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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Daisuke Numazawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyrone Bate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyrone Bate acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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150 lbs
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148 lbs
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Excellent MT
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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
14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daisuke Numazawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Tyrone Bate!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Numazawa.
Bate drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Numazawa misses with a combination
and Bate counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bate lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Horrible takedown by Numazawa or perhaps it was just good defense by Bate which made him look bad.
A head kick misses from Numazawa.
Bate lands a slapping body shot.
Bate connects with a body shot that sends Numazawa's belly button to the back.
Numazawa swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bate looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Bate looking to pass the guard.
Numazawa trying to keep a closed guard but Bate is proving a slippery customer.
Bate trying to control the position from guard on top but Numazawa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bate loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bate looking to pass the guard.
Numazawa is trying to control the position but Bate postures up.
Numazawa tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Numazawa working a defensive guard here.
Bate postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bate wants to control from the top but Numazawa keeps moving.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bate thuds a left hand into Numazawa's body.
Bate has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Numazawa tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Bate defends well and Numazawa ends up having to push Bate into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Bate scores with a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bate prevents Numazawa from breaking the clinch.
Bate makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bate is looking to take this one to the mat.
Numazawa is working for takedown but Bate is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daisuke Numazawa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Numazawa has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bate avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Numazawa trying to land knees to the body.
Bate works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Numazawa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Numazawa pulls Bate in close to prevent any damage.
Numazawa 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.
Numazawa pulls Bate in close to prevent any damage.
Numazawa looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Bate has picked Numazawa up and slammed him! Numazawa can't keep hold of the triangle and Bate manages to pass to side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bate is looking to take a break and control but Numazawa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bate has knee on belly and moves into mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bate cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Numazawa takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bate unloading with bombs!
Bate sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bate can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Numazawa is looking to escape.
Bate with a couple of short strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bate in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Numazawa taking shots to the head.
Numazawa is in all sorts of trouble here.
Bate lands a couple of good shots and Numazawa has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Numazawa is in bad spot here.
Bate is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Numazawa is defending well though. Bate let's go of the attempt for now.
Bate has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bate is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Bate loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Numazawa hold on?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bate has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Numazawa has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Bate is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Bate gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Bate gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Bate apologises and we restart here on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyrone Bate dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Good work by Bate as he checks the leg kick.
Bate manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Numazawa on his heels. He'll look to pass Numazawa's guard now, I'm sure.
Bate is in close to Numazawa's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bate postures up.
Numazawa trying to control the position here.
Numazawa has his foot on Bate's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bate works his way back into a safe position though.
Bate pushing down on Numazawa's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bate lands a nice short elbow.
Numazawa trying to hold on to Bate's head to control him but Bate postures up.
Bate scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bate lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bate is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Numazawa has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bate is looking for a kimura here.
Bate prevents Numazawa from improving his position.
Bate passes to side control.
Bate working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Bate lands a few punches from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Numazawa takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Numazawa is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Bate off and has taken his back!
Numazawa missing with strikes.
I really don't envy Bate right now.
Bate looking very determined here, making life difficult for Numazawa.
Numazawa keeps control of the position as Bate tries to break free.
Numazawa looking for the RNC.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Numazawa is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Bate tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bate tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bate tries to hold on but Numazawa pushes him away.
Bate tries to control Numazawa's body but Numazawa pushes him off. Bate squirms to his side and now Numazawa has his back!
Tyrone Bate has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bate turns into Numazawa and is now in his guard.
Numazawa pulls Bate in close to prevent any damage.
Bate working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bate passes Numazawa's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Numazawa actively working from the bottom here.
Bate trying to control the action but Numazawa is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bate is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Numazawa is just riding it out for now. Bate eventually gives up the hold.
Bate prevents Numazawa from improving his position.
Bate is keen to just control but Numazawa is a slippery customer.
Numazawa is trying to maintain the position but Bate is very close to passing his half guard.
Numazawa is defending against the submission attempts here by Bate.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bate is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Numazawa is just riding it out for now. Bate eventually gives up the hold.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyrone Bate showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Bate loads up on a big right hand but Numazawa slips the punch.
Bate lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Numazawa at a distance.
Bate lands with a shot to the body.
Numazawa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Numazawa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bate manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Numazawa scores with the left hand. Bate knows he should have avoided that one.
Numazawa throws a leg kick but Bate sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bate is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Numazawa rather than just go for the knockout.
Jab from Bate.
Numazawa fails with the takedown
and Bate cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Numazawa looks to clinch
and Bate counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bate is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bate thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Numazawa's head.
Bate is working for a kimura but Numazawa is defending it quite comfortably.
Numazawa is looking to improve his position.
Bate working the head and body with strikes.
Bate is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Bate working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Numazawa's thigh. Numazawa counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Bate trying to control the position from guard on top but Numazawa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bate loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Numazawa looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Bate cracks Numazawa with a solid left hand.
Numazawa pulls Bate in close to prevent any damage.
Bate preventing the sweep.
Bate tries to free his leg and advance position but Numazawa is retaining full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bate preventing the sweep.
Bate landing with the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bate sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Numazawa looking to control.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Bate in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bate looking to pass the guard.
Daisuke Numazawa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bate chips away with some ground and pound.
Bate trying to move into half guard but instead Numazawa has managed to sweep!
Bate manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Numazawa manages to get himself to full guard.
Bate postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bate is looking to work some ground and pound but Numazawa has wrist control.
Bate throwing strikes from guard but Numazawa blocks nicely.
Bate connects with a couple of short punches.
Numazawa throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Bate loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bate throws a big elbow that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Numazawa had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Bate defends it easily.
Bate postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Numazawa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bate controlling from the top position.
Numazawa can't keep his opponent in guard - Bate advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tyrone Bate comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bate 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyrone Bate!
Tyrone Bate was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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