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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yuya Inoue (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Casper Orion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Inoue's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Mother. Yuya Inoue has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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215 lbs
20 - 11 - 0 |
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215 lbs
17 - 13 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
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ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
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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
20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Yuya Inoue!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Casper Orion!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Inoue misses the jab.
Inoue scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Inoue has Orion up against the cage in a clinch.
Orion blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Inoue tries to stall but Orion uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Orion's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Inoue shoots for a takedown but Orion saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Inoue stuffs the takedown.
Orion moves into the clinch.
Orion avoiding damage.
Orion fails to pull guard.
Stalling in the clinch from Orion.
Inoue misses with a short punch on the inside.
Orion breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Inoue darts in and clinches Orion up against the cage.
Orion tries to land knees in the clinch but Inoue avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Inoue fails to land.
Orion breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Orion fails with the takedown.
Yuya Inoue has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Casper Orion.
Nice sprawl there from Orion as Inoue shoots in.
Orion feints and as Inoue raises his hands in defense, Orion changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Inoue has his foot on Orion's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Orion works his way back into a safe position though.
Orion loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Orion stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Inoue swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Orion passes Inoue's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Orion 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Inoue manages to get to full guard.
Orion must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Inoue manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
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!
Orion gets back to half guard.
Inoue trying to pass the guard but Orion defending well.
Inoue not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Inoue seems to be working for a kimura but Orion defends the submission attempt.
Orion is defending against the submission attempts here by Inoue.
Orion moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orion looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Orion looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Orion is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Inoue is aware though and is defending well.
Inoue working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Orion is looking for a triangle but Inoue pushes his legs off easily.
Orion working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Inoue.
Inoue stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Orion swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Inoue advances position into side control!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Inoue tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Inoue has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Inoue throws an elbow but Orion slips to the side and avoids it well.
Orion parries the strikes from Inoue easily there. Inoue is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Orion to escape.
Inoue will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Inoue working the ground and pound but Orion is defending the strikes.
Inoue tries to move to full mount but Orion actually manages to regain half guard.
Inoue is working for a submission of some sort.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Inoue is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Orion is just riding it out for now. Inoue eventually gives up the hold.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Yuya Inoue will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Orion tries to clinch but Inoue is having none of it.
Inoue pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yuya Inoue seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Inoue looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Inoue. Orion does a little dance to reset his feet.
Casper Orion is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Orion misses with the combination.
Orion throws a right hand that Inoue ducks under and follows up with a left that Inoue also avoids with ease.
Orion checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Inoue defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Orion.
Inoue fails with an attempt to clinch.
No luck for Orion with that takedown attempt.
Inoue swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Orion counters with a slapping leg kick.
Orion tries to close the distance and clinch up but Inoue swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Orion looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Inoue!
Inoue can't escape the position.
Orion breaks from Inoue's wrist control and lands an elbow.
It looks like Yuya Inoue has been cut.
Inoue is wriggling around trying to escape.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Inoue regains half guard.
Orion is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Inoue doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Orion.
Inoue looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orion is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Orion wants to control but Inoue is keeping him busy.
Inoue regains full guard. Nicely done.
Inoue looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Inoue looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Orion throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Inoue is on top in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orion tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Inoue works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Inoue looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Inoue missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Orion actively working from the bottom here.
Orion looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Inoue throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Orion is trying to control but can't.
Inoue not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Orion wants to control but Inoue is keeping busy.
Inoue is trying for a kimura here. Orion looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Inoue wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Yuya Inoue!
A relieved looking Yuya Inoue 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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energy
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hype
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