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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Byron Blythe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paco Taco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blythe comes to the cage accompanied by I want your skulls- Misfits. Taco has chosen Angel Doze - Clack Clack as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Byron Blythe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Paco Taco!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blythe lands the left hand.
Blythe lands with a good body shot.
Blythe avoids the head kick by Taco.
Blythe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Taco throws out the jab.
Blythe takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Blythe has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Taco finds it's way round the side to connect with Blythe's head.
Taco scores with a leg kick.
Blythe swinging wildly here.
Byron Blythe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Taco misses.
Blythe throws a series of punches but Taco avoids them all with ease.
Blythe avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Taco connects with a solid leg kick.
Taco lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Blythe keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Blythe throws an overhand right that lands on Taco's shoulder, as Taco tries to avoid the shot.
Blythe swings widly with a right hand
and Taco makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Taco fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Blythe checks it well.
Taco throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Taco.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Taco looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Taco ducks under a wild hook from Blythe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taco lands a nice shot to the body.
Blythe is breathing heavily.
Taco lands with a thumping leg kick.
Taco moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A clash of legs there as Blythe blocks the low kick.
Taco moves in looking to clinch but Blythe pushes him off.
Taco misses with a head kick.
Blythe takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Blythe misses with a body shot.
Taco throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Blythe counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Blythe on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Taco. Taco obviously looking to wear him down.
Taco rushes Blythe and presses him up against the cage.
Blythe has had enough of the clinch but Taco keeps him there for the moment.
Taco misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blythe.
Blythe avoiding damage as Taco throws knees to the body.
Blythe wants to break the clinch but can't.
Blythe is trying to break free.
Taco landing knees to the body.
Taco lands a shoulder strike.
Taco is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Taco tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taco landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Come on Taco - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Blythe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Taco landing knees to the body.
Blythe on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Taco.
Blythe has had enough of the clinch but Taco keeps him there for the moment.
Taco slowing the pace effectively.
Blythe has had enough of the clinch but Taco keeps him there for the moment.
Taco is leaning against Blythe and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Taco has Blythe pressed against the cage, preventing Blythe from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Taco landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Blythe wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Taco has him pressed against the cage.
Blythe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Taco feints and then cracks Blythe's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Blythe down.
Blythe is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A shot to the liver by Taco. Beautiful body shot.
Taco turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A shot to the body from Blythe misses
and Taco counters with a right hand to the body.
Taco throws a head kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taco scores with a shot to the body.
Taco lands with a kick to the temple. Blythe shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Taco connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Taco lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Taco clinches with his opponent.
Taco tries to land knees in the clinch but Blythe avoids the damage to the body.
Taco lands a good knee to the midsection. Blythe won't want to take too many of those.
Taco scores with a knee to the head.
Taco blocks an uppercut.
Blythe letting Taco take a breather here.
Taco works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Blythe breaks from the clinch.
Blythe takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Blythe tries to keep at a distance but Taco has taken the fight into the clinch.
Blythe on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blythe wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Blythe is trying to break free.
Blythe misses with a knee strike.
Taco lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Taco lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blythe or not.
Taco scores with a hook to the body.
Taco misses with a knee strike.
Taco landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Taco.
Taco using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blythe has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch on the inside from Blythe fails to land.
Taco lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blythe looking to slow down the pace here.
Blythe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blythe lands a nice uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Taco.
Taco has Blythe pushed against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Taco.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paco Taco dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Taco scores with a nice strike.
Taco clinches up with Blythe and pushes him back against the cage.
Taco manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A head punch on the inside from Blythe fails to land.
Blythe is trying to break free.
Taco throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Blythe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blythe tries to throw a body punch but Taco avoids it by throwing Blythe back against the cage.
Taco misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blythe.
Taco is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Taco trying to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taco trying to control the position but instead, Blythe has worked for underhooks and has pushed Taco into the cage.
Taco trying to land knees to the body.
Blythe lands a left hand that snaps the head of Taco backwards.
Blythe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Blythe connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Taco's hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taco scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Taco tries to score with a low kick but Blythe moves his leg out of the way.
Taco misses with a leg kick.
Taco wants to slow Blythe down by chopping away at his legs.
Taco wants to clinch up but Blythe keeps it at a distance.
Blythe misses with a shot to the body
and Taco counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Taco has managed to clinch.
Taco is trying to maintain a safe position but Blythe gets an underhook and turns Taco into the cage.
Blythe takes a knee to the side of the body.
Taco is breathing heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Blythe fails to land.
Taco tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blythe avoids it.
Blythe swings wildly with an uppercut but Taco uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blythe lands a nice shot to the body.
Taco lands a hook to the side of the head.
Taco missing with knees to the body.
Taco tries to land knees in the clinch but Blythe avoids the damage to the body.
Blythe wants to get back to striking at distance but Taco won't allow it.
Blythe scores with a shoulder strike.
Taco keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Blythe's efforts to push away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taco trying to stall but Blythe improves his position.
Blythe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Blythe as Taco tries to tie him up.
Taco is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blythe is defending well for now.
Taco working Blythe over with knees to the body.
Taco tries to land knees in the clinch but Blythe avoids the damage to the body.
Blythe throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tacos head.
Taco lands a body shot.
Blythe tries a body shot but Taco blocks it.
Taco tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blythe avoids it.
Taco tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blythe avoids it.
Taco landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Blythe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Blythe throws a series of punches but Taco moves out of range.
Blythe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Taco takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Blythe throws a series of punches but Taco moves out of range.
Blythe throws a body punch but Taco moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Blythe does it's job there.
Taco slips under a jab.
Byron Blythe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blythe thuds a left hand into Taco's body.
Blythe swings widly with a right hand
and Taco counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Blythe throws a poor cross that misses
and Taco counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Blythe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That kick from Taco tenderised Blythe's leg. Blythe is trying to keep his angry face on.
Taco connects with a good right hand that stumbles Blythe. Blythe circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Taco misses with an uppercut.
Taco rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Blythe moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A shot to the liver by Blythe. Beautiful body shot.
Blythe stalks Taco and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Taco's face. Taco staggers backwards, shaken.
A chopping leg kick lands by Taco.
Taco lands a jab to Blythe's midsection.
Blythe scores with a jab to the body.
Blythe connects with a body shot that sends Taco's belly button to the back.
Taco chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blythe throws a jab but it's blocked by Taco.
Blythe checks a leg kick.
Taco lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Taco tries to land a leg kick but Blythe saw it coming and moves away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Taco.
Blythe throws an overhand right that lands on Taco's shoulder, as Taco tries to avoid the shot.
Taco fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A shot to the body from Blythe misses
and Taco counters with a left to the body.
Blythe misses with a hook
and Taco counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Taco changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Taco is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Taco is looking to score with low kicks.
Taco lands with a nice body kick.
Taco misses with a hook
and Blythe counters with a left and a right that stings Taco.
Taco is looking to slow Blythe down with leg kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Taco.
Taco throws a low kick, looking for Blythe's leg but Blythe calmly moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Paco Taco will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Taco misses the jab.
Blythe walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Blythe misses with a hook.
Blythe misses with a series of wild punches.
A left lands for Taco.
Taco gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Blythe struggles to land a body shot inside as Taco controls his hands.
Taco connects with a knee to the head.
Taco lands a body punch.
Taco throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blythe blocks it with crossed arms.
Blythe doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blythe trying to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blythe is trying to break the clinch but Taco is controlling him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Knees in the clinch landing for Taco.
Taco lands a shot to the body.
Taco lands a knee to the body.
Taco misses with a knee to the head.
Taco landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Taco scores with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taco blocks a body shot from Blythe.
Blythe avoiding damage as Taco throws knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Taco obliges.
Taco taking a breather.
Taco receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Taco tries to work over Blythe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blythe lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Taco trying to land knees to the body.
Taco prevents a body shot from Blythe.
Blythe blocks an uppercut.
Blythe breaks from the clinch.
Blythe tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Taco on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Blythe chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Taco can pounce on him.
Taco throws a nice inside leg kick.
Blythe lands with a shot to the body.
Taco ducks under a wild hook from Blythe.
Blythe swats away the attempt to clinch by Taco.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taco uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Blythe.
Taco darts in and clinches Blythe up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Taco with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Taco lands a knee to the body.
Taco wants to stall.
Paco Taco seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Blythe lands an uppercut.
Blythe letting Taco take a breather here.
Blythe digs a right hand underneath Taco's ribcage. Taco let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Blythe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Taco works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Taco slips a jab and a cross from Blythe.
Blythe takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Blythe misses with an uppercut. Taco saw that one coming.
Blythe swings for the body but Taco moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taco lands with a thumping leg kick.
Taco connects with a solid leg kick.
Taco moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Taco fails with an attempt to clinch.
Taco misses with a hook
and Blythe counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Blythe misses with a wild body shot.
Taco looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Taco takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Taco misses with a low kick.
Blythe thows a left - swing and a miss!
Blythe misses with a hook to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Blythe swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Good shot there by Taco.
Taco throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Taco dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Blythe. That did some damage!
Blythe throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Taco counters with an inside leg kick.
Blythe misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taco misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Taco scores with a head kick.
Blythe swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Taco counters with a nice low kick that buckles Blythe's knee momentarily.
Taco lands with a nice body kick.
Blythe with a hook.
Taco feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Blythe's calf.
Taco swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Blythe counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Taco throws a sloppy head kick and Blythe moves out of range easily.
Blythe connects with a body shot that sends Taco's belly button to the back.
Blythe stuns Taco with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Blythe looks to score with a jab to the body but Taco is just out of range.
Taco cracks the inside of Blythe's front leg.
Blythe blocks the body kick.
The fighters circling - Taco throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice defenses there by Taco.
Byron Blythe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paco Taco seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Taco fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paco Taco comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Taco 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paco Taco!
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