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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gerath Le Strange (ranked 24407 p4p, 24616 weight class) and Makoto Toda (ranked 567 p4p, 560 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gerath Le Strange!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Makoto Toda!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le Strange looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Toda!
Le Strange working the ground and pound from side control.
Toda is trying to get back to half guard.
Le Strange wants to control but Toda is keeping him busy.
Le Strange taking a breather here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toda is not content to let Le Strange control the position.
Le Strange tries to score with some ground and pound. Toda controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toda is looking to reverse the position.
Le Strange tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Le Strange has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Le Strange throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Le Strange is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Toda has escaped the position, nice work there.
Le Strange controls the position.
Le Strange looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Le Strange tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Le Strange has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Le Strange wants to lay and pray for a moment but Toda keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Strange working the ground and pound but Toda is defending the strikes.
Le Strange is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Toda knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Toda can't do much from the bottom here.
Toda is not content to let Le Strange control the position.
Le Strange is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Toda knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Toda tries to improve position but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Toda's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Le Strange wants to lay and pray for a moment but Toda keeps working.
An elbow from Le Strange crashes against the mat.
Le Strange tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Toda tries to bench press Le Strange off him but Le Strange keeps the position.
Le Strange tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Toda wants to control but Le Strange postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Toda regains half guard there - taking advantage of Le Strange's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Le Strange is looking for a kimura here.
Toda trying to control here.
Le Strange is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Toda is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Gerath Le Strange!
Gerath Le Strange seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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FIGHT
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