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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ieyasu Tokugawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gattsu Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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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BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light 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, Ieyasu Tokugawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gattsu Emelianenko!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emelianenko circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tokugawa moves in looking to clinch but Emelianenko pushes him off.
Nice cross by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Tokugawa is looking to clinch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Emelianenko darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Tokugawa tries to clinch there but Emelianenko circles away.
Tokugawa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Emelianenko throws a left that rocks Tokugawa and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Emelianenko dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Tokugawa regain composure!
Tokugawa is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Emelianenko postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Oh Tokugawa is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Tokugawa prevents Emelianenko from moving into mount.
Tokugawa seems to have got his legs back now.
Emelianenko decides to stand back up. Emelianenko steps back and let's Tokugawa get back to his feet.
Emelianenko lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tokugawa moves in looking to clinch but Emelianenko pushes him off.
Emelianenko misses with a double jab.
Tokugawa wants to clinch up but Emelianenko keeps it at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko throws a right hand that Tokugawa ducks under and follows up with a left that Tokugawa also avoids with ease.
Tokugawa moves into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Emelianenko's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tokugawa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Emelianenko pressing his opponent against the cage.
Tokugawa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Emelianenko blocks it with crossed arms.
Emelianenko blocks the elbow strike.
Tokugawa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Emelianenko can't break the clinch.
Emelianenko is trying to break free.
Tokugawa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Emelianenko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tokugawa.
Tokugawa tries to land a knee to the head but Emelianenko blocks with his arms.
Emelianenko lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Emelianenko tries to break free but Tokugawa pushes him back against the cage.
Tokugawa tries to land a knee to the head but Emelianenko blocks with his arms.
Tokugawa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Emelianenko has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tokugawa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Emelianenko is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tokugawa tries to land knees in the clinch but Emelianenko avoids the damage to the body.
Tokugawa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Emelianenko in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Emelianenko looks gassed!
Emelianenko lands a body shot.
Emelianenko avoids the elbow strike from Tokugawa, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tokugawa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Emelianenko blocks it with crossed arms.
Tokugawa prevents Emelianenko from breaking the clinch.
Tokugawa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tokugawa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Emelianenko's efforts to push away.
Tokugawa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Emelianenko avoids it.
Tokugawa tries a knee to the head but Emelianenko blocks it.
Tokugawa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Emelianenko has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tokugawa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tokugawa lands a nice knee to the body.
Emelianenko tries to circle away but Tokugawa has him pinned against the cage.
Tokugawa tries to land a knee to the head but Emelianenko blocks with his arms.
Tokugawa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tokugawa missing with knees to the body.
Emelianenko breaks the clinch.
Tokugawa doesn't manage to clinch there - Emelianenko circles away.
Emelianenko scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tokugawa in his tracks.
Tokugawa tries to close the distance and clinch but Emelianenko swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd cheers as Emelianenko lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tokugawa doesn't seem phased though.
Emelianenko throws a right hand that Tokugawa ducks under and follows up with a left that Tokugawa also avoids with ease.
Emelianenko works over Tokugawa's head and body with a nice combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tokugawa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tokugawa takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Emelianenko lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Tokugawa tries to clinch up but Emelianenko circles away and keeps his distance.
Emelianenko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Emelianenko keeps the fight on the outside.
Tokugawa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tokugawa tries to clinch up.
Tokugawa tries to clinch but Emelianenko is having none of it.
Tokugawa doesn't manage to clinch there - Emelianenko circles away.
Tokugawa is looking to clinch.
Emelianenko swinging wilding here.
Emelianenko closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Emelianenko swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Emelianenko pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Emelianenko misses with a series of wild punches.
Tokugawa closes the distance and clinches.
A right handed body shot lands from Emelianenko.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tokugawa tries to land knees in the clinch but Emelianenko avoids the damage to the body.
Tokugawa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Emelianenko blocks it with crossed arms.
Emelianenko content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Tokugawa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Emelianenko blocks it with crossed arms.
Tokugawa tries to land a knee to the head but Emelianenko blocks with his arms.
Emelianenko avoiding damage as Tokugawa throws knees to the body.
Tokugawa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tokugawa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Emelianenko blocks it with crossed arms.
Emelianenko tries to break free but Tokugawa pushes him back against the cage.
Tokugawa throws an elbow that misses.
Emelianenko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tokugawa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tokugawa misses with a knee to the head.
Tokugawa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Emelianenko tries to break the clinch but Tokugawa is controlling the position.
Emelianenko blocks the elbow strike.
Emelianenko looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Emelianenko has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A right handed body shot lands from Emelianenko.
Tokugawa misses with an elbow over the top.
Tokugawa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Emelianenko has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tokugawa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Emelianenko breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gattsu Emelianenko dominated that round.
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.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tokugawa tries to clinch up.
Tokugawa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tokugawa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tokugawa takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Emelianenko swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tokugawa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tokugawa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Emelianenko throws a combination. Tokugawa tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Tokugawa wants to clinch up but Emelianenko keeps it at a distance.
Tokugawa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Emelianenko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tokugawa closes the distance and clinches.
Tokugawa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Emelianenko can't break the clinch.
Tokugawa keeps control of Emelianenko as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Emelianenko working hard to break the clinch.
Tokugawa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Emelianenko blocks it with crossed arms.
Tokugawa trying to land knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Emelianenko's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Emelianenko lands with a light punch inside.
Tokugawa misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Emelianenko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tokugawa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Tokugawa sprawling to the canvas. Emelianenko follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Tokugawa hang on?
Emelianenko missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Emelianenko has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Emelianenko perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Emelianenko trying to mount his opponent but Tokugawa defends it.
Emelianenko stands up from half guard.
Emelianenko circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tokugawa tries to clinch there but Emelianenko circles away.
Tokugawa closes the distance and clinches.
Tokugawa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tokugawa trying to land knees to the body.
Tokugawa has Emelianenko pressed against the cage, preventing Emelianenko from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Emelianenko wants to break the clinch but can't.
Emelianenko has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Emelianenko wants to break free but Tokugawa has control.
Tokugawa misses with a knee to the head.
Emelianenko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Emelianenko fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tokugawa on the side of the head.
Emelianenko swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tokugawa has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Emelianenko finds it's way round the side to connect with Tokugawa's head.
Emelianenko lands a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tokugawa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Emelianenko misses with a wild combination.
Emelianenko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tokugawa tries to clinch but Emelianenko is having none of it.
Tokugawa is looking to clinch.
Emelianenko misses with a wild combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tokugawa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Emelianenko circles away from the clinch attempt.
Emelianenko misses with a body shot.
Tokugawa tries to clinch but Emelianenko is having none of it.
Tokugawa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Emelianenko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Emelianenko swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tokugawa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Emelianenko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tokugawa moves into the clinch.
Tokugawa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Emelianenko avoids it.
Tokugawa tries to land knees in the clinch but Emelianenko avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko is trying to break the clinch but Tokugawa is controlling him.
Emelianenko tries to break free but Tokugawa pushes him back against the cage.
Emelianenko breaks from the clinch.
Tokugawa walks into a stiff left hand from Emelianenko.
Tokugawa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Emelianenko.
Tokugawa tries to close the distance and clinch but Emelianenko swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Emelianenko goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Tokugawa wants to clinch.
Tokugawa wants to clinch up but Emelianenko keeps it at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Emelianenko swats away the attempt to clinch by Tokugawa.
A lazy left from Emelianenko finds it's target.
Tokugawa tries to clinch but Emelianenko moves out of range.
Emelianenko misses with a jab, cross combination.
Emelianenko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tokugawa tries to clinch but Emelianenko is having none of it.
Gattsu Emelianenko seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Emelianenko fails to land with a series of punches.
Ieyasu Tokugawa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Emelianenko moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Emelianenko comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Emelianenko swats away the attempt to clinch by Tokugawa.
Ieyasu Tokugawa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tokugawa closes the distance and pushes Emelianenko back into the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Emelianenko blocks the elbow strike.
Tokugawa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tokugawa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Emelianenko is defending well for now.
Emelianenko wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Emelianenko lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tokugawa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gattsu Emelianenko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Tokugawa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tokugawa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tokugawa doesn't manage to clinch there - Emelianenko circles away.
Nice jab there from Emelianenko.
Tokugawa tries to clinch up but Emelianenko circles away and keeps his distance.
Emelianenko lands a right hook to the body.
Tokugawa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Emelianenko lands a lovely overhand right.
Tokugawa is looking to clinch but Emelianenko is avoiding it.
Tokugawa is looking to clinch but Emelianenko is avoiding it.
Emelianenko swats away the attempt to clinch by Tokugawa.
Emelianenko lands with a nice body punch.
Tokugawa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Emelianenko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Emelianenko looks to land a combination. Tokugawa sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Emelianenko keeps the fight on the outside.
Emelianenko scores with a jab to the body.
Emelianenko lands a big uppercut and Tokugawa crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Tokugawa looks OK. Emelianenko waves Tokugawa back to his feet!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Emelianenko throws a right and a left that Tokugawa avoids nicely.
Tokugawa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Emelianenko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko thuds a left hand into Tokugawa's body.
Emelianenko swats away the attempt to clinch by Tokugawa.
Emelianenko lands a two punch combo.
Tokugawa looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Emelianenko throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Tokugawa stumbling backwards into the cage! Tokugawa bounces back off the cage towards Emelianenko, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Emelianenko lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Emelianenko celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Gattsu Emelianenko!
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hype
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