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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Akaro Horiguchi (ranked 167 p4p, 132 weight class) and Lynton Miller (ranked 31 p4p, 23 weight class). Horiguchi's entrance music is Japanese Imperial Army Death March. A fine choice. Miller has chosen Tool - Sober as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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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 23 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Akaro Horiguchi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Lynton Miller!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horiguchi just misses with a punch to the body.
Miller throws a body shot but no joy.
A head kick misses from Horiguchi.
Horiguchi feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Millers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Miller gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Miller moves away from the strike by Horiguchi.
And Miller tries to counter it with a takedown but Horiguchi pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Akaro Horiguchi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Miller throws the left hand but Horiguchi avoids the punch easily.
The crowd cheers as Horiguchi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Miller doesn't seem phased though.
Miller has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Horiguchi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Horiguchi misses its intended target.
Miller looks for the body kick but Horiguchi saw that one coming.
Horiguchi throws a looping overhand right but Miller ducks down to avoid it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Horiguchi.
A swing and a miss from Horiguchi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Horiguchi misses with a looping right.
Miller dives in for a single leg takedown but Horiguchi sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Horiguchi feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Horiguchi keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Horiguchi misses the body punch
and Miller counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Horiguchi manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Horiguchi darts in trying to clinch
and Miller counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Miller.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Miller pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Horiguchi is keeping the position for now.
Horiguchi looking to control but Miller passes into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Horiguchi avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Miller.
Miller is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Horiguchi is refusing to be controlled, as Miller sits in half guard.
Miller trying to mount his opponent but Horiguchi defends it.
Miller throwing shots but Horiguchi is blocking nicely.
Miller throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Horiguchi trying to control here.
Miller missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Miller's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Miller has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
It looks like Miller might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Miller wants to take a breather but Horiguchi is having none of it.
Horiguchi is trying to stand up here but Miller is controlling him well.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Horiguchi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Miller checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Miller tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Horiguchi lets loose with a powerful body kick. Miller will feel that in the morning.
That's four 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.
Miller takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Horiguchi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Miller tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Akaro Horiguchi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A big right from Horiguchi misses.
Horiguchi lands a jab.
Jab by Horiguchi.
Horiguchi throws a leg kick
and Miller counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Horiguchi pushes Miller off and gets back to his feet.
Horiguchi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Miller throws a hook to the side of Horiguchi's head but Horiguchi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Horiguchi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Miller ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Horiguchi throws a head kick that misses
and Miller decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Horiguchi's guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Akaro Horiguchi dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nice defenses there by Miller.
Miller drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Horiguchi defends it well.
Horiguchi connects with a solid leg kick.
Horiguchi ducks right into an uppercut from Miller.
Horiguchi throws a push kick but Miller slaps the foot to one side.
Miller feints the counter takedown.
Horiguchi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Miller misses with an uppercut. Horiguchi saw that one coming.
Horiguchi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Miller with a lazy takedown attempt
and Horiguchi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Horiguchi defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Miller.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miller takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Horiguchi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Miller throws a looping overhand right but Horiguchi ducks down to avoid it.
Miller needs to keep his hands up - Horiguchi had a free shot at his head there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horiguchi scores with a jab to the jaw.
Miller steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Horiguchi.
Horiguchi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Horiguchi fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice straight punches there by Horiguchi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Horiguchi.
Miller drives through with a takedown into Horiguchi's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Miller throwing strikes but missing.
Miller missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Miller accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Miller wants to control from the top but Horiguchi keeps moving.
Miller working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Miller is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Horiguchi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Miller trying to control the position from guard on top but Horiguchi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Horiguchi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Horiguchi looks to throw the jab but Miller is out of range.
A big right from Horiguchi misses.
Miller moves out of range of the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Miller throws out a leg kick but Horiguchi moves out of range and Miller only half commits.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Miller sizes up Horiguchi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Horiguchi. Miller does a little dance to reset his feet.
Horiguchi lunges at Miller with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Miller's hand.
Horiguchi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Miller.
Horiguchi connects with an inside leg kick.
Horiguchi wants to clinch up but Miller keeps it at a distance.
Horiguchi stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Horiguchi wants it to stay on the feet.
Horiguchi jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Akaro Horiguchi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lynton Miller.
Horiguchi scores with a nice body kick.
Miller shoots in for a takedown but Horiguchi shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Miller bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Miller checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Horiguchi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Miller can do to turn this around?
Horiguchi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Miller throws a low kick but Horiguchi avoids it.
Horiguchi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Horiguchi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Miller with the counter takedown but Horiguchi avoids it easily.
Horiguchi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Miller sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Horiguchi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Miller throws an overhand right that lands on Horiguchi's shoulder, as Horiguchi tries to avoid the shot.
Miller looks to land a left hand but Horiguchi moved out of range nicely.
Horiguchi throws a low kick but it's checked well by Miller.
Horiguchi misses with a low kick.
Horiguchi scores with a jab to the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Akaro Horiguchi dominated that second 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. And we move into the final round!
Horiguchi takes a swing at Miller's ribcage but misses.
Miller shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Horiguchi pinned against the cage. Horiguchi gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Miller slips under a jab.
Nice defenses there by Miller.
Horiguchi checks a low kick from Miller.
Horiguchi throws a big counter combination but Miller scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Horiguchi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Miller manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Miller scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Horiguchi pushes Miller off and gets back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horiguchi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Horiguchi throws a hook but Miller avoids it easily.
Miller drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Horiguchi defends it well.
Horiguchi scores with a jab. Miller acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Horiguchi. Those never looked like landing.
Miller feints the counter takedown.
Miller with the inside leg kick.
Miller staying out of range there.
Horiguchi misses with an uppercut. Miller saw that one coming.
Miller pushes Horiguchi away with a front kick.
Miller throws a jab when Horiguchi was well out of range.
Horiguchi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Horiguchi missing with a left hand there. Miller was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Miller tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Miller bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Horiguchi's head backwards.
Miller tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Horiguchi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Akaro Horiguchi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi slips a straight right by Miller.
Miller walks into a jab.
Horiguchi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Miller on the side of the head.
Miller chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Horiguchi can pounce on him.
Horiguchi throws a leg kick
and Miller counters with a shoot takedown. Horiguchi fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Miller makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Horiguchi looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Miller puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Horiguchi is trying to control but can't.
Still in half guard, Miller seems content to control.
Miller not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Miller working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Miller throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Miller working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Miller.
Miller wants to lay and pray for a moment but Horiguchi keeps working.
Miller slips a nice elbow through Horiguchi's hands, connecting with Horiguchi's forehead.
Miller missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Miller stops Horiguchi from getting back to his feet.
Horiguchi is not content to let Miller control the position.
Horiguchi trying to control from the bottom.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Miller works his foot free and advances to mount.
Miller wants to control but instead Horiguchi manages to regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Horiguchi tries to roll over but Miller keeps him under control.
Lynton Miller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Miller lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Miller missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Miller lands strikes from half guard.
Horiguchi taking some punishment here, with Miller in his half guard.
Horiguchi blocking the ground and pound attempt from Miller.
Miller seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Horiguchi avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Miller.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Lynton Miller.
I think Horiguchi has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Akaro Horiguchi!
During a confident post fight interview, Akaro Horiguchi thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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