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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Macho Fantastico (ranked 475 p4p, 966 weight class) and Taekn Arrms (ranked 58 p4p, 101 weight class). Fantastico kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Macho. This should be a great matchup!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Macho Fantastico!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Taekn Arrms!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fantastico lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastico scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fantastico misses with an uppercut.
Fantastico slips under a jab from Arrms.
Fantastico looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fantastico tries to land a leg kick but Arrms saw it coming and moves away.
Fantastico is looking to clinch but Arrms is avoiding it.
Arrms tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Arrms lands a glancing blow to the side of Fantastico's head.
Fantastico fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Arrms checks it well.
Arrms on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Arrms pushes Fantastico up against the cage in a clinch.
Arrms prevents a body shot from Fantastico.
Arrms drags the fight down to the ground.
Fantastico postures up.
Arrms looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Fantastico has picked Arrms up and slammed him! Arrms can't keep hold of the triangle and Fantastico manages to pass to side control!
Arrms prevents Fantastico from improving position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fantastico stands up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fantastico throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fantastico slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Arrms shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Fantastico napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Fantastico defending against the ground and pound.
Fantastico is trying to improve his position.
The strikes coming from Arrms are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Arrms wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fantastico keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arrms working away.
Fantastico manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Fantastico not doing much here.
Fantastico wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Arrms uses the opportunity to regain full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arrms keeping moving, preventing Fantastico from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arrms is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Fantastico moves into full guard.
Arrms working some strikes from top position.
Fantastico is looking to stand up but Arrms isn't so interested in that idea.
Arrms throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arrms drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Arrms jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Arrms stopping the sweep attempt from Fantastico.
Arrms with a flurry of punches that miss.
Arrms tries to free his leg and advance position but Fantastico is retaining full guard.
Fantastico not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Fantastico is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Arrms is looking for a sweep. Fantastico is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Macho Fantastico dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Arrms swings for the body but Fantastico moves out of range.
Arrms misses with a straight left.
Fantastico gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Arrms throws a hook to the side of Fantastico's head but Fantastico sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fantastico misses with a hook.
Arrms tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Fantastico uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Arrms.
Arrms lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Fantastico at a distance.
Fantastico is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Arrms's corner calls for a 1-2. Arrms obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fantastico lands a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fantastico uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Arrms.
Fantastico lands a nice leg kick that just misses Arrms's sensitive parts.
Arrms shoots in but Fantastico avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Fantastico lands a nice leg kick that just misses Arrms's sensitive parts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fantastico instigates a clinch.
Arrms tries to pull guard but Fantastico forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Arrms being controlled against the cage.
Fantastico is trying to stall.
Fantastico wants to stall.
Arrms tries to pull guard but Fantastico won't allow it.
Macho Fantastico has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Taekn Arrms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Arrms.
Fantastico leaning his opponent against the cage.
Fantastico lands with a right to the head.
Fantastico misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fantastico pushes Arrms back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Arrms changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Fantastico fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arrms throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Macho Fantastico seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastico throws a hook but Arrms blocks it.
Arrms shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fantastico scores with a jab to the jaw.
Macho Fantastico is winning the standup battle so far.
Arrms uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fantastico.
Arrms closes this distance looking for a takedown but Fantastico circles away.
Fantastico avoids the body shot from Arrms.
Fantastico takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fantastico on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arrms uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fantastico.
No joy there for Fantastico, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fantastico throws a low kick but it's checked well by Arrms.
Fantastico lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Fantastico wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fantastico thows a leg kick but Arrms checks it
and Arrms counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Fantastico!
Fantastico takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Arrms wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fantastico keeps working.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Arrms throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Arrms with the ground and pound but Fantastico regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Arrms not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastico trying to control here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Arrms is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Arrms thows a huge punch but Fantastico dodges it nicely.
Arrms lands strikes from half guard.
Fantastico gets full guard.
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 Macho Fantastico will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Arrms keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fantastico tries a low kick but Arrms avoids it.
A slow jab from Arrms misses its intended target.
Fantastico throws a big shot that misses.
Arrms changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A left lands for Arrms.
Arrms checks a low kick from Fantastico.
Arrms misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fantastico.
It looked like Fantastico wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Fantastico throws a half hearted mid kick.
Arrms misses with a straight left.
Arrms avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arrms takes a swing at Fantastico's ribcage but misses.
Fantastico thows a leg kick but Arrms checks it
and Arrms counters with a shoot takedown. Fantastico fights it but they end up in guard.
Arrms throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Fantastico works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arrms pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fantastico is keeping the position for now.
Fantastico has momentary wrist control but Arrms slips an elbow through the middle.
Fantastico is trying to keep Arrms in close.
Arrms wants to pass the guard but Fantastico is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Fantastico has Arrms pulled in close to control his posture.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Arrms keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fantastico.
Fantastico throws a low kick but Arrms moves out of range easily.
Macho Fantastico is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Arrms shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Fantastico as he jumps to the side.
Arrms staying out of range there.
Arrms drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Fantastico defends it well.
Fantastico throws a big shot that misses.
Arrms misses with a takedown attempt - Fantastico sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Fantastico pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Arrms connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Fantastico throws the kick towards the body but Arrms avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fantastico lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fantastico looks to land a left hand but Arrms moved out of range nicely.
The fighters circling - Fantastico throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Arrms drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Fantastico defends it well.
Fantastico swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Arrms.
Fantastico missing with a left hand there. Arrms was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Arrms cracks Fantastico with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Arrms shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Fantastico defends it nicely.
Macho Fantastico has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Taekn Arrms.
Fantastico scores with a crisp jab that stopped Arrms in his tracks.
Arrms misses with an uppercut. Fantastico saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastico dips to his left and cracks Arrms with an uppercut!
Arrms keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Fantastico displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Fantastico moves into range and clinches up with Arrms.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Arrms fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Arrms is trying to pull guard but Fantastico has him pressed against the cage.
Fantastico stops a takedown attempt from Arrms.
Arrms is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Arrms pulls guard.
Fantastico has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Fantastico decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Arrms looks to land a right hand but Fantastico moved out of range.
Taekn Arrms has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice straight punches there by Fantastico. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fantastico.
And that's the end of the fight!
Macho Fantastico showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Fantastico, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:28
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Macho Fantastico!
A victorious Macho Fantastico thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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