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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tino Headman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tupac Rao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tino Headman is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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235 lbs
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265 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tino Headman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tupac Rao!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rao looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Headman is trying to get back to full guard.
Headman is trying to control but Rao manages to pass to mount!
Headman is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Rao looking to control but Headman is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Rao avoids the attempt from Headman to control.
Rao lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
It looks like Tino Headman has been cut.
Rao sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Headman tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rao seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Headman is holding on tight.
Rao looking to control but Headman is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Rao looking to finish with strikes here!
Headman tries to hold on but Rao pushes him away.
Headman tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rao controlling from mount.
Headman gets back to half guard.
Rao looks gassed!
Headman looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Headman missing with punches from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Headman is trying to maintain the position but Rao is very close to passing his half guard.
Headman regains full guard. Nicely done.
Headman is looking to sweep but instead, Rao has passed into half guard.
Rao wants to lay and pray for a moment but Headman keeps working.
Headman trying to hold on to Rao's head to control him but Rao postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rao seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Rao postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Headman to stand up.
Rao avoids the head kick by Headman.
Headman with a lazy takedown attempt
and Rao counters with a head kick.
Rao fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Headman scores with a one two! Rao had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Rao lands a head kick. Headman smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Rao scores with a hook.
Headman throws a lazy head kick
and Rao counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Headman thinking.
Rao misses with a takedown attempt - Headman sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Headman instigates a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rao blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Headman has Rao pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rao manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Headman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rao has him pressed against the cage.
Headman is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Headman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rao using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Headman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Headman wants to break free but Rao has control.
Rao keeps control of Headman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rao is working for takedown but Headman is calmly controlling the position for now.
Tino Headman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tupac Rao.
Rao escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Headman gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Headman trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tupac Rao dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tino Headman's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Nice takedown defense from Headman. No joy for Rao on that attempt.
A head kick misses from Headman.
Headman wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rao takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Headman scores a takedown into full mount!
Headman looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Headman cracks Rao with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rao tries to hold on but Headman postures up.
Headman breaks from Rao's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Headman controlling his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rao controls the position.
Headman prevents Rao from getting the reversal.
Headman working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Headman lands with some strikes.
Rao takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Headman avoids the attempt from Rao to control.
Headman working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's two 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.
Headman putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Headman is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Rao is surviving well by controlling Headman's body position as best he can.
Rao wants to control but Headman is having none of it.
Headman is landing with some decent strikes but Rao is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Rao tries to hold on but Headman pushes him away.
Rao is squirming around, avoiding Headman's attempts to control the action.
Headman scoring with strikes but Rao is staying in there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rao keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Headman controlling the position easily from mount.
Headman is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Rao can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Headman avoids the attempt from Rao to control.
Rao is desperately trying to improve his position but Headman has a good base and remains in mount.
Rao is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Headman controlling his opponent.
Rao is squirming around, avoiding Headman's attempts to control the action.
Rao is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tino Headman dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tino Headman's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Headman looks to score with a jab to the body but Rao is just out of range.
Headman throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Headman shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Rao is trying to control but can't.
Headman stands up out of the half guard.
Headman throws a head kick but Rao moves out of range.
Headman throws a head kick that misses
and Rao makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Headman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Headman misses with a double jab
and Rao counters with a good, hard body kick but Headman shrugs it off.
Headman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tino Headman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Headman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Headman misses
and Rao counters with a solid body kick.
Headman throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Rao counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Headman pushes Rao off and gets back to his feet.
Headman throws a sloppy head kick
and Rao counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rao stalling.
Rao stops Headman from getting back to his feet.
Rao is just content to waste time from the top position. Headman takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Headman manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rao manages to get himself to full guard.
Rao is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Headman trying to control the position from guard on top but Rao is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rao working a defensive guard here.
Rao working a defensive guard but Headman passes into half guard.
Rao has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Headman is working away from the top position though.
Headman stands up from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rao looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Rao looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Rao trying to control the position from guard on top but Headman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rao is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Despite being in the dominant position, Tupac Rao just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rao takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Headman misses with a double jab
and Rao counters with a nice leg kick.
Rao dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Headman takes a swing at Rao's ribcage but misses.
Headman tries to clinch
and Rao counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rao.
Rao looking to throw knees to the head but Headman is blocking nicely.
Rao keeps control of Headman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rao drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Headman gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Rao's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rao throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Headman fails in his attempt to clinch.
No luck for Rao with that takedown attempt.
Rao shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Headman pinned against the cage. Headman gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tupac Rao comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rao has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tupac Rao!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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