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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Asakura (ranked 1920 p4p, 1530 weight class) and Wesley Shutes (ranked 251 p4p, 214 weight class). Asakura kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is JJBA - Giorno's Theme. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyson Asakura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 2, fighting out of London, Wesley Shutes!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shutes fails with a takedown attempt.
Shutes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Asakura.
Asakura scores with a jab to the head.
Shutes throws a body punch but Asakura moves out of range.
Asakura throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Asakura takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Asakura working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shutes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Asakura with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Asakura lands with a light punch inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Asakura.
Shutes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Asakura pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Asakura lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A punch combination from Asakura misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Asakura shoots in for a takedown but Shutes shows good takedown defense.
Shutes doesn't manage to clinch there - Asakura circles away.
Shutes tries a head kick but it misses.
Asakura takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Shutes instigates a clinch.
Shutes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Asakura avoids it.
Asakura cracks Shutes with a nice body shot.
Asakura is leaning against Shutes and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Asakura working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Asakura lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shutes backwards.
Shutes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Asakura misses with a knee strike.
Shutes connects with a knee to the head.
Asakura throws a punch but it's blocked by Shutes.
Asakura landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shutes looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shutes scores with a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Asakura.
Shutes working Asakura over with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Asakura.
Shutes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shutes.
Asakura working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Asakura misses with a short punch on the inside.
Asakura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Asakura lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Asakura lands with a left to the head.
Shutes drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Asakura gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Asakura lands a knee to the head.
Shutes prevents a body shot from Asakura.
Shutes blocking some punches.
Asakura pushes Shutes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Asakura.
Asakura manages to break the clinch.
Asakura throws a hook but Shutes avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asakura misses with a looping left.
A leg kick checked by Shutes.
Asakura looks to score with a jab to the body but Shutes is just out of range.
Asakura moves into the clinch.
Shutes tries a knee to the head but Asakura blocks it.
Asakura blocks an uppercut.
Asakura manages to break the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Asakura misses the target.
Shutes throws a body kick that misses.
Shutes tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Asakura is able to avoid easily.
Asakura looks to throw the jab but Shutes is out of range.
Asakura darts in looking for a takedown but Shutes gets double underhooks and turns Asakura into the cage.
Asakura gets through Shutes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Asakura using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shutes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch on the inside from Asakura fails to land.
Asakura lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shutes backwards.
Asakura breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asakura misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Shutes misses with a double jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Asakura finds it's way through Shutes's defenses.
Asakura connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Shutes's hands.
Asakura takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Asakura moves out of range of the body kick.
Asakura is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Asakura misses with a looping right.
Shutes unleashes a big counter combination but Asakura bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Shutes misses with a series of wild punches.
Asakura lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Shutes at a distance.
Shutes misses with a looping left.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Asakura is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Shutes.
Asakura shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Shutes sprawls well. Shutes wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Asakura gets slowly back to his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tyson Asakura dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Asakura lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Shutes at a distance.
Asakura connects with a solid leg kick.
Asakura moves into range and clinches up with Shutes.
Asakura lands a shoulder strike.
Asakura breaks the clinch.
Asakura throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Shutes counters with a straight right hand.
Asakura rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Shutes counters with a lovely shot to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Asakura.
Left hook, right uppercut from Asakura.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shutes shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Shutes takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Shutes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Asakura.
Wesley Shutes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Asakura throws a body punch but Shutes moves out of range.
Asakura swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shutes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Asakura at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Shutes misses.
Asakura appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Shutes throws a body kick that misses.
Shutes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A low kick lands for Shutes.
A decent looking cross lands there for Shutes.
Asakura thows a left - swing and a miss!
Shutes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Asakura.
Shutes throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Shutes tries to close the distance and clinch but Asakura swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Asakura throws a nice outside leg kick.
Asakura misses with a lunging right hand
and Shutes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tyson Asakura is winning the standup battle so far.
Shutes scores with a spinning back kick!
Asakura missing with a left hand there. Shutes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Asakura fails to land with a series of punches.
Shutes feints a counter leg kick.
Asakura looks to land a left hand but Shutes moved out of range nicely.
Asakura delivers a nice body kick.
Asakura tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shutes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asakura's jab looks to have found its range, popping Shutes under the eye.
Asakura is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shutes can do to turn this around?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Asakura throws a jab when Shutes was well out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Asakura.
Asakura doesn't manage to clinch there - Shutes circles away.
A big left from Asakura misses.
Tyson Asakura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Asakura pushes Shutes up against the cage in a clinch.
Asakura breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Asakura throws out a loose jab but Shutes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shutes throws a combination that misses
and Asakura counters with a right hand to the body.
Asakura checks a leg kick.
Shutes throws a wild body kick that Asakura sees coming a mile off.
Asakura is looking for a counter combo.
Asakura misses with a low kick.
Asakura blocks a leg kick.
Asakura uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Shutes.
Shutes scores with a nice body kick.
Shutes slips a straight right by Asakura.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asakura misses with a two punch combination.
Shutes gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Asakura.
Shutes has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Shutes goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Asakura misses with a few strikes there.
Shutes misses with a low kick.
Nice body kick there by Shutes.
Asakura walks into a left hand.
Shutes wants to clinch up but Asakura keeps it at a distance.
Asakura misses the shot to the body.
Asakura with a hook.
Asakura lands with a right hand.
Shutes throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shutes connects with a crisp jab.
Asakura lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shutes circles away quickly and effectively.
Asakura misses with an uppercut.
Asakura tries to clinch but Shutes is having none of it.
As Asakura backs off Shutes throws a huge counter combo but Asakura manages to avoid it all.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Shutes as Asakura shoots in.
Asakura jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Asakura on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Asakura takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Asakura throws a quick inside leg kick.
Shutes scoring well with a low kick there.
Shutes takes one on the button.
A left lands for Asakura.
Nice defenses there by Shutes.
Asakura throws a series of punches but Shutes avoids them all with ease.
A head kick by Shutes misses
and Asakura connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Asakura doesn't manage to clinch there - Shutes circles away.
Asakura closes the distance and clinches.
Shutes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Asakura's face.
It looks like Tyson Asakura has been cut.
Shutes crunches a lovely knee into Asakura's ribcage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Shutes misses with an elbow over the top.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tyson Asakura dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tyson Asakura's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
An inside leg kick lands from Shutes.
Asakura is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Shutes tries to score with a low kick but Asakura moves his leg out of the way.
Asakura buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Shutes misses with a kick to the body.
A big right from Asakura misses.
As Asakura backs off Shutes throws a huge counter combo but Asakura manages to avoid it all.
Shutes misses with a body kick.
Shutes throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Shutes misses with a kick to the body.
Asakura is looking to counter punch.
The crowd cheers as Shutes lands an impressive looking overhand right. Asakura doesn't seem phased though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shutes looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Asakura throws a leg kick which misses Shutes's front leg but catches the back leg as Shutes tries to avoid it.
Asakura will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Shutes ducks under a wild hook from Asakura.
Shutes stuffs the takedown.
Shutes ducks under a wild hook from Asakura.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shutes closes the distance and clinches.
Shutes tries to land knees in the clinch but Asakura avoids the damage to the body.
Asakura lands a shoulder strike.
Asakura lands a right hand.
Asakura manages to break the clinch.
Shutes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Asakura avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A punch lands to the side of Shutes 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Shutes throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Asakura counters with a straight right hand.
Shutes throws a series of punches but Asakura moves out of range.
Shutes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Shutes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Asakura.
A big right from Asakura misses.
Asakura moves out of range of the body kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Asakura misses the target.
Shutes is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shutes jabs Asakura to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shutes feints and then cracks Asakura's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Asakura down.
Asakura lands a right hook to the body.
Asakura fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Shutes checks it well.
Shutes tries to clinch there but Asakura circles away.
Asakura appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Asakura connects with a solid leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Shutes.
Shutes attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Asakura lands with a good body shot.
Shutes keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Asakura misses with a body shot.
Shutes appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Shutes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Wesley Shutes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Asakura misses with a lunging right hand
so Shutes counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Shutes showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shutes wants to pass the guard but Asakura is keeping the position.
Asakura is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Shutes wants to control from the top but Asakura keeps moving.
Shutes showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Shutes is looking to stand up but Asakura won't let him.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Shutes leaves Asakura with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Shutes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Shutes fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Asakura on the side of the head.
Shutes throws a body punch but Asakura moves out of range.
Asakura avoids the body shot from Shutes.
Shutes misses with an uppercut. Asakura saw that one coming.
Asakura ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shutes moves away.
Tyson Asakura is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Shutes walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Wesley Shutes.
I think Asakura 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyson Asakura!
After winning the bout, Tyson Asakura 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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