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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Masaru Watanebe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cyrus Black Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cyrus Black Jr has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Masaru Watanebe's chin.
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280 lbs
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153 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Masaru Watanebe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cyrus Black Jr!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watanebe shoots and misses
and Black Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Black Jr scores with a spinning back kick!
Watanebe shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Black Jr defends it nicely.
Black Jr throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Watanebe's head.
A head kick from Black Jr lands but Watanebe takes it in his stride.
Black Jr stuffs the takedown attempt from Watanebe. Watanebe gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Masaru Watanebe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A lazy left from Black Jr finds it's target.
Crunch! Black Jr slams his shin into Watanebe's torso.
Watanebe fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Black Jr avoids it really well and circles away.
Nice body kick from Black Jr.
Watanebe shoots in and gets a takedown into Black Jr's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Black Jr tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Black Jr avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Black Jr preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watanebe postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Watanebe has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Black Jr is proving hard to escape from.
Watanebe postures up.
Black Jr avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Black Jr really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Watanebe. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Black Jr preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Watanebe scoring with punches to the head and body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Watanebe showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Watanebe with a flurry of punches that miss.
Watanebe working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Black Jr's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watanebe is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Watanebe scoring with some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Black Jr utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Watanebe throwing strikes but missing.
Watanebe stands up over Black Jr, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Black Jr looking to control.
Black Jr looks gassed!
Black Jr utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watanebe controlling from the top position.
Watanebe with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Masaru Watanebe dominated that round.
That's time! Watanebe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Nice takedown defense from Black Jr. No joy for Watanebe on that attempt.
Black Jr lands with a slapping head kick.
Black Jr throws a head kick that half lands.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Black Jr defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Watanebe.
Watanebe takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Watanebe shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Black Jr as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Masaru Watanebe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Black Jr cracks Watanebe with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Black Jr pushes Watanebe away with a front kick.
Watanebe shoots in but no luck this time.
Black Jr lets loose with a powerful body kick. Watanebe will feel that in the morning.
Watanebe looks for a takedown but Black Jr sprawls well.
Watanebe takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Black Jr. Watanebe shrugs it off though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A thudding body kick lands there by Black Jr!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Black Jr lands a nice looking body kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Black Jr - that will leave a mark!
Watanebe takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watanebe sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Watanebe crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Black Jr - the referee stops the clock and Watanebe gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Black Jr. Watanebe manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Watanebe takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Black Jr scores with a kick to the body.
Masaru Watanebe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Black Jr scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Watanebe takes a kick to the side of the head.
Cyrus Black Jr is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Black Jr lands a front kick.
Black Jr lands a front kick.
Black Jr lands with a nice body kick.
Watanebe will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Black Jr lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Black Jr is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Watanebe takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watanebe misses with a takedown attempt
and Watanebe takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cyrus Black Jr seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice body kick there by Black Jr.
Black Jr lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Black Jr explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Masaru Watanebe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Black Jr fakes the leg kick and cracks Watanebe in the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Black Jr slams his shin into Watanebe's torso.
Black Jr stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Black Jr wants it to stay on the feet.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Watanebe crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Black Jr - the referee stops the clock and Watanebe gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Black Jr. Watanebe manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Watanebe takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Black Jr throws a nice head kick!
Black Jr scores with a kick to the midsection.
Black Jr lands a head kick!
Watanebe takes a kick to the side of the head.
Black Jr thuds his shin into the meat of Watanebe's side.
Watanebe will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Black Jr stuffs the takedown attempt from Watanebe. Watanebe gets slowly back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watanebe has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Black Jr.
Black Jr scores with a head kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cyrus Black Jr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Cyrus Black Jr!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Cyrus Black Jr!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Cyrus Black Jr!
Cyrus Black Jr wins by unanimous decision!
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RATING
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