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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Park Sun Yin (ranked 24918 p4p, 4477 weight class) and Luke Sharp (ranked 507 p4p, 0 weight class). Luke Sharp has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Park Sun Yin's chin.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Park Sun Yin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luke Sharp!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sharp shoots in and gets a takedown into Sun Yin's guard.
Sharp stands up and waves to Sun Yin to follow him.
Horrible takedown attempt by Sun Yin or perhaps it was just good defense by Sharp, which made it look bad.
Sharp is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Sharp closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sun Yin looking for a sweep but Sharp has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Sun Yin wants to control but Sharp is having none of it.
Sun Yin can't escape the position.
Sharp misses with a head shot.
Poor strikes thrown by Sharp there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Sun Yin is looking to get to half guard.
Sharp tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sun Yin is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sharp looking to control and managing it successfully.
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.
Sun Yin wants to hold on but Sharp pushes him away.
Sharp thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Sun Yin is trying to escape the mount.
Sun Yin wants to hold on but Sharp pushes him away.
Sun Yin is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sharp throwing strikes here but Sun Yin is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Sharp tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharp throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Sun Yin because Sharp loaded up on that one.
Sharp prevents Sun Yin from getting the reversal.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sun Yin avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sharp.
Sharp is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Sun Yin has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Sun Yin is looking to get to half guard.
Sun Yin blocking the ground and pound.
Sharp misses with a head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharp sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Sharp really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sun Yin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sun Yin avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sharp.
Sharp looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sun Yin tries to buck Sharp off but he can't manage it.
Sharp jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Sun Yin is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Sun Yin and Sharp has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sun Yin trying to remain calm as Sharp controls from the top position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Luke Sharp 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.
Sharp closes the distance and clinches.
Sharp manages to pull guard.
Sharp has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Sharp trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Sun Yin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sharp is keeping the position for now.
Sharp throws his legs up looking for a submission but Sun Yin uses it to pass to side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes there by Sun Yin.
Sun Yin is looking to take a break and control but Sharp is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp tries to buck Sun Yin off but Sun Yin is having none of it.
Sun Yin in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Sharp is trying to control Sun Yin's posture but Sun Yin avoids it.
Sun Yin wants to control but Sharp is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sun Yin stands up.
Sun Yin tries to keep at a distance but Sharp has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sun Yin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sun Yin stalling in the clinch but Sharp improves position.
Sharp pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sun Yin tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Sharp defends well and Sun Yin ends up having to push Sharp into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Sun Yin tries to pull guard but Sharp holds him up against the cage and eventually Sun Yin drops back down to his feet.
Sharp drags the fight down to the ground.
Sun Yin wants to control from the top but Sharp keeps moving.
Sharp is controlling Sun Yin's posture.
Sharp is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sun Yin wants to control from the top but Sharp keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharp is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sun Yin defends well.
Sun Yin trying to control but Sharp is working from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sharp is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sun Yin defends well.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Luke Sharp showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Sharp clinches with his opponent.
Sharp breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sharp misses with a head kick.
A shot to the liver by Sharp. Beautiful body shot.
A head kick misses from Sun Yin.
Sharp slips a jab and a cross from Sun Yin.
Sun Yin gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Sun Yin manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sun Yin fails to pull guard.
Sharp has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sharp has picked Sun Yin up - he's going for a ride! Sharp dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Sharp moves into the clinch.
Sharp breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sun Yin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Sun Yin as Sharp shoots in.
Sun Yin tries to counter by clinching up but Sharp breaks away and moves out of range.
Sharp shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sharp showed some decent athleticism there.
Sharp takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sun Yin has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sharp is working away from the top position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sun Yin is trying to control but Sharp passes into side control!
You can see the frustration on Sun Yin's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sun Yin is trying to improve his position.
Sharp fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Sun Yin wants to control but Sharp postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Sharp seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Sharp is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
You can see the frustration on Sun Yin's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sun Yin is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Sharp's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sun Yin is trying to control but can't.
Sun Yin tries to get to full guard but Sharp has control of the leg.
Sharp trying to control the pace.
Sharp missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Park Sun Yin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Luke Sharp is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sharp closes the distance and clinches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Luke Sharp comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sharp has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luke Sharp!
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