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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rex Fisher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Moa Soto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soto comes into a darkened arena with his song building. kill switch engage-when darkness falls kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rex Fisher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Moa Soto!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soto misses with a two punch combination.
Soto fails to land with a series of punches.
Soto slaps away a takedown attempt from Fisher, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Soto throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fisher counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Fisher.
Fisher won't allow Soto to get back to his feet.
Fisher wanted to stand there but Soto had control of the position.
Soto is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fisher wants to control from the top but Soto keeps moving.
Fisher pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Soto is keeping the position for now.
Fisher sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Soto's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fisher is nestled in close to Soto, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Fisher prevents Soto from standing back up.
Fisher is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Soto has managed to free his arm - good work.
Fisher drops an elbow to the side of Soto's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soto avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fisher.
Fisher has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Soto is trying to stand.
Soto looks gassed!
Fisher wants to lay and pray for a moment but Soto keeps working.
Fisher decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Fisher closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Soto to the mat! Soto manages to get full guard.
Fisher prevents Soto from getting back to his feet.
Fisher not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Fisher wants to control from the top but Soto keeps moving.
Fisher seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
We're going to have a standup here because Rex Fisher wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Fisher throws a one two combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soto throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fisher decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Soto's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fisher cracks Soto with a solid left hand.
Soto being controlled here, momentarily.
Fisher stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Moa Soto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No luck for Fisher with that takedown attempt.
A jab from Fisher does it's job there.
Soto throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fisher counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Fisher.
Fisher scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Fisher prevents Soto from escaping the position.
Fisher working the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fisher scoring with punches from side control.
Soto is working to avoid the ground and pound but Fisher connects with a decent elbow.
Fisher has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Soto wants to get back to his feet.
The referee warns Soto that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Soto taking shots to the head.
Fisher trying to control but Soto is having none of it.
Fisher is really struggling to control Soto but he's trying to hold on to the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Soto can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soto squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Fisher fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Soto is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Fisher working for a submission but Soto is keeping him at bay.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Soto is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Fisher tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Soto squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Fisher controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rex Fisher dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Fisher has Soto up against the cage in a clinch.
Fisher's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fisher looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Soto!
Fisher connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Soto trying desperately to get to his feet.
Fisher landing strikes from the mount.
Soto is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Rex Fisher overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fisher unloading with bombs!
Soto's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Soto is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fisher working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Fisher tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Fisher fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Soto has left one of his arms exposed and Fisher doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Soto screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rex Fisher!
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hype
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pop
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