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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Koba Takanori (ranked 1069 p4p, 1266 weight class) and Bender Mein Armbach (ranked 142 p4p, 171 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Mein Armbach's choice of entrance music: Enter Sandman, Metallica. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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 - 7 - 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 32 - 27 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bender Mein Armbach!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takanori smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Mein Armbach takes the fight into the clinch.
Mein Armbach breaks from the clinch.
Mein Armbach wants to clinch up but Takanori keeps it at a distance.
Takanori swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Takanori lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mein Armbach at a distance.
Bender Mein Armbach seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Takanori smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A low kick from Mein Armbach misses
and Takanori counters with a nice right hand that sends Mein Armbach toppling to the canvas! Mein Armbach scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Takanori finish him?!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mein Armbach is looking to clinch but Takanori is avoiding it.
Takanori swings for the body but Mein Armbach moves out of range.
Mein Armbach throws a leg kick but Takanori sees it coming and moves out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Takanori.
Takanori connects with a body shot.
Mein Armbach misses with a series of wild punches.
Takanori thinks about countering with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takanori drops Mein Armbach with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Mein Armbach looks back up at him and smiles so Takanori waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
It looks like Bender Mein Armbach has been cut.
Mein Armbach tries to close the distance and clinch up but Takanori swats him away and circles back towards the center.
It appears Takanori was looking to counter with a kick there.
Takanori is looking to slow Mein Armbach down with leg kicks.
We've been told by Takanori's head coaches at Mary Gracies Jiu Jitsu that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Takanori circles away from the clinch attempt.
Takanori feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Mein Armbach sprawling to the canvas! Mein Armbach 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?!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mein Armbach is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mein Armbach tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Takanori counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mein Armbach fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It looked like Takanori wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mein Armbach is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It appears Takanori was looking to counter with a kick there.
Takanori checks a leg kick.
Takanori lands a high kick!
Takanori ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Takanori scores with a jab to the body.
Takanori throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mein Armbach throws a nice looking combination but Takanori bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mein Armbach has taken the fight to the clinch.
Takanori looking to throw knees to the head but Mein Armbach is blocking nicely.
Mein Armbach tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takanori fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mein Armbach tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Takanori fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Takanori misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Takanori lands a nice shot to the body.
Mein Armbach throws an elbow that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mein Armbach.
Mein Armbach tries a body shot but Takanori blocks it.
Takanori misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Takanori connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mein Armbach's face.
A left hand lands to the body for Takanori.
A hook to the body from Takanori.
Takanori connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mein Armbach's face.
Mein Armbach looks winded!
Takanori misses with a body punch.
Takanori with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mein Armbach prevents a body shot from Takanori.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mein Armbach misses with an elbow over the top.
Mein Armbach managing to block the knees to the body from Takanori.
Mein Armbach tries to work over Takanori's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Takanori misses with a punch on the inside.
Takanori lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Takanori blocks a body shot from Mein Armbach.
Mein Armbach tries to throw a body punch but Takanori avoids it by throwing Mein Armbach back against the cage.
Mein Armbach manages to break the clinch.
Takanori takes the fight into the clinch.
Mein Armbach on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mein Armbach blocking some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Takanori creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Takanori lands with a right to the head.
Nice body punch from Takanori - that landed with a thud.
Takanori missing with knees to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Koba Takanori dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bender Mein Armbach's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Mein Armbach tries to clinch
and Takanori counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mein Armbach blocks a low kick nicely.
Takanori showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mein Armbach.
Mein Armbach takes a swing at Takanori's ribcage but misses.
Takanori misses with a low kick as Mein Armbach jumps back.
Mein Armbach swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Takanori tries to land knees in the clinch but Mein Armbach avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mein Armbach pushes Takanori back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Takanori scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Takanori is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mein Armbach is defending well for now.
Mein Armbach tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Takanori's elbow.
Mein Armbach misses with a punch to the body.
Takanori landing knees to the head.
Mein Armbach manages to break the clinch.
Nice body kick from Takanori.
Mein Armbach is breathing heavily.
Mein Armbach looks to land a combination but Takanori avoids it well.
Takanori lands a big head kick that sends Mein Armbach tumbling to the mat! Takanori takes a step backwards and waves Mein Armbach back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Mein Armbach is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick misses from Mein Armbach.
BOOM! Takanori lands a beautiful left hook that drops Mein Armbach. Mein Armbach tries to recover but Takanori is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Mein Armbach lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Koba Takanori!
A very excited looking Koba Takanori 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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