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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Reginald Budgiehandler (ranked 397 p4p, 431 weight class) and Kaiji Inoue (ranked 48 p4p, 54 weight class). Budgiehandler comes to the cage accompanied by Jack White - Lazaretto. Inoue has chosen Ladies and Gentlemen (Saliva) as his entrance music. Kaiji Inoue 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 featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Reginald Budgiehandler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kaiji Inoue!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Inoue throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Budgiehandler sees it coming and avoids it easily.
As Inoue looks to move away, Budgiehandler throws a big counter combo but Inoue just gets out of the way.
Donk. Inoue catches Budgiehandler right on the button with a cross.
Inoue moves into range and clinches up with Budgiehandler.
Inoue lands a nice uppercut.
Budgiehandler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Inoue lands a knee to the head.
Budgiehandler blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Inoue misses with a punch on the inside.
Budgiehandler takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Reginald Budgiehandler has been cut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Budgiehandler.
Budgiehandler lands with a left to the head.
Budgiehandler working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Budgiehandler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Inoue misses with a knee to the head.
Budgiehandler avoids a wild elbow strike from Inoue.
Inoue throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Inoue pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Budgiehandler throws a punch but it's blocked by Inoue.
Inoue lands an elbow inside that Budgiehandler shrugs off.
Budgiehandler lands with a short shot to the head.
Inoue throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
We've been informed that Inoue 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.
Inoue fails to pull guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Budgiehandler works on Inoue's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right from Inoue.
Budgiehandler looking to slow down the pace here.
Inoue misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Inoue creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Budgiehandler breaks the clinch.
Budgiehandler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Budgiehandler scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Inoue scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Budgiehandler throws a nice looking combination but Inoue bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Budgiehandler throws a head kick that misses.
Inoue throws out a counter right but Budgiehandler avoids it with no problem.
Inoue scores with a jab to the jaw.
Budgiehandler has been working on his boxing with his coaches at McGrady FT in the buildup to the fight.
Budgiehandler misses with a head kick.
Inoue steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Budgiehandler. That one must have hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Inoue tries to clinch
enabling Budgiehandler to counter with a crisp jab.
Budgiehandler throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick lands for Budgiehandler.
Budgiehandler blocks a head kick by Inoue.
A low kick from Inoue is predictable there
and Budgiehandler counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Kaiji Inoue has been cut.
Budgiehandler misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Inoue raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Inoue moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Budgiehandler misses with a kick to the body.
A head kick misses from Budgiehandler.
Inoue takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
It seemed like Inoue was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Inoue scores with a head kick. Budgiehandler tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Inoue thuds his right hand into Budgiehandler's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Budgiehandler tries a low kick but Inoue avoids it.
It seemed like Inoue was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Inoue throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Budgiehandler looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Good standup being displayed there by Inoue as he connects with a hook.
Inoue tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Inoue moves out of range of the body kick from Budgiehandler.
Budgiehandler misses with a series of wild punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Inoue misses the target.
Inoue has taken the fight to the clinch.
Inoue throws a punch but it's blocked by Budgiehandler.
Inoue working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Inoue comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Budgiehandler doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Inoue lands with a short shot to the head.
Budgiehandler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A clash of legs there as Budgiehandler blocks the low kick.
Budgiehandler was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nice defenses there by Inoue.
Budgiehandler blocks a jab.
Inoue plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Budgiehandler drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Budgiehandler is rocked!
Inoue lands with a straight right. Budgiehandler didn't see that one coming.
Oh Budgiehandler is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Inoue cracks Budgiehandler on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Budgiehandler falls backwards against the cage. Inoue follows up with more strikes that drop Budgiehandler to his knees. Inoue keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Budgiehandler! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kaiji Inoue!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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