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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Fernando Egardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Tajima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fernando Egardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nathan Tajima!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Egardo lands with a shot to the body.
Egardo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Egardo misses with a double jab.
Tajima just misses with a punch to the body.
Tajima gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Tajima wants to clinch up but Egardo keeps it at a distance.
Egardo throws a right and a left that Tajima avoids nicely.
Egardo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tajima circles away quickly and effectively.
Egardo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tajima circles away quickly and effectively.
Egardo throws a jab but it's blocked by Tajima.
Egardo misses with a double jab
and Tajima counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tajima dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Egardo. That did some damage!
Egardo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tajima on the side of the head.
Tajima dives in and grabs Egardo's left leg, looking for a takedown. Egardo pushes down on Tajima's head and hops out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Egardo looks to score with a jab to the body but Tajima is just out of range.
Egardo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tajima. Tajima obviously looking to wear him down.
Tajima dodges the punch combination from Egardo.
A cross from Egardo lands.
Egardo blocks a head kick by Tajima.
Egardo lands a head shot.
Egardo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Horrible takedown by Tajima or perhaps it was just good defense by Egardo which made him look bad.
Egardo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tajima takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Egardo with a nice cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tajima moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Tajima as he connects with a hook.
Egardo defending well as Tajima loads up on a big left hand.
Egardo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tajima counters with a three punch combo that has Egardo backing up. Egardo nods at Tajima to acknowledge the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tajima gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Egardo.
Tajima slips a jab from Egardo.
Fernando Egardo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Danga de danga de dang - Egardo scores with a four punch combination!
Egardo misses with a body shot.
Egardo misses the jab.
Egardo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Egardo misses with a double jab.
Tajima thumps Egardo with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tajima throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tajima uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Egardo.
Egardo looks to land a right hand but Tajima moved out of range.
Egardo lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Egardo.
Tajima throws a series of punches but Egardo avoids them all with ease.
Tajima misses with a series of wild punches.
Tajima looks gassed!
Egardo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tajima circles away quickly and effectively.
Egardo scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Egardo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tajima.
Egardo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tajima throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tajima gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Egardo throws a nice looking combination but Tajima bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Egardo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Egardo moves into range and connects with a jab.
Egardo slaps away a takedown attempt from Tajima, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Fernando Egardo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nathan Tajima.
Egardo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Egardo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tajima is trying desperately to land a takedown but Egardo is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Tajima.
Egardo lands a nice shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Egardo throws a jab when Tajima was well out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Egardo scores with a four punch combination!
Egardo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tajima.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fernando Egardo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Egardo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Egardo throws a series of punches but Tajima avoids them all with ease.
Egardo feints a jab promting Tajima to slip. Egardo then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Tajima slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Tajima misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Egardo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Tajima will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Egardo moves into range and connects with a jab.
Egardo throws a series of punches but Tajima moves out of range.
Tajima dodges the punch combination from Egardo.
Tajima lands a right hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Egardo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tajima is looking to clinch but Egardo is avoiding it.
Egardo throws a series of punches but Tajima avoids them all with ease.
Egardo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Egardo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Egardo avoids the head kick by Tajima.
Egardo misses with a series of wild punches.
Egardo misses with a few strikes there.
Tajima fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Egardo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tajima looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Egardo lands a jab to Tajima's midsection.
Nice takedown defense from Egardo. No joy for Tajima on that attempt.
Egardo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters circling - Egardo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tajima misses with a looping left.
Egardo lunges at Tajima with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tajima's hand.
Tajima is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Egardo.
Tajima thuds his shin into the meat of Egardo's side.
Egardo jabs at Tajima's body.
Egardo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tajima circles away quickly and effectively.
Fernando Egardo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tajima.
Tajima misses with an uppercut
and Egardo counters with a left to the body.
Egardo tries to bum rush Tajima with a series of wild strikes but Tajima uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tajima dodges the punch combination from Egardo.
Egardo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tajima circles away quickly and effectively.
Tajima feints and then cracks Egardo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Egardo down.
Tajima moves in looking to clinch but Egardo pushes him off.
Egardo throws a right and a left that Tajima avoids nicely.
Egardo throws a right and a left that Tajima avoids nicely.
Tajima uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Egardo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tajima.
Fernando Egardo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nathan Tajima.
Egardo takes a swing at Tajima's ribcage but misses.
Egardo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tajima on the side of the head.
Egardo misses with a wild body shot.
Egardo misses with a two punch combination.
A swing and a miss from Egardo.
Egardo swinging wildly here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Egardo misses with a few strikes there.
Fernando Egardo is winning the standup battle so far.
A swing and a miss from Egardo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fernando Egardo dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Tajima throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Egardo.
Tajima is looking to clinch.
Egardo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tajima on the side of the head.
Egardo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tajima's head.
Tajima has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Egardo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tajima moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Egardo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Egardo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Egardo throws a series of punches but Tajima moves out of range.
No joy there for Egardo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tajima tries to close the distance and clinch up but Egardo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tajima feints and then cracks Egardo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Egardo down.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tajima lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tajima plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Egardo stuffs the takedown attempt from Tajima. Tajima gets slowly back to his feet.
Egardo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Egardo just misses with a punch to the body.
Tajima looks to land a combination but Egardo avoids it well.
Egardo misses with a two punch combination.
Tajima fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tajima slips under a jab from Egardo.
Tajima takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A left and a right from Egardo both land. Nice combination.
Egardo's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Egardo duly obliges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tajima throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tajima misses with a double jab.
Egardo stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Egardo wants it to stay on the feet.
Egardo throws a good cross that connects.
Egardo lands a lovely overhand right.
Egardo shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Tajima eats them both and turns towards Egardo to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Tajima on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Egardo just misses with a punch to the body.
Fernando Egardo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice straight punches there by Egardo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Egardo.
Egardo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egardo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Tajima lands with a kick to the temple. Egardo shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Egardo lands with a right hand.
Egardo is working the combinations to good effect here.
Egardo throws a series of punches but Tajima moves out of range.
Egardo shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Tajima eats them both and turns towards Egardo to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Tajima on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Egardo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Egardo misses the body punch
and Tajima counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tajima scores with a head kick.
Egardo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Egardo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sloppy strikes from Egardo. Those never looked like landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tajima throws a nice inside leg kick.
Egardo feints a jab promting Tajima to slip. Egardo then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Tajima slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Egardo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Egardo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tajima.
Egardo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tajima moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Egardo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tajima lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Egardo lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Tajima throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nathan Tajima has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fernando Egardo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Egardo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fernando Egardo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Egardo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fernando Egardo!
A very excited looking Fernando Egardo made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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