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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andres Aguinaldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buster Cherry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Cherry's choice of entrance music: Busters Back. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andres Aguinaldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Buster Cherry!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aguinaldo misses with a hook.
Cherry swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Aguinaldo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Aguinaldo fails with a takedown attempt.
Aguinaldo misses with a hook to the body
and Cherry counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cherry just misses with a punch to the body.
Cherry looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Aguinaldo is fending him off so far but Cherry persists. Nope, Aguinaldo circles away and we're back to standing.
A jab from Aguinaldo misses.
Aguinaldo misses with a looping right.
Cherry is looking to score with low kicks.
Cherry connects with a nice looking jab.
Aguinaldo leaves Cherry with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Aguinaldo shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Cherry's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aguinaldo tries to free his leg and advance position but Cherry is retaining full guard.
Cherry avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aguinaldo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Aguinaldo looking to sit in guard and control but Cherry gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Aguinaldo escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Cherry gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Aguinaldo is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Cherry is aware though and is defending well.
Aguinaldo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cherry must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Aguinaldo is trying to keep Cherry in close.
Aguinaldo is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Cherry is aware though and is defending well.
Aguinaldo looking to control but Cherry passes into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cherry wants to control but Aguinaldo is keeping him busy.
Cherry missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cherry trying to control the action but Aguinaldo is working from the bottom.
Aguinaldo trying to control here.
Aguinaldo 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.
Cherry sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Buster Cherry was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Aguinaldo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cherry avoids the body shot from Aguinaldo.
Cherry walks into a straight right hand from Aguinaldo.
Cherry's jab looks to have found its range, popping Aguinaldo under the eye.
It looks like Andres Aguinaldo has been cut.
Cherry throws a nice looking combination but Aguinaldo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Aguinaldo throws a body punch but Cherry moves out of range.
No luck for Aguinaldo with that takedown attempt.
Aguinaldo misses with a wild body shot.
Cherry thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cherry throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Aguinaldo counters with a straight right hand.
Cherry lands with an overhand left.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cherry throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cherry throws a jab when Aguinaldo was well out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cherry misses with a hook.
Aguinaldo darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Aguinaldo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Aguinaldo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cherry throws a series of strikes that have Aguinaldo backpedaling.
Aguinaldo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cherry stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Aguinaldo swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cherry counters with a one-two to the body.
Nice shot by Aguinaldo.
Cherry uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Aguinaldo.
Aguinaldo scores with a punch to the head.
Aguinaldo lands with a hook. Cherry tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Aguinaldo. Cherry does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Cherry looks to land a left hand but Aguinaldo moved out of range nicely.
Aguinaldo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nice defenses there by Cherry.
Aguinaldo throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cherry counters with a two punch combo.
Aguinaldo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cherry was well out of range. Poor timing from Aguinaldo.
Aguinaldo feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Aguinaldo trying to control but Cherry is working from the bottom.
Cherry seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aguinaldo wants to control from the top but Cherry keeps moving.
Cherry looking to control.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaldo is pushing down on Cherry's leg trying to pass to half guard. Cherry is fighting to maintain full guard but Aguinaldo has managed to sneak the leg through.
Aguinaldo seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Aguinaldo seems to be working for a kimura but Cherry defends the submission attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cherry is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nice strikes from Aguinaldo there.
Cherry is trying to get back to full guard.
Aguinaldo is keen to just control but Cherry is a slippery customer.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaldo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Aguinaldo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Aguinaldo seems to be looking for submissions.
Cherry tries to get to full guard but Aguinaldo has control of the leg.
Aguinaldo is looking to pass Cherry's guard but actually Cherry recovers to full guard.
Aguinaldo is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Cherry controlling Aguinaldo's posture.
Cherry looking to control.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Cherry working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Aguinaldo.
Aguinaldo trying to control the position from guard on top but Cherry is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Aguinaldo throws a strike but Cherry rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Cherry working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Aguinaldo pulls Cherry in to control the position.
Aguinaldo is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Cherry is fighting to break Aguinaldo's control of his arms but Aguinaldo is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Aguinaldo takes a swing at Cherry's ribcage but misses.
Nice straight punches there by Cherry. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cherry.
Aguinaldo tries to score a power double leg takedown but Cherry sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Aguinaldo somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andres Aguinaldo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice shot by Cherry.
Aguinaldo throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Cherry tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Aguinaldo is in Cherry's guard.
Aguinaldo wants to control from the top but Cherry keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Cherry holds on and takes a little breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andres Aguinaldo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andres Aguinaldo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Aguinaldo connects with a body shot.
Cherry swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Aguinaldo.
Aguinaldo misses with a hook
and Cherry counters with a nice leg kick.
Andres Aguinaldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Cherry misses the target.
Aguinaldo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cherry walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A swing and a miss from Cherry.
Cherry throws a right hand that Aguinaldo ducks under and follows up with a left that Aguinaldo also avoids with ease.
Aguinaldo tries to score a power double leg takedown but Cherry sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Aguinaldo somewhat.
Aguinaldo throws an off balance right hand
and Cherry counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Aguinaldo thinking.
Aguinaldo blocks a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cherry throws an overhand right that lands on Aguinaldo's shoulder, as Aguinaldo tries to avoid the shot.
A low kick from Cherry is predictable there
and Aguinaldo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cherry thinking.
Cherry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aguinaldo.
Cherry on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Aguinaldo is looking to wear down Cherry with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Cherry gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Aguinaldo.
Cherry misses with a series of wild punches.
Aguinaldo works Cherry's body with a nice hook.
Cherry is breathing heavily.
Aguinaldo misses with a takedown attempt - Cherry sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andres Aguinaldo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A swing and a miss from Cherry.
Aguinaldo with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Aguinaldo sizes up Cherry with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Cherry walks into a jab.
Nice defenses there by Aguinaldo.
Cherry moves out of range of the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Aguinaldo. Cherry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cherry uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Aguinaldo.
Aguinaldo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Aguinaldo shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Cherry defends it nicely.
A punch combination from Cherry misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaldo misses with a hook
and Cherry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Aguinaldo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Aguinaldo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Aguinaldo scores with a decent looking hook.
Aguinaldo scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Aguinaldo scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Cherry to see if he's OK.
Andres Aguinaldo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cherry gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Cherry is trying to get back to full guard.
Cherry trying to control from the bottom.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Aguinaldo here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaldo is keen to just control but Cherry is a slippery customer.
Aguinaldo works his way into side control.
Aguinaldo working the ground and pound but Cherry is defending the strikes.
Aguinaldo works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aguinaldo tries to score with some ground and pound. Cherry controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Aguinaldo tries to move to mount but Cherry blocks the move with his legs.
Aguinaldo trying to control the action but Cherry is working from the bottom.
Sloppy strikes there by Aguinaldo.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Cherry's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Aguinaldo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cherry keeps working.
Cherry is trying to improve his position.
Aguinaldo is looking to take a break and control but Cherry is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaldo controlling the position from side mount.
Aguinaldo misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Cherry regains half guard, as Aguinaldo was trying to land strikes.
Aguinaldo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Aguinaldo thows a huge punch but Cherry dodges it nicely.
Aguinaldo throws a strike but Cherry avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaldo is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Aguinaldo trying to control the position from guard on top but Cherry is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Aguinaldo throws a big right hand that misses.
Aguinaldo trying to control but Cherry is working from the bottom.
Cherry controls Aguinaldo momentarily but Aguinaldo frees himself.
Cherry keeping moving, preventing Aguinaldo from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Andres Aguinaldo just wasn't active enough.
Cherry avoids the body shot from Aguinaldo.
Aguinaldo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cherry manages to avoid it.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaldo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cherry sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cherry rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Aguinaldo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Aguinaldo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cherry.
Cherry rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Aguinaldo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cherry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aguinaldo.
Aguinaldo throws a jab but it's blocked by Cherry.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Aguinaldo.
Cherry slips a jab from Aguinaldo.
Aguinaldo avoids the head kick by Cherry.
Aguinaldo swings for the body but Cherry moves out of range.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Cherry fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Cherry steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Aguinaldo.
Aguinaldo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cherry.
Cherry takes a swing at Aguinaldo's ribcage but misses.
Aguinaldo blocks a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Cherry misses the target.
Cherry loads up on a big right hand but Aguinaldo slips the punch.
Aguinaldo shoots in but no luck this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aguinaldo misses with a lunging right hand
and Cherry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Andres Aguinaldo's cut is getting worse.
Aguinaldo misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Cherry counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Aguinaldo connects with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andres Aguinaldo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Andres Aguinaldo's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Aguinaldo throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cherry connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Aguinaldo. Cherry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cherry misses with a left hand
and Aguinaldo counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Aguinaldo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Aguinaldo throws an elbow that misses. Cherry uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Aguinaldo's guard. Nice move by Cherry!
Cherry preventing the sweep.
Cherry stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Aguinaldo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cherry throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cherry preventing the sweep.
Aguinaldo has a closed guard, preventing Cherry from standing up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cherry wants to control from the top but Aguinaldo keeps moving.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Aguinaldo isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Cherry stacks Aguinaldo on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Cherry!
Aguinaldo manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Aguinaldo moves into full guard.
Cherry chips away with some ground and pound.
Aguinaldo working a defensive guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaldo is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Cherry is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Aguinaldo managing to control the position.
Aguinaldo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cherry is one step ahead there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Aguinaldo is working hard here to advance position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Cherry throws the left hand but Aguinaldo avoids the punch easily.
Aguinaldo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cherry takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Aguinaldo lands a nice shot that snaps Cherry's head back.
Good leg kick by Cherry there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cherry throws a lazy uppercut
and Aguinaldo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Aguinaldo ducks under a wild hook from Cherry.
Aguinaldo ducks under a wild hook from Cherry.
Cherry takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cherry pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cherry takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cherry on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Cherry throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
An inside leg kick from Cherry misses.
Aguinaldo throws a body punch but Cherry moves out of range.
Aguinaldo looks to score with a jab to the body but Cherry is just out of range.
Aguinaldo looks to score with a jab to the body but Cherry is just out of range.
Cherry stuffs the takedown.
Cherry misses with an uppercut. Aguinaldo saw that one coming.
Cherry takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Cherry misses with a looping left.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Cherry 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.
Cherry misses with a right hand
and Aguinaldo counters with a right hand to the body.
Aguinaldo defending well as Cherry loads up on a big left hand.
Aguinaldo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cherry under the eye.
Cherry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aguinaldo.
Cherry misses with a series of wild punches.
Cherry scores with a nice body kick.
Aguinaldo throws a body punch but Cherry moves out of range.
Aguinaldo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cherry manages to avoid it.
Aguinaldo takes a swing at Cherry's ribcage but misses.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaldo throws a lazy uppercut
and Cherry counters with a nice uppercut.
Cherry scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Well, if Cherry is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Cherry prevents Aguinaldo from improving his position.
Cherry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Aguinaldo is pressing down on Cherry's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Aguinaldo is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Aguinaldo escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Cherry gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Cherry wants to control from the top but Aguinaldo keeps moving.
Cherry landing with the ground and pound.
Cherry preventing the sweep.
Cherry is looking to advance position but Aguinaldo has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaldo throws some wild stikes that Cherry manages to avoid easily.
Aguinaldo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Andres Aguinaldo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Aguinaldo controlling the position easily from mount.
Buster Cherry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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!
Aguinaldo tries to control but Cherry wriggling away.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaldo controlling from the full mount.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Andres Aguinaldo.
Cherry moves out of range as Aguinaldo strikes.
Cherry avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aguinaldo looks to land a left hand but Cherry moved out of range nicely.
Cherry misses with a body shot
and Aguinaldo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Aguinaldo misses with a body shot
and Cherry counters with a series of strikes. Aguinaldo will be more careful next time no doubt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Andres Aguinaldo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Aguinaldo 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Andres Aguinaldo!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Andres Aguinaldo!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Andres Aguinaldo!
Andres Aguinaldo wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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