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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gord Ryan (ranked 23 p4p, 70 weight class) and Minato Tokugawa (ranked 3 p4p, 9 weight class). Ryan comes to the cage accompanied by Rusty Cage. Minato Tokugawa is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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188 cm 31 193 25 - 8 - 0 |
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191 cm 36 202 23 - 7 - 1 |
Good wrestling World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler World class MT Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 25 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gord Ryan! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 23 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Minato Tokugawa! The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and George Francis.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Tokugawa misses with a few strikes there.
Tokugawa misses the shot to the body. A little feinted left hand from Ryan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. A shot to the liver by Tokugawa. Beautiful body shot. Tokugawa misses with a lunging right hand
and Ryan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Ryan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Ryan tries to move into range but Tokugawa moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. Ryan swats away the attempt to clinch by Tokugawa.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Tokugawa throws a combination. Ryan tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
 It looks like Gord Ryan has been cut. Tokugawa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ryan swats him away and circles back towards the center. Ryan was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Tokugawa clinches up with Ryan and pushes him back against the cage. A short uppercut from Ryan. Tokugawa lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ryan misses with a punch to the body.
Tokugawa lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ryan. Tokugawa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Tokugawa tries a body shot but Ryan blocks it.
Tokugawa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Ryan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Ryan.
Tokugawa lands a nice uppercut. Tokugawa struggles to land a body shot inside as Ryan controls his hands.
Ryan throws a head punch that misses. Ryan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Tokugawa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hand to the body from Ryan.
Ryan tries a body shot but Tokugawa blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ryan. Tokugawa tries to throw a body punch but Ryan avoids it by throwing Tokugawa back against the cage. A short right hand to the side of the head by Tokugawa. Ryan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Ryan gets through Tokugawa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Tokugawa working aggressively here.
Tokugawa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ryan backwards. Tokugawa lands an uppercut. Tokugawa has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ryan seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Tokugawa can turn it around. Tokugawa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ryan lands with a short head shot on the inside. Ryan misses with the head strike.
Ryan lands a body punch. Tokugawa has a couple of punches blocked by Ryan.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Ryan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ryan lands an elbow inside. Tokugawa lands with a left to the head.
Ryan breaks the clinch.
Tokugawa dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Ryan slips under a jab. An attempted straight right counter from Ryan misses the target. Tokugawa misses with a lunging right hand
and Ryan counters with a right hand to the body. Tokugawa jabs Ryan to the body, keeping him at a distance. Tokugawa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Tokugawa scores with the left hand. Ryan knows he should have avoided that one. Ryan walks into a stiff left hand from Tokugawa. Tokugawa closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Ryan! Tokugawa dives in looking to finish! Ryan is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Minato Tokugawa! During a confident post fight interview, Minato Tokugawa thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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