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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Bruin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mawashi Giru (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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195 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andrew Bruin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mawashi Giru!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yuuki Gou and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giru fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Giru throws a nice looking combination but Bruin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Giru, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bruin clinches.
Bruin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Giru wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bruin lands a shoulder strike.
It looks like Mawashi Giru has been cut.
Bruin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Giru throws a wild body kick that Bruin sees coming a mile off.
Bruin has taken the fight to the clinch.
Giru doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bruin pulls guard successfully.
Giru landing with the ground and pound.
Bruin is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Giru defends well.
Bruin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Giru on the ground.
Giru working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bruin's head.
Giru has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bruin throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruin is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Giru makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Giru postures up.
Giru throws a strike but Bruin rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Giru wants to stand up but Bruin is controlling him.
Giru keeping moving, preventing Bruin from controlling successfully.
Giru is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bruin is controlling him.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Giru wants to clinch but Bruin slips to the side
and Bruin counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Bruin seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giru looks like he's trying to stand up.
Giru looks gassed!
Giru actively working from the bottom here.
Bruin trying to control the pace.
Bruin works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruin cracks Giru with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bruin is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Giru can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bruin controlling the pace for now.
Giru is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Bruin tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Bruin unloading with bombs!
Giru wants to try and get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruin looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Bruin lands a heavy elbow.
You get the feeling that Giru really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Bruin lands a nice shot to the head.
Bruin looking to control and managing it successfully.
Giru wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bruin takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Bruin with shots to the head and body - Giru looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bruin looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andrew Bruin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mawashi Giru's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bruin changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Giru looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Giru regains half guard.
Giru is trying to stand.
Bruin has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Giru is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Bruin landing punches.
Bruin controlling from mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruin has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Giru's face.
Giru tries to buck Bruin off but he can't manage it.
Bruin trying to control but Giru is having none of it.
Giru is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Bruin with a couple of short strikes.
Bruin controlling his opponent.
Bruin working the ground and pound effectively.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Giru is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Giru flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Giru is trying to stand.
Bruin looking to control and managing it successfully.
Giru's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Bruin with a couple of short strikes.
Giru's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Bruin controlling his opponent.
Giru's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruin in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bruin with the ground and pound from mount.
Bruin blocks Giru's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Bruin trying to control but Giru is having none of it.
Bruin won't let Giru get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Bruin trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Giru is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Bruin looking to control but Giru is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bruin is really struggling to control Giru but he's trying to hold on to the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Giru trying desperately to get to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Bruin.
Giru is squirming around, avoiding Bruin's attempts to control the action.
Giru is bucking up trying to escape but Bruin cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bruin with good strikes from the mount here!
Giru is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Bruin lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bruin lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Bruin won't let Giru get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Bruin in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andrew Bruin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mawashi Giru's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Bruin on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Giru throws a series of punches but Bruin moves out of range.
Giru misses with a wild combination.
Bruin dodges the punch combination from Giru.
Bruin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bruin drags the fight down to the ground.
Bruin has control of Giru's left arm, preventing Giru from doing any damage.
Bruin is trying to control the position but Giru postures up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Andrew Bruin.
Bruin scores a takedown into full mount!
Bruin wants to control the pace but Giru is squirming around nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Giru can't escape the position.
Andrew Bruin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bruin controlling from mount.
You get the feeling that Giru really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Bruin with shots to the head and body - Giru looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bruin is landing with some decent strikes but Giru is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Giru is looking to improve his position but Bruin isn't that keen on the idea.
Bruin working the ground and pound effectively.
Giru tries to buck Bruin off but he can't manage it.
That's two 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.
Bruin is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Bruin has managed to clinch.
Bruin has clasped his hands together around Giru's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Giru manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Giru is not content to let Bruin control the position.
Bruin is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Bruin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Giru keeps working.
Bruin is pressing down on Giru's thigh, looking to free his foot. Giru is holding on for now.
Giru is trying to escape back to his feet but Bruin uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Giru is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Bruin is controlling him well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giru tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Giru is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Giru tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bruin counters by moving into the clinch.
Giru can't break the clinch.
Bruin pulls guard.
Giru is in close to Bruin's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bruin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Giru is one step ahead there.
Bruin is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Giru gets full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruin won't allow Giru to get back to his feet.
Bruin looking to pass the guard.
Bruin has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Giru is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Giru keeping moving, preventing Bruin from controlling successfully.
Giru wants to stand but Bruin is controlling the position.
Bruin wants to control from the top but Giru keeps moving.
Bruin slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Mawashi Giru has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Andrew Bruin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bruin trying to control but Giru is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Andrew Bruin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bruin 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrew Bruin!
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energy
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hype
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