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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Da Jiang (ranked 111 p4p, 188 weight class) and Javier Arroyo (ranked 15 p4p, 24 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 5 - 2, fighting out of New York, Da Jiang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 14 - 3, fighting out of Montreal, Javier Arroyo!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arroyo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A big right from Arroyo misses.
Jiang gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Arroyo tries to pull guard but Jiang won't allow it.
Arroyo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Arroyo throws a head punch that misses.
Arroyo fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Da Jiang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Javier Arroyo.
Arroyo pulls guard effortlessly.
Arroyo working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Jiang has passed into half guard!
Arroyo is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jiang moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Arroyo.
Jiang stands up and we're back to a striking position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jiang tries to work over Arroyo's front leg with a kick but Arroyo checks it.
Arroyo follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Arroyo thuds his right hand into Jiang's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Arroyo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Arroyo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jiang closes the distance and pushes Arroyo back into the cage.
Jiang misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Arroyo.
A shot in the inside from Arroyo.
A nice left hand lands by Jiang.
Jiang controlling the action here for a moment.
Arroyo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jiang slows down the pace here.
Jiang is trying to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arroyo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jiang smiles and moves away.
Arroyo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Jiang under the eye.
Jiang tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Arroyo was well out of range. Poor timing from Jiang.
Jiang looks to clinch
and Arroyo counters with a three punch combo that has Jiang backing up. Jiang nods at Arroyo to acknowledge the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jiang throws a leg kick that misses.
As Jiang backs off Arroyo throws a huge counter combo but Jiang manages to avoid it all.
Jiang looks to throw the jab but Arroyo is out of range.
Jiang throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Arroyo.
Jiang doesn't manage to clinch there - Arroyo circles away.
And Arroyo responds with a good body kick, but Jiang manages to step out the way in time.
Jiang throws a leg kick
and Arroyo counters with a nice uppercut.
Arroyo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jiang.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jiang tries to clinch there but Arroyo circles away.
Arroyo checks a leg kick nicely.
Arroyo moves out of range of the leg kick from Jiang.
Arroyo throws a good cross that connects.
Jiang tries to clinch up
and Arroyo counters with an inside leg kick.
Arroyo scores with a nice strike.
Arroyo throws a leg kick but Jiang sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jiang swings for the body but Arroyo moves out of range.
Jiang lands a glancing blow to the side of Arroyo's head.
Jiang tries to clinch up
and Arroyo counters with a straight right hand.
Arroyo works the jab nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jiang throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jiang connects with a leg kick.
Jiang scores with a jab to the body.
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!
Jiang scores with the left hand. Arroyo knows he should have avoided that one.
Jiang scores with a jab. Arroyo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Arroyo avoids the body shot from Jiang.
Jiang looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Arroyo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Arroyo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jiang.
Jiang throws a right hand that misses
and Jiang takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A big left from Arroyo misses.
Jiang throws a leg kick but Arroyo checks it.
Arroyo only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Jiang dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Arroyo. That did some damage!
Jiang slips under a jab from Arroyo.
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 Da Jiang will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Arroyo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jiang is out of range and Arroyo settles back down.
Arroyo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Good standup being displayed there by Arroyo as he connects with a hook.
Arroyo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jiang lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Arroyo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Arroyo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Arroyo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Arroyo tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jiang throws a lazy right hand but Arroyo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Arroyo! But no joy.
Jiang is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Arroyo.
Arroyo lands with an uppercut that bounces Jiang off the cage and back into range.
Arroyo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Arroyo is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Jiang with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jiang staying out of range there.
Jiang throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jiang connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Arroyo's hands.
Jiang misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jiang tries to clinch up
and Arroyo counters with an outside leg kick.
Jiang takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Arroyo thuds his shin into the meat of Jiang's side.
Jiang checks a low kick from Arroyo.
Jiang swings away with a body shot that misses
and Arroyo counters with a nice uppercut.
A nice leg kick from Arroyo, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jiang will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Arroyo checks a leg kick.
Jiang clinches with his opponent.
Jiang blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jiang tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Arroyo avoids it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jiang creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arroyo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Come on Jiang - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Arroyo avoiding damage as Jiang throws knees to the body.
Jiang blocks an uppercut.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jiang lands with a short shot to the head.
Arroyo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jiang tries to work over Arroyo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Arroyo takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jiang.
Jiang tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Arroyo avoids it.
Arroyo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jiang is leaning against Arroyo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Arroyo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Arroyo tries to pull guard but Jiang holds him up against the cage and eventually Arroyo drops back down to his feet.
Arroyo tries to pull guard but Jiang won't allow it.
Arroyo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Da Jiang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Javier Arroyo.
Jiang tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Arroyo avoids it.
Nice body punch from Jiang.
Arroyo is breathing heavily.
Jiang misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Arroyo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jiang lands a body shot.
Jiang lands a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Jiang.
A short right from Jiang.
Jiang has Arroyo pushed against the cage.
Jiang gets through Arroyo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Arroyo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jiang lands a good knee to the midsection. Arroyo won't want to take too many of those.
Jiang with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jiang missing with knees to the body.
Arroyo jumps guard but Jiang turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Jiang landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jiang crunches a lovely knee into Arroyo's ribcage.
Da Jiang has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jiang landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jiang lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jiang lands a knee to the body.
Jiang scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A left hand lands to the body for Jiang.
Jiang lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jiang misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Arroyo.
Arroyo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jiang lands with a short shot to the head.
Jiang unloads a knee to the mid-section. Arroyo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jiang lands a nice knee to the body.
Jiang scores with a nice hook to the head.
A hook to the body from Jiang.
Jiang lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jiang doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jiang tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A body shot lands from Jiang.
Arroyo pushes Jiang back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jiang just leaning against Arroyo, taking a breather.
Jiang lands a right hand that snaps the head of Arroyo backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jiang misses with a body punch.
Jiang tries to land knees in the clinch but Arroyo avoids the damage to the body.
Jiang lands a left hand.
Jiang missing with knees to the body.
Arroyo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Da Jiang dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Arroyo avoids the body shot from Jiang.
Jiang tries to land a leg kick but Arroyo saw it coming and moves away.
Arroyo lands a leg kick that knocks Jiang off balance momentarily.
Jiang misses with a looping left.
Arroyo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jiang lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jiang tries to close the distance and clinch up but Arroyo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Arroyo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jiang lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jiang lands a glancing blow to the side of Arroyo's head.
Jiang throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Jiang jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jiang throws a right hand that misses
and Arroyo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jiang jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jiang throws a lazy body kick
and Arroyo counters with a nice uppercut.
Arroyo looks to score with a jab to the body but Jiang is just out of range.
Arroyo misses the jab.
Jiang just misses with a punch to the body.
Da Jiang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jiang throws a lazy uppercut
and Arroyo counters with a right hand to the body.
Jiang misses the shot to the body.
Jiang throws a sloppy head kick and Arroyo moves out of range easily.
Jiang backing away here, and Arroyo unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Arroyo ducks under a wild hook from Jiang.
A nice side step and Arroyo releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Jiang lands with a thumping leg kick.
Arroyo throws a hook but Jiang avoids it easily.
Arroyo throws a solid leg kick but Jiang takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Arroyo.
Jiang lands a nice leg kick that just misses Arroyo's sensitive parts.
Javier Arroyo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jiang looks to throw the jab but Arroyo is out of range.
Jiang throws a sloppy head kick
and Arroyo counters with a left to the body.
Jiang lunges at Arroyo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Arroyo's hand.
Jiang is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Arroyo can do to turn this around?
Arroyo takes one to the chin there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arroyo stuns Jiang with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A clash of legs there as Arroyo blocks the low kick.
Jiang tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Arroyo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Arroyo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Arroyo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jiang.
Arroyo tries a quick counter leg kick but Jiang is wise to it.
Arroyo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jiang lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jiang.
Jiang connects with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jiang attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Arroyo appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Arroyo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jiang.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Arroyo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jiang is looking to control Arroyo's arms but Arroyo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jiang has his back to the cage.
Jiang struggles to land a body shot inside as Arroyo controls his hands.
Arroyo gets through Jiang's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Arroyo throws a punch but it's blocked by Jiang.
Jiang lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Arroyo lands a left hand.
Jiang lands a good knee to the midsection. Arroyo won't want to take too many of those.
Arroyo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jiang working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Arroyo tries to pull guard but Jiang holds him up against the cage and eventually Arroyo drops back down to his feet.
Arroyo blocking some punches.
Jiang landing knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arroyo gets through Jiang's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
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!
Jiang scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jiang lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Arroyo tries to throw a body punch but Jiang avoids it by throwing Arroyo back against the cage.
Jiang using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jiang lands a shot to the body.
Arroyo is trying to pull guard but Jiang has him pressed against the cage.
Jiang is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jiang lands a body shot.
Jiang using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jiang crunches a lovely knee into Arroyo's ribcage.
Arroyo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jiang holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Arroyo swings wildly with an uppercut but Jiang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jiang tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Arroyo's elbow.
Jiang tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Arroyo avoids it.
A left hand lands to the body for Jiang.
And that's the end of the fight!
Da Jiang showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jiang has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Da Jiang!
Our winner, Da Jiang, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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