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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Liam Frankz (ranked 4388 p4p, 4588 weight class) and Steve Steves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Liam Frankz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Steve Steves!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Steves misses.
Frankz jabs Steves to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Frankz misses with a body shot.
Frankz looks to land a right hand but Steves moved out of range.
Steves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Steves slips under a jab.
Steves uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Frankz.
Steves looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Frankz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Frankz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Steves blocks a jab.
Steves gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Steves ducks under a wild hook from Frankz.
Steves bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Liam Frankz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Frankz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice cross by Frankz.
Steves lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Frankz swings away with a body shot that misses
and Steves counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Frankz misses with a wild body shot.
Steves misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Frankz.
Steves takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Frankz manages to avoid it.
A counter left hand to the body from Frankz misses its target.
Steves bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Steves uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Frankz.
Steves let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Steves tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Frankz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A little feinted left hand from Frankz on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Steves tries to clinch but Frankz moves out of range.
Frankz misses with a hook.
Frankz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Steves moves away.
Frankz throws out a loose jab but Steves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Frankz swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Steves counter with a right hand.
Frankz misses with a hook.
Frankz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Steves moves away.
Steves keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Frankz.
Steves bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Frankz throws a right hand that misses
and Steves counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Frankz listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Frankz scores with a shot to the body.
Steves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Frankz manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steves dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Frankz misses.
Frankz misses with a looping right.
It seemed like Steves was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Steves misses with an uppercut. Frankz saw that one coming.
Frankz looks to score with a jab to the body but Steves is just out of range.
Frankz misses with a shot to the body
and Steves connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Frankz missing with a left hand there. Steves was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Steves ducks under a wild hook from Frankz.
Jab from Frankz.
Steves lands with an overhand left.
It looks like Liam Frankz has been cut.
Frankz throws a poor cross that misses
and Steves counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A jab from Frankz misses.
Steves misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Frankz.
Frankz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Steves.
Frankz throws out a loose jab but Steves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Frankz looks to score with a jab to the body but Steves is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Frankz. Steves does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frankz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice body punch from Steves.
Steves looks winded!
Steves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Frankz.
Steves ducks under a wild hook from Frankz.
Frankz throws a poor cross that misses
and Steves counters with a left to the body.
Frankz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Steves slips a jab from Frankz.
Frankz digs a good body shot into Steves's ribs.
A jab from Frankz misses.
Frankz throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Steves counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Frankz misses with a wild body shot.
Steves is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Frankz had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Steves is looking to clinch but Frankz is avoiding it.
Nice straight punches there by Frankz. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Frankz.
Frankz connects with the punch.
A slow jab from Frankz misses its intended target.
Frankz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steves was well out of range. Poor timing from Frankz.
Frankz throws the left hand but Steves avoids the punch easily.
Steves looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Frankz lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Steves misses the shot to the body.
Frankz misses with a body punch
and Steves counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Steves swings for the body but Frankz moves out of range.
A jab from Frankz misses.
Steves pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Frankz was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The fighters circling - Frankz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Steves thows a left - swing and a miss!
Frankz lands a nice hook to Steves's body. Steves takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Frankz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steves was well out of range. Poor timing from Frankz.
A countering left hand to the body from Steves misses.
Steves keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Steves takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Frankz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Frankz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Steves.
Steves throws out a counter right but Frankz avoids it with no problem.
Steves defending well as Frankz loads up on a big left hand.
Frankz throws a jab when Steves was well out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Liam Frankz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Liam Frankz's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Good shot there by Frankz.
Frankz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Frankz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Frankz misses with a hook
enabling Steves to counter with a crisp jab.
Steves misses with a wild body shot.
Frankz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Steves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Frankz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Steves lands a jab to the nose.
Frankz misses the shot to the body.
Steves lands a nice shot that snaps Frankz's head back.
Steves tries to close the distance and clinch but Frankz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Frankz misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frankz throws out a powerful jab.
Steves avoids the body shot from Frankz.
A shot to the body from Frankz misses
and Steves cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Steves might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Frankz has got the better of the exchanges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Frankz misses the body punch
and Steves counters with a stiff right hand.
A big left from Frankz misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Steves misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Frankz swings widly with a right hand
and Steves counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Frankz throws an overhand right that lands on Steves's shoulder, as Steves tries to avoid the shot.
Frankz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Steves can do to turn this around?
Steves throws a body punch but Frankz moves out of range.
Steves is breathing heavily.
Frankz throws a body punch but Steves moves out of range.
Frankz keeps the fight on the outside.
Frankz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Steves ducks under a wild hook from Frankz.
Steves looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Frankz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Steves.
Frankz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Frankz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Steves.
Steves keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Frankz connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Steves momentarily.
Frankz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Steves throws out a counter right but Frankz avoids it with no problem.
Steves avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Frankz scores with a hook.
Steves clinches up against the cage.
Steves throws an elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steves is trying to maintain a safe position but Frankz gets an underhook and turns Steves into the cage.
Frankz is leaning against Steves and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Frankz lands with a short shot to the head.
Frankz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Frankz scores with a shot to the side of Steves's head.
Frankz scores with a shoulder strike.
Frankz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A shot in the inside from Frankz.
Frankz lands an uppercut.
Frankz lands a hook that snaps the head of Steves backwards.
Frankz lands with a light punch inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Frankz.
A short left from Frankz.
A shot in the inside from Frankz.
Still in the clinch, Frankz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Frankz lands with a left to the head.
Frankz lands a nice shot to the body.
Frankz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Frankz tries a body shot but Steves blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frankz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Frankz gets through Steves's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Frankz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Frankz gets through Steves's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Frankz.
Frankz pushes Steves back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Frankz.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Frankz.
Frankz presses Steves against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Good body shot from Frankz.
Frankz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Steves prevents a body shot from Frankz.
A right hand to the body from Frankz.
Frankz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Frankz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Still in the clinch, Frankz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Frankz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Steves blocks an uppercut.
Steves takes a shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frankz misses with some punches.
Frankz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Frankz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Frankz on the inside.
Frankz pushes Steves back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Frankz gets through Steves's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Frankz tries to throw a body punch but Steves avoids it by throwing Frankz back against the cage.
Frankz lands with a short shot to the head.
Frankz breaks the clinch.
A slow jab from Frankz misses its intended target.
Frankz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Frankz scores with a jab. Steves acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Frankz throws out a loose jab but Steves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Liam Frankz is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Frankz misses with a looping right.
Frankz misses with a body shot.
Steves takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Frankz misses the jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Liam Frankz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Liam Frankz's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Steves keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Frankz.
Frankz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Steves avoids the body shot from Frankz.
Frankz catches Steves with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Frankz loads up on a big right hand but Steves slips the punch.
Frankz looks to land a left hand but Steves moved out of range nicely.
Steves uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Frankz.
Steves swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Frankz takes a swing at Steves's ribcage but misses.
Frankz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Steves looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Steves avoids the body shot from Frankz.
A big right from Frankz misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frankz throws a hook but Steves avoids it easily.
Steves's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Frankz connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Steves scrambles back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Frankz scores with a punch to the head.
Good shot there by Steves.
Good exchange - Frankz coming out on top.
Frankz misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Steves throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Frankz swings widly with a right hand
and Steves counters with a nice uppercut.
Frankz throws a right hand that misses
and Steves counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Frankz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Frankz misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Steves to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice jab there from Steves.
A jab from Frankz misses.
Steves steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Frankz.
Frankz misses the jab.
Frankz lands with an overhand left.
Steves has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Steves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Frankz was well out of range. Poor timing from Steves.
A looping hook to the body misses from Frankz. Steves does a little dance to reset his feet.
Frankz looks to land a right hand but Steves moved out of range.
Frankz misses with a wild body shot.
Nice defenses there by Steves.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Steves! But no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frankz takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Steves blocks a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Frankz throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Steves counters with a left to the body.
Steves jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Frankz misses with a left hand
and Steves counters with a stiff right hand.
Steves looks to score with a jab to the body but Frankz is just out of range.
Steves blocks a jab.
Steves looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Frankz throws a looping overhand right but Steves ducks down to avoid it.
Frankz swings for the body but Steves moves out of range.
Steves is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Frankz with a body shot.
Steves moves out of range as Frankz strikes.
Frankz connects with a jab.
Steves tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Frankz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Frankz lands with a hook. Steves tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Steves throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Steves moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frankz lands a nice looking body shot.
Frankz looks to land a left hand but Steves moved out of range nicely.
Frankz scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Steves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Frankz.
Steves takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A telegraphed right hand from Frankz misses the target.
Frankz cracks Steves with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Liam Frankz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Frankz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Frankz throws a hook but Steves avoids it easily.
Steves avoids the body shot from Frankz.
Steves walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Frankz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Steves manages to avoid it.
Frankz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Frankz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Steves.
Frankz scores with a decent looking hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frankz throws a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Frankz fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Steves looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Steves takes one on the button.
Frankz throws a lazy right hand but Steves sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Frankz listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Frankz misses the target.
Steves throws out a counter right but Frankz avoids it with no problem.
Frankz throws an overhand right that lands on Steves's shoulder, as Steves tries to avoid the shot.
Steves slips a jab from Frankz.
Steves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Frankz.
Frankz throws a hook but Steves avoids it easily.
Donk. Frankz catches Steves right on the button with a cross.
Frankz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Steves moves away.
Frankz misses with a looping right.
Frankz throws out a loose jab but Steves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steve Steves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Steves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Frankz manages to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Liam Frankz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Frankz has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liam Frankz!
Liam Frankz decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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