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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ser Bian Warc Riminal (ranked 1397 p4p, 1364 weight class) and Hiroki Tomori (ranked 165 p4p, 161 weight class). Ser Bian Warc Riminal has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ser Bian Warc Riminal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hiroki Tomori!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tomori tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Riminal paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Riminal attempts a counter takedown but Tomori avoids it well and moves away.
Riminal swats away the attempt to clinch by Tomori.
Tomori tries to clinch but Riminal is having none of it.
Riminal shoots in looking for a takedown. Tomori tries to sprawl out of it but Riminal keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tomori manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Tomori tries to clinch but Riminal moves out of range.
Riminal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Riminal misses the target.
Tomori has taken the fight to the clinch.
Riminal pulls Tomori into guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tomori trying to control the position from guard on top but Riminal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tomori must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Riminal is on top in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Riminal tries to free his leg and advance position but Tomori is retaining full guard.
Tomori wants to stand and escape but Riminal is having none of it.
Riminal sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Riminal pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tomori is keeping the position for now.
Riminal is working hard here to advance position.
Riminal throwing strikes but missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomori wants to get back to his feet but Riminal is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Riminal controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Riminal trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Tomori moves in looking to clinch but Riminal pushes him off.
Tomori wants to clinch.
Tomori tries to close the distance and clinch but Riminal swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Riminal was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riminal missing with a left hand there. Tomori was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tomori wants to counter the offense by Riminal and move into the clinch position.
Tomori fails in his attempt to clinch.
Riminal misses with a right hand
and Tomori counters with a three punch combo that has Riminal backing up. Riminal nods at Tomori to acknowledge the strikes.
Tomori wants to clinch.
Riminal throws a big shot that misses.
Tomori uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Riminal.
Riminal missing with a left hand there. Tomori was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tomori has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Sloppy strikes from Riminal. Those never looked like landing.
Tomori is looking to clinch but Riminal is avoiding it.
It looked like Riminal wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tomori fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tomori wants to clinch
and Riminal counters with a straight right hand.
Riminal shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tomori as he jumps to the side.
Riminal keeps the fight on the outside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tomori uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Riminal.
Tomori is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Riminal half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Riminal shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tomori but Tomori pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ser Bian Warc Riminal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Riminal swats away the attempt to clinch by Tomori.
An attempted straight right counter from Riminal misses the target.
Tomori doesn't manage to clinch there - Riminal circles away.
Tomori moves in looking to clinch but Riminal pushes him off.
Tomori moves away from the strike by Riminal.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Riminal, as that shot connected.
Riminal misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tomori tries to clinch up but Riminal circles away and keeps his distance.
Riminal scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Riminal swats away the attempt to clinch by Tomori.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ser Bian Warc Riminal dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Tomori tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Riminal scores with a one two! Tomori had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Tomori tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Riminal misses with a body shot.
Tomori moves in looking to clinch but Riminal pushes him off.
Riminal is looking to counter punch.
Tomori tries to clinch but Riminal moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Riminal misses the target.
Riminal misses with a hook. Tomori ducked under it nicely.
Tomori wants to counter with a clinch but Riminal pushes him away.
A telegraphed right hand from Riminal misses the target.
Riminal swats away the attempt to clinch by Tomori.
Riminal appears to be looking for a big counter.
Ser Bian Warc Riminal is winning the standup battle so far.
Tomori falls off balance throwing a combination
and Riminal counters with a single leg into guard. Tomori didn't expect that.
Riminal won't allow Tomori to sweep him here.
Riminal passes into half guard.
Riminal frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riminal can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tomori is looking to escape.
Riminal is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Tomori to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Tomori shrugs it off.
Tomori bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Tomori slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Riminal is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Tomori is aware though and is defending well.
Tomori would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomori trying to control but Riminal is working from the bottom.
Tomori trying to stand up but can't free himself from Riminal's guard.
Tomori looking to sit in guard and control but Riminal gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Riminal sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Tomori's guard.
Tomori is looking to escape.
Riminal controlling the action here.
Tomori is looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riminal is looking for a kimura but Tomori is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Riminal to get the leverage.
Riminal works his way into full mount!
Riminal controlling the position easily from mount.
Riminal sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Tomori bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Riminal seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Riminal is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Tomori defends well.
Riminal manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tomori manages to get himself to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tomori controls Riminal momentarily but Riminal frees himself.
Riminal wants to pass the guard but Tomori is keeping the position.
Riminal is pushing down on Tomori's leg trying to pass to half guard. Tomori is fighting to maintain full guard but Riminal has managed to sneak the leg through.
Riminal controlling the action here.
Riminal is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tomori is looking to escape.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ser Bian Warc Riminal dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Tomori looks to clinch
and Riminal counters with a nice uppercut.
Tomori is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Riminal throws the left hand but Tomori avoids the punch easily.
Tomori tries to close the distance and clinch but Riminal swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Riminal was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Riminal misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tomori steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Riminal.
Tomori wants to clinch.
Riminal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A big left from Riminal misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tomori looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tomori wants to clinch up but Riminal keeps it at a distance.
Riminal throws a lazy right hand but Tomori sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tomori tries to clinch there but Riminal circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomori has closed the distance and engaged Riminal in a clinch.
Riminal tries to pull guard but Tomori forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Tomori works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Riminal tries to pull guard but Tomori holds him up against the cage and eventually Riminal drops back down to his feet.
Tomori prevents Riminal from breaking the clinch.
Riminal tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ser Bian Warc Riminal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Riminal manages to break the clinch.
Tomori moves into the clinch successfully.
A head punch on the inside from Tomori fails to land.
Riminal blocks a body shot from Tomori.
Riminal tries to pull guard but Tomori won't allow it.
A shot in the inside from Tomori.
Riminal tries to pull guard but Tomori won't allow it.
Riminal drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tomori gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Riminal pulls guard successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riminal pulls Tomori in to control the position.
Tomori trying to control but Riminal is working from the bottom.
Tomori won't allow Riminal to sweep him here.
Riminal keeping moving, preventing Tomori from controlling successfully.
Ser Bian Warc Riminal overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ser Bian Warc Riminal is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Riminal managing to control the position.
Riminal is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tomori can do to turn this around?
Riminal wants to sweep here but Tomori controlling him for the moment.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Tomori tries to stand but Riminal is controlling from the bottom.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tomori closes the distance but Riminal moves to the side
and Riminal counters with a stiff right hand.
Tomori wants to clinch up but Riminal keeps it at a distance.
Riminal drops down looking for a counter takedown but Tomori sprawls and moves away.
Tomori ducks under a wild hook from Riminal.
Riminal throws out a loose jab but Tomori uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tomori moves in looking to clinch but Riminal pushes him off.
Riminal is looking to counter punch.
Tomori is looking to clinch.
Tomori fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tomori tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Riminal counters with a single leg into guard. Tomori didn't expect that.
Tomori is looking to stand up but Riminal isn't so interested in that idea.
Tomori is controlling Riminal's posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tomori wants to get back to his feet but Riminal is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Tomori wants to sweep here but Riminal controlling him for the moment.
Riminal 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.
Tomori is controlling Riminal's posture.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Riminal controlling from the top position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ser Bian Warc Riminal showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Riminal, 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ser Bian Warc Riminal!
A victorious Ser Bian Warc Riminal thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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