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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Koba Takanori (ranked 796 p4p, 560 weight class) and Seamus O Brien (ranked 107 p4p, 73 weight class). O Brien has chosen Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill as his entrance music. Koba Takanori could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Seamus O Brien's chin.
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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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Koba Takanori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seamus O Brien!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Brien misses with a body punch
and Takanori counters with a straight right hand.
Takanori feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends O Brien sprawling to the canvas! O Brien rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Takanori finish him?!
Takanori gets tackled into the cage by O Brien. O Brien maintains the clinch.
Takanori fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Takanori tries a knee to the head but O Brien blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot in the inside from Takanori.
O Brien trying to land knees to the body.
Takanori tries a knee to the head but O Brien blocks it.
O Brien missing with knees to the body.
O Brien tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Takanori takes a knee right on the jaw!
O Brien swings wildly with an uppercut but Takanori uses good head movement to avoid it.
Takanori on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
O Brien missing with knees to the body.
Takanori goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
O Brien on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Takanori takes a knee to the side of the body.
Takanori putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has O Brien in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Takanori with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brien tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from O Brien fails to land.
O Brien lands a right hand.
O Brien swings wildly with an uppercut but Takanori uses good head movement to avoid it.
Takanori tried to land a shot to the body but connects with O Brien's elbow.
O Brien misses with some punches.
O Brien is working Takanori over against the cage.
O Brien swings away with an uppercut that misses.
O Brien lands on the inside with an uppercut.
O Brien misses with a hook from the clinch.
Takanori landing knees to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for O Brien.
Takanori tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and O Brien avoids it.
Takanori managing to block the knees to the body from O Brien.
Takanori blocks an uppercut.
Takanori managing to block the knees to the body from O Brien.
O Brien cracks Takanori with a nice body shot.
Takanori stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
O Brien lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Brien using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Takanori has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Takanori misses with the head strike.
Takanori tried to land a shot to the body but connects with O Brien's elbow.
Takanori lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Takanori missing with knees to the body.
O Brien lands a hook that snaps the head of Takanori backwards.
O Brien tries to land knees in the clinch but Takanori avoids the damage to the body.
Takanori tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
O Brien blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
O Brien blocking some punches.
O Brien on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
O Brien tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Takanori's elbow.
O Brien misses with a hook from the clinch.
O Brien scores with a shoulder strike.
O Brien fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A knee to the head by Takanori.
It looks like Seamus O Brien has been cut.
Nice body punch from O Brien - that landed with a thud.
Takanori tries to throw a body punch but O Brien avoids it by throwing Takanori back against the cage.
O Brien working some nice short punches in the clinch.
O Brien lands a nice shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takanori is leaning against O Brien and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
O Brien throws a punch but it's blocked by Takanori.
Takanori scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Takanori managing to block the knees to the body from O Brien.
O Brien working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Takanori tries to work over O Brien's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right handed body shot lands from O Brien.
O Brien tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by O Brien.
Takanori can't find room to land a body shot as O Brien controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Takanori creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
O Brien blocks a punch to the side of the head.
O Brien unloads a knee to the mid-section. Takanori lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
O Brien working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
O Brien scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Takanori lands a good knee to the midsection. O Brien won't want to take too many of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Brien misses with some punches.
Takanori trying to land knees to the body.
Takanori scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takanori misses with a body punch.
Takanori avoiding damage as O Brien throws knees to the body.
Takanori tries to throw a body punch but O Brien avoids it by throwing Takanori back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Takanori fails to land.
Nice body punch from O Brien.
Takanori misses with a short punch on the inside.
O Brien lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short uppercut from O Brien.
O Brien lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
O Brien throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Takanori blocks it with crossed arms.
O Brien lands a right hand.
O Brien lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Takanori doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
O Brien swings wildly with an uppercut but Takanori uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Takanori lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from O Brien on the inside.
Takanori blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from O Brien.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Seamus O Brien will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Seamus O Brien's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
O Brien misses with a looping left.
A counter left hand to the body from Takanori misses its target.
Takanori on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
O Brien looks to score with a jab to the body but Takanori is just out of range.
Takanori looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Takanori moves out of range of the body kick.
Takanori was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
O Brien moves out of range as Takanori strikes.
O Brien misses with a leg kick
and Takanori counters with a stiff right hand.
Takanori on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Seamus O Brien seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Brien rushes Takanori and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takanori managing to block the knees to the body from O Brien.
Takanori landing knees to the body.
Takanori is leaning against O Brien and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Takanori prevents a body shot from O Brien.
O Brien tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
O Brien scores a nice knee to the body.
O Brien tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brien tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Takanori missing with knees to the body.
O Brien avoiding damage as Takanori throws knees to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from O Brien in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
O Brien struggles to land a body shot inside as Takanori controls his hands.
Takanori tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
O Brien has a couple of punches blocked by Takanori.
Takanori lands with a left to the head.
O Brien blocks an uppercut.
Takanori lands with a short shot to the head.
Takanori trying to land knees to the body.
O Brien misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Takanori.
A short right from Takanori.
O Brien tries to work over Takanori's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Takanori lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Takanori can't find room to land a body shot as O Brien controls the action.
O Brien misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for O Brien.
O Brien misses with the head strike.
O Brien missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Brien lands a left hand that snaps the head of Takanori backwards.
O Brien misses with some punches.
Takanori misses with a hook from the clinch.
Takanori scores with a shoulder strike.
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!
O Brien tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Takanori's elbow.
Takanori tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
O Brien lands a knee to the body.
O Brien throws a head punch that misses.
Takanori misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Brien.
O Brien tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Seamus O Brien seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Takanori avoiding damage as O Brien throws knees to the body.
O Brien tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Takanori avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for O Brien.
Takanori misses with a punch to the body.
O Brien blocks a body shot from Takanori.
Takanori has a couple of punches blocked by O Brien.
Takanori throws a punch but it's blocked by O Brien.
O Brien missing with knees to the body.
O Brien misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takanori throws a knee to the head but misses.
Takanori blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Takanori tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Takanori tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and O Brien avoids it.
Takanori lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt O Brien or not.
O Brien tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Takanori lands a shoulder strike.
Takanori lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
O Brien blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Takanori avoiding damage as O Brien throws knees to the body.
Takanori blocks a body shot from O Brien.
O Brien misses with a punch to the body.
Takanori avoiding damage as O Brien throws knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Takanori scores with a nice short uppercut.
Takanori throws a head punch that misses.
O Brien misses with some punches.
O Brien blocks an uppercut.
Takanori is working O Brien over against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takanori pushes O Brien back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Takanori on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
O Brien is breathing heavily.
O Brien lands with a left to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Brien misses with the head strike.
O Brien scores with a nice hook to the head.
Takanori lands a knee to the head.
Takanori misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Takanori scores with a shot to the side of O Brien's head.
O Brien tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Takanori's elbow.
Takanori blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
O Brien blocks a punch to the side of the head.
O Brien lands with a short shot to the head.
Takanori trying to land knees to the body.
Takanori missing with knees to the body.
Takanori throws a punch but it's blocked by O Brien.
A short left from O Brien.
Takanori doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Takanori missing with knees to the body.
Takanori prevents a body shot from O Brien.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Koba Takanori will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Seamus O Brien's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Takanori throws an off balance right hand
and O Brien counters with a nice uppercut.
Takanori fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with O Brien, pushing him back against the cage.
Takanori has a couple of punches blocked by O Brien.
O Brien misses with a hook to the ribs.
O Brien lands with a light punch inside.
Takanori tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
O Brien lands a right hand.
Takanori tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Takanori swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Takanori misses with a knee strike.
Takanori lands a hook that snaps the head of O Brien backwards.
O Brien blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takanori is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. O Brien is defending well for now.
Takanori misses with a punch on the inside.
O Brien works on Takanori's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A knee to the head by O Brien.
O Brien is leaning against Takanori and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Brien lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takanori tries to land knees in the clinch but O Brien avoids the damage to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from O Brien.
Takanori blocks an uppercut.
Takanori tries a knee to the head but O Brien blocks it.
O Brien stalling.
O Brien gets through Takanori's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
O Brien lands with a light punch inside.
Takanori blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Takanori managing to block the knees to the body from O Brien.
O Brien with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Takanori's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Takanori tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from O Brien.
Nice body punch from O Brien - that landed with a thud.
O Brien is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Takanori is defending well for now.
Takanori blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Takanori tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Takanori managing to block the knees to the body from O Brien.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takanori on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by O Brien.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Takanori tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from O Brien fails to land.
Takanori connects with a nasty looking knee right to O Brien's face.
Takanori tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Takanori looking to throw knees to the head but O Brien is blocking nicely.
O Brien can't find room to land a body shot as Takanori controls the action.
O Brien misses with a short punch on the inside.
O Brien tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Takanori avoids it.
Takanori takes a shot to the head.
Takanori lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of O Brien backwards.
O Brien connects with a nasty looking knee right to Takanori's face.
Takanori lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt O Brien or not.
A short left from O Brien.
O Brien is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Takanori is defending well for now.
O Brien has a couple of punches blocked by Takanori.
O Brien misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takanori lands with a right to the head.
O Brien tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
O Brien lands with a short punch from the clinch.
O Brien throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Takanori blocks it with crossed arms.
O Brien lands with a short punch from the clinch.
O Brien misses with a hook to the ribs.
O Brien misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, O Brien scores with a nice short uppercut.
O Brien can't find room to land a body shot as Takanori controls the action.
Takanori throws a blind hook that connects with the side of O Briens head.
Takanori misses with a punch to the body.
Takanori working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Takanori digs a right hand into O Brien's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on O Brien's gas tank.
Takanori throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Takanori lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down O Brien.
Takanori lands with a right to the head.
Takanori scores with a shot to the side of O Brien's head.
O Brien is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Takanori unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Brien tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Takanori lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
O Brien is still on wobbly legs! Can Takanori finish him?
Takanori with an attempt at a knee that misses.
O Brien seems to have recovered his senses.
O Brien throws a head punch that misses.
O Brien tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Takanori avoids it.
Takanori lands a hook that snaps the head of O Brien backwards.
O Brien swings wildly with an uppercut but Takanori uses good head movement to avoid it.
Takanori working aggressively here.
Takanori makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Takanori scores with a nice hook to the head.
Takanori struggles to land a body shot inside as O Brien controls his hands.
Takanori lands a right hand that snaps the head of O Brien backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Takanori.
Takanori using the Thai plumb to throw knees but O Brien has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Takanori misses with a hook from the clinch.
O Brien misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Takanori.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Seamus O Brien.
I think O Brien has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seamus O Brien!
Seamus O Brien bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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