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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chrys Kyle (ranked 887 p4p, 758 weight class) and Thomas Maeda (ranked 117 p4p, 97 weight class). Maeda has chosen Submission as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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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 26 - 18 - 1, fighting out of New York, Chrys Kyle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Maeda!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kyle misses with a low kick.
Kyle has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Pandemic Fight System in the buildup to the fight.
Maeda uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kyle.
A swing and a miss from Maeda.
Kyle with a nice calf kick.
Maeda takes one to the side of the head.
Kyle looks for the body kick but Maeda saw that one coming.
Maeda throws a counter combo.
Maeda lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kyle at a distance.
Maeda ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kyle moves away.
Maeda wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Maeda is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kyle.
Maeda lands a right hook to the body.
Maeda misses with a takedown
letting Kyle counter with a right hand.
Kyle misses with a kick to the body
letting Maeda counter with a right hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Kyle. That snapped Maeda's head back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maeda moves out of range of the strikes.
Kyle throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Maeda sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kyle displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Maeda.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maeda avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Maeda closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Maeda is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Kyle is just riding it out for now. Maeda eventually gives up the hold.
Kyle avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Maeda.
Maeda is stalling here. Kyle is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Maeda seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Kyle has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maeda gets back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maeda trying to hold on to Kyle's head to control him but Kyle postures up.
The fighters are battling for position here. Maeda manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maeda looking to control.
Kyle gets to his feet - Maeda follows without any prompting.
Kyle scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Maeda moves into range and connects with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maeda shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kyle as he jumps to the side.
Kyle swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Chrys Kyle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas Maeda.
Maeda moves out of range of the strikes.
Maeda on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kyle looks to land a right hand but Maeda moved out of range.
Maeda pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kyle throws a leg kick which misses Maeda's front leg but catches the back leg as Maeda tries to avoid it.
Maeda avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kyle displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Maeda throws out the jab.
Maeda tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kyle was well out of range. Poor timing from Maeda.
Maeda lands with a nice body punch.
Kyle avoids the body shot from Maeda.
An attempted straight right counter from Kyle misses the target.
Kyle misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kyle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maeda.
It looked like Kyle wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kyle throws a lazy uppercut
and Maeda counters with a left to the body.
Maeda drives through and clinches with Kyle against the cage.
Maeda jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kyle walks away with a smile on his face. Maeda gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Maeda takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Maeda looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Kyle!
Kyle prevents Maeda from moving into mount.
Kyle pushes Maeda away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Maeda gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Kyle regains half guard, as Maeda was trying to land strikes.
Maeda thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kyle's head.
Maeda throwing shots but Kyle is blocking nicely.
Maeda trying to control the action but Kyle is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kyle avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Maeda.
Maeda is working for a submission of some sort.
Maeda is stalling here. Kyle is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Maeda seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Kyle has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maeda struggling a bit here.
Kyle decides to stand back up. Kyle steps back and let's Maeda get back to his feet.
Maeda is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kyle rather than just go for the knockout.
Kyle with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kyle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maeda.
Maeda dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Chrys Kyle will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Kyle fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maeda manages to avoid it.
Nice cross by Kyle.
Jab from Kyle.
Nice uppercut there from Kyle.
Maeda misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kyle.
Kyle tried to score with a low kick but Maeda checks it.
Maeda swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Maeda fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Maeda fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jab from Kyle.
Kyle connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kyle looks to land a body kick but Maeda moved away.
Maeda misses the body punch
and Kyle counters with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maeda darts in looking for a takedown but Kyle gets double underhooks and turns Maeda into the cage.
Kyle avoids the body shot from Maeda.
Maeda staying out of range there.
Kyle takes a swing at Maeda's ribcage but misses.
Maeda appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Maeda checks the leg kick nicely there.
Maeda throws a hook but Kyle avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kyle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Maeda has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kyle.
Maeda wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kyle misses with a low kick.
Maeda throws a body shot but no joy.
Maeda lands a nice shot to the body.
Kyle scoring well with a low kick there.
Maeda will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kyle connects with a leg kick.
Kyle looks to throw the jab but Maeda is out of range.
Kyle throws a leg kick but Maeda checks it.
Maeda lands a nice hook to Kyle's body. Kyle takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Maeda scores with a jab to the body.
Maeda drives through with a takedown into guard.
Chrys Kyle overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maeda throws a big right hand that misses.
Kyle utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maeda trying to control but Kyle is working from the bottom.
Kyle avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kyle keeping moving, preventing Maeda from controlling successfully.
Maeda lands a couple of elbows.
Maeda connects with a couple of short punches.
Maeda throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Maeda throws a big right hand that misses.
Kyle preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Maeda postures up in Kyle's guard and throws a big left but Kyle blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Maeda accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Maeda wants to control from the top but Kyle keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maeda postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Maeda pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kyle is keeping the position for now.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Maeda wants to control from the top but Kyle keeps moving.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Kyle misses with an uppercut.
Kyle misses with a low kick.
Maeda finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Maeda uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kyle.
Maeda doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kyle. That's going to slow Maeda down.
Maeda dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maeda staying out of range there.
Maeda throws a leg kick that misses.
Maeda misses with a wild body shot.
Maeda takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Maeda scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nice body punch from Maeda.
Maeda looks to score with a jab to the body but Kyle is just out of range.
Maeda scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kyle doesn't seem bothered though.
Maeda tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kyle was well out of range. Poor timing from Maeda.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maeda sizes up Kyle with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kyle jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Maeda lands with an uppercut that bounces Kyle off the cage and back into range.
Maeda uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kyle.
Maeda swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A shot to the liver by Kyle. Beautiful body shot.
Maeda misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kyle.
An attempted straight right counter from Kyle misses the target.
Maeda throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Thomas Maeda will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A big left from Kyle misses.
Maeda misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kyle counters with a series of strikes. Maeda will be more careful next time no doubt.
Kyle throws a nice inside leg kick.
A jab from Kyle misses.
Kyle swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Maeda counters with a straight right hand.
Kyle motions for Maeda to come forward. Kyle throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Maeda uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kyle.
Kyle throws the left hand but Maeda avoids the punch easily.
Kyle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maeda lands a jab to Kyle's midsection.
Kyle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kyle misses with a hook.
Maeda ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kyle moves away.
Maeda ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kyle moves away.
Kyle jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Maeda waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kyle.
Kyle misses with an uppercut. Maeda saw that one coming.
Maeda swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maeda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kyle manages to avoid it.
Maeda moves out of range as Kyle strikes.
Maeda swings for the body but Kyle moves out of range.
Maeda misses with a body shot.
Maeda lands a jab to Kyle's midsection.
Kyle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kyle lands a nice hook to Maeda's body. Maeda takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Maeda looks to throw the jab but Kyle is out of range.
Maeda fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kyle checks it well.
Maeda on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Maeda gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kyle.
Kyle tests Maeda's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kyle misses the jab.
Maeda throws a body shot but no joy.
Maeda misses with a double jab.
Kyle was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Maeda works Kyle's body with a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maeda checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kyle lands a nice looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kyle tests Maeda's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Maeda throws a sloppy body shot
and Kyle counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Maeda scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A shot to the liver by Maeda. Beautiful body shot.
Kyle misses with a wild body shot.
Kyle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Maeda.
Kyle misses the jab.
Kyle misses with a looping left.
Chrys Kyle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kyle takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Maeda tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kyle was well out of range. Poor timing from Maeda.
Maeda lands with a nice body punch.
Kyle connects with a solid leg kick.
Kyle lands a nice looking kick to the body. Maeda takes a step back to recover.
Maeda misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maeda takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kyle feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Maedas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Maeda connects with a looping right hand.
Some wild striking there from Kyle.
Maeda misses with a hook to the body
and Kyle cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kyle. Maeda shrugs it off though.
Maeda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kyle swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chrys Kyle is winning the standup battle so far.
Kyle getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kyle throws a shot from downtown. Maeda moves away and avoids it.
Maeda works Kyle's body with a nice hook.
Maeda has closed the distance and engaged Kyle in a clinch.
Maeda is trying to drag Kyle to the mat but Kyle just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Kyle working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maeda tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kyle smiles and moves away.
Chrys Kyle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas Maeda.
Maeda misses with a takedown attempt - Kyle sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Maeda's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kyle cracks Maeda with an open hand slap.
Maeda misses with a body punch
and Kyle counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Maeda lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kyle at a distance.
Maeda drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kyle takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Maeda shoots in for a takedown but Kyle shows good takedown defense.
Kyle scores with a jab to the jaw.
Maeda throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maeda looks to score with a jab to the body but Kyle is just out of range.
Kyle misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chrys Kyle showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kyle has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Chrys Kyle!
After winning the bout, Chrys Kyle thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
The defeated Thomas Maeda had this to say: 'Through Japanese translator to English. "My opponent was better today. I will not underestimate him next time"'.
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