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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bradley Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chung Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bradley Romero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chung Lee!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee tries a head kick but it misses.
Lee pushes Romero up against the cage in a clinch.
Lee manages to pull guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Lee looking for a sweep. Not yet Lee, not yet.
Romero landing with the ground and pound.
Romero throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lee works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Romero content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lee is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Romero is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Lee wants to sweep but no luck.
Romero trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Romero lands a couple of digs.
Romero postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Romero is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Romero postures up in Lee's guard and throws a big left but Lee blocks it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lee's head.
Lee has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Lee looking to hit a scissor sweep but Romero is one step ahead there.
Lee is trying to control the position but Romero postures up.
Romero postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Romero with a flurry of punches that miss.
Romero chips away with some ground and pound.
Romero postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Romero with a nice head shot there.
Romero throwing strikes but missing.
Romero lands a couple of elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee is trying to control the position but Romero postures up.
Romero working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Romero postures up in Lee's guard and throws a big left but Lee blocks it.
Romero loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romero postures up.
Romero scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lee trying to control the position.
Romero is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Lee working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Romero doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Romero manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Lee avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Romero has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Romero is working Lee over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee is trying to hold Romero in close to prevent damage but Romero has managed to pass into half guard.
Romero throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Romero is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Lee has managed to free his arm - good work.
Romero is looking for a kimura here.
Romero content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Romero not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Romero landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Lee is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romero sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lee defending well though.
Lee taking some punishment here, with Romero in his half guard.
Romero lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Romero seems to be working for a kimura but Lee defends the submission attempt.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Romero in particular looking to stall.
Lee tries to get to full guard but Romero has control of the leg.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Romero wants to work for an arm triangle but Lee is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Romero is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bradley Romero dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Lee takes a swing at Romero's ribcage but misses.
Lee pushes Romero up against the cage in a clinch.
Romero pulls guard effortlessly.
Romero has control of Lee's left arm, preventing Lee from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley Romero has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Romero has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lee.
Romero looks to land a right hand but Lee moved out of range.
Romero misses with a series of wild punches.
Lee tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Romero defends well and Lee ends up having to push Romero into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Lee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Romero blocks it with crossed arms.
Lee gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Romero keeping control of the position.
Romero has one foot on Lee's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero is looking to chop away at Lee's legs.
Lee gets a clinch.
Romero drops down looking for an ankle pick but Lee pulls his leg out and moves away.
Romero lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lee circles away quickly and effectively.
Lee will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
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!
Romero lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lee circles away quickly and effectively.
Romero chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lee can pounce on him.
Lee fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Bradley Romero has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chung Lee.
Lee is breathing heavily.
Romero throws a series of punches but Lee moves out of range.
Lee takes the fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Lee smiles and moves away.
Sloppy strikes from Romero. Those never looked like landing.
Lee misses with a takedown
and Romero counters with a two punch combo.
Lee clinches with his opponent.
Lee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Romero avoids it.
Lee manages to break the clinch.
Romero swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lee slips under a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee takes the fight into the clinch.
Romero has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Romero.
Lee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Romero is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Lee to keep the fight standing.
Romero fails to pull guard.
Lee digs a right hand underneath Romero's ribcage. Romero let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lee trying to land knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lee tries to work over Romero's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Romero blocks a body shot from Lee.
Lee missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chung Lee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Romero misses with a few strikes there.
Lee shoots for a takedown but Romero saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lee instigates a clinch.
Romero has had enough of the clinch but Lee keeps him there for the moment.
Romero managing to block the knees to the body from Lee.
Lee breaks from the clinch.
Lee has managed to clinch.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Romero's elbow.
Lee trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lee.
Lee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Romero is defending well for now.
Lee working hard to break the clinch.
Lee trying to land knees to the body.
Lee takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Romero lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lee at a distance.
Lee avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lee closes the distance and clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Lee's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lee manages to break the clinch.
Lee closes the distance and clinches.
Romero has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Lee clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Romero 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, Lee has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradley Romero is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
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!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Bradley Romero wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Romero swinging wildly here.
Bradley Romero is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Romero misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sloppy strikes from Romero. Those never looked like landing.
Nice takedown defense from Romero. No joy for Lee on that attempt.
Romero swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Romero will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lee shoots for a takedown but Romero saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Bradley Romero has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chung Lee.
Lee swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Romero.
Lee lands with a nice combination. Romero backs away looking to recover.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero throws a right hand that Lee ducks under and follows up with a left that Lee also avoids with ease.
Lee clinches up against the cage.
Lee breaks the clinch.
Lee shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Romero as he jumps to the side.
Some wild striking there from Romero.
Lee closes the distance and clinches.
Lee is trying to push Romero away but Romero has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lee utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lee tries a knee to the head but Romero blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Romero's efforts to push away.
Lee is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lee gets underhooks to prevent Romero's takedown attempt.
Romero is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Lee is defending well.
Lee jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Romero walks away with a smile on his face. Lee gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Lee shoots for a takedown but Romero saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Romero lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lee circles away quickly and effectively.
Romero misses with a double jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Chung Lee.
I think Lee 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chung Lee!
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hype
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