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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Roy Pitbull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akira Toriyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toriyama is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Three 6 Mafia - It's a Fight. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roy Pitbull!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Akira Toriyama!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pitbull throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Toriyama is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pitbull.
Pitbull misses the shot to the body.
Toriyama drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Toriyama throws a hook but Pitbull avoids it easily.
Pitbull misses with a looping right.
Toriyama fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pitbull.
Pitbull scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Toriyama throws a nice outside leg kick.
Pitbull just misses with a punch to the body.
Pitbull scores with a nice right hand.
Toriyama tries to move into range but Pitbull moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Toriyama fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pitbull has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Toriyama throws a head kick but Pitbull moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pitbull keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pitbull misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Toriyama.
Pitbull misses with a looping left.
Pitbull connects with a looping right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toriyama throws a lazy right hand but Pitbull sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Toriyama misses with a wild body shot.
Pitbull moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Toriyama is looking to score with low kicks.
Pitbull scores with a jab to the jaw.
Toriyama uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pitbull.
Pitbull misses with a right hand
and Toriyama counters with a left to the body.
Toriyama scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Roy Pitbull seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toriyama lands with a nice body punch.
Pitbull lands a really nice looking cross but Toriyama seems unphased.
Toriyama walks into a stiff left hand from Pitbull.
A right-left combo lands from Toriyama.
It looks like Pitbull has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pitbull shoots for a takedown but Toriyama saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Toriyama throws out a loose jab but Pitbull uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pitbull closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Toriyama to the mat! Toriyama manages to get full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pitbull trying to control but Toriyama is working from the bottom.
Toriyama seems keen to control Pitbull's posture.
Pitbull wants to control from the top but Toriyama keeps moving.
Toriyama working a defensive guard here.
Toriyama keeping moving, preventing Pitbull from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Toriyama controls Pitbull momentarily but Pitbull frees himself.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Pitbull uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Toriyama.
Pitbull misses the shot to the body.
Toriyama throws a body punch but Pitbull moves out of range.
Pitbull scores with a crisp jab that stopped Toriyama in his tracks.
Pitbull moves out of range of the body kick.
Pitbull shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Pitbull is trying to control. Toriyama wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pitbull thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Toriyama is looking to improve his position.
Toriyama works his way to full guard. Good work.
Toriyama working for a triangle but Pitbull defends it easily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Toriyama controls Pitbull momentarily but Pitbull frees himself.
Toriyama is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Roy Pitbull will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Toriyama throws a half hearted mid kick.
Toriyama on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Toriyama takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Pitbull connects with a nice looking jab.
Pitbull throws an overhand right that lands on Toriyama's shoulder, as Toriyama tries to avoid the shot.
Pitbull throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice shot lands for Toriyama.
Toriyama throws a body kick that misses.
Toriyama misses with a low kick.
Toriyama throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pitbull.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pitbull tries to move into range but Toriyama moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Pitbull swinging wildly here.
Pitbull ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Toriyama throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitbull closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Toriyama can't do much from the bottom here.
Toriyama is trying to improve his position.
Toriyama takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Pitbull working the ground and pound.
Toriyama struggling a bit here.
Toriyama is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pitbull looking to control but instead Toriyama has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Toriyama wants to improve his position but Pitbull is controlling well.
Toriyama manages to get to full guard.
Pitbull trying to control but Toriyama is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pitbull is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toriyama working for a triangle but Pitbull defends it easily.
Toriyama trying to keep a closed guard but Pitbull is proving a slippery customer.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pitbull's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Toriyama working a defensive guard but Pitbull manages to pass into side control anyway.
Pitbull working away.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Roy Pitbull overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Toriyama is looking to reverse the position.
Toriyama struggling a bit here.
Toriyama gets back to half guard.
Toriyama is doing well to control the position and prevent Pitbull from advancing to side control.
Toriyama blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pitbull.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Toriyama works his way to full guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roy Pitbull dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Pitbull checks a low kick from Toriyama.
Toriyama is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pitbull.
Akira Toriyama seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pitbull just misses with a punch to the body.
Toriyama misses with a hook. Pitbull ducked under it nicely.
Decent striking displayed by Pitbull there.
Toriyama tries to score with a low kick but Pitbull moves his leg out of the way.
Pitbull throws a predictable looking body shot
and Toriyama counters with a low kick, right behind Pitbull 's knee.
Pitbull jabs Toriyama to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Pitbull lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Toriyama at a distance.
Pitbull connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Toriyama's hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toriyama pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Toriyama takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Pitbull takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice body kick from Toriyama.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pitbull throws a shot from downtown. Toriyama moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Pitbull darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Toriyama fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pitbull is out of range.
Pitbull moves out of range of the body kick.
Toriyama uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pitbull.
Toriyama gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Pitbull swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pitbull lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Toriyama at a distance.
Toriyama jabs Pitbull to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Pitbull tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Toriyama ducks right into an uppercut from Pitbull.
Toriyama tries for a takedown but Pitbull circles away easily
and Pitbull connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pitbull changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Toriyama does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Pitbull is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Pitbull finds it's way through Toriyama's defenses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Toriyama gets caught flat footed, as Pitbull shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Pitbull drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Toriyama dives on top into guard.
Toriyama passes Pitbull's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Pitbull wants to control but Toriyama passes into side.
Pitbull is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Toriyama off and has taken his back!
Pitbull misses with a punch to the head.
Toriyama trying to control but not successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pitbull scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Even with his hooks in, Pitbull manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Toriyama tries to escape but Pitbull has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Toriyama just trying to survive but Pitbull is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Pitbull doesn't have the hooks in and Toriyama manages to turn into his guard.
Pitbull wants to sweep here but Toriyama controlling him for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pitbull escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Toriyama gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Toriyama wants to pass the guard but Pitbull is keeping the position.
Pitbull is trying to control the position but Toriyama postures up.
Pitbull bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Toriyama's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roy Pitbull clearly takes that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Toriyama just misses with a punch to the body.
Toriyama throws an overhand right that lands on Pitbull's shoulder, as Pitbull tries to avoid the shot.
Pitbull digs a good hook to Toriyama's body.
Toriyama fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pitbull is out of range.
Pitbull swinging wildly here.
Toriyama buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pitbull scores with a nice head shot.
Pitbull throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Toriyama stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Pitbull takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pitbull missing with a left hand there. Toriyama was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Toriyama takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Pitbull throws a jab but it's blocked by Toriyama.
Pitbull loads up on a big right hand but Toriyama slips the punch.
Toriyama throws a lazy right hand but Pitbull sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitbull jabs Toriyama right on the nose. Toriyama blinks but takes it well.
Pitbull shoots in and drives through. Toriyama sprawls well.
Toriyama rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pitbull moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pitbull avoids the head kick by Toriyama.
Toriyama waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pitbull.
A slow jab from Toriyama misses its intended target.
Jab, jab by Pitbull - just one landing.
Pitbull lands the left hand.
Toriyama misses with a wild body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Toriyama there.
Toriyama throws a head kick but Pitbull moves out of range.
Toriyama takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pitbull throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Toriyama sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Pitbull.
Pitbull is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Toriyama can do to turn this around?
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!
Pitbull dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Akira Toriyama is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pitbull shoots in and bounces Toriyama off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Toriyama 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.
Pitbull trying to control the position from guard on top but Toriyama is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pitbull throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Toriyama works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Toriyama looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pitbull pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Toriyama is keeping the position for now.
Toriyama is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Pitbull wants to get back to full guard.
Pitbull is trying to control but Toriyama passes into side control!
Pitbull is trying to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pitbull regains half guard there - taking advantage of Toriyama's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Toriyama tries to pass the half guard into mount. Pitbull knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Pitbull is not content to let Toriyama control the position.
Toriyama is thwarting Pitbull's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roy Pitbull had his way with Akira Toriyama in that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Toriyama takes a swing at Pitbull's ribcage but misses.
Pitbull throws a big shot that misses.
Pitbull defending well as Toriyama loads up on a big left hand.
Pitbull scores with a jab to the jaw.
Pitbull fails with a takedown attempt.
Pitbull misses with a hook
and Toriyama counters with a leg kick.
Pitbull misses with a body shot.
Toriyama uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pitbull.
Toriyama lands with a nice body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pitbull on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Toriyama connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pitbull. Pitbull circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Toriyama lands a leg kick that knocks Pitbull off balance momentarily.
Toriyama defending well as Pitbull loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toriyama uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pitbull.
Toriyama turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Toriyama closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Pitbull connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Toriyama just misses with a punch to the body.
Pitbull lands with an overhand left.
Pitbull bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pitbull connects with a body shot.
Toriyama ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A swing and a miss from Pitbull.
Pitbull connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Toriyama on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Pitbull connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Toriyama momentarily.
Pitbull misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Toriyama is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pitbull.
Pitbull avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Pitbull moves out of range of the body kick from Toriyama.
Pitbull cracks Toriyama with an open hand slap.
Toriyama throws a looping overhand right but Pitbull ducks down to avoid it.
Pitbull listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Toriyama.
Toriyama on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Toriyama throws the kick towards the body but Pitbull avoids it.
Toriyama throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pitbull throws a poor cross that misses
letting Toriyama counter with a right hand.
Pitbull takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Toriyama lands with a straight right. Pitbull didn't see that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toriyama connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Toriyama listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Akira Toriyama has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pitbull fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pitbull dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pitbull blocks a jab.
Pitbull lands with a right hand.
Pitbull takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Pitbull misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Toriyama.
Toriyama throws out a loose jab but Pitbull uses good head movement to avoid it.
Toriyama throws a poor cross that misses
and Pitbull counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Toriyama works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pitbull thows a left - swing and a miss!
Toriyama throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pitbull.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toriyama moves forwards but Pitbull connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Pitbull tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Toriyama was well out of range. Poor timing from Pitbull.
Toriyama has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Pitbull looks to throw the jab but Toriyama is out of range.
Toriyama swings widly with a right hand
and Pitbull counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pitbull bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pitbull slips under a jab.
Pitbull uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Toriyama.
Toriyama pivots, looking for a leg kick but Pitbull is out of range and Toriyama settles back down.
Toriyama slips under a jab.
Toriyama scores with a decent looking hook.
A slow jab from Pitbull misses its intended target.
Pitbull swings for the body but Toriyama moves out of range.
Toriyama throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Roy Pitbull.
Well Pitbull has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 50:45
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 50:46
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 50:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roy Pitbull!
Roy Pitbull retains his featherweight title!
Our winner, Roy Pitbull, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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