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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Saint Arai (ranked 634 p4p, 1738 weight class) and Oliver Kolar (ranked 62 p4p, 152 weight class). Kolar is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dao sam ti dušu. Saint Arai has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Saint Arai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Oliver Kolar!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arai misses the jab.
Arai fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kolar manages to avoid it.
Arai loads up on a big right hand but Kolar slips the punch.
Kolar pushes Arai up against the cage in a clinch.
Arai is trying to drag Kolar to the mat but Kolar just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Arai tries for a takedown. No joy.
Arai takes a shot to the head.
Arai is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Kolar to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Saint Arai. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Arai pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Arai throws a right and a left that Kolar avoids nicely.
Arai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arai tries to bum rush Kolar with a series of wild strikes but Kolar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice defenses there by Kolar.
Arai throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Arai lands a really nice looking cross but Kolar seems unphased.
Kolar changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arai looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kolar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Arai was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
No luck for Kolar with that takedown attempt.
Kolar scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kolar throws a big shot that misses.
Kolar slips a jab and a cross from Arai.
Arai lands a nice shot that snaps Kolar's head back.
Kolar swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kolar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kolar ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kolar scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Arai definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A jab from Arai finds it's way through Kolar's defenses.
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!
Kolar scores with a jab to the body.
Arai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kolar lands a nice shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arai on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kolar's jab looks to have found its range, popping Arai under the eye.
Arai lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kolar circles away quickly and effectively.
Kolar scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Arai doesn't seem bothered though.
Kolar lands with a hook. Arai tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Decent striking displayed by Arai there.
Kolar tries to close the distance and clinch but Arai swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
No joy there for Kolar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kolar throws a body shot but no joy.
Kolar takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Arai is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kolar.
A countering left hand to the body from Kolar misses.
Arai misses with a double jab.
Arai moves out of range of the strikes.
Arai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kolar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kolar looks to land a left hand but Arai moved out of range nicely.
Kolar tries to clinch up.
Arai is looking to counter punch.
Kolar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Arai leaves Kolar with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Arai catches Kolar with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kolar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Arai.
Oliver Kolar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kolar just misses with a punch to the body.
Arai was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kolar is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Arai rather than just go for the knockout.
Arai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kolar.
Kolar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Arai throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kolar.
Kolar tries to close the distance and clinch but Arai swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kolar wants to clinch
letting Arai counter with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arai loads up on a big right hand but Kolar slips the punch.
Kolar misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Arai swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Arai just misses with a punch to the body.
Arai is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kolar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Arai.
Arai slips under a jab.
Kolar fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Arai throws a lazy uppercut
and Kolar counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kolar blocks a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Arai throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kolar tries to clinch but Arai is having none of it.
Kolar closes the distance but Arai moves to the side
and Arai counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kolar misses with a left hand
letting Arai counter with a right hand.
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 Saint Arai will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Arai throws an overhand right that lands on Kolar's shoulder, as Kolar tries to avoid the shot.
And Kolar tries to counter it with a takedown but Arai pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Arai uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kolar.
Kolar misses the body punch
and Arai connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fighters circling - Arai throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Arai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kolar swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Arai pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kolar slips a jab from Arai.
No joy there for Arai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Arai scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kolar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Arai paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kolar catches Arai with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Arai scores with a three punch combo!
Arai misses with a wild body shot.
Arai throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kolar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Kolar there.
Kolar gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A jab lands there for Kolar.
Kolar loads up on a big right hand but Arai slips the punch.
Arai swats away the attempt to clinch by Kolar.
Arai displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kolar throws out the jab.
Kolar misses the jab.
Arai swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kolar slips under a jab.
A left lands for Kolar.
Kolar staying out of range there.
Kolar defending well as Arai loads up on a big left hand.
Saint Arai is winning the standup battle so far.
Arai moves away from the strike by Kolar.
Kolar ducks under a wild hook from Arai.
Kolar uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kolar looks to land a right hand but Arai moved out of range.
Arai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Kolar misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Arai. Kolar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kolar looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kolar has taken the fight to the clinch.
Arai blocking some punches.
Kolar is trying to maintain a safe position but Arai gets an underhook and turns Kolar into the cage.
Kolar misses with some punches.
Arai drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kolar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Arai backwards.
Kolar looking to slow down the pace here.
A short uppercut from Kolar.
Kolar has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Arai seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kolar can turn it around.
Kolar gets underhooks to prevent Arai's takedown attempt.
Kolar prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Saint Arai. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arai manages to break the clinch.
Saint Arai is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kolar shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Arai sprawls well. Arai wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kolar gets slowly back to his feet.
Kolar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Arai was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Arai clobbers Kolar with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Arai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kolar shoots in and drives through. Arai sprawls well.
Arai appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Arai throws an overhand right that lands on Kolar's shoulder, as Kolar tries to avoid the shot.
Kolar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kolar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Arai.
Sloppy strikes from Arai. Those never looked like landing.
A big right from Kolar misses.
Kolar tries to clinch but Arai is having none of it.
Kolar throws a jab but it's blocked by Arai.
It looked like Arai wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kolar bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Arai's head backwards.
Kolar loads up on a big right hand but Arai slips the punch.
Kolar looks to score with a jab to the body but Arai is just out of range.
Kolar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kolar misses with a body shot
and Arai counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Arai is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Arai lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arai cracks Kolar with an open hand slap.
Kolar will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kolar slips under a jab.
Kolar gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Arai is working for takedown but Kolar is calmly controlling the position for now.
Arai is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kolar pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Arai blocks a body shot from Kolar.
Arai's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fighters circling - Arai throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
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 Saint Arai will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Nice uppercut lands for Kolar. That snapped Arai's head back.
Kolar will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kolar throws a lazy uppercut
and Arai counters with a nice uppercut.
Arai digs a good hook to Kolar's body.
Kolar tries to move into range but Arai moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kolar takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kolar misses with a hook.
Arai stuffs the takedown attempt from Kolar. Kolar gets slowly back to his feet.
An attempted straight right counter from Arai misses the target.
Arai dodges the punch combination from Kolar.
Arai throwing a counter right hand but Kolar manages to avoid it.
Arai throws a series of punches but Kolar avoids them all with ease.
Kolar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Arai manages to avoid it.
Arai throws a big counter combination but Kolar scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Kolar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arai tries to bum rush Kolar with a series of wild strikes but Kolar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Arai throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kolar misses with an uppercut.
Kolar uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kolar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kolar tests Arai's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kolar avoids the body shot from Arai.
Kolar has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Arai finds it's way round the side to connect with Kolar's head.
Kolar goes for a double leg but Arai avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Arai continues to drive forward.
Saint Arai has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oliver Kolar.
Arai defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kolar.
Kolar on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kolar looks to throw the jab but Arai is out of range.
Kolar connects with a body shot.
A left and a right from Arai both land. Nice combination.
Oliver Kolar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arai uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kolar.
Kolar digs a good body shot into Arai's ribs.
Kolar takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kolar moves in looking to clinch but Arai pushes him off.
Kolar scores with the left hand. Arai knows he should have avoided that one.
Arai lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kolar backs up against the cage.
Kolar gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kolar dodges the punch combination from Arai.
Kolar misses with a hook
letting Arai counter with a right hand.
Arai takes one on the button.
Kolar connects with a body shot.
Arai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kolar fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kolar looks to clinch
and Arai counters with a nice uppercut.
Saint Arai is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kolar bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Arai's head.
Kolar throws a hook to the side of Arai's head but Arai sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Arai slips under a jab.
Arai shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kolar eats them both and turns towards Arai to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Kolar throws a shot from downtown. Arai moves away and avoids it.
Saint Arai is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kolar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Arai.
Kolar throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Arai misses with a looping right.
Arai circles away from the clinch attempt
and Arai counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Arai lands a nice shot that snaps Kolar's head back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arai looks to land a combination. Kolar sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kolar misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Kolar has his takedown stuffed
and Arai counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kolar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Arai was well out of range. Poor timing from Kolar.
Kolar is looking to clinch.
Arai misses with a two punch combination.
Arai takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kolar lands a jab to Arai's midsection.
Kolar staying out of range there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kolar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kolar has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kolar lands with a straight right. Arai didn't see that one coming.
And that's the end of the fight!
Saint Arai showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Arai, 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Saint Arai!
An out of breath Saint Arai thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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