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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Taka Sho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and AnthonyH Moreno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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192 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
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190 lbs
8 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Taka Sho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, AnthonyH Moreno!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sho shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Moreno is trying to defend but Sho finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Moreno is looking to control Sho's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Moreno avoid being mounted?
Sho thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sho missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sho thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Moreno's head.
Sho throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sho throwing shots but Moreno is blocking nicely.
Sho missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sho thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Moreno's head.
Sho looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Moreno with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sho thows a huge punch but Moreno dodges it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moreno is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sho's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sho's back!
Sho has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Moreno.
Sho breaks Moreno's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Moreno utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sho keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Moreno's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Moreno keeping moving, preventing Sho from controlling successfully.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sho's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Moreno can't keep his opponent in guard - Sho advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Moreno is not content to let Sho control the position.
Sho lands with a punch from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sho is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sho throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Moreno keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sho is looking to take a break and control but Moreno is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sho working the head and body with strikes.
Moreno has hold of Sho's hands but Sho slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Moreno tries to get to full guard but Sho has control of the leg.
Sho not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sho trying to control from Moreno's half guard. Moreno has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sho postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sho throwing strikes but missing.
Sho keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Moreno's head.
Sho postures up in Moreno's guard and throws a big left but Moreno blocks it.
Sho throws a strike but Moreno rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Sho pulls Moreno in to control the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sho is on top in guard.
Sho is working Moreno over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sho postures up and lands a big shot to Moreno's brow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moreno working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sho.
Sho controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Sho working some strikes from top position.
Sho trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sho working some strikes from top position.
Moreno looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Moreno avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sho working some strikes from top position.
Moreno looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taka Sho dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Sho cracks Moreno with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sho thows a body shot but no joy.
Sho keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sho throws a push kick but Moreno slaps the foot to one side.
Moreno throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sho.
Sho looking to land some kicks to the body here.
AnthonyH Moreno is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Moreno throws a right hand that Sho ducks under and follows up with a left that Sho also avoids with ease.
Moreno takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Moreno throws a series of punches but Sho moves out of range.
Sho is looking to chop away at Moreno's legs.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sho, as that shot connected.
Moreno misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sho fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Moreno looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sho slaps away a takedown attempt from Moreno, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Moreno has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Sho.
Sho lands a jab.
Moreno is breathing heavily.
Sho scores with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sho scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Sho seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sho takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sho scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sho with the ground and pound but Moreno uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Sho landing some decent shots from guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moreno avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sho passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Sho cracks Moreno with a big right hand but Moreno just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Moreno is rocked!
It looks like AnthonyH Moreno has been cut.
Sho in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Moreno looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Sho turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taka Sho!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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