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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Light Guy (ranked 24133 p4p, 23997 weight class) and Light Mann (ranked 316 p4p, 334 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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150 cm
32
135
28 - 33 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Powerful |
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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 33 - 28 - 0, fighting out of London, Light Guy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 33 - 0, fighting out of London, Light Mann!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guy misses with an uppercut
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mann keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Guy.
Guy swinging wildly here.
Guy misses with a right hand
and Guy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Guy misses with a double jab
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
Guy jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nice uppercut lands for Guy. That snapped Mann's head back.
Guy throws a jab when Mann was well out of range.
Mann looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Light Guy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Guy throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
Mann bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mann looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Guy throws a lazy uppercut
and Mann counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mann takes a shot to the body in his stride.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Guy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mann bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Guy misses with a right hand
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
Guy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mann was well out of range. Poor timing from Guy.
Mann swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mann walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Guy lands a glancing blow to the side of Mann's head.
Guy lands with a shot to the body.
Guy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mann sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mann blocks a jab.
The fighters circling - Guy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A little jabbing left from Mann on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Guy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Guy throws out a loose jab but Mann uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mann throws out a counter right but Guy avoids it with no problem.
Guy misses with a straight right.
Guy throws an off balance right hand
and Guy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Guy, as that shot connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guy misses with a left hand
and Mann counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Guy throws a poor cross that misses
and Mann counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Guy misses with a body shot.
Guy misses with a left hand
and Mann counters with a nice uppercut.
Mann moves out of range of the strikes.
Guy misses with a lunging right hand
and Mann makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Guy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mann.
Mann throws out a counter right but Guy avoids it with no problem.
Mann bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mann tries to move into range but Guy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Guy misses with an uppercut
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.
Mann bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Guy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Guy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Guy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mann counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mann uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Guy.
Guy throws an off balance right hand
and Guy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Guy cracks Mann with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mann ducks under a wild hook from Guy.
Nice defenses there by Mann.
Guy looks to throw the jab but Mann is out of range.
Mann looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Guy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Guy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Guy throws a right hand that misses
and Mann counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Guy looks to land a combination but Mann avoids it well.
Mann avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mann swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Guy misses with a hook
and Mann counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Guy misses
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.
Mann slips a jab from Guy.
Guy throws a right hand that misses
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.
Guy misses with a left hand
letting Mann counter with a right hand.
Guy clobbers Mann with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Mann takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mann on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Guy misses with an uppercut
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Guy misses with a right hand
and Mann counters with a nice uppercut.
Mann moves away from the strike by Guy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guy scores with a nice head shot.
Mann defending well as Guy loads up on a big left hand.
Guy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mann looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Light Mann will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Guy scores with a hook.
Guy misses with a hook
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.
Mann takes one to the side of the head.
Guy misses with a left hand
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Guy is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Mann displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Guy throws out the jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mann! But no joy.
Guy misses with a hook
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A slow jab from Guy misses its intended target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mann! But no joy.
Guy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Guy swings widly with a right hand
letting Mann counter with a right hand.
Light Mann seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Guy tries to bum rush Mann with a series of wild strikes but Mann uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Guy looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Guy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Guy misses with a left hand
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mann staying out of range there.
Guy looks to throw the jab but Mann is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy misses with a right hand
and Mann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Guy misses with a straight right.
A little jabbing left from Mann on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mann slips a straight right by Guy.
Mann doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Guy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mann circles away quickly and effectively.
Guy misses with a wild combination.
A big left from Guy misses.
Mann appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Mann counter with a right hand.
Guy throws out a loose jab but Mann uses good head movement to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Mann on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mann counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Guy misses with a looping left.
Guy throws an off balance right hand
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
Guy throws a right hand that misses
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mann slips a straight right by Guy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guy misses with a hook
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mann slips under a jab.
Guy lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mann displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Guy throws out the jab.
Mann throws out a counter right but Guy avoids it with no problem.
Guy misses with a straight left.
Mann looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Guy misses with a hook
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.
Mann avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mann is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Guy with a body shot.
Guy swings for the body but Mann moves out of range.
Mann swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Guy misses with a hook
and Guy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Guy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
Mann avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mann throws out a counter right but Guy avoids it with no problem.
Guy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mann throws a counter combo.
Guy throws out a loose jab but Mann uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guy throws an off balance right hand
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.
Guy throws a poor cross that misses
and Mann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Guy loads up on a big right hand but Mann slips the punch.
Mann throws out a counter right but Guy avoids it with no problem.
Guy throws a big shot that misses.
Mann looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Guy throws the left hand but Mann avoids the punch easily.
Mann throws out a counter right but Guy avoids it with no problem.
Guy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Guy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mann! But no joy.
Guy misses with a hook. Mann ducked under it nicely.
The fighters circling - Guy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mann! But no joy.
Mann needs to keep his hands up - Guy had a free shot at his head there.
Guy jabs Mann to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Guy misses with a lunging right hand
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mann slips under a jab from Guy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Guy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Guy misses with a right hand
letting Mann counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Guy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Guy throws a right hand that misses
and Mann counters with a nice uppercut.
Guy misses with a hook
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
Guy throws a body punch but Mann moves out of range.
It seemed like Mann was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A big right from Guy misses.
Mann throws out a counter right but Guy avoids it with no problem.
Guy throws a nice looking combination but Mann bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Guy misses with an uppercut
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Guy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A big right from Guy misses.
Mann staying out of range there.
Guy misses with a right hand
and Mann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Light Mann showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Guy lands a jab.
Light Guy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Light Mann is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Guy misses with an uppercut
and Mann counters with a nice uppercut.
Mann ducks under a wild hook from Guy.
Guy throws a shot from downtown. Mann moves away and avoids it.
It seemed like Mann was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Guy misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mann has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mann there as he acknowledges the shot.
Guy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mann sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mann swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Mann counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mann ducks under a wild hook from Guy.
Mann swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Guy throws a hook to the side of Mann's head but Mann sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mann! But no joy.
Guy misses with a hook
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
Guy misses with a hook
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Guy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy misses with a left hand
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Guy misses with an uppercut
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
Guy misses with an uppercut
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.
Guy lands with a cross.
Guy lands with a good body shot.
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Guy misses with a hook
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Guy missing with a left hand there. Mann was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Guy misses with a right hand
and Mann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Guy throws a poor cross that misses
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Guy misses with a right hand
and Mann counters with a nice uppercut.
Guy throws a right hand that misses
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
Guy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guy misses with a hook to the body
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Guy throws a lazy uppercut
and Mann counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Guy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Guy looks to score with a jab to the body but Mann is just out of range.
Guy misses with a left hand
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.
Guy misses with a right hand
and Mann counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Guy misses with a left hand
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.
Guy throws a poor cross that misses
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Guy misses with an uppercut
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.
Guy misses with a hook
and Mann counters with a nice uppercut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Guy throws a lazy uppercut
and Mann counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Guy misses with a body punch
and Mann counters with a two punch combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guy misses with a hook
and Mann counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Guy misses with a hook
and Mann counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Guy misses with a left hand
letting Mann counter with a right hand.
Guy misses with a left hand
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
Guy scores with a nice strike.
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mann counters with a nice uppercut.
Guy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.
Guy misses with an uppercut
and Mann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Guy lands a slapping body shot.
Guy misses with an uppercut
letting Mann counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Guy throws an off balance right hand
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Guy throws a right hand that misses
and Mann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guy misses with a right hand
and Mann counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Guy swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Guy throws an off balance right hand
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.
Guy throws a poor cross that misses
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Guy throws a right hand that misses
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Guy throws an off balance right hand
and Guy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Guy misses with a lunging right hand
and Mann counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Guy misses with a lunging right hand
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mann counters with a nice uppercut.
Guy throws a lazy uppercut
and Mann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Guy misses with an uppercut
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that's the end of the fight!
Light Mann comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mann has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Light Mann!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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