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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kim Chee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DH Meroz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chee has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Kim Chee has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Powerful takedowns
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super 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, Kim Chee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, DH Meroz!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chee keeps the fight on the outside.
Chee keeps the fight on the outside.
A punch combination from Chee misses.
Chee is breathing heavily.
Meroz wants to clinch up but Chee keeps it at a distance.
Chee throws a right and a left that both miss.
Chee looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Meroz is fending him off so far but Chee persists. Nope, Meroz circles away and we're back to standing.
Meroz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chee shoots for a double leg takedown but Meroz sprawls well. He's pushed Chee's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Meroz is looking to clinch.
Meroz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Meroz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Meroz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Meroz tries to clinch but Chee is having none of it.
Meroz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Meroz tries to clinch but Chee is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meroz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Meroz wants to clinch up but Chee keeps it at a distance.
Chee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Meroz tries to clinch there but Chee circles away.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Chee.
Meroz pushes Chee away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Chee gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chee wants to control but Meroz is keeping him busy.
Meroz struggling a bit here.
Meroz avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Chee.
Meroz is trying to control Chee's posture but Chee avoids it.
Meroz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Meroz is not content to let Chee control the position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Meroz is looking to clinch.
That's two 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.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Meroz scores with a knee to the head.
Meroz scores with a knee to the head.
Chee takes a knee right on the jaw!
Meroz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Meroz scores with a knee to the head.
Chee is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Meroz gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kim Chee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Meroz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Meroz scores with a knee to the head.
Chee has Meroz pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Meroz manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Meroz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Meroz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Meroz prevents a takedown attempt there.
Meroz gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Chee.
Chee tries for a takedown. No joy.
Chee is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Meroz pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Meroz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Meroz prevents a takedown attempt there.
Meroz misses with a knee to the head.
Meroz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meroz scores with a knee to the head.
Chee tries to score a body lock takedown but Meroz shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Meroz tries to land a knee to the head but Chee blocks with his arms.
Meroz connects with a knee to the head.
Chee looking for a takedown.
Chee wants to break free but Meroz has control.
Meroz scores with a knee to the head.
Meroz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chee is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Meroz gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Chee.
Meroz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Meroz with a knee to the head.
Meroz tries a knee to the head but Chee blocks it.
Meroz connects with a nasty looking knee right to Chee's face.
Meroz connects with a knee to the head.
Meroz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Meroz connects with a nasty looking knee right to Chee's face.
Meroz is pressed up against the cage. Chee has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Meroz down to the mat. Meroz avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Chee circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chee throws a series of punches but Meroz avoids them all with ease.
Meroz moves in looking to clinch but Chee pushes him off.
Meroz tries to clinch there but Chee circles away.
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.
Meroz tries to clinch there but Chee circles away.
Meroz tries to clinch up.
Meroz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chee gets the takedown into side control.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Chee connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Meroz some visible discomfort.
Chee cracks Meroz with a big right hand but Meroz just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Chee happy to just control the position for now.
Chee cracks Meroz with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Chee advances to mount.
Chee putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but DH Meroz will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Meroz gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Meroz controls Chee momentarily but Chee frees himself.
Chee trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Chee accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Chee has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Chee tries to free his leg and advance position but Meroz is retaining full guard.
Meroz controls Chee momentarily but Chee frees himself.
Chee is in close to Meroz's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chee thows a big elbow that misses.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Meroz fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chee throws a right hand that Meroz ducks under and follows up with a left that Meroz also avoids with ease.
Some wild striking there from Chee.
Meroz wants to clinch.
DH Meroz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Meroz moves in looking to clinch but Chee pushes him off.
Meroz tries to clinch there but Chee circles away.
Meroz doesn't manage to clinch there - Chee circles away.
Chee fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Meroz checks it well.
Meroz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chee throws a series of punches but Meroz avoids them all with ease.
Meroz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Meroz tries to clinch up but Chee circles away and keeps his distance.
Chee swinging wilding here.
That's two 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.
Chee misses with a wild combination.
Kim Chee is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chee shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Meroz but Meroz pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Meroz wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Meroz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chee scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Chee tries to advance to mount but can't.
Chee is putting a hurting on Meroz here, landing some big shots from side control.
Chee controls the position from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chee scoring with punches from side control.
Meroz is trying to improve his position.
Chee scores with a couple of short elbows.
Meroz seems a little lost for a moment, as Chee dominates the positioning.
Chee moves into full mount!
Chee controlling from the full mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chee is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Meroz can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Chee landing strikes from the mount and Meroz is in trouble!
Meroz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Chee. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Meroz can't escape the position.
Chee controlling from mount.
Chee is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Chee fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chee content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kim Chee dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Meroz moves in looking to clinch but Chee pushes him off.
Chee looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Meroz is fending him off so far but Chee persists. Nope, Meroz circles away and we're back to standing.
Meroz tries to clinch up.
Chee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Meroz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Meroz is looking to clinch.
Chee throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Meroz doesn't manage to clinch there - Chee circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Meroz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meroz tries to clinch up but Chee circles away and keeps his distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Chee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Meroz moves in looking to clinch but Chee pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meroz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Meroz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chee keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Chee rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Meroz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Meroz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Meroz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A combination from Chee does no damage.
Meroz dodges the punch combination from Chee.
Meroz tries to clinch there but Chee circles away.
Chee lands a two punch combo.
Kim Chee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Meroz tries to clinch up but Chee circles away and keeps his distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Chee throws a right and a left that Meroz avoids nicely.
Chee scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Meroz wants to improve his position but Chee is controlling well.
Meroz is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chee is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Chee seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Meroz is trying to control but can't.
Meroz wants to get back to full guard.
Chee lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Chee drops an elbow to the side of Meroz's head.
Chee working over Meroz with some ground and pound. Meroz looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chee is taking a breather. Meroz says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Chee connects with a nice short shot to Meroz's temple.
Chee takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Chee is nestled in close to Meroz, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Chee stalling.
Chee takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Meroz tries to roll over but Chee keeps him under control.
Chee lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Meroz trying to control from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Chee slips a nice elbow through Meroz's hands, connecting with Meroz's forehead.
Chee slows the pace down in half guard.
Chee looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Chee seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Kim Chee overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Meroz is looking to improve his position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kim Chee showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Chee 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kim Chee!
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