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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jon Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Aoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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152 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jon Hardy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Steve Aoki!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aoki closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Aoki tries for a kimura but Hardy is defending well.
Hardy tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hardy defending against the ground and pound.
Aoki wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hardy keeps working.
Hardy struggling a bit here.
Aoki creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Aoki trying to control the action but Hardy is working from the bottom.
Hardy is looking for a sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Hardy is trying to get back to half guard.
Hardy manages to get back to half guard.
Aoki trying to control from Hardy's half guard. Hardy has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Aoki controlling from the top position.
Hardy is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Aoki advances position into side control!
Hardy is looking for a sweep.
A lull in the action here.
Aoki tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hardy is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Hardy looks like he's trying to stand up.
Hardy wants to get back to full guard.
Hardy has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Aoki is working away from the top position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hardy is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Aoki's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Aoki's back!
Aoki tries to escape but Hardy has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Hardy is not going to allow Aoki to sit and survive in this position.
Aoki looks gassed!
Hardy punches the canvas rather than the man.
Hardy misses with a punch to the head.
Will Hardy go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Hardy not allowing Aoki to control his hands.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hardy throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Aoki dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Aoki fails to land the takedown.
Hardy throws a leg kick which misses Aoki's front leg but catches the back leg as Aoki tries to avoid it.
Hardy misses with a head kick.
Hardy stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hardy wants it to stay on the feet.
Hardy fails with the takedown
and Aoki counters by moving into the clinch.
Hardy tries to score a body lock takedown but Aoki shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Aoki is trying to force a seperation but Hardy has the dominant position.
Aoki misses with the head strike.
Hardy stops a takedown attempt from Aoki.
Jon Hardy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Aoki.
Hardy can't get the takedown.
Aoki lands a damaging elbow.
Hardy avoids the elbow strike from Aoki, against the cage.
Aoki has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Hardy regains guard immediately.
Hardy bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Aoki's guard.
Aoki is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hardy working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Aoki's head.
Hardy thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Hardy stands up over Aoki, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hardy chips away with some ground and pound.
Hardy chips away with some ground and pound.
Hardy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hardy is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hardy throwing strikes but missing.
Aoki has a closed guard, preventing Hardy from standing up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy trying to control but Aoki is working from the bottom.
Hardy postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Aoki has momentary wrist control but Hardy slips an elbow through the middle.
Hardy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Aoki keeping moving, preventing Hardy from controlling successfully.
Hardy is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hardy trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Aoki working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hardy.
Hardy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hardy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hardy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hardy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Aoki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aoki tries to clinch
and Hardy counters with a shoot takedown. Aoki fights it but they end up in guard.
Hardy wants to control from the top but Aoki keeps moving.
Hardy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hardy gets to his feet - Aoki follows without any prompting.
Hardy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nice cross by Hardy.
Hardy closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Hardy drops an elbow to the side of Aoki's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy passes to full mount!
Hardy lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hardy connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hardy tries to control but Aoki wriggling away.
Aoki is in all sorts of trouble here.
Aoki is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Aoki keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hardy wants to control the pace but Aoki is squirming around nicely.
The referee warns Aoki that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Hardy dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Hardy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jon Hardy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hardy scores with a jab to the jaw.
Aoki gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Hardy to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Aoki working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hardy.
Jon Hardy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hardy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hardy's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Aoki has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hardy can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hardy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hardy postures up and lands a big shot to Aoki's brow.
Aoki takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Aoki throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Hardy escapes and throws Aoki's legs to the side, diving into side control!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy scoring with punches and elbows.
Hardy working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Hardy creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hardy working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Hardy lands some shots froms side control.
Hardy is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Aoki is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Hardy landing a few strikes.
Hardy lands an elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki struggling a bit here.
Hardy working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Hardy lands some shots froms side control.
Hardy looks up at the clock and then as Aoki takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Hardy smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Aoki is looking to regain half guard here but Hardy keeps moving and retains side control.
Aoki is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hardy connects with a decent elbow.
Hardy working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy looks up at the clock and then as Aoki takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Hardy smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Check out the look on Hardy's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Hardy in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Hardy lands a few punches from side control.
Hardy scoring with punches from side control.
Hardy cracks Aoki with a big right hand but Aoki just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Hardy cracks Aoki with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Aoki is looking for a sweep.
Aoki can't do much from the bottom here.
Aoki tries to improve position but can't.
Hardy lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Aoki down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aoki is looking to reverse the position.
Hardy working the head and body with strikes.
Aoki takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Aoki is looking for a sweep.
Aoki is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Aoki prevents Hardy from improving position.
Hardy lands a nice forearm strike.
Hardy working the ground and pound.
Hardy working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Hardy scoring with punches from side control.
Hardy scoring with punches and elbows.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Hardy showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hardy has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Hardy!
Jon Hardy is the new featherweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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