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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chester Emerson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takehiko Watanabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emerson comes to the cage accompanied by Inner Circle - Bad Boys. Chester Emerson is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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160 lbs
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160 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chester Emerson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Takehiko Watanabe!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Alan Glass and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watanabe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Emerson moves away.
Emerson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Emerson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Watanabe gets through Emerson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Emerson throws a punch but it's blocked by Watanabe.
I was talking to Emerson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Emerson lands a body shot.
Watanabe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Emerson stalling in the clinch.
Watanabe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Watanabe looking to slow down the pace here.
Watanabe wants to break the clinch but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Emerson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Watanabe wants to get back to striking at distance but Emerson won't allow it.
Emerson throws a head punch that misses.
Emerson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emerson lands a left hand.
Emerson just leaning against Watanabe, taking a breather.
Watanabe is trying to break the clinch but Emerson is controlling him.
Watanabe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Watanabe is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Emerson is keeping busy.
Emerson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Watanabe tries to stall but Emerson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Watanabe wants to break the clinch but can't.
Emerson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Watanabe tries to stall but Emerson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Watanabe looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Watanabe is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Watanabe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emerson gets through Watanabe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Emerson.
Watanabe misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Watanabe.
Emerson lands a shoulder strike.
Emerson lands a hook that snaps the head of Watanabe backwards.
Emerson pushes Watanabe back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Emerson throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Emerson blocking some punches.
Emerson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Emerson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Emerson blocks an uppercut.
Emerson swings wildly with an uppercut but Watanabe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Watanabe misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe swings wildly with an uppercut but Emerson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Emerson takes a shot to the head.
Emerson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Watanabe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Watanabe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Watanabe lands a left hand.
Watanabe misses with the head strike.
Emerson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Emerson on the inside.
Emerson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Watanabe up against the cage.
Emerson stalls.
Emerson misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Emerson digs a right hand into Watanabe's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Watanabe's gas tank.
Watanabe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Emerson is struggling to control the position.
Emerson lands with a left to the head.
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!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Emerson.
Watanabe is trying to push Emerson away but Emerson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Emerson stalling.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Emerson.
Watanabe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Watanabe has a couple of punches blocked by Emerson.
Emerson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Emerson.
Watanabe is trying to maintain a safe position but Emerson gets an underhook and turns Watanabe into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chester Emerson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Emerson pushes Watanabe up against the cage in a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Emerson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Watanabe stalling in the clinch but Emerson improves position.
Watanabe wants to stall.
Emerson lands with a left to the head.
Emerson blocking some punches.
Watanabe misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Watanabe fails to land.
Chester Emerson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Emerson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Emerson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Watanabe up against the cage.
Emerson lands a left hand.
Emerson lands a hook that snaps the head of Watanabe backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Emerson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Watanabe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Emerson scores with a shot to the side of Watanabe's head.
Emerson lands with a left to the head.
Emerson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Watanabe swings wildly with an uppercut but Emerson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Emerson lands with a short shot to the head.
A short body shot lands from Emerson as the two fighters clinch.
Watanabe is looking to break free of the clinch but Emerson has double underhooks.
Watanabe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Watanabe scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Watanabe.
Emerson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Watanabe backwards.
Emerson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Watanabe can do to turn this around?
Emerson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Watanabes head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Still in the clinch, Emerson scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Emerson.
Watanabe throws a punch but it's blocked by Emerson.
Emerson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Emerson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Emerson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Emerson.
Emerson pushes Watanabe back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Watanabe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice right hand lands inside from Emerson.
A shot in the inside from Emerson.
Watanabe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Emerson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emerson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Watanabe backwards.
Watanabe throws a punch but it's blocked by Emerson.
Watanabe has a couple of punches blocked by Emerson.
Emerson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Watanabe backwards.
Emerson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Watanabe is rocked!
Emerson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Watanabe is still on wobbly legs! Can Emerson finish him?
Watanabe has had enough of the clinch but Emerson keeps him there for the moment.
Watanabe misses with a short punch on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Emerson.
Watanabe seems to have recovered his senses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Emerson.
A short right from Emerson.
Emerson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Emerson.
Emerson scores with a shoulder strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emerson misses with a punch on the inside.
Emerson slows down the pace here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Emerson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watanabe misses with some punches.
Watanabe is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Emerson is keeping busy.
Emerson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Watanabe backwards.
Emerson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Watanabe is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Watanabe misses with a punch on the inside.
Watanabe is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Emerson is keeping busy.
Emerson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chester Emerson dominated that second 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.
Emerson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Watanabe, pushing him back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Emerson.
Watanabe scores with a nice hook to the head.
Emerson scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Emerson on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Emerson.
Emerson blocking some punches.
Watanabe trying to control the position but instead, Emerson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Watanabe into the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Watanabe's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Emerson lands with a left to the head.
Watanabe misses with the head strike.
Emerson lands a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Emerson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watanabe has a couple of punches blocked by Emerson.
Emerson stalling in the clinch.
Emerson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Watanabes head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Watanabe is trying to force a seperation but Emerson has the dominant position.
Emerson blocking some punches.
Watanabe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Watanabe misses with the head strike.
Emerson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Emerson.
Watanabe takes a shot to the head.
Emerson works on Watanabe's body with a couple of short punches.
Emerson lands with a left to the head.
Emerson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Watanabe backwards.
Watanabe letting Emerson take a breather here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Emerson.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Watanabe.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Emerson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Emerson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Watanabe trying to control the position but instead, Emerson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Watanabe into the cage.
Watanabe trying to control the position but instead, Emerson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Watanabe into the cage.
Watanabe wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Emerson has him pressed against the cage.
Emerson lands with a left to the head.
Watanabe misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emerson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Emerson.
A head punch on the inside from Watanabe fails to land.
Emerson lands with a short shot to the head.
Emerson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Emerson.
Watanabe can't break the clinch.
Emerson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Watanabe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Emerson blocking some punches.
Watanabe manages to break the clinch.
Emerson clinches up with Watanabe and pushes him back against the cage.
Emerson lands with a left to the head.
Watanabe is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Emerson leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe misses with a punch on the inside.
Emerson lands a hook that snaps the head of Watanabe backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watanabe looking to slow down the pace here.
Emerson cracks Watanabe with a nice body shot.
Emerson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Emerson lands a hook that snaps the head of Watanabe backwards.
Emerson misses with a punch on the inside.
Watanabe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Emerson lands a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chester Emerson clearly takes that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Emerson clinches up with Watanabe and pushes him back against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Emerson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Watanabe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Emerson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Watanabe.
A shot in the inside from Emerson.
Watanabe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Emerson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Emerson keeps control of Watanabe as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Watanabe misses with a punch on the inside.
Emerson has Watanabe pushed against the cage.
Watanabe working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watanabe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Watanabe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Emerson throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Emerson.
A right hook to the body lands for Emerson.
Watanabe throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Emersons head.
Watanabe tries to break free but Emerson pushes him back against the cage.
Watanabe stalling in the clinch but Emerson improves position.
Watanabe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Emerson on the inside.
A short uppercut from Emerson.
Watanabe is trying to break the clinch but Emerson is controlling him.
Watanabe is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Emerson is keeping busy.
Emerson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emerson slowing the pace effectively.
Watanabe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Watanabe tries to break the clinch but Emerson is controlling the position.
Watanabe lands a right hand that snaps the head of Emerson backwards.
Emerson throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Watanabe fails to land.
Emerson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Emerson slowing the pace effectively.
A right hand to the body from Emerson.
Watanabe throws a head punch that misses.
Emerson stalls.
A short right from Emerson.
Emerson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Watanabes head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emerson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Emerson cracks Watanabe with a nice body shot.
Watanabe blocking some punches.
Watanabe wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Emerson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Emerson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Watanabe takes a shot to the head.
Emerson leaning his opponent against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Watanabe.
Watanabe has a couple of punches blocked by Emerson.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emerson just leaning against Watanabe, taking a breather.
A right handed body shot lands from Emerson.
Emerson lands a shoulder strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Emerson.
A short right from Emerson on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Emerson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Watanabe is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Emerson is keeping busy.
Watanabe blocks an uppercut.
Emerson keeps control of Watanabe as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Watanabe wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Emerson has him pressed against the cage.
Watanabe is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chester Emerson had his way with Takehiko Watanabe in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Emerson clinches up against the cage.
Watanabe lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Emerson.
Watanabe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Emerson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Watanabe backwards.
Emerson blocks an uppercut.
Emerson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Emerson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Watanabe's efforts to push away.
Emerson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Emerson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Watanabe backwards.
Watanabe wants to break free but Emerson has control.
Emerson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Watanabe's efforts to push away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Watanabe.
Emerson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Emerson gets through Watanabe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Emerson dips a shoulder and cracks Watanabe with a mighty uppercut! Watanabe falls back against the cage and Emerson unloads with a barrage of strikes! Watanabe is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Emerson screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chester Emerson!
Chester Emerson retains his lightweight title!
Chester Emerson very nearly forgot to thank GREEN!160 amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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hype
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