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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clayton Daniels (ranked 1357 p4p, 2060 weight class) and Satoru Gojo (ranked 190 p4p, 280 weight class). Clayton Daniels is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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Powerful takedowns
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Clayton Daniels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Satoru Gojo!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Reed Andrews and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gojo throws a right hand that misses
and Daniels decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Gojo's guard.
Daniels stopping the sweep attempt from Gojo.
We've been hearing that Daniels has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Daniels is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Gojo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Daniels advances position into side control!
Daniels working the body and head with strikes.
Gojo is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Daniels off and has taken his back!
Daniels is really stuck here.
Daniels just trying to survive but Gojo is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Daniels tries to escape but Gojo has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Daniels is covering up but some of the strikes from Gojo are getting through and doing damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gojo is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Gojo gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Gojo gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Gojo apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Gojo swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Daniels counters with a takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Gojo's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Gojo is not content to let Daniels control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gojo struggling a bit here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Daniels passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Gojo!
Daniels misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Gojo is in a horrible position here. Daniels smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Daniels trying to control but Gojo is having none of it.
Gojo keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Gojo tries to hold on but Daniels postures up.
Gojo is working to get back to half guard.
Daniels controlling the position easily from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gojo wants to hold on but Daniels pushes him away.
Gojo is desperately trying to improve his position but Daniels has a good base and remains in mount.
A nice elbow there by Daniels.
Daniels looking for a guillotine from mount but Gojo is having none of it.
Gojo wants to hold on but Daniels pushes him away.
Daniels lands a big elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Daniels working for a guillotine from mount but Gojo is in no mood to give up.
Gojo wants to control but Daniels is having none of it.
Daniels looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gojo manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Daniels trying to control the action but Gojo is working from the bottom.
Daniels is nestled in close to Gojo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Gojo trying to control here.
Gojo tries to kick Daniels off but Daniels keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Gojo tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Daniels looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Daniels wants to take a breather but Gojo is having none of it.
Daniels trying to mount his opponent but Gojo defends it.
Gojo flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Daniels trying to control the action but Gojo is working from the bottom.
Gojo wants to control but Daniels is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gojo controlling the position for now.
Daniels working Gojo over with strikes.
Daniels wants to take a breather but Gojo is having none of it.
Gojo is trying to control but can't.
Daniels scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Gojo is positioning himself well to prevent Daniels advancing to mount.
Gojo manages to get to full guard.
Daniels stopping the sweep attempt from Gojo.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Clayton Daniels 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.
Gojo misses with a looping right.
Gojo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Daniels decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Gojo's guard.
Daniels preventing the sweep.
Daniels wants to control from the top but Gojo keeps moving.
Daniels has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Daniels seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Gojo keeping full guard, as Daniels tries to pass.
Gojo is pulling down on Daniels's head. It's preventing any offense from Daniels, at least for the moment.
Daniels stopping the sweep attempt from Gojo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daniels slips nicely into half guard.
Daniels trying to pass the guard but Gojo defending well.
Gojo is refusing to be controlled, as Daniels sits in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gojo is looking to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gojo trying to control here.
Daniels is trying to control the action in half guard but Gojo is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Clayton Daniels overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Daniels is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Gojo sees it coming and defends easily.
Gojo has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Daniels is working away from the top position though.
Gojo tries to get to full guard but Daniels has control of the leg.
Gojo slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Gojo has his hands on Daniels's head, controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Daniels passes into half guard.
Gojo desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Gojo is defending against the submission attempts here by Daniels.
Gojo is looking to control Daniels's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gojo avoid being mounted?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels tries to pass the half guard into mount. Gojo knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Daniels is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Gojo is just riding it out for now. Daniels eventually gives up the hold.
Gojo wants to control but Daniels is keeping busy.
Gojo trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Daniels manages to pass to mount!
Daniels is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gojo can do to turn this around?
Gojo tries to reverse the position but Daniels maintains control.
Daniels lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Daniels lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Gojo wants to hold on but Daniels pushes him away.
Gojo working to try and regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniels is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gojo can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Daniels looking to finish Gojo with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gojo!
Daniels with shots to the head and body - Gojo looks very uncomfortable down there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gojo swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Gojo wants to hold on but Daniels pushes him away.
Gojo is wriggling around trying to escape.
Daniels blocks Gojo's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Daniels is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Gojo to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Gojo shrugs it off.
Daniels in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Daniels is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gojo can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Daniels putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Gojo tries to hold on but Daniels pushes him away.
Daniels lands a couple of good shots and Gojo has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Gojo is rocked!
Daniels trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Gojo is still in real trouble! Can Daniels finish him?
Daniels avoiding Gojo 's attempts to control his hands.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Clayton Daniels dominated that second round.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Gojo throws a jab when Daniels was well out of range.
Daniels attempts a counter takedown but Gojo avoids it well and moves away.
Gojo seems to have recovered his senses.
Gojo throws a lazy uppercut
and Daniels counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Gojo keeping full guard, as Daniels tries to pass.
Daniels trying to move into half guard but instead Gojo has managed to sweep!
Daniels is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Gojo passes Daniels's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Gojo scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Gojo is nestled in close to Daniels, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Gojo scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Gojo is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Gojo prevents Daniels from improving his position.
Daniels manages to get to full guard.
Gojo wants to control from the top but Daniels keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels controlling Gojo's posture.
Gojo postures up in Daniels's guard and throws a big left but Daniels blocks it.
Daniels looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gojo is one step ahead there.
Gojo is in close to Daniels's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Daniels wants to sweep here but Gojo controlling him for the moment.
Gojo being controlled here momentarily.
Gojo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Gojo trying to control but Daniels is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Daniels lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Gojo wants to sweep but no luck.
Gojo working for a triangle but Daniels defends it easily.
Daniels trying to control but Gojo is working from the bottom.
Clayton Daniels is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Daniels stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gojo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gojo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Daniels pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gojo is keeping the position for now.
Daniels won't allow Gojo to sweep him here.
Gojo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Gojo keeping full guard, as Daniels tries to pass.
Gojo is adopting a defensive guard.
Gojo keeping moving, preventing Daniels from controlling successfully.
Daniels controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gojo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Daniels attempts a counter takedown but Gojo avoids it well and moves away.
Gojo throws a right hand that misses
and Daniels counters with a nice double leg into side control. Gojo won't be happy with that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee asks Daniels politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Daniels prefers to stall for the moment though.
Daniels is trying to get an arm triangle but Gojo is defending well.
Gojo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Gojo is not content to let Daniels control the position.
You can see the frustration on Gojo's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Daniels looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Gojo is avoiding damage well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gojo wants to control but Daniels postures up.
Gojo tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Daniels wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Satoru Gojo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Daniels tries to advance to mount but can't.
And that's the end of the fight!
Clayton Daniels showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Daniels, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clayton Daniels!
A very excited looking Clayton Daniels rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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