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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Clark Luna (ranked 3758 p4p, 2755 weight class) and Radley Salerno (ranked 0 p4p, 264 weight class). Radley Salerno acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Clark Luna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Radley Salerno!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salerno fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Luna to the ground. Salerno is now in Luna's guard.
Salerno avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Salerno lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Luna has momentary wrist control but Salerno slips an elbow through the middle.
Salerno content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Luna keeping moving, preventing Salerno from controlling successfully.
Salerno works over Luna with some ground and pound from guard.
Salerno lands a couple of elbows.
Salerno is working Luna over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Salerno avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Salerno working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Luna is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Salerno defends well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Salerno lands a couple of elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salerno works over Luna with some ground and pound from guard.
Salerno landing some decent shots from guard.
Salerno got a little sloppy there for a moment and Luna has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Salerno has managed to get both his arms back between Luna's legs - danger averted.
Luna throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Salerno escapes and throws Luna's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Salerno wants to control but Luna is keeping him busy.
Salerno working the ground and pound.
Salerno working the ground and pound from side control.
Salerno working the ground and pound from side control.
Salerno scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Luna to see if he's OK.
Salerno creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salerno cracks Luna with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Salerno cracks Luna with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luna prevents Salerno from improving position.
Luna is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Salerno lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Luna down.
Salerno looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Salerno working the ground and pound.
Salerno lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Luna down.
Salerno working the ground and pound.
Salerno scoring with punches from side control.
Check out the look on Salerno's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salerno trying to control the position but Luna is working away.
Salerno is chipping away with strikes.
Salerno taking a breather here.
Salerno scoring with punches from side control.
Luna on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Salerno trying to control the position but Luna is working away.
Salerno working the head and body with strikes.
Salerno working the ground and pound from side control.
Salerno lands a few punches from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luna is looking for a sweep.
Salerno lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Salerno cracks Luna with a big right hand but Luna just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Salerno scores with punches from side control.
Luna gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salerno cracks Luna with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Salerno trying to control but Luna is having none of it.
Luna is wriggling around trying to escape.
Luna is working hard here to advance position.
Salerno with the ground and pound from mount.
Luna is breathing heavily.
Luna is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Radley Salerno 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.
Salerno shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Salerno was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Luna tries to buck Salerno off but Salerno is having none of it.
Salerno is chipping away with strikes.
Salerno content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Luna is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salerno is working Luna over with some ground and pound from side control.
Salerno is putting a hurting on Luna here, landing some big shots from side control.
Luna is looking for a sweep.
Radley Salerno has got the better of the ground game so far.
Salerno working the head and body with strikes.
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!
Salerno wants to lay and pray for a moment but Luna keeps working.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luna is working to avoid the ground and pound but Salerno connects with a decent elbow.
Salerno works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Salerno working the ground and pound.
Salerno cracks Luna with a big right hand but Luna just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Salerno trying to control the position but Luna is working away.
Salerno is working Luna over with some ground and pound from side control.
Salerno lands a few punches from side control.
Salerno trying to control the action but Luna is working from the bottom.
Luna taking punishment in the form of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luna tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Salerno wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Salerno looks up at the clock and then as Luna takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Salerno smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Salerno moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Salerno landing strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luna is looking for a sweep.
Luna is working to avoid the ground and pound but Salerno connects with a decent elbow.
Luna is looking for a sweep.
Luna takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Luna tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Salerno wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Salerno wants to lay and pray for a moment but Luna keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salerno lands a few punches from side control.
Salerno tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Salerno connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Luna some visible discomfort.
Luna on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Salerno passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Luna!
Salerno has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Salerno landing strikes, looking to finish!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Salerno lands a big shot there that rocks Luna but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Salerno working Luna over with strikes here.
Luna is working to get back to half guard.
Salerno looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salerno with good strikes from the mount here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Salerno landing strikes from the mount.
Luna is rocked!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Salerno cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Oh Luna is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Salerno raining down shots from the mount!
Salerno postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Luna badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Salerno around the waist but Salerno pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Salerno is the winner by TKO! Salerno jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Radley Salerno!
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