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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yoshi Kamikaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erkki Rentola (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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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoshi Kamikaze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Erkki Rentola!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rentola throws out a loose jab but Kamikaze uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kamikaze throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kamikaze keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rentola.
Rentola chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kamikaze needs to keep his hands up - Rentola had a free shot at his head there.
Kamikaze tries to work over Rentola's front leg with a kick but Rentola checks it.
Kamikaze throws a sloppy head kick and Rentola moves out of range easily.
Rentola throws a head kick but Kamikaze moves out of range.
Rentola moves out of range of the leg kick from Kamikaze.
Erkki Rentola seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rentola throws a lazy right hand but Kamikaze sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A combination from Rentola does no damage.
Rentola will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rentola lands the left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rentola throws a shot to the body.
Rentola tries a head kick but it misses.
Kamikaze throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rentola pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rentola looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rentola has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rentola misses the shot to the body.
Nice jab there from Kamikaze.
Kamikaze closes this distance looking for a takedown but Rentola circles away.
Rentola has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rentola there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kamikaze lands with a nice combination. Rentola backs away looking to recover.
It looks like Erkki Rentola has been cut.
Rentola fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kamikaze.
Kamikaze closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Kamikaze is working for a submission of some sort.
Kamikaze is trying to work for a kimura but Rentola is defending well.
Kamikaze trying to control from half guard but Rentola is working away.
Kamikaze is looking to advance position but Rentola won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamikaze wants to control but Rentola is keeping him busy.
Rentola is trying to stand back up but Kamikaze is controlling him
Rentola is defending against the submission attempts here by Kamikaze.
Kamikaze is trying to work for a kimura but Rentola is defending well.
Kamikaze is breathing heavily.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rentola pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rentola gets caught flat footed, as Kamikaze shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
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.
Kamikaze wants to get up but he can't break Rentola's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Rentola is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Kamikaze is controlling him.
Rentola pushes Kamikaze off and gets back to his feet.
Rentola falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kamikaze counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kamikaze misses with a series of wild punches.
Rentola misses with a head kick.
Rentola misses the jab.
Rentola tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kamikaze displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Kamikaze drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Kamikaze stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rentola swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kamikaze trying to control but Rentola is working from the bottom.
Kamikaze is really struggling to control Rentola but he's trying to hold on to the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kamikaze accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kamikaze would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Rentola pushes Kamikaze off and gets back to his feet.
Rentola avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kamikaze lands a right hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yoshi Kamikaze dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Erkki Rentola's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Rentola misses with a body shot
enabling Kamikaze to counter with a crisp jab.
Kamikaze slips a jab from Rentola.
Rentola scores with a leg kick.
A jab from Rentola misses.
Kamikaze lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Rentola throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kamikaze misses with a double jab.
Kamikaze finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A head kick misses from Kamikaze.
Rentola tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rentola takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kamikaze scores with a three punch combo!
Yoshi Kamikaze is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rentola is breathing heavily.
Kamikaze drives through with a takedown into guard.
Kamikaze won't allow Rentola to get back to his feet.
Kamikaze trying to control the position from guard on top but Rentola is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamikaze stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rentola swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kamikaze is in close to Rentola's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Kamikaze throwing strikes but missing.
Kamikaze throws a big right hand that misses.
Kamikaze preventing the sweep.
Kamikaze stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Rentola connects with a solid leg kick.
A head kick misses from Kamikaze.
Kamikaze connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kamikaze shoots in and bounces Rentola off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamikaze tries to free his leg and advance position but Rentola is retaining full guard.
Kamikaze is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Kamikaze wants to stand but Rentola is controlling his posture from full guard.
Rentola keeping moving, preventing Kamikaze from controlling successfully.
Kamikaze controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Rentola has a closed guard, preventing Kamikaze from standing up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamikaze prevents Rentola from getting back to his feet.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Kamikaze lands with a nice combination. Rentola backs away looking to recover.
Kamikaze throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rentola on the side of the head.
Rentola throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rentola avoids the head kick by Kamikaze.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Kamikaze.
Kamikaze tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kamikaze has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Rentola can't do much from the bottom here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kamikaze just content to control the position.
Kamikaze decides to stand back up.
Rentola misses with a hook. Kamikaze ducked under it nicely.
Kamikaze throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rentola pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kamikaze smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kamikaze misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rentola avoids the head kick by Kamikaze.
Rentola misses with a shot to the body
and Kamikaze counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rentola avoids the head kick by Kamikaze.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yoshi Kamikaze dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Erkki Rentola's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Kamikaze lands with a slapping head kick.
Kamikaze misses the shot to the body.
Rentola is looking to land body kicks.
Rentola throws a sloppy body shot
and Kamikaze makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rentola throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kamikaze sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kamikaze throws a head kick but Rentola moves out of range.
Rentola throws a hook but Kamikaze blocks it.
Kamikaze avoids the head kick by Rentola.
Kamikaze shoots in for a double leg but Rentola sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Kamikaze blocks a head kick by Rentola.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rentola lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kamikaze has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kamikaze and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamikaze bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Both fighters circling a little - Rentola finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Rentola misses with the combination.
Kamikaze throws a low kick but Rentola avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rentola scores with a head kick.
Rentola throws a head kick but Kamikaze moves out of range.
Rentola takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kamikaze displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Kamikaze shoots for a double leg takedown but Rentola sprawls well. He's pushed Kamikaze's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Kamikaze misses with a head kick.
Kamikaze comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kamikaze scores with a jab.
Kamikaze bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rentola's head backwards.
Kamikaze swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Rentola misses with a head kick.
Kamikaze throws a series of punches but Rentola moves out of range.
Kamikaze lands with a hook. Rentola tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rentola tries a head kick but it misses.
Kamikaze throws a nice looking combination but Rentola bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kamikaze shoots for a double leg takedown but Rentola sprawls well. He's pushed Kamikaze's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yoshi Kamikaze. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Kamikaze.
Rentola throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Rentola takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rentola lands with a slapping head kick.
Erkki Rentola is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kamikaze fails to land with a series of punches.
A solid body kick from Rentola.
Yoshi Kamikaze is winning the standup battle so far.
Rentola throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Rentola lands with a slapping head kick.
Kamikaze connects with the punch.
Rentola looks to throw the jab but Kamikaze is out of range.
Rentola scoring well with a low kick there.
Rentola avoids the head kick by Kamikaze.
Kamikaze uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rentola.
Kamikaze moves out of range of the body kick from Rentola.
Rentola misses with a head kick.
Rentola dips to his left and cracks Kamikaze with an uppercut!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rentola throws a shot from downtown. Kamikaze moves away and avoids it.
Rentola misses with a straight right.
Rentola tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Erkki Rentola has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rentola pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rentola stuffs the takedown attempt from Kamikaze. Kamikaze gets slowly back to his feet.
Kamikaze rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rentola moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kamikaze blocks a head kick by Rentola.
Rentola throws a head kick that misses.
Kamikaze fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Rentola as Kamikaze shoots in.
Rentola throws a nice head kick!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Rentola avoids the head kick by Kamikaze.
A head kick misses from Rentola.
Kamikaze looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Rentola controlling the position for now.
Kamikaze is looking to take a break and control but Rentola is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rentola is positioning himself well to prevent Kamikaze advancing to mount.
Yoshi Kamikaze overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rentola manages to get to full guard.
Rentola wants to get back to his feet but Kamikaze is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yoshi Kamikaze showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kamikaze has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yoshi Kamikaze!
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energy
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