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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Corporal Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Pettis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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, Corporal Robinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matt Pettis!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robinson gets caught flat footed, as Pettis shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Pettis controls from within his opponent's guard.
Robinson is looking to stand up but Pettis isn't so interested in that idea.
Pettis stands and steps away. Robinson gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Robinson fails with the takedown
and Pettis counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Robinson's guard now.
Pettis lands a couple of digs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pettis pushes down on Robinson's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Pettis trying to control the action but Robinson is working from the bottom.
Pettis trying to control the pace.
Robinson is trying to maintain the position but Pettis is very close to passing his half guard.
Pettis trying to pass the guard but Robinson defending well.
Robinson pushes Pettis off and gets back to his feet.
That's two 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.
Pettis doesn't manage to clinch there - Robinson circles away.
Robinson tries to clinch but Pettis moves out of range.
Pettis shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Robinson is trying to defend but Pettis finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Pettis trying to control from half guard but Robinson is working away.
Robinson is trying to get back to full guard.
Pettis is taking a breather. Robinson says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Robinson is looking to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson looks like he's trying to stand up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pettis stands up out of the half guard.
Robinson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Pettis gets full guard.
Pettis tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Robinson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Pettis looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Pettis wants to sweep here but Robinson controlling him for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson looking to sit in guard and control but Pettis gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Pettis landing with the ground and pound.
Pettis stands up and waves to Robinson to follow him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pettis looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Pettis dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Pettis misses with a looping left.
Robinson has his takedown stuffed
and Pettis counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Robinson's guard now.
Pettis gets to his feet - Robinson follows without any prompting.
Pettis slips a straight right by Robinson.
Pettis is trying hard to land a takedown here. Robinson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Robinson moves in looking to clinch but Pettis pushes him off.
Pettis scores a takedown into full mount!
A nice elbow there by Pettis.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Robinson is looking to get to half guard.
Pettis raining down shots from the mount!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson wants to control but Pettis is having none of it.
Pettis controlling from mount.
Pettis prevents Robinson from getting the reversal.
Matt Pettis has got the better of the ground game so far.
Robinson wants to control but Pettis is having none of it.
Pettis tries to control but Robinson wriggling away.
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.
Robinson throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Robinson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Robinson tries to hold on but Pettis postures up.
Pettis controlling his opponent.
Pettis lands a nice shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pettis prevents Robinson from getting the reversal.
Pettis content just to control the position here.
Robinson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Pettis connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Robinson wants to control but Pettis is having none of it.
Pettis with a couple of short strikes.
Pettis pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Pettis sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pettis breaks from Robinson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Pettis connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Pettis in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Pettis wants to control the pace but Robinson is squirming around nicely.
Pettis tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Pettis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Pettis drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Pettis grinds an elbow into Robinson's temple.
Pettis stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Robinson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Pettis counters with a straight right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Pettis misses the target.
Pettis has Robinson up against the cage in a clinch.
Robinson tries to land knees in the clinch but Pettis avoids the damage to the body.
Pettis has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pettis jumps guard but Robinson stands there with Pettis around his waist. Pettis gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Pettis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Robinson's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Robinson no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Robinson controls Pettis momentarily but Pettis frees himself.
Pettis is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Pettis postures up.
Pettis not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Pettis throwing strikes from guard but Robinson blocks nicely.
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.
Pettis pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Robinson is keeping the position for now.
Robinson keeping moving, preventing Pettis from controlling successfully.
Robinson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Robinson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Robinson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Robinson stopping the sweep attempt from Pettis.
Pettis manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pettis tries to control but Robinson wriggling away.
Pettis controlling the position easily from mount.
Pettis scores with a couple of good head shots there.
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.
Pettis tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Robinson is working to get back to half guard.
Pettis landing strikes from the mount.
Robinson tries to hold on but Pettis postures up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Pettis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pettis has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Pettis!
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FIGHT
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