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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Richard Cheese (ranked 4102 p4p, 5193 weight class) and Eric Lazerus (ranked 269 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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145
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135
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Richard Cheese!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eric Lazerus!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Lazerus. Those never looked like landing.
Cheese throws a head kick that misses.
Lazerus has managed to clinch.
Lazerus is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cheese stalling in the clinch.
Lazerus is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Cheese pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Cheese manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cheese looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lazerus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lazerus shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Cheese counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lazerus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lazerus throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lazerus fails with the takedown.
Richard Cheese has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Lazerus.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cheese manages to break the clinch.
Cheese buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cheese is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lazerus takes the fight into the clinch.
Cheese tries to throw a body punch but Lazerus avoids it by throwing Cheese back against the cage.
Lazerus pressing his opponent against the cage.
Cheese blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheese is trying to stall.
Lazerus has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Cheese avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Lazerus stalling against the cage.
Cheese lands a shoulder strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lazerus as Cheese tries to tie him up.
Lazerus jumps guard but Cheese turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Lazerus is trying to force a seperation but Cheese has the dominant position.
Cheese gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Lazerus.
Cheese slows down the pace here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lazerus trying to land knees to the body.
Cheese's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Cheese breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cheese moves in looking to clinch but Lazerus pushes him off.
Cheese fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lazerus, pushing him back against the cage.
Lazerus ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Lazerus no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Cheese trying to control the position from guard on top but Lazerus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheese would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Lazerus looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cheese might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Lazerus keeping moving, preventing Cheese from controlling successfully.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Richard Cheese 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.
Cheese moves into the clinch.
Lazerus is looking to break free of the clinch but Cheese has double underhooks.
Lazerus tries to circle away but Cheese has him pinned against the cage.
Lazerus blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lazerus is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Cheese gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short right from Cheese on the inside.
Cheese is struggling to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cheese breaks the clinch.
Lazerus shoots in but no luck this time.
Cheese moves into the clinch.
Cheese is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lazerus can do to turn this around?
Lazerus goes for a takedown attempt but Cheese pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Richard Cheese has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Lazerus.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheese rushes Lazerus and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cheese lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Eric Lazerus has been cut.
Lazerus wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cheese just leaning against Lazerus, taking a breather.
Cheese stalling.
Cheese avoiding damage.
Stalling in the clinch from Cheese.
Cheese gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Cheese prevents the takedown attempt.
Cheese trying to stall but Lazerus improves his position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Richard Cheese.
Lazerus changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cheese tries to avoid it but Lazerus manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cheese to the ground. Cheese escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheese wants to clinch.
Cheese clinches with his opponent.
Cheese is struggling to control the position.
Cheese is trying to stall.
Cheese cracks Lazerus with a nice body shot.
Cheese lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lazerus is trying to pull guard but Cheese turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheese scores a nice knee to the body.
Cheese is trying to maintain a safe position but Lazerus gets an underhook and turns Cheese into the cage.
Lazerus is trying to pull guard but Cheese turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Cheese unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lazerus is breathing heavily.
Cheese blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cheese obliges.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lazerus letting Cheese take a breather here.
Cheese crunches a lovely knee into Lazerus's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Cheese.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheese lands a shot to the body.
Cheese dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Cheese manages to break the clinch.
Cheese tries to clinch up but Lazerus circles away and keeps his distance.
Cheese tries to clinch up.
Cheese is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Richard Cheese is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cheese tries to clinch but Lazerus is having none of it.
Cheese misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lazerus shoots in and drives through. Cheese sprawls well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cheese fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cheese tries to close the distance and clinch but Lazerus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Cheese dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Eric Lazerus's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - Cheese looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lazerus takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Cheese is looking to clinch.
Lazerus wants to counter the offense by Cheese and move into the clinch position.
Richard Cheese is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lazerus doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Cheese counters with a low kick, right behind Lazerus 's knee.
Cheese fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cheese defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lazerus.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cheese clinches up with Lazerus and pushes him back against the cage.
Cheese displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lazerus up against the cage.
Richard Cheese has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cheese keeps control of Lazerus as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Cheese.
Cheese is trying to maintain a safe position but Lazerus gets an underhook and turns Cheese into the cage.
Cheese escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lazerus keeps the fight on the outside.
Lazerus clinches with his opponent.
Cheese prevents the takedown attempt.
Richard Cheese has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Lazerus.
Cheese escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lazerus looks for a takedown but Cheese sprawls well.
Lazerus takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice body punch from Cheese.
Lazerus gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Cheese counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheese tries to clinch but Lazerus moves out of range.
Lazerus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cheese moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromLazerus.
Cheese tries to clinch up.
Cheese has closed the distance and engaged Lazerus in a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cheese.
Cheese is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Cheese escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cheese clinches with his opponent.
Cheese lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cheese pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lazerus shoots in but Cheese avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cheese fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lazerus, pushing him back against the cage.
Cheese lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lazerus or not.
Cheese using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lazerus has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cheese is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cheese avoiding damage.
Cheese softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lazerus looking to slow down the pace here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheese dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Cheese tries to stall but Lazerus uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cheese looking to slow down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Richard Cheese.
Cheese tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lazerus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cheese moves in looking to clinch but Lazerus pushes him off.
Lazerus takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lazerus circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nice sprawl there from Cheese as Lazerus shoots in.
Cheese tries to clinch but Lazerus moves out of range.
Eric Lazerus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Richard Cheese is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lazerus misses with an uppercut
and Cheese counters with a flying knee. Nice.
And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Cheese showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cheese, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Cheese!
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energy
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