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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Gaspar (ranked 796 p4p, 524 weight class) and Ryu Akutagawa (ranked 107 p4p, 75 weight class). Gaspar comes into the arena with Narco blaring out of the sound system. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo Gaspar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryu Akutagawa!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akutagawa missing with a left hand there. Gaspar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Akutagawa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Akutagawa lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
It looks like Pablo Gaspar has been cut.
Gaspar slips a jab and a cross from Akutagawa.
Akutagawa throws a low kick but Gaspar moves out of range easily.
Akutagawa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gaspar defending well as Akutagawa loads up on a big left hand.
An attempted straight right counter from Gaspar misses the target.
Akutagawa tests Gaspar's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Akutagawa connects with a single shot there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Akutagawa throws a looping overhand right but Gaspar ducks down to avoid it.
Akutagawa throws a lazy head kick
and Gaspar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Ryu Akutagawa has been cut.
Akutagawa missing with a left hand there. Gaspar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gaspar moves out of range as Akutagawa strikes.
Gaspar wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A punch combination from Akutagawa misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Akutagawa throws a head kick that Gaspar semi-blocks.
Gaspar closes the distance and clinches.
Akutagawa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pablo Gaspar's cut is getting worse.
Gaspar lands with a short shot to the head.
Gaspar lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Akutagawa or not.
A nice left hand lands by Akutagawa.
Gaspar lands with a light punch inside.
Akutagawa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gaspar prevents a body shot from Akutagawa.
Gaspar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Akutagawa's elbow.
Gaspar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Akutagawa backwards.
Gaspar blocks a body shot from Akutagawa.
Akutagawa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Akutagawa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gaspar gets through Akutagawa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gaspar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gaspar misses with a punch to the body.
Gaspar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Akutagawa tries to keep at a distance but Gaspar has taken the fight into the clinch.
I was talking to Gaspar's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaspar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Gaspar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gaspar.
Akutagawa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gaspar scores with a hook to the body.
Still in the clinch, Akutagawa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Akutagawa is leaning against Gaspar and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Akutagawa has a couple of punches blocked by Gaspar.
Gaspar works on Akutagawa's body with a couple of short punches.
Gaspar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gaspar has a couple of punches blocked by Akutagawa.
Gaspar misses with a punch on the inside.
Gaspar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Akutagawa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gaspar throws a punch but it's blocked by Akutagawa.
Akutagawa working aggressively here.
Gaspar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gaspar misses with some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Akutagawa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akutagawa presses Gaspar against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Akutagawa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Akutagawa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Akutagawa working aggressively here.
Gaspar tries a body shot but Akutagawa blocks it.
Gaspar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Akutagawa backwards.
Gaspar cracks Akutagawa with a nice body shot.
Gaspar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gaspar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Akutagawa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short body shot lands from Gaspar as the two fighters clinch.
Gaspar blocks an uppercut.
Gaspar lands a body shot.
Gaspar misses with some punches.
Akutagawa misses with a body punch.
Gaspar blocking some punches.
Gaspar swings wildly with an uppercut but Akutagawa uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gaspar.
Akutagawa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gaspar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaspar scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gaspar stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Akutagawa blocks an uppercut.
Akutagawa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gaspar pushes Akutagawa back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Akutagawa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Akutagawa tries to throw a body punch but Gaspar avoids it by throwing Akutagawa back against the ropes.
Gaspar throws a punch but it's blocked by Akutagawa.
Akutagawa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gaspar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gaspar misses with a body punch.
Gaspar fails to pull guard.
Gaspar blocks a body shot from Akutagawa.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gaspar.
Gaspar misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Akutagawa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Akutagawa lands a right hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gaspar.
Akutagawa has a couple of punches blocked by Gaspar.
Akutagawa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Pablo Gaspar will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Gaspar moves into the clinch.
Gaspar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Gaspar.
Gaspar lands a shot to the body.
Akutagawa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gaspar backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gaspar.
Gaspar misses with a punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Akutagawa.
Akutagawa throws a punch but it's blocked by Gaspar.
Pablo Gaspar has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gaspar tries to throw a body punch but Akutagawa avoids it by throwing Gaspar back against the ropes.
Gaspar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Akutagawas head.
Gaspar pulls guard effortlessly.
Gaspar has a closed guard, preventing Akutagawa from standing up.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Gaspar looking for a guillotine here but Akutagawa defends easily.
Akutagawa wanted to stand there but Gaspar had control of the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaspar working a defensive guard here.
Akutagawa is looking to stand up but Gaspar won't let him.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Akutagawa throws a jab but it's blocked by Gaspar.
Gaspar doesn't manage to clinch there - Akutagawa circles away.
Gaspar avoids the head kick by Akutagawa.
Akutagawa lands with a right hand.
Gaspar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gaspar checks a leg kick nicely.
Akutagawa throws a big shot that misses.
Akutagawa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Gaspar to counter with a crisp jab.
Gaspar takes one to the side of the head.
Akutagawa misses with an uppercut
and Gaspar counters with a one-two to the body.
Akutagawa lands a front kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaspar moves out of range of the strikes.
A quick step to the side and Gaspar tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gaspar wants to clinch.
Akutagawa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gaspar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Akutagawa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Akutagawa throws an off balance right hand
and Gaspar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A head kick misses from Akutagawa.
Ryu Akutagawa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Akutagawa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Akutagawa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Akutagawa lands with a thumping leg kick.
A slow jab from Akutagawa misses its intended target.
Gaspar looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Akutagawa loads up on a big right hand but Gaspar slips the punch.
Gaspar on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Akutagawa. Akutagawa obviously looking to wear him down.
Ryu Akutagawa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gaspar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Akutagawa throws an off balance right hand
letting Gaspar counter with a right hand.
Akutagawa throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gaspar is looking to counter punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Akutagawa scores with a jab to the jaw.
Akutagawa throws a shot from downtown. Gaspar moves away and avoids it.
Akutagawa throws a nice looking combination but Gaspar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gaspar tries to counter by clinching up but Akutagawa breaks away and moves out of range.
Akutagawa looks to throw the jab but Gaspar is out of range.
A big right from Akutagawa misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ryu Akutagawa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Akutagawa throws a sloppy head kick and Gaspar moves out of range easily.
Gaspar defending well as Akutagawa loads up on a big left hand.
Gaspar moves into the clinch successfully.
Gaspar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Akutagawa can't find room to land a body shot as Gaspar controls the action.
Gaspar misses with the head strike.
Gaspar misses with the head strike.
Gaspar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gaspar breaks the clinch.
Gaspar avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gaspar swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Akutagawa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Akutagawa throws a hook but Gaspar blocks it.
Gaspar moves into the clinch successfully.
Akutagawa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gaspar backwards.
Gaspar lands a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Akutagawa prevents a body shot from Gaspar.
Akutagawa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Akutagawa lands with a short shot to the head.
Gaspar misses with some punches.
Gaspar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Akutagawa misses with some punches.
Gaspar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Akutagawa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gaspar's elbow.
Gaspar tries to throw a body punch but Akutagawa avoids it by throwing Gaspar back against the ropes.
Gaspar lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Akutagawa blocks an uppercut.
Gaspar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gaspar lands a nice shot to the body.
Akutagawa lands with a right to the head.
Gaspar blocks an uppercut.
Gaspar blocks a body shot from Akutagawa.
Still in the clinch, Gaspar scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gaspar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Akutagawa backwards.
Gaspar can't find room to land a body shot as Akutagawa controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Akutagawa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaspar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Akutagawa's elbow.
Gaspar works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Akutagawa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gaspar scores with a hook to the body.
Gaspar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Gaspar.
Gaspar scores with a shot to the side of Akutagawa's head.
Gaspar lands a right hand.
That has opened up Ryu Akutagawa's cut even more.
Gaspar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Akutagawa backwards.
Gaspar lands a body punch.
Gaspar pushes Akutagawa back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gaspar lands a body punch.
Gaspar lands with a right to the head.
Akutagawa takes a shot to the head.
Gaspar lands with a left to the head.
Gaspar can't find room to land a body shot as Akutagawa controls the action.
Gaspar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Gaspar.
A left hand lands to the body for Gaspar.
A short left from Gaspar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gaspar.
Gaspar lands with a left to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Akutagawa.
Gaspar takes a shot to the head.
Gaspar lands a nice shot to the body.
Gaspar lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gaspar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Akutagawa backwards.
Gaspar decides to pull guard.
Gaspar is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Gaspar has his foot on Akutagawa's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Akutagawa works his way back into a safe position though.
Gaspar trying to keep a closed guard but Akutagawa is proving a slippery customer.
Gaspar tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaspar is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Gaspar working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Akutagawa doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Gaspar is tightening it up a little... Akutagawa has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Akutagawa reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Akutagawa taps out! Nice BJJ there by Gaspar!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Pablo Gaspar!
Pablo Gaspar seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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