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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kai Watanabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barich Fendsor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Watanabe might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Bombage by Tiësto. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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170 lbs
11 - 2 - 0 |
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183 cm
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183 lbs
12 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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World class MT
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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
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kai Watanabe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Barich Fendsor!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watanabe lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fendsor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fendsor misses with a body kick.
Fendsor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Watanabe.
Fendsor fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Watanabe checks it well.
Watanabe throws the left hand but Fendsor avoids the punch easily.
Watanabe misses with a few strikes there.
Fendsor paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fendsor takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fendsor takes a jab right on the kisser.
Fendsor is rocked!
Fendsor throws a leg kick that misses.
A good leg kick by Fendsor.
Fendsor fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Watanabe.
Watanabe smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fendsor is still on wobbly legs! Can Watanabe finish him?
Fendsor keeps Watanabe at a distance using the push kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watanabe misses with a series of wild punches.
Watanabe misses with a hook.
Fendsor seems to have recovered his senses.
Fendsor connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Watanabe throws a nice looking combination but Fendsor bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watanabe swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A right-left combo lands from Fendsor.
Fendsor gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fendsor working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fendsor lands an uppercut.
Watanabe wants to break free but Fendsor has control.
Watanabe tries to break the clinch but Fendsor is controlling the position.
Watanabe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fendsor keeps control of Watanabe as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fendsor taking a breather.
Fendsor lands a right hand.
Nice elbow from Fendsor.
Fendsor pushes off an throws an elbow but Watanabe leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Watanabe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fendsor creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Watanabe's defenses.
It looks like Kai Watanabe has been cut.
Watanabe is trying to break the clinch but Fendsor is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fendsor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Watanabe's elbow.
Fendsor tries a body shot but Watanabe blocks it.
Fendsor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fendsor lands a nice shot to the body.
Watanabe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fendsor takes a jab right on the kisser.
Fendsor takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Watanabe misses with an uppercut. Fendsor saw that one coming.
A head kick from Fendsor lands but Watanabe takes it in his stride.
Fendsor ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fendsor is looking to slow Watanabe down with leg kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Fendsor.
Fendsor misses with a leg kick.
Fendsor connects with a looping right hand.
Watanabe swinging wildly here.
Watanabe throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Fendsor counters with a stiff right hand.
Fendsor tries to close the distance and clinch up but Watanabe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fendsor lands a jab-cross combination.
Fendsor lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Watanabe at a distance.
Watanabe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Watanabe is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Watanabe blocks a leg kick.
Watanabe smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Watanabe lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fendsor connects with a leg kick. Watanabe looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Watanabe misses with a body shot
and Fendsor counters with a thumping low kick.
Fendsor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Fendsor.
Fendsor swings away with a body shot that misses
and Watanabe counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fendsor fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fendsor throws a low kick, looking for Watanabe's leg but Watanabe calmly moves out of range.
Fendsor with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Watanabe punishes Fendsor's body with a nice straight punch.
Watanabe throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Fendsor stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kai Watanabe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fendsor tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A shot to the body from Watanabe misses
and Fendsor counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab from Watanabe misses.
Watanabe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Watanabe takes a swing at Fendsor's ribcage but misses.
Watanabe keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Fendsor.
A combination from Fendsor does no damage.
Watanabe throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Fendsor counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Watanabe is trying to maintain the position but Fendsor is very close to passing his half guard.
Fendsor performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watanabe is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Fendsor pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Barich Fendsor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kai Watanabe's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Watanabe misses with a few strikes there.
Fendsor tries to land a leg kick but Watanabe saw it coming and moves away.
Fendsor fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Watanabe drops Fendsor with a left and a right! Oh, Fendsor is hurt - Watanabe dives into side control looking to finish!
Watanabe trying to control the action but Fendsor is working from the bottom.
Watanabe taking a breather here.
Watanabe goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Fendsor has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Watanabe but great work by Fendsor.
Watanabe tries to buck Fendsor off but Fendsor is having none of it.
Watanabe manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watanabe is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Fendsor is looking to improve his position.
Watanabe is trying to control the action in half guard but Fendsor is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Fendsor tries to roll over but Watanabe keeps him under control.
Fendsor moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Watanabe tries to free his leg and advance position but Fendsor is retaining full guard.
Watanabe is working hard here to advance position.
Fendsor can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Watanabe controls the pace.
That's two 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.
Fendsor keeping moving, preventing Watanabe from controlling successfully.
Watanabe is really struggling to control Fendsor but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Watanabe looking to pass the guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Kai Watanabe wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Fendsor shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fendsor looks to score with a jab to the body but Watanabe is just out of range.
Watanabe misses with a double jab
and Fendsor counters with a stiff right hand.
Fendsor moves out of range of the strikes.
Watanabe connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fendsor momentarily.
Watanabe has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Watanabe there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe throws a combination that misses
and Fendsor moves into the clinch.
Watanabe is looking to break free of the clinch but Fendsor has double underhooks.
Watanabe is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Watanabe is trying to break free.
Watanabe has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fendsor pushes Watanabe back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fendsor lands an elbow just above Watanabe 's eye.
Fendsor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fendsor lands a body punch in the clinch.
Watanabe on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Watanabe wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fendsor has him pressed against the cage.
Fendsor works on Watanabe's body with a couple of short punches.
Watanabe avoiding damage as Fendsor throws knees to the body.
Fendsor trying to land knees to the body.
Watanabe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barich Fendsor seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Watanabe scores with a one two! Fendsor had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kai Watanabe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sloppy strikes from Watanabe. Those never looked like landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fendsor closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fendsor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kai Watanabe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Watanabe lands a lovely overhand right.
Watanabe misses with a hook.
Fendsor takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Watanabe circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Fendsor to the canvas! Fendsor doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Watanabe keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kai Watanabe!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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