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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ardahan Battuga (ranked 216 p4p, 1157 weight class) and Nagatsuki Hideki (ranked 32 p4p, 160 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ardahan Battuga!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nagatsuki Hideki!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hideki circles away from the clinch attempt.
Battuga lands an overhand right.
Ardahan Battuga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hideki takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hideki scores with a jab to the body.
Battuga slips a straight right by Hideki.
Battuga throws a lazy uppercut
and Hideki counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch lands to the side of Hideki 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Battuga bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hideki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hideki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Battuga missing with a left hand there. Hideki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Hideki takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Battuga misses with a hook.
Hideki looks to score with a jab to the body but Battuga is just out of range.
It looked like Battuga was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hideki.
Hideki throws a hook but Battuga avoids it easily.
Battuga throwing a counter right hand but Hideki manages to avoid it.
Hideki misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Battuga misses with a wild body shot.
Hideki digs a good hook to Battuga's body.
Battuga wants to clinch but Hideki slips to the side
and Hideki counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Battuga throws a hook but Hideki blocks it.
Hideki swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Battuga uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hideki.
Hideki scores with a shot to the body.
Hideki lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Battuga dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Battuga pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hideki takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Battuga drives through and clinches with Hideki against the cage.
Battuga swings wildly with an uppercut but Hideki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Battuga pushes Hideki back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hideki lands an uppercut.
Battuga tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hideki's elbow.
Hideki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Battuga misses with some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hideki.
Battuga throws a punch but it's blocked by Hideki.
Hideki misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hideki lands a nice shot to the body.
Hideki has a couple of punches blocked by Battuga.
Battuga blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hideki tries to work over Battuga's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Battuga.
Hideki struggles to land a body shot inside as Battuga controls his hands.
Battuga misses with the head strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Battuga struggles to land a body shot inside as Hideki controls his hands.
Battuga misses with a hook to the ribs.
Battuga tries a body shot but Hideki blocks it.
Hideki digs a right hand underneath Battuga's ribcage. Battuga let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Battuga swings wildly with an uppercut but Hideki uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Battuga.
Hideki throws a head punch that misses.
A hook to the body from Hideki.
Battuga blocks an uppercut.
Battuga blocking some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hideki as Battuga tries to tie him up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Nagatsuki Hideki will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Battuga uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hideki.
Battuga has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Battuga pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ardahan Battuga is winning the standup battle so far.
Battuga misses with a straight right.
We've been told by Battuga's head coaches at GWad's Playpen that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Hideki scores with a jab to the head.
Battuga takes a swing at Hideki's ribcage but misses.
Hideki appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Battuga on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Battuga misses with a wild body shot.
It seemed like Hideki was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Battuga throws a sloppy body shot
and Battuga takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Hideki does it's job there.
Hideki misses with a left hand
and Battuga counters with a left to the body.
Hideki throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Battuga on the side of the head.
Battuga throws a good cross that connects.
Hideki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hideki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Battuga.
Battuga wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Battuga moves forwards but Hideki connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Battuga on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Battuga lands a jab to the head.
Hideki has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
A shot to the body from Battuga misses
and Hideki counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Battuga scores with a jab to the head.
Hideki gets tackled into the cage by Battuga. Battuga maintains the clinch.
Battuga goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Battuga scores with a shoulder strike.
Hideki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Battuga working aggressively here.
Battuga scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hideki has a couple of punches blocked by Battuga.
Hideki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Battuga misses with a punch on the inside.
Battuga can't find room to land a body shot as Hideki controls the action.
Battuga working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Battuga blocking some punches.
Battuga lands a nice shot to the body.
Battuga scores with a nice hook to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hideki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Battuga misses with a hook to the ribs.
Battuga lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Battuga lands an uppercut.
Battuga blocks an uppercut.
Battuga lands a body shot in the clinch.
Battuga misses with a punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Battuga - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hideki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Battuga is trying to stall.
Hideki lands a shoulder strike.
Battuga working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Battuga blocking some punches.
Battuga misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Hideki fails to land.
Hideki scores with a shot to the side of Battuga's head.
Hideki can't find room to land a body shot as Battuga controls the action.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ardahan Battuga will probably get the nod.
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.
Battuga throws a lazy right hand but Hideki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hideki looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hideki cracks Battuga with an open hand slap.
Hideki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Battuga.
Hideki looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hideki throws a jab but it's blocked by Battuga.
Battuga lands with a good body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Battuga throws a lazy uppercut
and Hideki counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hideki takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Battuga fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hideki doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Battuga lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Battuga just misses with a punch to the body.
Donk. Battuga catches Hideki right on the button with a cross.
Battuga uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hideki.
A big left from Hideki misses.
Hideki swats away the attempt to clinch by Battuga.
Hideki looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Battuga tests Hideki's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Battuga misses with a hook
and Hideki counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Battuga connects with the punch.
Hideki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hideki doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Hideki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Battuga throws a right hand that misses
and Battuga takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hideki throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Battuga counters with a stiff right hand.
Hideki misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hideki takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Battuga misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hideki.
Battuga throws a poor cross that misses
and Hideki counters with a nice uppercut.
Hideki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Battuga is looking to counter punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Battuga misses with a looping right.
Hideki looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hideki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Battuga.
Hideki takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nice shot lands for Battuga.
Battuga rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Hideki to counter with a crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Battuga blocks a jab.
Battuga throws a body punch but Hideki moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ardahan Battuga clearly takes that round.
That's time! Battuga's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Battuga lands a slapping body shot.
Jab by Hideki.
Hideki misses with a straight left.
Battuga throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hideki throws out a counter right but Battuga avoids it with no problem.
Hideki fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Battuga on the side of the head.
Battuga is rocked!
Hideki throws a hook but Battuga avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hideki walks into a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Battuga throws a shot from downtown. Hideki moves away and avoids it.
Battuga keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hideki, as that shot connected.
Hideki on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hideki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Battuga was well out of range. Poor timing from Hideki.
Hideki takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hideki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Battuga.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Battuga throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hideki! But no joy.
Battuga scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hideki scores with a jab to the body.
Battuga looks to throw the jab but Hideki is out of range.
Battuga misses the jab.
Battuga throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Battuga tries to clinch there but Hideki circles away.
Hideki throws out a counter right but Battuga avoids it with no problem.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Battuga throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hideki counters with a stiff right hand.
Battuga scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Battuga throws a body shot but no joy.
Hideki looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Battuga connects with the punch.
Battuga misses with a hook
and Hideki counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hideki gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Battuga misses with a hook.
Hideki swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hideki throws a hook but Battuga blocks it.
Battuga blocks a jab.
Battuga misses with a body punch
and Hideki counters with a straight right hand.
The fighters circling - Battuga throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hideki. Battuga does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Battuga throws a hook but Hideki blocks it.
A little jabbing left from Hideki on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Battuga misses with a hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Ardahan Battuga will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Battuga just misses with a punch to the body.
Hideki looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hideki misses with a shot to the body
and Battuga counters with a straight right hand.
Hideki throws a body punch but Battuga moves out of range.
Battuga is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hideki.
Hideki looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hideki has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Battuga throws a right hand that misses
and Hideki counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oh Battuga is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hideki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Battuga.
Hideki looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Battuga seems to have got his legs back now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Battuga misses with a left hand
and Hideki counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Battuga connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hideki momentarily.
Hideki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hideki throws out a counter right but Battuga avoids it with no problem.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Battuga.
Nice defenses there by Battuga.
Battuga swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hideki misses the jab.
Battuga dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Battuga bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hideki's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Battuga missing with a left hand there. Hideki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Battuga misses with a shot to the body
and Hideki connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Battuga throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hideki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It seemed like Hideki was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A big right from Battuga misses.
Hideki is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Battuga with a body shot.
Hideki misses with a lunging right hand
and Hideki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ardahan Battuga is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Battuga lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Battuga just misses with a punch to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hideki! But no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Battuga.
Battuga swings for the body but Hideki moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Hideki on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Battuga dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nagatsuki Hideki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Battuga lands with a good body shot.
Battuga rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hideki counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Battuga tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hideki was well out of range. Poor timing from Battuga.
Despite the aggression on Hideki's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A swing and a miss from Hideki.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Battuga steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hideki.
Battuga lands a slapping body shot.
Hideki throws a good cross that connects.
Battuga connects with a jab.
Hideki's corner calls for a 1-2. Hideki obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Battuga has Hideki up against the cage in a clinch.
Hideki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ardahan Battuga showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Battuga has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 49:46
Judge William Peck scores the fight 50:45
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 49:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ardahan Battuga!
Ardahan Battuga retains his welterweight title!
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energy
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hype
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