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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Wrexham (ranked 391 p4p, 810 weight class) and Akaro Horiguchi (ranked 55 p4p, 108 weight class). Horiguchi is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Japanese Imperial Army Death March. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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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 44 - 20 - 2, fighting out of New York, Tyler Wrexham !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Akaro Horiguchi!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horiguchi avoids the head kick by Wrexham .
Akaro Horiguchi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horiguchi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Wrexham was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Wrexham drops his hands momentarily and Horiguchi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Horiguchi throws a leg kick which misses Wrexham 's front leg but catches the back leg as Wrexham tries to avoid it.
Nice combo by Wrexham ! Oh, that's hurt him - Horiguchi falls to the canvas and Wrexham follows him into side control.
Horiguchi is rocked!
It looks like Akaro Horiguchi has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Horiguchi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Wrexham is staying tight to Horiguchi's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Wrexham trying to control the position but Horiguchi is working away.
Wrexham tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wrexham laying and praying for a moment but Horiguchi takes advantage and regains half guard.
Wrexham wants to lay and pray for a moment but Horiguchi keeps working.
Wrexham trying to control the pace.
Horiguchi wants to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Horiguchi works his way to full guard. Good work.
Horiguchi working for a triangle but Wrexham defends it easily.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Wrexham trying to control the position from guard on top but Horiguchi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Horiguchi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi digs a good hook to Wrexham 's body.
Wrexham tries to clinch up.
Wrexham throws a head kick that misses.
Wrexham tries to clinch up.
Horiguchi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wrexham tries to clinch up.
Horiguchi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Wrexham on the side of the head.
Horiguchi closes the distance and pushes Wrexham back into the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wrexham .
Wrexham pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Horiguchi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Horiguchi blocks the elbow strike.
Wrexham goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Horiguchi blocks an elbow strike from Wrexham .
Horiguchi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Horiguchi jumps guard but Wrexham stands there with Horiguchi around his waist. Horiguchi gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Horiguchi breaks the clinch.
The fighters circling - Wrexham throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wrexham takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Horiguchi swats away the attempt to clinch by Wrexham .
Horiguchi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wrexham was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Wrexham with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wrexham goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Wrexham forces Horiguchi back against the ropes and clinches.
Wrexham tries to throw a body punch but Horiguchi avoids it by throwing Wrexham back against the ropes.
Wrexham tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Horiguchi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wrexham backwards.
Wrexham lands a hook that snaps the head of Horiguchi backwards.
Horiguchi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Horiguchi blocks an uppercut.
Good body shot from Wrexham .
Wrexham tries a body shot but Horiguchi blocks it.
Horiguchi struggles to land a body shot inside as Wrexham controls his hands.
Wrexham scores with a nice hook to the head.
Horiguchi struggles to land a body shot inside as Wrexham controls his hands.
Horiguchi lands a left hand.
Wrexham throws a punch but it's blocked by Horiguchi.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tyler Wrexham dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Akaro Horiguchi's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Wrexham rushes Horiguchi and presses him up against the ropes.
Wrexham misses with a punch on the inside.
Wrexham avoids the elbow strike from Horiguchi, against the ropes.
Horiguchi scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wrexham .
Tyler Wrexham has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Horiguchi scores with a shot to the side of Wrexham 's head.
Horiguchi lands a body punch.
Horiguchi tries to throw a body punch but Wrexham avoids it by throwing Horiguchi back against the ropes.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Horiguchi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wrexham misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Horiguchi.
Horiguchi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wrexham misses with a knee strike.
Wrexham lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Horiguchi lands with a right to the head.
Horiguchi tries to land a knee to the head but Wrexham blocks with his arms.
Horiguchi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from Wrexham fails to land.
Wrexham lands a body punch in the clinch.
Horiguchi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wrexham backwards.
Horiguchi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wrexham is keeping busy.
Wrexham misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horiguchi breaks the clinch.
A lazy left from Horiguchi finds it's target.
Wrexham misses with a body shot.
Wrexham keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Horiguchi.
Wrexham blocks the body kick.
Horiguchi misses with a hook. Wrexham ducked under it nicely.
Wrexham throws a big counter combination but Horiguchi scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Wrexham misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wrexham throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Horiguchi scores with a decent looking hook.
Horiguchi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wrexham blocks a jab.
Wrexham misses with a wild combination.
Wrexham tries to clinch up but Horiguchi circles away and keeps his distance.
Wrexham throws a right hand that Horiguchi ducks under and follows up with a left that Horiguchi also avoids with ease.
Horiguchi lands with a straight right. Wrexham didn't see that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wrexham ducks right into an uppercut from Horiguchi.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wrexham steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Horiguchi.
Tyler Wrexham is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A big right from Horiguchi misses.
Horiguchi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wrexham moves in looking to clinch but Horiguchi pushes him off.
Wrexham throws a series of punches but Horiguchi avoids them all with ease.
Horiguchi only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Horiguchi throws a low kick but Wrexham avoids it.
Horiguchi moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Wrexham misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Horiguchi.
Horiguchi scores with a hook.
Horiguchi throws the kick towards the body but Wrexham avoids it.
Horiguchi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wrexham thinks about countering with a head kick.
Wrexham throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wrexham changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Horiguchi.
Wrexham fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Wrexham .
Wrexham is looking to wear down Horiguchi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Wrexham uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Horiguchi.
Wrexham takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Horiguchi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wrexham goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Horiguchi has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Horiguchi misses the target.
As Horiguchi looks to move away, Wrexham throws a big counter combo but Horiguchi just gets out of the way.
Wrexham avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Horiguchi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Horiguchi misses with an uppercut. Wrexham saw that one coming.
A combination from Wrexham does no damage.
It seemed like Horiguchi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wrexham looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Horiguchi connects with a jab.
Wrexham misses with a few strikes there.
Horiguchi connects with an inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wrexham misses with a double jab.
A big left from Wrexham misses.
Horiguchi misses with a hook. Wrexham ducked under it nicely.
Wrexham tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wrexham with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Horiguchi to score with a decent uppercut.
Wrexham tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Horiguchi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wrexham misses with a looping left.
Wrexham clinches with his opponent.
Horiguchi avoids the elbow strike from Wrexham , against the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Wrexham throws an elbow but misses.
Wrexham lands a body punch in the clinch.
Horiguchi avoiding damage as Wrexham throws knees to the body.
Wrexham can't find room to land a body shot as Horiguchi controls the action.
Horiguchi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Horiguchi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Horiguchi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wrexham throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Akaro Horiguchi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Akaro Horiguchi's cut.
That's time! Wrexham 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Horiguchi dips to his left and cracks Wrexham with an uppercut!
Horiguchi fakes the leg kick and cracks Wrexham in the body.
Horiguchi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wrexham 's sensitive parts.
Horiguchi looks to throw the jab but Wrexham is out of range.
Wrexham throws a sloppy head kick
and Horiguchi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Horiguchi.
Wrexham throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wrexham is looking to clinch.
Horiguchi circles away from the clinch attempt
and Wrexham takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wrexham tries to clinch up.
Horiguchi throws a body shot but no joy.
Wrexham wants to clinch up but Horiguchi keeps it at a distance.
Horiguchi throws an off balance right hand
and Wrexham counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Horiguchi throws a body kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wrexham keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wrexham tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Horiguchi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Horiguchi unleashes a big counter combination but Wrexham bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Wrexham takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Horiguchi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wrexham tries to keep at a distance but Horiguchi has taken the fight into the clinch.
Horiguchi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wrexham is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wrexham putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Horiguchi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wrexham working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Horiguchi blocks an elbow strike from Wrexham .
Horiguchi avoids a wild elbow strike from Wrexham .
Wrexham misses with a hook from the clinch.
Horiguchi managing to block the knees to the body from Wrexham .
Horiguchi blocks the elbow strike.
Knees to the body from Wrexham .
Horiguchi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Horiguchi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wrexham lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wrexham lands a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Horiguchi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wrexham .
Knees to the body from Wrexham .
Wrexham tries to throw a body punch but Horiguchi avoids it by throwing Wrexham back against the ropes.
Wrexham scores with a shoulder strike.
Wrexham tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Horiguchi avoids it.
Horiguchi misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Wrexham just misses with a elbow thrown towards Horiguchi's brow.
Horiguchi misses with a punch to the body.
Horiguchi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Horiguchi misses with a punch to the body.
Wrexham throws an elbow but it misses.
Wrexham lands an uppercut.
Horiguchi throws a head punch that misses.
Horiguchi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wrexham throws a punch but it's blocked by Horiguchi.
Wrexham is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Horiguchi is defending well for now.
Wrexham tries a body shot but Horiguchi blocks it.
Wrexham misses with an elbow over the top.
Horiguchi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wrexham .
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wrexham misses with a knee strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Horiguchi.
Wrexham avoids a wild elbow strike from Horiguchi.
Horiguchi blocks an uppercut.
Horiguchi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Horiguchi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wrexham blocks an uppercut.
Horiguchi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wrexham misses with a wild body shot.
Wrexham shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Horiguchi missing with a left hand there. Wrexham was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wrexham takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wrexham drops his hands momentarily and Horiguchi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Horiguchi misses with a hook
and Wrexham counters with a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Horiguchi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wrexham throws a head kick that misses.
Wrexham misses with a double jab.
Akaro Horiguchi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wrexham misses with a head kick.
Horiguchi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wrexham avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Wrexham throws a quick counter head kick but Horiguchi was just out of range.
Wrexham on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Horiguchi. Horiguchi obviously looking to wear him down.
Horiguchi connects with an inside leg kick.
Horiguchi misses with a hook. Wrexham ducked under it nicely.
Wrexham was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Wrexham connects with a nice looking jab.
Wrexham scores with a jab to the head.
Wrexham on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nice body punch from Wrexham .
A big left from Horiguchi misses.
Nice shot lands for Horiguchi.
Wrexham tries a head kick but it misses.
Horiguchi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Horiguchi throws a low kick, looking for Wrexham 's leg but Wrexham calmly moves out of range.
Wrexham checks a low kick from Horiguchi.
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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Akaro Horiguchi!
Our winner, Akaro Horiguchi, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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