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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Martin Louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akira Toriyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Louis might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Stand up and Fight. Toriyama is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Three 6 Mafia - It's a Fight. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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182 cm
27
169 lbs
14 - 3 - 0 |
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173 cm
26
167 lbs
19 - 3 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Martin Louis! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
19 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Akira Toriyama! The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Louis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Toriyama throws a body kick despite being completely out of range and Louis counters with a left to the body. A jab from Toriyama misses. Toriyama will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Toriyama is looking to score with low kicks. Louis misses with a body shot.
Louis takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards. Louis is looking to score with low kicks. Louis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Toriyama fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Toriyama motions for Louis to come forward. Toriyama throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. Louis moves out of range as Toriyama strikes. Louis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Toriyama.
Toriyama takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Louis moves into the clinch. Toriyama blocks a body shot from Louis. Louis swings wildly with an uppercut but Toriyama uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Toriyama working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Toriyama blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Louis lands a right hand. A short right from Toriyama. A head punch blocked on the inside by Toriyama. I was talking to Louis's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. Toriyama missing with knees to the body.
Louis lands a hook to the side of the head. Louis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Toriyama misses with some punches.
Toriyama blocks a body shot from Louis. A head punch blocked on the inside by Louis. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Toriyama. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Louis. Louis scores with a hook to the body. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Toriyama blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Toriyama lands a nice uppercut. Louis digs a right hand underneath Toriyama's ribcage. Toriyama let out a lung full of air as it connected. Nice body punch from Toriyama - that landed with a thud.
A short uppercut from Louis. Toriyama has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Louis seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Toriyama can turn it around. Louis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Toriyama lands a shoulder strike. Toriyama misses with the head strike.
Louis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Louis misses with a body punch.
Louis misses with a punch to the body.
Toriyama controlling the action here for a moment.
Louis scores with a shoulder strike. Toriyama is trying to maintain a safe position but Louis gets an underhook and turns Toriyama into the cage. Louis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Louis lands a body punch. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Louis. Toriyama tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Toriyama tries to throw a body punch but Louis avoids it by throwing Toriyama back against the cage. Toriyama misses with a hook from the clinch. Louis blocks an uppercut.
Toriyama blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Toriyama tries to pull guard but Louis forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Toriyama misses with a punch to the body.
Toriyama lands a damaging elbow. Louis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Louis misses with the head strike.
Louis misses with a punch on the inside.
Louis digs a right hand into Toriyama's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Toriyama's gas tank. Louis misses with a body punch.
Toriyama stalling.
Louis throws a punch but it's blocked by Toriyama. Toriyama lands an uppercut. Toriyama lands on the inside with an uppercut. Louis misses with the head strike.
Toriyama misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Louis. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Louis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Louis lands a nice shot to the body. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Louis. Toriyama blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Louis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Louis scores with a nice short uppercut. Toriyama misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A left hand lands to the body for Louis.
Louis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. A head punch blocked on the inside by Toriyama. Louis lands a nice uppercut. Louis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Louis swings wildly with an uppercut but Toriyama uses good head movement to avoid it. Louis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Toriyama. Louis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Toriyama's elbow. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Louis. Louis is leaning against Toriyama and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. Louis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Louis lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Toriyama. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! A short right from Louis on the inside. Louis has a couple of punches blocked by Toriyama.
Louis misses with a punch to the body.
Louis blocks an uppercut.
Louis misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martin Louis dominated that round. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Louis scores with a jab. Toriyama acknowledges it with a nod of the head. A slapping leg kick lands for Louis.
Louis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Akira Toriyama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Toriyama, right into the meat.
Louis lands a body shot.
Toriyama moves away from the strike by Louis. Toriyama ducks under a wild hook from Louis. Louis thows a leg kick but Toriyama checks it and Toriyama counters with an outside leg kick.
Toriyama throws a low kick, looking for Louis's leg but Louis calmly moves out of range. Toriyama throws a nice outside leg kick. Louis pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. Toriyama moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Toriyama doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Louis misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round. Louis scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Louis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Toriyama manages to avoid it. Toriyama lands a jab to Louis's midsection. Toriyama scores with a sloppy right hand. Louis should have avoided that one. Toriyama dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Louis stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush. Toriyama tests Louis's chin there with a solid looking shot. Toriyama jabbing away but nothing is landing. Louis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Louis tries to bum rush Toriyama with a series of wild strikes but Toriyama uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Martin Louis is winning the standup battle so far. Toriyama chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Louis closes the distance and clinches. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Louis swings wildly with an uppercut but Toriyama uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Toriyama looking to slow down the pace here. Louis lands an uppercut. Louis working some nice short punches in the clinch. Louis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Toriyama misses with an elbow over the top. Louis lands a shoulder strike.
Toriyama is rocked! Toriyama's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Toriyama is still on wobbly legs! Can Louis finish him? Louis misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Toriyama fails to land. A head punch blocked on the inside by Toriyama. Toriyama seems to have recovered his senses. Louis working aggressively here.
Toriyama blocks an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Toriyama just misses with a elbow thrown towards Louis's brow. Martin Louis has scored more points in the clinch so far. Louis gets through Toriyama's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Toriyama fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Louis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Toriyama trying to control the position but instead, Louis has worked for underhooks and has pushed Toriyama into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Toriyama tries to throw a body punch but Louis avoids it by throwing Toriyama back against the cage. Louis swings wildly with an uppercut but Toriyama uses good head movement to avoid it. Still in the clinch, Louis scores with a nice short uppercut.
It looks like Akira Toriyama has been cut. Toriyama has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Toriyama is working Louis over against the cage. Louis working some nice short punches in the clinch. Toriyama misses with a body punch.
Toriyama tries to work over Louis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Louis throws a head punch that misses. Toriyama throws a head punch that misses. Toriyama misses with an elbow strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Louis.
Toriyama wants to stall.
Louis working some nice short punches in the clinch. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Toriyama swings wildly with an uppercut but Louis uses good head movement to avoid it. Louis lands with a left to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Still in the clinch, Louis scores with a nice short uppercut. Louis dips a shoulder and cracks Toriyama with a mighty uppercut! Toriyama falls back against the cage and Louis unloads with a barrage of strikes! Toriyama is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Louis screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Martin Louis! A victorious Martin Louis thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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