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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Cute (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simone Innocente (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cute comes to the ring accompanied by Eye of the Tiger. Innocente is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Mirror Mirror (Blind Guardian). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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220 lbs
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230 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power |
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tom Cute!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Simone Innocente!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cute decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Innocente wants to get back to full guard.
Innocente is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Innocente is looking to get back to full guard here but Cute has managed to pass to side control instead.
Cute avoids the attempt from Innocente to control.
Innocente is squirming around, avoiding Cute's attempts to control the action.
Innocente tries to improve his position but instead Cute has taken his back!
Innocente really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cute. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cute gets his hands free as Innocente looks to control.
Cute is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Innocente has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cute not allowing Innocente to control his hands.
Innocente tries to roll but Cute sticks to his back.
Cute lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Cute trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Innocente doesn't escape.
Innocente is trying to break free.
Will Cute go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Cute controlling well, preventing Innocente from escaping the position.
Cute avoiding Innocente 's attempts to control his hands.
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.
Cute is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Innocente up.
Cute is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Innocente knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Innocente for a finish.
Cute keeps control of the position as Innocente tries to break free.
Innocente looking very determined here, making life difficult for Cute.
Cute is not going to allow Innocente to sit and survive in this position.
Innocente rolls, trying to escape but Cute keeps control of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Cute's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Innocente tries to break free.
Innocente is keeping busy.
Cute keeps control of the position as Innocente tries to break free.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Cute working for a choke but Innocente is defending well.
Cute is breathing heavily.
Innocente tries to escape the position.
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.
Innocente grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Cute is hanging on to Innocente's back as he tries to escape.
Cute tries to keep control of the position but Innocente is staying busy.
Cute looking for the choke from the back.
Innocente wants to escape the position.
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.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Innocente is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Innocente just trying to survive but Cute is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Cute dominated that round.
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.
Innocente digs a good body shot into Cute's ribs.
Innocente misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cute tries to score a power double leg takedown but Innocente sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Cute somewhat.
Innocente fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Cute sprawls well initially but Innocente persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Cute keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Innocente prevents Cute from standing back up.
Innocente wants to work for an arm triangle but Cute is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Innocente 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.
Innocente is trying to work for a kimura but Cute is defending well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cute is defending against the submission attempts here by Innocente.
Cute is trying to maintain the position but Innocente is very close to passing his half 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.
Innocente misses with a head shot. Cute uses the momentum to regain guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Cute forces Innocente back against the ropes and clinches.
Innocente is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Cute gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Cute lands a knee to the body.
Cute breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Innocente throws a low kick but it's checked well by Cute.
Innocente misses with a takedown attempt
and Cute counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Cute is thwarting Innocente's attempts to control the position.
Cute prevents Innocente from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Innocente is staying active underneath Cute, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Innocente is trying to get back to full guard.
Innocente is looking to get back to full guard here but Cute has managed to pass to side control instead.
Innocente tries to hold on but Cute pushes him away.
Cute looking to secure an arm triangle but Innocente defends it well.
Innocente really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Innocente can do anything to dispel that myth.
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.
Innocente slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Innocente is looking for a sweep. Cute is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Cute is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Innocente is just riding it out for now. Cute eventually gives up the hold.
Innocente is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Tom Cute will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Cute tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Innocente paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Innocente changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cute tries to avoid it but Innocente manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cute to the ground. Cute escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Innocente with a lazy takedown attempt
and Cute counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Cute works his way into full mount!
Cute lands a big shot there that rocks Innocente but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Cute pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Innocente tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Cute sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Innocente is trying to escape the mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Innocente wants to control but Cute is having none of it.
Innocente is trying desperately to improve position.
Innocente is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Cute controlling the pace for now.
BOOM! Cute connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Cute controlling his opponent.
Innocente working to try and regain half guard.
Cute is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Innocente has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Innocente tries to hold on but Cute postures up.
Innocente is trying to escape the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Innocente throwing hammer fists to the chest of Cute. What's that going to do exactly?
Cute can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Innocente is looking to escape.
Innocente wants to control but Cute is having none of it.
Innocente is looking to improve his position but Cute isn't that keen on the idea.
Cute looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Innocente is looking to get to half guard.
Simone Innocente has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tom Cute is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cute wants to control the pace but Innocente is squirming around nicely.
Innocente is working to get back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tom Cute showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cute, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tom Cute!
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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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