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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joel Singapore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Torres comes to the cage accompanied by Old Way's. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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135 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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130 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Miguel Torres!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joel Singapore!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Singapore throws a low kick, looking for Torres's leg but Torres calmly moves out of range.
Singapore thuds his right hand into Torres's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Singapore cracks Torres with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Torres throws a hook to the side of Singapore's head but Singapore sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Singapore throws a nice head kick!
Torres shoots in but Singapore avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Torres throws a jab when Singapore was well out of range.
Singapore lands the left hand.
Torres is rocked!
Torres shoots in but Singapore avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Singapore slaps away a takedown attempt from Torres, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Miguel Torres. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Torres misses with a combination
and Singapore counters with a head kick that drops Torres to the mat! Torres scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Oh Torres is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres misses with a looping right.
Joel Singapore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Torres's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Singapore connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Torres scrambles back to his feet.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Torres. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Singapore misses with a body kick.
Jab by Torres.
Singapore throws a front kick that sends Torres stumbling back into the cage.
Torres tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Singapore throws a head kick that Torres semi-blocks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Singapore.
Torres tries to close the distance and clinch but Singapore swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Singapore connects with a solid leg kick.
Torres takes a shot right to the bread basket.
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!
Singapore looks to score with a jab to the body but Torres is just out of range.
Torres keeps the fight on the outside.
Torres seems to have got his legs back now.
Torres tries to close the distance and clinch but Singapore swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Torres tries to keep at a distance but Singapore has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Singapore's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Torres really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Torres 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.
Singapore scores with a kick to the midsection.
Singapore misses with a leg kick.
Torres avoids the head kick by Singapore.
Torres moves out of range of the body kick.
Singapore loads up on a big right hand but Torres slips the punch.
Singapore throws a low kick but it's checked well by Torres.
Torres avoids a kick to the body.
Singapore throws a sloppy head kick and Torres moves out of range easily.
Torres throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Singapore counters with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres throws a right hand that Singapore ducks under and follows up with a left that Singapore also avoids with ease.
Singapore takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Singapore goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Singapore bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Torres's head backwards.
Torres tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Torres bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Torres tries to advance to mount but can't.
Singapore wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Torres working the ground and pound from side control.
Torres just content to control the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres advances to mount.
A nice elbow there by Torres.
Singapore is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Singapore takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Singapore tries to hold on but Torres pushes him away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Torres cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Singapore tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Torres raining down hammerfists from mount.
Singapore is rocked!
Torres dominating with strikes here.
Singapore is still in real trouble! Can Torres finish him?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Singapore is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Singapore is in all sorts of trouble here.
Torres connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
BOOM! Torres connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Torres with shots to the head and body - Singapore looks very uncomfortable down there.
Torres controlling the pace for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joel Singapore dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Singapore smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Singapore lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Torres is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Singapore.
Singapore tries to clinch but Torres is having none of it.
Singapore tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Singapore throws a head kick that misses.
Torres tries to clinch but Singapore moves out of range.
Torres shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Singapore eats them both and turns towards Torres to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Torres is looking to clinch.
Torres scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Torres lands some shots froms side control.
Singapore is looking to reverse the position.
Torres lands a decent elbow from side control.
Torres scoring with punches and elbows.
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!
Torres in side control lands a decent elbow.
Torres landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Torres is putting a hurting on Singapore here, landing some big shots from side control.
Miguel Torres overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Torres prevents Singapore from escaping the position.
Torres is staying tight to Singapore's torso, preventing him from escaping.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Torres working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres happy to just control the position for now.
Singapore is looking for a sweep.
Singapore gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Torres 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.
Torres has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Singapore's face.
Torres punishing his opponent with strikes.
Singapore in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Torres working the ground and pound effectively.
Singapore keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Torres working Singapore over with strikes here.
Torres looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Torres looking to control and managing it successfully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Torres cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Torres landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Singapore bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Torres and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Miguel Torres!
Miguel Torres seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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