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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Third Eye (ranked 207 p4p, 501 weight class) and Akaro Horiguchi (ranked 27 p4p, 66 weight class). Horiguchi has chosen Japanese Imperial Army Death March as his entrance music. Third Eye has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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 17 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Third Eye!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Akaro Horiguchi!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horiguchi throws a leg kick but Eye moved away.
A little feinted left hand from Eye on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Eye looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Horiguchi throws a low kick, looking for Eye's leg but Eye calmly moves out of range.
Eye goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Eye throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Horiguchi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Horiguchi pushes Eye up against the cage in a clinch.
Horiguchi breaks from the clinch.
Horiguchi has managed to clinch.
Eye's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Eye takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Horiguchi is looking to clinch but Eye is avoiding it.
Eye ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Eye misses with a double jab.
Horiguchi misses with a looping right.
Eye is looking to counter punch.
Horiguchi looks to land a left hand but Eye moved out of range nicely.
We've been informed that Horiguchi has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Horiguchi lands with a nice body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Eye misses with a low kick.
Eye looks to score with a jab to the body but Horiguchi is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Horiguchi! But no joy.
Horiguchi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Horiguchi looks for the body kick but Eye saw that one coming.
Eye jabs at Horiguchi's body.
Eye throws a hook but Horiguchi avoids it easily.
Horiguchi throws a leg kick but Eye moved away.
Eye keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horiguchi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Eye.
Eye throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Horiguchi on the side of the head.
Eye throws a jab but it's blocked by Horiguchi.
Horiguchi checks the leg kick nicely there.
Eye closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Eye tried to score with a low kick but Horiguchi checks it.
Eye fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Eye swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Horiguchi throws a leg kick
and Eye counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Horiguchi thinking.
Eye lands a jab to the head.
Horiguchi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Horiguchi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Horiguchi is looking to clinch but Eye is avoiding it.
Horiguchi throws out a leg kick but Eye moves out of range and Horiguchi only half commits.
Eye misses with a low kick.
Horiguchi swings for the body but Eye moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Eye attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Eye throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Horiguchi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Eye's corner calls for a 1-2. Eye obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Horiguchi throws a hook but Eye avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi lands with a good body shot.
Horiguchi connects with an inside leg kick.
Eye lands a nice hook to Horiguchi's body. Horiguchi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Horiguchi takes one to the side of the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Eye.
Horiguchi throws a low kick but Eye moves out of range easily.
Horiguchi moves in looking to clinch but Eye pushes him off.
Horiguchi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Eye.
Horiguchi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Eye blocks a jab.
Eye's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Eye duly obliges.
A left lands for Eye.
A jab from Horiguchi misses.
Eye pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It seemed like Horiguchi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Eye throws a jab when Horiguchi was well out of range.
Horiguchi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Eye moves away.
Horiguchi slips under a jab.
Horiguchi throws a big shot that misses.
Eye fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Eye connects with a good right hand that stumbles Horiguchi. Horiguchi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Eye misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eye throws a leg kick that is checked
and Horiguchi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Eye throws a hook but Horiguchi avoids it easily.
Horiguchi throws a low kick, looking for Eye's leg but Eye calmly moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Horiguchi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Eye thinks about countering with a head kick.
Eye lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A jab from Horiguchi misses.
Horiguchi with a nice calf kick.
Nice defenses there by Horiguchi.
Horiguchi bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Eye's head backwards.
Horiguchi tries to close the distance and clinch but Eye swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Eye misses with an uppercut.
Eye misses with a low kick.
Eye steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Horiguchi.
Eye walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Horiguchi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nice defenses there by Horiguchi.
Horiguchi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Eye tries to land a leg kick but Horiguchi saw it coming and moves away.
Eye connects with a looping right hand.
Horiguchi drops his hands momentarily and Eye takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Eye drops his hands momentarily and Horiguchi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Horiguchi misses the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eye checks a leg kick.
Eye misses with a low kick.
Horiguchi takes a swing at Eye's ribcage but misses.
Eye pivots, looking for a leg kick but Horiguchi is out of range and Eye settles back down.
Eye looks to score with a jab to the body but Horiguchi is just out of range.
Eye attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Eye ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Horiguchi moves away.
Horiguchi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Eye.
Eye tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Eye backing away here, and Horiguchi unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Eye thumps Horiguchi with a low kick.
Eye is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Horiguchi needs to keep his hands up - Eye had a free shot at his head there.
Eye tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Horiguchi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Eye is looking to slow Horiguchi down with leg kicks.
Horiguchi walks into a stiff left hand from Eye.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Eye finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Horiguchi moves out of range as Eye strikes.
A jab from Horiguchi does it's job there.
Eye misses with the combination.
Eye dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Horiguchi. That did some damage!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Third Eye dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Eye misses with a wild body shot.
Eye thumps Horiguchi with a low kick.
Horiguchi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A nice leg kick from Eye, right into the meat of the thigh.
Eye moves away from the strike by Horiguchi.
Eye is looking to counter punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Eye misses the target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Horiguchi checks a leg kick.
Horiguchi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Horiguchi slips a straight right by Eye.
Eye scores with a body shot.
Eye misses with a looping left.
Eye throws a body shot but no joy.
Eye moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Third Eye is winning the standup battle so far.
Horiguchi ducks under a wild hook from Eye.
Eye lands a right hook to the body.
Eye is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Horiguchi can do to turn this around?
Eye chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Horiguchi can pounce on him.
Eye feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Horiguchis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
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!
Eye misses the jab.
Eye pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Eye misses with a wild combination.
Horiguchi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Horiguchi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eye wants to break the clinch but can't.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Horiguchi.
It looks like Third Eye has been cut.
Horiguchi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Eye backwards.
Horiguchi lands with a short shot to the head.
Eye's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Eye takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That kick from Horiguchi tenderised Eye's leg. Eye is trying to keep his angry face on.
Eye uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Horiguchi.
Eye throws a looping overhand right but Horiguchi ducks down to avoid it.
Horiguchi blocks a leg kick.
Eye misses with a lunging right hand
and Horiguchi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Eye throws a head kick but Horiguchi moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Horiguchi. That's going to slow Eye down.
Eye lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Eye tries to score with a low kick but Horiguchi moves his leg out of the way.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Horiguchi walks into a jab.
Horiguchi misses with a straight right.
Horiguchi throws a hook to the side of Eye's head but Eye sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Eye fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Horiguchi manages to avoid it.
It seemed like Horiguchi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Horiguchi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eye lands a slapping body shot.
Eye takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Eye scores with the left hand. Horiguchi knows he should have avoided that one.
Horiguchi rushes Eye and presses him up against the cage.
Horiguchi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Eye steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Horiguchi.
Horiguchi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Horiguchi.
Horiguchi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Eye throws out the jab.
Eye throws a jab when Horiguchi was well out of range.
Eye throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Third Eye is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Eye misses with a hook. Horiguchi ducked under it nicely.
Eye moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Eye misses with a low kick.
Eye misses with a straight left.
Eye displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Horiguchi throws out the jab.
Eye lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Horiguchi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Eye lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Horiguchi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Horiguchi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A solid leg kick lands there for Horiguchi.
Eye throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Horiguchi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eye doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Eye throws a jab when Horiguchi was well out of range.
Eye throws a low kick, looking for Horiguchi's leg but Horiguchi calmly moves out of range.
Eye staying out of range there.
Eye connects with a good right hand that stumbles Horiguchi. Horiguchi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Horiguchi moves into the clinch.
Horiguchi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Eye backwards.
Eye is trying to break the clinch but Horiguchi has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Horiguchi.
A head punch on the inside from Horiguchi fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Horiguchi.
Horiguchi throws an elbow that misses.
Eye working hard to break the clinch.
Good body shot from Horiguchi.
Horiguchi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi throws out a leg kick but Eye moves out of range and Horiguchi only half commits.
Eye scores with a sloppy right hand. Horiguchi should have avoided that one.
Eye misses with a low kick.
Eye blocks the body kick.
Eye chopping away at his opponent's legs.
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!
Eye throws a hook to the side of Horiguchi's head but Horiguchi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Eye avoids the head kick by Horiguchi.
Horiguchi tries to clinch there but Eye circles away.
Eye finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Horiguchi throws a hook to the side of Eye's head but Eye sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Horiguchi scores with a body shot.
Eye stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Horiguchi.
Horiguchi misses with a low kick.
Horiguchi dips to his left and cracks Eye with an uppercut!
Eye getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Horiguchi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Eye paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Eye thows a left - swing and a miss!
Eye bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Horiguchi's head.
Horiguchi lands a slapping body shot.
Horiguchi lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Akaro Horiguchi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Third Eye's cut.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Eye clobbers Horiguchi with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Horiguchi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Eye.
Eye misses with an uppercut.
Good standup being displayed there by Eye as he connects with a hook.
Eye displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Horiguchi throws out the jab.
Eye throws the left hand but Horiguchi avoids the punch easily.
A nice leg kick from Eye, right into the meat of the thigh.
Horiguchi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Horiguchi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Eye paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Eye misses with a two punch combination.
Eye moves out of range as Horiguchi strikes.
Eye throws a leg kick that misses.
Horiguchi ducks right into an uppercut from Eye.
Horiguchi misses with a straight right.
A punch combination from Eye misses.
Horiguchi lands with an uppercut that bounces Eye off the cage and back into range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Eye connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A low kick lands for Eye.
Eye misses with an uppercut. Horiguchi saw that one coming.
Horiguchi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Eye moves away.
Horiguchi avoids the body shot from Eye.
A countering left hand to the body from Horiguchi misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Horiguchi lands.
Horiguchi throws a jab when Eye was well out of range.
Eye fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Horiguchi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Eye throws a jab when Horiguchi was well out of range.
Eye throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Eye throws a hook to the side of Horiguchi's head but Horiguchi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Horiguchi throws out a powerful jab.
Horiguchi misses the jab.
Horiguchi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Eye.
Horiguchi throws a hook to the side of Eye's head but Eye sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Eye connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Horiguchi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Eye fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Horiguchi manages to avoid it.
It seemed like Horiguchi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Eye keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Horiguchi.
A jab from Horiguchi misses.
A clash of legs there as Eye blocks the low kick.
Eye moves out of range of the strikes.
Horiguchi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Eye stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Horiguchi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Horiguchi throws a jab but it's blocked by Eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Horiguchi. Eye does a little dance to reset his feet.
Horiguchi 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.
Eye misses with a left hand
and Horiguchi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jab from Eye.
Eye swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Horiguchi shapes to counter with a head kick.
Eye keeps the fight on the outside.
Horiguchi scores with a nice body kick.
Horiguchi throws a body kick that misses.
Horiguchi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Eye scores with a leg kick.
Eye works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Horiguchi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Horiguchi lands a right hook to the body.
Eye checks a leg kick.
Horiguchi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Horiguchi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Eye sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Horiguchi wants to clinch up but Eye keeps it at a distance.
Eye tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Horiguchi was well out of range. Poor timing from Eye.
Eye takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Eye checks a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eye misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Horiguchi.
Horiguchi moves out of range of the strikes.
Eye throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Horiguchi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Eye misses with a straight left.
Horiguchi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Horiguchi fakes the leg kick and cracks Eye in the body.
Eye waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Horiguchi.
Good shot there by Eye.
Horiguchi checks a leg kick.
Eye checks the leg kick nicely there.
Horiguchi just misses with a punch to the body.
Eye walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Horiguchi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Horiguchi lands with a straight right. Eye didn't see that one coming.
Horiguchi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Horiguchi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Horiguchi with a nice calf kick.
A head kick misses from Horiguchi.
Eye throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Horiguchi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Eye was well out of range. Poor timing from Horiguchi.
Horiguchi takes one on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eye gets tackled into the cage by Horiguchi. Horiguchi maintains the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Horiguchi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A swing and a miss from Horiguchi.
Eye cracks Horiguchi with a right hand to the side of the head.
Horiguchi misses with an uppercut.
Horiguchi scores with a hook to the body. Eye takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Horiguchi avoids the body shot from Eye.
Eye tries to land a leg kick but Horiguchi saw it coming and moves away.
A big right from Eye misses.
A clash of legs there as Eye blocks the low kick.
Horiguchi throws a hook but Eye blocks it.
Horiguchi throws a big shot that misses.
Horiguchi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Eye doesn't seem bothered though.
Eye tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Horiguchi cracks a nice hook into Eye's ribs.
Eye throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Eye is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Horiguchi.
Horiguchi moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Eye misses with a double jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Akaro Horiguchi.
I think Horiguchi 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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