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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Masato Koyabashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donny Leonard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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150 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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151 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Masato Koyabashi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Donny Leonard!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koyabashi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Koyabashi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Koyabashi tries to clinch but Leonard is having none of it.
Koyabashi misses with a head kick.
Koyabashi misses with a low kick as Leonard jumps back.
Koyabashi closes the distance looking to clinch
and Leonard holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Leonard looking for a takedown.
Leonard pulls guard.
Leonard is working an open guard so Koyabashi takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Leonard closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Koyabashi is trying to improve his position.
Koyabashi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Leonard on the ground.
Leonard is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Koyabashi has escaped the position, nice work there.
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.
Koyabashi is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Koyabashi wants to get back to full guard.
Leonard looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Koyabashi with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Leonard takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Leonard not doing much here.
Leonard is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Leonard seems to be working for a kimura but Koyabashi defends the submission attempt.
Koyabashi trying to control here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koyabashi looks like he's trying to stand up.
Leonard seems to be looking for submissions.
Leonard is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Leonard is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Leonard perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Koyabashi might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Leonard seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Koyabashi is trying to stand up here but Leonard is controlling him well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koyabashi is looking to improve his position.
Leonard is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Leonard is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Leonard is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Leonard scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Koyabashi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Leonard working the head and body with strikes.
Leonard scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Leonard seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Koyabashi is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Donny Leonard!
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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
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