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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Vega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bolo Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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265 lbs
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198 cm
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275 lbs
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Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brandon Vega!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bolo Young!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young misses with the combination.
Young lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
It looks like Brandon Vega has been cut.
Young lands a jab-cross combination.
Vega shoots in looking for a takedown. Young tries to sprawl out of it but Vega keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Young manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vega doesn't seem bothered though.
Young fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vega, pushing him back against the cage.
Vega is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Young is trying to break the clinch but Vega is controlling him.
Young wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Young wants a takedown but no success here.
Vega is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Young gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Young is trying to break free.
Young has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vega has Young pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Vega pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Young tumbling to the mat - Vega dives into Young's guard.
Vega trying to control but Young is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young being controlled here, momentarily.
Young keeping full guard, as Vega tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vega trying to control but Young is working from the bottom.
Vega is breathing heavily.
Vega stops Young from standing up.
That's two 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.
Vega trying to control but Young is working from the bottom.
Vega is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Vega fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brandon Vega. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Young misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Young scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Vega swats away the attempt to clinch by Young.
A nice combination there by Young.
Young has managed to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vega has Young pressed against the cage, preventing Young from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Young is trying to break the clinch but Vega has him pressed against the cage.
Vega looking for a takedown.
Vega manages to pull guard.
Vega looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Vega preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Young throwing strikes from guard but Vega blocks nicely.
Vega wants to stand and escape but Young is having none of it.
Young really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Vega. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Young throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vega works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Vega looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Vega bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Young's guard.
Young keeping moving, preventing Vega from controlling successfully.
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.
Vega trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Young wants to stand but Vega is controlling the position.
Vega slips nicely into half guard.
Vega is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Young is looking for a sweep. Vega is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bolo Young dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brandon Vega's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Vega changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Young looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Vega wants to control but Young is keeping him busy.
Vega controls the position from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Young is trying to buck Vega off.
Vega is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vega moves into full mount!
Vega controlling the pace for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Vega's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Brandon Vega just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Young displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Vega.
Vega tries to score a power double leg takedown but Young sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Vega somewhat.
Young scores with a one two! Vega had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Vega shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Young as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brandon Vega. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Young swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vega avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vega shoots for a double leg takedown but Young sprawls well. He's pushed Vega's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
No joy there for Young, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Young stalks Vega and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Vega's face. Vega staggers backwards, shaken.
Vega with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Young to score with a decent uppercut.
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.
Young lands a really nice looking cross but Vega seems unphased.
Vega shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Young stuffs the takedown.
Young misses with a two punch combination.
Young tests Vega's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vega fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Young lands a two punch combo.
Vega fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Young manages to avoid it.
Horrible takedown by Vega or perhaps it was just good defense by Young which made him look bad.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Young doesn't manage to clinch there - Vega circles away.
Vega fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Young sprawls well initially but Vega persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Vega is trying to control the action in half guard but Young is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brandon Vega dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brandon Vega's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Young lands with a nice combination. Vega backs away looking to recover.
A right-left combo lands from Young.
Vega shoots for a takedown but Young saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Young fails to land with a series of punches.
No luck for Vega with that takedown attempt.
Young throws a series of strikes that have Vega backpedaling.
Vega gets the takedown into side control.
Vega sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Young is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Young is not content to let Vega control the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Vega in side control, just content to control the action for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Brandon Vega.
Young jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Vega is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A combination from Young does no damage.
Young comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vega throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Young's waist but Young gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Vega off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brandon Vega. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Young lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Young swinging wildly here.
Young darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Young throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Young stuffs the takedown attempt from Vega. Vega gets slowly back to his feet.
Bolo Young is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Young misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bolo Young seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Young connects with a high kick.
Vega will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Brandon Vega is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Young lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vega circles away quickly and effectively.
Young swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Vega slips a jab and a cross from Young.
Young keeps the fight on the outside.
Young throws a good cross that connects.
Young swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Young throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Young leaves Vega with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
No joy there for Young, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Young throws a right and a left that both miss.
Left hook, right uppercut from Young.
Young fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Young keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Young will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bolo Young.
I think Young 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bolo Young!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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