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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jenji Ueda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armando Chimal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ueda comes to the cage accompanied by Requiem for a Dream. Chimal comes into a darkened arena with his song building. LAS GOLONDRINAS! mexican way to say FAREWELL Is retirement fight for Chimal kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jenji Ueda could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Armando Chimal's chin.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Jenji Ueda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Armando Chimal!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The crowd cheers as Ueda lands an impressive looking overhand right. Chimal doesn't seem phased though.
It looks like Armando Chimal has been cut.
Ueda throws a right and a left that both miss.
Chimal shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ueda has closed the distance and engaged Chimal in a clinch.
Ueda is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chimal is defending well for now.
Chimal dodges an elbow strike from Ueda.
Chimal tries to break free but Ueda pushes him back against the cage.
Chimal misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chimal pushes Ueda back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chimal missing with knees to the body.
Ueda gets underhooks to prevent Chimal's takedown attempt.
Ueda with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chimal tries to land knees in the clinch but Ueda avoids the damage to the body.
Ueda managing to block the knees to the body from Chimal.
Chimal swings wildly with an uppercut but Ueda uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ueda tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chimal avoids it.
Chimal tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ueda drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Chimal throws an elbow but misses.
Chimal stalling in the clinch but Ueda improves position.
Chimal works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Chimal wants to control from the top but Ueda keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chimal pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ueda is keeping the position for now.
Chimal wants to stand but Ueda is controlling his posture from full guard.
Chimal's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Ueda keeping moving, preventing Chimal from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Armando Chimal was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Ueda throws a series of punches but Chimal moves out of range.
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.
No luck for Chimal with that takedown attempt.
Jenji Ueda has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Armando Chimal.
Chimal tries to sprawl but Ueda drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Ueda not doing much here.
Chimal wants to improve his position but Ueda is controlling well.
Ueda wants to lay and pray for a moment but Chimal keeps working.
Chimal wants to improve his position but Ueda is controlling well.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Still in half guard, Ueda seems content to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Jenji Ueda just wasn't active enough.
Ueda shoots in for a takedown but Chimal shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ueda clinches.
Chimal avoiding damage as Ueda throws knees to the body.
Chimal on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ueda throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Chimal has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ueda avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Chimal lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Chimal avoids the elbow strike from Ueda, against the cage.
Chimal managing to block the knees to the body from Ueda.
Ueda goes for a takedown attempt but Chimal pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ueda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chimal paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chimal tries to clinch up
and Ueda counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ueda throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ueda trying to control the position from guard on top but Chimal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chimal is trying to control the position but Ueda postures up.
Ueda stops Chimal from standing up.
Chimal pulls Ueda in close to prevent any damage.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Chimal is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Armando Chimal was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Chimal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chimal tries to clinch but Ueda moves away
and Ueda counters with a single leg into guard. Chimal didn't expect that.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Chimal wants to stand and escape but Ueda is having none of it.
Ueda has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ueda's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Ueda postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Chimal wants to sweep here but Ueda controlling him for the moment.
Chimal is trying to keep Ueda in close.
Chimal manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ueda manages to get himself to full guard.
Chimal wants to stand and escape but instead Ueda has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Ueda preventing the sweep.
Ueda trying to control the position from guard on top but Chimal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ueda would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Ueda prevents Chimal from getting back to his feet.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Chimal not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Chimal tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Chimal gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ueda.
Chimal shoots in and drives through. Ueda sprawls well.
Chimal looks gassed!
Chimal shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ueda but Ueda pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Chimal circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ueda gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ueda trying to land knees to the body.
Chimal managing to block the knees to the body from Ueda.
Chimal has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ueda looking to throw knees to the head but Chimal is blocking nicely.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ueda is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chimal is defending well for now.
Ueda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ueda tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ueda tries to land knees in the clinch but Chimal avoids the damage to the body.
Ueda dodges an elbow strike from Chimal.
Ueda prevents the takedown attempt.
Chimal lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Chimal managing to block the knees to the body from Ueda.
Chimal trying to stall but Ueda improves his position.
Ueda unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ueda tries to land knees in the clinch but Chimal avoids the damage to the body.
Ueda lands a nice knee to the body.
Chimal misses with a knee strike.
Ueda has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Chimal avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Ueda working Chimal over with knees to the body.
Chimal misses with an elbow strike.
Ueda lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Chimal.
Ueda lands an elbow inside.
Ueda cracks Chimal with a nice body shot.
Ueda tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chimal avoids it.
Chimal wants the takedown. Ueda is fighting it off but Chimal persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Ueda's guard against the cage.
Ueda kicks Chimal off and gets to his feet.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Ueda closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ueda lands a good knee to the midsection. Chimal won't want to take too many of those.
Ueda is pushing Chimal up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ueda avoids the elbow strike from Chimal, against the cage.
Chimal misses with an elbow over the top.
Ueda throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chimal blocks it with crossed arms.
Chimal wants to stall.
Chimal pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ueda blocks an uppercut.
Chimal avoiding damage as Ueda throws knees to the body.
Chimal can't break the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Chimal prevents a takedown attempt there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Chimal blocks the elbow strike.
Ueda misses with an elbow strike.
Ueda missing with knees to the body.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Chimal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chimal missing with knees to the body.
Chimal landing knees to the body.
Chimal fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ueda has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Chimal regains guard immediately.
Chimal wants to get back to his feet but Ueda is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Ueda throwing strikes from guard but Chimal blocks nicely.
Chimal has momentary wrist control but Ueda slips an elbow through the middle.
Chimal is trying to control the position but Ueda postures up.
Ueda trying to control but Chimal is working from the bottom.
Ueda with a flurry of punches that miss.
Chimal controlling the position.
Ueda with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jenji Ueda dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Armando Chimal's cut.
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!
Ueda shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Chimal as he jumps to the side.
Chimal shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ueda tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chimal was well out of range. Poor timing from Ueda.
Nice takedown defense from Chimal. No joy for Ueda on that attempt.
Chimal blocks a jab.
Chimal tries to clinch up
and Ueda counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ueda.
Chimal has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ueda trying to control the position from guard on top but Chimal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chimal is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Chimal wants to stand up but Ueda is controlling him.
Ueda stopping the sweep attempt from Chimal.
Ueda trying to control the position from guard on top but Chimal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Jenji Ueda just wasn't active enough.
Ueda throws a hook but Chimal avoids it easily.
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.
Ueda tries to clinch there but Chimal circles away.
Ueda tries to clinch there but Chimal circles away.
Chimal fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ueda misses with a wild body shot.
Ueda tries to clinch up
and Chimal decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Ueda's guard.
Chimal gets to his feet. Ueda looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Chimal shoots in for a double leg but Ueda sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Chimal is breathing heavily.
Ueda swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Chimal counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ueda displaying some good clinch control by pressing Chimal up against the cage.
Chimal dodges an elbow strike from Ueda.
Stalling in the clinch from Ueda.
Chimal on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ueda using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chimal has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Chimal manages to pull guard.
Ueda trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ueda wants to control from the top but Chimal keeps moving.
Ueda won't allow Chimal to get back to his feet.
Chimal wants to sweep here but Ueda controlling him for the moment.
Ueda looking to pass the guard.
Ueda's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's four 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.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Jenji Ueda just wasn't active enough.
Ueda throws a jab but it's blocked by Chimal.
Chimal changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Ueda looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Chimal has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Chimal tries to keep at a distance but Ueda has taken the fight into the clinch.
Chimal goes for a takedown attempt but Ueda pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jenji Ueda has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Armando Chimal.
Ueda darts in and clinches Chimal up against the cage.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Chimal wants a takedown but no success here.
Ueda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ueda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ueda throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Chimal pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Chimal lands an elbow inside that Ueda shrugs off.
Chimal managing to block the knees to the body from Ueda.
Chimal throws a punch but it's blocked by Ueda.
Ueda looking to slow down the pace here.
Chimal tries to circle away but Ueda has him pinned against the cage.
Chimal trying to control the position but instead, Ueda has worked for underhooks and has pushed Chimal into the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Chimal just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ueda's brow.
Chimal takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ueda is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Chimal fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ueda lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Chimal breaks from the clinch.
Ueda fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Ueda lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ueda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ueda misses with a left hand
and Chimal counters with a takedown into side control.
Chimal is looking to take a break and control but Ueda is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ueda being controlled for a moment.
Chimal has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ueda shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Chimal is trying to defend but Ueda finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Chimal is staying active underneath Ueda, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Chimal wants to control but Ueda is keeping busy.
Chimal is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Ueda trying to control the pace.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ueda clinches up against the cage.
Ueda throws an elbow but it misses.
Chimal is looking to control Ueda's arms but Ueda gets an underhook and turns him. Now Chimal has his back to the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chimal.
Ueda blocks an elbow strike from Chimal.
Chimal throws an elbow that misses.
Ueda working Chimal over with knees to the body.
Ueda has Chimal pressed against the cage, preventing Chimal from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ueda looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ueda lands a nice knee to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ueda.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Chimal as Ueda tries to tie him up.
Ueda misses with a knee to the head.
A short right from Ueda.
Ueda lands an elbow inside that Chimal shrugs off.
Jenji Ueda has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Ueda stalling.
Ueda decides to pull guard.
Ueda uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Chimal displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ueda.
Chimal looks to clinch
and Ueda cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Chimal tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chimal shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Ueda's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chimal gets to his feet. Ueda looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Ueda rushes Chimal and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Armando Chimal.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Jenji Ueda!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Jenji Ueda!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Jenji Ueda!
Jenji Ueda wins by unanimous decision!
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