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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Myke Stewart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Katsuya Gono (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Myke Stewart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Katsuya Gono!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stewart takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gono clinches up against the cage.
Gono tries to break free but Stewart pushes him back against the cage.
Stewart working hard to break the clinch.
Stewart wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gono has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gono looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Stewart is looking to break free of the clinch but Gono has double underhooks.
Gono lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gono lands with a right to the head.
Gono prevents Stewart from breaking the clinch.
Gono tries to break the clinch but Stewart is controlling the position.
Gono is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Gono makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Stewart tries to break the clinch but Gono is controlling the position.
Stewart wants to break free but Gono has control.
Gono stalling against the cage.
Gono lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stewart tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Gono smiles and moves away.
Gono lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stewart circles away quickly and effectively.
Gono misses with a hook.
Gono ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gono throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Stewart fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gono misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stewart takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gono takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Katsuya Gono seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stewart avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gono clinches.
Stewart tries to break the clinch but Gono is controlling the position.
Stewart prevents Gono from breaking the clinch.
Gono works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Stewart changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Gono fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Stewart moves away from the strike by Gono.
Gono throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Stewart has Gono pressed against the cage, preventing Gono from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stewart tries to pull guard but Gono holds him up against the cage and eventually Stewart drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Myke Stewart. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gono lands a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stewart jumps guard but Gono stands there with Stewart around his waist. Stewart gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Gono wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gono manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Stewart stalling in the clinch but Gono improves position.
Stewart is trying to break free.
Gono can't break the clinch.
Gono tries to break the clinch but Stewart is controlling the position.
Gono can't break the clinch.
Gono is trying to force a seperation but Stewart has the dominant position.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Gono wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stewart has him pressed against the cage.
Stewart fails to pull guard.
Gono breaks from the clinch.
Stewart misses with a takedown attempt - Gono sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Stewart fakes the leg kick and cracks Gono in the body.
Gono misses with a few strikes there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gono misses with an uppercut. Stewart saw that one coming.
Gono swinging wildly here.
A combination from Gono does no damage.
A swing and a miss from Gono.
A nice inside leg kick there by Stewart. That's going to slow Gono down.
Stewart fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Gono wants to clinch.
Stewart fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Stewart is breathing heavily.
Gono gets a clinch.
Stewart has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Stewart is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gono is keeping busy.
Gono escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stewart fails to land with a series of punches.
Stewart fails with a takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stewart avoids the body shot from Gono.
Gono closes the distance and clinches.
Gono has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gono looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gono scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Stewart misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gono scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gono working hard to break the clinch.
Gono is looking to break free of the clinch but Stewart has double underhooks.
Gono wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stewart keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gono's efforts to push away.
Gono pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stewart shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Gono is trying to defend but Stewart finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Stewart will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stewart is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Katsuya Gono dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Gono throws an overhand right that lands on Stewart's shoulder, as Stewart tries to avoid the shot.
Myke Stewart is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gono throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gono misses with the combination.
Gono blocks a head kick by Stewart.
Gono throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Stewart on the side of the head.
Gono forces Stewart back against the cage and clinches.
Stewart jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Gono walks away with a smile on his face. Stewart gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Stewart avoids a punch combination nicely.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Stewart drags the fight down to the ground.
Gono is looking to stand up but Stewart won't let him.
Gono scoring with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stewart preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gono throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gono stopping the sweep attempt from Stewart.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gono lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Gono throwing strikes from guard but Stewart blocks nicely.
Stewart tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Stewart trying to control the position.
Stewart looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gono throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Stewart trying to control the position.
Gono wants to stand and escape but instead Stewart has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Stewart pushing down on Gono's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stewart passes the guard and advances to mount!
Gono is looking to improve his position but Stewart isn't that keen on the idea.
Stewart controlling from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stewart trying to control but Gono is having none of it.
Gono is looking to improve his position but Stewart isn't that keen on the idea.
Stewart wants to control the pace but Gono is squirming around nicely.
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.
Gono wants to get back to his feet.
Stewart scoring with strikes but Gono is staying in there.
Stewart tries to control but Gono wriggling away.
Gono really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Stewart. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Stewart goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Gono turns into him and now he's in Stewart's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Katsuya Gono showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Gono misses with a wild combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Gono scores with a four punch combination!
Gono fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Stewart, pushing him back against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Gono stops a takedown attempt from Stewart.
Gono lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gono tries to break the clinch but Stewart is controlling the position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gono.
Stewart jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Gono walks away with a smile on his face. Stewart gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Gono avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stewart tries to clinch but Gono moves out of range.
Gono lands with a right hand.
Stewart tries to close the distance and clinch but Gono swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gono wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gono manages to break the clinch.
Gono throws a combination. Stewart tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It looks like Myke Stewart has been cut.
Gono closes the distance and clinches.
Gono wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short left from Gono.
Gono scores with a shot to the side of Stewart's head.
Stewart is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gono is keeping busy.
Gono wants to get back to striking at distance but Stewart won't allow it.
Stewart tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Myke Stewart. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gono looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Stewart is working for takedown but Gono is calmly controlling the position for now.
Gono has had enough of the clinch but Stewart keeps him there for the moment.
Stewart is trying to drag Gono to the mat but Gono just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Gono breaks from the clinch.
Katsuya Gono is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gono scores with a decent looking hook.
Gono misses with a series of wild punches.
Gono with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stewart misses with a wild body shot.
Gono lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gono fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gono throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Stewart stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gono is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gono's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gono misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gono ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gono misses with a wild combination.
Stewart shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Gono but Gono pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Gono lands a really nice looking cross but Stewart seems unphased.
Gono throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gono will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gono scores with a jab to the head.
Stewart avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stewart takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Stewart tries to clinch up
and Gono cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gono fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Stewart showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gono.
Stewart misses with a takedown
and Gono counters with a two punch combo.
Gono rushes Stewart and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gono has had enough of the clinch but Stewart keeps him there for the moment.
Gono's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stewart tries to clinch up.
Katsuya Gono is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gono misses with a double jab.
Stewart shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gono as he avoids it easily.
Gono stuns Stewart with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gono throws a right hand that Stewart ducks under and follows up with a left that Stewart also avoids with ease.
Gono moves into range and clinches up with Stewart.
Gono wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gono breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gono misses with a double jab.
Stewart tries to score a power double leg takedown but Gono sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Stewart somewhat.
Stewart showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gono.
Stewart moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stewart avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stewart shoots in for a double leg but Gono sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Katsuya Gono comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Gono 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 26:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Katsuya Gono!
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FIGHT
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