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BANZAI BONANZA 14 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rodney Pitstain (ranked 4142 p4p, 24242 weight class) and Alfred Shipley (ranked 393 p4p, 498 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Rodney Pitstain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alfred Shipley!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pitstain throws a nice looking combination but Shipley bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Shipley throws a good cross that connects.
Pitstain throws a leg kick that is checked
and Shipley counters with a nice body shot.
Pitstain tries to keep at a distance but Shipley has taken the fight into the clinch.
Shipley lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Shipley lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Shipley pushes Pitstain back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Shipley on the inside.
Shipley lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shipley is working Pitstain over against the cage.
Shipley lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Shipley on the inside.
Shipley lands a right hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Shipley creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shipley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Shipley misses with a body punch.
Shipley looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A hook to the body from Shipley.
Shipley scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short body shot lands from Shipley as the two fighters clinch.
Pitstain is breathing heavily.
Still in the clinch, Shipley scores with a nice short uppercut.
Shipley lands with a right to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Shipley.
 Pitstain is rocked!
Shipley lands a body punch in the clinch.
Oh Pitstain is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shipley lands a nice shot to the body.
Shipley creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Pitstain with a big uppercut! Pitstain tries to clinch up but Shipley pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Pitstain to the mat! Pitstain covers up and Shipley unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Alfred Shipley!
After winning the bout, Alfred Shipley thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
The defeated Rodney Pitstain had this to say: 'You can't hang and bang with everyone, but I did my best tonight. Screw the haters, I love you all, though.'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mario Waters (ranked 3196 p4p, 3091 weight class) and William Kidd (ranked 372 p4p, 364 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Kidd's choice of entrance music: Santiana - Sea Shanty Metal. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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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 7 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Mario Waters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, William Kidd!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Kenichi Hosakawa and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kidd fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Waters looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Waters shoots and misses
and Kidd makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kidd gets caught flat footed, as Waters shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Waters prevents Kidd from getting back to his feet.
Waters trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kidd wants to get back to his feet but Waters is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Kidd is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Waters dives into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kidd pushes Waters away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Waters gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Waters remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kidd is looking to get back to his feet here but Waters is keeping cool and he's managed to take Kidd's back.
Kidd wants to get back to his feet.
Kidd told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Kidd tries to get to his feet, scrambling wildly. Waters sees the opportunity and transitions to an armbar that forces Kidd to tap. Impressive finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mario Waters!
William Kidd was interviewed post fight and said 'Yarrr....lower the flag, mateys. We've been scuttled.'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Wilson (ranked 2242 p4p, 2932 weight class) and Tommy Wilander (ranked 116 p4p, 133 weight class). Wilson comes to the cage accompanied by I Stand Alone - Godsmack. 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 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Lucas Wilson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tommy Wilander!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Hirohito Nitta and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilson sizes up Wilander with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Wilson thuds his right hand into Wilander's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wilson cracks a nice hook into Wilander's ribs.
Wilson lands a body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A chopping leg kick lands by Wilson.
Wilson misses with a hook. Wilander ducked under it nicely.
Wilander drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wilson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Wilander stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wilson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wilson is pulling down on Wilander's head to control his posture.
Wilson has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Wilander content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
 It looks like Lucas Wilson has been cut.
Wilander throws a strike but Wilson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson passes Wilander's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Wilson 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.
Wilander is looking to improve his position.
Wilson trying to control from half guard but Wilander is working away.
Wilson is looking to advance position but Wilander won't allow it.
Wilson passes to side control.
Wilander is trying to improve his position.
Wilander looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Wilander connects with an elbow from the bottom.
Wilander is looking for a sweep.
Wilson working the head and body with strikes.
Wilson looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilander is looking for a sweep.
Wilson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Wilson fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Wilander tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Wilson easily slips into full mount!
Wilander tries to hold on but Wilson pushes him away.
Wilson controlling the pace for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wilander is squirming around, avoiding Wilson's attempts to control the action.
Wilander is trying to escape the mount.
Wilson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson tries to control but Wilander wriggling away.
Wilander has given up his back - I dont know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
Wilander trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Wilander tries to roll but Wilson sticks to his back.
Wilander is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Wilson gets his way!
I really don't envy Wilander right now.
Wilander looking very determined here, making life difficult for Wilson.
Wilander rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Wilson seems to be working for a kimura but Wilander defends the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Wilson trying to control the action but Wilander is working from the bottom.
Wilander is looking to control Wilson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wilander avoid being mounted?
Wilson wants to stand up but Wilander is controlling the position.
Wilson trying to control the action but Wilander is working from the bottom.
Wilson is looking for a kimura here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Wilander can do anything to dispel that myth.
Wilander keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Wilson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lucas Wilson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lucas Wilson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Wilson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wilander's head backwards.
Wilson lands with a right hand.
Wilson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Wilander has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wilander changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Wilson tries to avoid it but Wilander manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Wilson to the ground. Wilson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Wilson looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Wilson throws out a loose jab but Wilander uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wilander on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wilson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wilander can do to turn this around?
Wilson scores with a nice right hand.
Wilson thumps Wilander with a low kick.
Oooooh!!! Wilson has knocked Wilander down with a huge combo! Wilson steps away and waves a wobbly Wilander back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
 Wilander is rocked!
 It looks like Tommy Wilander has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wilson knocks out Wilander with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Wilson before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Wilson picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lucas Wilson!
Our winner, Lucas Wilson, 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Williams (ranked 1984 p4p, 2387 weight class) and Triston Santos (ranked 184 p4p, 219 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of , Bryan Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Triston Santos!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams misses with a double jab.
Williams throws a leg kick that is checked
and Santos counters with a series of strikes. Williams will be more careful next time no doubt.
Williams waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santos.
Santos bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Williams's head.
Santos with a hook.
A jab from Williams misses.
Williams throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Santos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Williams takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Williams is rocked!
Williams tries to land a leg kick but Santos saw it coming and moves away.
Santos throws out a counter right but Williams avoids it with no problem.
Oh Williams is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santos throws a jab when Williams was well out of range.
Williams seems to have got his legs back now.
Williams throws out a loose jab but Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Williams moves into range and clinches up with Santos.
Santos misses with a punch to the body.
Santos looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Williams swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Williams breaks the clinch.
Santos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Williams manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice body punch from Santos.
Santos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Santos connects with a single shot there.
Nice cross by Santos.
Williams steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Santos.
Santos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Williams.
Williams throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Santos counters with a nice uppercut.
Williams definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Williams moves into range and clinches up with Santos.
Williams stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Williams misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos is pushing Williams up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Santos tries a body shot but Williams blocks it.
Santos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Santos is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams misses with an elbow over the top.
Williams gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Santos regains guard.
Williams throws a big right hand that misses.
Williams 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.
Williams landing some decent shots from guard.
Williams throwing strikes from guard but Santos blocks nicely.
Williams tries to free his leg and advance position but Santos is retaining full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams scoring with punches to the head and body.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Williams might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Williams postures up.
Williams pushing down on Santos's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Williams looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Santos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Santos wants to get back to full guard.
Williams is trying to control the action in half guard but Santos is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Santos can do anything to dispel that myth.
Williams is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Williams looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Santos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Williams is trying to control the action in half guard but Santos is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos wants to control but Williams is keeping busy.
Williams looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Santos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Williams moves into full mount! Santos won't be happy about that!
Santos wants to control but Williams is having none of it.
Williams trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Santos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Williams. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Williams cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Santos wants to control but Williams is having none of it.
Williams tries to control but Santos wriggling away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Bryan Williams will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Williams rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Santos counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Santos is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Williams has closed the distance and engaged Santos in a clinch.
Williams gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Santos working a defensive guard here.
Williams slips nicely into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Williams lands a nice short elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams is keen to just control but Santos is a slippery customer.
Williams works his way into side control.
Williams wants to control but Santos is keeping him busy.
Williams advances to full mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams raining down hammerfists from mount.
Williams is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santos can do to turn this around?
Williams sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Williams tries to control but Santos wriggling away.
Williams working the ground and pound effectively.
Williams raining down hammerfists from mount.
Santos is in a horrible position here. Williams smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Williams looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Williams working the ground and pound effectively.
Santos takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Williams lands a heavy elbow.
Santos is rocked!
Williams looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Santos is still in real trouble! Can Williams finish him?
Williams scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams prevents Santos from getting the reversal.
Williams lands a heavy elbow.
Williams has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Santos is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bryan Williams!
A very excited looking Bryan Williams made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Deebo Drummond (ranked 1171 p4p, 1567 weight class) and Freaky Travis (ranked 73 p4p, 96 weight class). Drummond comes into the arena with 7 Words - Deftones blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Deebo Drummond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Freaky Travis!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yukihiro Shimada and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Travis throws a head kick but Drummond moves out of range.
Drummond swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Freaky Travis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Drummond.
Drummond throws a jab when Travis was well out of range.
Travis lands with a hook. Drummond tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
It looks like Deebo Drummond has been cut.
Drummond lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Travis at a distance.
Drummond checks a leg kick nicely.
Drummond throws a looping overhand right but Travis ducks down to avoid it.
Travis throws a leg kick that misses.
Drummond misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Travis.
Jab from Drummond.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drummond bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Drummond throwing a counter right hand but Travis manages to avoid it.
Travis moves out of range as Drummond strikes.
Drummond blocks a low kick nicely.
Drummond drops his shoulder and cracks Travis with a huge uppercut! Travis goes down! Can Drummond finish him?
Travis is rocked!
It looks like Freaky Travis has been cut.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drummond sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Travis's guard.
Drummond performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drummond seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Travis is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Deebo Drummond!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Genyo Takeda (ranked 1061 p4p, 911 weight class) and Soren Lozano (ranked 68 p4p, 58 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Genyo Takeda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Soren Lozano!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takeda is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lozano.
Lozano tries to counter with a clinch but Takeda shakes him off and moves away.
A big left from Takeda misses.
Takeda avoids the body shot from Lozano.
Lozano lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A slow jab from Lozano misses its intended target.
Lozano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Takeda throws a lazy right hand but Lozano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Takeda swats away the attempt to clinch by Lozano.
Takeda cracks Lozano with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
It looks like Soren Lozano has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Lozano misses.
Takeda throws a lazy right hand but Lozano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Takeda throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lozano tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Takeda swings for the body but Lozano moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takeda throws a hook but Lozano blocks it.
Lozano comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Donk. Lozano catches Takeda right on the button with a cross.
Takeda misses with an uppercut.
Lozano tries to close the distance and clinch up but Takeda swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Takeda changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lozano fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lozano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Takeda.
Takeda keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lozano catches Takeda with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lozano gets a clinch.
Takeda tries to work over Lozano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lozano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lozano is leaning against Takeda and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takeda misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lozano can't find room to land a body shot as Takeda controls the action.
Takeda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Takeda.
Lozano can't find room to land a body shot as Takeda controls the action.
Lozano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Takeda blocks an uppercut.
Lozano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Takeda's elbow.
Lozano tries a body shot but Takeda blocks it.
Lozano looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Takeda throws a punch but it's blocked by Lozano.
Takeda blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Takeda lands a hook that snaps the head of Lozano backwards.
Lozano has a couple of punches blocked by Takeda.
Takeda misses with some punches.
Lozano misses with a punch on the inside.
Takeda misses with the head strike.
Lozano misses with some punches.
Takeda blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Takeda.
Lozano swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Takeda misses with a hook to the ribs.
Takeda blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Takeda is working Lozano over against the cage.
Lozano prevents a body shot from Takeda.
Lozano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Takeda misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Takeda blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lozano struggles to land a body shot inside as Takeda controls his hands.
Takeda misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lozano working aggressively here.
Lozano tries a body shot but Takeda blocks it.
Takeda lands with a light punch inside.
Lozano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lozano misses with a body punch.
Takeda tries to work over Lozano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lozano throws a punch but it's blocked by Takeda.
Takeda blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takeda misses with a hook to the ribs.
Takeda cracks Lozano with a nice body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Takeda.
Takeda lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lozano struggles to land a body shot inside as Takeda controls his hands.
A short body shot lands from Takeda as the two fighters clinch.
Takeda can't find room to land a body shot as Lozano controls the action.
Nice body punch from Takeda - that landed with a thud.
Lozano looks winded!
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!
Takeda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Takeda misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lozano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Takeda lands with a short shot to the head.
Lozano struggles to land a body shot inside as Takeda controls his hands.
Takeda blocking some punches.
Lozano misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Lozano fails to land.
Nice body punch from Takeda.
Lozano tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Takeda blocking some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Genyo Takeda will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Takeda misses with a wild body shot.
Takeda jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lozano is looking to clinch.
Lozano fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lozano tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Takeda paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Takeda avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lozano uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Takeda has time to react.
Lozano takes a swing at Takeda's ribcage but misses.
Lozano closes the distance but Takeda moves to the side
and Takeda makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lozano takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Takeda lands with a good body shot.
Lozano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Takeda.
Nice cross by Takeda.
Lozano fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takeda lands a jab to Lozano's midsection.
Takeda lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lozano is breathing heavily.
Takeda misses with a hook.
Takeda avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lozano tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Takeda manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Takeda scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Takeda looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Good shot there by Takeda.
Takeda lands a big uppercut and Lozano crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Lozano looks OK. Takeda waves Lozano back to his feet!
Genyo Takeda is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lozano takes the fight into the clinch.
Takeda breaks the clinch.
Lozano darts in and clinches Takeda up against the cage.
Lozano's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lozano is trying to push Takeda away but Takeda has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lozano misses with a punch on the inside.
Takeda lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takeda lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Takeda misses with a hook to the ribs.
Takeda lands with a right to the head.
Takeda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Takeda presses Lozano against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Takeda lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Takeda misses with a body punch.
Genyo Takeda has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Takeda lands a right hand.
Lozano tries a body shot but Takeda blocks it.
Lozano takes a shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Takeda.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Takeda.
Takeda lands a body punch.
Takeda softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Takeda lands a body punch in the clinch.
Takeda lands a hook that snaps the head of Lozano backwards.
A body shot lands from Takeda.
Takeda lands with a right to the head.
Takeda is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lozano can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Takeda.
Takeda breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Takeda connects with a body shot.
Takeda drops Lozano with a straight right hand, right on the button! Takeda follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Genyo Takeda!
After winning the bout, Genyo Takeda 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 super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cibuka Stilera (ranked 340 p4p, 531 weight class) and Virgulino Lampiaun (ranked 24 p4p, 38 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cibuka Stilera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Virgulino Lampiaun!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stilera scores with a punch to the head.
Lampiaun fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stilera feinted with a counter takedown.
Stilera closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Stilera lands in his opponent's guard.
Stilera scoring with some ground and pound.
Lampiaun looking for a sweep. Not yet Lampiaun, not yet.
Stilera 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.
Stilera postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Stilera working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lampiaun's head.
Stilera wants to control from the top but Lampiaun keeps moving.
Stilera sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Lampiaun's guard.
Lampiaun has hold of Stilera's hands but Stilera slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Stilera tries to pass to full mount but Lampiaun defends it.
Stilera is working for a submission of some sort.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lampiaun wants to get back to full guard but Stilera has mounted him!
Lampiaun is desperately trying to improve his position but Stilera has a good base and remains in mount.
Stilera lands a big shot there that rocks Lampiaun but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stilera is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Lampiaun can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Lampiaun really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Stilera. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Stilera putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Stilera is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Lampiaun is rocked!
Stilera is trying to take his opponent's back.
Lampiaun is still in real trouble! Can Stilera finish him?
Lampiaun sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Lampiaun seems to have recovered his senses.
Stilera looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Lampiaun on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Stilera in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Lampiaun tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Stilera!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Cibuka Stilera!
After winning the bout, Cibuka Stilera 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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