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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Medium Guy (ranked 23757 p4p, 23521 weight class) and Medium Mann (ranked 465 p4p, 459 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 cm 36 170 20 - 74 - 3 |
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175 cm 36 170 74 - 20 - 3 |
BJJ Blue Belt Counter fighter Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt Basic striking Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 20 - 74 - 3, fighting out of London, Medium Guy! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 74 - 20 - 3, fighting out of London, Medium Mann! The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Mann lands with a nice body punch. Guy misses with an uppercut. Mann saw that one coming. Mann ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Good leg kick by Mann.
Mann rushes Guy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. A quick uppercut on the inside from Guy. Mann lands a nice shot to the body. Mann misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mann misses with a body punch.
Guy prevents a body shot from Mann. Guy managing to block the knees to the body from Mann.
Guy lands a nice uppercut. Mann is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Guy is defending well for now. Mann misses with a body punch.
Mann can't find room to land a body shot as Guy controls the action.
Guy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. A head punch on the inside from Guy fails to land. 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! A hook to the body from Mann.
Guy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Mann tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guy avoids it. Guy pushes Mann back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Knees to the body from Mann.
Mann is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath. Mann misses with a body punch.
Mann tries a body shot but Guy blocks it.
Guy blocks a body shot from Mann. Guy wants a takedown.
Guy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Mann missing with knees to the body.
Mann misses with a knee strike.
Guy tries a knee to the head but Mann blocks it.
Guy misses with a hook from the clinch. Guy misses with a punch on the inside.
Mann landing knees to the body.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Mann missing with knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Guy. Guy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Good body shot from Mann.
Mann misses with a hook to the ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Guy blocks a body shot from Mann. Mann putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Guy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Guy wants a takedown but no success here.
Guy lands a nice uppercut.
Mann has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Guy clear over his head and slammed him to the mat! Guy tries to escape but Mann has the hooks in and won't let him break free. Mann lands a shot to the head.
Mann working for the choke.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. I really don't envy Guy right now.
Mann lands a shot to the head. Mann lands strikes to the head. Guy just trying to survive but Mann is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish. Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Mann.
You can see the frustration on Guy's face� He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Mann scores with punches to the body. Mann is landing with strikes from the back. Mann is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Mann gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Mann gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Mann apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Mann lands with a good body shot. Mann misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Guy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. 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! Guy throws a head kick but Mann moves out of range.
Mann fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Guy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Mann misses with a body shot.
Mann throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Guy was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger. Mann is looking to clinch but Guy is avoiding it.
Mann tries to land a front kick but Guy steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed. Guy is trying hard to land a takedown here. Mann sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Medium Guy. That's going to take a lot out of him. Guy tries to clinch up but Mann circles away and keeps his distance. Guy tries to clinch up. Mann doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter. Guy moves out of range as Mann throws a body kick.
Mann throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Mann connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Mann throws a body kick that misses. A looping hook to the body misses from Mann. Guy does a little dance to reset his feet. Mann misses with the body kick
and Guy counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Guy. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Medium Mann dominated that round. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Mann tries to clinch up but Guy circles away and keeps his distance. Mann lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Guy throws a jab but it's blocked by Mann. Guy swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mann. Mann slips a jab from Guy. Mann fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Guy is out of range.
Mann gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Guy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Guy avoiding damage as Mann throws knees to the body.
Mann lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mann tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Mann misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stalling in the clinch from Mann.
Mann goes for a takedown in the clinch but Guy prevents it.
Guy misses with the head strike.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Mann blocking some punches.
Mann stops a takedown attempt from Guy.
Guy lands a hook that snaps the head of Mann backwards. Guy misses with a hook from the clinch. Guy has a couple of punches blocked by Mann.
Guy misses with a hook from the clinch. Mann lands a body punch in the clinch. Mann effectively controlling the action here. Mann is working Guy over against the cage. Mann struggles to land a body shot inside as Guy controls his hands.
Mann lands on the inside with an uppercut. Mann has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Guy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Guy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Guy misses with some punches.
Guy has a couple of punches blocked by Mann.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Mann can't find room to land a body shot as Guy controls the action.
Mann pushes Guy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Mann misses with a punch to the body.
Guy swings wildly with an uppercut but Mann uses good head movement to avoid it. A short right from Guy on the inside. Mann misses with a punch to the body.
Guy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Guy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Mann lands a good knee to the midsection. Guy won't want to take too many of those. Mann misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Guy.
Mann drops down looking for an ankle pick but Guy pulls his leg out and moves away.
Guy misses with a lunging right hand
and Mann counters with a good, hard body kick but Guy shrugs it off. Mann throws a body punch but Guy moves out of range. Mann with the inside leg kick. Medium Mann seems to be getting the better of the standup.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Mann is looking to score with low kicks. Guy takes a kick to the body and keeps moving. Mann tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Mann fails with an attempt to clinch.
Guy was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger. Guy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Mann misses with a body kick. Mann throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Guy explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work. Mann throws a leg kick but Guy checks it. Guy misses with a straight right.
Guy feints and as Mann raises his hands in defense, Guy changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard. Mann throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Mann is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Guy defends well. Guy sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Mann's guard.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Mann trying to control here.
Mann is looking for a sweep. Guy is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position. Mann striking from the bottom. Mann is looking to control Guy's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mann avoid being mounted? 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!
Guy seems to be looking for submissions.
Guy working over Mann with some ground and pound. Mann looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Guy is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Guy blocks the strikes from Mann.
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 Medium Guy will probably get the nod. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Mann with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mann digs a good hook to Guy's body.
Mann shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Guy manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage. Mann postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Mann loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Mann lands a couple of elbows. Mann lands a couple of elbows. Mann connects with a couple of short punches. Mann distracts Guy with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. Mann postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Guy is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
 We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Mann landing strikes from the bottom.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Nice strikes from Guy there. Mann moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard. Mann is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Guy with a nice head shot there. Mann bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Guy's guard.
Mann preventing the sweep. Mann throwing strikes from guard but Guy blocks nicely. Guy wants to sweep here but Mann controlling him for the moment. Mann scoring with punches to the head and body.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Mann stopping the sweep attempt from Guy. Mann scoring with some ground and pound. Mann scoring with punches to the head and body. Guy trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from! Mann lands a couple of elbows. Guy manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Mann manages to get himself to full guard.
Guy stopping the sweep attempt from Mann. Mann preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Mann throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Mann throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Mann not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Guy is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Mann had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Guy defends it easily. Guy sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Mann's guard. Guy drops an elbow to the side of Mann's head. Mann regains full guard. Nicely done. Guy works over Mann with some ground and pound from guard. Guy working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. Guy works a leg free and moves into half guard. Mann tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Mann missing with punches from the bottom.
Guy is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Guy is looking for a kimura here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily. Guy working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. Mann throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Mann connecting with a few gentle strikes.
And that's the end of the fight! Medium Mann comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well Mann 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29 Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29 Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Medium Mann!
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energy
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RATING
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