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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hattori Hanzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gavin Rheinallt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rheinallt comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Alice in Chains - We Die Young kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Gavin Rheinallt has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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211 lbs
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214 lbs
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Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hattori Hanzo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gavin Rheinallt!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Taro Takaoka and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanzo shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hanzo in particular looking to stall.
Hanzo wants to free his trapped foot but Rheinallt is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Rheinallt trying to hold on to Hanzo's head to control him but Hanzo postures up.
Rheinallt controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Hanzo moves nicely into side control.
Rheinallt tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hanzo wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanzo is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Rheinallt is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Rheinallt prevents Hanzo from improving position.
Hanzo goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Rheinallt rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Hanzo's guard! Nice work there by Rheinallt!
Hanzo has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Rheinallt can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hanzo can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Rheinallt controls the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rheinallt wants to control from the top but Hanzo keeps moving.
Rheinallt is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Hanzo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rheinallt wants to control from the top but Hanzo keeps moving.
Hanzo working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Rheinallt doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Rheinallt manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Rheinallt is fighting to break Hanzo's control of his arms but Hanzo is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Rheinallt wants to control from the top but Hanzo keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanzo escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Rheinallt gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Rheinallt trying to control but Hanzo is working from the bottom.
Hanzo looking for a sweep. Not yet Hanzo, not yet.
Hanzo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hanzo wants to sweep here but Rheinallt controlling him for the moment.
Rheinallt really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hanzo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hanzo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hanzo is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rheinallt trying to control the position from guard on top but Hanzo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rheinallt trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hanzo manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rheinallt manages to get himself to full guard.
Hanzo is fighting to break Rheinallt's control of his arms but Rheinallt is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rheinallt looking to control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rheinallt can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hanzo wants to pass the guard but Rheinallt is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hattori Hanzo dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hanzo decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Hanzo is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Rheinallt wants to get back to his feet.
Hanzo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hanzo controlling the action here.
Hanzo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rheinallt is breathing heavily.
Hanzo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanzo seems to be looking for submissions.
Rheinallt wants to improve his position but Hanzo is controlling well.
Hanzo moves nicely into side control.
You can see the frustration on Rheinallt's face as Hanzo controls the position.
Hanzo trying to control the action but Rheinallt is working from the bottom.
Hanzo advances nicely into full mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanzo looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Hanzo misses with a head shot.
Hanzo thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Rheinallt holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hanzo tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Hanzo is working to isolate an arm here. It's a choreographed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Hanzo extends the arm and Rheinallt is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hattori Hanzo!
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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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