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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Takanori Gomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joshua Davison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davison has chosen Cinderella Man - Eminem as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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150 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Takanori Gomi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Joshua Davison!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomi misses with a series of wild punches.
Davison keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gomi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Davison rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gomi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gomi will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gomi moves out of range of the body kick.
Gomi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Davison leaves Gomi with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Good exchange - Gomi coming out on top.
Gomi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gomi connects with a high kick.
Davison throws a looping overhand right but Gomi ducks down to avoid it.
Gomi throws a combination. Davison tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A momentary lapse in concentration from Davison enables Gomi to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Davison manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Davison kicks Gomi off and gets to his feet.
Gomi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gomi shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Davison defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Takanori Gomi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gomi drops his hands momentarily and Davison takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomi throws a series of punches but Davison avoids them all with ease.
Davison looks to land a right hand but Gomi moved out of range.
Joshua Davison is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Davison misses with an uppercut. Gomi saw that one coming.
Gomi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gomi looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Davison is fending him off so far but Gomi persists. Nope, Davison circles away and we're back to standing.
Sloppy strikes from Davison. Those never looked like landing.
Davison misses with a series of wild punches.
Gomi throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Davison.
Gomi is breathing heavily.
Davison misses with a looping right.
Gomi throws a head kick that Davison semi-blocks.
Davison throws a lazy right hand but Gomi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Davison finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Davison avoids a kick to the body.
Davison moves out of range of the body kick from Gomi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomi slips a straight right by Davison.
Davison throws a right and a left that Gomi avoids nicely.
Davison lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gomi defending well as Davison loads up on a big left hand.
Davison misses with a straight right.
Davison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gomi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Davison looks to land a combination but Gomi avoids it well.
Gomi scores with a head kick.
Davison fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gomi lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Gomi throws a nice head kick!
A lazy left from Davison finds it's target.
Gomi scores with a one two! Davison had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Davison throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gomi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Davison misses with a left hand
and Gomi counters with a three punch combo that has Davison backing up. Davison nods at Gomi to acknowledge the strikes.
Gomi needs to keep his hands up - Davison had a free shot at his head there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davison throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gomi.
Gomi lands a nice hook to Davison's body. Davison takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Davison feints a jab promting Gomi to slip. Davison then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gomi slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Davison is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gomi.
Gomi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jab, jab by Gomi - just one landing.
Gomi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Davison.
Gomi checks a leg kick.
Davison throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gomi fails to land with a series of punches.
Gomi looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Davison!
Davison tries to reverse the position but Gomi maintains control.
Davison is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Davison wants to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gomi is looking to stand but Gomi has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
Davison is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Davison is desperately trying to improve his position but Gomi has a good base and remains in mount.
Gomi wants to stand but Davison is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Davison keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Davison tries to hold on but Gomi postures up.
Gomi is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Gomi looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Davison is fending him off so far but Gomi persists. Nope, Davison circles away and we're back to standing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Davison goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Davison throws a body punch but Gomi moves out of range.
Davison misses with an uppercut.
Davison connects with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Joshua Davison 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.
Gomi ducks under a wild hook from Davison.
Davison swinging wildly here.
Davison connects with a nice looking jab.
Davison attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nice defenses there by Gomi.
Gomi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A slapping body kick lands there for Gomi.
Davison scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Davison fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Joshua Davison seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Davison rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gomi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gomi shoots in for a double leg but Davison sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Sloppy strikes from Davison. Those never looked like landing.
Gomi tries a head kick but it misses.
Gomi connects with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gomi scoring well with a low kick there.
Takanori Gomi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gomi gets the takedown into side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomi has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Gomi shoots in but Davison avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Davison keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gomi looks to land a body kick but Davison moved away.
Gomi shoots for a takedown but Davison saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Takanori Gomi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Left hook, right uppercut from Davison.
Davison misses with a few strikes there.
Gomi is looking to chop away at Davison's legs.
Davison connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Davison throws a good cross that connects.
Davison throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gomi shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Davison but Davison pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Gomi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davison looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Davison just misses with a punch to the body.
A solid body kick from Gomi.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice takedown defense from Davison. No joy for Gomi on that attempt.
A punch combination from Davison misses.
Davison pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gomi will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Davison throws the left hand but Gomi avoids the punch easily.
Gomi slips a straight right by Davison.
Gomi shoots in but no luck this time.
Gomi ducks under a wild hook from Davison.
Davison misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gomi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gomi slips a jab and a cross from Davison.
Davison throws a looping overhand right but Gomi ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomi shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Davison sprawls well. Davison wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gomi gets slowly back to his feet.
Davison throws a low kick but Gomi moves out of range easily.
Davison rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gomi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Davison throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gomi counters with a takedown into side control.
Davison is looking to reverse the position.
Takanori Gomi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Davison is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Gomi decides to stand back up. Gomi steps back and let's Davison get back to his feet.
The fighters circling - Davison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
No joy there for Davison, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gomi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomi stalks Davison and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Davison's face. Davison staggers backwards, shaken.
Gomi throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Davison blocks a head kick by Gomi.
Davison throws a right hand that Gomi ducks under and follows up with a left that Gomi also avoids with ease.
Davison throws a lazy right hand but Gomi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gomi connects with a looping right hand.
Davison misses with a hook. Gomi ducked under it nicely.
Gomi tries for a takedown but Davison sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Davison goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Davison misses the jab.
Davison swings widly with a right hand
and Gomi finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Davison takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A combination from Gomi does no damage.
Horrible takedown by Gomi or perhaps it was just good defense by Davison which made him look bad.
Gomi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Davison.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Joshua Davison will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Gomi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Davison lands with a straight right. Gomi didn't see that one coming.
Gomi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Davison. No joy for Gomi on that attempt.
Gomi slips a jab and a cross from Davison.
Gomi lands a nice hook to Davison's body. Davison takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Davison misses with a jab to the body
and Gomi counters with a three punch combo that has Davison backing up. Davison nods at Gomi to acknowledge the strikes.
Davison misses with a hook.
Gomi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gomi shoots in for a takedown but Davison shows good takedown defense.
Gomi throws a leg kick but Davison sees it coming and moves out of range.
Davison misses with a jab, cross combination.
Good standup being displayed there by Davison as he connects with a hook.
Davison missing with a left hand there. Gomi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Davison throws a good cross that connects.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gomi throws a head kick but Davison moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davison throws a right hand that Gomi ducks under and follows up with a left that Gomi also avoids with ease.
A telegraphed right hand from Davison misses the target.
Davison finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Gomi's jab looks to have found its range, popping Davison under the eye.
A combination from Davison does no damage.
Gomi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gomi.
Gomi drops his hands momentarily and Davison takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Davison cracks the inside of Gomi's front leg.
Gomi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Davison throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gomi.
Gomi lands a nice looking body shot.
Gomi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Davison stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Davison wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Takanori Gomi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gomi digs a good hook to Davison's body.
Gomi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davison misses with a jab to the body
and Gomi counters with a body kick.
Davison misses with a series of wild punches.
Gomi lets loose with a powerful body kick. Davison will feel that in the morning.
Gomi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Davison throws a right hand that Gomi ducks under and follows up with a left that Gomi also avoids with ease.
Gomi throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Davison tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Gomi is in Davison's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gomi postures up.
Davison had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gomi defends it easily.
Davison is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gomi defends well.
Gomi stopping the sweep attempt from Davison.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomi wants to stand and escape but instead Davison has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Davison won't allow Gomi to sweep him here.
Davison decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Gomi, up you get!
Davison scores with a nice head shot.
Davison throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gomi.
Davison throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gomi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gomi punishes Davison's body with a nice straight punch.
Davison throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Davison misses with a two punch combination.
Gomi moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Gomi ducks under a wild hook from Davison.
Davison with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gomi to score with a decent uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomi slips a straight right by Davison.
Gomi lands a head kick!
Nice shot lands for Davison.
Gomi shoots in but no luck this time.
Gomi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Davison.
Gomi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Davison on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gomi throws a head kick but Davison moves out of range.
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!
Gomi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Davison fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Davison lands a really nice looking cross but Gomi seems unphased.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davison walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gomi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Davison misses with a low kick.
Davison misses with a jab, cross combination.
Takanori Gomi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gomi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joshua Davison comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Davison 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 William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joshua Davison!
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energy
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hype
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