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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Abhidi Sharma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drazan Tesla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sharma comes to the cage accompanied by Meditation. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
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Decent boxing
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Abhidi Sharma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Drazan Tesla!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tesla just misses with a punch to the body.
Tesla fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tesla throws a right and a left that Sharma avoids nicely.
Tesla looks to throw the jab but Sharma is out of range.
Tesla rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sharma moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tesla misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sharma.
Tesla throws a hook but Sharma avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Tesla.
Sharma rushes Tesla and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sharma avoiding damage.
Tesla drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The referee calls for Sharma to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tesla tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tesla jumps guard but Sharma stands there with Tesla around his waist. Tesla gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Sharma has Tesla pressed against the cage.
Tesla tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Abhidi Sharma has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Drazan Tesla.
Stalling in the clinch from Sharma.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abhidi Sharma.
Tesla throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tesla throws a jab but it's blocked by Sharma.
Tesla ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sharma moves away.
Tesla will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sharma clinches.
Tesla tries to pull guard but Sharma holds him up against the cage and eventually Tesla drops back down to his feet.
Tesla tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sharma smiles and moves away.
Tesla rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sharma moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tesla scores with a jab to the body.
Tesla rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sharma moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A combination from Tesla does no damage.
Tesla throws a lazy right hand but Sharma sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sharma tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tesla swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tesla misses the shot to the body.
Tesla throws a series of punches but Sharma avoids them all with ease.
Tesla avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
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.
Sharma tries to close the distance and clinch but Tesla swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sharma slips a jab and a cross from Tesla.
A combination from Tesla does no damage.
Sharma gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sharma effectively controlling the action here.
Tesla tries to work over Sharma's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tesla tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Sharma just stands there and leans against the cage.
Sharma keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tesla's efforts to push away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The referee is keeping an eye on Sharma - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abhidi Sharma dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sharma fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tesla tries to bum rush Sharma with a series of wild strikes but Sharma uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tesla throws a nice looking combination but Sharma bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tesla throws a right hand that Sharma ducks under and follows up with a left that Sharma also avoids with ease.
Sharma ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tesla throws a right hand that Sharma ducks under and follows up with a left that Sharma also avoids with ease.
Sharma dodges the punch combination from Tesla.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sharma looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tesla looks to land a right hand but Sharma moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tesla throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sharma.
Drazan Tesla seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sharma fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tesla, pushing him back against the cage.
Come on Sharma - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Tesla jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Sharma walks away with a smile on his face. Tesla gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Tesla throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tesla just misses with a punch to the body.
Sharma moves into the clinch successfully.
Tesla tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Sharma dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tesla tries to pull guard but Sharma holds him up against the cage and eventually Tesla drops back down to his feet.
Abhidi Sharma has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Drazan Tesla.
Tesla fails to pull guard.
Sharma prevents Tesla from breaking the clinch.
Sharma is stalling here.
Tesla tries to stall but Sharma uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sharma pressing his opponent against the cage.
Sharma gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Sharma for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abhidi Sharma.
Tesla throws a nice looking combination but Sharma bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sharma tries to close the distance and clinch but Tesla swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tesla misses with a two punch combination.
Sharma moves in looking to clinch but Tesla pushes him off.
Sharma gets a clinch.
Sharma dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sharma prevents a body shot from Tesla.
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.
Sharma has Tesla pushed against the cage.
Sharma seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Tesla is trying to break free.
Sharma stalling the fight.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abhidi Sharma.
Sharma closes the distance and pushes Tesla back into the cage.
Tesla wants to break free but Sharma has control.
Tesla wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abhidi Sharma dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Tesla lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sharma circles away quickly and effectively.
Tesla throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tesla looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tesla darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sharma tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tesla paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tesla rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sharma moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sharma tries to close the distance and clinch but Tesla swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tesla swings for the body but Sharma moves out of range.
Sharma staying out of range there.
Sharma wants to clinch up but Tesla keeps it at a distance.
Tesla swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tesla swinging wilding here.
Sharma doesn't manage to clinch there - Tesla circles away.
Abhidi Sharma is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sharma moves into the clinch successfully.
Tesla wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Come on Sharma - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Tesla fails to pull guard.
Sharma displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tesla up against the cage.
Tesla tries to pull guard but Sharma won't allow it.
That's two 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.
Tesla jumps guard but Sharma stands there with Tesla around his waist. Tesla gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Abhidi Sharma has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Drazan Tesla.
Sharma slows down the pace here.
Tesla tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Sharma's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Tesla fails to pull guard.
Sharma effectively controlling the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abhidi Sharma.
Tesla throws a nice looking combination but Sharma bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tesla misses with a body shot.
Sharma clinches.
Drazan Tesla has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tesla tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Sharma stalling against the cage.
Tesla jumps guard but Sharma stands there with Tesla around his waist. Tesla gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sharma stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Tesla tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sharma smiles and moves away.
Tesla scores with a body shot.
Sharma moves forwards but Tesla connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tesla throws a jab when Sharma was well out of range.
Tesla ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sharma moves away.
Tesla looks to throw the jab but Sharma is out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Abhidi Sharma showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sharma, 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abhidi Sharma!
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energy
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hype
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