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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Deontay DJ (ranked 2151 p4p, 2994 weight class) and Jake Conway (ranked 234 p4p, 314 weight class). DJ's entrance music is Lil Scrappy - No Problem. A fine choice. Jake Conway has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Deontay DJ!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jake Conway!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
DJ digs a good hook to Conway's body.
Conway takes a shot to the body in his stride.
DJ tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Conway throws out a powerful jab.
Conway connects with a crisp jab.
Conway misses with a straight right.
DJ lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Conway circles away quickly and effectively.
DJ looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
DJ throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Conway swings widly with a right hand
and DJ counters with a lovely straight right hand!
DJ misses with the combination.
Conway swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
DJ misses with a right hand
letting Conway counter with a right hand.
 It looks like Deontay DJ has been cut.
DJ blocks a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
DJ throws a half hearted mid kick.
Conway misses with a hook
and DJ finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
DJ throws an off balance right hand
and Conway counters with a straight right hand.
DJ lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
 It looks like Jake Conway has been cut.
Conway throws a combination but it was largely blocked by DJ.
DJ swings widly with a right hand
and Conway counters with a crisp right that sends DJ to the canvas! Conway follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake Conway!
An out of breath Jake Conway thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Arriorus Adee (ranked 1639 p4p, 3463 weight class) and Remi Johnson (ranked 196 p4p, 370 weight class). Remi Johnson has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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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 25 - 22 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arriorus Adee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Remi Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adee throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
Nice straight punches there by Johnson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Johnson.
Adee throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnson.
Johnson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Adee throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
Adee turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Johnson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Adee scores with a hook.
Johnson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Adee at a distance.
Adee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Adee walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johnson moves away from the strike by Adee.
Johnson counters with a body kick.
Adee fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Adee bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Johnson's head backwards.
Johnson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Adee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Adee jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Adee lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Johnson throws a leg kick which misses Adee's front leg but catches the back leg as Adee tries to avoid it.
Adee throws a half hearted mid kick.
Adee lands a nice leg kick that just misses Johnson's sensitive parts.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Adee does a little dance to reset his feet.
Adee fires out a quick counter leg kick but Johnson just manages to avoid it.
A head kick from Adee lands but Johnson takes it in his stride.
We've been informed that Johnson has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Adee looks to land a body kick but Johnson moved away.
A swing and a miss from Adee.
Adee jabs Johnson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Adee throws a front kick aimed at Johnson's knee but Johnson avoids it well.
Adee looks to land a left hand but Johnson moved out of range nicely.
Adee swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Adee. Adee obviously looking to wear him down.
A telegraphed right hand from Adee misses the target.
Johnson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Adee.
Johnson slips under a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adee throws a right hand that misses
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Adee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And Adee counters with a quick kick to the body but Johnson blocks it.
Adee throws a body shot but no joy.
Adee connects with a solid leg kick.
Adee scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Adee.
Adee delivers a nice body kick.
Adee misses with an uppercut
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Adee throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnson throws a lazy uppercut
and Adee counters with a nice body shot.
Adee connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adee throws the left hand but Johnson avoids the punch easily.
Adee scores with a sloppy right hand. Johnson should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Adee with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Johnson to score with a decent uppercut.
Adee looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Johnson! But no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from Adee misses the target.
A little jabbing left from Johnson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Adee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johnson misses with a lunging right hand
and Adee counters with a stiff right hand.
Adee keeps Johnson at a distance using the push kick.
Adee misses with an attempted mid kick.
Johnson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Johnson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Adee.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Arriorus Adee dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Johnson slips under a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Johnson! But no joy.
Johnson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Adee throws a push kick but Johnson slaps the foot to one side.
Adee feints and then cracks Johnson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Johnson down.
Adee walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Johnson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A low kick lands for Adee.
Adee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.
Adee throws a body shot but no joy.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Johnson might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Adee has got the better of the exchanges.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Arriorus Adee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adee lands a front kick.
Johnson throws a hook but Adee avoids it easily.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Adee gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Adee fails to land.
Adee misses with a body punch.
Johnson stalling in the clinch but Adee improves position.
Johnson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Adee up against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adee.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Adee swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Adee lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
A short uppercut from Adee.
Johnson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Adee misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Adee.
Johnson gets tackled into the cage by Adee. Adee maintains the clinch.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
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!
Adee misses the jab.
Johnson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Adee clobbers Johnson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nice cross by Adee.
Adee moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Adee has him pressed against the cage.
Adee prevents a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson can't break the clinch.
Adee misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Adee backwards.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Adee lands with a short shot to the head.
Adee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Adee throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Adee misses with a punch to the body.
Good body shot from Adee.
Adee lands a hook that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Adee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Adee misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Adee misses with a punch to the body.
Adee has Johnson pressed against the cage, preventing Johnson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Johnson lands a left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adee scores with a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Johnson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adee.
Adee misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johnson breaks from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Adee working aggressively here.
Adee lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.
Johnson can't break the clinch.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Adee.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Johnson.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Johnson on the inside.
Adee lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Johnson.
Adee misses with a body punch.
Adee working aggressively here.
Adee lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Arriorus Adee dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Adee lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Adee takes one to the side of the head.
Adee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?
Adee clinches with his opponent.
Adee misses with a body punch.
Adee lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Johnson struggles to land a body shot inside as Adee controls his hands.
Johnson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Adee backwards.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Adee controls the action.
Adee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Adee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Adee misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adee.
Johnson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Johnson is looking to control Adee's arms but Adee gets an underhook and turns him. Now Johnson has his back to the cage.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Adee tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adee misses with a low kick.
Johnson let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Adee throws a sloppy body shot
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
Adee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Adee connects with a jab.
Johnson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Adee finds it's way round the side to connect with Johnson's head.
Adee scores with a head kick.
Adee keeps Johnson at a distance using the push kick.
The fighters circling - Adee throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Adee misses with a body kick.
Adee lands with a nice body kick.
Adee lands with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson takes a swing at Adee's ribcage but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adee ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Adee throws a shot to the body.
A jab from Johnson misses.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Adee.
Remi Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adee scores with a head kick.
Johnson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Adee.
Johnson gets tackled into the cage by Adee. Adee maintains the clinch.
Adee's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to stall.
Adee tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Johnson avoiding damage.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Adee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Adee.
Adee lands a hook to the side of the head.
Adee lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Johnson tries a body shot but Adee blocks it.
Adee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
Johnson breaks the clinch.
Adee lands with a straight right. Johnson didn't see that one coming.
Johnson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Arriorus Adee is winning the standup battle so far.
Adee throws out a powerful jab.
Johnson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Adee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adee misses with a looping right.
Adee bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Johnson throws a leg kick that misses.
Adee throws a counter high kick but Johnson was just alert enough to avoid it.
Adee lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adee digs a good body shot into Johnson's ribs.
Adee misses with an uppercut.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from Adee.
Johnson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
It looks like Arriorus Adee has been cut.
Adee slips under a jab.
Adee scores with a body shot.
Adee throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
It seemed like Johnson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arriorus Adee showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Adee 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arriorus Adee!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Razkan Karmax (ranked 1059 p4p, 1314 weight class) and Malcolm King (ranked 138 p4p, 167 weight class). Karmax comes into the arena with BloodSports blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying King's choice of entrance music: YoungBoy Never Broke Again – White Teeth. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Razkan Karmax!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 20 - 0, fighting out of New York, Malcolm King!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karmax throws out a powerful jab.
Karmax 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.
Karmax has taken the fight to the clinch.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
King goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Karmax stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by King.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Karmax.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
A nice left hand lands by King.
Karmax blocks an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Karmax.
Karmax blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by King.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
Karmax softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
King working aggressively here.
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!
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Karmax tries to work over King's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Karmax blocks a punch to the side of the head.
King pushes Karmax back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by King.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, King scores with a nice short uppercut.
King lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Karmax backwards.
Karmax tries a body shot but King blocks it.
King working some nice short punches in the clinch.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from King.
Karmax goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
King throws a head punch that misses.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Karmax.
King misses with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Karmax.
Karmax lands a shoulder strike.
Karmax throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kings head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
Karmax's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karmax pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
King lands with a nice body punch.
King avoids the body shot from Karmax.
King looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Karmax moves out of range of the leg kick from King.
Good exchange - Karmax coming out on top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karmax closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Karmax's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
King tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Karmax's elbow.
King lands a shoulder strike.
King scores with a hook to the body.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
King can't find room to land a body shot as Karmax controls the action.
Karmax blocks a punch to the side of the head.
King makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Karmax scores with a nice short uppercut.
Karmax blocking some punches.
King throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch blocked on the inside by King.
Karmax tries to throw a body punch but King avoids it by throwing Karmax back against the cage.
King blocks a body shot from Karmax.
King misses with a body punch.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Karmax.
King pushes Karmax back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karmax throws a punch but it's blocked by King.
Karmax throws a head punch that misses.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Karmax.
King swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Karmax misses with a shot to the kidneys.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
Karmax lands with a short punch from the clinch.
King lands on the inside with an uppercut.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Karmax misses with a punch on the inside.
Karmax lands with a short punch from the clinch.
King working aggressively here.
Good body shot from Karmax.
Karmax lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt King or not.
Karmax lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of King backwards.
King softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
King tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Karmax blocking some punches.
King is trying to maintain a safe position but Karmax gets an underhook and turns King into the cage.
King misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karmax softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Karmax has a couple of punches blocked by King.
Karmax scores with a nice hook to the head.
Karmax lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
 King is rocked!
Karmax scores with an uppercut up the middle.
King is still on wobbly legs! Can Karmax finish him?
Karmax lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt King or not.
King working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Karmax.
Karmax lands a left hand that snaps the head of King backwards.
Karmax tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
King tries to throw a body punch but Karmax avoids it by throwing King back against the cage.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Karmax uses good head movement to avoid it.
Karmax unloads with a big right hand that wobbles King! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Karmax is unloading with more strikes now! King drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Razkan Karmax!
Our winner, Razkan Karmax, 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paavali Kontiainen (ranked 1066 p4p, 1574 weight class) and Lucas McCain (ranked 158 p4p, 230 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Paavali Kontiainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Lucas McCain !
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCain misses with a body shot.
McCain tries to clinch up but Kontiainen circles away and keeps his distance.
McCain tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kontiainen was well out of range. Poor timing from McCain .
McCain lands a head kick!
It looks like Paavali Kontiainen has been cut.
McCain is looking to slow Kontiainen down with leg kicks.
McCain digs a good hook to Kontiainen's body.
McCain 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.
McCain slips under a jab from Kontiainen.
Kontiainen avoids the body shot from McCain .
McCain lands a right hook to the body.
McCain keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A cross from Kontiainen lands.
McCain misses with a hook
and Kontiainen counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kontiainen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kontiainen is looking to work some ground and pound but McCain has wrist control.
Kontiainen is looking to advance position but McCain has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kontiainen is working to get back to half guard.
McCain avoids the attempt from Kontiainen to control.
Kontiainen is trying to escape the mount.
McCain tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
Kontiainen reaches up to try and control the position but McCain seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Kontiainen rolls and tries to escape and now McCain has his back!
McCain has decided that he can't make progress quickly enough from the back position and has rather unusually decided to stand up from the dominant position. Obviously he's going to be looking for the knockout on the feet here!
Kontiainen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kontiainen misses the shot to the body.
McCain throws a body punch but Kontiainen moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kontiainen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
McCain moves out of range of the body kick from Kontiainen.
McCain pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kontiainen is out of range and McCain settles back down.
McCain tests Kontiainen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kontiainen misses with a body kick.
A head kick misses from McCain .
McCain jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McCain lands with a good body shot.
McCain scores with a sloppy right hand. Kontiainen should have avoided that one.
McCain fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McCain lands a head kick. Kontiainen smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Kontiainen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by McCain . McCain obviously looking to wear him down.
Lucas McCain is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McCain misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McCain lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kontiainen throws a body punch but McCain moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCain throws a leg kick that misses.
McCain buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
McCain lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kontiainen bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Kontiainen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
McCain explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Kontiainen throws a low kick but McCain moves out of range easily.
A nice side step and McCain releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Kontiainen staying out of range there.
McCain doesn't manage to clinch there - Kontiainen circles away.
McCain stuns Kontiainen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
McCain blocks a low kick nicely.
McCain swings for the body but Kontiainen moves out of range.
McCain misses with a shot to the body
and Kontiainen counters with a nice leg kick.
McCain is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kontiainen rather than just go for the knockout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kontiainen tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but McCain defends well and Kontiainen ends up having to push McCain into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Kontiainen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
McCain lands a left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kontiainen tries to work over McCain 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McCain tries to throw a body punch but Kontiainen avoids it by throwing McCain back against the cage.
McCain lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kontiainen misses with some punches.
McCain presses Kontiainen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
McCain throws a punch but it's blocked by Kontiainen.
McCain prevents a body shot from Kontiainen.
Kontiainen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kontiainen tries to work over McCain 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McCain gets through Kontiainen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by McCain .
McCain misses with a punch to the body.
McCain breaks from the clinch.
McCain throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kontiainen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCain was well out of range. Poor timing from Kontiainen.
McCain dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kontiainen takes one to the chin there.
McCain slips under a jab from Kontiainen.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lucas McCain dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paavali Kontiainen's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A looping hook to the body misses from Kontiainen. McCain does a little dance to reset his feet.
McCain now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
McCain lands a lovely overhand right.
McCain avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kontiainen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kontiainen throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
McCain takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kontiainen takes a head kick and keeps coming.
McCain misses with a looping right.
McCain has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McCain lands with a kick to the temple. Kontiainen shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kontiainen looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A decent looking cross lands there for McCain .
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McCain throws a lazy right hand but Kontiainen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kontiainen scores with a hook to the body. McCain takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Kontiainen.
McCain pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kontiainen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nice defenses there by Kontiainen.
McCain moves out of range as Kontiainen throws a body kick.
McCain moves out of range as Kontiainen throws a body kick.
Kontiainen shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches McCain napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Kontiainen lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Kontiainen tries to advance to mount but can't.
Kontiainen working the head with strikes.
Kontiainen fails to land a wild elbow strike.
We've been hearing that Kontiainen has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sloppy strikes there by Kontiainen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kontiainen throws a strike aimed at the side of McCain 's head but McCain avoids it well.
Kontiainen lands a few punches from side control.
Kontiainen creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Kontiainen tries to score with some ground and pound. McCain controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
McCain dodges the ground and pound from Kontiainen.
Paavali Kontiainen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kontiainen working the ground and pound.
Kontiainen throwing shots but missing, from side control.
McCain defending against the ground and pound.
Kontiainen misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Kontiainen with the ground and pound but McCain regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Kontiainen slips a nice elbow through McCain 's hands, connecting with McCain 's forehead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCain keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Kontiainen connects with a nice short shot to McCain 's temple.
McCain keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kontiainen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Kontiainen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed McCain 's head.
Kontiainen throws a strike but McCain avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Kontiainen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kontiainen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kontiainen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kontiainen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kontiainen connects with a couple of short punches.
Kontiainen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kontiainen 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.
Kontiainen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kontiainen prevents McCain from getting back to his feet.
Kontiainen postures up in McCain 's guard and throws a big left but McCain blocks it.
McCain utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kontiainen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
McCain wants to stand but Kontiainen is controlling the position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
McCain tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
It looked like Kontiainen was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Kontiainen misses with a series of wild punches.
Kontiainen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Paavali Kontiainen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Paavali Kontiainen's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Kontiainen takes a swing at McCain 's ribcage but misses.
McCain uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kontiainen.
Kontiainen lands a jab-cross combination.
Kontiainen throws a right hand that misses
and McCain counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kontiainen thinking.
Lucas McCain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McCain throws an overhand right that lands on Kontiainen's shoulder, as Kontiainen tries to avoid the shot.
McCain works the jab nicely.
McCain wants to clinch up but Kontiainen keeps it at a distance.
McCain tries a head kick but it misses.
McCain is looking to land body kicks.
Kontiainen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts McCain as he jumps to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCain fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kontiainen, pushing him back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kontiainen.
McCain misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kontiainen cracks McCain with a nice body shot.
McCain scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kontiainen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hand to the body from McCain .
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McCain tries to throw a body punch but Kontiainen avoids it by throwing McCain back against the cage.
McCain tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kontiainen.
Kontiainen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kontiainen lands a nice uppercut.
Kontiainen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
McCain is working Kontiainen over against the cage.
McCain prevents a body shot from Kontiainen.
Kontiainen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lucas McCain seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
McCain goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McCain blocks a body shot from Kontiainen.
Kontiainen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good body shot from McCain .
McCain breaks the clinch.
McCain throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCain scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
McCain lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice shot by McCain .
Paavali Kontiainen's cut is getting worse.
Kontiainen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
McCain lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
McCain keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kontiainen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
McCain lands with a shot to the body.
Jab from McCain .
McCain throws a head kick that Kontiainen semi-blocks.
Kontiainen throws a push kick but McCain slaps the foot to one side.
Kontiainen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Good shot there by McCain .
Kontiainen looks to throw a body kick
and McCain counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCain jabs at Kontiainen's body.
McCain misses with a wild body shot.
Lucas McCain seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McCain feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kontiainens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
McCain shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kontiainen shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has McCain pinned against the cage. McCain gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
McCain looking to land some kicks to the body here.
McCain bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
McCain lands a slapping body shot.
McCain throws a hook to the side of Kontiainen's head but Kontiainen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kontiainen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
McCain works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
McCain misses with a jab to the body
and Kontiainen counters with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCain lands a nice shot to the body.
McCain lands with a right hand.
McCain misses with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCain swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McCain digs a good hook to Kontiainen's body.
McCain feints and then cracks Kontiainen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kontiainen down.
McCain lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A low kick lands for Kontiainen.
McCain needs to keep his hands up - Kontiainen had a free shot at his head there.
Kontiainen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kontiainen moves forwards but McCain connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kontiainen.
Kontiainen avoids a kick to the body.
Kontiainen thuds his shin into the meat of McCain 's side.
McCain throws a shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lucas McCain comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think McCain has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucas McCain !
A victorious Lucas McCain thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexus Argento (ranked 799 p4p, 962 weight class) and Yannick Sakala (ranked 86 p4p, 107 weight class). Argento's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, For Heavy Metal we will die!. Sakala has chosen Pole Pole as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alexus Argento!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yannick Sakala!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakala defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Argento.
Argento scores with a jab to the jaw.
We've been hearing reports that Argento has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Argento fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sakala moves away from the strike by Argento.
Argento fails with the takedown
and Sakala counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Argento fails in his attempt to clinch.
Argento fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexus Argento. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sakala on the wrong end of a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sakala misses with a kick to the body.
Sakala ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Argento moves away.
Sakala has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Argento fails with the takedown
and Sakala counters with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Argento tries a head kick but it misses.
Sakala looks to throw a body kick
and Argento counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Argento.
Argento throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sakala works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Argento missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Argento stays in close to Sakala's body and controls the position.
Sakala looking for a sweep. Not yet Sakala, not yet.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Argento's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Argento lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Argento throws an elbow that misses. Sakala uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Argento's guard. Nice move by Sakala!
Argento is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sakala defends well.
Argento is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sakala defends well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Argento keeping moving, preventing Sakala from controlling successfully.
Argento not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sakala stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Nice uppercut lands for Sakala. That snapped Argento's head back.
It looks like Alexus Argento has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Argento throws a sloppy body shot
letting Sakala counter with a right hand.
A punch lands to the side of Sakala 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Argento throws a right and a left that both miss.
Argento fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sakala on the side of the head.
Sakala scores with a nice head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Argento avoids a kick to the body.
Sakala misses with a body kick.
Argento just misses with a punch to the body.
Sakala looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Yannick Sakala is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Argento shoots in but Sakala avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sakala misses the shot to the body.
Sakala takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Argento closes the distance and clinches.
Sakala prevents a body shot from Argento.
Still in the clinch, Argento scores with a nice short uppercut.
Argento misses with a punch to the body.
Sakala scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sakala misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sakala misses with a knee strike.
Sakala blocks a body shot from Argento.
Argento is trying to pull guard but Sakala turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakala swings wildly with an uppercut but Argento uses good head movement to avoid it.
Argento jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Sakala walks away with a smile on his face. Argento gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Sakala works Argento's body with a nice hook.
Sakala takes a swing at Argento's ribcage but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Sakala does it's job there.
Sakala loads up on a big right hand but Argento slips the punch.
Argento misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sakala.
Sakala waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Argento.
Argento avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Alexus Argento seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sakala just misses with a punch to the body.
Argento will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sakala throws a looping overhand right but Argento ducks down to avoid it.
Sakala misses with a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Yannick Sakala will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alexus Argento's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sakala throws a wild body kick that Argento sees coming a mile off.
Argento shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Sakala has one foot on Argento's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Argento scores with a jab.
Argento doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sakala avoids the body shot from Argento.
Sakala lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Argento ducks under a wild hook from Sakala.
Argento appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Argento throws a sloppy body shot
and Sakala cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Argento drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Sakala has momentary wrist control but Argento slips an elbow through the middle.
Argento loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Argento working some strikes from top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Argento throwing strikes but missing.
Argento stopping the sweep attempt from Sakala.
Argento content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Argento is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Argento working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sakala looking for a sweep. Not yet Sakala, not yet.
Argento won't allow Sakala to get back to his feet.
Argento scoring with some ground and pound.
Argento with a flurry of punches that miss.
Argento throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Argento looking to sit in guard and control but Sakala gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Argento working for a triangle but Sakala defends it easily.
Argento looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sakala sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Argento looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sakala passes Argento's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Sakala content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Argento manages to get to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakala is stalling in the full guard.
Sakala trying to control but Argento is working from the bottom.
Argento is trying to control the position but Sakala postures up.
Argento looking for a triangle here. Sakala is fighting it but it looks tight! Argento pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Sakala is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Alexus Argento!
Alexus Argento thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Lincoln (ranked 267 p4p, 368 weight class) and Sone Fujimaro (ranked 41 p4p, 55 weight class). Lincoln 's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Sgt MacKenzie. Fujimaro has chosen 焔 (Flame) + 暁ノ糸 (Thread of Dawn) by Wagakki Band as his entrance music. Alexander Lincoln is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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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 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alexander Lincoln !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sone Fujimaro!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lincoln is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lincoln throws a leg kick but Fujimaro moved away.
Fujimaro flicks out a counter leg kick but Lincoln steps away.
Fujimaro's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lincoln connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fujimaro scrambles back to his feet.
Lincoln misses with a head kick.
Lincoln comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lincoln scores with a nice body kick.
Fujimaro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lincoln throws a jab but it's blocked by Fujimaro.
Lincoln cracks Fujimaro with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Alexander Lincoln seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fujimaro walks into a left hand.
Lincoln throws a leg kick but Fujimaro moved away.
Lincoln throws a looping overhand right but Fujimaro ducks down to avoid it.
Lincoln misses with a looping left.
Lincoln 's jab looks to have found its range, popping Fujimaro under the eye.
We've been informed that Fujimaro 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lincoln throws a jab when Fujimaro was well out of range.
Fujimaro works Lincoln 's body with a nice hook.
Lincoln throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fujimaro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lincoln .
Fujimaro follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Lincoln looks to land a left hand but Fujimaro moved out of range nicely.
Nice jab there from Lincoln .
Fujimaro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lincoln finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lincoln throws a hook to the side of Fujimaro's head but Fujimaro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A little jabbing left from Fujimaro on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Lincoln looks to land a body kick but Fujimaro moved away.
Fujimaro takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lincoln throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice defenses there by Fujimaro.
Fujimaro is trying to counter with his kicks.
We've been told by Lincoln 's head coaches at SYDNEY ELITE GYM that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Fujimaro misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lincoln looks to throw the jab but Fujimaro is out of range.
Lincoln with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fujimaro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Fujimaro.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fujimaro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lincoln .
Lincoln throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fujimaro looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lincoln throws a lazy right hand but Fujimaro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lincoln with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lincoln .
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Fujimaro! But no joy.
Fujimaro misses with a straight left.
Fujimaro throws a leg kick that misses.
Lincoln misses with a leg kick.
Fujimaro feints a counter leg kick.
Fujimaro takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fujimaro staying out of range there.
Fujimaro bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lincoln 's head backwards.
Lincoln throws a lazy right hand but Fujimaro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fujimaro throws out a counter right but Lincoln avoids it with no problem.
Lincoln keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fujimaro swings for the body but Lincoln moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lincoln throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Fujimaro! But no joy.
Lincoln throws a chopping leg kick but Fujimaro manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lincoln swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lincoln misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fujimaro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lincoln .
Lincoln ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fujimaro ducks under a wild hook from Lincoln .
A countering left hand to the body from Fujimaro misses.
Fujimaro checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lincoln is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fujimaro.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fujimaro. That's going to slow Lincoln down.
Lincoln displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Fujimaro fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lincoln takes a swing at Fujimaro's ribcage but misses.
Fujimaro takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fujimaro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lincoln .
Lincoln throws a leg kick that misses.
Lincoln throws a hook but Fujimaro blocks it.
Fujimaro moves out of range as Lincoln strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fujimaro takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Fujimaro checks a leg kick.
Fujimaro was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Lincoln throws a combination that misses
and Fujimaro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lincoln throws a jab but it's blocked by Fujimaro.
Lincoln is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Lincoln loads up on a big right hand but Fujimaro slips the punch.
Fujimaro wants to slow Lincoln down by chopping away at his legs.
Fujimaro blocks a jab.
Lincoln moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fujimaro drops his hands momentarily and Lincoln takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Lincoln ducks under a wild hook from Fujimaro.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Lincoln dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Lincoln misses with a hook. Fujimaro ducked under it nicely.
Lincoln thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lincoln misses with a straight right.
Lincoln is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fujimaro can do to turn this around?
Fujimaro throws out a powerful jab.
Lincoln throws a nice looking combination but Fujimaro bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fujimaro takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lincoln uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fujimaro lands a leg kick that knocks Lincoln off balance momentarily.
Fujimaro slips a straight right by Lincoln .
Fujimaro slips under a jab.
Fujimaro now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lincoln misses with a low kick.
Fujimaro moves away from the strike by Lincoln .
Lincoln tried to score with a low kick but Fujimaro checks it.
Fujimaro counters with a body kick.
A lazy left from Fujimaro finds it's target.
Alexander Lincoln is winning the standup battle so far.
Fujimaro checks the leg kick.
Lincoln backing away here, and Fujimaro unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fujimaro throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lincoln misses the shot to the body.
Lincoln turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lincoln misses the jab.
Fujimaro ducks under a wild hook from Lincoln .
Lincoln throws a hook but Fujimaro blocks it.
Lincoln throws an off balance right hand
and Fujimaro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fujimaro lands a right hook to the body.
Lincoln looks to land a right hand but Fujimaro moved out of range.
Fujimaro throws out a powerful jab.
Nice defenses there by Fujimaro.
Lincoln throws an off balance right hand
and Fujimaro counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lincoln thinking.
Lincoln keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Fujimaro on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A jab from Fujimaro does it's job there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lincoln tries to land a front kick but Fujimaro steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fujimaro slips under a jab from Lincoln .
Fujimaro tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lincoln is able to avoid easily.
Lincoln moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lincoln throws a body shot but no joy.
Fujimaro lands a really nice looking cross but Lincoln seems unphased.
Lincoln fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lincoln throws a leg kick but Fujimaro checks it.
Lincoln throws a hook to the side of Fujimaro's head but Fujimaro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fujimaro shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Lincoln misses with a body shot
and Fujimaro counters with a left to the body.
Fujimaro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fujimaro fails to land with a series of punches.
Fujimaro walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lincoln checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lincoln misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Fujimaro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lincoln .
Lincoln smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Lincoln misses with a looping left.
Lincoln misses with a straight left.
Fujimaro thinks about the counter body kick.
Fujimaro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lincoln moves away.
A swing and a miss from Lincoln .
Fujimaro takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fujimaro loads up on a big right hand but Lincoln slips the punch.
Fujimaro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fujimaro misses with a looping left.
The fighters circling - Lincoln throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lincoln misses with a lunging right hand
and Fujimaro counters with a straight right hand.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Fujimaro might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Lincoln has got the better of the exchanges.
Fujimaro slips under a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fujimaro jabs at Lincoln 's body.
Lincoln throws a big shot that misses.
Lincoln throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fujimaro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fujimaro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lincoln .
Lincoln throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fujimaro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lincoln throws a nice outside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Lincoln misses.
Fujimaro replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Lincoln blocks it well.
A thudding body kick lands there by Fujimaro!
Lincoln moves out of range of the leg kick from Fujimaro.
Lincoln misses with a looping left.
Fujimaro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lincoln .
Lincoln misses with a looping right.
Fujimaro throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Lincoln lands a really nice looking cross but Fujimaro seems unphased.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Alexander Lincoln will probably get the nod.
That's time! Lincoln 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Lincoln tries to land a leg kick but Fujimaro saw it coming and moves away.
Fujimaro steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Alexander Lincoln is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lincoln throws a predictable looking body shot
and Fujimaro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fujimaro has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lincoln finds it's way round the side to connect with Fujimaro's head.
Lincoln keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Lincoln waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fujimaro.
Fujimaro looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lincoln ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fujimaro moves away.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Lincoln takes a swing at Fujimaro's ribcage but misses.
A nice side step and Fujimaro releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Lincoln throws a hook but Fujimaro avoids it easily.
Lincoln throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fujimaro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lincoln throws out a leg kick but Fujimaro moves out of range and Lincoln only half commits.
Fujimaro appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fujimaro slips under a jab.
Lincoln throws a head kick that misses.
Lincoln takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Lincoln tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fujimaro was well out of range. Poor timing from Lincoln .
Lincoln lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fujimaro. Lincoln does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lincoln misses with a double jab.
It seemed like Fujimaro was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Lincoln looks to land a right hand but Fujimaro moved out of range.
Lincoln waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fujimaro.
Lincoln throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Fujimaro tries a quick counter leg kick but Lincoln is wise to it.
Lincoln connects with a high kick.
Lincoln misses with a wild body shot.
Fujimaro swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lincoln scores with a leg kick.
A good leg kick by Lincoln .
Lincoln tries a low kick but Fujimaro avoids it.
Fujimaro steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Fujimaro throws a lazy right hand but Lincoln sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fujimaro fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lincoln has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lincoln with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sone Fujimaro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lincoln throws a body shot but no joy.
Fujimaro walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Lincoln looks to score with a jab to the body but Fujimaro is just out of range.
Fujimaro unleashes a big counter combination but Lincoln bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Lincoln throws a jab but it's blocked by Fujimaro.
Fujimaro swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Fujimaro slips under a jab.
Fujimaro appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
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!
Lincoln connects with an inside leg kick.
Fujimaro throws a body punch but Lincoln moves out of range.
Lincoln misses with a two punch combination.
Lincoln gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Fujimaro.
Lincoln swings widly with a right hand
and Fujimaro counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Lincoln tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fujimaro was well out of range. Poor timing from Lincoln .
Fujimaro moves away from the strike by Lincoln .
Fujimaro throws out a counter right but Lincoln avoids it with no problem.
Lincoln jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lincoln jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fujimaro throws the kick towards the body but Lincoln avoids it.
Lincoln pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lincoln throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Lincoln throws a jab when Fujimaro was well out of range.
Lincoln lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lincoln throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Fujimaro slips under a jab.
Fujimaro tries a quick counter leg kick but Lincoln is wise to it.
Fujimaro displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lincoln throws out the jab.
Fujimaro slips a jab from Lincoln .
It seemed like Fujimaro was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Fujimaro misses with a hook. Lincoln ducked under it nicely.
Lincoln throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lincoln swings widly with a right hand
and Fujimaro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fujimaro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lincoln manages to avoid it.
Fujimaro's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lincoln lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Fujimaro uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lincoln .
Fujimaro swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lincoln throws an overhand right that lands on Fujimaro's shoulder, as Fujimaro tries to avoid the shot.
Lincoln moves out of range of the leg kick from Fujimaro.
Lincoln tries to score with a low kick but Fujimaro moves his leg out of the way.
Fujimaro looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fujimaro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lincoln misses the shot to the body.
Lincoln throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lincoln swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fujimaro looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lincoln misses with a leg kick.
Lincoln avoids the body shot from Fujimaro.
Lincoln misses with a hook.
A jab from Fujimaro misses.
Fujimaro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lincoln moves away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Lincoln showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lincoln has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Lincoln !
A very excited looking Alexander Lincoln made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
The defeated Sone Fujimaro had this to say: 'So you DO fight like a coward! A disgrace on your family!'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ted Bundy (ranked 666 p4p, 719 weight class) and Kokkoro Kirin (ranked 44 p4p, 48 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 37 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ted Bundy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kokkoro Kirin!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kirin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bundy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A swing and a miss from Kirin.
Kirin tries to clinch there but Bundy circles away.
Bundy shoots in looking for a takedown but Kirin manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Bundy's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Kirin's coach down at Gumburcules Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Kirin's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bundy tries to score a power double leg takedown but Kirin sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Bundy somewhat.
Bundy ducks right into an uppercut from Kirin.
It looks like Ted Bundy has been cut.
Bundy ducks under a wild hook from Kirin.
Kirin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bundy scores with a sloppy right hand. Kirin should have avoided that one.
Bundy drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Bundy scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kirin keeping moving, preventing Bundy from controlling successfully.
Bundy tries to free his leg and advance position but Kirin is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bundy is working hard here to advance position.
Bundy really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bundy passes Kirin's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Bundy is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Kirin is just riding it out for now. Bundy eventually gives up the hold.
Bundy will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Bundy is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Kirin is just riding it out for now. Bundy eventually gives up the hold.
Bundy lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bundy frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bundy prevents Kirin from getting the reversal.
Poor strikes thrown by Bundy there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Bundy working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Bundy goes for an armbar but Kirin turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Kirin.
Bundy pulls Kirin in to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirin gets to his feet - Bundy follows without any prompting.
Bundy has been working on his balance at Champion Gym, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Kirin.
Kirin lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Bundy defending well as Kirin loads up on a big left hand.
Kirin moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bundy works Kirin's body with a nice hook.
Kirin misses with a looping left.
Nice shot lands for Kirin.
Kirin looks to score with a jab to the body but Bundy is just out of range.
Kokkoro Kirin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kirin is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
It looks like Kokkoro Kirin has been cut.
Nice takedown defense from Kirin. No joy for Bundy on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ted Bundy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kirin displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bundy.
Kirin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bundy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kirin can pounce on him.
Kirin wants to slow Bundy down by chopping away at his legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bundy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kirin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bundy shoots in looking for a takedown but Kirin manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Bundy's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Kirin scores with a jab to the body.
Bundy has a takedown stuffed.
Kirin sizes up Bundy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kirin stuffs the takedown attempt from Bundy. Bundy gets slowly back to his feet.
Bundy sets himself, and Kirin steps forward looking for the clinch! Bundy avoids it this time.
Kokkoro Kirin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kirin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kirin misses with a low kick.
Bundy goes for a double leg but Kirin avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Kirin continues to drive forward.
Bundy blocks an elbow strike from Kirin.
Kirin lands a shoulder strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kokkoro Kirin dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Bundy fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nice defenses there by Bundy.
Bundy takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Bundy is trying hard to land a takedown here. Kirin sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bundy manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Kirin on his heels. He'll look to pass Kirin's guard now, I'm sure.
Bundy wants to control from the top but Kirin keeps moving.
Bundy tries to free his leg and advance position but Kirin is retaining full guard.
Kirin is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bundy is controlling him.
Bundy wants to pass the guard but Kirin is keeping the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kirin manages to escape and get back to his feet.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kirin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bundy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bundy slips under a jab.
Kirin tries a low kick but Bundy avoids it.
Kirin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kirin. Bundy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kirin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ted Bundy's cut is getting worse.
Bundy takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kirin lands a jab.
Kirin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A slow jab from Kirin misses its intended target.
Kirin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bundy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bundy drops his hands momentarily and Kirin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice takedown defense from Kirin. No joy for Bundy on that attempt.
Kirin wants to counter the offense by Bundy and move into the clinch position.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ted Bundy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kirin punishes Bundy's body with a nice straight punch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bundy tries for a takedown but Kirin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A jab from Bundy does it's job there.
Bundy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bundy keeps the fight on the outside.
Bundy tries to counter with a takedown but Kirin is quick to defend against it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirin misses with a straight right.
Bundy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kirin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice defenses there by Bundy.
Bundy tries for a takedown but Kirin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bundy gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kirin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bundy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bundy fails with a takedown attempt.
Kirin moves out of range of the strikes.
Kirin lands a leg kick that knocks Bundy off balance momentarily.
Bundy fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kirin avoids it really well and circles away.
Bundy shoots in and drives through. Kirin sprawls well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirin cracks Bundy with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kirin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ted Bundy's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Kirin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bundy.
Bundy shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Kirin but Kirin pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Kirin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bundy with a nice cross.
Bundy is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kirin looks to land a right hand but Bundy moved out of range.
Bundy tries to score a power double leg takedown but Kirin sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Bundy somewhat.
Kokkoro Kirin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bundy walks into a stiff left hand from Kirin.
Bundy keeps the fight on the outside.
Kirin digs a good body shot into Bundy's ribs.
Bundy shoots in and drives through. Kirin sprawls well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bundy on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kirin is looking to clinch.
Bundy tries for a takedown but Kirin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Kirin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kirin scores with a punch to the head.
A jab from Bundy finds it's way through Kirin's defenses.
Bundy has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bundy there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bundy fails with the takedown.
Kirin wants to counter with a clinch but Bundy pushes him away.
Kirin tries to bum rush Bundy with a series of wild strikes but Bundy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bundy looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kirin cracks Bundy with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kirin gets a clinch.
Kirin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Kirin as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kirin working aggressively here.
Kirin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bundy's elbow.
Kirin tries to work over Bundy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kokkoro Kirin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Kirin misses with an uppercut. Bundy saw that one coming.
Kirin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bundy shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kirin as he avoids it easily.
Kirin rushes Bundy and presses him up against the cage.
Kirin misses with a punch to the body.
Bundy blocks a body shot from Kirin.
Bundy tries for a takedown but Kirin manages to get underhooks.
Bundy blocking some punches.
Bundy tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ted Bundy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kirin.
Kirin misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kirin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bundy backwards.
Bundy has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kirin is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Bundy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kirin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirin misses with a punch on the inside.
Bundy drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kirin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bundy.
Kirin tries to work over Bundy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bundy changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Kirin fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Kirin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kirin rushes Bundy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kirin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bundy blocking some punches.
Bundy dodges an elbow strike from Kirin.
Ted Bundy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bundy.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kirin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bundy is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kirin pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Kirin misses with a body punch.
Kirin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bundy's elbow.
A right handed body shot lands from Kirin.
Kirin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Kirin - that landed with a thud.
Bundy blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kirin.
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!
A shot in the inside from Kirin.
A shot in the inside from Kirin.
Bundy wants the takedown. Kirin is fighting it off but Bundy persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Kirin's guard against the cage.
Kirin is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Bundy dives into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bundy throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Kirin tries to buck Bundy off but Bundy is having none of it.
Bundy wants to take a breather but Kirin manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Bundy.
Bundy wants to control from the top but Kirin keeps moving.
Kirin working a defensive guard here.
Kirin 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bundy is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Bundy trying to control but Kirin is working from the bottom.
Bundy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bundy drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Kirin manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Bundy has Kirin in his guard.
Kirin trying to control but Bundy is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kokkoro Kirin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kirin winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kokkoro Kirin!
An out of breath and clearly excited Kokkoro Kirin thanked Stoner's Killer Apparel for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pete Tyler (ranked 263 p4p, 396 weight class) and Cyrus Prix (ranked 35 p4p, 46 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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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 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Pete Tyler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cyrus Prix!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prix throws a lazy uppercut
and Tyler counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Cyrus Prix has been cut.
Tyler takes one to the chin there.
It looks like Pete Tyler has been cut.
Prix misses with a low kick.
Prix throws a right hand that misses
and Tyler counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Prix throws an overhand right that lands on Tyler's shoulder, as Tyler tries to avoid the shot.
Tyler takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Tyler tries to land a front kick but Prix steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tyler rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Prix cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Prix misses with a hook
and Tyler counters with a straight right hand.
Prix tests Tyler's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big left from Prix misses.
Cyrus Prix seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tyler moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prix loads up on a big right hand but Tyler slips the punch.
Tyler sizes up Prix with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That has opened up Cyrus Prix's cut even more.
A shot to the body from Prix misses
and Tyler makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Prix really felt that one!
Prix looks winded!
Tyler lands with a nice body kick.
Tyler scores with a sloppy right hand. Prix should have avoided that one.
Prix misses with a lunging right hand
and Tyler comes in over the top with a devastating right hand! Prix stumbles back against the cage, looking to regain his senses but Tyler is on him like rabid pit bull! Prix slumps to the ground under a storm of punches and this fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pete Tyler!
After winning the bout, Pete Tyler 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 Roman Zhdanov (ranked 203 p4p, 400 weight class) and John Boy Walton (ranked 23 p4p, 49 weight class). Zhdanov comes to the cage accompanied by Малиновая Лада (Raspberry Lada) by Gayazov$ Brother$. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Roman Zhdanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Boy Walton!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zhdanov throws a jab when Walton was well out of range.
A little jabbing left from Walton on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Walton takes a swing at Zhdanov's ribcage but misses.
Zhdanov tries to counter by clinching up but Walton breaks away and moves out of range.
Zhdanov loads up on a big right hand but Walton slips the punch.
Walton looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
It looks like John Boy Walton has been cut.
Zhdanov takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Zhdanov throws a head kick but Walton moves out of range.
Walton fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Zhdanov throws a body punch but Walton moves out of range.
Zhdanov throws a leg kick that misses.
Zhdanov catches Walton with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Zhdanov loads up on a big right hand but Walton slips the punch.
A big left from Walton misses.
Zhdanov takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Roman Zhdanov has been cut.
Walton scores with a body shot.
Zhdanov is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walton lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Zhdanov staying out of range there.
Walton throws a head kick but Zhdanov moves out of range.
Walton lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Zhdanov at a distance.
Walton scores with a shot to the body.
Walton throws an overhand right that drops Zhdanov like a sack of potatoes! Walton dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Boy Walton!
Post fight, an emotional John Boy Walton said 'This win was for my best good friend. Mr. Pickles!!!!!!!!!!'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ahjo Kuomanen (ranked 47 p4p, 330 weight class) and Ghengis Khan (ranked 5 p4p, 21 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kuomanen might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to HonestKey - One Shot. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ahjo Kuomanen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Ghengis Khan!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuomanen stuns Khan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kuomanen takes one to the side of the head.
Kuomanen misses with a wild body shot.
Khan throws an overhand right that lands on Kuomanen's shoulder, as Kuomanen tries to avoid the shot.
Kuomanen appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Kuomanen works Khan's body with a nice hook.
Khan is looking to clinch but Kuomanen is avoiding it.
Ghengis Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khan misses with a wild body shot.
Kuomanen attempts a counter takedown but Khan avoids it well and moves away.
Kuomanen looks to land a left hand but Khan moved out of range nicely.
Khan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kuomanen tries to counter with a takedown but Khan is quick to defend against it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Khan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Khan misses with a hook
and Kuomanen counters with a takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kuomanen misses with the ground and pound.
Kuomanen 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.
Khan is working to avoid the ground and pound but Kuomanen connects with a decent elbow.
Kuomanen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Khan keeps working.
Kuomanen working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuomanen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Khan keeps working.
Kuomanen landing a few strikes.
Kuomanen misses with the ground and pound.
Kuomanen in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Kuomanen is trying to get an arm triangle but Khan is defending well.
You can see the frustration on Khan's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Khan felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Kuomanen working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuomanen tries for a kimura but Khan is defending well.
Kuomanen swings around for an armbar but Khan sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Kuomanen's guard.
Kuomanen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Khan's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Khan has Kuomanen pulled in close to control his posture.
Kuomanen tries to free his leg and advance position but Khan is retaining full guard.
Kuomanen might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuomanen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Khan has momentary wrist control but Kuomanen slips an elbow through the middle.
Kuomanen with a nice head shot there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kuomanen trying to control but Khan is working from the bottom.
Kuomanen throws an elbow that misses. Khan uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kuomanen's guard. Nice move by Khan!
Kuomanen had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Khan defends it easily.
Kuomanen working for a triangle but Khan defends it easily.
Kuomanen seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuomanen is looking to sweep but instead, Khan has passed into half guard.
Kuomanen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Kuomanen works his way to full guard. Good work.
Kuomanen has his feet on Khan's thighs here. He's pushed Khan 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! Khan screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ahjo Kuomanen!
Ahjo Kuomanen retains his super heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Ahjo Kuomanen 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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