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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Fernando Egardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Sullivan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sullivan has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Fernando Egardo had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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152 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
3 - 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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Richard Sullivan!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Egardo misses with a wild combination.
Egardo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sullivan.
Egardo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Egardo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sullivan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Egardo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Egardo avoids the body shot from Sullivan.
Egardo just misses with a punch to the body.
Egardo misses the shot to the body.
Egardo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sullivan momentarily.
A punch combination from Egardo misses.
Egardo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Egardo tries to bum rush Sullivan with a series of wild strikes but Sullivan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Egardo checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Egardo misses with a double jab.
Sullivan dodges the punch combination from Egardo.
Egardo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sullivan dodges the punch combination from Egardo.
Egardo throws a shot from downtown. Sullivan moves away and avoids it.
Sullivan dodges the punch combination from Egardo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Egardo. Sullivan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Some wild striking there from Egardo.
Sullivan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Egardo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egardo stalks Sullivan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sullivan's face. Sullivan staggers backwards, shaken.
Sullivan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Egardo.
Sullivan scores with a hook.
Sullivan throws a good cross that connects.
Egardo misses with a wild combination.
Egardo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sullivan throws a hook but Egardo avoids it easily.
Sloppy strikes from Egardo. Those never looked like landing.
Sullivan throws the left hand but Egardo avoids the punch easily.
Sullivan looks gassed!
A swing and a miss from Egardo.
Egardo swings for the body but Sullivan moves out of range.
Egardo is looking to wear down Sullivan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Egardo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sullivan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egardo punishes Sullivan's body with a nice straight punch.
Sullivan misses with a hook.
Egardo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Egardo swinging wildly here.
Sullivan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sullivan ducks under a wild hook from Egardo.
Egardo tries to bum rush Sullivan with a series of wild strikes but Sullivan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Egardo misses with a wild combination.
Some wild striking there from Sullivan.
Egardo throws a series of punches but Sullivan avoids them all with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egardo looks to land a combination but Sullivan avoids it well.
Egardo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sullivan throws a hook to the side of Egardo's head but Egardo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sullivan tries to bum rush Egardo with a series of wild strikes but Egardo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Egardo slips under a jab from Sullivan.
Sullivan walks into a left hand.
Egardo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Egardo misses with the combination.
Egardo throws a series of punches but Sullivan moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Egardo tries to bum rush Sullivan with a series of wild strikes but Sullivan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A punch lands to the side of Egardo 's head but he takes it in his stride.
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!
Sullivan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fernando Egardo is winning the standup battle so far.
Egardo moves out of range of the strikes.
Sullivan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Egardo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sullivan looks to throw the jab but Egardo is out of range.
Sullivan might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Sullivan throws a big shot that misses.
Sullivan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sullivan walks into a stiff left hand from Egardo.
Sullivan is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Egardo.
Egardo misses with a right hand
and Sullivan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Egardo swinging wildly here.
Sullivan is breathing heavily.
Sullivan lands a nice looking body shot.
Egardo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fernando Egardo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sullivan throws a shot from downtown. Egardo moves away and avoids it.
Sullivan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Egardo swings for the body but Sullivan moves out of range.
Egardo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Egardo lands a jab.
Egardo tries to bum rush Sullivan with a series of wild strikes but Sullivan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Egardo stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Egardo swings for the body but Sullivan moves out of range.
Fernando Egardo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Egardo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sullivan.
Egardo throws out a powerful jab.
Egardo throws a right hand that Sullivan ducks under and follows up with a left that Sullivan also avoids with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Egardo moves out of range of the strikes.
Egardo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sullivan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Egardo throws a series of punches but Sullivan moves out of range.
Egardo swings for the body but Sullivan moves out of range.
Sullivan missing with a left hand there. Egardo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sullivan misses the shot to the body.
Egardo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Egardo bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sullivan's head backwards.
Sullivan avoids the body shot from Egardo.
Sullivan takes a jab right on the kisser.
Egardo lands a slapping body shot.
A punch combination from Egardo misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egardo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Egardo loads up on a big right hand but Sullivan slips the punch.
Nice straight punches there by Egardo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Egardo.
Sloppy strikes from Egardo. Those never looked like landing.
Sullivan moves out of range of the strikes.
Egardo connects with a body shot that sends Sullivan's belly button to the back.
Egardo lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Egardo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Egardo thows a body shot but no joy.
Egardo takes a swing at Sullivan's ribcage but misses.
Egardo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sullivan was well out of range. Poor timing from Egardo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Sullivan misses its intended target.
Sullivan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A left and a right from Egardo both land. Nice combination.
Egardo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sullivan.
Sullivan misses with a looping right.
Egardo misses with a wild combination.
Egardo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sullivan.
Sullivan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Egardo throws a body punch but Sullivan moves out of range.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Egardo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sullivan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Egardo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sullivan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fernando Egardo dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Egardo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sullivan scores with a jab. Egardo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sullivan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Egardo counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sullivan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Egardo scores with a three punch combo!
Egardo looks to score with a jab to the body but Sullivan is just out of range.
Egardo tries to bum rush Sullivan with a series of wild strikes but Sullivan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Egardo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Egardo throws a combination. Sullivan tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Egardo throws a series of punches but Sullivan moves out of range.
Sullivan misses with a hook.
Egardo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sullivan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Egardo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sullivan was well out of range. Poor timing from Egardo.
Sullivan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Egardo.
Sullivan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Egardo manages to avoid it.
Egardo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sullivan.
Egardo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Sullivan misses.
Sullivan misses with an uppercut. Egardo saw that one coming.
Egardo misses with a two punch combination.
Egardo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sullivan moves away.
Egardo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sullivan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Egardo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sullivan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egardo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sullivan moves away.
Egardo slips under a jab.
Sullivan has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A slow jab from Sullivan misses its intended target.
Egardo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sullivan motions for Egardo to come forward. Sullivan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Egardo looks to throw the jab but Sullivan is out of range.
Egardo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A big right from Sullivan misses.
Some wild striking there from Egardo.
Sullivan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sullivan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Egardo circles away quickly and effectively.
Egardo connects with a looping right hand.
Sullivan misses with a straight right.
Sullivan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Egardo.
Egardo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Richard Sullivan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A combination from Egardo does no damage.
Egardo lands with a shot to the body.
No joy there for Egardo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sullivan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Egardo in his tracks.
Egardo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sullivan.
Sullivan throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egardo fails to land with a series of punches.
Sloppy strikes from Egardo. Those never looked like landing.
Sullivan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sullivan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Egardo misses the shot to the body.
Egardo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sullivan.
Egardo looks to land a combination but Sullivan avoids it well.
Sullivan misses the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Egardo 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.
Egardo lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Egardo.
Fernando Egardo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jab by Sullivan.
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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fernando Egardo!
Fernando Egardo thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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