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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Henry Lancaster (ranked 540 p4p, 516 weight class) and Schwartz Gomez (ranked 86 p4p, 82 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Gomez's choice of entrance music: POP SMOKE - GOT IT ON ME. Henry Lancaster could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Schwartz Gomez's chin.
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Henry Lancaster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Schwartz Gomez!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lancaster clinches up with Gomez and pushes him back against the cage.
Lancaster misses with the head strike.
Gomez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lancaster tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lancaster is leaning against Gomez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lancaster is struggling to control the position.
Lancaster misses with the head strike.
Lancaster takes a shot to the head.
Lancaster working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gomez tries to throw a body punch but Lancaster avoids it by throwing Gomez back against the cage.
Lancaster can't find room to land a body shot as Gomez controls the action.
Lancaster takes a shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Lancaster.
Gomez lands a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gomez misses with a body punch.
Gomez can't find room to land a body shot as Lancaster controls the action.
Gomez tries a body shot but Lancaster blocks it.
Gomez tries to break free but Lancaster pushes him back against the cage.
Lancaster tries to throw a body punch but Gomez avoids it by throwing Lancaster back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lancaster misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lancaster misses with a punch on the inside.
Gomez lands a nice uppercut.
Lancaster lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lancaster stalls.
Lancaster throws a punch but it's blocked by Gomez.
Lancaster blocks an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lancaster.
Gomez misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gomez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gomez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lancaster working aggressively here.
The referee is keeping an eye on Lancaster - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Lancaster tries to throw a body punch but Gomez avoids it by throwing Lancaster back against the cage.
Gomez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lancaster misses with a body shot.
Gomez throws a hook but Lancaster blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lancaster. Gomez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Schwartz Gomez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gomez throws a nice head kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lancaster lands an overhand right.
Lancaster throws a big shot that misses.
Gomez throws a low kick, looking for Lancaster's leg but Lancaster calmly moves out of range.
Lancaster appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Lancaster misses with a hook.
Lancaster misses with the combination.
Lancaster ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gomez moves away.
Gomez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lancaster misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Gomez as the two fighters clinch.
Gomez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lancaster backwards.
Lancaster tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lancaster keeps control of Gomez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lancaster throws a head punch that misses.
Lancaster throws a punch but it's blocked by Gomez.
Lancaster misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Gomez prevents a body shot from Lancaster.
Gomez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gomez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gomez lands with a short shot to the head.
Lancaster misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gomez tries to break the clinch but Lancaster is controlling the position.
Lancaster prevents a body shot from Gomez.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A head punch on the inside from Gomez fails to land.
Lancaster lands a body shot.
Gomez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lancaster lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lancaster gets through Gomez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gomez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gomez looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Both fighters circling a little - Gomez finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Gomez with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lancaster keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lancaster misses with a shot to the body
and Gomez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gomez fails to land with a series of punches.
Gomez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gomez fails to land with a series of punches.
Gomez scores with a leg kick.
Gomez misses with a body shot
and Gomez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gomez throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lancaster displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gomez throws out the jab.
Gomez ducks under a wild hook from Lancaster.
We've been told by Lancaster's head coaches at Tōshi that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Lancaster throws a lazy right hand but Gomez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gomez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gomez has closed the distance and engaged Lancaster in a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gomez lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lancaster lands a shot to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Lancaster.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Schwartz Gomez will probably get the nod.
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.
Gomez with a hook.
Lancaster checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Gomez pushes Lancaster up against the cage in a clinch.
Lancaster throws a head punch that misses.
Lancaster misses with a punch to the body.
Henry Lancaster has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lancaster swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lancaster blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gomez is trying to break the clinch but Lancaster is controlling him.
A head punch on the inside from Lancaster fails to land.
Lancaster lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gomez blocks a body shot from Lancaster.
A short right from Gomez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A body shot lands from Gomez.
Lancaster misses with a punch on the inside.
Lancaster misses with the head strike.
Lancaster tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A hook to the body from Gomez.
Gomez will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lancaster up against the cage.
Lancaster is leaning against Gomez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lancaster misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gomez has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Lancaster seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Gomez can turn it around.
Lancaster scores with a shot to the side of Gomez's head.
Still in the clinch, Lancaster scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lancaster misses with a body punch.
Gomez manages to break the clinch.
Gomez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lancaster throws a hook to the side of Gomez's head but Gomez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lancaster scores with the left hand. Gomez knows he should have avoided that one.
Gomez throws a low kick but Lancaster avoids it.
Lancaster misses with the combination.
Lancaster on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gomez. Gomez obviously looking to wear him down.
Lancaster slips a jab and a cross from Gomez.
Lancaster loads up on a big right hand but Gomez slips the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lancaster.
Lancaster missing with a left hand there. Gomez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lancaster throws an overhand right that lands on Gomez's shoulder, as Gomez tries to avoid the shot.
Gomez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A big right from Lancaster misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lancaster feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gomezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Lancaster missing with a left hand there. Gomez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gomez appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Gomez blocks a jab.
Gomez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lancaster has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Lancaster misses with a body shot.
Gomez lands with a hook. Lancaster tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gomez thumps Lancaster with a low kick.
Lancaster swings for the body but Gomez moves out of range.
Lancaster misses with a straight right.
Lancaster moves out of range of the body kick from Gomez.
Gomez scores with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster misses with a hook. Gomez ducked under it nicely.
Gomez staying out of range there.
Lancaster displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gomez throws out the jab.
Lancaster throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gomez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gomez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Gomez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lancaster throws out the jab.
Gomez has Lancaster up against the cage in a clinch.
Lancaster working aggressively here.
Gomez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lancaster blocking some punches.
Gomez throws a punch but it's blocked by Lancaster.
Gomez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gomez is leaning against Lancaster and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lancaster tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lancaster misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez misses with a punch on the inside.
Lancaster throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gomez.
Lancaster working aggressively here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lancaster lands a body shot.
Gomez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lancaster's defenses.
Lancaster takes a shot to the head.
Lancaster swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gomez lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Gomez.
Gomez blocking some punches.
Lancaster swings wildly with an uppercut but Gomez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gomez misses with the head strike.
Gomez misses with a punch to the body.
Lancaster swings wildly with an uppercut but Gomez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gomez lands a right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Schwartz Gomez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Lancaster blocks a low kick nicely.
Lancaster listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gomez clinches up against the cage.
Lancaster throws a head punch that misses.
Lancaster misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gomez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lancaster checks a leg kick.
Lancaster swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A head kick misses from Gomez.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gomez.
Gomez scores with a jab to the jaw.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gomez. That's going to slow Lancaster down.
Gomez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gomez clinches up against the cage.
Gomez blocking some punches.
Gomez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Lancaster.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lancaster lands a shoulder strike.
Gomez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez blocking some punches.
Gomez throws a punch but it's blocked by Lancaster.
Gomez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lancaster working aggressively here.
Gomez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gomez blocking some punches.
Lancaster tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lancaster misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lancaster lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gomez breaks from the clinch.
Gomez staying out of range there.
Lancaster tries to keep at a distance but Gomez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lancaster will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Gomez up against the cage.
Gomez blocking some punches.
Gomez can't break the clinch.
Henry Lancaster has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Gomez on the inside.
Lancaster tries to throw a body punch but Gomez avoids it by throwing Lancaster back against the cage.
Lancaster has a couple of punches blocked by Gomez.
Gomez missing with knees to the body.
Gomez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lancaster's efforts to push away.
Gomez pushes off an throws an elbow but Lancaster leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lancaster misses with some punches.
Gomez misses with a punch on the inside.
Gomez throws a punch but it's blocked by Lancaster.
Gomez throws a head punch that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Gomez.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lancaster tries to work over Gomez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lancaster lands a shoulder strike.
Gomez working aggressively here.
Lancaster lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gomez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster presses Gomez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lancaster lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gomez backwards.
Gomez blocks a body shot from Lancaster.
Gomez misses with the head strike.
Gomez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lancaster goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lancaster tries a body shot but Gomez blocks it.
Lancaster throws a head punch that misses.
Gomez is leaning against Lancaster and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lancaster doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Lancaster throws a head punch that misses.
Gomez takes a shot to the head.
Gomez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gomez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gomez blocking some punches.
Gomez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lancaster misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Lancaster on the inside.
Gomez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Lancaster scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lancaster lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lancaster blocking some punches.
Gomez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Gomez.
Gomez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lancaster tries to throw a body punch but Gomez avoids it by throwing Lancaster back against the cage.
Schwartz Gomez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lancaster.
A head punch on the inside from Lancaster fails to land.
Lancaster working aggressively here.
Gomez lands an uppercut.
Gomez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gomez misses with the combination.
A good leg kick by Gomez.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Henry Lancaster.
I think Gomez has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Schwartz Gomez!
A victorious Schwartz Gomez thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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