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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tadashi Masaru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Art White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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166 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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190 cm
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165 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
Dangerous GnP
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed |
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tadashi Masaru!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Art White!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Masaru tries to bum rush White with a series of wild strikes but White uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Masaru shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has White pinned against the cage. White gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
White lands a high kick!
White swings for the body but Masaru moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Masaru checks a leg kick.
White fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Masaru checks it well.
White takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
White tried to score with a low kick but Masaru checks it.
White is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
White sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Masaru throws a combination. White tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Masaru shoots in and gets a takedown into White's guard.
Masaru trying to control but White is working from the bottom.
White looking to hit a scissor sweep but Masaru is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Masaru manages to get himself to full guard.
White is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Tadashi Masaru wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Masaru throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
Masaru misses with a jab to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by White.
Masaru shoots in for a double leg but White sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Masaru throws a shot from downtown. White moves away and avoids it.
Masaru just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masaru shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as White sprawls well. White wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Masaru gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tadashi Masaru. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Masaru misses with a lunging right hand
and White counters with a big head kick but Masaru shrugs it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Masaru on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by White. White obviously looking to wear him down.
Masaru is breathing heavily.
White fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Art White is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
White thows a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Masaru. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice sprawl there from White as Masaru shoots in.
White swings and misses with a hook to the body.
White avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
White scores with a hook.
White connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Masaru's hands.
Masaru lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Masaru.
White lands a nice shot that snaps Masaru's head back.
White throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Masaru cracks White with an open hand slap.
Nice cross by White.
White ducks under a wild hook from Masaru.
White with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
White keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Masaru.
White cracks Masaru with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
White throws a nice inside leg kick.
Masaru lands a jab.
White throws a nice outside leg kick.
White showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Masaru.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masaru takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
White cracks the inside of Masaru's front leg.
White stuns Masaru with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
White lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Masaru scores with a sloppy right hand. White should have avoided that one.
Masaru on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A nice inside leg kick there by White. That's going to slow Masaru down.
Masaru takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
White lands a nice looking body kick.
White feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Masaru's calf.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
White scores with a kick to the midsection.
White has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Good leg kick by White there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
White jabs at Masaru's body.
Tadashi Masaru seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice body punch from White.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Art White dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
White dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
White is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Masaru rather than just go for the knockout.
White looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
White misses with a body shot.
White is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
White feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Masaru's calf.
White throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Masaru shoots in but White avoids the takedown attempt easily.
White fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Masaru manages to avoid it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from White, right into the meat.
White moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Masaru. That did some damage!
White dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Masaru. That did some damage!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
White connects with a right hand. Masaru shakes it off.
Masaru blocks a head kick by White.
Masaru throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White scores with a body shot.
White lands with an overhand left.
A slapping leg kick lands for White.
White's jab looks to have found its range, popping Masaru under the eye.
Masaru moves forwards but White connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Masaru ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
White is looking to slow Masaru down with leg kicks.
White throws a nice head kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from White.
White catches Masaru with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Masaru avoids the head kick by White.
White throws a lazy right hand but Masaru sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
White feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Masaru's calf.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White walks into a jab.
White chopping away at his opponent's legs.
White misses with a body shot.
Good leg kick by White there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts White, as that shot connected.
Masaru throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Masaru misses with a looping left.
Masaru blocks a head kick by White.
Masaru shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts White as he jumps to the side.
Tadashi Masaru is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
White lands with a right hand.
Masaru will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Masaru moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masaru throws an off balance right hand
and White counters with a stiff right hand.
Masaru is rocked!
Masaru moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Oh Masaru is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Masaru is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A chopping leg kick lands by White.
White connects with a single shot there.
White lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Masaru falls backwards - clearly groggy! White dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Art White!
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RATING
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