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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rikiya Goromaru (ranked 2376 p4p, 690 weight class) and Graham Mantle (ranked 245 p4p, 77 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Olympic wrestler
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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 9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Rikiya Goromaru!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Graham Mantle!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Goromaru thumps Mantle with a low kick.
Mantle lands with a cross.
Goromaru misses with an uppercut. Mantle saw that one coming.
Mantle stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Goromaru.
Mantle misses with a shot to the body
and Goromaru counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Goromaru lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mantle keeps the fight on the outside.
Goromaru lands with a right hand.
A lazy left from Mantle finds it's target.
Goromaru connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mantle is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Goromaru.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mantle rushes Goromaru and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Mantle looking to stall.
Mantle throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Goromarus head.
Mantle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mantle works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Goromaru is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Mantle is aware though and is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mantle looking to sit in guard and control but Goromaru gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goromaru looking to pass the guard.
Goromaru being controlled here momentarily.
Goromaru pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mantle is keeping the position for now.
Mantle bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Goromaru's guard.
Goromaru utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mantle sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Goromaru working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mantle doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Mantle manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Mantle got a little sloppy there for a moment and Goromaru has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Mantle has managed to get both his arms back between Goromaru's legs - danger averted.
Goromaru looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Goromaru is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mantle defends well.
Mantle tries to free his leg and advance position but Goromaru is retaining full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mantle content to stall in guard here.
Mantle throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Goromaru works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mantle controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Mantle tries to free his leg and advance position but Goromaru is retaining full guard.
Mantle trying to control but Goromaru is working from the bottom.
Goromaru looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mantle is one step ahead there.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Goromaru ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mantle moves away.
Goromaru takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Goromaru misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mantle tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Goromaru with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Goromaru buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Goromaru is looking to land body kicks.
Mantle lands a nice hook to Goromaru's body. Goromaru takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mantle throws a good cross that connects.
Goromaru throws a body punch but Mantle moves out of range.
Mantle looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Goromaru tries to roll over but Mantle keeps him under control.
Mantle is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Goromaru blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mantle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Rikiya Goromaru will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Mantle just misses with a punch to the body.
Goromaru avoids the body shot from Mantle.
Goromaru is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Mantle catches Goromaru with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Goromaru looks to land a body kick but Mantle moved away.
Good shot there by Goromaru.
Goromaru's corner calls for a 1-2. Goromaru obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Mantle shoots in and bounces Goromaru off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Mantle tries to free his leg and advance position but Goromaru is retaining full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mantle throwing strikes but missing.
Mantle got a little sloppy there for a moment and Goromaru has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Mantle has managed to get both his arms back between Goromaru's legs - danger averted.
Mantle trying to control the position from guard on top but Goromaru is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mantle must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mantle is pushing down on Goromaru's leg trying to pass to half guard. Goromaru is fighting to maintain full guard but Mantle has managed to sneak the leg through.
Mantle controlling the action here.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Mantle working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Mantle missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mantle missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Goromaru looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Nice strikes from Mantle there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mantle moves nicely into side control.
Mantle grinds an elbow into Goromaru's temple.
Mantle working the ground and pound.
Mantle just content to control the position.
Goromaru on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Mantle lands a decent elbow from side control.
Mantle lands a decent elbow from side control.
Mantle creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Goromaru sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goromaru is trying to improve his position.
Mantle is trying to ground and pound but Goromaru uses the momentary lack of control by Mantle to regain half guard.
Mantle scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Mantle is stalling here. Goromaru is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Mantle seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Goromaru has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Goromaru working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
You can see the frustration on Mantle's face as Goromaru controls the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mantle managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Goromaru.
Mantle gets back to half guard.
Mantle trying to control but Goromaru postures up.
Goromaru passes the guard and advances to mount!
Goromaru raining down shots from the mount!
Goromaru punching from mount but Mantle doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mantle working to try and regain half guard.
Goromaru avoids the attempt from Mantle to control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Graham Mantle will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Goromaru throws out a leg kick but Mantle moves out of range and Goromaru only half commits.
Mantle drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Goromaru defends it well.
Goromaru tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Mantle counters with a straight right hand.
Goromaru moves out of range as Mantle strikes.
It looks like Goromaru has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Goromaru lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Goromaru misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mantle moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Rikiya Goromaru is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Mantle misses.
Mantle lands a jab to Goromaru's midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good standup being displayed there by Mantle as he connects with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mantle. Goromaru does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice body punch from Goromaru.
Jab by Goromaru.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mantle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goromaru misses with a right hand
and Mantle counters with a straight right hand.
Goromaru clobbers Mantle with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Mantle takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mantle uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Goromaru.
Mantle avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mantle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Goromaru moves away.
Mantle lunges at Goromaru with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Goromaru's hand.
Mantle rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Goromaru counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mantle's knee momentarily.
Mantle bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mantle scores with a jab to the body.
Mantle takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Goromaru sizes up Mantle with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mantle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mantle moves out of range of the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mantle chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Goromaru can pounce on him.
Goromaru fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Mantle is out of range.
Goromaru closes the distance and clinches.
Goromaru stalling in the clinch but Mantle improves position.
Mantle misses with a punch to the body.
Goromaru drops down looking for an ankle pick but Mantle pulls his leg out and moves away.
Mantle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Goromaru was well out of range. Poor timing from Mantle.
Mantle works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Mantle misses with a left hand
enabling Goromaru to counter with a crisp jab.
Goromaru fails with the takedown
and Mantle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Goromaru is rocked!
Mantle cracks Goromaru with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Graham Mantle!
After winning the bout, Graham Mantle thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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