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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ken Masters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryu Toryakawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ken Masters is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ken Masters !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryu Toryakawa!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toryakawa swings for the body but Masters moves out of range.
Toryakawa thuds his right hand into Masters 's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Toryakawa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jab, jab by Masters - just one landing.
Masters throws a nice looking combination but Toryakawa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Toryakawa moves out of range as Masters strikes.
Sloppy strikes from Toryakawa. Those never looked like landing.
Toryakawa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Masters moves away.
Toryakawa fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Masters on the side of the head.
Masters checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Toryakawa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Toryakawa swinging wildly here.
Masters throws a hook to the side of Toryakawa's head but Toryakawa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toryakawa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Toryakawa misses with a body shot.
Toryakawa tries to score with a low kick but Masters moves his leg out of the way.
Toryakawa lands a nice shot to the body.
A jab from Toryakawa does it's job there.
Masters ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Toryakawa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Toryakawa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masters tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Toryakawa's elbow.
Toryakawa takes a shot to the head.
Masters working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Masters .
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Masters misses with a punch on the inside.
Masters lands with a right to the head.
Toryakawa has had enough of the clinch but Masters keeps him there for the moment.
Toryakawa blocks a body shot from Masters .
Masters stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short uppercut from Masters .
Masters throws a head punch that misses.
Masters throws a punch but it's blocked by Toryakawa.
Toryakawa being controlled against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masters can't find room to land a body shot as Toryakawa controls the action.
Masters lands a shoulder strike.
Masters misses with a punch on the inside.
Toryakawa prevents a body shot from Masters .
Masters lands a shoulder strike.
Masters swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Masters breaks from the clinch.
Toryakawa smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Toryakawa punishes Masters 's body with a nice straight punch.
Masters tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Toryakawa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toryakawa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Masters manages to avoid it.
Masters misses with an uppercut. Toryakawa saw that one coming.
Toryakawa scores with a nice right hand.
Toryakawa blocks a jab.
Toryakawa lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Masters throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Toryakawa is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Masters swings for the body but Toryakawa moves out of range.
Masters misses with an uppercut. Toryakawa saw that one coming.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Masters throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Toryakawa misses with a wild combination.
Masters throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Toryakawa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ken Masters dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Toryakawa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Toryakawa is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Toryakawa takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Toryakawa has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Toryakawa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Masters moves away.
Masters takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Toryakawa blocks a head kick by Masters .
Masters keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Toryakawa, as that shot connected.
Masters throws a head kick that misses.
Masters misses with a hook. Toryakawa ducked under it nicely.
Masters closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Masters lands a high kick!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toryakawa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Masters tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Toryakawa throws a nice looking combination but Masters bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Toryakawa gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Toryakawa is rocked!
Toryakawa tries to bum rush Masters with a series of wild strikes but Masters uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Toryakawa lands with a cross.
No joy there for Masters , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Toryakawa keeps the fight on the outside.
A swing and a miss from Masters .
Ken Masters is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masters drives through and clinches with Toryakawa against the cage.
Toryakawa blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Masters .
Toryakawa tries to circle away but Masters has him pinned against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Masters .
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Masters .
Masters doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A frustrated look appears on Toryakawa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Toryakawa blocks an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Toryakawa is trying to break the clinch but Masters is controlling him.
Toryakawa tries to break the clinch but Masters is controlling the position.
Masters pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Masters misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toryakawa throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Toryakawa moves away from the strike by Masters .
Masters scores with a one two! Toryakawa had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Toryakawa is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Masters misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Toryakawa to counter with a crisp jab.
Masters is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Toryakawa's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Toryakawa works over Masters 's head and body with a nice combination.
Toryakawa scores with a crisp jab that stopped Masters in his tracks.
Masters throws a nice looking combination but Toryakawa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Masters lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Masters tries to move into range but Toryakawa moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toryakawa lands a jab to the nose.
Toryakawa throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Masters drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A lazy left from Toryakawa finds it's target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Masters misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Toryakawa lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Masters throws a sloppy head kick and Toryakawa moves out of range easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Toryakawa!
A nice leg kick lands there from Masters .
Ken Masters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Masters closes the distance and clinches.
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 Ken Masters will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Masters tries to close the distance and clinch up but Toryakawa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Masters misses with a left hand
and Toryakawa counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Toryakawa lands a right hook to the body.
Toryakawa lands with a shot to the body.
Toryakawa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Masters .
Nice cross by Toryakawa.
Toryakawa with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Masters takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Toryakawa lands with a nice combination. Masters backs away looking to recover.
Ryu Toryakawa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Masters instigates a clinch.
Masters makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toryakawa blocking some punches.
Masters throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Toryakawa can't break the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Masters creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Masters makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Masters swings wildly with an uppercut but Toryakawa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Masters lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Masters .
Toryakawa is trying to force a seperation but Masters has the dominant position.
Toryakawa is trying to break the clinch but Masters is controlling him.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Toryakawa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Masters gets through Toryakawa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Masters misses with the head strike.
Masters tries a body shot but Toryakawa blocks it.
Masters lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Toryakawa blocks an uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Toryakawa tries to stall but Masters uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Masters lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Masters lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Toryakawa wants to break the clinch but can't.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Masters creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ryu Toryakawa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masters breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Masters is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Toryakawa thows a body shot but no joy.
Toryakawa swinging wildly here.
Masters misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Masters throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Toryakawa's head.
Toryakawa lands a right hook to the body.
Toryakawa lands a jab-cross combination.
Masters swings for the body but Toryakawa moves out of range.
Masters takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masters misses with a wild combination.
Masters takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Toryakawa cracks Masters with a right hand to the side of the head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Masters . That's going to slow Toryakawa down.
Ken Masters is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Toryakawa lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Masters is looking to clinch but Toryakawa is avoiding it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Masters fails to land with a series of punches.
Toryakawa uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Masters has time to react.
Toryakawa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ryu Toryakawa.
I think Masters has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ken Masters !
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energy
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