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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bear Claw (ranked 3546 p4p, 3468 weight class) and Ogre Toshin (ranked 421 p4p, 411 weight class). Toshin comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Death Squad kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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 12 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bear Claw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ogre Toshin!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toshin shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Toshin was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Toshin trying to control the action but Claw is working from the bottom.
Toshin is chipping away with strikes.
Claw is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Toshin controlling the position.
Toshin lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Claw down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Claw is trying to get back to his feet.
Toshin throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Claw is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Toshin cracks Claw with a big elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Claw is not content to let Toshin control the position.
Toshin is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Toshin prevents Claw from escaping the position.
Claw tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Claw has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Toshin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Toshin lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Claw is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Good control from Toshin.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Claw trying to control the action but Toshin just sinks the hooks in.
Claw wants to get back to his feet.
Toshin scores with strikes from the back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Claw is trying to stand back up.
Toshin is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Claw. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Claw avoids the strikes from Toshin.
Claw is covering up but some of the strikes from Toshin are getting through and doing damage.
Toshin has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Claw's body.
Toshin missing with punches from the back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toshin wants to control but Claw is keeping busy.
Claw trying to get back to his feet but Toshin is in full control for now.
Toshin misses with an elbow to the head.
Toshin is looking to control Claw but Claw is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Claw wants to get back to his feet.
Claw takes a big shot to the side of the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Claw takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Claw trying to get back to his feet but Toshin is in full control for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ogre Toshin dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Toshin throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Claw was covering up waiting for the punch and Toshin finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Claw wants to stand and escape but Toshin is having none of it.
Claw has momentary wrist control but Toshin slips an elbow through the middle.
Toshin with a nice head shot there.
Claw keeping moving, preventing Toshin from controlling successfully.
Ogre Toshin has got the better of the ground game so far.
Toshin won't allow Claw to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toshin controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toshin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Claw is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Toshin throwing strikes from guard but Claw blocks nicely.
Toshin must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Toshin stops Claw from standing up.
Toshin is stalling in the full guard.
Toshin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Toshin landing with the ground and pound.
Toshin is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Toshin lands a couple of elbows.
Toshin working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Claw wants to stand and escape but Toshin is having none of it.
Toshin not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Claw wants to stand and escape but Toshin is having none of it.
Claw is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Toshin dives into side control.
Claw defending against the ground and pound.
Claw is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Toshin working the ground and pound but Claw is defending the strikes.
Toshin taking a breather here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Claw wants to get back to his feet.
Toshin connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Claw some visible discomfort.
Claw on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Toshin cracks Claw with a big elbow.
Check out the look on Toshin's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Claw is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Toshin is controlling him well.
Toshin lands a few punches from side control.
Claw is rocked!
Claw is pushing Toshin's head away, looking to escape. Toshin manages to hold on to the position though.
Oh Claw is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Claw seems to have got his legs back now.
Toshin landing a few strikes.
Toshin lands a big left to the face of Claw, bouncing his head like a basketball. Another shot from Toshin and another - Claw is out! Toshin stands up and salutes his fans, who are going crazy in the stands.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ogre Toshin!
A less than humble Ogre Toshin misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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