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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Inuyasha Kagome (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Izakawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Inuyasha Kagome!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Izakawa!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters circling a little - Kagome finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Kagome avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Izakawa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kagome avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Izakawa looks for a takedown but Kagome sprawls well.
Kagome throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Izakawa misses with a takedown attempt - Kagome sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kagome clinches with his opponent.
Kagome trying to land knees to the body.
Kagome is stalling here.
Kagome with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Kagome throws an elbow but misses.
Izakawa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Izakawa tries a knee to the head but Kagome blocks it.
Izakawa has a couple of punches blocked by Kagome.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Izakawa goes for a takedown attempt but Kagome pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Inuyasha Kagome has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Izakawa.
Kagome circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kagome makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kagome has closed the distance and engaged Izakawa in a clinch.
Kagome utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kagome taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Izakawa tries for a takedown but Kagome manages to get underhooks.
Kagome takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Kagome fails to land.
Kagome gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Izakawa avoids a wild elbow strike from Kagome.
Nice elbow from Kagome.
Izakawa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kagome escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kagome throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Izakawa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kagome ducks under a wild hook from Izakawa.
Izakawa shoots in and drives through. Kagome sprawls well.
Kagome closes the distance looking to clinch
and Izakawa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Izakawa tries to clinch
and Kagome counters by clinching up.
Kagome lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Izakawa blocks an elbow strike from Kagome.
Kagome misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Izakawa.
Kagome taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kagome throws an elbow but it misses.
Kagome gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Izakawa.
Izakawa looks gassed!
Knees to the body from Kagome.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kagome lands a damaging elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kagome throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Izakawa blocks it with crossed arms.
Kagome unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kagome missing with knees to the body.
Kagome with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kagome.
Kagome lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kagome misses with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Kagome.
Kagome is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Izakawa is defending well for now.
A bit of stalling here from Kagome.
Kagome lands an elbow inside that Izakawa shrugs off.
Kagome breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kagome forces Izakawa back against the ropes and clinches.
Kagome lands an elbow inside that Izakawa shrugs off.
Kagome missing with knees to the body.
Kagome has Izakawa pressed against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kagome obliges.
Kagome lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Kagome.
Kagome misses with an elbow over the top.
Kagome misses with an elbow over the top.
Kagome tries a body shot but Izakawa blocks it.
Izakawa blocks an elbow strike.
Kagome lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kagome obliges.
Izakawa is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kagome pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Kagome avoids the elbow strike from Izakawa, against the ropes.
Izakawa is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Kagome throws an elbow that misses.
Kagome lands an elbow that stopped Izakawa in his tracks for a moment.
Kagome lands an elbow inside.
Izakawa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kagome lands an elbow inside.
Kagome comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kagome tries to land knees in the clinch but Izakawa avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Inuyasha Kagome dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Izakawa takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Kagome gets a clinch.
Izakawa can't get the takedown.
Izakawa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kagome lands a nice elbow.
Kagome pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Kagome breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Izakawa throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kagome counters with a low kick, right behind Izakawa 's knee.
Kagome clinches up against the ropes.
Izakawa takes an elbow to the temple.
Izakawa tries to break the clinch but Kagome is controlling the position.
Kagome is struggling to control the position.
Izakawa is breathing heavily.
Kagome misses with a body punch.
Izakawa jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kagome walks away with a smile on his face. Izakawa gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kagome doesn't manage to clinch there - Izakawa circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Izakawa closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kagome counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kagome lands a knee to the body.
Kagome stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kagome misses with a knee strike.
Kagome with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kagome content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Izakawa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kagome is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Kagome throws an elbow but misses.
Kagome comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kagome breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kagome has Izakawa up against the ropes in a clinch.
Inuyasha Kagome has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kagome content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kagome pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Kagome tries to land knees in the clinch but Izakawa avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Kagome.
Izakawa wants to break free but Kagome has control.
Izakawa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kagome lands a damaging elbow.
Kagome lands an elbow that stopped Izakawa in his tracks for a moment.
Kagome lands a damaging elbow.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kagome tries to break free but Izakawa pushes him back against the ropes.
Kagome lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kagome landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kagome is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Izakawa is defending well for now.
Kagome lands an elbow inside that Izakawa shrugs off.
Kagome tries a knee to the head but Izakawa blocks it.
Kagome misses with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Izakawa is trying to stall.
Kagome scores with a shot to the side of Izakawa's head.
Kagome tries to work over Izakawa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Izakawa is trying to break free.
Kagome tries to land knees in the clinch but Izakawa avoids the damage to the body.
Kagome misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Izakawa.
Kagome can't find room to land a body shot as Izakawa controls the action.
Kagome using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Izakawa avoids a wild elbow strike from Kagome.
Izakawa managing to block the knees to the body from Kagome.
Kagome throws an elbow that misses.
Izakawa avoids a wild elbow strike from Kagome.
Izakawa throws a punch but it's blocked by Kagome.
Kagome stalls.
Izakawa takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Kagome creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Izakawa's defenses.
Izakawa tries to land knees in the clinch but Kagome avoids the damage to the body.
Izakawa is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Kagome lands an elbow just above Izakawa 's eye.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nice elbow from Kagome.
Kagome with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kagome is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kagome lands an elbow that stopped Izakawa in his tracks for a moment.
Kagome lands a good knee to the midsection. Izakawa won't want to take too many of those.
Kagome landing knees to the head.
Kagome misses with a knee to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Kagome.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kagome.
Stalling in the clinch from Kagome.
Izakawa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kagome creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Izakawa's defenses.
Kagome using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Izakawa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Inuyasha Kagome dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Izakawa wants to clinch
and Kagome holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kagome misses with a punch on the inside.
Kagome's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kagome darts in and clinches Izakawa up against the ropes.
Kagome stalling in the clinch but Izakawa improves position.
Kagome throws an elbow that misses.
Kagome stalling in the clinch.
Kagome breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kagome closes the distance and pushes Izakawa back into the ropes.
Kagome connects with a nasty looking knee right to Izakawa's face.
Kagome's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Izakawa misses with a body shot
and Kagome counters by moving into the clinch.
Kagome is looking to control Izakawa's arms but Izakawa gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kagome has his back to the ropes.
Izakawa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kagome trying to land knees to the body.
Kagome slowing the pace effectively.
Kagome looking to throw knees to the head but Izakawa is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kagome is looking to control Izakawa's arms but Izakawa gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kagome has his back to the ropes.
Izakawa dodges an elbow strike from Kagome.
Kagome displaying some good clinch control by pressing Izakawa up against the ropes.
Kagome pushes off an throws an elbow but Izakawa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Izakawa dodges an elbow strike from Kagome.
Kagome is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Izakawa is defending well for now.
Kagome creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kagome is looking to break free of the clinch but Izakawa has double underhooks.
Kagome gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Izakawa.
Kagome stalls.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Kagome tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kagome throws an elbow but it misses.
Kagome slows down the pace here.
Kagome wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kagome throws an elbow but it misses.
Kagome looking to stall.
Kagome landing knees to the head.
Kagome misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Izakawa.
Kagome tries to stall but Izakawa uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Izakawa gets control of Kagome's arms and successfully pulls guard. Izakawa will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Kagome tries to stand but Izakawa is controlling from the bottom.
Kagome's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kagome wants to control from the top but Izakawa keeps moving.
Izakawa throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Kagome wants to stand and escape but instead Izakawa has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Izakawa wants to stand but Kagome is controlling his posture from full guard.
Izakawa wants to control from the top but Kagome keeps moving.
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.
Kagome uses the ropes to get back to his feet.
Johnny Izakawa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Izakawa looks to clinch
and Kagome counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Izakawa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kagome tries a knee to the head but Izakawa blocks it.
Kagome manages to break the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kagome breaks from the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Izakawa shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Kagome but Kagome pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Horrible takedown by Izakawa or perhaps it was just good defense by Kagome which made him look bad.
And that's the end of the fight!
Inuyasha Kagome showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kagome has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Inuyasha Kagome!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Inuyasha Kagome!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Inuyasha Kagome!
Inuyasha Kagome wins by unanimous decision!
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