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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomar Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerald Kiriaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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210 lbs
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214 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tomar Washington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gerald Kiriaki!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Washington shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kiriaki as he jumps to the side.
Washington darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Washington with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Kiriaki tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Washington manages to move to mount!
Kiriaki tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Washington trying to control but Kiriaki is having none of it.
Washington looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiriaki tries to lock up and control but Washington gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Kiriaki keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Kiriaki tries to lock up and control but Washington gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Washington in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Washington trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Kiriaki is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kiriaki is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Washington wants to control the pace but Kiriaki is squirming around nicely.
Kiriaki wants to control but Washington is having none of it.
Kiriaki is trying to escape the mount.
Kiriaki takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Kiriaki is working to get back to half guard.
Washington sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kiriaki reaches up to try and control the position but Washington seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Kiriaki rolls and tries to escape and now Washington has his back!
Washington controlling from the back.
Washington throwing sloppy strikes.
Washington is throwing shots to the body but Kiriaki manages to wriggle free. Washington pounces on him again and ends up in Kiriaki's guard.
Kiriaki is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
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.
Washington with a flurry of punches that miss.
Washington missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Washington stands up and waves to Kiriaki to follow him.
Kiriaki is looking to clinch.
Kiriaki has Washington up against the cage in a clinch.
Kiriaki tries to circle away but Washington has him pinned against the cage.
A hook to the body from Kiriaki.
Washington breaks the clinch.
Washington wants to clinch up but Kiriaki keeps it at a distance.
Kiriaki tries to clinch but Washington is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tomar Washington dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Washington shoots in for a double leg but Kiriaki sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Kiriaki clinches but Washington breaks the clinch
and Washington counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Washington tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Washington takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kiriaki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A left and a right from Kiriaki both land. Nice combination.
Washington tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kiriaki counters with a stiff right hand.
Washington throws a nice looking combination but Kiriaki bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kiriaki throws a leg kick
and Washington counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Sloppy strikes from Washington. Those never looked like landing.
Kiriaki lands with a cross.
A jab lands there for Kiriaki.
Kiriaki drives through and clinches with Washington against the cage.
Kiriaki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Washington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kiriaki!
Kiriaki throws a series of punches but Washington moves out of range.
Washington wants to clinch but Kiriaki slips to the side
and Kiriaki counters by moving into the clinch.
Kiriaki manages to break the clinch.
Kiriaki misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kiriaki fails with an attempt to clinch.
Washington shoots and misses
and Kiriaki counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Washington thinking.
Kiriaki slaps away a takedown attempt from Washington, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tomar Washington. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kiriaki clinches but Washington breaks the clinch
and Washington counters with a shoot takedown. Kiriaki fights it but they end up in guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kiriaki trying to control the position.
Washington gets to his feet. Kiriaki looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiriaki leaves Washington with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Washington throws a lazy head kick
and Kiriaki moves into the clinch.
Kiriaki breaks the clinch.
Washington shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kiriaki throws a head kick that half lands.
Kiriaki closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kiriaki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Washington blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kiriaki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Kiriaki.
Kiriaki unloads a knee to the mid-section. Washington lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kiriaki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kiriaki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Washington paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kiriaki tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kiriaki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Washington shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiriaki clinches up against the cage.
Kiriaki wants to break free but Washington has control.
Washington pulls guard.
Kiriaki wanted to stand there but Washington had control of the position.
Kiriaki works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Kiriaki is looking to stall here but Washington recovers full guard.
Kiriaki decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Washington, up you get!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Washington checks a leg kick.
Washington ducks right into an uppercut from Kiriaki.
Washington fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kiriaki instigates a clinch.
Washington has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kiriaki is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Kiriaki lands a right hand that snaps the head of Washington backwards.
Kiriaki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters circling a little - Kiriaki finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Kiriaki lands a jab-cross combination.
Kiriaki has managed to clinch.
Kiriaki manages to break the clinch.
Kiriaki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
so Washington counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kiriaki wants to stand and escape but Washington is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kiriaki looking for a sweep. Not yet Kiriaki, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gerald Kiriaki 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! And we move into the final round!
Washington fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kiriaki manages to avoid it.
Washington tries to clinch
and Kiriaki counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Washington scores with a nice body kick.
Washington swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kiriaki counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tomar Washington is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kiriaki throws a series of strikes that have Washington backpedaling.
Gerald Kiriaki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Washington tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kiriaki counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kiriaki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Washington misses with a wild combination.
Washington tries to clinch but Kiriaki is having none of it.
Washington shoots in looking for a takedown but Kiriaki manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Washington's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Washington tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kiriaki swivels and escapes.
Kiriaki clinches up against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kiriaki scores a nice knee to the body.
Kiriaki manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Kiriaki.
Washington with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kiriaki to score with a decent uppercut.
Washington tries to clinch up but Kiriaki circles away and keeps his distance.
Kiriaki lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Danga de danga de dang - Kiriaki scores with a four punch combination!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Washington.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tomar Washington. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kiriaki clinches with his opponent.
Kiriaki digs a right hand underneath Washington's ribcage. Washington let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kiriaki lands a right hand that snaps the head of Washington backwards.
Kiriaki breaks from the clinch.
Kiriaki gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kiriaki manages to break the clinch.
Washington throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kiriaki moves into the clinch.
Kiriaki trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington is trying to break the clinch but Kiriaki is controlling him.
Kiriaki tries to land a knee to the head but Washington blocks with his arms.
Kiriaki lands with a left to the head.
Kiriaki lands with a left to the head.
Washington tries to score a body lock takedown but Kiriaki shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Kiriaki breaks from the clinch.
Kiriaki fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kiriaki misses with a double jab.
Horrible takedown by Washington or perhaps it was just good defense by Kiriaki which made him look bad.
Kiriaki moves into the clinch.
Kiriaki content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kiriaki unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kiriaki lands a shoulder strike.
Kiriaki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Washington closes the distance but Kiriaki moves to the side
and Kiriaki counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Washington is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiriaki throws a left and a right that both miss
and Washington moves into the clinch.
Kiriaki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kiriaki stalls.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kiriaki stops a takedown attempt from Washington.
Kiriaki is trying to force a seperation but Washington has the dominant position.
Washington fails to pull guard.
Washington fails to pull guard.
Washington fails to pull guard.
Kiriaki is trying to break the clinch but Washington has him pressed against the cage.
Kiriaki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kiriaki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kiriaki misses with a series of wild punches.
Kiriaki slaps away a takedown attempt from Washington, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kiriaki scores with a three punch combo!
Kiriaki scores with a jab to the body.
Washington falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kiriaki counters by clinching up.
Kiriaki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Washington tries to clinch up
and Kiriaki counters with a left and a right that stings Washington.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kiriaki.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kiriaki scores with a one two! Washington had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Donk. Kiriaki catches Washington right on the button with a cross.
Kiriaki attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Washington is trying hard to land a takedown here. Kiriaki sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gerald Kiriaki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kiriaki 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gerald Kiriaki!
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energy
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FIGHT
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