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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gnagis Starksson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toki Tooth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Starksson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Scooter Weekend. Tooth has chosen Thunderhorse as his entrance music. Toki Tooth will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gnagis Starksson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Toki Tooth!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Starksson shoots for a takedown but Tooth saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Starksson 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.
Starksson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tooth is keeping the position for now.
Starksson trying to move into half guard but instead Tooth has managed to sweep!
Starksson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Tooth wants to stand but Starksson has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Starksson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Tooth pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Starksson is keeping the position for now.
Tooth is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Tooth stands up and waves to Starksson to follow him.
Starksson closes the distance and clinches up with Tooth, looking for a takedown. Starksson pushes Tooth against the ropes but Tooth circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Starksson is breathing heavily.
Starksson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Starksson shoots in and drives through. Tooth sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gnagis Starksson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starksson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Tooth circles away.
Tooth scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Tooth scores with a one two! Starksson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Starksson shoots in looking for a takedown. Tooth tries to sprawl out of it but Starksson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Tooth manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Starksson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Starksson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Starksson is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Tooth defends it well.
Starksson seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead Tooth has recovered full guard.
Tooth keeping moving, preventing Starksson from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Starksson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tooth wants to stand but Starksson is controlling the position.
Starksson trying to move into half guard but instead Tooth has managed to sweep!
Starksson 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Starksson looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Tooth puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tooth moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Starksson.
Tooth stands up and beckons Starksson to his feet.
Starksson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Starksson shoots for a takedown but Tooth saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Starksson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tooth.
Tooth fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Tooth.
Starksson shoots in for a double leg but Tooth sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Tooth throws a shot to the body.
Starksson fails with the takedown.
Tooth lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Tooth is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Starksson closes the distance and clinches up with Tooth, looking for a takedown. Starksson pushes Tooth against the ropes but Tooth circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Tooth lands a jab-cross combination.
Good standup being displayed there by Tooth as he connects with a hook.
Tooth lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tooth works over Starksson's head and body with a nice combination.
Tooth throws a sloppy head kick and Starksson moves out of range easily.
Starksson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tooth tries to avoid it but Starksson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tooth to the ground. Tooth escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Tooth throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Starksson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Starksson takes a jab right on the kisser.
A punch combination from Tooth misses.
Starksson scores with a takedown into Tooth's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Starksson wants to pass the guard but Tooth is keeping the position.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Tooth keeping moving, preventing Starksson from controlling successfully.
Starksson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Starksson wants to pass the guard but Tooth is keeping the position.
Starksson is working hard here to advance position.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Starksson trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Tooth manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Starksson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tooth wants to stand but Starksson has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Tooth throws a combination. Starksson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Tooth misses with a two punch combination.
Starksson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tooth tries to avoid it but Starksson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tooth to the ground. Tooth escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Starksson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Starksson shoots in for a double leg but Tooth sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Starksson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Tooth stuffs the takedown attempt from Starksson. Starksson gets slowly back to his feet.
Tooth stuffs the takedown.
Starksson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Starksson scores a takedown into full mount!
Tooth is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Starksson throwing strikes here but Tooth is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Tooth holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Starksson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Starksson cracks Tooth with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Starksson avoids the attempt from Tooth to control.
Tooth avoids a strike by Starksson and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in Starksson's guard! Fantastic escape!
Starksson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Starksson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
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.
Starksson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Tooth doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Tooth manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Toki Tooth 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. This is the final round!
Starksson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Tooth throws a series of punches but Starksson moves out of range.
Starksson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tooth stuffs the takedown attempt from Starksson. Starksson gets slowly back to his feet.
Starksson fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gnagis Starksson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tooth scores with a one two! Starksson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Starksson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Starksson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Starksson stalling away here and it's allowed Tooth to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Starksson forces his way into half guard.
Tooth is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Starksson frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Starksson throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
BOOM! Starksson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Starksson goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Tooth turns into him and now he's in Starksson's guard.
Starksson trying to keep a closed guard but Tooth is proving a slippery customer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starksson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Tooth can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Tooth passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Starksson is looking to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tooth wants to get back to his feet.
Starksson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Tooth prevents Starksson from improving his position.
That's four 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.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Starksson shoots for a takedown but Tooth saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Toki Tooth is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tooth scores with a jab to the jaw.
Decent striking displayed by Tooth there.
Starksson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Tooth lands with a straight right. Starksson didn't see that one coming.
Tooth lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Starksson backs up against the ropes.
Tooth cracks Starksson with an open hand slap.
Starksson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tooth's waist but Tooth gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Starksson off to one side.
Starksson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Starksson shoots in looking for a takedown. Tooth tries to sprawl out of it but Starksson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Tooth manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Starksson shoots in for a double leg but Tooth sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Starksson looks for a takedown but Tooth sprawls well.
Tooth fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Starksson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tooth is fending him off so far but Starksson persists. Nope, Tooth circles away and we're back to standing.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Tooth scores with a three punch combo!
Tooth jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Starksson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tooth as he avoids it easily.
Tooth lands a nice shot to the body.
Tooth stuffs the takedown.
No luck for Starksson with that takedown attempt.
Starksson shoots in and drives through. Tooth sprawls well.
Starksson shoots in and drives through. Tooth sprawls well.
Danga de danga de dang - Tooth scores with a four punch combination!
Starksson feints and as Tooth raises his hands in defense, Starksson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Tooth keeping full guard, as Starksson tries to pass.
Starksson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tooth works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Starksson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tooth is keeping the position for now.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Starksson trying to control but Tooth is working from the bottom.
Tooth looking to control.
Starksson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Starksson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Starksson drops back, looking for a kneebar! Tooth looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Tooth looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Tooth!
Starksson tries to buck Tooth off but Tooth is having none of it.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Starksson manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Starksson looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Tooth pushes past his half guard into mount!
Starksson regains half guard.
Starksson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Tooth is working away from the top position though.
The fighters are battling for position here. Starksson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Starksson working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Tooth has passed into half guard!
Starksson manages to get to full guard.
Starksson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Starksson looking to control but Tooth is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Starksson controlling the pace for now.
Starksson moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Tooth has worked his arm free - good work by Tooth!
Starksson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
And that's the end of the fight!
Toki Tooth comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Tooth has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Toki Tooth!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Toki Tooth!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Toki Tooth!
Toki Tooth wins by unanimous decision!
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hype
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RATING
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