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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Akinori Tadano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tatsuya Komada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tadano comes to the ring accompanied by Elevator by Eminem. Komada has chosen Little Busters as his entrance music. Akinori Tadano has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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190 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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187 cm
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196 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily |
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akinori Tadano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tatsuya Komada!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tadano clinches up with Komada and pushes him back against the ropes.
Tadano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tadano throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Komada blocks it with crossed arms.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Tadano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Komada.
Tadano lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Tatsuya Komada has been cut.
Tadano connects with a nasty looking knee right to Komada's face.
A knee to the head by Tadano.
Komada can't break the clinch.
Komada is trying to break the clinch but Tadano is controlling him.
Tadano lands a big knee from the Thai clinch and Komada goes down hard! The ref takes a good look at him but he's still defending himself. Tadano in side control.
Komada is rocked!
Tadano wants to stand but Komada has his arm trapped.
Komada is still in real trouble! Can Tadano finish him?
Komada tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Tadano wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Tadano decides to stand back up. Tadano steps back and let's Komada get back to his feet.
Komada seems to have recovered his senses.
Tadano is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tadano doesn't manage to clinch there - Komada circles away.
Akinori Tadano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tadano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Komada misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tadano.
Tadano tries to clinch up but Komada circles away and keeps his distance.
Tadano throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tadano slips a jab and a cross from Komada.
Komada shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Tadano can't keep his opponent in guard - Komada advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
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.
Komada not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Komada winds up and cracks Tadano with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Komada throwing shots but Tadano is blocking nicely.
Komada looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Komada throwing shots but Tadano is blocking nicely.
Tadano knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Komada on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Komada winds up and cracks Tadano with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Komada is pressing down on Tadano's thigh, looking to free his foot. Tadano is holding on for now.
Tadano pushes Komada off looking to stand but Komada dives back in and keeps control.
Tadano has hold of Komada's hands but Komada slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Komada works his foot free and advances to mount.
Komada is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Tadano has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Tadano!
Komada looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tadano wants to stand and escape but instead Komada has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Komada throws a strike but Tadano rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Tadano wants to stand but Komada has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
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.
Tadano slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Tadano trying to stand up but can't free himself from Komada's guard.
Komada pulls Tadano in to control the position.
Komada wants to stand and escape but Tadano is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tatsuya Komada will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tatsuya Komada's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Tadano tries to clinch up but Komada circles away and keeps his distance.
Komada changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Tadano looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
An elbow from Komada crashes against the mat.
Tadano wants to control but Komada postures up.
Komada misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Komada lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Komada controlling from side mount.
Tadano takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Komada in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Komada prevents Tadano from escaping the position.
Komada tries to score with some ground and pound. Tadano controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Komada moves into full mount!
Komada is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Tadano can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Komada landing strikes from the mount and Tadano is in trouble!
Komada thowing shots but they're missing.
Tadano tries to hold on but Komada pushes him away.
Komada is working for a guillotine from mount but Tadano frees his head quite easily.
Komada is breathing heavily.
Tadano tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Komada sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Komada with the ground and pound from mount.
Tadano sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Komada looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Komada prevents Tadano from standing back up.
Komada not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Tadano taking some punishment here, with Komada in his half guard.
Komada throwing shots but Tadano is blocking nicely.
Komada passes to side control.
Tadano on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Tatsuya Komada has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tadano is working to avoid the ground and pound but Komada connects with a decent elbow.
Tadano is trying to get back to his feet.
Komada looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Tadano is avoiding damage well.
Komada working the ground and pound.
Tadano is trying to get back to half guard.
Komada looks up at the clock and then as Tadano takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Komada smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Komada lands a nice forearm strike.
Komada working the head and body with strikes.
Komada looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Komada working the head with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Komada controls the position from side control.
Komada postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Komada is trying to ground and pound but Tadano uses the momentary lack of control by Komada to regain half guard.
Komada is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Tadano wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tatsuya Komada showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tatsuya Komada's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Komada connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Komada fails to land with a series of punches.
Tadano tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Komada paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Komada 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.
Komada throws and elbow that misses. Tadano uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Komada's guard. Nice move by Tadano!
Tadano wanted to stand there but Komada had control of the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tadano is fighting to break Komada's control of his arms but Komada is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tadano wants to stand but Komada is controlling his posture from full guard.
Komada looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Tadano trying to control but Komada is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tadano prevents Komada from getting back to his feet.
Komada controls Tadano momentarily but Tadano frees himself.
Komada controlling Tadano's posture.
Let's hope that Komada has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Komada keeping moving, preventing Tadano from controlling successfully.
Tadano has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Komada is proving hard to escape from.
Komada controlling Tadano's posture.
Tatsuya Komada is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Komada bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tadano's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Tadano controls Komada momentarily but Komada frees himself.
Tadano keeping moving, preventing Komada from controlling successfully.
Komada pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tadano is keeping the position for now.
Akinori Tadano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Komada wants to control from the top but Tadano keeps moving.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Despite being in the dominant position, Tatsuya Komada just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Komada shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Komada has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Tadano's face.
Komada in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tatsuya Komada comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Komada 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tatsuya Komada!
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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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