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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hueng Son (ranked 3830 p4p, 3097 weight class) and Yoshi Takano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yoshi Takano is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hueng Son!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yoshi Takano!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Son moves into the clinch.
Son lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Son blocks a body shot from Takano.
Takano throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sons head.
Takano throws a head punch that misses.
Takano struggles to land a body shot inside as Son controls his hands.
Takano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Son.
Son is looking to take this one to the mat.
Son turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Son trying to control the position but Takano is working away.
Takano being controlled for a moment.
Takano is not content to let Son control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Son controlling the position from side mount.
Takano taking a bit of punishment here - Son scoring with strikes.
Son in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Son wants to lay and pray for a moment but Takano keeps working.
Takano regains half guard there - taking advantage of Son's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Son sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Takano defending well though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Son is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Takano tries to roll over but Son keeps him under control.
Son is just content to waste time from the top position. Takano takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Takano has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Takano had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Son defends it easily.
Son with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Son trying to control but Takano is working from the bottom.
Son is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Son trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Son scoring with some ground and pound.
Son is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Takano not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Takano looking for a guillotine here but Son defends easily.
Takano not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A low kick lands for Son.
Son shoots in and gets a takedown into Takano's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Son showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Son seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Takano for as long as he can get away with.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Takano working a defensive guard here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hueng Son dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Son gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Takano counters with a nice uppercut.
Takano looks for the body kick but Son saw that one coming.
Son fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Takano manages to avoid it.
Son shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Son loads up on a big right hand but Takano slips the punch.
Yoshi Takano is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Takano misses with a body kick.
Son swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Takano counters with a stiff right hand.
Son throws a lazy body kick
enabling Takano to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch combination from Son misses.
A big left from Son misses.
Son gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Takano.
Takano struggles to land a body shot inside as Son controls his hands.
Takano tries to land knees in the clinch but Son avoids the damage to the body.
Takano is trying to break free.
Takano tries to land knees in the clinch but Son avoids the damage to the body.
Son managing to block the knees to the body from Takano.
Son can't get the takedown.
Takano trying to land knees to the body.
Takano misses with a body punch.
Son lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Son working aggressively here.
Takano tries to work over Son's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Takano is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hueng Son. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Takano trying to land knees to the body.
Son breaks from the clinch.
A low kick from Son is predictable there
enabling Takano to counter with a crisp jab.
Son instigates a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takano is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Son has Takano pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Takano manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Son has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Takano avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Son struggles to land a body shot inside as Takano controls his hands.
Takano lands a right hand.
Takano misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Takano lands a shot to the body.
Takano lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Son.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Son breaks the clinch.
Son darts in and clinches Takano up against the cage.
Son looking for a takedown.
Takano has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Son seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Takano can turn it around.
Son working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Takano connects with a nasty looking knee right to Son's face.
It looks like Hueng Son has been cut.
Takano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Son pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Son throws a poor cross that misses
and Takano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Son fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Takano avoids it really well and circles away.
Son pushes Takano up against the cage in a clinch.
Takano lands with a left to the head.
Takano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Son.
Son misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yoshi Takano seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Son is looking to take this one to the mat.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Takano.
Takano prevents a body shot from Son.
Takano stops a takedown attempt from Son.
Takano is leaning against Son and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Son managing to block the knees to the body from Takano.
Takano trying to land knees to the body.
Takano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Takano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Son avoids it.
Son managing to block the knees to the body from Takano.
Son struggles to land a body shot inside as Takano controls his hands.
Son on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Son blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Takano lands a hook that snaps the head of Son backwards.
Takano lands a left hand.
Takano unloads a knee to the mid-section. Son lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takano lands with a short shot to the head.
Son swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Takano utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Takano lands a hook that snaps the head of Son backwards.
Takano tries to land knees in the clinch but Son avoids the damage to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yoshi Takano showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Hueng Son's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Takano keeps Son at a distance using the push kick.
Son misses with a low kick.
Son dives in and grabs Takano's left leg, looking for a takedown. Takano pushes down on Son's head and hops out.
Takano tries to keep at a distance but Son has taken the fight into the clinch.
Takano is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Son blocking some punches.
Son wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Son wants to take the fight to the mat but Takano manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hueng Son. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Takano lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takano presses Son against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Son misses with the head strike.
Son blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Son is trying to break the clinch but Takano is controlling him.
Takano throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takano looking to throw knees to the head but Son is blocking nicely.
A right handed body shot lands from Son.
Son tries a body shot but Takano blocks it.
Son looking for a takedown.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Takano.
Son misses with the head strike.
Takano lands a body shot.
Takano pushes Son back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Takano - that landed with a thud.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Takano.
Son avoiding damage as Takano throws knees to the body.
Takano tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Son's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Son lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Son tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Son pressing his opponent against the cage.
Takano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yoshi Takano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takano uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Son.
Son misses with an uppercut
and Takano counters with a straight right hand.
Takano works Son's body with a nice hook.
We've been told by Son's head coaches at Mentor Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Hueng Son seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Son misses with a right hand
and Takano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Son throws a leg kick
and Takano counters with a stiff right hand.
Son misses with an uppercut
and Takano counters with a nice uppercut.
Son stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Takano.
A nice combination there by Son.
Takano misses with an uppercut.
Son is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Takano.
Son throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Takano counter with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Son takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Takano scores with a decent looking hook.
Son lunges at Takano with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Takano's hand.
Takano jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Son misses with a left hand
and Takano counters with a stiff right hand.
Son is rocked!
Son 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.
Oh Son is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A low kick lands for Takano.
Son throws a lazy head kick
and Takano counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Son thinking.
Son throws a leg kick
and Takano counters with a crisp right that sends Son to the canvas! Takano follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yoshi Takano!
Yoshi Takano seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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