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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Fertus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akira Sendoh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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230 lbs
9 - 10 - 0 |
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245 lbs
11 - 15 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Fertus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Akira Sendoh!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sendoh moves in looking to clinch but Fertus pushes him off.
Sendoh misses with a lunging right hand
and Fertus counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Fertus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sendoh misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Fertus counters with a stiff right hand.
Fertus clinches up against the cage.
The referee calls for Fertus to work.
Sendoh tries a knee to the head but Fertus blocks it.
Fertus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sendoh moves in looking to clinch but Fertus pushes him off.
Sendoh fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sendoh moves in looking to clinch but Fertus pushes him off.
Fertus takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sendoh misses with a hook.
Fertus moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fertus circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sendoh misses with an uppercut. Fertus saw that one coming.
Sendoh falls off balance throwing a combination
and Fertus makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Akira Sendoh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sendoh tries to clinch up but Fertus circles away and keeps his distance.
Sendoh lands a nice shot to the body.
Sendoh tries to clinch but Fertus is having none of it.
Sendoh throws a jab but it's blocked by Fertus.
Sendoh falls off balance throwing a combination
and Fertus counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Fertus.
Fertus has Sendoh pressed against the cage.
Fertus blocks a body shot from Sendoh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fertus controlling the action here for a moment.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fertus.
Sendoh has had enough of the clinch but Fertus keeps him there for the moment.
Sendoh taking a breather.
Fertus stalling the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sendoh breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sendoh gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sendoh tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fertus avoids it.
Fertus digs a right hand underneath Sendoh's ribcage. Sendoh let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fertus tries to stall but Sendoh uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Fertus breaks the clinch.
Sendoh wants to clinch.
Fertus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sendoh gets a clinch.
Fertus avoiding damage as Sendoh throws knees to the body.
Sendoh trying to land knees to the body.
Fertus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sendoh keeps control of Fertus as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fertus will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sendoh up against the cage.
Fertus has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sendoh looking to throw knees to the head but Fertus is blocking nicely.
Sendoh stalling against the cage.
Fertus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fertus throws out a loose jab but Sendoh uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sendoh tries to clinch but Fertus moves out of range.
Fertus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sendoh stuns Fertus with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sendoh misses with a lunging right hand
and Sendoh takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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!
Fertus is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sendoh tries to clinch there but Fertus circles away.
Fertus swats away the attempt to clinch by Sendoh.
Sendoh misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Fertus counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sendoh throws the left hand but Fertus avoids the punch easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sendoh clinches up with Fertus and pushes him back against the cage.
Sendoh's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sendoh tries to clinch but Fertus is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Fertus dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sendoh changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
We've been told by Fertus's head coaches at All Around Training that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Sendoh tries to clinch but Fertus is having none of it.
Sendoh doesn't manage to clinch there - Fertus circles away.
Fertus keeps the fight on the outside.
Akira Sendoh is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sendoh tries to clinch there but Fertus circles away.
Sendoh tries to clinch but Fertus is having none of it.
Akira Sendoh seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sendoh tries to clinch there but Fertus circles away.
Sendoh tries to clinch
and Fertus cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sendoh moves away from the strike by Fertus.
Fertus pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sendoh pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sendoh jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sendoh misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fertus.
Fertus misses with a looping left.
Sendoh moves into range and clinches up with Fertus.
Sendoh misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fertus lands a knee to the head.
Fertus has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fertus.
Sendoh can't find room to land a body shot as Fertus controls the action.
Sendoh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fertus circles away from the clinch attempt
and Fertus counters with a series of strikes. Sendoh will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sendoh throws a jab but it's blocked by Fertus.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sendoh jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Good leg kick by Fertus there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fertus missing with a left hand there. Sendoh was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sendoh stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sendoh lands a glancing blow to the side of Fertus's head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fertus.
Sendoh takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sendoh waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fertus.
A shot to the body from Sendoh misses
and Fertus connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sendoh defending well as Fertus loads up on a big left hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sendoh looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fertus misses with a wild body shot.
Sendoh looks to throw the jab but Fertus is out of range.
Sendoh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sendoh scores with a three punch combo!
Sendoh moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Fertus throws a leg kick which misses Sendoh's front leg but catches the back leg as Sendoh tries to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fertus throws a shot from downtown. Sendoh moves away and avoids it.
Sendoh works Fertus's body with a nice hook.
Fertus takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sendoh loads up on a big right hand but Fertus slips the punch.
Fertus buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sendoh tries to clinch there but Fertus circles away.
Sendoh darts in trying to clinch
and Fertus counters with an outside leg kick.
Sendoh tries to clinch but Fertus moves away
and Fertus counters with a leg kick.
Fertus dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sendoh is breathing heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sendoh is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sendoh throws a body punch but Fertus moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Akira Sendoh will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action!
Sendoh avoids a kick to the body.
Fertus scores with a hook.
Fertus lands with a right that hurts Sendoh. Sendoh looks to clinch but Fertus throws a short knee that drops Sendoh. This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Mike Fertus!
A relieved looking Mike Fertus thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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