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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Masaru Hirai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zhen Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Masaru Hirai is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ White Belt
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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
8 - 32 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Masaru Hirai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zhen Long!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hirai tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A head kick by Hirai misses
and Long counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Long clinches up against the cage.
Hirai is trying to break free.
Hirai tries to circle away but Long has him pinned against the cage.
Long looking to throw knees to the head but Hirai is blocking nicely.
Long lands a knee to the head.
Long tries a knee to the head but Hirai blocks it.
Hirai is trying to force a seperation but Long has the dominant position.
Hirai is looking to break free of the clinch but Long has double underhooks.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hirai is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Hirai has Long pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Long manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Hirai wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hirai looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Long with a knee to the head.
Hirai wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hirai tries to circle away but Long has him pinned against the cage.
Long misses with a knee to the head.
Long throws a knee to the head but misses.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hirai has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Long lands a nice knee to the body.
Long misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hirai.
Hirai is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Hirai blocks with his arms.
Long looks gassed!
Hirai looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Masaru Hirai. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hirai is trying to force a seperation but Long has the dominant position.
Hirai wants to break the clinch but can't.
Long gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hirai.
Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hirai tries to break the clinch but Long is controlling the position.
Hirai breaks from the clinch.
Long wants to clinch up but Hirai keeps it at a distance.
Long clinches.
Long throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hirai blocks it with crossed arms.
A frustrated look appears on Hirai's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hirai wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Long gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hirai.
Hirai is looking to break free of the clinch but Long has double underhooks.
Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Long prevents Hirai from breaking the clinch.
Hirai tries to break the clinch but Long is controlling the position.
Hirai tries to circle away but Long has him pinned against the cage.
Hirai can't break the clinch.
Long keeps control of Hirai as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hirai tries to circle away but Long has him pinned against the cage.
Long keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hirai's efforts to push away.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Hirai breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hirai tries a head kick but it misses.
Hirai pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hirai scores with a head kick.
A head kick by Hirai misses
and Long counters with a stiff right hand.
Hirai throws a head kick that misses
and Long cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hirai misses with a body shot.
Long throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hirai.
Hirai throws a sloppy head kick
and Long counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A head kick misses from Hirai.
Long blocks a head kick by Hirai.
Hirai throws a leg kick which misses Long's front leg but catches the back leg as Long tries to avoid it.
Long moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hirai is trying to drag Long to the mat but Long just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Hirai tries to break the clinch but Long is controlling the position.
Hirai is trying to break the clinch but Long has him pressed against the cage.
Hirai working hard to break the clinch.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hirai working hard to break the clinch.
Hirai is trying to force a seperation but Long has the dominant position.
Long is pressed up against the cage. Hirai has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Long down to the mat. Long avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hirai lands a high kick!
Hirai throws a lazy head kick
and Long counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hirai fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hirai throws a head kick that misses
and Long counters with a good, hard body kick but Hirai shrugs it off.
Hirai pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hirai throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Long is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hirai is looking to clinch but Long is avoiding it.
That's four 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.
Hirai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hirai pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Masaru Hirai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hirai throws a sloppy head kick
and Long counters with a nice uppercut.
A head kick by Hirai misses
and Long counters by moving into the clinch.
Long landing knees to the head.
Hirai wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Long prevents Hirai from breaking the clinch.
Hirai wants to break free but Long has control.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Long tries a knee to the head but Hirai blocks it.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Hirai blocks with his arms.
Hirai is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Long gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hirai wants to get back to striking at distance but Long won't allow it.
Hirai is trying to break the clinch but Long has him pressed against the cage.
Hirai escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Long tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hirai manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hirai throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Long.
Long tries to clinch but Hirai moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zhen Long 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.
Long tries a head kick but it misses.
Hirai tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Long counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Long.
A frustrated look appears on Hirai's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hirai wants to break free but Long has control.
Hirai can't break the clinch.
Long lands a hook that snaps the head of Hirai backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Hirai's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Long keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hirai's efforts to push away.
Hirai breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hirai throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Long takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hirai looks for a takedown but Long sprawls well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Long fails in his attempt to clinch.
Long fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hirai shoots in looking for a takedown. Long tries to sprawl out of it but Hirai keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Long manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Long throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Long doesn't manage to clinch there - Hirai circles away.
Long avoids the head kick by Hirai.
A head kick by Hirai misses
and Long counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hirai has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hirai manages to break the clinch.
Hirai throws a leg kick
and Long counters with a series of strikes. Hirai will be more careful next time no doubt.
Hirai throws a sloppy head kick
and Long counters with a two punch combo.
Hirai misses with a looping left.
Hirai tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Long tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hirai swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hirai pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hirai throws a head kick but Long moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hirai keeps the fight on the outside.
Zhen Long is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Long looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hirai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A combination from Hirai does no damage.
Hirai throws a head kick that misses.
Hirai throws a sloppy head kick
and Long counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hirai throws a sloppy head kick
and Long holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hirai wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Long has him pressed against the cage.
Hirai wants to get back to striking at distance but Long won't allow it.
Hirai escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hirai misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Long is looking to clinch but Hirai is avoiding it.
Hirai tries a head kick but it misses.
Long is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hirai throws a head kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hirai doesn't manage to clinch there - Long circles away.
Zhen Long is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hirai throws a sloppy head kick and Long moves out of range easily.
Hirai throws a sloppy head kick
and Long counters with a three punch combo that has Hirai backing up. Hirai nods at Long to acknowledge the strikes.
Hirai throws a lazy head kick
and Long counters with a nice uppercut.
Hirai avoids the head kick by Long.
Hirai throws a head kick that misses
enabling Long to counter with a crisp jab.
Hirai defending well as Long loads up on a big left hand.
Long throws a front kick aimed at Hirai's knee but Hirai avoids it well.
Hirai shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Long but Long pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Masaru Hirai. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Long has Hirai up against the cage in a clinch.
Long keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hirai's efforts to push away.
Hirai is working for takedown but Long is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's four 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.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hirai has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hirai is trying to break the clinch but Long has him pressed against the cage.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hirai wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hirai has had enough of the clinch but Long keeps him there for the moment.
Hirai is trying to break the clinch but Long is controlling him.
Long throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hirai blocks it with crossed arms.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hirai has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hirai has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hirai working hard to break the clinch.
Hirai wants to break the clinch but can't.
Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A frustrated look appears on Hirai's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Long prevents a takedown attempt there.
Hirai wants a takedown but no success here.
Hirai wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Long has him pressed against the cage.
Hirai wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Hirai blocks with his arms.
Long lands a knee to the head.
Long gets underhooks to prevent Hirai's takedown attempt.
Hirai is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Masaru Hirai will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!
Hirai swats away the attempt to clinch by Long.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hirai manages to break the clinch.
Hirai misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hirai misses with a body punch
and Long counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hirai falls off balance throwing a combination
and Long counters by moving into the clinch.
Hirai wants to break free but Long has control.
Long looking to throw knees to the head but Hirai is blocking nicely.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Long keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hirai's efforts to push away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Hirai breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hirai shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Long but Long pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Long rushes Hirai and presses him up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hirai has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Long avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Long unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hirai lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Long throws a knee to the head but misses.
Long misses with a knee to the head.
Hirai breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hirai takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hirai dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Long. That did some damage!
Long tries to close the distance and clinch but Hirai swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hirai tries a head kick but it misses.
Long tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hirai swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Long ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hirai throws a lazy head kick
and Long counters with a two punch combo.
Long blocks a head kick by Hirai.
Hirai pivots, looking for a leg kick but Long is out of range and Hirai settles back down.
Hirai throws a sloppy head kick and Long moves out of range easily.
Long wants to clinch.
Hirai tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
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.
Hirai looks to clinch
and Long counters with a nice uppercut.
Hirai pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hirai pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Long tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hirai swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Long tries to close the distance and clinch but Hirai swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hirai keeps the fight on the outside.
Long stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hirai.
Hirai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hirai connects with an inside leg kick.
Hirai throws a head kick that Long semi-blocks.
Hirai throws a lazy head kick
and Long counters with a head kick. That will keep Hirai thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Hirai looks to throw a body kick
and Long counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hirai throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hirai goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Long tries to close the distance and clinch but Hirai swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hirai moves in looking to clinch but Long pushes him off.
Hirai throws a head kick but Long moves out of range.
A punch combination from Hirai misses.
Hirai throws a sloppy head kick
and Long counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Long tries to clinch but Hirai is having none of it.
Long scores with a three punch combo!
Hirai throws a head kick but Long moves out of range.
Good work by Long as he checks the leg kick.
Hirai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hirai throws a lazy head kick
and Long counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hirai thinking.
Hirai connects with a high kick.
Hirai closes this distance looking for a takedown but Long circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Masaru Hirai. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four 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.
Hirai throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Long counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hirai tries to circle away but Long has him pinned against the cage.
Hirai tries to break the clinch but Long is controlling the position.
Hirai is trying to push Long away but Long has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hirai breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hirai throws a hook but Long blocks it.
Hirai misses with a low kick.
A head kick by Hirai misses
and Long counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Long.
Hirai tries to break the clinch but Long is controlling the position.
Hirai is trying to drag Long to the mat but Long just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Hirai blocks with his arms.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Long throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hirai breaks from the clinch.
Hirai swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Long counters by clinching up.
Hirai is trying to break free.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Hirai blocks with his arms.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hirai has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Zhen Long comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Long has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zhen Long!
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