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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between The Legend Zatoichi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vernon La Grande (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zatoichi comes to the cage accompanied by Sixty Seconds To ...... La Grande is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Time of our Lives. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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174 lbs
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Good wrestling
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, The Legend Zatoichi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vernon La Grande!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Eddie Farnsworth and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Grande clinches.
La Grande escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zatoichi circles away from the clinch attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Zatoichi misses the target.
La Grande moves out of range as Zatoichi strikes.
La Grande tries to clinch but Zatoichi moves out of range.
Zatoichi is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
La Grande takes one on the button.
La Grande tries to close the distance and clinch but Zatoichi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
La Grande fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zatoichi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
La Grande throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
La Grande uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zatoichi.
La Grande moves in looking to clinch but Zatoichi pushes him off.
Zatoichi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Zatoichi jabs La Grande to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Zatoichi slips a jab and a cross from La Grande.
Zatoichi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
La Grande closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La Grande breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
La Grande is looking to clinch.
Zatoichi swings widly with a right hand
and La Grande counters with a left and a right that stings Zatoichi.
La Grande slips a jab from Zatoichi.
La Grande throws a leg kick that is checked
and Zatoichi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Zatoichi swats away the attempt to clinch by La Grande.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Grande keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zatoichi.
La Grande doesn't manage to clinch there - Zatoichi circles away.
Zatoichi misses with a few strikes there.
La Grande tries to clinch but Zatoichi is having none of it.
La Grande tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Zatoichi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
La Grande tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
La Grande is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Zatoichi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
La Grande uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zatoichi.
La Grande tries to clinch there but Zatoichi circles away.
La Grande moves in looking to clinch but Zatoichi pushes him off.
La Grande tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
La Grande misses with a low kick.
La Grande throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Zatoichi swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Zatoichi moves into range and connects with a jab.
La Grande tries to clinch but Zatoichi is having none of it.
Zatoichi throws a hook to the side of La Grande's head but La Grande sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
La Grande moves in looking to clinch but Zatoichi pushes him off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zatoichi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
La Grande pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zatoichi checks the leg kick.
La Grande is looking to clinch.
La Grande tries to clinch but Zatoichi is having none of it.
Zatoichi looks to land a right hand but La Grande moved out of range.
Zatoichi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A shot to the body from La Grande misses
and Zatoichi counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La Grande misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Zatoichi misses the target.
Zatoichi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La Grande is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
La Grande has closed the distance and engaged Zatoichi in a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zatoichi.
Zatoichi lands a hook to the side of the head.
La Grande is trying to stall.
Still in the clinch, Zatoichi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Zatoichi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
La Grande escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Grande is looking to clinch but Zatoichi is avoiding it.
Zatoichi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by La Grande.
La Grande tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
La Grande moves into the clinch.
La Grande breaks the clinch.
La Grande feints and then cracks Zatoichi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Zatoichi down.
La Grande shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A big left from Zatoichi misses.
A cross from Zatoichi lands.
La Grande moves to clinch but Zatoichi breaks away
and Zatoichi counters with a nice uppercut.
Zatoichi avoids the head kick by La Grande.
La Grande wants to clinch.
Zatoichi throws an overhand right that lands on La Grande's shoulder, as La Grande tries to avoid the shot.
La Grande throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
La Grande tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zatoichi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Despite the aggression on La Grande's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zatoichi lands a slapping body shot.
La Grande darts in trying to clinch
and Zatoichi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Zatoichi looks to score with a jab to the body but La Grande is just out of range.
Zatoichi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La Grande tries to clinch but Zatoichi is having none of it.
The fighters circling - Zatoichi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
La Grande rushes Zatoichi and presses him up against the cage.
La Grande blocks a body shot from Zatoichi.
Zatoichi is working La Grande over against the cage.
La Grande escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
La Grande doesn't manage to clinch there - Zatoichi circles away.
Zatoichi throws a jab but it's blocked by La Grande.
Zatoichi looks to land a left hand but La Grande moved out of range nicely.
La Grande misses with a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La Grande is looking to clinch but Zatoichi is avoiding it.
La Grande is looking to clinch but Zatoichi is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
The Legend Zatoichi dominated that round.
That's time! Zatoichi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Zatoichi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Zatoichi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that La Grande can do to turn this around?
La Grande tries to clinch but Zatoichi moves out of range.
It looked like Zatoichi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
La Grande wants to clinch up but Zatoichi keeps it at a distance.
La Grande throws a sloppy head kick and Zatoichi moves out of range easily.
Zatoichi scores with a nice strike.
Zatoichi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent La Grande stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Zatoichi swings for the body but La Grande moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zatoichi. La Grande does a little dance to reset his feet.
La Grande closes the distance and clinches.
Zatoichi manages to break the clinch.
Vernon La Grande seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La Grande moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Zatoichi connects with a right hand. La Grande shakes it off.
Vernon La Grande is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La Grande lands a head kick. Zatoichi smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
La Grande tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Zatoichi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
La Grande attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
La Grande tries to clinch but Zatoichi is having none of it.
Zatoichi throws the left hand but La Grande avoids the punch easily.
La Grande slips a jab from Zatoichi.
La Grande throws a counter combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Grande looks to clinch
enabling Zatoichi to counter with a crisp jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - La Grande looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
La Grande tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Zatoichi counters with a nice body shot.
Zatoichi lands a slapping body shot.
La Grande tries to clinch but Zatoichi is having none of it.
La Grande tries to clinch there but Zatoichi circles away.
Zatoichi blocks a low kick nicely.
Zatoichi tries to bum rush La Grande with a series of wild strikes but La Grande uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zatoichi circles away from the clinch attempt.
La Grande tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zatoichi misses with a straight left.
Zatoichi moves into the clinch successfully.
La Grande throws an elbow but it misses.
La Grande breaks the clinch.
Zatoichi jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zatoichi swats away the attempt to clinch by La Grande.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Zatoichi's corner calls for a 1-2. Zatoichi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
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!
La Grande tries a low kick but Zatoichi avoids it.
La Grande has closed the distance and engaged Zatoichi in a clinch.
La Grande breaks from the clinch.
Zatoichi lands with a cross.
La Grande tries to clinch up but Zatoichi circles away and keeps his distance.
Zatoichi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La Grande was well out of range. Poor timing from Zatoichi.
La Grande fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zatoichi lands a nice hook to La Grande's body. La Grande takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
La Grande fails with an attempt to clinch.
La Grande doesn't manage to clinch there - Zatoichi circles away.
La Grande moves in looking to clinch but Zatoichi pushes him off.
Zatoichi swats away the attempt to clinch by La Grande.
La Grande misses with a few strikes there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Grande tries to clinch there but Zatoichi circles away.
La Grande turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Zatoichi circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've been informed that La Grande has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Zatoichi throws a hook but La Grande blocks it.
La Grande lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Zatoichi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
La Grande moves to clinch but Zatoichi breaks away
letting Zatoichi counter with a right hand.
Zatoichi scores with a hook.
La Grande is rocked!
Zatoichi 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.
La Grande takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Zatoichi connects with a right that clearly hurt La Grande. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Zatoichi proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till La Grande collapses and taps out under the pressure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). The Legend Zatoichi!
The Legend Zatoichi is the new welterweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, The Legend Zatoichi thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Vernon La Grande was interviewed post fight and said 'YOUR a lucky F*@K I will beat you later!'.
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