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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ben Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takeru Masaru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Oasis - The Hindu Times. Masaru comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Naked And Famous - Young Blood kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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168 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ben Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Takeru Masaru!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Masaru takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Williams throws a poor cross that misses
and Masaru counters with a shoot takedown. Williams fights it but they end up in guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Masaru passes Williams's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Masaru is thwarting Williams's attempts to control the position.
Williams is looking for a sweep. Masaru is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Masaru has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Williams is trying to escape the mount.
Masaru throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Masaru is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Williams has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Williams!
Masaru has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Williams can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masaru looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Williams passes Masaru's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Williams works his foot free and advances to mount.
Williams avoids the attempt from Masaru to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams prevents Masaru from getting the reversal.
Masaru tries to hold on but Williams postures up.
Masaru is in all sorts of trouble here.
Williams wants to take his opponent's back but Masaru doesn't allow it.
Masaru wants to hold on but Williams pushes him away.
Williams controlling from the full mount.
Masaru is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masaru looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
You can see the frustration on Masaru's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
A lull in the action here.
Williams missing with punches from the back.
Williams is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Masaru is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams missing with strikes.
Masaru preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Williams.
Masaru tries to escape the position.
Williams wants to control but Masaru is keeping busy.
Masaru wants to control his opponent's hands but Williams gets his hands free.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams keeps control of the position as Masaru tries to break free.
Masaru defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Williams's arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Takeru Masaru will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Williams gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Masaru wants to control from the top but Williams keeps moving.
Williams not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Masaru slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Williams keeping moving, preventing Masaru from controlling successfully.
Masaru postures up.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Williams throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Masaru counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Williams thinking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masaru has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Williams finds it's way round the side to connect with Masaru's head.
It looks like Takeru Masaru has been cut.
Masaru has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Masaru there as he acknowledges the shot.
Williams fails in his attempt to clinch.
Masaru uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Williams.
Williams is looking to score with low kicks.
Masaru misses the jab.
A big left from Williams misses.
Masaru pushes Williams up against the cage in a clinch.
Masaru is pushing Williams up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Williams softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Williams stalling in the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Masaru is looking to control Williams's arms but Williams gets an underhook and turns him. Now Masaru has his back to the cage.
Williams stalling in the clinch but Masaru improves position.
Masaru has had enough of the clinch but Williams keeps him there for the moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Masaru.
Masaru is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
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!
Masaru breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Masaru scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A bone on bone clash there as Masaru blocks the leg kick.
Masaru punishes Williams's body with a nice straight punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masaru tries to clinch there but Williams circles away.
Masaru shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Williams sprawls well. Williams wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Masaru gets slowly back to his feet.
Williams misses with a head kick.
Masaru fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Williams looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ben Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams takes a swing at Masaru's ribcage but misses.
Williams cracks Masaru with an open hand slap.
Williams throws an overhand right that lands on Masaru's shoulder, as Masaru tries to avoid the shot.
Williams pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Williams waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Masaru.
Williams misses with an uppercut. Masaru saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Masaru finds it's way through Williams's defenses.
Masaru lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Masaru tests Williams's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Williams fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Masaru, pushing him back against the cage.
Williams lands an elbow inside that Masaru shrugs off.
Williams lands an elbow inside that Masaru shrugs off.
Williams throws an elbow that misses.
Williams throws an elbow but it misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Masaru is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Williams can't fight it off and eventually Masaru manages to take the fight to the floor. Williams looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams is trying to control the position but Masaru postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Takeru Masaru will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Takeru Masaru's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Williams misses with an uppercut.
Williams misses with a straight left.
Masaru missing with a left hand there. Williams was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Masaru.
Masaru tries to advance to mount but Williams denies him.
Williams is trying to work for a sweep but Masaru has mounted him!
Masaru controlling from the full mount.
Williams can't escape the position.
Masaru scoring with strikes but Williams is staying in there.
Takeru Masaru has got the better of the ground game so far.
Masaru wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masaru is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Williams is surviving well by controlling Masaru's body position as best he can.
Masaru lands a big elbow.
Williams keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Masaru forces the positional change into back control.
Williams is in bad spot here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams is working hard here to advance position.
Williams tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Williams really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams wants to control but Masaru is having none of it.
Williams is squirming around, avoiding Masaru's attempts to control the action.
Williams wants to control but Masaru is having none of it.
Williams manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Williams, under a barage of strikes from Masaru.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Masaru trying to control the action but Williams is working from the bottom.
Masaru is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Williams has managed to free his arm - good work.
Masaru is keen to just control but Williams is a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Masaru won't allow Williams to sweep him here.
Masaru tries to free his leg and advance position but Williams is retaining full guard.
Williams keeping moving, preventing Masaru from controlling successfully.
Masaru preventing the sweep.
Masaru trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Williams seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Masaru works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Ben Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries to roll over but Masaru keeps him under control.
Masaru is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Williams tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Takeru Masaru is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Masaru controlling the position easily from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams is wriggling around trying to escape.
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!
Williams throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Takeru Masaru comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Masaru winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Takeru Masaru!
Takeru Masaru bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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