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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brock Conley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eichiro Sendoh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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161 lbs
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169 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined |
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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
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brock Conley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Eichiro Sendoh!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sendoh closes the distance and clinches.
Conley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sendoh moves into the clinch successfully.
A frustrated look appears on Conley's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sendoh jumps guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Sendoh tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sendoh keeps trying to improve his position.
Conley with a flurry of punches that miss.
Conley preventing the sweep.
Conley will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sendoh working a defensive guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conley missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sendoh is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Eichiro Sendoh hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Sendoh manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Conley on his heels. He'll look to pass Conley's guard now, I'm sure.
Sendoh is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Conley trying to keep a closed guard but Sendoh is proving a slippery customer.
Conley looking for a guillotine here but Sendoh defends easily.
Conley tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sendoh wants to control from the top but Conley keeps moving.
Sendoh is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Eichiro Sendoh.
Sendoh slaps away a takedown attempt from Conley, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Conley is breathing heavily.
Conley tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sendoh counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sendoh throws a sloppy head kick and Conley moves out of range easily.
Eichiro Sendoh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sendoh connects with a looping right hand.
It looks like Brock Conley has been cut.
Conley really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sendoh closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Conley did well to prevent Sendoh getting side control.
Conley is rocked!
Sendoh thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Oh Conley is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sendoh works his foot free and advances to mount.
Sendoh is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Conley can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Conley is looking to improve his position but Sendoh isn't that keen on the idea.
Conley seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sendoh wants to control the pace but Conley is squirming around nicely.
Sendoh punching from mount but Conley doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Sendoh controlling from the full mount.
It looks like Sendoh might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Sendoh throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Sendoh landing shots from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conley tries to hold on but Sendoh pushes him away.
Poor strikes thrown by Sendoh there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Sendoh controlling his opponent.
Sendoh working for a guillotine from mount but Conley is in no mood to give up.
Sendoh tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sendoh cracks Conley with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Conley is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sendoh misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eichiro Sendoh dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brock Conley's cut.
That's time! Conley's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Sendoh bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Conley sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Sendoh wants to free his trapped foot but Conley is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Conley is refusing to be controlled, as Sendoh sits in half guard.
Conley looking for a kimura from the bottom but Sendoh passes into side control!
Conley is trying to improve his position.
Sendoh thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sendoh trying to control the action but Conley is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sendoh tries to score with some ground and pound. Conley controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Sendoh is trying to ground and pound but Conley uses the momentary lack of control by Sendoh to regain half guard.
Conley throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Sendoh thows a huge punch but Conley dodges it nicely.
Conley wants to get back to full guard.
Eichiro Sendoh has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sendoh stalling.
Sendoh looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sendoh thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sendoh stalling.
Sendoh tries to pass to full mount but Conley defends it.
Sendoh wants to take a breather but Conley is having none of it.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Eichiro Sendoh was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Sendoh fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Conley sprawls well initially but Sendoh persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Sendoh wants to pass to mount but Conley is defending the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sendoh wants to work for an arm triangle but Conley is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Sendoh is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Sendoh looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Conley trying to control here.
Conley slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Sendoh is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Sendoh preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sendoh controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Sendoh throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Conley works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sendoh is looking to work some ground and pound but Conley has wrist control.
Sendoh content to stall in guard here.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Eichiro Sendoh was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Sendoh rushes Conley and presses him up against the cage.
Sendoh manages to pull guard.
Sendoh has his hands on Conley's head, controlling the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Conley postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eichiro Sendoh showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Brock Conley's cut.
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!
Sendoh shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sendoh showed some decent athleticism there.
Sendoh seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Conley does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Conley gets full guard.
Sendoh stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Conley swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Conley has an active guard here but Sendoh has managed to pass into half guard.
Conley blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sendoh.
Sendoh not doing much here.
Sendoh moves nicely into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sendoh has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Brock Conley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Conley checks a leg kick nicely.
Conley misses with a hook.
Sendoh scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Conley is not content to let Sendoh control the position.
Conley looking for a sweep but Sendoh has passed into full mount! Oh no!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sendoh working for a submission but Conley is keeping him at bay.
Sendoh throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Conley sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Sendoh throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sendoh looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Conley looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Conley throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sendoh seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Conley does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Sendoh is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Sendoh trying to control the action but Conley is working from the bottom.
Conley tries to get to full guard but Sendoh has control of the leg.
Sendoh keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Eichiro Sendoh hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Sendoh misses with a head kick.
Conley has Sendoh up against the cage in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Conley avoids the head kick by Sendoh.
Conley checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sendoh has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Conley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sendoh motions for Conley to come forward. Sendoh throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Conley gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Conley working hard to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sendoh wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Conley has him pressed against the cage.
Conley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brock Conley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Eichiro Sendoh is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Conley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eichiro Sendoh comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sendoh 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eichiro Sendoh!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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