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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Aronoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Faustino Ronan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aronoff comes to the ring accompanied by Here Comes the Pain by Slayer. Faustino Ronan acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.
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245 lbs
10 - 8 - 0 |
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286 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Aronoff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Faustino Ronan!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ronan throws a head kick that misses.
Aronoff lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Ronan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ronan plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Aronoff thows a body shot but no joy.
Ronan misses with a head kick.
Ronan is looking to clinch.
Aronoff throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ronan.
Aronoff looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ronan goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aronoff paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Danga de danga de dang - Ronan scores with a four punch combination!
A jab from Aronoff finds it's way through Ronan's defenses.
Aronoff fails to land with a series of punches.
Ronan shoots in for a takedown but Aronoff shows good takedown defense.
Aronoff tries to bum rush Ronan with a series of wild strikes but Ronan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ronan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aronoff swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ronan throws a sloppy head kick and Aronoff moves out of range easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Aronoff blocks the leg kick.
Aronoff throws a hook but Ronan blocks it.
Ronan tries to close the distance and clinch but Aronoff swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ronan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aronoff throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ronan fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronan fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Aronoff sprawls well initially but Ronan persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Aronoff is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Ronan jumps into side control!
Aronoff manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Aronoff is trying to get back to full guard.
Aronoff is not content to let Ronan control the position.
Aronoff gets back to full guard.
Aronoff wants to control but Ronan passes easily into half guard.
Aronoff is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Aronoff is working hard here to advance position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronan is looking to take a break and control but Aronoff is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Aronoff regains full guard. Nicely done.
Aronoff looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ronan throwing strikes but missing.
Aronoff keeping moving, preventing Ronan from controlling successfully.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ronan moves out of range as Aronoff strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Aronoff. Ronan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Aronoff takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ronan is defended easily by Aronoff.
Mark Aronoff has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Faustino Ronan.
Aronoff tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aronoff misses with a two punch combination.
Aronoff will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Aronoff swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A jab from Aronoff does it's job there.
Aronoff looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Aronoff misses with the combination.
Ronan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Aronoff misses with a double jab.
Ronan blocks a jab.
Ronan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Aronoff shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Ronan manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Aronoff trying to control but Ronan is working from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Aronoff passes Ronan's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Ronan keeping control of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ronan tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Aronoff scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aronoff looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ronan is looking for a sweep. Aronoff is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Aronoff is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Aronoff looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ronan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ronan is looking for a sweep. Aronoff is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ronan looks gassed!
Aronoff is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Aronoff throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Mark Aronoff will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Aronoff throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ronan on the side of the head.
A big left from Aronoff misses.
Aronoff sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Ronan wants to clinch.
Aronoff lands with a right hand.
Ronan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ronan feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Aronoff bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ronan's guard.
Aronoff pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ronan is keeping the position for now.
Ronan trying to keep a closed guard but Aronoff is proving a slippery customer.
Aronoff trying to control but Ronan is working from the bottom.
Ronan throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aronoff drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Ronan dives on top into guard.
Ronan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ronan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ronan is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Ronan trying to control the position from guard on top but Aronoff is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Aronoff wants to sweep here but Ronan controlling him for the moment.
Ronan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Aronoff is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Ronan stopping the sweep attempt from Aronoff.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aronoff striking off his back but it's not causing Ronan any problems.
Aronoff is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Aronoff is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Ronan throwing strikes but missing.
Ronan wants to stand but Aronoff is controlling his posture from full guard.
Ronan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Aronoff is keeping the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aronoff has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ronan can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Aronoff keeping moving, preventing Ronan from controlling successfully.
Aronoff is trying to keep Ronan in close.
Ronan is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Aronoff preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ronan is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Aronoff wants to sweep but no luck.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Aronoff had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ronan defends it easily.
Ronan postures up.
Ronan lying in Aronoff's guard like a wet fish here, stalling away. Aronoff decides he's had enough of all that nonsense - he escapes his hips and locks up an armbar! Wow, that was slick! Ronan taps! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mark Aronoff!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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