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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Masa Mune (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Benoit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frank Benoit is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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158 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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152 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined |
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Masa Mune!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frank Benoit!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Mune. Those never looked like landing.
Mune scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Mune prevents Benoit from escaping the position.
Mune fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Benoit wants to get back to his feet.
Mune throws an elbow but Benoit slips to the side and avoids it well.
An elbow from Mune crashes against the mat.
Benoit is trying to buck Mune off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benoit takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Benoit wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Mune controlling the position.
Benoit is trying to get back to his feet.
Mune is looking to take a break and control but Benoit is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mune lands a decent elbow from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benoit pushes Mune away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Mune gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Mune is putting a hurting on Benoit here, landing some big shots from side control.
Mune working the head and body with strikes.
Mune content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
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!
Mune tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Check out the look on Mune's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Mune wants to lay and pray for a moment but Benoit keeps working.
Benoit wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Mune in side control, throwing shots but Benoit defends.
Benoit is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Mune is controlling him well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mune misses with the ground and pound.
Mune tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Benoit pushes Mune away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Mune gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Mune takes a little break here. Benoit wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Benoit pushes Mune away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Mune gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Benoit takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Mune lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benoit is trying to buck Mune off.
Mune wants to control but Benoit is keeping him busy.
Mune scores with a couple of short elbows.
Benoit is not content to let Mune control the position.
Benoit pushes Mune away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Mune gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mune is working Benoit over with some ground and pound from side control.
Benoit wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Masa Mune dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Mune stuffs the takedown attempt from Benoit. Benoit gets slowly back to his feet.
Mune throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Benoit misses with a takedown attempt
letting Mune counter with a right hand.
Benoit feints and as Mune raises his hands in defense, Benoit changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Benoit postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mune can't keep his opponent in guard - Benoit advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Mune manages to get to full guard.
Benoit trying to control the position from guard on top but Mune is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benoit is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Mune lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Benoit!
Mune raining down hammerfists from mount.
Mune lands with some strikes.
Masa Mune overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benoit is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
The referee warns Benoit that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Benoit is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mune thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Benoit is in a horrible position here. Mune smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Benoit is still in real trouble! Can Mune finish him?
Mune controlling the position easily from mount.
Benoit seems to have recovered his senses.
Mune is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Benoit can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mune with good strikes from the mount here!
You get the feeling that Benoit really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Mune trying to control but Benoit is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mune working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Mune dominating with strikes here.
Benoit trying desperately to get to his feet.
Mune landing strikes from the mount and Benoit is in trouble!
Benoit squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
A nice elbow there by Mune.
Mune tries to control but Benoit wriggling away.
Benoit wants to get back to his feet.
Mune scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Mune trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Mune with a couple of short strikes.
Benoit is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Benoit taking shots to the head.
Mune lands a big shot to the head and Benoit winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Masa Mune!
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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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