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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nissin Miojo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yago Barros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nissin Miojo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yago Barros !
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barros looks to land a combination but Miojo avoids it well.
Barros throws a lazy right hand but Miojo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barros throws a series of punches but Miojo moves out of range.
Barros sends Miojo crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Barros is motioning to the referee to let Miojo up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Miojo is rocked!
It looks like Nissin Miojo has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barros looks to score with a jab to the body but Miojo is just out of range.
Oh Miojo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Barros will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Barros stuffs the takedown.
Miojo seems to have got his legs back now.
Barros misses with a double jab.
Barros lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Miojo circles away quickly and effectively.
Barros gets caught flat footed, as Miojo shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Miojo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Barros utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Miojo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Miojo scoring with some ground and pound.
Barros preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Miojo controlling from the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miojo 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.
Miojo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Miojo is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Barros working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Miojo.
Barros looks gassed!
Miojo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Miojo controls from within his opponent's guard.
Miojo is looking to work some ground and pound but Barros has wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miojo throwing strikes but missing.
Miojo seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Nissin Miojo just wasn't active enough.
Barros gets caught flat footed, as Miojo shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
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!
Barros utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miojo throws a big right hand that misses.
Miojo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Miojo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Miojo is looking to work some ground and pound but Barros has wrist control.
Miojo throws a big elbow that misses.
Barros working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Miojo.
Miojo controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Miojo throws a big right hand that misses.
Miojo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Miojo is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Miojo throws a big elbow that misses.
Miojo is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Miojo keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Barros 's head.
Barros working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Miojo.
Miojo stays in close to Barros 's body and controls the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Miojo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Miojo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Miojo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Miojo postures up and lands a big shot to Barros 's brow.
Miojo postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Miojo chips away with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nissin Miojo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nissin Miojo's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Miojo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Miojo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Miojo stays in close to Barros 's body and controls the position.
Miojo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Miojo working some strikes from top position.
Miojo controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Miojo postures up in Barros 's guard and throws a big left but Barros blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Miojo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Miojo throwing strikes from guard but Barros blocks nicely.
Miojo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Barros is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miojo is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Miojo tries to free his leg and advance position but Barros is retaining full guard.
Miojo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Miojo slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Miojo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Miojo showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Miojo looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Miojo working Barros over with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miojo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Barros 's head.
Miojo content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Miojo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Miojo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Miojo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Miojo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Miojo is taking a breather. Barros 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miojo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Barros 's head.
Nissin Miojo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Miojo is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Nissin Miojo wasn't doing enough on the ground.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Miojo.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Barros enables Miojo to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Barros manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Miojo is in close to Barros 's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Miojo working some strikes from top position.
Miojo slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Miojo throwing strikes from guard but Barros blocks nicely.
Miojo stands up over Barros , holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Miojo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Miojo works over Barros with some ground and pound from guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Miojo's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Miojo looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Miojo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Miojo is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Miojo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Miojo sitting in guard here, content to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nissin Miojo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nissin Miojo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Barros stuffs the takedown attempt from Miojo. Miojo gets slowly back to his feet.
Barros has taken the fight to the clinch.
Barros 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Miojo drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Miojo controlling the position from side mount.
Barros takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Miojo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barros can do to turn this around?
Miojo cracks Barros with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Miojo working the head with strikes.
Barros takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Miojo working the head with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miojo working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Miojo is working Barros over with some ground and pound from side control.
Barros taking punishment in the form of punches.
Miojo taking a breather here.
Miojo working the head and body with strikes.
Miojo grinds an elbow into Barros 's temple.
Barros taking a bit of punishment here - Miojo scoring with strikes.
Miojo grinds an elbow into Barros 's temple.
Miojo is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Barros 's shoulder. That is not cool.
Miojo looks up at the clock and then as Barros takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Miojo smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barros takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miojo cracks Barros with a big right hand but Barros just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Miojo is putting a hurting on Barros here, landing some big shots from side control.
Check out the look on Miojo's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Barros really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Miojo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Miojo remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Miojo scoring with punches and elbows.
Miojo is putting a hurting on Barros here, landing some big shots from side control.
Miojo staying calm.
Barros takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barros is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Miojo throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Barros seems a little lost for a moment, as Miojo dominates the positioning.
Barros takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Miojo is chipping away with strikes.
Miojo grinds an elbow into Barros 's temple.
Miojo working the body and head with strikes.
Miojo controls the position from side control.
Barros is working to avoid the ground and pound but Miojo connects with a decent elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miojo landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Miojo taking a breather here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Miojo working the head with strikes.
Yago Barros has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nissin Miojo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Miojo lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nissin Miojo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Miojo, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:25
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:25
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nissin Miojo!
A relieved looking Nissin Miojo thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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