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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Praying Mantis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nari Vari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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195 lbs
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202 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Praying Mantis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Nari Vari!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Shimada and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mantis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vari.
Vari has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Mantis is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Mantis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vari moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vari looks to score with a jab to the body but Mantis is just out of range.
Mantis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vari ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mantis moves away.
Vari throws a head kick but Mantis moves out of range.
Mantis looks to land a combination but Vari avoids it well.
Mantis misses with a shot to the body
and Vari counters with an outside leg kick.
Vari slips a jab from Mantis.
Mantis lunges at Vari with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Vari's hand.
Vari buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Vari misses with a straight left.
Vari on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Vari lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vari takes a swing at Mantis's ribcage but misses.
Vari is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A cross from Vari lands.
Mantis fails to land with a series of punches.
Mantis lands a jab to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vari looks to land a right hand but Mantis moved out of range.
Mantis misses with a hook.
Vari throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vari pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mantis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vari was well out of range. Poor timing from Mantis.
Mantis avoids the head kick by Vari.
Danga de danga de dang - Mantis scores with a four punch combination!
Mantis stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mantis just misses with a punch to the body.
Mantis throws a looping overhand right but Vari ducks down to avoid it.
Vari swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mantis misses with a straight right.
Mantis throws a hook but Vari blocks it.
Mantis takes a swing at Vari's ribcage but misses.
Vari throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mantis on the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A telegraphed right hand from Vari misses the target.
Mantis throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vari shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Vari throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Vari misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mantis.
Mantis pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Vari back to the cage. Mantis follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Vari is rocked!
Mantis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mantis missing with a left hand there. Vari was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mantis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vari misses with a body shot.
Nice jab there from Mantis.
Vari is still on wobbly legs! Can Mantis finish him?
Mantis swings for the body but Vari moves out of range.
Vari seems to have recovered his senses.
Vari scores with a shot to the body.
Vari fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vari looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mantis misses with a series of wild punches.
Vari displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mantis throws out the jab.
Mantis drops his hands momentarily and Vari takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vari defending well as Mantis loads up on a big left hand.
Mantis throws a right and a left that Vari avoids nicely.
Vari dips to his left and cracks Mantis with an uppercut!
Vari throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mantis stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Vari turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Vari misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mantis throws a looping overhand right but Vari ducks down to avoid it.
Good exchange - Vari coming out on top.
Vari doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Vari uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mantis.
A head kick misses from Vari.
Vari looks to score with a jab to the body but Mantis is just out of range.
Vari throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mantis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vari manages to avoid it.
Vari moves away from the strike by Mantis.
Mantis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vari scores with a jab. Mantis acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
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!
Vari lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A shot to the liver by Mantis. Beautiful body shot.
Vari takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Vari moves in looking to clinch but Mantis pushes him off.
Vari looks to land a combination but Mantis avoids it well.
Vari throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vari pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mantis lands a nice looking body shot.
Mantis is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Vari just misses with a punch to the body.
Mantis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vari.
Vari misses with an uppercut. Mantis saw that one coming.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Mantis. Vari does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vari uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mantis.
Mantis throws a right hand that Vari ducks under and follows up with a left that Vari also avoids with ease.
Vari lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mantis at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Praying Mantis will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Vari ducks right into an uppercut from Mantis.
Vari throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vari takes a jab right on the kisser.
Praying Mantis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mantis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vari manages to avoid it.
Mantis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vari scores with a shot to the body.
Mantis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vari jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mantis moves out of range as Vari strikes.
Mantis throws out a powerful jab.
Vari bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A punch combination from Mantis misses.
Vari steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mantis.
Mantis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vari.
Mantis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mantis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vari scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mantis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vari cracks Mantis with an open hand slap.
Mantis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vari fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mantis manages to avoid it.
Mantis misses with a wild combination.
Mantis takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Mantis fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Vari on the side of the head.
Mantis moves away from the strike by Vari.
Vari dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mantis. That did some damage!
Mantis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mantis takes a swing at Vari's ribcage but misses.
Mantis lands with a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mantis. Vari does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vari jabs Mantis to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No joy there for Mantis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vari tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mantis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Praying Mantis is winning the standup battle so far.
Vari lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mantis at a distance.
Mantis misses with a two punch combination.
Vari plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Mantis takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Mantis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vari pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vari missing with a left hand there. Mantis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vari lands a nice looking body kick.
Mantis misses with an uppercut.
Mantis takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mantis looks to land a left hand but Vari moved out of range nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Vari.
Vari connects with a nice looking jab.
Mantis takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Mantis slips a jab from Vari.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vari throws a leg kick which misses Mantis's front leg but catches the back leg as Mantis tries to avoid it.
Mantis throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Vari counter with a right hand.
A cross from Mantis lands.
Vari scores with a jab to the head.
Mantis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Vari jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Good standup being displayed there by Vari as he connects with a hook.
Vari lands with a straight right. Mantis didn't see that one coming.
Mantis just misses with a punch to the body.
Mantis feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Varis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Vari slips a jab and a cross from Mantis.
Mantis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vari misses with a looping right.
Mantis takes a swing at Vari's ribcage but misses.
Mantis thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice body punch from Vari.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vari lands a front kick.
Mantis chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Vari can pounce on him.
Vari looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vari scores with a jab.
Vari throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mantis stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Vari steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mantis.
Nice body punch from Vari.
Mantis takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Vari lands a slapping body shot.
Vari fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mantis throws a body punch but Vari moves out of range.
Vari fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vari moves into the clinch.
Mantis misses with an elbow strike.
Vari tries to work over Mantis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A frustrated look appears on Mantis's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nari Vari showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Vari scoring well with a low kick there.
Vari misses with a head kick.
Mantis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vari was well out of range. Poor timing from Mantis.
Mantis moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Mantis misses with a wild body shot.
Vari takes one to the chin there.
Mantis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vari throws out the jab.
Mantis throws a combination that misses
and Vari counters with a nice body shot.
Mantis cracks Vari with an open hand slap.
Vari lands a jab to Mantis's midsection.
Vari scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vari throws a leg kick which misses Mantis's front leg but catches the back leg as Mantis tries to avoid it.
Vari digs a good hook to Mantis's body.
Mantis will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vari slips a straight right by Mantis.
Mantis misses with a body shot.
Vari scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mantis on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A telegraphed right hand from Vari misses the target.
Vari thows a body shot but no joy.
Vari throws a jab when Mantis was well out of range.
Vari lands a nice looking body shot.
Vari fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vari misses with a wild body shot.
Mantis swings for the body but Vari moves out of range.
Mantis takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Vari throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vari shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A swing and a miss from Vari.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Mantis checks a leg kick.
Vari fakes the leg kick and cracks Mantis in the body.
Mantis is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vari throws a hook but Mantis avoids it easily.
Vari slips under a jab from Mantis.
Vari misses with a straight right.
Mantis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vari slips a straight right by Mantis.
Mantis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Mantis misses.
Mantis looks to land a combination but Vari avoids it well.
Vari lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vari ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Mantis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mantis misses the shot to the body.
Mantis takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Mantis walks into a stiff left hand from Vari.
Vari scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vari throws a shot to the body.
Mantis throws a big shot that misses.
Mantis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vari manages to avoid it.
Vari throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vari loads up on a big right hand but Mantis slips the punch.
Mantis gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Vari uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mantis.
Mantis connects with a body shot.
Vari misses with a body kick.
Mantis has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Vari.
Vari throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mantis slips under a jab.
A left lands for Mantis.
Vari dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vari thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vari fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mantis manages to avoid it.
Vari throws a head kick that half lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mantis throws a right and a left that Vari avoids nicely.
Mantis takes a swing at Vari's ribcage but misses.
Vari looks to land a right hand but Mantis moved out of range.
A slow jab from Vari misses its intended target.
Mantis misses with a wild combination.
Mantis tries to bum rush Vari with a series of wild strikes but Vari uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mantis misses with an uppercut. Vari saw that one coming.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice straight punches there by Vari. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Vari.
Mantis getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Vari scores with a jab.
Mantis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vari manages to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nari Vari comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Vari has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nari Vari!
During a confident post fight interview, Nari Vari thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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