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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Masato Kobayashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Lopez (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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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Masato Kobayashi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnny Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kobayashi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lopez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Donk. Kobayashi catches Lopez right on the button with a cross.
Lopez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Kobayashi moves into the clinch.
Lopez has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Kobayashi uses from the top position.
Lopez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lopez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Lopez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kobayashi passes Lopez's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Lopez is trying to maintain the position but Kobayashi is very close to passing his half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kobayashi wants to take a breather but Lopez is having none of it.
Kobayashi passes into side control, despite Lopez's attempt to control the position.
Lopez struggling a bit here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kobayashi happy to just control the position for now.
Lopez dodges the ground and pound from Kobayashi.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kobayashi has Lopez up against the cage in a clinch.
Kobayashi misses with an elbow strike.
Lopez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lopez misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kobayashi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lopez's brow.
Lopez jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kobayashi walks away with a smile on his face. Lopez gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kobayashi tries to clinch up.
Kobayashi rushes Lopez and presses him up against the cage.
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.
Lopez can't get the takedown.
Masato Kobayashi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Lopez.
Kobayashi misses with an elbow strike.
Kobayashi misses with a knee to the head.
Kobayashi lands an elbow that stopped Lopez in his tracks for a moment.
A hook to the body from Lopez.
Kobayashi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lopez is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Lopez tries to pull guard but Kobayashi holds him up against the cage and eventually Lopez drops back down to his feet.
Lopez successfully pulls guard.
Kobayashi preventing the sweep.
Kobayashi is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Lopez keeping moving, preventing Kobayashi from controlling successfully.
Lopez trying to control the position.
Lopez has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Kobayashi has passed into side control.
Kobayashi gets to mount! Lopez was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez regains half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Lopez trying to control but Kobayashi postures up.
Kobayashi trying to control the action but Lopez is working from the bottom.
Kobayashi sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Lopez tries to get to full guard but Kobayashi has control of the leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lopez is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Kobayashi pulls his head out easily.
Lopez looks gassed!
Kobayashi slows the pace down in half guard.
Kobayashi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lopez walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kobayashi cracks Lopez with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kobayashi gets a clinch.
Kobayashi pushes off an throws an elbow but Lopez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kobayashi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lopez blocks it with crossed arms.
Kobayashi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lopez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lopez is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kobayashi pulls him back up using the underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Masato Kobayashi dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Kobayashi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lopez doesn't manage to clinch there - Kobayashi circles away.
Masato Kobayashi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lopez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Lopez trying to control but Kobayashi is having none of it.
Kobayashi blocking the ground and pound.
Lopez scoring with strikes but Kobayashi is staying in there.
Kobayashi wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Lopez.
Kobayashi really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kobayashi is working hard here to advance position.
Lopez wants to control but instead Kobayashi manages to regain half guard.
Lopez is looking to stall here but Kobayashi recovers full guard.
Lopez is stalling in the full guard.
That's two 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.
Lopez looking to sit in guard and control but Kobayashi gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Kobayashi trying to control the position from guard on top but Lopez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lopez controlling Kobayashi's posture.
Kobayashi content to stall in guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kobayashi has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Kobayashi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kobayashi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lopez is keeping the position for now.
Kobayashi with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kobayashi's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Kobayashi trying to control the position from guard on top but Lopez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kobayashi postures up.
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.
Lopez looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Kobayashi has picked Lopez up and slammed him! Lopez can't keep hold of the triangle and Kobayashi manages to pass to side control!
Lopez wants to control but Kobayashi postures up.
Kobayashi trying to control the position but Lopez is working away.
Lopez can't do much from the bottom here.
Kobayashi trying to control the position but Lopez is working away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Lopez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kobayashi misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Johnny Lopez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Kobayashi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lopez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kobayashi manages to avoid it.
Lopez tries to clinch but Kobayashi moves out of range.
Lopez tries to bum rush Kobayashi with a series of wild strikes but Kobayashi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kobayashi has Lopez up against the cage in a clinch.
Kobayashi misses with an elbow strike.
Lopez tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kobayashi smiles and moves away.
Lopez tests Kobayashi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lopez doesn't manage to clinch there - Kobayashi circles away.
Lopez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kobayashi moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Kobayashi.
Kobayashi throws a head kick that Lopez semi-blocks.
Lopez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kobayashi tries to keep at a distance but Lopez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kobayashi lands an elbow inside that Lopez shrugs off.
Kobayashi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lopez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lopez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Lopez taking a breather.
Lopez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lopez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lopez tries to score a body lock takedown but Kobayashi shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Masato Kobayashi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Lopez.
Kobayashi lands an elbow inside that Lopez shrugs off.
Kobayashi is looking to control Lopez's arms but Lopez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kobayashi has his back to the cage.
Kobayashi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lopez's defenses.
Kobayashi lands an elbow that stopped Lopez in his tracks for a moment.
Kobayashi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kobayashi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kobayashi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lopez's face.
Kobayashi lands a knee to the head.
Kobayashi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kobayashi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kobayashi lands a knee to the body.
Kobayashi misses with a knee to the head.
Kobayashi lands an elbow that stopped Lopez in his tracks for a moment.
Lopez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kobayashi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kobayashi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kobayashi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lopez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lopez gets control of Kobayashi's arms and successfully pulls guard. Lopez will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Kobayashi stopping the sweep attempt from Lopez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kobayashi looking to pass the guard.
Kobayashi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kobayashi postures up.
Lopez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Kobayashi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kobayashi moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kobayashi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez fails with a takedown attempt.
Kobayashi tries to clinch but Lopez is having none of it.
Kobayashi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lopez at a distance.
Kobayashi tries to clinch but Lopez moves out of range.
Kobayashi sizes up Lopez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Masato Kobayashi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kobayashi throws a sloppy head kick and Lopez moves out of range easily.
Kobayashi plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Kobayashi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kobayashi tries to clinch but Lopez is having none of it.
Kobayashi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kobayashi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lopez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kobayashi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lopez shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Kobayashi manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kobayashi is keeping the position for now.
Lopez throws a strike but Kobayashi rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Lopez trying to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kobayashi tries to free his leg and advance position but Lopez is retaining full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Masato Kobayashi showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kobayashi 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Masato Kobayashi!
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