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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Santoro (ranked 227 p4p, 708 weight class) and Piston Honda Jr (ranked 30 p4p, 88 weight class). Santoro kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is WEIGHT ON ME. Honda Jr is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Punch Out Theme. Piston Honda Jr has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tommy Santoro!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Piston Honda Jr!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Atkins and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honda Jr throws a big shot that misses.
Santoro quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Honda Jr tries to score with a low kick but Santoro moves his leg out of the way.
Honda Jr missing with a left hand there. Santoro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Santoro was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Santoro chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Honda Jr can pounce on him.
Santoro fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Honda Jr, pushing him back against the cage.
Honda Jr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Honda Jr connects with a leg kick.
Honda Jr connects with a single shot there.
Santoro clinches with his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santoro tries to work over Honda Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Santoro tries to land knees in the clinch but Honda Jr avoids the damage to the body.
Honda Jr working aggressively here.
Santoro's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Santoro.
Honda Jr pressing his opponent against the cage.
Honda Jr misses with a punch to the body.
Honda Jr lands a right hand.
Santoro throws a punch but it's blocked by Honda Jr.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Honda Jr.
Honda Jr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've been told by Santoro's head coaches at Convicted Fight Club that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Honda Jr scores with a shot to the body.
Honda Jr throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santoro moves forwards but Honda Jr connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Honda Jr scores with a nice head shot.
Santoro stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Honda Jr.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santoro checks the leg kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Santoro misses the target.
Honda Jr has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Santoro is landing a low percentage of strikes.
The crowd cheers as Honda Jr lands an impressive looking overhand right. Santoro doesn't seem phased though.
Honda Jr misses with a hook.
Honda Jr misses the jab.
Santoro darts in trying to clinch
and Honda Jr counters with a series of strikes. Santoro will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda Jr looks to score with a jab to the body but Santoro is just out of range.
Honda Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Santoro takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Honda Jr misses with a head kick.
Santoro thinks about countering with a body kick.
Santoro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Honda Jr.
An attempted straight right counter from Santoro misses the target.
Honda Jr misses with a hook
enabling Santoro to counter with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santoro connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Honda Jr's hands.
Honda Jr takes one to the side of the head.
Honda Jr throws a hook but Santoro blocks it.
Santoro ducks under a wild hook from Honda Jr.
Santoro was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Honda Jr fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Honda Jr uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Honda Jr throws an off balance right hand
and Santoro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Piston Honda Jr dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Santoro displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Honda Jr throws out the jab.
Santoro is looking to counter punch.
Honda Jr cracks Santoro with an open hand slap.
Honda Jr throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It appears Santoro was looking to counter with a kick there.
Honda Jr tries to bum rush Santoro with a series of wild strikes but Santoro uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Honda Jr cracks Santoro with an open hand slap.
A slow jab from Honda Jr misses its intended target.
Santoro is looking to counter punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santoro moves out of range of the strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Honda Jr misses the target.
As Honda Jr looks to move away, Santoro throws a big counter combo but Honda Jr just gets out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santoro tries to clinch up but Honda Jr circles away and keeps his distance.
Honda Jr flicks out a counter leg kick but Santoro steps away.
Honda Jr throws a looping overhand right but Santoro ducks down to avoid it.
Santoro looks to land a left hand but Honda Jr moved out of range nicely.
Honda Jr tries a quick counter leg kick but Santoro is wise to it.
Honda Jr dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Santoro. That did some damage!
Honda Jr looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Piston Honda Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Honda Jr throws a hook to the side of Santoro's head but Santoro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Santoro is looking to counter punch.
Honda Jr throws an overhand right that lands on Santoro's shoulder, as Santoro tries to avoid the shot.
Honda Jr misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honda Jr throws a jab but it's blocked by Santoro.
Santoro is looking to counter with a body kick.
Santoro blocks a jab.
Santoro needs to keep his hands up - Honda Jr had a free shot at his head there.
Santoro slips a jab from Honda Jr.
Santoro throws a quick counter kick to the body but Honda Jr avoids it.
Honda Jr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Santoro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Santoro tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Honda Jr.
Santoro slips under a jab.
Santoro tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Honda Jr looks to land a left hand but Santoro moved out of range nicely.
Santoro jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Honda Jr has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Santoro slips under a jab.
Santoro darts in and clinches Honda Jr up against the cage.
Honda Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice left hand lands by Honda Jr.
Honda Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Honda Jr throws a low kick but it's checked well by Santoro.
It looked like Santoro was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Honda Jr.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santoro drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Honda Jr looks for the body kick but Santoro saw that one coming.
It looked like Santoro wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Honda Jr tries a low kick but Santoro avoids it.
Santoro thinks about countering with a body kick.
Honda Jr takes one to the chin there.
Honda Jr takes a swing at Santoro's ribcage but misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Santoro keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Honda Jr misses with a hook
and Santoro counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Piston Honda Jr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Honda Jr waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santoro.
Santoro was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Honda Jr misses with a looping right.
Santoro swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Santoro wants to clinch.
A jab from Honda Jr misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Honda Jr tries to score with a low kick but Santoro moves his leg out of the way.
Santoro jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Honda Jr misses with a lunging right hand
and Santoro counters with a left to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santoro looks to clinch
and Honda Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Honda Jr throws a jab when Santoro was well out of range.
Santoro was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Honda Jr with a hook.
Honda Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Honda Jr throws out a counter right but Santoro avoids it with no problem.
Honda Jr changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Honda Jr throws a jab when Santoro was well out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Santoro misses the target.
Honda Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
Santoro thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Honda Jr if he has to take too many more of those.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santoro throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Honda Jr scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Honda Jr throws a hook but Santoro avoids it easily.
Santoro throwing a counter right hand but Honda Jr manages to avoid it.
Santoro walks into a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santoro tries to clinch up
and Honda Jr counters with a straight right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda Jr misses with a body shot.
Santoro darts in and clinches Honda Jr up against the cage.
Santoro lands a hook to the side of the head.
Santoro misses with a hook from the clinch.
Honda Jr lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Honda Jr.
Santoro working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Santoro tries to land knees in the clinch but Honda Jr avoids the damage to the body.
Honda Jr avoiding damage as Santoro throws knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Santoro.
A short left from Honda Jr.
Honda Jr working aggressively here.
Honda Jr tries to work over Santoro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santoro swings wildly with an uppercut but Honda Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hand to the body from Honda Jr.
Honda Jr has had enough of the clinch but Santoro keeps him there for the moment.
Santoro throws a head punch that misses.
Santoro crunches a lovely knee into Honda Jr's ribcage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santoro lands a left hand that snaps the head of Honda Jr backwards.
Honda Jr taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Santoro.
Honda Jr gets through Santoro's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Honda Jr can't break the clinch.
Tommy Santoro has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Santoro blocking some punches.
Honda Jr can't find room to land a body shot as Santoro controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Santoro.
Santoro gets through Honda Jr's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Honda Jr has a couple of punches blocked by Santoro.
Honda Jr has a couple of punches blocked by Santoro.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Piston Honda Jr just about did enough to take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Santoro misses with a hook
and Honda Jr counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Honda Jr lands a nice shot to the body.
Honda Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Honda Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
It seemed like Honda Jr was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Honda Jr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Santoro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Santoro throws a quick counter kick to the body but Honda Jr avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Honda Jr scores with a hook.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Santoro checks a leg kick.
Honda Jr thows a left - swing and a miss!
Santoro is looking to counter with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda Jr misses with an uppercut. Santoro saw that one coming.
Santoro throws a quick counter kick to the body but Honda Jr avoids it.
Honda Jr misses with a body kick.
Santoro checks a leg kick.
Santoro is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Santoro wants to clinch up but Honda Jr keeps it at a distance.
Honda Jr missing with a left hand there. Santoro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Honda Jr throws a jab when Santoro was well out of range.
Honda Jr avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santoro lands with a good body shot.
Honda Jr throws a leg kick that is checked
and Santoro counters with a stiff right hand.
Santoro looks to score with a jab to the body but Honda Jr is just out of range.
Santoro takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Piston Honda Jr seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A looping hook to the body misses from Honda Jr. Santoro does a little dance to reset his feet.
Santoro swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Honda Jr with a nice calf kick.
Santoro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Honda Jr.
And Santoro counters with a quick kick to the body but Honda Jr blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda Jr loads up on a big right hand but Santoro slips the punch.
Santoro blocks the body kick.
Santoro swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Honda Jr misses with a looping right.
An attempted straight right counter from Santoro misses the target.
Honda Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Santoro.
Santoro is looking to counter with a body kick.
Honda Jr uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Santoro tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Honda Jr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Honda Jr is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Santoro.
It looked like Santoro wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honda Jr shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A quick step to the side and Santoro tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Honda Jr misses the shot to the body.
And Santoro counters with a quick kick to the body but Honda Jr blocks it.
Santoro takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Santoro slips a straight right by Honda Jr.
Santoro was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Santoro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Santoro is looking to counter punch.
Honda Jr misses with a hook
and Santoro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Santoro misses with an uppercut. Honda Jr saw that one coming.
Honda Jr blocks a head kick by Santoro.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Piston Honda Jr dominated that fourth round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Honda Jr with a nice cross.
Tommy Santoro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Honda Jr connects with a leg kick.
Honda Jr misses with a body shot
and Santoro counters with a nice kick to the body.
Santoro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And Santoro counters with a quick kick to the body but Honda Jr blocks it.
Santoro moves out of range of the body kick from Honda Jr.
Santoro throws a quick counter kick to the body but Honda Jr avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Honda Jr swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Santoro misses the target.
Nice uppercut there from Honda Jr.
Santoro tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Honda Jr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda Jr throws a hook but Santoro avoids it easily.
Honda Jr lands a leg kick that knocks Santoro off balance momentarily.
Honda Jr throws a hook but Santoro blocks it.
Honda Jr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Santoro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Santoro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Honda Jr.
Santoro throws a quick counter kick to the body but Honda Jr avoids it.
Honda Jr throws a head kick but Santoro moves out of range.
Santoro walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Honda Jr misses.
It looked like Santoro wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Santoro checks the leg kick nicely there.
Santoro tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santoro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Honda Jr.
Santoro misses with an attempted mid kick.
Honda Jr misses with an uppercut.
Santoro lands a big head kick that sends Honda Jr tumbling to the mat! Santoro takes a step backwards and waves Honda Jr back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Honda Jr is rocked!
It looks like Piston Honda Jr has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda Jr swings widly with a right hand
and Santoro counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 5, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tommy Santoro!
Tommy Santoro retains his middleweight title!
A very excited looking Tommy Santoro made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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