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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. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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135 lbs
9 - 1 - 0 |
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130 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Miguel Torres!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joel Singapore!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Singapore.
Torres drives through with a takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Torres postures up in Singapore's guard and throws a big left but Singapore blocks it.
Torres content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Torres in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Torres looking to pass the guard.
Torres forces his way into half guard.
Singapore is trying to stand up here but Torres is controlling him well.
Torres tries to pass to full mount but Singapore defends it.
Torres is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Torres takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Torres is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Torres controlling the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Singapore pushes Torres off looking to stand but Torres dives back in and keeps control.
Torres working Singapore over with strikes.
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 landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Singapore is rocked!
Torres working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Singapore is still in real trouble! Can Torres finish him?
Torres is pressing down on Singapore's thigh, looking to free his foot. Singapore is holding on for now.
Torres is working hard here to advance position.
Singapore seems to have recovered his senses.
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.
Singapore wants to get back to full guard.
Singapore looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Torres lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are battling for position here. Singapore manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Singapore looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Torres sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Singapore's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Torres is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Torres looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Singapore with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Torres seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Singapore does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Singapore looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Singapore really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Torres. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Singapore trying to control from the bottom.
Torres is nestled in close to Singapore, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Torres is nestled in close to Singapore, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Torres drops an elbow to the side of Singapore's head.
Singapore on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Torres is nestled in close to Singapore, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Singapore actively working from the bottom here.
Torres prevents Singapore from standing back up.
Singapore on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Torres takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Torres winds up and cracks Singapore with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Torres lands with a punch from half guard.
Torres seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Torres trying to control from half guard but Singapore is working away.
Torres winds up and cracks Singapore with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Torres drops an elbow to the side of Singapore's head.
Torres prevents Singapore from improving his position.
Torres slips a nice elbow through Singapore's hands, connecting with Singapore's forehead.
Torres is trying to control the action in half guard but Singapore is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Torres drops an elbow to the side of Singapore's head.
Singapore is trying to stand.
Torres winds up and cracks Singapore with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Torres stalling.
Torres prevents Singapore from standing back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres wants to pass to mount but Singapore is defending the position.
Torres is looking to take a break and control but Singapore is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Singapore kicks off Torres and gets to his feet.
Singapore tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Torres was well out of range. Poor timing from Singapore.
Torres avoids a kick to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Torres there.
Singapore misses with a body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Singapore thows a leg kick but Torres checks it
and Torres counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Torres is working for takedown but Singapore is calmly controlling the position for now.
Singapore trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Torres dominated that round.
That's time! Torres's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Singapore stuffs the takedown.
Singapore tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Singapore pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Torres.
Torres controls the position.
Torres prevents Singapore from escaping the position.
Torres tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Torres has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Singapore is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Torres lands an elbow.
Torres tries to move into full mount but can't pass Singapore's legs.
Torres landing a few strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Singapore is looking to regain half guard here but Torres keeps moving and retains side control.
Singapore taking a bit of punishment here - Torres scoring with strikes.
Singapore is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Miguel Torres overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Singapore wants to get back to his feet but Torres drags him back down.
A big shot lands for Torres! That's hurt Singapore! Will he recover? Torres fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Miguel Torres!
Miguel Torres is the new bantamweight champion!
Miguel Torres took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Valhalla Q160 Nutrition for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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energy
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hype
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