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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brad Cheeseman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Misaki Suzuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brad Cheeseman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Misaki Suzuki!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Suzuki or perhaps it was just good defense by Cheeseman which made him look bad.
Suzuki keeps the fight on the outside.
Cheeseman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cheeseman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Suzuki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cheeseman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Suzuki tries to bum rush Cheeseman with a series of wild strikes but Cheeseman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cheeseman moves into the clinch.
Suzuki takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Misaki Suzuki has been cut.
Cheeseman landing knees to the body.
Suzuki looks gassed!
Cheeseman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cheeseman.
A knee to the head by Cheeseman.
Cheeseman landing knees to the body.
Cheeseman throws an elbow but it misses.
Cheeseman with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cheeseman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cheeseman scores a nice knee to the body.
Cheeseman lands a nice knee to the body.
Cheeseman scores a nice knee to the body.
Cheeseman lands a knee to the head.
Cheeseman with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cheeseman scores with a knee to the head.
Cheeseman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cheeseman connects with a knee to the head.
Suzuki is trying to drag Cheeseman to the mat but Cheeseman just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheeseman lands a knee to the body.
Cheeseman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Suzuki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cheeseman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Suzuki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cheeseman.
Cheeseman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Suzuki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Suzuki is trying to break free.
Suzuki takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cheeseman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cheeseman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Suzuki.
Suzuki has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Cheeseman avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Brad Cheeseman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Misaki Suzuki.
Cheeseman crunches a lovely knee into Suzuki's ribcage.
Cheeseman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Suzuki.
Suzuki jumps guard.
Cheeseman trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cheeseman wants to get up but he can't break Suzuki's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Cheeseman trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cheeseman wants to stand but Suzuki is controlling his posture from full guard.
Suzuki 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suzuki throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Suzuki looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Cheeseman scores with a shot to the body.
Cheeseman's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Cheeseman duly obliges.
Suzuki throws a combination that misses
and Cheeseman counters with a nice uppercut.
Cheeseman doesn't manage to clinch there - Suzuki circles away.
Cheeseman misses with a hook.
Cheeseman tries to clinch there but Suzuki circles away.
Cheeseman throws a leg kick but Suzuki checks it.
Cheeseman misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheeseman throws a nice looking combination but Suzuki bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cheeseman staying out of range there.
Suzuki swings for the body but Cheeseman moves out of range.
Suzuki takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cheeseman tries a low kick but Suzuki avoids it.
Cheeseman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cheeseman throws the left hand but Suzuki avoids the punch easily.
Brad Cheeseman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Suzuki throws a right and a left that both miss.
Suzuki cracks Cheeseman with an open hand slap.
Cheeseman moves into range and clinches up with Suzuki.
Suzuki tries to pull guard but Cheeseman won't allow it.
Cheeseman with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cheeseman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Suzuki's face.
Suzuki is trying to maintain a safe position but Cheeseman gets an underhook and turns Suzuki into the ropes.
Cheeseman tries to land knees in the clinch but Suzuki avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheeseman tries to land knees in the clinch but Suzuki avoids the damage to the body.
Suzuki is trying to drag Cheeseman to the mat but Cheeseman just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Cheeseman landing knees to the body.
Suzuki lands a takedown into guard.
Suzuki in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cheeseman looking for a sweep. Not yet Cheeseman, not yet.
Cheeseman wants to stand but Suzuki is controlling the position.
Suzuki lands a couple of digs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Suzuki passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Suzuki working the body and head with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Cheeseman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Misaki Suzuki's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Suzuki takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Suzuki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Suzuki tries to bum rush Cheeseman with a series of wild strikes but Cheeseman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cheeseman doesn't manage to clinch there - Suzuki circles away.
Suzuki blocks a head kick by Cheeseman.
Cheeseman lands a nice looking kick to the body. Suzuki takes a step back to recover.
Cheeseman looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cheeseman lands with a slapping head kick.
Cheeseman misses with a body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Suzuki thows a body shot but no joy.
Brad Cheeseman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cheeseman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cheeseman is looking to clinch but Suzuki is avoiding it.
Cheeseman throws a head kick that half lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheeseman throws a nice outside leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Cheeseman.
Suzuki tries to bum rush Cheeseman with a series of wild strikes but Cheeseman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cheeseman getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cheeseman scores with a head kick.
Cheeseman moves away from the strike by Suzuki.
Cheeseman jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A head kick from Cheeseman lands but Suzuki takes it in his stride.
Cheeseman tries to clinch up but Suzuki circles away and keeps his distance.
Cheeseman connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cheeseman tries to clinch but Suzuki is having none of it.
Cheeseman throws a hook to the side of Suzuki's head but Suzuki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Suzuki.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheeseman throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Suzuki ducks right into an uppercut from Cheeseman.
Suzuki takes one to the chin there.
Cheeseman tries a head kick but it misses.
Cheeseman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cheeseman connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cheeseman throws a right and a left that Suzuki avoids nicely.
Suzuki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Suzuki closes this distance looking for a takedown but Cheeseman circles away.
Brad Cheeseman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cheeseman misses with the combination.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cheeseman.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheeseman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Suzuki.
Suzuki misses with a two punch combination.
Suzuki swats away the attempt to clinch by Cheeseman.
Cheeseman tries to clinch up.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Cheeseman.
Suzuki takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cheeseman lands a head kick. Suzuki smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Suzuki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cheeseman.
Cheeseman tries to close the distance and clinch but Suzuki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cheeseman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Suzuki has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cheeseman finds it's way round the side to connect with Suzuki's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheeseman lands a jab-cross combination.
Suzuki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cheeseman.
Suzuki takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Brad Cheeseman is winning the standup battle so far.
Suzuki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cheeseman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cheeseman scores with a head kick.
Cheeseman fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Suzuki.
Cheeseman throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Suzuki misses with a double jab
and Cheeseman counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cheeseman.
Good exchange - Cheeseman coming out on top.
Good exchange - Cheeseman coming out on top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Cheeseman dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Misaki Suzuki's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
An inside leg kick lands from Cheeseman.
A shot to the body from Cheeseman misses
and Suzuki counters with a two punch combo.
Cheeseman pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cheeseman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cheeseman is looking to slow Suzuki down with leg kicks.
Suzuki blocks a head kick by Cheeseman.
Suzuki chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cheeseman can pounce on him.
Cheeseman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Suzuki throws a series of punches but Cheeseman moves out of range.
Cheeseman goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A slapping body kick lands there for Cheeseman.
Cheeseman scoring well with a low kick there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cheeseman slips a jab and a cross from Suzuki.
Cheeseman catches Suzuki with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheeseman scores with a nice head shot.
Cheeseman throws a leg kick which misses Suzuki's front leg but catches the back leg as Suzuki tries to avoid it.
Cheeseman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Suzuki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cheeseman scores with a leg kick.
Suzuki throws a head kick that misses.
Cheeseman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Cheeseman finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Suzuki takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cheeseman throws a push kick but Suzuki slaps the foot to one side.
Suzuki's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
No joy there for Suzuki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cheeseman lands a high kick!
Cheeseman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheeseman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cheeseman is looking to clinch.
Suzuki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Decent striking displayed by Suzuki there.
Suzuki misses with a wild combination.
Cheeseman throws a head kick that half lands.
Suzuki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cheeseman counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Suzuki keeps the fight on the outside.
Suzuki avoids the head kick by Cheeseman.
Suzuki throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A combination from Cheeseman does no damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suzuki avoids the head kick by Cheeseman.
Cheeseman slips a jab and a cross from Suzuki.
Suzuki throws a nice looking combination but Cheeseman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cheeseman moves away from the strike by Suzuki.
A good leg kick by Cheeseman.
Cheeseman lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Cheeseman plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Cheeseman tries to clinch up.
Cheeseman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Suzuki can do to turn this around?
Suzuki's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Suzuki duly obliges.
Cheeseman lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cheeseman throws a head kick that misses.
Suzuki looks to land a combination. Cheeseman sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Cheeseman tries a head kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suzuki misses with the combination.
Cheeseman darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Cheeseman.
Cheeseman throws a combination that misses
and Suzuki counters with a left and a right that stings Cheeseman.
Cheeseman lands a head kick!
Suzuki scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Suzuki slips under a jab from Cheeseman.
Cheeseman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Suzuki with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cheeseman to score with a decent uppercut.
Suzuki looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Cheeseman clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Misaki Suzuki's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Cheeseman looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Suzuki takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Cheeseman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cheeseman scoring well with a low kick there.
Cheeseman bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Suzuki's head.
Cheeseman tries to clinch up but Suzuki circles away and keeps his distance.
Jab by Cheeseman.
Cheeseman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Suzuki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A combination from Suzuki does no damage.
Cheeseman throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Suzuki's head.
Suzuki shoots in for a takedown but Cheeseman shows good takedown defense.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Cheeseman stalks Suzuki and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Suzuki's face. Suzuki staggers backwards, shaken.
Suzuki has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Cheeseman.
Suzuki throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cheeseman counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Suzuki is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheeseman throws a head kick that half lands.
Cheeseman tries a head kick but it misses.
Cheeseman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Suzuki throws out the jab.
Cheeseman closes the distance but Suzuki moves to the side
and Suzuki counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Suzuki blocks a head kick by Cheeseman.
Some wild striking there from Suzuki.
Suzuki takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Suzuki misses with a double jab
and Cheeseman counters with a body kick that stops Suzuki in his tracks momentarily.
Cheeseman throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Cheeseman darts in trying to clinch
and Suzuki connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A combination from Suzuki does no damage.
Cheeseman tries to clinch up.
Suzuki circles away from the clinch attempt
and Suzuki counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Suzuki is pressing down on Cheeseman's thigh, looking to free his foot. Cheeseman is holding on for now.
Cheeseman regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Suzuki.
Cheeseman is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suzuki throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Suzuki thows a big elbow that misses.
Suzuki stops Cheeseman from standing up.
Cheeseman can't keep his opponent in guard - Suzuki advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Cheeseman trying to control here.
Suzuki missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Suzuki looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cheeseman with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Cheeseman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Suzuki circles away from the clinch attempt.
Suzuki has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Cheeseman lands with a nice body kick.
Suzuki takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Suzuki throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cheeseman looks to land a left hand but Suzuki moved out of range nicely.
Cheeseman throws a head kick that misses.
Suzuki misses with a hook.
Cheeseman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cheeseman looks to clinch
and Suzuki counters with a straight right hand.
Cheeseman throws a head kick but Suzuki moves out of range.
Suzuki tries to bum rush Cheeseman with a series of wild strikes but Cheeseman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cheeseman throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A combination from Suzuki does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Brad Cheeseman will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Misaki Suzuki's cut.
That's time! Cheeseman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Cheeseman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cheeseman looks to clinch
and Suzuki counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Suzuki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Suzuki throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cheeseman tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Suzuki counters with a one-two to the body.
Cheeseman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Suzuki moves away.
Cheeseman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Suzuki defending well as Cheeseman loads up on a big left hand.
Cheeseman wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cheeseman - that will leave a mark!
Suzuki avoids a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suzuki looks to score with a jab to the body but Cheeseman is just out of range.
Cheeseman lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Cheeseman tries to clinch up but Suzuki circles away and keeps his distance.
Suzuki needs to keep his hands up - Cheeseman had a free shot at his head there.
Cheeseman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cheeseman misses with a head kick.
Cheeseman misses with a wild combination.
Cheeseman clinches but Suzuki breaks the clinch
and Suzuki counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Suzuki seems to be working for a kimura but Cheeseman defends the submission attempt.
Suzuki throwing shots but Cheeseman is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheeseman makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Suzuki misses with a series of wild punches.
Cheeseman looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Suzuki moves out of range as Cheeseman strikes.
Cheeseman lands a jab to the head.
Cheeseman tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Suzuki decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Cheeseman's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cheeseman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cheeseman is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Suzuki is controlling him.
Suzuki throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cheeseman works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cheeseman wants to stand and escape but Suzuki is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suzuki lands a couple of digs.
Cheeseman lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Suzuki!
Suzuki is trying to escape the mount.
Suzuki sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Cheeseman wants to get back to his feet.
Cheeseman is tying to control. Suzuki wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Misaki Suzuki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Suzuki moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Suzuki thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Cheeseman won't allow Suzuki to sweep him here.
Misaki Suzuki has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cheeseman controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Cheeseman wants to stand but Suzuki is controlling his posture from full guard.
Suzuki is looking for a triangle but Cheeseman pushes his legs off easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Misaki Suzuki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cheeseman 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 49:45
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 49:45
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 49:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brad Cheeseman!
Brad Cheeseman retains his lightweight title!
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