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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hattori Hanzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Metro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hanzo comes to the cage accompanied by The whistle song. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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180 lbs
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175 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 Tokyo, Hattori Hanzo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jason Metro!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Metro takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hanzo darts in trying to clinch
and Metro counters with a takedown into side control.
Hanzo can't do much from the bottom here.
Hanzo is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Metro off and has taken his back!
Metro has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Hanzo.
Metro is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Metro defends a prolonged rear naked choke attempt and turns nicely into his opponent's guard.
Hanzo is looking for a triangle but Metro pushes his legs off easily.
Metro is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Metro stands up over Hanzo, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hanzo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Metro cracks Hanzo with a solid left hand.
Metro working some strikes from top position.
Metro is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Metro chips away with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Metro's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Metro looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Metro cracks Hanzo with a solid left hand.
Metro scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Metro avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Metro controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Hanzo looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hanzo is looking for a triangle but Metro pushes his legs off easily.
Metro must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Metro stays in close to Hanzo's body and controls the position.
Hanzo wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Metro is now in half guard.
Metro looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hanzo with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hanzo wants to get back to full guard.
Metro trying to pass the guard but Hanzo defending well.
Hanzo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Metro slows the pace down in half guard.
Hanzo looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Metro lands strikes from half guard.
Metro wants to pass to mount but Hanzo is defending the position.
Hanzo works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hanzo is looking for a triangle here but Metro uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Metro is putting a hurting on Hanzo here, landing some big shots from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Metro scores with punches from side control.
Metro wants to control but Hanzo is keeping him busy.
Hanzo on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Metro lands a decent elbow from side control.
Hanzo is trying to work for a sweep but Metro has mounted him!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Metro scoring with strikes but Hanzo is staying in there.
Metro fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Metro working the ground and pound effectively.
Hanzo wants to hold on but Metro pushes him away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hanzo is in all sorts of trouble here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hanzo is in a horrible position here. Metro smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Metro looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Metro dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hanzo tries to clinch up but Metro circles away and keeps his distance.
Metro circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hanzo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hanzo tries to clinch
and Metro counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Hanzo!
Hanzo slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hanzo is trying to escape back to his feet but Metro uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Metro really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hanzo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Metro looks up at the clock and then as Hanzo takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Metro smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Metro working the ground and pound from side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hanzo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hanzo regains half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanzo has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Metro escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Metro!
Metro working the ground and pound.
Metro advances to mount.
Metro raining down hammerfists from mount.
Hanzo is wriggling around trying to escape.
Metro punishing his opponent with strikes.
Metro has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hanzo's face.
Hanzo is bucking up trying to escape but Metro cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hanzo squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Hanzo working to try and regain half guard.
Hanzo is bucking up trying to escape but Metro cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Metro has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hanzo's face.
Metro working Hanzo over with strikes here.
Metro cracks Hanzo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Metro breaks from Hanzo's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Metro working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Metro sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Metro lands with some strikes.
Hanzo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Metro scoring with strikes but Hanzo is staying in there.
Hanzo can't escape the position.
Metro postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hanzo looks a forlorn figure.
Jason Metro has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Metro cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Metro is working for a guillotine from mount but Hanzo frees his head quite easily.
Metro prevents Hanzo from getting the reversal.
Metro is landing with some decent strikes but Hanzo is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hanzo is wriggling around trying to escape.
Metro won't let Hanzo get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Metro looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Metro raining down shots from the mount!
Metro has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hanzo's face.
Hanzo in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hanzo is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Metro punishing his opponent with strikes.
Metro has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee warns Hanzo that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Metro is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Hanzo is surviving well by controlling Metro's body position as best he can.
Metro raining down hammerfists from mount.
Metro breaks from Hanzo's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hanzo is working to get back to half guard.
Metro putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Metro is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hanzo can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Metro putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hanzo is in all sorts of trouble here.
Metro unloading with bombs!
The referee warns Hanzo that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Metro showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Metro throws a series of punches but Hanzo moves out of range.
Metro keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hanzo is looking to clinch but Metro is avoiding it.
Hanzo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hanzo darts in trying to clinch
and Metro counters with a one-two to the body.
Hanzo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hanzo ducks right into an uppercut from Metro.
Hanzo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheers as Metro lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hanzo doesn't seem phased though.
Hanzo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hanzo tries to clinch up but Metro circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanzo fails to land the takedown.
Hanzo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Metro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Metro throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hanzo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Metro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hanzo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Metro shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Metro stops Hanzo from standing up.
Hanzo throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Metro lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Metro is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Metro is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Metro working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Metro with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hanzo looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Metro has picked Hanzo up and slammed him! Hanzo can't keep hold of the triangle and Metro manages to pass to side control!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Metro scoring with punches and elbows.
Metro takes a little break here. Hanzo wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Metro is working Hanzo over with some ground and pound from side control.
Jason Metro is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Metro slows the pace down.
Hanzo tries to buck Metro off but Metro is having none of it.
A lull in the action here as Metro stalls from top position.
Hanzo is looking to reverse the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Metro in side control, just content to control the action for now.
You can see the frustration on Hanzo's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hanzo is looking for a sweep.
Hanzo is trying to escape the position but Metro is controlling the position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hanzo scores with a head kick.
Hanzo moves in looking to clinch but Metro pushes him off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Metro throws a right hand that Hanzo ducks under and follows up with a left that Hanzo also avoids with ease.
Metro looks to land a combination but Hanzo avoids it well.
Hanzo takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Crunch! Metro slams his shin into Hanzo's torso.
Hanzo throws out a loose jab but Metro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hattori Hanzo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hanzo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Metro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hanzo has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hanzo moves in looking to clinch but Metro pushes him off.
Metro looks to score with a jab to the body but Hanzo is just out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Metro keeps the fight on the outside.
Hanzo tries to sprawl but Metro drives through with a takedown into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Metro blocks the strikes from Hanzo.
Hanzo looking for submissions off his back.
Metro controlling the action here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Metro comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Metro has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Metro!
Jason Metro made sure to mention his sponsor, Valhalla Fight Wear in his post fight interview.
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