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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Jake Hardy has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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, Jake Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruce Wayne!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardy loads up on a big right hand but Wayne slips the punch.
Hardy throws a nice looking combination but Wayne bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hardy fails with a takedown attempt.
Hardy stalks Wayne and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Wayne's face. Wayne staggers backwards, shaken.
It looks like Bruce Wayne has been cut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wayne looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hardy.
Hardy tries to clinch up but Wayne circles away and keeps his distance.
Hardy lands a nice hook to Wayne's body. Wayne takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hardy tries to clinch up
and Wayne counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Hardy!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wayne breaks from Hardy's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Wayne with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Wayne is standing up, even though he is in mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy fails with the takedown
so Wayne counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Wayne is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Wayne prevents Hardy from getting back to his feet.
Wayne is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Wayne sitting in guard here, content to control.
Hardy has momentary wrist control but Wayne slips an elbow through the middle.
Wayne won't allow Hardy to get back to his feet.
Wayne postures up in Hardy's guard and throws a big left but Hardy blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wayne gets to his feet - Hardy follows without any prompting.
Wayne gets the takedown into side control.
Wayne scores with a couple of short elbows.
Hardy is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wayne lands some shots froms side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wayne in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Wayne lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hardy down.
Hardy tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Wayne decides to take the fight back to the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy tries for a takedown but Wayne circles away easily
and Wayne counters with a shoot takedown. Hardy fights it but they end up in guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Hardy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hardy is breathing heavily.
Wayne gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Hardy misses the shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Hardy.
Hardy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jake Hardy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wayne shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Wayne is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wayne winds up and cracks Hardy with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hardy wants to control the action here but instead Wayne manages to pass to full mount!
Wayne controlling the position easily from mount.
Wayne looking to control but Hardy is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wayne avoids the attempt from Hardy to control.
Wayne lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Wayne dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Wayne's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hardy goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Hardy tries to clinch but Wayne is having none of it.
Hardy moves out of range of the body kick.
Hardy lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Wayne backs up against the cage.
Hardy misses with a double jab.
Hardy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wayne.
Wayne shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Hardy napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Hardy looks to move to half guard but instead Wayne has passed into mount! Damn!
Wayne lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wayne looking to control and managing it successfully.
Wayne has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Wayne's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Hardy knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Wayne on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne with good strikes from the mount here!
Bruce Wayne has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hardy trying desperately to get to his feet.
Wayne trying to control but Hardy is having none of it.
Hardy is bucking up trying to escape but Wayne cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Wayne with shots to the head and body - Hardy looks very uncomfortable down there.
Wayne content just to control the position here.
BOOM! Wayne connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy wants to hold on but Wayne pushes him away.
Wayne breaks from Hardy's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Wayne postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hardy looks a forlorn figure.
Wayne stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
A head kick by Wayne misses
letting Hardy counter with a right hand.
Wayne is looking to clinch.
Hardy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wayne shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Wayne was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Hardy is working to get back to half guard.
Wayne looking to control but Hardy is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Wayne is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wayne controlling the position easily from mount.
Hardy wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Hardy is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Wayne.
Hardy just trying to survive but Wayne is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Wayne has his arm under Hardy's chin here. Game over son! Wayne squeezes tightly and Hardy is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Bruce Wayne!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
56% |
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