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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Da Jiang (ranked 20 p4p, 56 weight class) and Lucas Traumen (ranked 3 p4p, 9 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 7 - 3, fighting out of New York, Da Jiang!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lucas Traumen!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Traumen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jiang was well out of range. Poor timing from Traumen.
Jiang is looking to counter punch.
Jiang just misses with a punch to the body.
Traumen looks to throw the jab but Jiang is out of range.
The crowd cheers as Jiang lands an impressive looking overhand right. Traumen doesn't seem phased though.
Traumen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jiang. Jiang obviously looking to wear him down.
Jiang throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jiang tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jiang tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Traumen was well out of range. Poor timing from Jiang.
Jiang with a nice calf kick.
Jiang fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jiang looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Traumen thuds a left hand into Jiang's body.
Jiang pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It seemed like Traumen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Traumen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jiang checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nice body kick from Jiang.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jiang closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jiang throws a head punch that misses.
Traumen tries to work over Jiang's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jiang.
A right handed body shot lands from Jiang.
Jiang works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Traumen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Traumen lands a jab.
Jiang bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Traumen's head.
Traumen slips under a jab from Jiang.
Jiang misses with a head kick.
Jiang lands with a cross.
Jiang connects with a solid leg kick.
Traumen looks to score with a jab to the body but Jiang is just out of range.
Jiang half committed to a counter leg kick.
Traumen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jiang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Traumen.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
An inside leg kick lands from Traumen.
Traumen lands with a nice body punch.
Traumen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jiang lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Traumen at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jiang misses with a wild body shot.
Traumen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jiang moves away.
Jiang lands a jab to the nose.
Traumen misses with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Traumen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jiang.
Traumen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jiang doesn't manage to clinch there - Traumen circles away.
Traumen is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Jiang with a body shot.
Traumen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jiang rather than just go for the knockout.
Traumen misses with a looping left.
Traumen looks to throw the jab but Jiang is out of range.
Jiang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Traumen manages to avoid it.
Jiang lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Jiang dips to his left and cracks Traumen with an uppercut!
Jiang moves away from the strike by Traumen.
That kick from Jiang tenderised Traumen's leg. Traumen is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jiang takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Traumen dodges the punch combination from Jiang.
Jiang ducks under a wild hook from Traumen.
Traumen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Traumen sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Jiang tries to clinch there but Traumen circles away.
Jiang fails with an attempt to clinch.
Traumen looks to land a left hand but Jiang moved out of range nicely.
Jiang's jab looks to have found its range, popping Traumen under the eye.
Jiang misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jiang throws a body punch but Traumen moves out of range.
Traumen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Traumen walks into a stiff left hand from Jiang.
Traumen misses with a straight right.
Jiang throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Traumen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jiang appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Traumen misses with a hook. Jiang ducked under it nicely.
Jiang throws a quick counter kick to the body but Traumen avoids it.
Traumen throws a body shot but no joy.
Jiang tries to clinch there but Traumen circles away.
Jiang looks to score with a jab to the body but Traumen is just out of range.
Jiang looks to land a right hand but Traumen moved out of range.
Traumen lands a nice looking body kick.
Jiang moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Traumen just misses with a punch to the body.
Traumen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jiang.
Jiang swings for the body but Traumen moves out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Jiang blocks the leg kick.
Jiang throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jiang lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jiang on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jiang uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Traumen.
Traumen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jiang misses the shot to the body.
Jiang scores with a hook to the body. Traumen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jiang throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Traumen gets tackled into the cage by Jiang. Jiang maintains the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Traumen swings wildly with an uppercut but Jiang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jiang lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Traumen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Da Jiang dominated that round.
That's time! Jiang's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Jiang throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Traumen flicks out a counter leg kick but Jiang steps away.
Jiang wants to land a leg kick but Traumen is out of range.
Jiang blocks a low kick nicely.
Traumen looks to land a right hand but Jiang moved out of range.
Traumen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jiang is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Traumen can do to turn this around?
Traumen lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Traumen lands a glancing blow to the side of Jiang's head.
Traumen swings widly with a right hand
and Jiang cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Traumen on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Jiang avoids a kick to the body.
Jiang lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jiang thows a leg kick but Traumen checks it
and Traumen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jiang slips a straight right by Traumen.
Jiang missing with a left hand there. Traumen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Traumen doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jiang tries to land a leg kick but Traumen saw it coming and moves away.
Traumen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Traumen lands with a shot to the body.
Traumen walks into a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Traumen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Traumen throws a hook but Jiang avoids it easily.
Jiang throws a shot from downtown. Traumen moves away and avoids it.
Jiang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Traumen.
Jiang drives through and clinches with Traumen against the cage.
Jiang blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Traumen.
Jiang doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Traumen managing to block the knees to the body from Jiang.
Traumen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Traumen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Traumen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jiang.
Traumen throws out a leg kick but Jiang moves out of range and Traumen only half commits.
Traumen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jiang scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Jiang.
Traumen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Traumen takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jiang pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Traumen throws a chopping leg kick but Jiang manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Jiang appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice leg kick from Jiang, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jiang lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jiang.
Traumen blocks a low kick nicely.
Traumen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Traumen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jiang.
A big right from Traumen misses.
Jiang throws a hook but Traumen avoids it easily.
Jiang explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Jiang looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Traumen misses with a body kick.
Da Jiang is winning the standup battle so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jiang. Traumen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Traumen ducks under a wild hook from Jiang.
Nice straight punches there by Traumen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Traumen.
Jiang moves out of range of the strikes.
Jiang fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Traumen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Traumen missing with a left hand there. Jiang was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Traumen misses with a two punch combination.
Jiang throws a poor cross that misses
and Traumen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jiang misses the shot to the body.
Jiang missing with a left hand there. Traumen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Traumen throws a chopping leg kick but Jiang manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Jiang cracks Traumen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jiang is looking to clinch.
Jiang misses with a hook. Traumen ducked under it nicely.
Jiang rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Traumen counters with a nice body kick.
Traumen throws a hook to the side of Jiang's head but Jiang sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jiang takes a swing at Traumen's ribcage but misses.
Jiang tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Traumen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jiang misses with an uppercut
and Traumen counters with a right hand to the body.
Jiang rushes Traumen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Traumen manages to break the clinch.
Traumen throws a jab but it's blocked by Jiang.
Traumen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jiang misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jiang throws a lazy body kick
and Traumen counters by clinching up.
Jiang tries a body shot but Traumen blocks it.
Jiang blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Traumen fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Traumen.
Jiang tries to throw a body punch but Traumen avoids it by throwing Jiang back against the cage.
Jiang misses with a punch to the body.
Jiang trying to control the position but instead, Traumen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jiang into the cage.
Jiang misses with a hook from the clinch.
Traumen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jiang misses with the head strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jiang.
Traumen misses with a punch on the inside.
Jiang working aggressively here.
Traumen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
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 Da Jiang will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Jiang rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Traumen counters with a nice uppercut.
Traumen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jiang to score with a decent uppercut.
Traumen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jiang was well out of range. Poor timing from Traumen.
Traumen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Good standup being displayed there by Jiang as he connects with a hook.
Jiang lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Traumen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A clash of legs there as Jiang blocks the low kick.
A low kick lands for Jiang.
Jiang digs a good body shot into Traumen's ribs.
Jiang displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Traumen throws out the jab.
Jiang fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Traumen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Traumen throws a hook to the side of Jiang's head but Jiang sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jiang moves into range and clinches up with Traumen.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jiang prevents a body shot from Traumen.
Jiang misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jiang misses with a punch to the body.
Traumen lands with a light punch inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Traumen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jiang prevents a body shot from Traumen.
Jiang wants to stall.
Traumen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Traumen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jiang has a couple of punches blocked by Traumen.
Jiang takes a shot to the head.
Traumen misses with a punch on the inside.
Jiang lands a right hand that snaps the head of Traumen backwards.
Traumen trying to stall but Jiang improves his position.
Traumen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Traumen has a couple of punches blocked by Jiang.
Traumen scores with a shoulder strike.
Traumen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jiang landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Traumen misses with a punch on the inside.
Traumen misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jiang crunches a lovely knee into Traumen's ribcage.
Traumen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jiang misses with some punches.
Jiang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jiang lands a nice shot to the body.
Jiang avoiding damage.
Jiang using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Traumen blocks an uppercut.
Jiang lands a hook that snaps the head of Traumen backwards.
Jiang tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jiang scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jiang lands a left hand that snaps the head of Traumen backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Traumen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Traumen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jiang has a couple of punches blocked by Traumen.
Jiang tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Traumen avoids it.
Jiang misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jiang missing with knees to the body.
Come on Traumen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Traumen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Traumen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jiang lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Traumen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Traumen misses with some punches.
Jiang lands a hook that snaps the head of Traumen backwards.
Traumen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Traumen taking a breather.
Jiang misses with the head strike.
Traumen tries to work over Jiang's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jiang lands with a light punch inside.
Jiang throws a head punch that misses.
Traumen breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Traumen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Traumen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jiang connects with an inside leg kick.
Traumen slips a jab from Jiang.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jiang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jiang tries to clinch up.
Traumen cracks Jiang with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jiang throws a hook but Traumen blocks it.
Jiang avoids the body shot from Traumen.
Traumen throws the left hand but Jiang avoids the punch easily.
Jiang throws a chopping leg kick but Traumen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Jiang throws a push kick but Traumen slaps the foot to one side.
Jiang motions for Traumen to come forward. Jiang throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Traumen throws a hook but Jiang avoids it easily.
Jiang connects with an inside leg kick.
Traumen misses with a hook.
Jiang tries to clinch but Traumen is having none of it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Da Jiang clearly takes that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
A big right from Traumen misses.
Jiang connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jiang uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Traumen has time to react.
Jiang connects with a crisp jab.
Traumen circles away from the clinch attempt
and Traumen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jiang pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Traumen back to the cage. Jiang follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Jiang bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jiang wants to clinch up but Traumen keeps it at a distance.
Traumen flicks out a counter leg kick but Jiang steps away.
Traumen loads up on a big right hand but Jiang slips the punch.
Jiang on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Traumen takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jiang loads up on a big right hand but Traumen slips the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Traumen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Traumen lands with a nice body punch.
Jiang comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jiang misses with a lunging right hand
and Traumen counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Jiang scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jiang lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Traumen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jiang.
Traumen wants to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jiang.
Traumen tries a body shot but Jiang blocks it.
Traumen stalling against the cage.
Jiang lands a knee to the body.
Traumen is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Jiang can't find room to land a body shot as Traumen controls the action.
Jiang works on Traumen's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jiang leaning against his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Traumen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Traumen breaks from the clinch.
Jiang defending well as Traumen loads up on a big left hand.
Jiang jabs at Traumen's body.
Jiang thumps Traumen with a low kick.
Traumen lands with an overhand left.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Traumen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Traumen misses with a hook.
An attempted straight right counter from Jiang misses the target.
Jiang gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jiang lands a knee to the body.
The referee calls for Jiang to work.
Jiang tries to throw a body punch but Traumen avoids it by throwing Jiang back against the cage.
Traumen throws a head punch that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jiang.
Traumen has had enough of the clinch but Jiang keeps him there for the moment.
Jiang lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Traumen backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jiang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jiang lands a shoulder strike.
Traumen throws a head punch that misses.
Jiang cracks Traumen with a nice body shot.
Still in the clinch, Jiang scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jiang utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jiang tries to land knees in the clinch but Traumen avoids the damage to the body.
Jiang cracks Traumen with a nice body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jiang.
Jiang scores with a shoulder strike.
Da Jiang has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nice body punch from Jiang - that landed with a thud.
Jiang tries to work over Traumen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Traumen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Traumen throws a head punch that misses.
A bit of stalling here from Jiang.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Traumen managing to block the knees to the body from Jiang.
Traumen misses with a punch on the inside.
Traumen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jiang backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch on the inside from Jiang fails to land.
Traumen avoiding damage as Jiang throws knees to the body.
Traumen throws a punch but it's blocked by Jiang.
Traumen has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Jiang.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Traumen as Jiang tries to tie him up.
Traumen looking to slow down the pace here.
Jiang stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jiang lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jiang scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Traumen fails to land.
Jiang tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Traumen's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Traumen fails to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Da Jiang had his way with Lucas Traumen in that round.
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!
Jiang lands with a right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Traumen. Jiang does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jiang fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Traumen is out of range.
Traumen scores with a hook to the body. Jiang takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Traumen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Traumen keeps the fight on the outside.
Jiang throws a nice outside leg kick.
Traumen misses with a head kick.
Traumen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jiang scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice defenses there by Traumen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Traumen crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Jiang - the referee stops the clock and Traumen gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Jiang. Traumen manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Jiang jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Jiang.
Jiang swings for the body but Traumen moves out of range.
Traumen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jiang bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jiang. Traumen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jiang misses with a looping left.
Jiang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Traumen.
Jiang tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Traumen is able to avoid easily.
Traumen tries to work over Jiang's front leg with a kick but Jiang checks it.
Traumen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Traumen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jiang lands with a shot to the body.
Jiang fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Traumen on the side of the head.
Jiang throws a jab when Traumen was well out of range.
Jiang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Traumen.
Traumen throws out a leg kick but Jiang moves out of range and Traumen only half commits.
Traumen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jiang.
Jiang connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Traumen momentarily.
Traumen walks into a jab.
Good leg kick by Jiang.
Traumen misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jiang plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jiang scoring well with a low kick there.
Jiang connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A big right from Jiang misses.
Traumen throws a lazy uppercut
and Jiang connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Traumen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Traumen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jiang was well out of range. Poor timing from Traumen.
Jiang uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Traumen.
Traumen throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Jiang throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Traumen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jiang ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Traumen moves away.
Traumen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jiang slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Traumen has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Traumen there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jiang throws out a loose jab but Traumen uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jiang darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jiang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Traumen.
A telegraphed right hand from Traumen misses the target.
Traumen feints and then cracks Jiang's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jiang down.
Jiang throws a hook but Traumen avoids it easily.
Traumen tries a quick counter leg kick but Jiang is wise to it.
Jiang dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jiang tries to close the distance and clinch but Traumen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Traumen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jiang has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Traumen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jiang.
Lucas Traumen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jiang scores with a shot to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Traumen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jiang throws a leg kick
and Traumen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Traumen.
Jiang lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Traumen is trying to break the clinch but Jiang has him pressed against the cage.
Jiang lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jiang working aggressively here.
Traumen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jiang blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jiang crunches a lovely knee into Traumen's ribcage.
Traumen is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Jiang lands a shoulder strike.
Jiang blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jiang misses with a punch on the inside.
Jiang working aggressively here.
Jiang misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jiang lands a nice knee to the body.
Jiang missing with knees to the body.
Traumen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Traumen misses with a punch on the inside.
Traumen managing to block the knees to the body from Jiang.
Traumen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jiang lands a knee to the body.
Jiang lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jiang lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jiang scores with a knee to the head.
Traumen swings wildly with an uppercut but Jiang uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short body shot lands from Jiang as the two fighters clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Da Jiang showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jiang has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 50:45
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 50:45
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Da Jiang!
Da Jiang retains his lightweight title!
A very excited looking Da Jiang 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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