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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jerry Almasy (ranked 4754 p4p, 24282 weight class) and Yoshihara Taku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jerry Almasy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoshihara Taku!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taku shoots in for a takedown but Almasy shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Taku.
Almasy tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Taku manages to circle out of the way.
Almasy stuffs the takedown attempt from Taku. Taku gets slowly back to his feet.
Jerry Almasy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yoshihara Taku.
Almasy lands an overhand right.
Almasy tries to clinch up.
Almasy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Taku paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Almasy displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Taku.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Almasy darts in and clinches Taku up against the cage.
Almasy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Almasy gets caught napping as Taku dives in and scores a takedown. Almasy manages to retain guard.
Taku works over Almasy with some ground and pound from guard.
Taku connects with a couple of short punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taku throwing strikes from guard but Almasy blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Almasy trying to keep a closed guard but Taku is proving a slippery customer.
Taku throws a big right hand that misses.
Almasy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Taku is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Taku postures up and lands a big shot to Almasy's brow.
Almasy on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Almasy tries to get out of the position.
Taku scoring with some ground and pound.
Taku has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Taku postures up in Almasy's guard and throws a big left but Almasy blocks it.
Almasy throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Taku is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Taku distracts Almasy with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Almasy has momentary wrist control but Taku slips an elbow through the middle.
Taku is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Taku landing some decent shots from guard.
Taku throwing strikes from guard but Almasy blocks nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taku lands a couple of digs.
Taku postures up and lands a big shot to Almasy's brow.
Almasy controls Taku momentarily but Taku frees himself.
Taku is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Taku working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Almasy's head.
Almasy trying to control the position.
Almasy keeping moving, preventing Taku from controlling successfully.
Taku landing some decent shots from guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Taku working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taku sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Almasy's guard.
Taku seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Taku working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Taku takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Taku looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Almasy with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Almasy trying to control here.
Taku working over Almasy with some ground and pound. Almasy looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Almasy is trying to maintain the position but Taku is very close to passing his half guard.
Almasy missing with punches from the bottom.
Almasy is looking for a sweep. Taku is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Taku scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Almasy is looking to control Taku's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Almasy avoid being mounted?
Almasy taking some punishment here, with Taku in his half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almasy has hold of Taku's hands but Taku slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Taku is nestled in close to Almasy, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Taku lands a nice short elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Taku lands a nice short elbow.
Taku lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ground and pound from Taku.
Taku wants to take a breather but Almasy is having none of it.
Almasy trying to hold on to Taku's head to control him but Taku postures up.
Taku lands with a punch from half guard.
Taku lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Taku takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Taku working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Taku is nestled in close to Almasy, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Taku is nestled in close to Almasy, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Taku scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Taku lands strikes from half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yoshihara Taku dominated that round.
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.
Almasy tries to clinch but Taku moves out of range.
Taku tries to keep at a distance but Almasy has taken the fight into the clinch.
Almasy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Taku tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Almasy smiles and moves away.
Taku darts in looking for a takedown but Almasy gets double underhooks and turns Taku into the cage.
Horrible takedown attempt by Taku or perhaps it was just good defense by Almasy, which made it look bad.
Jerry Almasy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yoshihara Taku.
Almasy drives through and clinches with Taku against the cage.
Taku tries for a takedown. No joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taku is looking for a takedown.
Taku goes for a takedown in the clinch but Almasy prevents it.
Almasy stalling against the cage.
Almasy controlling the action here for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almasy landing knees to the body.
Almasy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Almasy lands a nice shot to the body.
Jerry Almasy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Almasy closes the distance and clinches.
Almasy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Almasy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yoshihara Taku seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Almasy closes the distance and clinches.
Almasy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Almasy defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Taku.
Nice sprawl there from Almasy as Taku shoots in.
An attempted straight right counter from Almasy misses the target.
Almasy clinches up against the cage.
Almasy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Taku is breathing heavily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Almasy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Taku.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taku looks up at the clock and then as Almasy takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Taku smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Almasy gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Almasy misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Taku looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Almasy tries to get to full guard but Taku has control of the leg.
Almasy is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Taku scores with a couple of nice shots.
Almasy is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Taku scores with a couple of nice shots.
Almasy wants to get back to full guard.
Almasy is refusing to be controlled, as Taku sits in half guard.
Almasy is trying to maintain the position but Taku is very close to passing his half guard.
Taku seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almasy wants to get back to full guard.
Almasy knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Taku on the ground.
Taku working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Almasy is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Taku scores with a couple of nice shots.
Almasy trying to control from the bottom.
Taku is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Taku takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Taku looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Almasy with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Almasy tries to roll over but Taku keeps him under control.
Taku drops an elbow to the side of Almasy's head.
Almasy tries to get to full guard but Taku has control of the leg.
Taku is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Almasy is not content to let Taku control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almasy looks like he's trying to stand up.
Taku landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Taku drops an elbow to the side of Almasy's head.
Taku working the head and body with strikes.
Taku working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Taku is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Almasy gets full guard.
Taku landing with the ground and pound.
Taku cracks Almasy with a solid left hand.
Taku lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Taku chips away with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Taku's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Taku lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jerry Almasy dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Taku dives in and grabs Almasy's left leg, looking for a takedown. Almasy pushes down on Taku's head and hops out.
Taku shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Almasy as he avoids it easily.
Almasy went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Taku dives in and grabs Almasy's left leg, looking for a takedown. Almasy pushes down on Taku's head and hops out.
Jerry Almasy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yoshihara Taku.
Almasy tries to clinch there but Taku circles away.
Almasy drives through and clinches with Taku against the cage.
Taku is working for takedown but Almasy is calmly controlling the position for now.
Almasy is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Almasy breaks from the clinch.
Almasy closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Almasy lands a nice knee to the body.
Almasy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Almasy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Taku, pushing him back against the cage.
Almasy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Taku takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Almasy moves in looking to clinch but Taku pushes him off.
Taku changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almasy moves into range and clinches up with Taku.
Taku has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Almasy is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Almasy manages to break the clinch.
Taku tries to move into range but Almasy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Taku shoots in but no luck this time.
A little feinted left hand from Almasy on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Taku darts in looking for a takedown but Almasy gets double underhooks and turns Taku into the cage.
Almasy lands a lovely overhand right.
Almasy takes the fight into the clinch.
Almasy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Taku gets tackled into the cage by Almasy. Almasy maintains the clinch.
Almasy stops a takedown attempt from Taku.
Jerry Almasy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Taku takes a knee to the side of the body.
Almasy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Almasy tries to close the distance and clinch but Taku swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almasy rushes Taku and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Almasy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Almasy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Almasy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Taku is trying to pull guard but Almasy turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Almasy is pushing Taku up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Almasy displaying some good clinch control by pressing Taku up against the cage.
Almasy lands a nice knee to the body.
Taku has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Almasy avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Almasy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Taku or not.
Almasy controlling the action here for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almasy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Almasy cracks Taku with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Almasy lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Almasy tries to close the distance and clinch but Taku swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Taku avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Almasy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Almasy lands a right hook to the body.
Almasy scores with a nice head shot.
Taku shoots in but Almasy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Almasy tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Taku manages to circle out of the way.
Almasy tries to clinch but Taku is having none of it.
Almasy fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taku shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Almasy but Almasy pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Good shot there by Almasy.
Almasy drives through and clinches with Taku against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Almasy stops a takedown attempt from Taku.
Almasy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Taku's face.
Taku is rocked!
Almasy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Taku is still on wobbly legs! Can Almasy finish him?
Almasy walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Taku drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Almasy swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Taku's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jerry Almasy!
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RATING
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