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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mystic Zen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Owen Farrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
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212 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
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
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mystic Zen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Owen Farrell!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zen closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Farrell is doing well to control the position and prevent Zen from advancing to side control.
Zen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Zen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Farrell keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Zen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Farrell defending well though.
Zen working over Farrell with some ground and pound. Farrell looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Farrell wants to get back to his feet.
Zen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Zen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Zen tries to pass the half guard into mount. Farrell knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Zen working the head and body with strikes.
Zen seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Farrell does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Zen tries to pass the half guard into mount. Farrell knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrell is trying to maintain the position but Zen is very close to passing his half guard.
Zen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Farrell is looking to escape.
Zen is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Farrell is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Zen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Zen with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Farrell avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zen.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Zen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farrell is trying to stand back up but Zen is controlling him
Farrell trying to control but Zen postures up.
Zen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Zen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Zen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Farrell defending well though.
Farrell is looking to control Zen's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Farrell avoid being mounted?
Farrell avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zen.
Zen 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Farrell trying to hold on to Zen's head to control him but Zen postures up.
Zen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Zen seems to be working for a kimura but Farrell defends the submission attempt.
Farrell trying to control here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farrell avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zen.
Zen takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Farrell is looking for a sweep. Zen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Zen thows a huge punch but Farrell dodges it nicely.
Zen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Farrell taking some punishment here, with Zen in his half guard.
Farrell wants to control but Zen is keeping busy.
Zen working Farrell over with strikes.
Farrell tries to kick Zen off but Zen keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Farrell keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Farrell defending well though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Farrell blocking the ground and pound attempt from Zen.
Zen trying to control the action but Farrell is working from the bottom.
Zen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Farrell is looking to improve his position.
Farrell has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Zen is working away from the top position though.
Zen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Farrell trying to hold on to Zen's head to control him but Zen postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Farrell is staying active underneath Zen, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Zen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Farrell's head.
Zen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mystic Zen dominated that round.
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.
Zen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zen throws a right and a left that both miss.
A swing and a miss from Zen.
Zen misses with a body shot.
A jab from Zen misses.
Zen shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Farrell sprawls well. Farrell wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Zen gets slowly back to his feet.
Zen closes the distance and clinches up with Farrell, looking for a takedown. Zen pushes Farrell against the ropes but Farrell circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Zen connects with a looping right hand.
Farrell tries a head kick but it misses.
Farrell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zen drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Farrell tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Farrell working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Zen.
Zen sitting in guard here, content to control.
Zen advances to half guard.
Farrell is refusing to be controlled, as Zen sits in half guard.
Zen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Farrell with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Farrell blocking the ground and pound attempt from Zen.
Farrell on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zen trying to mount his opponent but Farrell defends it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Farrell trying to control but Zen postures up.
Farrell is looking to improve his position.
Mystic Zen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Zen working the head and body with strikes.
Zen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Farrell with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Zen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Farrell is not content to let Zen control the position.
Zen looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Zen throwing shots but Farrell is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zen prevents Farrell from standing back up.
Zen is trying to work for a kimura but Farrell is defending well.
Zen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Zen passes to full mount!
Farrell is trying desperately to improve position.
Zen avoids the attempt from Farrell to control.
Zen with good strikes from the mount here!
Zen landing shots from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zen lands a big shot there that rocks Farrell but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Zen looking to finish Farrell with some ground and pound. This is bad for Farrell!
Zen lands with some strikes.
Zen lands with some strikes.
A nice elbow there by Zen.
Zen trying to control but Farrell is having none of it.
Zen lands a couple of good shots and Farrell has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Farrell is rocked!
It looks like Owen Farrell has been cut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zen looking to break Farrell's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Farrell remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Zen will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Zen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Farrell can do to turn this around?
Farrell looking very determined here, making life difficult for Zen.
Farrell avoids the strikes from Zen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mystic Zen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Owen Farrell's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Zen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zen shoots for a takedown but Farrell saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Farrell.
Horrible takedown by Zen or perhaps it was just good defense by Farrell which made him look bad.
Farrell stuffs the takedown attempt from Zen. Zen gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mystic Zen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zen dives in and scores a takedown into Farrell's guard.
Zen chips away with some ground and pound.
Zen is looking to work some ground and pound but Farrell has wrist control.
Farrell looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Zen throwing strikes from guard but Farrell blocks nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrell trying to control the position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Farrell is looking to stand up but Zen isn't so interested in that idea.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Owen Farrell was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Zen drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Zen cracks Farrell with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Farrell is not content to let Zen control the position.
Zen postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farrell defending against the ground and pound.
Farrell is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Zen trying to control the position but Farrell is working away.
Farrell is trying to improve his position.
Zen working the ground and pound from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Farrell struggling a bit here.
Zen cracks Farrell with a big right hand but Farrell just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zen cracks Farrell with a big right hand but Farrell just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Zen working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Zen is working Farrell over with some ground and pound from side control.
Zen takes a little break here. Farrell wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Zen is chipping away with strikes.
Zen is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Farrell is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zen throws a strike aimed at the side of Farrell's head but Farrell avoids it well.
Farrell dodges the ground and pound from Zen.
An elbow from Zen crashes against the mat.
Owen Farrell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zen working the head and body with strikes.
Farrell takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Farrell is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Farrell tries to bench press Zen off him but Zen keeps the position.
Mystic Zen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Farrell takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Zen throws a strike aimed at the side of Farrell's head but Farrell avoids it well.
Farrell is not content to let Zen control the position.
Zen is working Farrell over with some ground and pound from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zen lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Farrell down.
Farrell takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Zen working away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mystic Zen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Zen 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 Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mystic Zen!
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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