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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michihiro Bukake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Janathan Ho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bukake comes to the cage accompanied by Primo Victoria. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michihiro Bukake !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Janathan Ho!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ho closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bukake on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ho pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from Ho misses the target.
Bukake throws a low kick but Ho moves out of range easily.
Ho closes the distance and clinches up with Bukake , looking for a takedown. Ho pushes Bukake against the cage but Bukake circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bukake instigates a clinch.
Ho takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bukake using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ho has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ho blocking some punches.
Ho tries to pull guard but Bukake won't allow it.
Bukake could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Ho on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bukake connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Janathan Ho has been cut.
Bukake trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bukake tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ho avoids it.
Bukake misses with a punch on the inside.
Ho blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bukake misses with a knee strike.
Bukake pulls Ho into guard.
Bukake has his foot on Ho's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ho works his way back into a safe position though.
Bukake keeping moving, preventing Ho from controlling successfully.
Bukake working a defensive guard but Ho manages to pass into side control anyway.
Bukake takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bukake sneaks back into half guard.
Ho is keen to just control but Bukake is a slippery customer.
Bukake makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Bukake changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Ho looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bukake wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Ho, who protects the arm well.
Bukake wants to control but Ho is keeping him busy.
Ho wants to control but Bukake postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho taking punishment in the form of punches.
Bukake scores with punches from side control.
Ho sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Bukake looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Bukake performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Ho is looking to improve his position.
Bukake looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Bukake is keen to just control but Ho is a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Bukake seems content to control.
Bukake seems to be looking for submissions.
Bukake throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bukake works his way into full mount!
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ho has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michihiro Bukake dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Janathan Ho's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
No luck for Bukake with that takedown attempt.
Bukake uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ho.
Bukake avoids the body shot from Ho.
Bukake tries to clinch up.
Bukake fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ho fails with a takedown attempt.
Bukake tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bukake tries to clinch there but Ho circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho clinches with his opponent.
Ho jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bukake walks away with a smile on his face. Ho gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bukake slaps away a takedown attempt from Ho, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Michihiro Bukake has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Janathan Ho.
Bukake fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bukake throws a head kick but Ho moves out of range.
Bukake tries to close the distance and clinch but Ho swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bukake closes the distance and clinches.
Bukake manages to pull guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bukake is on top in guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bukake 's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bukake trying to control the position from guard on top but Ho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bukake missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bukake slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ho struggling a bit here.
Ho is breathing heavily.
Ho throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Bukake scores with a couple of short elbows.
Bukake throws a strike aimed at the side of Ho's head but Ho avoids it well.
Bukake controls the position from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bukake wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ho keeps working.
You can see the frustration on Ho's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Bukake looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Ho is avoiding damage well.
Bukake cracks Ho with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Bukake lands a nice forearm strike.
Bukake wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Ho, who protects the arm well.
Bukake working the ground and pound but Ho is defending the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bukake stands up and beckons Ho to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bukake has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bukake misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ho.
Bukake tries a body shot but Ho blocks it.
Bukake swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bukake tries a body shot but Ho blocks it.
Bukake trying to land knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bukake unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ho lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bukake crunches a lovely knee into Ho's ribcage.
Ho managing to block the knees to the body from Bukake .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michihiro Bukake dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Janathan Ho'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. This is the final round!
Ho has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bukake .
Bukake pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bukake drives through and clinches with Ho against the cage.
Bukake tries to land knees in the clinch but Ho avoids the damage to the body.
Ho has Bukake pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bukake manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ho blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A knee to the head by Bukake .
Ho tries to throw a body punch but Bukake avoids it by throwing Ho back against the cage.
Bukake is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ho can do to turn this around?
Bukake is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ho is defending well for now.
Bukake pulls guard.
Bukake bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ho's guard.
Bukake advances to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bukake prevents Ho from standing back up.
Ho takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bukake working Ho over with strikes.
Bukake is working for a kimura but Ho is defending it quite comfortably.
Bukake landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bukake works his way into side control.
Bukake has hold of Ho's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Ho tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Bukake cranks the arm and Ho screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Ho, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Michihiro Bukake !
Michihiro Bukake seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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RATING
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