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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jens Neustadt (ranked 1525 p4p, 1314 weight class) and Kazuo Takashi (ranked 92 p4p, 85 weight class). Takashi has chosen 吉田兄弟 Rising as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Kazuo Takashi enters the cage!
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jens Neustadt!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kazuo Takashi!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Michael Johnstone and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neustadt gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Neustadt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Takashi looking to slow down the pace here.
Neustadt definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Neustadt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Neustadt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Neustadt scores with a knee to the head.
Neustadt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Takashi trying to control the position but instead, Neustadt has worked for underhooks and has pushed Takashi into the cage.
Neustadt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Takashi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Neustadt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Takashi blocks it with crossed arms.
Takashi leaning against his opponent.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Takashi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Takashi is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takashi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Neustadt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Takashi is trying to stall.
Takashi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Takashi seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kazuo Takashi.
Takashi will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Neustadt tries to counter by clinching up but Takashi breaks away and moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neustadt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Neustadt clinches up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Takashi fails to land.
Takashi trying to control the position but instead, Neustadt has worked for underhooks and has pushed Takashi into the cage.
Neustadt is pressed up against the cage. Takashi has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Neustadt down to the mat. Neustadt avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jens Neustadt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kazuo Takashi.
Takashi has managed to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neustadt tries to land a knee to the head but Takashi blocks with his arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, Takashi throws an elbow but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Neustadt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Takashi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Takashi wants a takedown.
Neustadt landing knees to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Takashi trying to stall but Neustadt improves his position.
Takashi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Neustadt looking to throw knees to the head but Takashi is blocking nicely.
Takashi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Neustadt trying to land knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Takashi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Neustadt lands a nice knee to the body.
Takashi trying to control the position but instead, Neustadt has worked for underhooks and has pushed Takashi into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kazuo Takashi.
Takashi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Neustadt seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takashi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Neustadt misses with a knee strike.
Neustadt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Neustadt misses with a knee to the head.
Takashi throws a punch but it's blocked by Neustadt.
Neustadt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Takashi tries for a takedown. No joy.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Takashi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Neustadt tries to land a knee to the head but Takashi blocks with his arms.
Neustadt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Neustadt looking to throw knees to the head but Takashi is blocking nicely.
Neustadt blocks an uppercut.
Takashi wants to take the fight to the mat but Neustadt manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Neustadt tries to land a knee to the head but Takashi blocks with his arms.
Takashi tries to score a body lock takedown but Neustadt shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Neustadt connects with a nasty looking knee right to Takashi's face.
Takashi slows down the pace here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Takashi continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neustadt landing knees to the head.
Takashi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Neustadt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Takashi blocks it with crossed arms.
Neustadt's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Neustadt is pressed up against the cage. Takashi has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Neustadt down to the mat. Neustadt avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Takashi is defended easily by Neustadt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jens Neustadt dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Neustadt is looking to clinch.
Neustadt sets himself, and Takashi steps forward looking for the clinch! Neustadt avoids it this time.
Kazuo Takashi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Takashi swings for the body but Neustadt moves out of range.
Neustadt is looking to counter the offense by Takashi and move into the clinch.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Takashi wants to land a leg kick but Neustadt is out of range.
Takashi clinches up against the cage.
Takashi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Neustadt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Takashi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Neustadt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jens Neustadt has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Takashi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Neustadt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Takashi blocks it with crossed arms.
Takashi wants the takedown. Neustadt is fighting it off but Takashi persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Neustadt's guard against the cage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Takashi is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Neustadt knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Takashi on the ground.
Takashi tries to free his leg and advance position but Neustadt is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takashi pushes down on Neustadt's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Takashi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Neustadt keeps working.
Takashi is trying for a kimura here. Neustadt looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Takashi wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kazuo Takashi!
Kazuo Takashi is the new bantamweight champion!
Kazuo Takashi bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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