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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kye Lawson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tonyo Paparito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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172 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Big heart |
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Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kye Lawson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tonyo Paparito!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paparito shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lawson as he jumps to the side.
Paparito shoots in looking for a takedown but Lawson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Paparito's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Lawson shoots for a double leg takedown but Paparito sprawls well. He's pushed Lawson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A head kick misses from Lawson.
Lawson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Paparito moves into the clinch.
Lawson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lawson throws a punch but it's blocked by Paparito.
Lawson throws a head punch that misses.
Paparito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Paparito pulls guard successfully.
Paparito working a defensive guard here.
Lawson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Lawson thows a big elbow that misses.
Paparito is pulling down on Lawson's head. It's preventing any offense from Lawson, at least for the moment.
Lawson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Paparito's head.
Lawson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Paparito had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Lawson defends it easily.
Paparito working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lawson.
Lawson scoring with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paparito trying to control the position.
Lawson is in close to Paparito's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Paparito is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lawson cracks Paparito with a solid left hand.
Paparito looks gassed!
Lawson stands up over Paparito, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Paparito looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lawson is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawson chips away with some ground and pound.
Paparito looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lawson is one step ahead there.
Lawson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lawson stopping the sweep attempt from Paparito.
Lawson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lawson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lawson connects with a couple of short punches.
Lawson lands a couple of digs.
Lawson connects with a couple of short punches.
Lawson stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paparito keeps the fight on the outside.
Lawson moves into the clinch successfully.
Lawson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lawson lands with a light punch inside.
Lawson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Paparito blocking some punches.
Paparito blocking some punches.
Lawson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Paparito wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lawson has him pressed against the cage.
Lawson has a couple of punches blocked by Paparito.
Lawson throws a head punch that misses.
Lawson lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Paparito.
A head punch on the inside from Lawson fails to land.
Lawson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lawson working aggressively here.
Lawson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lawson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lawson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Lawson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lawson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lawson misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four 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.
Lawson misses with the head strike.
Lawson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Paparito blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lawson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Paparito's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Paparito takes a shot to the head.
Paparito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lawson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lawson throws a punch but it's blocked by Paparito.
Lawson working aggressively here.
Paparito is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Kye Lawson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tonyo Paparito.
Lawson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Paparito blocking some punches.
Paparito successfully pulls guard.
Lawson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Lawson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Lawson gets to his feet - Paparito follows without any prompting.
Paparito fails with the takedown
and Lawson counters with a single leg into guard. Paparito didn't expect that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kye Lawson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Paparito tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lawson swivels and escapes.
Paparito misses with a double jab
and Lawson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Paparito trying to control here.
Lawson stands up and beckons Paparito to join him on the feet.
Lawson jabs Paparito right on the nose. Paparito blinks but takes it well.
Lawson moves into the clinch successfully.
Lawson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lawson misses with some punches.
Lawson misses with the head strike.
Paparito blocks an uppercut.
Lawson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Paparito blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lawson.
Paparito is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Lawson scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lawson throws a punch but it's blocked by Paparito.
Lawson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Paparito tries to break free but Lawson pushes him back against the cage.
Lawson throws a head punch that misses.
Paparito putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lawson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lawson misses with the head strike.
Lawson throws a punch but it's blocked by Paparito.
Lawson misses with the head strike.
Lawson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Paparito blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Paparito tries to break the clinch but Lawson is controlling the position.
A head punch on the inside from Lawson fails to land.
Lawson is pressed up against the cage. Paparito has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Lawson down to the mat. Lawson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Kye Lawson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tonyo Paparito.
Lawson throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Lawson closes the distance and pushes Paparito back into the cage.
Paparito blocking some punches.
Paparito creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lawson's defenses.
Lawson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Lawson fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Lawson fails to land.
Paparito tries to score a body lock takedown but Lawson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Paparito blocks an uppercut.
Lawson misses with a punch on the inside.
Lawson throws a punch but it's blocked by Paparito.
Paparito is trying to break the clinch but Lawson has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Paparito.
Paparito pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Paparito tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lawson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Paparito has hold of Lawson's hands but Lawson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Lawson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Lawson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Lawson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lawson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Paparito defending well though.
Lawson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Paparito with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Lawson drops an elbow to the side of Paparito's head.
Paparito makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Paparito.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawson stands and steps away. Paparito gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Paparito's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Paparito duly obliges.
Lawson moves into the clinch.
Paparito pulls guard.
Lawson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Paparito works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Paparito holds on and takes a little breather.
Lawson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Paparito works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lawson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Paparito is working an open guard so Lawson takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Lawson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Lawson scores with a four punch combination!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Lawson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Lawson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lawson lands a couple of elbows.
Kye Lawson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Paparito throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Paparito is trying to control the position but Lawson postures up.
Lawson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lawson postures up in Paparito's guard and throws a big left but Paparito blocks it.
Lawson decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Paparito, up you get!
Paparito misses with a takedown attempt
and Lawson counters with a low kick, right behind Paparito 's knee.
Paparito misses with a takedown
and Lawson counters with a big head kick but Paparito shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kye Lawson dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Paparito looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lawson is fending him off so far but Paparito persists. Nope, Lawson circles away and we're back to standing.
A combination from Lawson does no damage.
Paparito circles away from the clinch attempt.
A head kick misses from Lawson.
Lawson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Paparito utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Paparito avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lawson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Paparito pushes Lawson off and gets back to his feet.
Lawson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lawson keeps the fight on the outside.
Lawson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawson wants to pass the guard but Paparito is keeping the position.
Lawson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lawson is in close to Paparito's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Paparito controlling the position.
Lawson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Paparito can do to turn this around?
Paparito tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lawson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Lawson stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Paparito shoots and misses
and Lawson counters with a body kick.
Lawson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lawson is looking to land body kicks.
Lawson tries a head kick but it misses.
Paparito has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lawson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Paparitos head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paparito trying to stall but Lawson improves his position.
Paparito breaks the clinch.
Lawson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Paparito pinned against the cage. Paparito gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A combination from Lawson does no damage.
Paparito closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lawson circles away.
Kye Lawson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tonyo Paparito.
Paparito lands with a nice combination. Lawson backs away looking to recover.
Lawson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Paparito can't do much from the bottom here.
Lawson working the ground and pound.
Paparito avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Lawson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paparito gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Paparito tries to get to full guard but Lawson has control of the leg.
Lawson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Lawson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nice strikes from Lawson there.
Paparito works his way to full guard. Good work.
Paparito has momentary wrist control but Lawson slips an elbow through the middle.
Lawson decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Paparito, up you get!
Paparito fails to land the takedown.
Paparito is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Paparito striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Lawson stands up and beckons Paparito to his feet.
Lawson fails to land with a series of punches.
Paparito misses with a takedown
and Lawson counters with a nice double leg into side control. Paparito won't be happy with that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paparito takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Lawson in side control lands a decent elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lawson moves into full mount!
Lawson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Paparito can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kye Lawson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lawson 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kye Lawson!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
72% |
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