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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maxwell Smart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and yudzi Kawaguti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 lbs
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192 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Maxwell Smart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, yudzi Kawaguti!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Kenichi Hosakawa and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smart lands a right hook to the body.
Kawaguti avoids a punch combination nicely.
Smart throws a series of punches but Kawaguti avoids them all with ease.
Smart lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kawaguti backs up against the cage.
Kawaguti avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Smart swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Maxwell Smart seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smart fails to land with a series of punches.
A combination from Smart does no damage.
Smart just misses with a punch to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Smart!
Smart lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Smart dodges the punch combination from Kawaguti.
Smart throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kawaguti dodges the punch combination from Smart.
Kawaguti avoids a punch combination nicely.
Smart digs a good hook to Kawaguti's body.
Kawaguti throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Smart connects with a looping right hand.
Smart connects with a right hand. Kawaguti shakes it off.
Smart throws a right and a left that Kawaguti avoids nicely.
A punch combination from Smart misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawaguti fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smart throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kawaguti.
Kawaguti misses with the combination.
Kawaguti lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Smart bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kawaguti's head.
Kawaguti throws a right hand that Smart ducks under and follows up with a left that Smart also avoids with ease.
Smart misses with a double jab
and Kawaguti holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kawaguti breaks from the clinch.
Smart fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Some wild striking there from Smart.
Kawaguti tries a head kick but it misses.
Smart lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Smart pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Smart leaves Kawaguti with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Kawaguti showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Smart.
Kawaguti throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kawaguti looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smart jabs Kawaguti right on the nose. Kawaguti blinks but takes it well.
Kawaguti looks to land a combination but Smart avoids it well.
Maxwell Smart is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smart connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kawaguti. Kawaguti circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Smart will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Smart swinging wildly here.
Smart fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smart lands a jab to the nose.
Smart cracks Kawaguti with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Smart misses with a double jab.
Smart thows a leg kick but Kawaguti checks it
and Kawaguti counters with a single leg into guard. Smart didn't expect that.
Smart is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Smart trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Kawaguti forces his way into half guard.
Smart knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kawaguti on the ground.
Smart wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kawaguti decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Kawaguti moves out of range of the body kick.
Smart leaves Kawaguti with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Smart throws a combination. Kawaguti tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Smart moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Smart throws a right and a left that Kawaguti avoids nicely.
Kawaguti avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kawaguti gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Smart is trying to break free.
Smart tries to break the clinch but Kawaguti is controlling the position.
Kawaguti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smart avoids the head kick by Kawaguti.
Kawaguti misses with a double jab.
A right-left combo lands from Smart.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smart moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Smart pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Smart swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Smart throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kawaguti.
Smart misses with a two punch combination.
Smart lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kawaguti backs up against the cage.
Smart looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kawaguti gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Smart.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Smart scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kawaguti has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kawaguti there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kawaguti scores with a takedown into Smart's guard.
Kawaguti stops Smart from standing up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but yudzi Kawaguti 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.
Smart checks the leg kick nicely there.
Smart looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Smart is working the combinations to good effect here.
Smart misses with a jab, cross combination.
Smart falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kawaguti counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Kawaguti prevents Smart from standing back up.
Smart is not content to let Kawaguti control the position.
Smart pushes Kawaguti off looking to stand but Kawaguti dives back in and keeps control.
Kawaguti throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Smart looks like he's trying to stand up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Smart moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Kawaguti moves out of range as Smart throws a body kick.
Smart listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Smart throws a right and a left that Kawaguti avoids nicely.
Kawaguti takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kawaguti fails to land with a series of punches.
Smart misses with a series of wild punches.
Smart throws a series of punches but Kawaguti moves out of range.
Smart misses with a double jab
and Kawaguti counters by clinching up.
Kawaguti escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kawaguti misses with a head kick.
Maxwell Smart is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kawaguti!
Smart's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Smart duly obliges.
Smart closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Smart throws and low kick but Kawaguti moves out of range easily.
Smart scores with a jab. Kawaguti acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Smart does no damage.
Kawaguti fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Smart, pushing him back against the cage.
Smart has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kawaguti escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Smart throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kawaguti. That's going to slow Smart down.
Smart motions for Kawaguti to come forward. Smart throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kawaguti throws a series of punches but Smart moves out of range.
Kawaguti misses with a hook. Smart ducked under it nicely.
Smart misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Smart throws a series of punches but Kawaguti moves out of range.
Smart misses with a double jab.
Smart rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kawaguti moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Smart takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Smart throws a one two combo.
Kawaguti moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Smart closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Left hook, right uppercut from Smart.
Smart slips a jab and a cross from Kawaguti.
Kawaguti dodges the punch combination from Smart.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smart ducks under a wild hook from Kawaguti.
Kawaguti is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Smart.
Smart lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Smart works over Kawaguti's head and body with a nice combination.
Smart tries to bum rush Kawaguti with a series of wild strikes but Kawaguti uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Smart swinging wildly here.
Kawaguti moves into range and clinches up with Smart.
Kawaguti has Smart pressed against the cage, preventing Smart from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kawaguti's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smart throws a series of punches but Kawaguti avoids them all with ease.
A right-left combo lands from Smart.
Kawaguti avoids a punch combination nicely.
Smart misses with a few strikes there.
A combination from Smart does no damage.
Smart rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kawaguti moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kawaguti has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kawaguti breaks from the clinch.
Kawaguti checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kawaguti looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smart displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Kawaguti closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Smart did well to prevent Kawaguti getting side control.
Smart wants to get back to his feet.
Kawaguti decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Kawaguti blocks a head kick by Smart.
Kawaguti stalks Smart and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Smart's face. Smart staggers backwards, shaken.
Danga de danga de dang - Smart scores with a four punch combination!
Smart throws a sloppy head kick and Kawaguti moves out of range easily.
Kawaguti works the jab nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
yudzi Kawaguti showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Smart swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kawaguti counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Kawaguti gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Smart lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kawaguti circles away quickly and effectively.
Smart lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Smart moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Smart misses with the combination.
Smart throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Some wild striking there from Smart.
Smart throws a nice looking combination but Kawaguti bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kawaguti has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Smart looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smart tries to bum rush Kawaguti with a series of wild strikes but Kawaguti uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Some wild striking there from Kawaguti.
Kawaguti throws a right hand that Smart ducks under and follows up with a left that Smart also avoids with ease.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smart swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Smart.
Smart looks to land a combination but Kawaguti avoids it well.
Smart takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Smart tries to bum rush Kawaguti with a series of wild strikes but Kawaguti uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kawaguti throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kawaguti avoids a punch combination nicely.
Smart misses with a wild combination.
Smart goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Kawaguti misses with a series of wild punches.
Kawaguti misses with the combination.
Smart misses with the combination.
Kawaguti pushes Smart up against the cage in a clinch.
Kawaguti keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Smart's efforts to push away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kawaguti looking to throw knees to the head but Smart is blocking nicely.
Smart is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Smart wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Smart is trying to break free.
Smart is looking to break free of the clinch but Kawaguti has double underhooks.
Smart is trying to break free.
Smart looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A frustrated look appears on Smart's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Smart wants to break the clinch but can't.
Smart is trying to break free.
Kawaguti has Smart pressed against the cage, preventing Smart from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Smart can't break the clinch.
Kawaguti's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kawaguti shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Smart defends it nicely.
Smart darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kawaguti takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Smart throws a leg kick
and Kawaguti counters with a nice leg kick.
Smart fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smart scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Smart misses with a double jab.
Smart looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kawaguti fails with a takedown attempt.
Smart moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Kawaguti dodges the punch combination from Smart.
Smart throws a sloppy head kick and Kawaguti moves out of range easily.
Smart keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Maxwell Smart has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of yudzi Kawaguti.
Kawaguti has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A left and a right from Smart both land. Nice combination.
Smart scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kawaguti gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Smart has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Smart wants to break free but Kawaguti has control.
A frustrated look appears on Smart's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kawaguti keeps control of Smart as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kawaguti keeps control of Smart as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Smart is looking to break free of the clinch but Kawaguti has double underhooks.
Kawaguti breaks from the clinch.
Smart scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Smart slips a jab and a cross from Kawaguti.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kawaguti on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A punch combination from Smart misses.
Kawaguti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smart.
Smart throws a head kick that half lands.
Smart throws a shot from downtown. Kawaguti moves away and avoids it.
Smart gets caught flat footed, as Kawaguti shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Kawaguti makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Smart wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Kawaguti manages to pass to side control.
Smart looks like he's trying to stand up.
Maxwell Smart has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
yudzi Kawaguti is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smart punching from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
yudzi Kawaguti comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kawaguti winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... yudzi Kawaguti!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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