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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ichi Takeshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bubba Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bubba Smith acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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138 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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190 cm
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133 lbs
14 - 9 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ichi Takeshi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bubba Smith!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Ron Honeybunn and Ben Hemmingworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Takeshi misses.
Takeshi with a nice cross.
Takeshi is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
Takeshi looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Smith!
Takeshi has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Smith tries to improve position but can't.
The strikes coming from Takeshi are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Smith is trying to buck Takeshi off.
Takeshi works to advance to full mount. Smith defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Takeshi with good strikes from the mount here!
Takeshi is working for a guillotine from mount but Smith frees his head quite easily.
Takeshi is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Smith is surviving well by controlling Takeshi's body position as best he can.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Takeshi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Smith can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takeshi had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Smith defends it easily.
Takeshi is trying to keep Smith in close.
Smith keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Takeshi's head.
Takeshi trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Takeshi might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Smith passes Takeshi's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Takeshi is defending against the submission attempts here by Smith.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Smith is working for a submission of some sort.
Smith takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takeshi looks like he's trying to stand up.
Takeshi looking for submissions off his back.
Takeshi has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Smith is working away from the top position though.
Takeshi looking for submissions off his back.
Takeshi 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.
Smith is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith prevents Takeshi from improving his position.
Smith is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Takeshi moves into full guard.
Smith avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takeshi wants to stand and escape but Smith is having none of it.
Takeshi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Smith postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Smith landing some decent shots from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Smith's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Takeshi wants to sweep here but Smith controlling him for the moment.
Takeshi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Takeshi had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Smith defends it easily.
Smith loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Smith working some strikes from top position.
Takeshi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Smith gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Smith must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Takeshi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Smith manages to get himself to full guard.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Takeshi from controlling successfully.
Takeshi with a flurry of punches that miss.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Takeshi from controlling successfully.
Smith not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Takeshi 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.
Smith is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Takeshi is aware though and is defending well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Takeshi got a little sloppy there for a moment and Smith has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Takeshi has managed to get both his arms back between Smith's legs - danger averted.
Smith is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ichi Takeshi dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A slow jab from Takeshi misses its intended target.
Takeshi will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Smith defending well as Takeshi loads up on a big left hand.
Nice sprawl there from Takeshi as Smith shoots in.
Smith fails to land the takedown.
Takeshi shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Smith as he avoids it easily.
Takeshi wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Smith with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Takeshi to score with a decent uppercut.
Takeshi misses with a straight left.
Takeshi is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
Takeshi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Takeshi misses.
Takeshi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Takeshi tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Takeshi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Takeshi looks to land a right hand but Smith moved out of range.
Smith tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Takeshi defends well and Smith ends up having to push Takeshi into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Ichi Takeshi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bubba Smith.
Takeshi looking to throw knees to the head but Smith is blocking nicely.
Takeshi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Takeshi scores with a hook to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Takeshi throws an elbow but misses.
Takeshi holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Smith has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Takeshi avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Smith's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Takeshi struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
Takeshi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Smith avoids a wild elbow strike from Takeshi.
Takeshi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Takeshi is pressed up against the cage. Smith has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Takeshi down to the mat. Takeshi avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.
Takeshi has a takedown stuffed.
Takeshi misses with a lunging right hand
and Smith decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Takeshi's guard.
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!
Takeshi wants to stand but Smith is controlling the position.
Smith scoring with some ground and pound.
Smith got a little sloppy there for a moment and Takeshi has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Smith has managed to get both his arms back between Takeshi's legs - danger averted.
Smith in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Smith postures up and lands a big shot to Takeshi's brow.
Takeshi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Takeshi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Smith gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Smith is working Takeshi over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Takeshi keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
Smith postures up and lands a big shot to Takeshi's brow.
Smith missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Smith landing with the ground and pound.
Smith postures up.
Takeshi looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Smith is defending well. Takeshi quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Smith has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Takeshi celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ichi Takeshi!
A very excited looking Ichi Takeshi 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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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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