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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Si Abray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoshihiro Fujita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Si Abray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoshihiro Fujita!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fujita fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Abray tries to clinch up.
Fujita throws a head kick that misses.
Abray tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fujita swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Abray throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Abray is looking to clinch but Fujita is avoiding it.
Fujita moves away from the strike by Abray.
Fujita misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Abray misses the shot to the body.
Abray throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fujita throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Abray tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fujita was well out of range. Poor timing from Abray.
Fujita tries to clinch there but Abray circles away.
Fujita fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fujita bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fujita lands a two punch combo.
Fujita misses with a head kick.
Fujita fails with a takedown attempt.
Si Abray has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yoshihiro Fujita.
Abray throws an overhand right that lands on Fujita's shoulder, as Fujita tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abray throws an overhand right that lands on Fujita's shoulder, as Fujita tries to avoid the shot.
Fujita shoots in for a takedown but Abray shows good takedown defense.
Abray throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Abray tries to clinch up but Fujita circles away and keeps his distance.
Fujita tries to clinch but Abray is having none of it.
Fujita has a takedown stuffed.
Fujita circles away from the clinch attempt.
Abray tries to close the distance and clinch but Fujita swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice takedown defense from Abray. No joy for Fujita on that attempt.
Abray is looking to wear down Fujita with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Fujita looks gassed!
Abray forces Fujita back against the cage and clinches.
Abray pushes Fujita back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Abray scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Yoshihiro Fujita has been cut.
Abray digs a right hand underneath Fujita's ribcage. Fujita let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fujita takes a knee right on the jaw!
Abray landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abray putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Fujita in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Abray lands a nice uppercut.
Abray lands a nice knee to the body.
A short right from Abray on the inside.
Abray with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abray with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Abray.
Abray lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Abray.
Abray lands an uppercut.
Fujita tries for a takedown but Abray manages to get underhooks.
Abray works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Abray lands a shot to the body.
Abray lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fujita fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Abray connects with a knee to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Abray. Fujita does a little dance to reset his feet.
Abray is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fujita moves in looking to clinch but Abray pushes him off.
Fujita circles away from the clinch attempt
and Fujita counters with a nice body shot.
A shot to the body from Abray misses
and Fujita counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujita fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Some wild striking there from Fujita.
Fujita uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Abray.
Abray swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Fujita counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Abray thinking.
Abray gets caught flat footed, as Fujita shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Fujita slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Fujita looking to sit in guard and control but Abray gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abray wanted to stand there but Fujita had control of the position.
Abray is fighting to break Fujita's control of his arms but Fujita is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Fujita trying to control the position.
Abray tries to stand but Fujita is controlling from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fujita kicks Abray off and gets to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Si Abray dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yoshihiro Fujita's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Fujita tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Abray misses with a shot to the body
and Fujita counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fujita shoots in for a takedown but Abray shows good takedown defense.
Fujita will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Fujita fails with the takedown.
Si Abray has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yoshihiro Fujita.
Abray misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Abray tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fujita moves out of range as Abray strikes.
Abray stuffs the takedown attempt from Fujita. Fujita gets slowly back to his feet.
Abray clinches up with Fujita and pushes him back against the cage.
Fujita takes a shot to the head.
Fujita takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A nice left hand lands by Abray.
Abray landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Abray as the two fighters clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Abray.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abray working Fujita over with knees to the body.
Fujita wants to break free but Abray has control.
Abray tries to work over Fujita's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Abray tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fujita avoids it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Abray obliges.
Fujita tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Abray smiles and moves away.
Yoshihiro Fujita is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fujita fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Fujita is looking to clinch.
Fujita fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Abray tries to clinch but Fujita is having none of it.
Abray swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Abray stuffs the takedown attempt from Fujita. Fujita gets slowly back to his feet.
Abray throws a predictable looking body shot
and Fujita counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fujita trying to control the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fujita wants to free his trapped foot but Abray is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujita perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Abray is refusing to be controlled, as Fujita sits in half guard.
Abray wants to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Fujita is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Abray blocking the ground and pound attempt from Fujita.
Fujita wants to stand up but Abray is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Si Abray will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Yoshihiro Fujita's cut.
That's time! Abray's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Abray moves in looking to clinch but Fujita pushes him off.
Left hook, right uppercut from Fujita.
Abray keeps the fight on the outside.
Abray fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fujita manages to avoid it.
Abray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fujita looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Abray is fending him off so far but Fujita persists. Nope, Abray circles away and we're back to standing.
Abray tries to clinch up but Fujita circles away and keeps his distance.
Fujita swats away the attempt to clinch by Abray.
Fujita keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fujita fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Fujita scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Abray is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Fujita's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fujita tries a head kick but it misses.
Fujita keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Abray as Fujita shoots in.
Si Abray has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yoshihiro Fujita.
Fujita swats away the attempt to clinch by Abray.
Abray is looking to clinch.
Abray ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fujita moves away.
Fujita ducks under a wild hook from Abray.
Fujita scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fujita moves into the clinch successfully.
Fujita drops down looking for an ankle pick but Abray pulls his leg out and moves away.
Abray wants to clinch
and Fujita counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Abray.
Fujita tries to clinch up but Abray circles away and keeps his distance.
Abray wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Si Abray is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Abray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Abray tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fujita paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fujita tries to clinch there but Abray circles away.
Fujita fails to land the takedown.
Abray fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fujita, pushing him back against the cage.
Fujita fails to pull guard.
Abray goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Abray with a knee to the head.
Fujita is trying to stall.
Fujita wants a takedown but no success here.
Abray lands a good knee to the midsection. Fujita won't want to take too many of those.
Abray scores a nice knee to the body.
Abray gets underhooks to prevent Fujita's takedown attempt.
Abray lands a good knee to the midsection. Fujita won't want to take too many of those.
Abray throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fujita blocks it with crossed arms.
Abray misses with some punches.
Abray on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Abray prevents a body shot from Fujita.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Abray.
Fujita tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Abray just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abray lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fujita fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Fujita has Abray pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Abray manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Fujita blocks a body shot from Abray.
A head punch on the inside from Abray fails to land.
Fujita is working for takedown but Abray is calmly controlling the position for now.
Abray working Fujita over with knees to the body.
Abray goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fujita tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abray's elbow.
Abray has Fujita pressed against the cage, preventing Fujita from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Abray misses with a body punch.
Fujita looking to throw knees to the head but Abray is blocking nicely.
Abray scores with a knee to the head.
Abray lands a hook to the side of the head.
Abray tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Abray misses with a short punch on the inside.
Si Abray has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fujita drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Abray lands a shot to the body.
Abray landing knees to the head.
Abray misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Fujita is looking to control Abray's arms but Abray gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fujita has his back to the cage.
Fujita fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Fujita wants to get back to striking at distance but Abray won't allow it.
A short right from Abray.
Abray keeps control of Fujita as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fujita working aggressively here.
A frustrated look appears on Fujita's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Abray landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Abray tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Abray misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fujita.
Abray lands an uppercut.
Si Abray is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fujita wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Abray keeps control of Fujita as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fujita is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Abray is defending well for now.
Fujita takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Abray with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fujita wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Abray has him pressed against the cage.
Fujita is trying to break free.
Yoshihiro Fujita has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fujita pushes off an throws an elbow but Abray leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Si Abray showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Abray, 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 Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Si Abray!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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