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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Peace Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Father Earth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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265 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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175 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Peace Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Father Earth!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Earth thows a left - swing and a miss!
Love throws a leg kick but Earth checks it.
Love keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Earth uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Love.
Love loads up on a big right hand but Earth slips the punch.
Earth shoots in but no luck this time.
Earth throws a jab when Love was well out of range.
Love avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Love misses the target.
Love misses with a looping left.
Love throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big right from Love misses.
Love slips a straight right by Earth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Earth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Earth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Love scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Love tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Earth is trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Earth is trying to control Love's posture but Love avoids it.
What's Earth going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Earth is trying to improve his position.
Love thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Love is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Earth has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Love working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Love tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Love has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Love tries for a kimura but Earth is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love throws a strike aimed at the side of Earth's head but Earth avoids it well.
Earth is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Love wants to take a breather but Earth is having none of it.
Earth looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Love is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Earth sees it coming and defends easily.
Love prevents Earth from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Peace Love dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Earth misses with a wild body shot.
Love fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Earth avoids it really well and circles away.
Love misses the jab.
Earth staying out of range there.
Love uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Earth.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Love shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Earth as he jumps to the side.
Earth is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Love rather than just go for the knockout.
Love avoids the body shot from Earth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love slips under a jab.
Love throws a hook but Earth blocks it.
Love waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Earth.
Love misses with a low kick.
Love with a lazy takedown attempt
and Earth counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Peace Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Earth is stalling here. Love is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Earth seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Love has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Love lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Earth tries to buck Love off but Love is having none of it.
Earth is trying to escape the position but Love is controlling the position.
Earth tries to bench press Love off him but Love keeps the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love tries for a kimura but Earth is defending well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Love tries for a kimura but Earth is defending well.
Love swings around for an armbar but Earth sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Love's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Earth accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Earth trying to control but Love is working from the bottom.
Earth trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Earth should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Earth postures up in Love's guard and throws a big left but Love blocks it.
Love keeping moving, preventing Earth from controlling successfully.
Earth throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Earth pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Love is keeping the position for now.
Earth is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Love throws his legs up looking for a submission but Earth uses it to pass to side control.
Love is trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Earth is trying to get an arm triangle but Love is defending well.
You can see the frustration on Love's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Earth wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Love, who protects the arm well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Father Earth showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Love keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Love looks to throw the jab but Earth is out of range.
Love throws a hook but Earth avoids it easily.
Earth moves away from the strike by Love.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Love avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Love uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Earth.
A big right from Love misses.
Love uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Earth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Love.
Love looks to land a right hand but Earth moved out of range.
Love avoids the body shot from Earth.
Earth shoots for a takedown but Love saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Earth closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Love did well to prevent Earth getting side control.
Love works his way to full guard. Good work.
Father Earth has got the better of the ground game so far.
Love has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Earth is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Love.
Love sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love is trying to get back to full guard.
Earth controlling the pace.
Love wants to improve his position but Earth is controlling well.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Earth in particular looking to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Earth is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Love doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Earth.
Earth missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Love avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Earth.
Earth trying to control from half guard but Love is working away.
Earth is pressing down on Love's thigh, looking to free his foot. Love is holding on for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Earth seems to be working for a kimura but Love defends the submission attempt.
Earth takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Love avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Earth.
Nice strikes from Earth there.
Love is looking to improve his position.
Love is staying active underneath Earth, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Father Earth comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Earth has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Father Earth!
A relieved looking Father Earth 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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