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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hiroshimo Sakamoto (ranked 4494 p4p, 2515 weight class) and Hardeep Nijjar (ranked 390 p4p, 260 weight class). Hiroshimo Sakamoto has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Excellent boxer
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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 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hiroshimo Sakamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hardeep Nijjar!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nijjar throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sakamoto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Hardeep Nijjar has been cut.
Sakamoto looks to throw a body kick
and Nijjar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nijjar fails to land with a series of punches.
Nijjar misses with a hook to the body
and Sakamoto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nijjar throws out a loose jab but Sakamoto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sakamoto slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A lazy left from Sakamoto finds it's target.
Sakamoto misses with an uppercut
and Sakamoto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nijjar cracks Sakamoto with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sakamoto misses with a right hand
and Sakamoto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sakamoto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sakamoto looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakamoto dodges the punch combination from Nijjar.
Nijjar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nijjar falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sakamoto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sakamoto looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hardeep Nijjar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sakamoto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nijjar.
The fighters circling - Nijjar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A quick step to the side and Sakamoto tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nijjar's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sakamoto under the eye.
Nijjar connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sakamoto momentarily.
Nijjar is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nijjar lands a jab.
Nijjar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nijjar works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sakamoto throws a shot from downtown. Nijjar moves away and avoids it.
Nijjar let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Nijjar might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Nijjar with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nijjar moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nijjar lands a jab to the head.
Nijjar looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sakamoto is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Nijjar misses with a straight left.
Nijjar moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nijjar wants to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sakamoto.
Nijjar pushes Sakamoto back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sakamoto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nijjar has Sakamoto pressed against the cage.
Sakamoto leaning against his opponent.
Sakamoto working aggressively here.
Sakamoto looking to throw knees to the head but Nijjar is blocking nicely.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nijjar takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nijjar cracks Sakamoto with a nice body shot.
Sakamoto throws a punch but it's blocked by Nijjar.
Sakamoto misses with the head strike.
Sakamoto throws a head punch that misses.
Nijjar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nijjar dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Nijjar working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nijjar blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nijjar.
Sakamoto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sakamoto tries to work over Nijjar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sakamoto lands with a right to the head.
Sakamoto lands with a right to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sakamoto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sakamoto blocking some punches.
Sakamoto tries to land a knee to the head but Nijjar blocks with his arms.
Sakamoto lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sakamoto letting Nijjar take a breather here.
Nijjar manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sakamoto.
Sakamoto misses with a punch on the inside.
Nijjar leaning against his opponent.
Sakamoto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Sakamoto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hardeep Nijjar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hardeep Nijjar's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sakamoto throws a jab when Nijjar was well out of range.
Nijjar throws a hook but Sakamoto blocks it.
Sakamoto avoids the body shot from Nijjar.
As Nijjar backs away, Sakamoto returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Nijjar misses with an uppercut.
Nijjar smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nijjar slips a straight right by Sakamoto.
Nijjar tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sakamoto counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sakamoto misses with a combination
and Nijjar counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hardeep Nijjar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nijjar misses with a straight right.
Sakamoto swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nijjar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It looked like Sakamoto wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nijjar misses with a lunging right hand
and Sakamoto counters with a straight right hand.
Sakamoto clinches up against the cage.
Sakamoto misses with a body punch.
Nijjar lands a left hand.
Good body shot from Nijjar.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Sakamoto fails to land.
Nijjar blocking some punches.
Sakamoto lands a nice uppercut.
Nijjar misses with some punches.
Nijjar pushes Sakamoto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nijjar scores with a shoulder strike.
Nijjar has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nijjar lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nijjar is trying to maintain a safe position but Sakamoto gets an underhook and turns Nijjar into the cage.
Sakamoto pushes Nijjar back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nijjar tries to throw a body punch but Sakamoto avoids it by throwing Nijjar back against the cage.
Sakamoto tries a body shot but Nijjar blocks it.
Sakamoto prevents Nijjar from breaking the clinch.
Sakamoto has a couple of punches blocked by Nijjar.
Nijjar has a couple of punches blocked by Sakamoto.
Sakamoto tries a knee to the head but Nijjar blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nijjar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sakamoto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nijjar pushes Sakamoto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sakamoto has a couple of punches blocked by Nijjar.
A right hand to the body from Nijjar.
Sakamoto swings wildly with an uppercut but Nijjar uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice left hand lands by Nijjar.
Sakamoto misses with some punches.
Sakamoto throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nijjar displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sakamoto up against the cage.
Sakamoto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nijjar is trying to push Sakamoto away but Sakamoto has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sakamoto misses with a knee to the head.
Sakamoto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Sakamoto fails to land.
Sakamoto looking to stall.
Nijjar misses with the head strike.
Nijjar lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sakamoto or not.
Nijjar manages to break the clinch.
Nijjar scores with a body shot.
Nijjar lands a nice shot to the body.
Nijjar misses with a hook. Sakamoto ducked under it nicely.
Sakamoto just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Sakamoto.
Nijjar rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sakamoto counters with a stiff right hand.
Nijjar scores with a jab.
Nijjar scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nijjar throws a jab when Sakamoto was well out of range.
Nijjar keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sakamoto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nijjar.
Sakamoto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nijjar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nijjar throws out a counter right but Sakamoto avoids it with no problem.
Nijjar connects with a body shot.
Sakamoto takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hardeep Nijjar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Hardeep Nijjar's cut.
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!
Nijjar throws a lazy right hand but Sakamoto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sakamoto is looking to counter punch.
Sakamoto takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sakamoto slips a jab from Nijjar.
Sakamoto tried to counter with a leg kick but Nijjar avoided it.
Nijjar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sakamoto smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nijjar throws a lazy uppercut
and Sakamoto counters with a left to the body.
Nijjar throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sakamoto counters with a stiff right hand.
The fighters circling - Nijjar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakamoto looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sakamoto tries to close the distance and clinch but Nijjar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nijjar swings widly with a right hand
and Sakamoto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sakamoto misses with a wild combination.
Sakamoto lands an overhand right.
Nijjar cracks Sakamoto with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nijjar lands a glancing blow to the side of Sakamoto's head.
Nijjar takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Hiroshimo Sakamoto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Nijjar.
A jab from Sakamoto misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nijjar lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice defenses there by Nijjar.
Nijjar throws a shot from downtown. Sakamoto moves away and avoids it.
Nijjar is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nijjar throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sakamoto counters with a left to the body.
Nijjar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sakamoto.
Nijjar throws a right and a left that Sakamoto avoids nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nijjar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sakamoto.
It looked like Sakamoto wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nijjar throws a combination that misses
and Sakamoto counters with a straight right hand.
Sakamoto throws a push kick but Nijjar slaps the foot to one side.
Sakamoto throws a body punch but Nijjar moves out of range.
Sakamoto lands with a nice body punch.
Sakamoto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nijjar.
Sakamoto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nijjar.
Sakamoto swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Nijjar counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sakamoto uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nijjar.
Sakamoto takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nijjar throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sakamoto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sakamoto slips under a jab.
A lazy left from Nijjar finds it's target.
Danga de danga de dang - Nijjar scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nijjar listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nijjar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sakamoto throws out the jab.
Sakamoto throws a sloppy body shot
and Nijjar counters with a stiff right hand.
Sakamoto digs a good body shot into Nijjar's ribs.
Sakamoto staying out of range there.
Sakamoto appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Hardeep Nijjar.
Well Nijjar has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hardeep Nijjar!
A less than humble Hardeep Nijjar misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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