Bengtsson tries to push him back and clinch up but The Sublime Paralytic manages to avoid the attempt.
The Sublime Paralytic throws a poor cross that misses
and Bengtsson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Sublime Paralytic lands a jab to the head.
The Sublime Paralytic lands a nice looking body shot.
The Sublime Paralytic throws an overhand right that lands on Bengtsson's shoulder, as Bengtsson tries to avoid the shot.
Bengtsson slips under a jab.
The Sublime Paralytic misses with a lunging right hand
and Bengtsson counters with a straight right hand.
The Sublime Paralytic with a jab.
Jab by The Sublime Paralytic.
The Sublime Paralytic takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The Sublime Paralytic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bengtsson slips a jab from The Sublime Paralytic.
The Sublime Paralytic slips under a jab.
The Sublime Paralytic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Sublime Paralytic misses the jab.
The Sublime Paralytic misses with a straight right.
Bengtsson looks to land a left hand but The Sublime Paralytic moved out of range nicely.
The Sublime Paralytic uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bengtsson has time to react.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bengtsson misses with a hook
enabling The Sublime Paralytic to counter with a crisp jab.
The Sublime Paralytic misses with a left hand
and Bengtsson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bengtsson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Bengtsson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Sublime Paralytic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bengtsson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from The Sublime Paralytic finds it's way round the side to connect with Bengtsson's head.
The Sublime Paralytic throws a jab when Bengtsson was well out of range.
The Sublime Paralytic throws a looping overhand right but Bengtsson ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Sublime Paralytic connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bengtsson. Bengtsson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bengtsson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bengtsson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bengtsson slips under a jab from The Sublime Paralytic.
The Sublime Paralytic on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bengtsson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Sublime Paralytic misses the jab.
Bengtsson misses the jab.
Bengtsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bertil Bengtsson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Sublime Paralytic misses with a lunging right hand
and Bengtsson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The fighters circling - Bengtsson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The Sublime Paralytic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bengtsson tries to bum rush The Sublime Paralytic with a series of wild strikes but The Sublime Paralytic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice cross by Bengtsson.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The Sublime Paralytic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bengtsson throws a lazy right hand but The Sublime Paralytic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bengtsson gets a clinch.
Apolinario The Sublime Paralytic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bengtsson can't find room to land a body shot as The Sublime Paralytic controls the action.
The Sublime Paralytic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bertil Bengtsson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bengtsson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bertil Bengtsson!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Bertil Bengtsson waved his t-shirt featuring Sin City Allstars's logo in front of the cameras.
The defeated Apolinario The Sublime Paralytic had this to say: 'i won! i won! i won! fck dat shit!'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hwai Ja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anton Kruglov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hwai Ja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anton Kruglov!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ja throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kruglov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ja takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Ja scores with a shot to the body.
Kruglov cracks Ja with a good jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Kruglov misses the target.
We've been informed that Kruglov 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.
Kruglov swings widly with a right hand
and Ja connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Good exchange - Kruglov coming out on top.
A left lands for Kruglov.
Ja is rocked!
Ja clinches up with Kruglov and pushes him back against the cage.
Oh Ja is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ja blocking some punches.
Kruglov misses with a punch on the inside.
Ja misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ja seems to have got his legs back now.
Ja swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kruglov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ja blocks it with crossed arms.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kruglov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kruglov has a couple of punches blocked by Ja.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ja throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kruglov blocks it with crossed arms.
Kruglov manages to break the clinch.
Ja has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Hellfire Antechamber in the buildup to the fight.
Kruglov misses with a hook.
Ja seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Ja looks to score with a jab to the body but Kruglov is just out of range.
Kruglov shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kruglov misses the shot to the body.
Ja misses with a head kick.
Ja throws a leg kick but Kruglov checks it.
A shot to the liver by Ja. Beautiful body shot.
Kruglov misses with a kick to the body
letting Ja counter with a right hand.
Kruglov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ja rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kruglov counters with a stiff right hand.
Kruglov connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ja's hands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kruglov swats away the attempt to clinch by Ja.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ja pushes Kruglov up against the cage in a clinch.
Ja stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kruglov lands with a short shot to the head.
Kruglov has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Ja - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Kruglov, and another! Ja is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Anton Kruglov!
Anton Kruglov decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Von Kormrok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Von Cranial (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Von Cranial is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Von Kormrok!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Von Cranial!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kormrok looks to land a right hand but Cranial moved out of range.
Kormrok's corner calls for a 1-2. Kormrok obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kormrok keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cranial.
Cranial misses the shot to the body.
Cranial looks to throw the jab but Kormrok is out of range.
Kormrok on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cranial tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kormrok was well out of range. Poor timing from Cranial.
Good standup being displayed there by Kormrok as he connects with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kormrok fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kormrok goes for a double leg but Cranial avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Cranial continues to drive forward.
Kormrok misses with a hook. Cranial ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kormrok takes a swing at Cranial's ribcage but misses.
Cranial tries to clinch but Kormrok moves out of range.
Kormrok throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Cranial to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Von Kormrok has been cut.
Cranial swings widly with a right hand
and Kormrok connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kormrok waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cranial.
Kormrok looks to land a left hand but Cranial moved out of range nicely.
Cranial throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kormrok is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Kormrok will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kormrok connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd cheers as Cranial lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kormrok doesn't seem phased though.
Cranial throws out a powerful jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cranial wants to clinch up but Kormrok keeps it at a distance.
Kormrok swinging wildly here.
Kormrok looks to land a right hand but Cranial moved out of range.
It seemed like Cranial was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kormrok takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A left lands for Cranial.
The fighters circling - Cranial throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kormrok scores with a jab to the head.
Cranial throws a body punch but Kormrok moves out of range.
Cranial displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kormrok.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Von Kormrok. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Kormrok with that takedown attempt.
Kormrok misses with a straight right.
Cranial let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Cranial lunges at Kormrok with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kormrok's hand.
Kormrok is rocked!
Von Kormrok's cut is getting worse.
Crack! Cranial connects with the perfect overhand right and Kormrok falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Cranial!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Von Cranial! Von Cranial retains his heavyweight title!
Von Cranial decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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