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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Heiko Pander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miyata Ichiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ichiro comes into a darkened arena with his song building. I'm Back kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Miyata Ichiro will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Heiko Pander!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Miyata Ichiro!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ichiro avoids a kick to the body.
Pander shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Pander missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Pander looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Pander thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ichiro's head.
Ichiro is trying to maintain the position but Pander is very close to passing his half guard.
Ichiro keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Pander throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ichiro trying to control here.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Pander connects with a nice short shot to Ichiro's temple.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Pander gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ichiro trying to control but Pander is working from the bottom.
Pander is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Ichiro has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Pander is proving hard to escape from.
Ichiro throws and elbow that misses. Pander uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ichiro's guard. Nice move by Pander!
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.
Ichiro looking to control.
Pander content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Pander lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ichiro keeping moving, preventing Pander from controlling successfully.
Pander throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ichiro is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ichiro keeping moving, preventing Pander from controlling successfully.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pander accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Pander stopping the sweep attempt from Ichiro.
Ichiro trying to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ichiro is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Pander strikes from the bottom but Ichiro passes into mount!
Ichiro thowing shots but they're missing.
Pander is looking to improve his position but Ichiro isn't that keen on the idea.
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.
Ichiro throws some wild stikes that Pander manages to avoid easily.
Pander is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Ichiro trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ichiro misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heiko Pander dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ichiro misses with a takedown
and Pander counters with a nice double leg into side control. Ichiro won't be happy with that.
Ichiro is looking to regain half guard here but Pander keeps moving and retains side control.
Pander cracks Ichiro with a big elbow.
Ichiro is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Pander is controlling him well.
Pander scores with a couple of short elbows.
Ichiro being controlled for a moment.
Pander working the head with strikes.
Ichiro tries to improve position but can't.
Pander cracks Ichiro with an elbow. That is naaassty.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pander is looking to take a break and control but Ichiro is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pander working away.
Pander trying to control the position but Ichiro is working away.
Ichiro is looking for a sweep.
Ichiro is breathing heavily.
Check out the look on Pander's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Pander trying to control the action but Ichiro is working from the bottom.
Pander lands an elbow.
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.
Ichiro takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Pander works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Pander taking a breather here.
Pander scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Ichiro to see if he's OK.
Pander lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Pander taking a breather here.
Pander looks up at the clock and then as Ichiro takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Pander smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pander lands a decent elbow from side control.
Ichiro tries to bench press Pander off him but Pander keeps the position.
Ichiro takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Pander controls the position from side control.
Ichiro on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Pander controls the position.
Ichiro is looking to regain half guard here but Pander keeps moving and retains side control.
Pander working the ground and pound.
Ichiro pushes Pander away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Pander gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Pander working the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pander working the ground and pound.
Ichiro takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Ichiro tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Pander controls the position.
Ichiro is trying to get back to his feet.
Ichiro is trying to control Pander's posture but Pander avoids it.
Pander in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Pander landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Ichiro is working to avoid the ground and pound but Pander connects with a decent elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pander trying to control the position but Ichiro is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heiko Pander dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Pander gets a takedown into half guard.
Pander working over Ichiro with some ground and pound. Ichiro looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Pander wants to pass the guard but Ichiro is defending well.
Ichiro taking some punishment here, with Pander in his half guard.
Pander thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ichiro is looking to improve his position.
Ichiro takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ground and pound from Pander.
Ichiro is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Pander jumps into side control!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pander in side control lands a decent elbow.
Pander is putting a hurting on Ichiro here, landing some big shots from side control.
Ichiro is not content to let Pander control the position.
Ichiro takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Ichiro takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Pander working the ground and pound.
Ichiro can't do much from the bottom here.
Pander lands a decent elbow from side control.
Ichiro is not content to let Pander control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ichiro takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Ichiro is working to avoid the ground and pound but Pander connects with a decent elbow.
Pander looks up at the clock and then as Ichiro takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Pander smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Ichiro tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Pander presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Pander pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Pander breaks from Ichiro's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Pander scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ichiro?
Pander lands a big elbow.
Pander with shots to the head and body - Ichiro looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ichiro takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Pander cracks Ichiro with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Pander lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Pander has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ichiro's face.
Ichiro is rocked!
Ichiro is trying desperately to improve position.
A nice elbow there by Pander.
Pander scoring with strikes but Ichiro is staying in there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pander scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Pander connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Pander working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Pander lands a nice shot to the head.
BOOM! Pander connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ichiro is still in real trouble! Can Pander finish him?
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pander looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Pander breaks from Ichiro's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Pander cracks Ichiro with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Pander putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pander dominating with strikes here.
Pander lands with some strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Heiko Pander showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pander has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:25
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:25
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Heiko Pander!
Heiko Pander is the new featherweight champion!
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