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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mark Anthony Concepcion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daario Naharis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daario Naharis has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mark Anthony Concepcion's chin.

Anthony Concepcion
vs
Naharis

177 cm
20
180 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

179 cm
21
183 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Anthony Concepcion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Daario Naharis!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Naharis slaps away a takedown attempt from Concepcion, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Concepcion has a takedown stuffed.
Concepcion has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Saboteur's Playground in the buildup to the fight.
A chopping leg kick lands by Naharis.
Naharis uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Concepcion has time to react.
Concepcion closes the distance and clinches up with Naharis, looking for a takedown. Concepcion pushes Naharis against the cage but Naharis circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Anthony Concepcion. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Naharis scores with a jab to the body.
Concepcion looks for a takedown but Naharis sprawls well.
Concepcion closes this distance looking for a takedown but Naharis circles away.
Concepcion uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Naharis.

Naharis gets a clinch.
Concepcion tries to pull guard but Naharis forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Naharis lands a right hand that snaps the head of Concepcion backwards.

Naharis breaks the clinch.
Naharis looks to score with a jab to the body but Concepcion is just out of range.
Naharis has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Naharis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Concepcion shoots in and gets a takedown into Naharis's guard.
Concepcion throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Concepcion throws a big right hand that misses.
Naharis trying to keep a closed guard but Concepcion is proving a slippery customer.
Concepcion throws a big right hand that misses.
Concepcion being controlled here momentarily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Concepcion working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Naharis's head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Concepcion accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Concepcion thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Concepcion being controlled here momentarily.
Concepcion 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.

Concepcion drops back looking for a leg! Naharis is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Naharis manages to kick Concepcion off! Concepcion jumps back into Naharis's guard.
Naharis looking to control.
Concepcion throwing strikes but missing.
Naharis working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Concepcion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Concepcion is looking to work some ground and pound but Naharis has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Naharis keeping moving, preventing Concepcion from controlling successfully.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Naharis lands the left hand.
Concepcion uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Naharis.
Naharis fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Naharis stuffs the takedown attempt from Concepcion. Concepcion gets slowly back to his feet.
Concepcion shoots in but Naharis avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Concepcion takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Concepcion looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Naharis!

Concepcion is trying to get an arm triangle but Naharis is defending well.
Naharis is trying to control Concepcion's posture but Concepcion avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Concepcion thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Naharis defending against the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Concepcion working away.
Sloppy strikes there by Concepcion.
Naharis wants to control but Concepcion postures up.
Concepcion trying to control the position but Naharis is working away.
Naharis really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Concepcion. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Naharis keeping his opponent close.
Naharis tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Naharis struggling a bit here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daario Naharis 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.

Naharis throws a shot to the body.
Daario Naharis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Concepcion displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Naharis throws out the jab.
Concepcion misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Concepcion shoots in for a takedown but Naharis shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Naharis throws the kick towards the body but Concepcion avoids it.

Concepcion closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Naharis did well to prevent Concepcion getting side control.
Naharis is positioning himself well to prevent Concepcion advancing to mount.
Concepcion is just content to waste time from the top position. Naharis takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Concepcion trying to control the position from guard on top but Naharis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Naharis wants to get back to his feet but Concepcion is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Naharis preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Concepcion passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Concepcion has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Naharis is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Concepcion yanks on the arm and Naharis is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Concepcion.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mark Anthony Concepcion!
A relieved looking Mark Anthony Concepcion thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
40%

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