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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Itchy Sinclair (ranked 1154 p4p, 1041 weight class) and Mitsu Misawa (ranked 156 p4p, 134 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Mitsu Misawa enters 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 25 - 14 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Itchy Sinclair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mitsu Misawa!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Misawa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sinclair, pushing him back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Misawa.
It looks like Itchy Sinclair has been cut.
Misawa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Misawa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Misawa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Misawa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sinclair doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sinclair slows down the pace here.
Misawa lands a left hand.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Misawa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sinclair's brow.
A head punch on the inside from Misawa fails to land.
Misawa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Misawa misses with an elbow over the top.
Misawa lands an elbow that stopped Sinclair in his tracks for a moment.
Misawa misses with a body punch.
Misawa misses with an elbow strike.
Misawa misses with an elbow strike.
Sinclair taking a breather.
Misawa tries a body shot but Sinclair blocks it.
Sinclair tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Misawa avoids it.
Sinclair lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinclair tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Misawa's elbow.
Sinclair takes an elbow to the temple.
Misawa lands a hook that snaps the head of Sinclair backwards.
Misawa has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Sinclair seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Misawa can turn it around.
Misawa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Itchy Sinclair's cut is getting worse.
Nice elbow from Misawa.
A short right from Misawa.
Misawa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Misawa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sinclair will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Misawa up against the cage.
Sinclair tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Misawa just stands there and leans against the cage.
Misawa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Sinclair as the two fighters clinch.
Sinclair takes an elbow to the forehead.
Itchy Sinclair's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Nice body punch from Sinclair.
Misawa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Sinclair.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sinclair avoids the elbow strike from Misawa, against the cage.
Misawa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sinclair blocks a body shot from Misawa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Misawa lands with a right to the head.
Misawa throws an elbow that misses.
Misawa tries to work over Sinclair's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Misawa throws an elbow but it misses.
Sinclair digs a right hand into Misawa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Misawa's gas tank.
Misawa looks winded!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sinclair.
Sinclair blocks a body shot from Misawa.
Misawa throws an elbow but it misses.
Sinclair cracks Misawa with a nice body shot.
Sinclair misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sinclair scores with a hook to the body.
Sinclair is trying to trip Misawa. He has hold of a leg but Misawa is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Sinclair persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Sinclair's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Sinclair's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Sinclair trying to control but Misawa is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Misawa looking to control.
Misawa keeping moving, preventing Sinclair from controlling successfully.
Misawa is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Misawa has his hands on Sinclair's head, controlling the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Misawa tries to clinch but Sinclair moves away
and Sinclair counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Misawa manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Misawa can't find room to land a body shot as Sinclair controls the action.
Sinclair blocks a body shot from Misawa.
Misawa has a couple of punches blocked by Sinclair.
A head punch on the inside from Misawa fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Misawa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Sinclair.
Sinclair tries to pull guard but Misawa won't allow it.
Sinclair tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Itchy Sinclair. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short body shot lands from Misawa as the two fighters clinch.
Misawa works on Sinclair's body with a couple of short punches.
Misawa lands a damaging elbow.
A short left from Misawa.
Misawa lands a nice uppercut.
Misawa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jeez, Itchy Sinclair's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Misawa misses with an elbow over the top.
Misawa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Misawa.
Sinclair is working Misawa over against the cage.
Sinclair pulls guard.
Misawa trying to control the position from guard on top but Sinclair is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Misawa trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mitsu Misawa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Itchy Sinclair's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Misawa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sinclair.
Sinclair is looking to counter punch.
Misawa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sinclair swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Misawa tries to clinch there but Sinclair circles away.
Jab from Sinclair.
Misawa fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sinclair looks to land a combination but Misawa avoids it well.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Misawa! But no joy.
Sinclair tries to move into range but Misawa moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Misawa jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sinclair lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Misawa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sinclair moves away.
Sinclair stalks Misawa and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Misawa's face. Misawa staggers backwards, shaken.
Misawa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Misawa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Itchy Sinclair is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Misawa moves out of range of the body kick from Sinclair.
Misawa checks a leg kick nicely.
Sinclair looks to score with a jab to the body but Misawa is just out of range.
Misawa forces Sinclair back against the cage and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinclair is trying to pull guard but Misawa has him pressed against the cage.
Misawa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sinclair backwards.
Misawa throws an elbow but it misses.
Misawa throws an elbow but it misses.
Sinclair is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Misawa is defending well for now.
Sinclair lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Misawa lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sinclair decides to pull guard.
Sinclair pulls Misawa in close to prevent any damage.
Further stalling from Sinclair.
Misawa slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Sinclair looking for a sweep. Not yet Sinclair, not yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Misawa trying to stand up but can't free himself from Sinclair's guard.
Sinclair pulls Misawa in close to his closed guard and prevents Misawa from doing any damage or advancing position.
Sinclair keeping full guard, as Misawa tries to pass.
Sinclair wants to sweep here but Misawa controlling him for the moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Sinclair misses with a kick to the body.
Misawa tries to close the distance and clinch but Sinclair swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Misawa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Misawa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Misawa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Misawa shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A slapping body kick lands there for Sinclair.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair misses with a few strikes there.
A combination from Misawa does no damage.
Misawa scores with a sloppy right hand. Sinclair should have avoided that one.
Misawa darts in and clinches Sinclair up against the cage.
Sinclair has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Misawa is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sinclair.
Misawa throws a head punch that misses.
Sinclair lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sinclair lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sinclair manages to break the clinch.
Sinclair slips a jab and a cross from Misawa.
Sinclair will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
It seemed like Misawa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sinclair ducks under a wild hook from Misawa.
Sinclair lands the left hand.
Sinclair checks a low kick from Misawa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sinclair fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Misawa takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Misawa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sinclair decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Sinclair looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Misawa with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sinclair wants to take a breather but Misawa is having none of it.
Misawa has his hands clasped together around Sinclair's back. He's all about the action.
Misawa wants to improve his position but Sinclair is controlling well.
Sinclair wants to work for an arm triangle but Misawa is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Itchy Sinclair dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Itchy Sinclair'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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Misawa misses with a wild combination.
A counter left hand to the body from Sinclair misses its target.
Sinclair scores with a hook.
Misawa thumps Sinclair with a low kick.
Misawa walks into a jab.
Sinclair throws the kick towards the body but Misawa avoids it.
Sinclair circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sinclair thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Misawa if he has to take too many more of those.
Sinclair avoids the body shot from Misawa.
An attempted straight right counter from Sinclair misses the target.
Nice defenses there by Sinclair.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch combination from Sinclair misses.
Misawa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sinclair.
Sinclair seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Misawa swings widly with a right hand
and Sinclair counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Misawa rushes Sinclair and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Misawa misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinclair tries to work over Misawa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sinclair trying to land knees to the body.
Sinclair pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Misawa slips a jab and a cross from Sinclair.
Misawa tries to clinch there but Sinclair circles away.
Misawa throws a one two combo.
Sinclair lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sinclair looks to land a left hand but Misawa moved out of range nicely.
Misawa tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sinclair cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Misawa throws a right hand that Sinclair ducks under and follows up with a left that Sinclair also avoids with ease.
Misawa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Misawa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sinclair moves away.
Sinclair misses with an attempted mid kick.
Misawa misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Misawa throws out a counter right but Sinclair avoids it with no problem.
Sinclair avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Misawa tries to clinch up.
Itchy Sinclair is winning the standup battle so far.
Misawa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sinclair moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Misawa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Misawa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sinclair jabs Misawa to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Misawa moves forwards but Sinclair connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Misawa scores with a three punch combo!
Mitsu Misawa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Misawa feints and then cracks Sinclair's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sinclair down.
Sinclair lands with an overhand left.
Misawa has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sinclair blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Misawa throws an elbow but misses.
Misawa pushes off an throws an elbow but Sinclair leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Misawa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sinclair's elbow.
Sinclair is trying to pull guard but Misawa turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Mitsu Misawa seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Misawa tries to throw a body punch but Sinclair avoids it by throwing Misawa back against the cage.
Sinclair blocks an elbow strike from Misawa.
Misawa lands an elbow inside.
Misawa blocks a body shot from Sinclair.
Misawa managing to block the knees to the body from Sinclair.
Misawa misses with a body punch.
Misawa misses with an elbow strike.
Misawa misses with a punch to the body.
Sinclair jumps guard but Misawa turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
A nice left hand lands by Misawa.
Nice body punch from Sinclair.
Sinclair pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Misawa throws a right and a left that Sinclair avoids nicely.
Misawa avoids the body shot from Sinclair.
Sinclair jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sinclair scores with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Misawa takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sinclair misses with the body kick
and Misawa counters with a good low kick that Sinclair was not able to check.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Misawa takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Misawa tries to clinch but Sinclair is having none of it.
Sinclair quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Nice uppercut there from Sinclair.
Sinclair scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Misawa dodges the punch combination from Sinclair.
Misawa feints and then cracks Sinclair's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sinclair down.
Sinclair tests Misawa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sinclair misses with the body kick
and Misawa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sinclair.
Sinclair throws a push kick but Misawa slaps the foot to one side.
A nice side step and Misawa releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Misawa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Itchy Sinclair.
I think Sinclair 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Itchy Sinclair!
Itchy Sinclair decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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