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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryo Matsuda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruce Lee has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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160 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruce Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryo Matsuda!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matsuda misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some wild striking there from Matsuda.
Matsuda changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lee tries to avoid it but Matsuda manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lee to the ground. Lee escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Lee stuffs the takedown.
Matsuda avoids the head kick by Lee.
Matsuda throws a right and a left that Lee avoids nicely.
Matsuda fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lee gets a takedown into half guard.
Lee wants to get back to his feet.
Lee wants to pass to mount but Matsuda is defending the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Matsuda throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matsuda is looking to escape.
Matsuda works his way to full guard. Good work.
Lee stopping the sweep attempt from Matsuda.
Lee has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Matsuda throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Matsuda looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Lee keeps the fight on the outside.
Matsuda tries to clinch but Lee moves out of range.
Matsuda tries for a takedown but Lee circles away easily
and Lee counters with a takedown into side control.
Bruce Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryo Matsuda.
Matsuda gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Matsuda is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Lee's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Lee's back!
Lee is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matsuda throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Matsuda has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Matsuda misses with punches from the back.
Matsuda missing with strikes.
Matsuda keeps control of the position as Lee tries to break free.
Matsuda scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Lee is looking for a way out.
Matsuda cracks Lee with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Lee from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Matsuda throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Matsuda is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Matsuda gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Matsuda gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Matsuda apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Matsuda with a lazy takedown attempt
and Lee counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matsuda works his way to full guard. Good work.
Lee passes Matsuda's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Matsuda tries to roll over but Lee keeps him under control.
Matsuda is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Lee blocks the strikes from Matsuda.
Lee decides to return to a standing position.
Lee bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Lee stands up.
Matsuda throws a left and a right that both miss
and Lee counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Matsuda!
Lee prevents Matsuda from getting the reversal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matsuda is trying to stand up.
Matsuda can't escape the position.
Lee wants to take Matsuda's back here but Matsuda is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lee blocks Matsuda's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Matsuda is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Lee dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Matsuda throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Lee to counter with a crisp jab.
Matsuda throws a leg kick
and Lee counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Matsuda wants to get back to full guard.
Matsuda moves into full guard.
Matsuda wants to get back to his feet but Lee is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Matsuda wants to sweep here but Lee controlling him for the moment.
Matsuda trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Lee won't allow Matsuda to sweep him here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Matsuda with a poor takedown
and Lee counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Matsuda misses with a takedown
and Lee counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Matsuda is on top in guard.
Matsuda throwing strikes from guard but Lee blocks nicely.
Matsuda working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Matsuda throwing strikes but missing.
Lee has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matsuda connects with a couple of short punches.
Matsuda missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lee working for a triangle but Matsuda defends it easily.
Lee looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Matsuda forces his way into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matsuda lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Matsuda takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Lee is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Matsuda scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ground and pound from Matsuda.
Lee trying to control here.
Matsuda drops an elbow to the side of Lee's head.
Matsuda wants to pass the guard but Lee is defending well.
Lee wants to improve his position but Matsuda is controlling well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Matsuda working the head and body with strikes.
Matsuda thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Lee to regain full guard.
Matsuda throwing strikes from guard but Lee blocks nicely.
Matsuda wanted to stand there but Lee had control of the position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Matsuda looks to clinch
and Lee counters with a big head kick but Matsuda shrugs it off.
Matsuda wants to clinch
and Lee counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Lee wants to work for an arm triangle but Matsuda is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Lee dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Matsuda wants to clinch but Lee slips to the side
and Lee counters with a nice double leg into side control. Matsuda won't be happy with that.
Matsuda manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Lee looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Lee is looking for a sweep. Matsuda is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Matsuda looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lee with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Lee keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Matsuda looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lee with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Lee won't allow Matsuda to pass to mount.
Lee wants to get back to full guard.
Matsuda lands with a punch from half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee actively working from the bottom here.
Matsuda missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Matsuda is thwarting Lee's attempts to control the position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Nice sprawl there from Lee as Matsuda shoots in.
Lee has his takedown stuffed
and Matsuda counters by clinching up.
Lee goes for a takedown in the clinch but Matsuda prevents it.
Matsuda has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Lee uses from the top position.
Matsuda thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Lee passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matsuda is trying to improve his position.
Matsuda is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Matsuda works his way to full guard. Good work.
Matsuda wants to get back to his feet but Lee is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Lee slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Matsuda.
Matsuda is trying to stand back up but Lee is controlling him
Matsuda punching from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matsuda tries to get to full guard but Lee has control of the leg.
Matsuda punching from the bottom.
Matsuda punching from the bottom.
Lee is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A head kick misses from Lee.
Matsuda has his takedown stuffed
and Lee counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Matsuda tries to kick Lee off but Lee keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matsuda wants to get back to full guard.
Lee seems to be working for a kimura but Matsuda defends the submission attempt.
Matsuda makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Matsuda looks for a takedown but Lee sprawls well.
Bruce Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryo Matsuda.
Nice sprawl there from Matsuda as Lee shoots in.
Ryo Matsuda has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Matsuda throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Matsuda connects with a solid leg kick.
Bruce Lee is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Matsuda rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lee moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Lee showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lee, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Lee!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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