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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Batista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Otsuka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Batista comes into the arena with I WALK ALONE blaring out of the sound system. Otsuka is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Justice - Civilization. Alexander Otsuka has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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265 lbs
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265 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dave Batista!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alexander Otsuka!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Batista gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Otsuka decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Batista's guard.
Otsuka wants to control from the top but Batista keeps moving.
Otsuka content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Batista lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Otsuka!
Otsuka is trying to escape the mount.
Batista unloads with some shots from mount but Otsuka bucks and avoids them well.
Otsuka wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Batista.
Otsuka really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Otsuka tries to lock up and control but Batista gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Batista with a couple of short strikes.
Batista is landing with some decent strikes but Otsuka is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Batista prevents Otsuka from getting the reversal.
Otsuka wants to hold on but Batista pushes him away.
Otsuka tries to improve his position but instead Batista has taken his back!
Batista missing with strikes.
Otsuka tries to roll but Batista sticks to his back.
Batista doesn't have the hooks in and Otsuka manages to turn into his guard.
Otsuka is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Otsuka showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Batista keeping moving, preventing Otsuka from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batista is looking for a triangle but Otsuka pushes his legs off easily.
Otsuka stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Batista swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Otsuka chips away with some ground and pound.
Batista avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Otsuka keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Batista's head.
Batista working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Otsuka doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Otsuka manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Batista not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Otsuka tries to free his leg and advance position but Batista is retaining full guard.
Otsuka scoring with punches to the head and body.
Batista is trying to control the position but Otsuka postures up.
Otsuka trying to control the position from guard on top but Batista is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Otsuka sitting in guard here, content to control.
Batista pulls Otsuka in close to prevent any damage.
Otsuka really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Batista. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Batista not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Dave Batista just wasn't active enough.
Batista shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Otsuka counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Batista is breathing heavily.
Otsuka lands a couple of elbows.
Batista being controlled here, momentarily.
Otsuka works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Otsuka is keen to just control but Batista is a slippery customer.
Otsuka is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Otsuka trying to control the action but Batista is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Otsuka winds up and cracks Batista with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Batista holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Batista actively working from the bottom here.
Otsuka keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Otsuka lands strikes from half guard.
Otsuka thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Batista's head.
Otsuka seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Batista does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Otsuka working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Otsuka is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Otsuka working the head and body with strikes.
Otsuka working the head and body with strikes.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Otsuka connects with a nice short shot to Batista's temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Otsuka dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Otsuka fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Batista to the ground. Otsuka is now in Batista's guard.
Batista utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Batista tries to strike from the bottom.
Otsuka slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Batista manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Otsuka is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Batista thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Batista trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Otsuka is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Otsuka is desperately trying to improve his position but Batista has a good base and remains in mount.
Otsuka is trying to reverse the position but instead Batista has taken his back - oops!
I really don't envy Otsuka right now.
Otsuka prevents Batista from getting a body triangle.
Batista lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Batista tightening his grip on Otsuka, looking for the choke.
Otsuka tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batista throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Otsuka because Batista loaded up on that one.
Otsuka is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Batista will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Batista goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Otsuka turns into him and now he's in Batista's guard.
Batista keeping moving, preventing Otsuka from controlling successfully.
Otsuka throwing strikes but missing.
Otsuka works over Batista with some ground and pound from guard.
Batista is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Batista keeping moving, preventing Otsuka from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Otsuka stands up over Batista, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Otsuka throwing strikes from guard but Batista blocks nicely.
Batista keeping full guard, as Otsuka tries to pass.
Otsuka must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Batista controls Otsuka momentarily but Otsuka frees himself.
Otsuka avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Otsuka lands a couple of digs.
Batista keeping full guard, as Otsuka tries to pass.
Otsuka is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Batista keeping moving, preventing Otsuka from controlling successfully.
Otsuka missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Batista is on top in guard.
Batista looking to pass the guard.
Batista throws and elbow that misses. Otsuka uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Batista's guard. Nice move by Otsuka!
Batista throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Otsuka showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Otsuka throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Batista.
Dave Batista is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Batista looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Otsuka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Batista.
Otsuka closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Batista keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Alexander Otsuka has got the better of the ground game so far.
Still in half guard, Otsuka seems content to control.
Batista actively working from the bottom here.
Otsuka trying to control the action but Batista is working from the bottom.
Otsuka controlling the action here.
Otsuka seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Batista misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Otsuka moves into full mount! Batista won't be happy about that!
Otsuka is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Otsuka working the ground and pound effectively.
Otsuka controlling his opponent.
Batista takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Otsuka cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Otsuka controlling from the full mount.
Batista is trying to escape the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Otsuka lands a big elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Otsuka controlling his opponent.
Batista is wriggling around trying to escape.
Otsuka can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Batista is looking to escape.
Batista is trying desperately to improve position.
Batista in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Otsuka landing strikes, looking to finish!
Otsuka lands a big elbow.
Otsuka punishing his opponent with strikes.
Otsuka landing strikes from the mount and Batista is in trouble!
Batista wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Otsuka landing strikes from the mount and Batista is in trouble!
Otsuka in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Batista is rocked!
Otsuka loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Batista scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Otsuka land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Otsuka stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Otsuka!
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energy
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hype
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