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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Miyamoto Musashi (ranked 3755 p4p, 24010 weight class) and Alexis Salvacion (ranked 349 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexis Salvacion acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Miyamoto Musashi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 26 - 2, fighting out of New York, Alexis Salvacion!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Franklyn Lucas and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Musashi misses with a wild combination.
Musashi throws a series of punches but Salvacion moves out of range.
Salvacion lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Musashi misses with the combination.
Salvacion thinks about the counter body kick.
A punch combination from Musashi misses.
Salvacion is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Musashi with a body shot.
Musashi throws a right hand that Salvacion ducks under and follows up with a left that Salvacion also avoids with ease.
Salvacion changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
No luck for Salvacion with that takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Musashi misses with a double jab.
Musashi lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Salvacion backs up against the cage.
Musashi throws a nice looking combination but Salvacion bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
We've been told by Musashi's head coaches at Tran MMA Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salvacion showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Musashi.
Salvacion replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Musashi blocks it well.
Musashi throws a series of punches but Salvacion avoids them all with ease.
Salvacion counters with a body kick.
Musashi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Musashi tries to bum rush Salvacion with a series of wild strikes but Salvacion uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Salvacion follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Miyamoto Musashi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Musashi displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Musashi throws a right hand that Salvacion ducks under and follows up with a left that Salvacion also avoids with ease.
Salvacion follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Musashi tries to bum rush Salvacion with a series of wild strikes but Salvacion uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Musashi looks to land a combination but Salvacion avoids it well.
Salvacion steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Salvacion shoots for a takedown but Musashi saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Musashi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Musashi fails to land with a series of punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
No joy there for Musashi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A punch combination from Musashi misses.
Musashi moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromSalvacion.
No joy there for Musashi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Salvacion shoots for a takedown but Musashi saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Miyamoto Musashi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexis Salvacion.
Musashi throws a right hand that Salvacion ducks under and follows up with a left that Salvacion also avoids with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Musashi. Those never looked like landing.
Salvacion replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Musashi blocks it well.
Musashi looks to land a combination but Salvacion avoids it well.
As Musashi backs off Salvacion throws a huge counter combo but Musashi manages to avoid it all.
Salvacion has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Musashi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Salvacion shapes to counter with a head kick.
Musashi looks to land a combination but Salvacion avoids it well.
Musashi misses with a double jab.
Musashi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Musashi throws a right hand that Salvacion ducks under and follows up with a left that Salvacion also avoids with ease.
Musashi tries to bum rush Salvacion with a series of wild strikes but Salvacion uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And Salvacion responds with a good body kick, but Musashi manages to step out the way in time.
Musashi throws a right and a left that Salvacion avoids nicely.
Musashi is breathing heavily.
Musashi closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Musashi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Salvacion moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Salvacion is trying to counter with his kicks.
Salvacion tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Musashi defends well and Salvacion ends up having to push Musashi into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Nice body kick from Salvacion.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Musashi lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Some wild striking there from Musashi.
Musashi misses with a double jab.
Salvacion looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A punch combination from Musashi misses.
Salvacion replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Musashi blocks it well.
Musashi stuffs the takedown attempt from Salvacion. Salvacion gets slowly back to his feet.
Musashi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Musashi misses with a series of wild punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Miyamoto Musashi dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Musashi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Salvacion throws a counter combo.
Miyamoto Musashi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Musashi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Musashi looks to land a combination but Salvacion avoids it well.
Musashi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Salvacion fails with the takedown.
Salvacion looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salvacion shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Musashi as he jumps to the side.
Miyamoto Musashi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexis Salvacion.
Some wild striking there from Musashi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Musashi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Musashi looks to land a combination but Salvacion avoids it well.
Salvacion replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Musashi blocks it well.
Salvacion looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
As Salvacion looks to move away, Musashi throws a big counter combo but Salvacion just gets out of the way.
Musashi throws a series of punches but Salvacion avoids them all with ease.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Salvacion is defended easily by Musashi.
No joy there for Musashi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Musashi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Salvacion follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Salvacion will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Musashi throws a series of strikes that have Salvacion backpedaling.
A combination from Musashi does no damage.
Salvacion slips a jab and a cross from Musashi.
Musashi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Salvacion can do to turn this around?
Salvacion avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Musashi misses with a few strikes there.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Salvacion might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Musashi has got the better of the exchanges.
A combination from Musashi does no damage.
Salvacion steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Musashi misses with the combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Musashi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Salvacion circles away quickly and effectively.
Miyamoto Musashi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Salvacion tries for a takedown but Musashi sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Musashi misses with the combination.
Salvacion appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Salvacion shoots in for a takedown but Musashi shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A combination from Musashi does no damage.
Salvacion is trying to counter with his kicks.
Salvacion shoots in looking for a takedown but Musashi manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Salvacion's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Musashi swinging wildly here.
Salvacion steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salvacion slips a jab and a cross from Musashi.
Musashi fails to land with a series of punches.
Salvacion lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Musashi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Musashi throws a combination. Salvacion tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Musashi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Musashi throws a right and a left that Salvacion avoids nicely.
Salvacion unleashes a big counter combination but Musashi bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Musashi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Salvacion is trying to counter with his kicks.
Musashi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Salvacion follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Miyamoto Musashi dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Musashi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Musashi misses with the combination.
Salvacion only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Salvacion shoots in looking for a takedown. Musashi tries to sprawl out of it but Salvacion keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Musashi manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Musashi misses with a series of wild punches.
Salvacion steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Musashi looks to land a combination but Salvacion avoids it well.
Musashi looks to land a combination but Salvacion avoids it well.
Salvacion thinks about the counter body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Salvacion slips a jab and a cross from Musashi.
Salvacion lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Musashi feints a jab promting Salvacion to slip. Musashi then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Salvacion slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Musashi misses with a two punch combination.
Musashi swinging wildly here.
Salvacion thinks about the counter body kick.
Salvacion throws a low kick but Musashi moves out of range easily.
Musashi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Musashi misses with a wild combination.
Salvacion steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
No luck for Salvacion with that takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Musashi throws a series of strikes that have Salvacion backpedaling.
Musashi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Salvacion replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Musashi blocks it well.
Musashi keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Miyamoto Musashi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexis Salvacion.
Musashi leaves Salvacion with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some wild striking there from Musashi.
Salvacion avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salvacion shoots in but Musashi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Salvacion dodges the punch combination from Musashi.
Miyamoto Musashi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Musashi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Salvacion let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Musashi throws a right and a left that both miss.
And Salvacion responds with a good body kick, but Musashi manages to step out the way in time.
Salvacion tries for a takedown but Musashi sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Musashi stuffs the takedown.
Musashi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Salvacion is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Musashi defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Salvacion.
Musashi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Salvacion thinks about the counter body kick.
Some wild striking there from Musashi.
A punch combination from Musashi misses.
Alexis Salvacion has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Musashi throws a right and a left that Salvacion avoids nicely.
Salvacion replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Musashi blocks it well.
A punch combination from Musashi misses.
Despite the aggression on Salvacion's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Musashi fails to land with a series of punches.
Salvacion replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Musashi blocks it well.
No joy there for Musashi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Salvacion tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Miyamoto Musashi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Musashi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:24
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:24
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miyamoto Musashi!
Miyamoto Musashi very nearly forgot to thank Brooklyn Apothecary amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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