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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yoshinobu Tokugawa (ranked 3585 p4p, 3687 weight class) and Bazar Al Jhit (ranked 409 p4p, 416 weight class). Bazar Al Jhit acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoshinobu Tokugawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bazar Al Jhit!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Jhit connects with a nice looking jab.
Al Jhit has a takedown stuffed.
Tokugawa throws a leg kick but Al Jhit sees it coming and moves out of range.
Al Jhit lands a nice hook to Tokugawa's body. Tokugawa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Al Jhit closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Al Jhit is taking a breather. Tokugawa says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Al Jhit wants to free his trapped foot but Tokugawa is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Tokugawa is trying to maintain the position but Al Jhit is very close to passing his half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tokugawa is trying is best to control the position here.
Tokugawa is looking to improve his position.
Al Jhit wants to pass the guard but Tokugawa is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Jhit with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Tokugawa is trying to get back to full guard.
Al Jhit is working for a submission of some sort.
Tokugawa tries to get to full guard but Al Jhit has control of the leg.
Still in half guard, Al Jhit seems content to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tokugawa won't allow Al Jhit to pass to mount.
Tokugawa tries to roll over but Al Jhit keeps him under control.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Al Jhit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tokugawa manages to avoid it.
Tokugawa is looking to counter punch.
Tokugawa looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tokugawa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Al Jhit was well out of range. Poor timing from Tokugawa.
Al Jhit avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice defenses there by Tokugawa.
Al Jhit lands with a good body shot.
Tokugawa misses with a straight left.
Al Jhit fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Al Jhit scores with a four punch combination!
Al Jhit lands a nice shot to the body.
Tokugawa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tokugawa takes one to the chin there.
A left and a right from Al Jhit both land. Nice combination.
Al Jhit walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tokugawa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Al Jhit.
Tokugawa slips a jab and a cross from Al Jhit.
Yoshinobu Tokugawa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Al Jhit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tokugawa has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tokugawa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tokugawa.
Al Jhit digs a right hand into Tokugawa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tokugawa's gas tank.
Tokugawa misses with some punches.
Tokugawa lands with a left to the head.
Tokugawa throws a punch but it's blocked by Al Jhit.
Tokugawa misses with the head strike.
Al Jhit blocking some punches.
Tokugawa misses with a punch to the body.
Tokugawa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tokugawa is working for takedown but Al Jhit is calmly controlling the position for now.
Tokugawa lands with a left to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tokugawa misses with the head strike.
Al Jhit blocks a body shot from Tokugawa.
Tokugawa working aggressively here.
Tokugawa misses with some punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Al Jhit blocks an uppercut.
Tokugawa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Al Jhit letting Tokugawa take a breather here.
Al Jhit gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Al Jhit in particular looking to stall.
Al Jhit tries to pass the half guard into mount. Tokugawa knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Al Jhit prevents Tokugawa from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bazar Al Jhit dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Tokugawa closes the distance and clinches.
Al Jhit blocks an uppercut.
Al Jhit tries to pull guard but Tokugawa won't allow it.
Tokugawa misses with a punch on the inside.
Tokugawa lands a body punch.
Al Jhit works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Tokugawa can't keep his opponent in guard - Al Jhit advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Al Jhit controlling the action here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tokugawa trying to control from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tokugawa tries to get to full guard but Al Jhit has control of the leg.
Al Jhit is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Tokugawa has managed to free his arm - good work.
Al Jhit passes the guard and advances to mount!
Al Jhit controlling from the full mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Al Jhit looking to finish with strikes here!
Al Jhit content just to control the position here.
Al Jhit trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Jhit controlling his opponent.
Al Jhit prevents Tokugawa from getting the reversal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tokugawa is working hard here to advance position.
Al Jhit looking to control but Tokugawa is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Al Jhit has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Al Jhit content just to control the position here.
Tokugawa is looking to improve his position but Al Jhit isn't that keen on the idea.
Al Jhit looking to control and managing it successfully.
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.
Al Jhit trying to control but Tokugawa is having none of it.
Al Jhit looking to control and managing it successfully.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tokugawa tries to reverse the position but Al Jhit maintains control.
Al Jhit putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bazar Al Jhit showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Al Jhit circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tokugawa gets a double leg takedown into Al Jhit's guard.
Tokugawa has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Al Jhit is on top in guard.
Al Jhit works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Al Jhit controlling the action here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Al Jhit is trying to control. Tokugawa wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Al Jhit content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tokugawa tries to roll over but Al Jhit keeps him under control.
My spies in Catch Wrestling L.A. inform me that Al Jhit has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Al Jhit controlling the action here.
Al Jhit works his way into full mount!
Al Jhit jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Tokugawa is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Tokugawa and Al Jhit has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Tokugawa is being controlled here.
Al Jhit tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Al Jhit has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Tokugawa is looking for a sweep.
Tokugawa being controlled for a moment.
Tokugawa manages to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Jhit content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Yoshinobu Tokugawa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tokugawa is staying active underneath Al Jhit, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Tokugawa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Al Jhit counters with a takedown into side control.
Al Jhit 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.
Tokugawa is looking to regain half guard here but Al Jhit keeps moving and retains side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Jhit trying to control the action but Tokugawa is working from the bottom.
Al Jhit is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Tokugawa will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that's the end of the fight!
Bazar Al Jhit comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Al Jhit 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bazar Al Jhit!
A very excited looking Bazar Al Jhit rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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