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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shingo Tanaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clay Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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180 lbs
3 - 3 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Good kicks
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shingo Tanaka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Clay Castro!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanaka looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Tanaka trying to control the pace.
Tanaka is nestled in close to Castro, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Castro tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Castro is trying to stand.
Tanaka controlling the pace.
Castro has hold of Tanaka's hands but Tanaka slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro is controlling Tanaka's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Tanaka drops an elbow to the side of Castro's head.
Tanaka is taking a breather. Castro says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Tanaka looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Castro wants to get back to his feet.
Tanaka scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka wants to take a breather but Castro is having none of it.
Tanaka throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tanaka looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Castro with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Castro is trying to stand back up but Tanaka is controlling him
Tanaka is thwarting Castro's attempts to control the position.
Castro wants to improve his position but Tanaka is controlling well.
Tanaka looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro manages to get to full guard.
Tanaka passes into half guard.
Tanaka throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Tanaka wants to pass the guard but Castro is defending well.
Castro is trying to maintain the position but Tanaka is very close to passing his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka lands with a punch from half guard.
Tanaka is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Tanaka is nestled in close to Castro, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Tanaka winds up and cracks Castro with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Tanaka lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tanaka is nestled in close to Castro, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Tanaka is nestled in close to Castro, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shingo Tanaka dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Castro tries to clinch up but Tanaka circles away and keeps his distance.
Castro throws a head kick that misses.
Castro stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tanaka.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Castro.
Tanaka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Castro has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tanaka.
Tanaka delivers a nice body kick.
Castro 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.
Castro missing with a left hand there. Tanaka was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tanaka throws a nice outside leg kick.
Clay Castro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castro is breathing heavily.
Tanaka connects with a solid leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tanaka throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Tanaka connects with an inside leg kick.
Tanaka dives in and scores a takedown into Castro's guard.
Tanaka lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanaka trying to control the position from guard on top but Castro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tanaka lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Tanaka chips away with some ground and pound.
Tanaka scoring with punches to the head and body.
Tanaka postures up in Castro's guard and throws a big left but Castro blocks it.
Tanaka content to stall in guard here.
Castro is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Tanaka dives into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka scores with a couple of short elbows.
Tanaka scoring with punches from side control.
Tanaka cracks Castro with a big elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tanaka scoring with punches from side control.
Castro taking a bit of punishment here - Tanaka scoring with strikes.
Castro is trying to control Tanaka's posture but Tanaka avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Castro down.
Tanaka is chipping away with strikes.
Castro is pushing Tanaka's head away, looking to escape. Tanaka manages to hold on to the position though.
Tanaka is chipping away with strikes.
Tanaka knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Castro on the ground.
Tanaka lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Castro down.
Tanaka scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Castro to see if he's OK.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tanaka wants to lay and pray for a moment but Castro keeps working.
Tanaka is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Castro can do to turn this around?
Tanaka lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Castro down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castro seems a little lost for a moment, as Tanaka dominates the positioning.
Castro struggling a bit here.
Tanaka cracks Castro with a big right hand but Castro just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
You can see the frustration on Castro's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tanaka taking a breather here.
Tanaka works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shingo Tanaka dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Tanaka bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Tanaka with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tanaka misses with a low kick.
Castro fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tanaka scores with a push kick.
Shingo Tanaka is winning the standup battle so far.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tanaka.
An inside leg kick lands from Tanaka.
Tanaka fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Castro has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tanaka looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Castro takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Castro takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Castro chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tanaka can pounce on him.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tanaka.
Tanaka buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Castro takes a kick to the side of the head.
Castro takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tanaka feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Castro's calf.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanaka throws a nice head kick!
Castro shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tanaka but Tanaka pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tanaka feints and then cracks Castro's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Castro down.
Tanaka throws a head kick that half lands.
Castro takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tanaka scores with a leg kick.
Tanaka lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tanaka cracks the inside of Castro's front leg.
Castro's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tanaka thuds his shin into the meat of Castro's side.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tanaka throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tanaka delivers a nice body kick.
Tanaka scores with a kick to the midsection.
Castro tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Tanaka tenderised Castro's leg. Castro is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tanaka throws a leg kick which misses Castro's front leg but catches the back leg as Castro tries to avoid it.
Castro on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tanaka. Tanaka obviously looking to wear him down.
Tanaka scoring well with a low kick there.
Tanaka connects with an inside leg kick.
Tanaka lands with a kick to the temple. Castro shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Tanaka turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tanaka connects with a leg kick. Castro looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Tanaka lands with a slapping head kick.
Tanaka feints and then cracks Castro's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Castro down.
Tanaka turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tanaka moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tanaka fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Castro has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Castro steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Tanaka. That one must have hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka throws a head kick that Castro semi-blocks.
Tanaka connects with a leg kick. Castro looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Tanaka dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Castro. That did some damage!
Tanaka chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Castro stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tanaka.
Castro 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.
Tanaka scores with a head kick.
Tanaka throws a head kick but Castro moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tanaka. That's going to slow Castro down.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tanaka.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tanaka.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tanaka dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Castro. That did some damage!
That kick from Tanaka tenderised Castro's leg. Castro is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tanaka throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tanaka chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Castro takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Castro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Castro doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Tanaka counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Tanaka lands a couple of elbows.
Tanaka lands a couple of digs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tanaka content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Castro tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shingo Tanaka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tanaka 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shingo Tanaka!
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energy
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RATING
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