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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Makebono Bowen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Relcnic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Relcnic has chosen Turbo Lover as his entrance music. Igor Relcnic has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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300 lbs
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300 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 30 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Makebono Bowen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Igor Relcnic!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bowen swats away the attempt to clinch by Relcnic.
Relcnic tries to clinch but Bowen is having none of it.
Relcnic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bowen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bowen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Relcnic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bowen. That did some damage!
Bowen is breathing heavily.
Bowen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Relcnic closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Relcnic.
Bowen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Relcnic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Relcnic lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Makebono Bowen has been cut.
Bowen takes a shot to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Relcnic.
Relcnic crunches a lovely knee into Bowen's ribcage.
Relcnic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bowen takes a knee right on the jaw!
A left hand lands to the body for Relcnic.
Knees in the clinch landing for Relcnic.
Relcnic crunches a lovely knee into Bowen's ribcage.
Relcnic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bowen's defenses.
Relcnic lands with a short shot to the head.
Relcnic lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Relcnic scores a nice knee to the body.
Relcnic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bowen or not.
Relcnic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Relcnic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Relcnic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bowen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Relcnic as the two fighters clinch.
Relcnic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bowen backwards.
Relcnic with a knee to the head.
Makebono Bowen's cut is getting worse.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Relcnic landing knees to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Relcnic working Bowen over with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Relcnic - that landed with a thud.
Nice body punch from Relcnic - that landed with a thud.
Bowen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Relcnic obliges.
Bowen trying to stall but Relcnic improves his position.
Bowen looking to throw knees to the head but Relcnic is blocking nicely.
Relcnic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Relcnic lands a good knee to the midsection. Bowen won't want to take too many of those.
Relcnic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Relcnic with a knee to the head.
Bowen tries to break the clinch but Relcnic is controlling the position.
Relcnic with a knee to the head.
Relcnic works on Bowen's body with a couple of short punches.
Bowen is trying to push Relcnic away but Relcnic has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Relcnic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Relcnic lands an elbow that stopped Bowen in his tracks for a moment.
Relcnic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bowen's defenses.
Relcnic lands a shot to the body.
Relcnic scores with a hook to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Relcnic obliges.
A short right from Bowen.
Relcnic lands a good knee to the midsection. Bowen won't want to take too many of those.
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.
Relcnic connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bowen's face.
Stalling in the clinch from Bowen.
Bowen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Relcnic lands a good knee to the midsection. Bowen won't want to take too many of those.
Bowen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Relcnic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bowen has had enough of the clinch but Relcnic keeps him there for the moment.
Relcnic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bowen backwards.
Relcnic lands a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Relcnic.
Nice elbow from Relcnic.
Bowen working hard to break the clinch.
Bowen is trying to push Relcnic away but Relcnic has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Knees in the clinch landing for Relcnic.
Relcnic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bowen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bowen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Relcnic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bowen doesn't manage to clinch there - Relcnic circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Relcnic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bowen rushes Relcnic and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Relcnic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bowen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Relcnic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Relcnic lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Relcnic lands a good knee to the midsection. Bowen won't want to take too many of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Relcnic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bowen can't break the clinch.
Relcnic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Relcnic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Relcnic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Relcnic with a knee to the head.
Bowen misses with a punch to the body.
Bowen manages to break the clinch.
Relcnic throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bowen.
Relcnic swats away the attempt to clinch by Bowen.
Bowen moves into the clinch.
Relcnic connects with a knee to the head.
Relcnic has Bowen pressed against the cage, preventing Bowen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A right hand to the body from Relcnic.
Bowen stalling in the clinch but Relcnic improves position.
Bowen is trying to break the clinch but Relcnic is controlling him.
Knees in the clinch landing for Relcnic.
Bowen tries to break free but Relcnic pushes him back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Relcnic.
A knee to the head by Relcnic.
Relcnic lands a hook to the side of the head.
Relcnic lands a knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Bowen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bowen manages to break the clinch.
Relcnic plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Relcnic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bowen is looking to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Relcnic moves in looking to clinch but Bowen pushes him off.
Relcnic throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bowen.
Relcnic keeps the fight on the outside.
Relcnic is looking to clinch but Bowen is avoiding it.
Relcnic fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Relcnic delivers a nice body kick.
Bowen is looking to clinch.
Bowen takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bowen keeps the fight on the outside.
Bowen tries to clinch there but Relcnic circles away.
Relcnic fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bowen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A nice leg kick lands there from Relcnic.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Relcnic throws a sloppy head kick and Bowen moves out of range easily.
Relcnic connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Relcnic thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bowen if he has to take too many more of those.
Bowen tries to clinch up but Relcnic circles away and keeps his distance.
Relcnic avoids a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Igor Relcnic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Makebono Bowen's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bowen tries to clinch up but Relcnic circles away and keeps his distance.
Relcnic throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bowen.
A nice leg kick lands there from Relcnic.
Relcnic feints and then cracks Bowen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bowen down.
Relcnic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Relcnic lands with a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Relcnic, right into the meat.
Relcnic scores with a nice strike.
Bowen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Relcnic.
Igor Relcnic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Relcnic throws a sloppy head kick and Bowen moves out of range easily.
Relcnic lands a nice looking body kick.
Bowen darts in and clinches Relcnic up against the cage.
Relcnic lands a good knee to the midsection. Bowen won't want to take too many of those.
Bowen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bowen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Relcnic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bowen tries to work over Relcnic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nice body punch from Relcnic - that landed with a thud.
Relcnic presses Bowen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A frustrated look appears on Bowen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bowen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Bowen looking to stall.
Relcnic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Relcnic lands a nice elbow.
Relcnic lands a damaging elbow.
Bowen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bowen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Relcnic blocks it with crossed arms.
Relcnic connects with a knee to the head.
Relcnic with a knee to the head.
Bowen misses with some punches.
A knee to the head by Relcnic.
Bowen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bowen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Relcnic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Relcnic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bowen or not.
Bowen has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Bowen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Relcnic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bowen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Relcnic lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bowen tries to circle away but Relcnic has him pinned against the cage.
Relcnic has Bowen pressed against the cage, preventing Bowen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Relcnic landing knees to the head.
Bowen is looking to break free of the clinch but Relcnic has double underhooks.
Relcnic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Relcnic prevents Bowen from breaking the clinch.
Bowen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Relcnic lands an elbow inside that Bowen shrugs off.
A frustrated look appears on Bowen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Relcnic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Igor Relcnic seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Relcnic looking to throw knees to the head but Bowen is blocking nicely.
Bowen is trying to stall.
Relcnic working Bowen over with knees to the body.
Relcnic stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Relcnic lands a nice shot to the body.
Relcnic lands a knee to the head.
Relcnic scores with a knee to the head.
Relcnic landing knees to the head.
Bowen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bowen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Relcnic.
Relcnic scores a nice knee to the body.
Bowen tries to break the clinch but Relcnic is controlling the position.
Relcnic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bowen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Relcnic prevents Bowen from breaking the clinch.
Relcnic connects with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Bowen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bowen tries to break the clinch but Relcnic is controlling the position.
Bowen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bowen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Relcnic lands a good knee to the midsection. Bowen won't want to take too many of those.
Bowen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Relcnic lands a nice elbow.
Relcnic lands a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Relcnic avoids the elbow strike from Bowen, against the cage.
Bowen is trying to push Relcnic away but Relcnic has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Relcnic landing knees to the body.
Relcnic crunches a lovely knee into Bowen's ribcage.
Relcnic working Bowen over with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Bowen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Relcnic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Relcnic lands a good knee to the midsection. Bowen won't want to take too many of those.
Relcnic prevents Bowen from breaking the clinch.
Relcnic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bowen tries to circle away but Relcnic has him pinned against the cage.
Relcnic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bowen working hard to break the clinch.
Relcnic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bowen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Relcnic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Relcnic crunches a lovely knee into Bowen's ribcage.
Relcnic scores with a knee to the head.
Bowen can't break the clinch.
Bowen trying to stall but Relcnic improves his position.
Relcnic lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bowen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Relcnic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bowen working aggressively here.
Bowen is looking to break free of the clinch but Relcnic has double underhooks.
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.
Bowen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Relcnic looks to land a combination but Bowen avoids it well.
Relcnic tries to clinch up but Bowen circles away and keeps his distance.
Relcnic fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bowen is looking to clinch.
Bowen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Relcnic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Relcnic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bowen tries to clinch up.
Relcnic moves into range and clinches up with Bowen.
Relcnic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Relcnic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Relcnic comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bowen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Relcnic wants to clinch up but Bowen keeps it at a distance.
Good leg kick by Relcnic there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bowen jabs Relcnic to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Relcnic tries to clinch but Bowen moves out of range.
Makebono Bowen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Relcnic throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bowen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bowen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Relcnic throws a head kick that misses.
Bowen moves in looking to clinch but Relcnic pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Igor Relcnic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Makebono Bowen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Relcnic lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bowen's sensitive parts.
Relcnic tries to clinch but Bowen moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Relcnic.
Relcnic scores with a head kick.
Relcnic lands a two punch combo.
Makebono Bowen's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Bowen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Relcnic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Relcnic.
Relcnic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Relcnic crunches a lovely knee into Bowen's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Relcnic.
Bowen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Relcnic is looking to clinch.
Relcnic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Relcnic pushes Bowen away with a front kick.
Bowen doesn't manage to clinch there - Relcnic circles away.
Relcnic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Relcnic tries to clinch up but Bowen circles away and keeps his distance.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Relcnic. Bowen shrugs it off though.
A swing and a miss from Bowen.
Bowen throws a series of punches but Relcnic moves out of range.
Relcnic connects with an inside leg kick.
Bowen is looking to clinch but Relcnic is avoiding it.
Bowen doesn't manage to clinch there - Relcnic circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Relcnic jabs Bowen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bowen misses with a two punch combination.
Relcnic is looking to clinch.
Relcnic tries to clinch but Bowen moves out of range.
Relcnic jabs Bowen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Relcnic lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bowen moves into the clinch.
Bowen is trying to push Relcnic away but Relcnic has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bowen will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Relcnic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Relcnic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Relcnic scores a nice knee to the body.
Relcnic lands a knee to the head.
Relcnic has Bowen pressed against the cage, preventing Bowen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Relcnic working Bowen over with knees to the body.
Relcnic lands a nice knee to the body.
Relcnic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bowen takes an elbow to the temple.
Relcnic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bowen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Relcnic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Relcnic lands a good knee to the midsection. Bowen won't want to take too many of those.
A knee to the head by Relcnic.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Relcnic comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bowen looking to slow down the pace here.
Relcnic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bowen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Relcnic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Relcnic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bowen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bowen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Relcnic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Relcnic throws a quick inside leg kick.
Relcnic swats away the attempt to clinch by Bowen.
Bowen tries to clinch but Relcnic is having none of it.
A head kick from Relcnic lands but Bowen takes it in his stride.
Relcnic connects with a solid leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bowen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Relcnic lands a nice looking kick to the body. Bowen takes a step back to recover.
Relcnic is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bowen rather than just go for the knockout.
Relcnic tries to keep at a distance but Bowen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bowen looking to slow down the pace here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Relcnic presses Bowen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Relcnic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bowen has had enough of the clinch but Relcnic keeps him there for the moment.
Relcnic comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bowen taking a breather.
A short right from Bowen.
Bowen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Relcnic connects with a knee to the head.
Relcnic keeps control of Bowen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Relcnic lands a nice knee to the body.
Bowen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bowen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bowen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Relcnic throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bowen's head.
Bowen has closed the distance and engaged Relcnic in a clinch.
Relcnic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Relcnic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Relcnic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bowen is trying to maintain a safe position but Relcnic gets an underhook and turns Bowen into the cage.
Knees to the body from Relcnic.
Bowen's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Bowen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Relcnic has him pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Relcnic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bowen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Relcnic lands a damaging elbow.
Bowen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Relcnic tries to clinch there but Bowen circles away.
Relcnic tries to clinch up.
Relcnic lands with a thumping leg kick.
Relcnic lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Relcnic swats away the attempt to clinch by Bowen.
Relcnic is looking to clinch but Bowen is avoiding it.
Relcnic ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bowen throws a head kick but Relcnic moves out of range.
Bowen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Relcnic is looking to slow Bowen down with leg kicks.
Relcnic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bowen tries to clinch up but Relcnic circles away and keeps his distance.
Relcnic tries to clinch there but Bowen circles away.
Bowen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Makebono Bowen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bowen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bowen throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that's the end of the fight!
Igor Relcnic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Relcnic 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 26:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Igor Relcnic!
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