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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Naoya Shiraishi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Naoya Shiraishi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Jordan!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Cecil Peabody and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jordan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jordan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Some wild striking there from Jordan.
Shiraishi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jordan throws a shot to the body.
Shiraishi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shiraishi throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jordan counters with a series of strikes. Shiraishi will be more careful next time no doubt.
Shiraishi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Michael Jordan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jordan takes the fight into the clinch.
Jordan drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Shiraishi drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Shiraishi looking for a takedown.
Shiraishi tries to land a knee to the head but Jordan blocks with his arms.
Jordan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jordan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jordan closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Jordan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Shiraishi.
Jordan closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Jordan lands in his opponent's guard.
Shiraishi wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shiraishi uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Jordan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Shiraishi. That did some damage!
Shiraishi closes the distance but Jordan moves to the side
and Jordan counters with a two punch combo.
Shiraishi misses with a double jab
and Jordan counters with a thumping low kick.
Shiraishi fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Naoya Shiraishi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shiraishi is breathing heavily.
Shiraishi fails to land the takedown.
Jordan throws a series of strikes that have Shiraishi backpedaling.
Jordan lands a body shot.
Shiraishi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jordan.
Jordan cracks the inside of Shiraishi's front leg.
Shiraishi swinging wilding here.
Jordan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jordan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jordan displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Shiraishi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jordan scores with a kick to the midsection.
Jordan closes the distance and clinches.
Jordan can't break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shiraishi tries to land knees in the clinch but Jordan avoids the damage to the body.
Jordan manages to break the clinch.
Jordan throws a series of strikes that have Shiraishi backpedaling.
Jordan stalks Shiraishi and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Shiraishi's face. Shiraishi staggers backwards, shaken.
Shiraishi throws a sloppy head kick
and Jordan counters with a series of strikes. Shiraishi will be more careful next time no doubt.
Shiraishi misses with a series of wild punches.
Jordan misses with a takedown attempt - Shiraishi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Shiraishi tries to bum rush Jordan with a series of wild strikes but Jordan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Shiraishi shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Jordan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
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!
Jordan has had enough of the clinch but Shiraishi keeps him there for the moment.
Jordan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jordan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shiraishi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shiraishi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shiraishi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jordan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shiraishi is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jordan.
Jordan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Shiraishi moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jordan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jordan stuffs the takedown.
Jordan scores with a decent looking hook.
Jordan goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jordan moves out of range of the body kick from Shiraishi.
Shiraishi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jordan.
Jordan has Shiraishi up against the cage in a clinch.
Jordan wants a takedown but no success here.
Jordan breaks the clinch.
Jordan blocks a head kick by Shiraishi.
Shiraishi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Shiraishi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jordan darts in and clinches Shiraishi up against the cage.
Jordan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jordan moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jordan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Shiraishi misses with a series of wild punches.
Jordan is looking to slow Shiraishi down with leg kicks.
Jordan lands with a kick to the ribs.
Shiraishi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Shiraishi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jordan.
Jordan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jordan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shiraishi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jordan clinches.
Shiraishi misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shiraishi wants to get back to striking at distance but Jordan won't allow it.
Shiraishi misses with a knee to the head.
Shiraishi drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jordan pulls his leg out and moves away.
Shiraishi doesn't manage to clinch there - Jordan circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Shiraishi lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jordan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jordan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Shiraishi shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jordan as he avoids it easily.
Horrible takedown by Shiraishi or perhaps it was just good defense by Jordan which made him look bad.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Shiraishi.
Shiraishi gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Jordan wants to stand and escape but instead Shiraishi has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Shiraishi with a nice head shot there.
Shiraishi scoring with punches to the head and body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jordan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Shiraishi passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Shiraishi 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.
Shiraishi scoring with punches from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Jordan dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jordan!
Shiraishi misses with a looping left.
Jordan connects with a solid leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Jordan.
Shiraishi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A nice combination there by Jordan.
Jordan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jordan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shiraishi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shiraishi is fighting off a takedown attempt but Jordan is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Shiraishi to the mat. Shiraishi regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Jordan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jordan wants to pass the guard but Shiraishi is keeping the position.
Jordan lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jordan prevents Shiraishi from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jordan trying to control the position from guard on top but Shiraishi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shiraishi throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jordan is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Jordan preventing the sweep.
Jordan gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan forces Shiraishi back against the cage and clinches.
Jordan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Danga de danga de dang - Jordan scores with a four punch combination!
Shiraishi tries a head kick but it misses.
Jordan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jordan.
Shiraishi tries to clinch up but Jordan circles away and keeps his distance.
Jordan drives through and clinches with Shiraishi against the cage.
Jordan blocking some punches.
Jordan breaks from the clinch.
Jordan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Shiraishi's waist but Shiraishi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jordan off to one side.
A head kick by Shiraishi misses
and Jordan counters with a three punch combo that has Shiraishi backing up. Shiraishi nods at Jordan to acknowledge the strikes.
Jordan scores a takedown into full mount!
Jordan looking for a guillotine from mount but Shiraishi is having none of it.
Jordan blocks Shiraishi's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Jordan is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Shiraishi has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Shiraishi sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jordan wants to get back to his feet.
Shiraishi manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Danga de danga de dang - Shiraishi scores with a four punch combination!
It looks like Michael Jordan has been cut.
Jordan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jordan clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jordan keeps control of Shiraishi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Shiraishi is trying to stall.
Jordan breaks from the clinch.
Shiraishi throws a head kick that misses.
Shiraishi swings for the body but Jordan moves out of range.
Jordan moves into the clinch successfully.
Jordan tries for a takedown but Shiraishi manages to get underhooks.
Shiraishi throws a head punch that misses.
Jordan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Shiraishi has him pressed against the cage.
Shiraishi avoids the elbow strike from Jordan, against the cage.
Jordan tries to land a knee to the head but Shiraishi blocks with his arms.
Shiraishi misses with an elbow over the top.
Shiraishi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jordan is keeping busy.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shiraishi.
Shiraishi struggles to land a body shot inside as Jordan controls his hands.
Shiraishi is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jordan gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shiraishi tries to break the clinch but Jordan is controlling the position.
Shiraishi tries to land knees in the clinch but Jordan avoids the damage to the body.
Shiraishi working aggressively here.
Shiraishi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shiraishi prevents Jordan from breaking the clinch.
Jordan breaks from the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Shiraishi.
Shiraishi fails to land the takedown.
Shiraishi throws a lazy head kick
and Jordan counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Shiraishi!
Shiraishi is working to get back to half guard.
Shiraishi is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Shiraishi keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Shiraishi's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Shiraishi keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Shiraishi wants to control but Jordan is having none of it.
Shiraishi bucks Jordan off and manages to get back to his feet!
Jordan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jordan doesn't manage to clinch there - Shiraishi circles away.
Naoya Shiraishi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jordan, right into the meat.
Jordan throws a nice outside leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Shiraishi blocks the leg kick.
Shiraishi tries to clinch
and Jordan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jordan darts in and clinches Shiraishi up against the cage.
Shiraishi can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Naoya Shiraishi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shiraishi wants to get back to striking at distance but Jordan won't allow it.
Shiraishi wants to break free but Jordan has control.
Shiraishi misses with the head strike.
Shiraishi is working for takedown but Jordan is calmly controlling the position for now.
Shiraishi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jordan looking to stall.
Shiraishi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jordan.
Jordan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Shiraishi changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Jordan fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Jordan avoids the head kick by Shiraishi.
Jordan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shiraishi shoots in but Jordan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jordan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jordan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Shiraishi misses with the combination.
Jordan gets caught flat footed, as Shiraishi shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Jordan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Michael Jordan's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Shiraishi shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Shiraishi showed some decent athleticism there.
Shiraishi is tying to control. Jordan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Shiraishi is nestled in close to Jordan, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Shiraishi stands up from half guard.
Shiraishi tries to clinch there but Jordan circles away.
Jordan throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Shiraishi is looking to clinch but Jordan is avoiding it.
Shiraishi throws a poor cross that misses
and Jordan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Shiraishi misses with a double jab.
Shiraishi misses with a takedown attempt - Jordan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jordan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Shiraishi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shiraishi shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jordan but Jordan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Jordan.
Shiraishi manages to work his way to half guard, despite Jordan's best efforts.
Jordan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Shiraishi landing strikes from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan wants to stand up but Shiraishi is controlling the position.
Shiraishi wants to improve his position but Jordan is controlling well.
Shiraishi manages to get to full guard.
Jordan stands up from Shiraishi's guard - Jordan perhaps looking for a knockout.
Jordan stalks Shiraishi and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Shiraishi's face. Shiraishi staggers backwards, shaken.
Jordan is working the combinations to good effect here.
Jordan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jordan gets caught flat footed, as Shiraishi shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Jordan looking to hit a scissor sweep but Shiraishi is one step ahead there.
Shiraishi stands up from Jordan's guard - Shiraishi perhaps looking for a knockout.
Shiraishi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jordan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shiraishi misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shiraishi looks for a takedown but Jordan sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Naoya Shiraishi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jordan clinches with his opponent.
Jordan manages to break the clinch.
Jordan clinches up with Shiraishi and pushes him back against the cage.
Jordan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shiraishi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jordan throws a one two combo.
A good leg kick by Jordan.
Shiraishi tries a head kick but it misses.
Shiraishi closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jordan circles away.
Shiraishi throws a sloppy head kick and Jordan moves out of range easily.
Shiraishi throws a combination that misses
and Jordan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Shiraishi closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jordan circles away.
Shiraishi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jordan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jordan throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jordan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Shiraishi tries for a takedown but Jordan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Michael Jordan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jordan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Shiraishi.
Shiraishi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jordan can pounce on him.
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!
Jordan lands with a cross.
Jordan scoring well with a low kick there.
Jordan blocks a head kick by Shiraishi.
Jordan forces Shiraishi back against the cage and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jordan manages to break the clinch.
Shiraishi wants to clinch but Jordan slips to the side
and Jordan counters with a leg kick.
Naoya Shiraishi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shiraishi throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Jordan stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Shiraishi follows into mount!
Jordan is rocked!
Shiraishi lands a heavy elbow.
Jordan is still in real trouble! Can Shiraishi finish him?
A nice elbow there by Shiraishi.
That has opened up Michael Jordan's cut even more.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shiraishi postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jordan looks a forlorn figure.
Michael Jordan's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Michael Jordan's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Naoya Shiraishi!
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