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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Phema (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Curtis Clay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clay has chosen Atari Teenage Riot - Revolution Action as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
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185 cm
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200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart |
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, James Phema!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Curtis Clay!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clay takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Clay takes one on the button.
James Phema seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Phema steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Clay.
Clay ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Phema moves away.
Clay takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
It looks like Curtis Clay has been cut.
Phema misses with a jab, cross combination.
Phema tries to bum rush Clay with a series of wild strikes but Clay uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A combination from Phema does no damage.
Clay gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Clay misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Clay fails to land.
Clay leaning against his opponent.
Clay throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clay taking a breather.
Phema is trying to force a seperation but Clay has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Phema's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Phema tries to circle away but Clay has him pinned against the cage.
Clay breaks the clinch.
Clay staying out of range there.
Phema looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Phema swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Phema will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Clay ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Clay ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Phema moves away.
That's two 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.
Phema displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A big right from Clay misses.
Clay misses with a looping right.
No joy there for Phema, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jab by Phema.
Phema throws a series of punches but Clay moves out of range.
Clay tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Phema was well out of range. Poor timing from Clay.
A looping hook to the body misses from Clay. Phema does a little dance to reset his feet.
A combination from Phema does no damage.
Clay misses with a body shot.
Phema throws a big shot that misses.
Phema throws a right and a left that Clay avoids nicely.
Phema uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Clay.
Clay uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Phema.
A slow jab from Phema misses its intended target.
Phema throws a big shot that misses.
Phema misses with a wild combination.
Phema moves out of range as Clay strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clay misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Phema throws a shot to the body.
Phema looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Phema is breathing heavily.
Phema scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Clay throws the left hand but Phema avoids the punch easily.
A punch combination from Phema misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Clay. Phema does a little dance to reset his feet.
Phema avoids the body shot from Clay.
Phema misses with a jab, cross combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Clay. Phema does a little dance to reset his feet.
Clay is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Phema rather than just go for the knockout.
Clay tries to move into range but Phema moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Phema steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Clay.
Clay throws a body punch but Phema moves out of range.
Phema throws a series of punches but Clay avoids them all with ease.
Clay throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Phema misses with a double jab.
Phema fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Clay manages to avoid it.
Clay uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Phema.
Clay throws a hook to the side of Phema's head but Phema sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clay thows a body shot but no joy.
Phema throws a series of punches but Clay avoids them all with ease.
Clay throws a right hand that Phema ducks under and follows up with a left that Phema also avoids with ease.
A combination from Phema does no damage.
Phema steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Clay.
Clay tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Phema was well out of range. Poor timing from Clay.
Clay avoids a punch combination nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Clay misses the target.
Clay looks to throw the jab but Phema is out of range.
Clay swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Clay misses with a hook.
Clay throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Phema avoids the body shot from Clay.
Clay throws a body punch but Phema moves out of range.
Clay ducks under a wild hook from Phema.
Phema loads up on a big right hand but Clay slips the punch.
Clay throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Phema dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Curtis Clay's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A combination from Phema does no damage.
Clay scores a takedown into full mount!
Phema blocking the ground and pound.
Clay throwing strikes here but Phema is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Clay sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Phema takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Clay can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Phema is looking to escape.
Clay unloads with some shots from mount but Phema bucks and avoids them well.
Clay throws some wild stikes that Phema manages to avoid easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clay thowing shots but they're missing.
Clay misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Clay throws some wild stikes that Phema manages to avoid easily.
Poor strikes thrown by Clay there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Clay thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Clay trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Clay throws some wild stikes that Phema manages to avoid easily.
Clay unloads with some shots from mount but Phema bucks and avoids them well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Clay has isolated one of Phema's arms. Phema looking to fight him off but Clay twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Curtis Clay!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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