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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Felix Cardosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryo Hazuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cardosa comes to the cage accompanied by Pennywise - Bro Hymn. Hazuki has chosen Gaff's Eulogy by Andrew Bayer as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Ryo Hazuki will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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185 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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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
9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Felix Cardosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ryo Hazuki!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hazuki throws a chopping leg kick but Cardosa manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hazuki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cardosa was well out of range. Poor timing from Hazuki.
Cardosa tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hazuki is able to avoid easily.
Cardosa lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cardosa takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Some wild striking there from Hazuki.
Cardosa digs a good body shot into Hazuki's ribs.
Cardosa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Crunch! Cardosa slams his shin into Hazuki's torso.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cardosa takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cardosa tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hazuki misses with a hook.
Cardosa throws a leg kick but Hazuki sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cardosa blocks a jab.
Hazuki blocks a head kick by Cardosa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hazuki takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hazuki throws a lazy right hand but Cardosa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A shot to the liver by Hazuki. Beautiful body shot.
Cardosa wants to slow Hazuki down by chopping away at his legs.
Cardosa looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Hazuki is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Cardosa is controlling him.
Cardosa wants to control from the top but Hazuki keeps moving.
Cardosa throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cardosa trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hazuki is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Cardosa throwing strikes but missing.
Hazuki keeping moving, preventing Cardosa from controlling successfully.
Cardosa lands a couple of digs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hazuki is looking to stand up but Cardosa isn't so interested in that idea.
Cardosa trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cardosa throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cardosa accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cardosa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cardosa postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cardosa throws a strike but Hazuki rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Cardosa trying to keep a closed guard but Hazuki is proving a slippery customer.
Cardosa is really struggling to control Hazuki but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Cardosa has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hazuki decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Cardosa tries a head kick but it misses.
Hazuki jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hazuki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fighters circling - Cardosa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hazuki checks a low kick from Cardosa.
Hazuki avoids a kick to the body.
Cardosa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ryo Hazuki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
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!
Hazuki takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hazuki checks a leg kick.
Cardosa takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Cardosa slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Felix Cardosa dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hazuki throws an off balance right hand
and Cardosa counters with a nice leg kick.
Cardosa misses with a straight right.
Felix Cardosa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hazuki chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cardosa can pounce on him.
Cardosa darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Hazuki really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cardosa. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hazuki keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hazuki is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cardosa trying to control the action but Hazuki is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Hazuki trying to hold on to Cardosa's head to control him but Cardosa postures up.
Cardosa wants to work for an arm triangle but Hazuki is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Cardosa controlling the action here.
Cardosa is trying to control the action in half guard but Hazuki is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hazuki avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cardosa.
Hazuki is staying active underneath Cardosa, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Felix Cardosa has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Hazuki moves out of range of the body kick from Cardosa.
A big left from Hazuki misses.
Cardosa is looking to score with low kicks.
Hazuki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cardosa.
Hazuki moves out of range of the body kick from Cardosa.
Cardosa tries for a takedown but Hazuki sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hazuki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cardosa fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hazuki checks it well.
Cardosa needs to keep his hands up - Hazuki had a free shot at his head there.
Cardosa throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hazuki counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hazuki throws the left hand but Cardosa avoids the punch easily.
Cardosa throws a low kick but Hazuki avoids it.
Cardosa is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hazuki sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Cardosa blocks a jab.
Felix Cardosa is winning the standup battle so far.
Cardosa misses with a straight right.
A slow jab from Cardosa misses its intended target.
Good shot there by Hazuki.
Hazuki digs a good hook to Cardosa's body.
Cardosa throws out a loose jab but Hazuki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hazuki just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Hazuki as Cardosa shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felix Cardosa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hazuki throws a leg kick but Cardosa sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A swing and a miss from Hazuki.
Cardosa will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cardosa throws a head kick but Hazuki moves out of range.
Hazuki thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hazuki throws a looping overhand right but Cardosa ducks down to avoid it.
Cardosa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cardosa lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cardosa misses with a hook. Hazuki ducked under it nicely.
Hazuki lands a nice shot that snaps Cardosa's head back.
Hazuki scores with a jab. Cardosa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cardosa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hazuki.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hazuki scores with the left hand. Cardosa knows he should have avoided that one.
Cardosa is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Hazuki's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Cardosa darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hazuki fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hazuki lands a really nice looking cross but Cardosa seems unphased.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Felix Cardosa will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Cardosa lands a jab to the nose.
Cardosa is rocked!
and Hazuki counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Cardosa! He's just covering up as Hazuki starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryo Hazuki!
A very excited looking Ryo Hazuki made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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