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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Steve Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shinji Tanaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tanaka is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Yuudachi. Shinji Tanaka has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Steve Martin's chin.
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139 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Steve Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinji Tanaka!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Martin misses.
Tanaka has a takedown stuffed.
Martin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Martin stalks Tanaka and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tanaka's face. Tanaka staggers backwards, shaken.
Steve Martin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martin throws a nice outside leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Martin, as that shot connected.
Martin misses with a few strikes there.
Martin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tanaka.
Martin misses with a looping left.
Tanaka just misses with a punch to the body.
Martin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martin misses the jab.
Martin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tanaka has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Martin throws a lazy right hand but Tanaka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Martin gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Martin has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Tanaka trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tanaka passes Martin's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Martin is doing well to control the position and prevent Tanaka from advancing to side control.
Martin is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at K.O. Koala's, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Tanaka is pressing down on Martin's thigh, looking to free his foot. Martin is holding on for now.
Tanaka sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Martin defending well though.
Tanaka wants to free his trapped foot but Martin is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka is keen to just control but Martin is a slippery customer.
Martin pushes Tanaka off and gets back to his feet.
Martin punishes Tanaka's body with a nice straight punch.
Steve Martin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tanaka tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Martin defends well and Tanaka ends up having to push Martin into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Martin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tanaka blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tanaka backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martin.
Tanaka swings wildly with an uppercut but Martin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martin swings wildly with an uppercut but Tanaka uses good head movement to avoid it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin swings wildly with an uppercut but Tanaka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martin scores with a shoulder strike.
Tanaka throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A shot in the inside from Martin.
Tanaka ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Tanaka no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Tanaka looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Martin won't allow Tanaka to sweep him here.
Martin lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Martin chips away with some ground and pound.
Tanaka looking to hit a scissor sweep but Martin is one step ahead there.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Martin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tanaka tries to land a sweep but no joy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martin with a nice head shot there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Our spies down at at Z-Force Academy inform us that Tanaka has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Tanaka is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Martin tries to roll over but Tanaka keeps him under control.
Tanaka trying to pass the guard but Martin defending well.
Tanaka is trying to control. Martin wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martin won't allow Tanaka to pass to mount.
Tanaka wants to control but Martin is keeping him busy.
Tanaka prevents Martin from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Martin 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.
Martin is looking to clinch.
A jab from Martin does it's job there.
Martin is looking to clinch.
Martin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tanaka.
Martin lands a jab to the nose.
Martin misses the body punch
and Tanaka counters with a nice uppercut.
Steve Martin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Martin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tanaka paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tanaka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Steve Martin is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice defenses there by Tanaka.
Martin wants to clinch up but Tanaka keeps it at a distance.
Martin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tanaka counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Tanaka.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tanaka throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanaka wants to pass the guard but Martin is keeping the position.
Tanaka looking to sit in guard and control but Martin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Tanaka bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Martin's guard.
Tanaka stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Martin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tanaka postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Martin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tanaka trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tanaka in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tanaka trying to control but Martin is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin pushes Tanaka off and scrambles back to his feet.
Martin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Martin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tanaka fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tanaka fails with a takedown attempt.
Tanaka darts in looking for a takedown but Martin gets double underhooks and turns Tanaka into the cage.
Steve Martin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shinji Tanaka.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin scores with a shot to the side of Tanaka's head.
Martin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Martin misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tanaka.
Tanaka fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Tanaka fails to pull guard.
Martin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tanaka blocking some punches.
Tanaka wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Martin has him pressed against the cage.
Martin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martin lands with a right to the head.
Martin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tanaka lands with a left to the head.
Tanaka misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tanaka working aggressively here.
A short right from Tanaka on the inside.
Martin trying to control the position but instead, Tanaka has worked for underhooks and has pushed Martin into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Martin or not.
Tanaka is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Martin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Martin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
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!
Martin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tanaka creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tanaka blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tanaka.
Martin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Martin working aggressively here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martin prevents a body shot from Tanaka.
Tanaka tries to pull guard but Martin holds him up against the cage and eventually Tanaka drops back down to his feet.
Tanaka trying to stall but Martin improves his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Shinji Tanaka will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Martin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tanaka moves away.
Martin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Martin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tanaka's hands.
Martin lands a nice hook to Tanaka's body. Tanaka takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Martin looks to land a combination but Tanaka avoids it well.
Martin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tanaka avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A clash of legs there as Tanaka blocks the low kick.
Martin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tanaka throws a sloppy head kick and Martin moves out of range easily.
Martin scores with a nice strike.
Tanaka avoids the head kick by Martin.
Tanaka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tanaka counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Martin wants to get back to full guard.
Tanaka is looking to pass Martin's guard but actually Martin recovers to full guard.
Tanaka sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Martin's guard.
Tanaka is stalling here. Martin is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Tanaka seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Martin has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tanaka tries to improve position but can't.
Tanaka managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Martin.
Tanaka sneaks back into half guard.
Martin is thwarting Tanaka's attempts to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tanaka regains full guard. Nicely done.
Martin has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Martin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Tanaka utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Tanaka is on top in guard.
Martin keeping full guard, as Tanaka tries to pass.
Tanaka looking to sit in guard and control but Martin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Tanaka 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.
Martin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tanaka not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Martin keeping full guard, as Tanaka tries to pass.
Tanaka passes into half guard.
Tanaka uses his free foot to push down on Martin's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Martin.
Tanaka looking to control but Martin is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Tanaka is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Martin has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Martin!
Tanaka wants to sweep but no luck.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin cracks Tanaka with a solid left hand.
Martin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tanaka works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tanaka is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Martin is working Tanaka over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tanaka trying to control the position.
Martin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tanaka is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Martin wants to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martin looks like he's trying to stand up.
Tanaka is pressing down on Martin's thigh, looking to free his foot. Martin is holding on for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Shinji Tanaka.
I think Tanaka has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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energy
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hype
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