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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hunter Gavin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mugen Kizaru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mugen Kizaru acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent 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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hunter Gavin !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mugen Kizaru!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kizaru moves into the clinch.
A short left from Gavin .
Gavin working hard to break the clinch.
Gavin can't break the clinch.
Kizaru tries to pull guard but Gavin holds him up against the cage and eventually Kizaru drops back down to his feet.
Gavin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kizaru has him pressed against the cage.
Kizaru misses with a knee to the head.
Kizaru misses with a knee to the head.
Kizaru connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gavin 's face.
Kizaru with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gavin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kizaru has him pressed against the cage.
Kizaru pushes off an throws an elbow but Gavin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kizaru using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gavin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kizaru tries for a takedown but Gavin manages to get underhooks.
Kizaru tries to land a knee to the head but Gavin blocks with his arms.
Kizaru's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gavin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gavin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gavin working hard to break the clinch.
Gavin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kizaru backwards.
Kizaru keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gavin 's efforts to push away.
Gavin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gavin really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Gavin tries to break the clinch but Kizaru is controlling the position.
Kizaru with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kizaru misses with a knee strike.
A frustrated look appears on Gavin 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gavin scores with a shot to the side of Kizaru's head.
Gavin is looking to break free of the clinch but Kizaru has double underhooks.
Kizaru tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gavin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kizaru blocks an uppercut.
Gavin tries to break free but Kizaru pushes him back against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Kizaru.
Kizaru throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gavin working aggressively here.
Gavin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kizaru wants to clinch.
Kizaru closes the distance and pushes Gavin back into the cage.
Gavin can't break the clinch.
Gavin is trying to break the clinch but Kizaru has him pressed against the cage.
Kizaru lands a knee to the head.
Kizaru throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kizaru tries to land a knee to the head but Gavin blocks with his arms.
Kizaru misses with a knee strike.
Kizaru misses with an elbow over the top.
Gavin working hard to break the clinch.
Kizaru using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gavin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kizaru looks gassed!
Kizaru using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gavin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kizaru tries a knee to the head but Gavin blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gavin .
Gavin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kizaru tries to clinch up.
Kizaru dodges the punch combination from Gavin .
Gavin drives through and clinches with Kizaru against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kizaru tries to land a knee to the head but Gavin blocks with his arms.
Gavin tries to break free but Kizaru pushes him back against the cage.
Gavin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kizaru with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kizaru misses with a knee strike.
Gavin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kizaru misses with a knee strike.
Gavin wants to break free but Kizaru has control.
Gavin wants to get back to striking at distance but Kizaru won't allow it.
Kizaru throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kizaru looking to throw knees to the head but Gavin is blocking nicely.
Kizaru tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gavin avoids it.
Gavin 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gavin darts in and clinches Kizaru up against the cage.
Gavin is trying to break the clinch but Kizaru has him pressed against the cage.
Gavin can't break the clinch.
Kizaru lands a nice knee to the body.
Gavin breaks the clinch.
Gavin tries to keep at a distance but Kizaru has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gavin working aggressively here.
Gavin is looking to break free of the clinch but Kizaru has double underhooks.
Kizaru misses with a knee strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gavin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kizaru tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kizaru manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Gavin is looking to stand up but Kizaru won't let him.
Gavin has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kizaru has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Gavin off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Kizaru rushes Gavin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kizaru tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kizaru looking to throw knees to the head but Gavin is blocking nicely.
Kizaru with a knee to the head.
Gavin tries to break free but Kizaru pushes him back against the cage.
Kizaru looking for a takedown.
Hunter Gavin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mugen Kizaru.
Kizaru using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gavin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kizaru blocks an uppercut.
Kizaru tries to land a knee to the head but Gavin blocks with his arms.
Kizaru misses with a knee to the head.
Kizaru tries a knee to the head but Gavin blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kizaru using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gavin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kizaru lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kizaru tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kizaru misses with a knee to the head.
Kizaru tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kizaru using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gavin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kizaru prevents Gavin from breaking the clinch.
Kizaru leaning against his opponent.
Kizaru tries to land a knee to the head but Gavin blocks with his arms.
Kizaru fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Gavin tries to break the clinch but Kizaru is controlling the position.
Gavin tries to break free but Kizaru pushes him back against the cage.
Kizaru throws an elbow but it misses.
Kizaru misses with a knee to the head.
Gavin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gavin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kizaru has him pressed against the cage.
Kizaru misses with a knee to the head.
Kizaru looking to throw knees to the head but Gavin is blocking nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kizaru tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kizaru is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gavin is defending well for now.
Gavin has had enough of the clinch but Kizaru keeps him there for the moment.
Kizaru crunches a lovely knee into Gavin 's ribcage.
Kizaru tries to land a knee to the head but Gavin blocks with his arms.
Gavin blocks an elbow strike from Kizaru.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mugen Kizaru dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A right-left combo lands from Gavin .
Gavin gets tackled into the cage by Kizaru. Kizaru maintains the clinch.
Gavin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gavin swings wildly with an uppercut but Kizaru uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kizaru tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kizaru lands a nice knee to the body.
Gavin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kizaru using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gavin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Kizaru in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Kizaru landing knees to the head.
Kizaru prevents Gavin from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Gavin 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kizaru throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gavin blocks it with crossed arms.
Kizaru lands a good knee to the midsection. Gavin won't want to take too many of those.
Kizaru scores a nice knee to the body.
Kizaru tries a knee to the head but Gavin blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kizaru throws an elbow but it misses.
Gavin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gavin managing to block the knees to the body from Kizaru.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kizaru.
Kizaru throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gavin blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gavin gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Kizaru.
Kizaru drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kizaru throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gavin blocks it with crossed arms.
Gavin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kizaru with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gavin .
Kizaru tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kizaru prevents Gavin from breaking the clinch.
Kizaru throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kizaru keeps control of Gavin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kizaru tries to land a knee to the head but Gavin blocks with his arms.
Gavin tries to break free but Kizaru pushes him back against the cage.
Gavin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kizaru.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kizaru drives through and clinches with Gavin against the cage.
Kizaru looking to throw knees to the head but Gavin is blocking nicely.
Gavin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gavin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kizaru looking to throw knees to the head but Gavin is blocking nicely.
Kizaru with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kizaru tries a knee to the head but Gavin blocks it.
Kizaru tries a knee to the head but Gavin blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Kizaru wants a takedown but no success here.
Hunter Gavin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mugen Kizaru.
Kizaru using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gavin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kizaru tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kizaru misses with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Gavin fails to land.
Kizaru misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gavin .
Kizaru tries for a takedown. No joy.
Gavin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kizaru trying to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Kizaru.
Kizaru throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gavin blocks it with crossed arms.
Kizaru keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gavin 's efforts to push away.
Kizaru crunches a lovely knee into Gavin 's ribcage.
Kizaru missing with knees to the body.
Gavin is trying to break free.
Kizaru throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kizaru blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gavin is trying to break free.
Kizaru connects with a knee to the head.
Gavin wants to get back to striking at distance but Kizaru won't allow it.
Kizaru drags the fight down to the ground.
Gavin would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Gavin will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kizaru has his feet on Gavin 's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Gavin misses with a few strikes there.
Kizaru gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's four 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.
Kizaru with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kizaru scores with a knee to the head.
Kizaru jumps guard.
Gavin wanted to stand there but Kizaru had control of the position.
Kizaru pushes Gavin off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mugen Kizaru showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Kizaru gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kizaru with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch on the inside from Gavin fails to land.
Kizaru tries to land a knee to the head but Gavin blocks with his arms.
Kizaru tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gavin avoids it.
Kizaru throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kizaru's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kizaru landing knees to the head.
Kizaru tries a knee to the head but Gavin blocks it.
Gavin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kizaru has him pressed against the cage.
Gavin pushes Kizaru back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kizaru with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gavin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kizaru blocks an uppercut.
Kizaru landing knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gavin lands with a short shot to the head.
Gavin working hard to break the clinch.
Gavin working hard to break the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kizaru tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gavin throws a head punch that misses.
Gavin is trying to force a seperation but Kizaru has the dominant position.
Kizaru misses with a knee strike.
Kizaru is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kizaru tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kizaru goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gavin prevents it.
Gavin tries to circle away but Kizaru has him pinned against the cage.
Kizaru tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gavin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kizaru lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kizaru with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kizaru successfully pulls guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gavin trying to stand up but can't free himself from Kizaru's guard.
Kizaru pushes Gavin off and gets back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kizaru clinches.
Kizaru with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kizaru with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kizaru tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kizaru with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kizaru with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gavin is trying to force a seperation but Kizaru has the dominant position.
Kizaru with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gavin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kizaru backwards.
Gavin managing to block the knees to the body from Kizaru.
Gavin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kizaru tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Gavin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kizaru clinches up with Gavin and pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gavin throws a punch but it's blocked by Kizaru.
Kizaru tries a knee to the head but Gavin blocks it.
Gavin throws a punch but it's blocked by Kizaru.
Kizaru pulls guard effortlessly.
Gavin is looking to stand up but Kizaru won't let him.
Gavin wants to stand and escape but instead Kizaru has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Gavin is looking to stand up but Kizaru isn't so interested in that idea.
Mugen Kizaru is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kizaru decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Kizaru clinches up against the cage.
Kizaru throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gavin blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kizaru is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Gavin pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Hunter Gavin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mugen Kizaru.
Gavin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kizaru has him pressed against the cage.
Kizaru landing knees to the body.
Kizaru with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hunter Gavin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kizaru looking to throw knees to the head but Gavin is blocking nicely.
Kizaru throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mugen Kizaru comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kizaru winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mugen Kizaru!
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